Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2010)Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most successful protozoan parasites given its ability to manipulate the immune system and establish a chronic infection. It is a parasite with a significant impact on human health, mainly ...
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(2010)The sub-Antarctic Magellanic ecoregion harbors a high diversity of bryophytes, greater than the species richness of vascular plants. Despite this fact, phenological studies on bryophytes are lacking for this ecoregion and ...
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(Sociedad de Biologia de Chile, 2010)Senda Darwin Biological Station (SDBS) is a field research center immersed in the rural landscape of northern Chiloé island (42° S), where remnant patches of the original evergreen forests coexist with open pastures, ...
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(2010)Every day more adolescents begin consuming drugs and at increasingly younger ages. Due to social stigma and criminal sanctions, studies on illicit drugs (ID) require methodologies that reduce underreporting. To identify ...
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(Springer New York, 2010)The double-strand break (DSB) DNA repair pathway has been implicated in breast cancer (BC). RAD51 and its paralogs XRCC3 and RAD51D play an important role in the repair of DSB through homologous recombination (HR). Some ...
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(2010)The pathways leading to male germ cell apoptosis in vivo are poorly understood, but are highly relevant for the comprehension of sperm production regulation by the testis. In this work, we show the evidence of a mechanism ...
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(2010)This study was conducted to determine the types of M. pneumoniae prevalent in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia during an epidemic period, and to scrutinize a variable region of the RepMP4 element for the ...
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(2010)Salmonella Gallinarum is a pathogen with a host range specific to poultry, while Salmonella Enteritidis is a broad host range pathogen that colonizes poultry sub-clinically but is a leading cause of gastrointestinal ...
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(2010)Based on association and sequencing studies, investigators have postulated muscle segment homeobox 1 (MSX1) as a strong candidate gene involved in the causation of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCLP). ...
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(2010)Background: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound can demonstrate dynamic information. We aimed to evaluate whether TCD generates useful additional information in the emergency room after a multimodal stroke imaging ...
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(Academic Press Inc., 2010)The molecules and networks involved in the process of acquisition and maintenance of the form of a mature neuron are not completely known. Using a misexpression screen we identified the gene hindsight as a gene involved ...
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(2010)Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is a wide host range serovar belonging to the S. enterica genus. Worldwide, it is one of the most frequent causes of food borne disease. Similar to S. Typhimurium, ...
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(2010)Background: HAART rollout in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased from approximately 210,000 in 2003 to 390,000 patients in 2007, covering 62% (51%-70%) of eligible patients, with considerable variation among ...
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(2010)Breast cancer is a common disease estimated to occur in 1 in 9 women over their lifetime. Epidemiological research has identified a number of risk factors for breast cancer. Racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer ...
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(Universidad de la Frontera, 2009)At present it is not clear if male fertility is affected by intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (IHH). This is an important issue since a large human population works over 3000 masl. This study analyzes epididymal sperm, in ...
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(Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile, 2010)Introduction: Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) and Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery (LESS) are emerging technologies, which allows to performed surgical procedures avoiding any surgical scars. ...
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(2010)Introduction: Assessment of body composition is paramount in early assessment of nutritional status impairments due to excess or deficit. There are, however, few field reliable methods for this objective for patients with ...
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(Universidad de la Frontera, 2009)The corporal structure of the university student of Physical education is of vital importance because it will be excellent in it's profits in the subjects that imply physical effort. Consistent with this, is desirable to ...
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(Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile, 2010)Introduction: Capnothorax is a rare complication of urologic laparoscopy. However with the increasing use of this technique in a variety of urological procedures, this rare complication is a potential risk. Material and ...
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(2010)Endocannabinoids are the endogenous ligands for the cannabinoid receptors type 1 and 2. These membrane receptors are responsible for the psychotropic effects of Cannabis Sativa, when bound to its active component known ...
