Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2011)β-Catenin is a key protein in the canonical Wnt signaling pathway and in many cancers alterations in transcriptional activity of its components are observed. This pathway is up-regulated by the protein kinase CK2, but the ...
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(2011)Objective. To identify residential parameters that characterize the physical and social environment in Chile's irregular settlements, and to construct typologies that will allow to develop profiles with those distinctive ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2011)Objective: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an uncommon syndrome which represents a therapeutic challenge. We analyzed the role of bilateral simultaneous laparoscopic adrenalectomy in the management of CAH. Material ...
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(2010)Ever since the distinction between praecox dementia and manic-depressive illness made by Kraepelin in 1899, many changes have occurred in the way these conditions and especially their boundaries are conceived. The clearest ...
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(2010)Chagas disease must be treated in all its stages: acute, indeterminate, chronic, and initial and middle determinant chronic, due to the fact that DNA of the parasite can be demonstrated by PCR in chronic cases, where optical ...
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(Springer New York LLC, 2010)Objective Bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes results systematically in adequate glycemic control, normalization of insulinemia, and a decrease in glycosylated hemoglobin, effects that appear ...
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(2011)Airway inflammation is a common condition where glucocorticoids (GC) are a well-established therapy. It has been demonstrated that GC stimulate components of innate immunity. Specifically, GC up-regulate TLR2 expression ...
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(2010)Inadequate umbilical blood flow leads to intrauterine growth restriction, a major killer in perinatal medicine today. Nitric oxide (NO) is important in the maintenance of umbilical blood flow, and antioxidants increase NO ...
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(2010)Currently, obesity is considered a low chronic inflammatory state. The alterations that occur into the expanding adipose tissue parallel the ones seen in a classic inflammatory process. However, the stimulus that triggers ...
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(2010)Background: Secondhand smoke (SHS) is an established cause of morbidity and mortality among non-smokers. The workplace is an important source of exposure, especially among workers of restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Aim: ...
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(2010)From 3D seismic-structural interpretations and well data integration, a set of inverted structures were identified, which allowed to establish the relationships between extensional and compressional deformation in the ...
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(2010)Background: Semen analysis is one of the parameters used to predict male fertility. Semen can be altered by environmental pollutants; therefore it could be used as a biological marker of exposure in contaminated areas. ...
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(Maney Publishing, 2011)This study compares the effect of tooth clenching and grinding on sternocleidomastoid electromyographic (EMG) activity during different laterotrusive jaw posture tasks. The study included 28 healthy subjects with natural ...
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(2010)The Copenhagen Accord (December 2009) underlines that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time and emphasizes the political will to urgently combat it, in accordance with the principle of common but ...
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(2011)Background: Novel molecular insights have suggested that ghrelin may be involved in the pathogenesis of some forms of short stature. Recently, growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR) mutations that segregate with short ...
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(2010)To compare air nicotine concentrations according to the smoking policy selected by bars/restaurants in Santiago, Chile before and after the enactment of partial smoking ban legislation in 2007 (establishments could be smoke ...
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(2010)In a rural population of Bulnes, Bio-Bio Region of Chile, it was assessed the daily consumption of medicinal plants and drugs. Through 168 interviews the consumption of 5 medicinal plants was evaluated, considering their ...
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(2010)Adolescence is a dynamic period of the life cycle, with significant physical, psychological and social changes, leading to autonomy and independence in eating behaviors. During this time there is an increased risk in ...
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(2010)Until now, there are three evolutionary models: I) The Synthetic Theory of Evolution (STE) also named as the Neo-Darwinian model; II) The Neutral Theory of Evolution (NTE) with its daughter the Nearly-Neutral Theory of ...
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(2010)The intergenic region of spliced-leader (SL-IR) genes from 105 Trypanosoma cruzi I (Tc I) infected biological samples, culture isolates and stocks from 11 endemic countries, from Argentina to the USA were characterised, ...
