Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • Compliance of physical activity guidelines by Chilean low-income children: Difference between school and ... 
      Moreno, Lorena; Cano, Marcelo; Orellana, Yasna; Kain, Juliana (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015 Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved.The main objectives of this study were to compare in 6-9 y Chilean low-income children, daily minutes of moderate?vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and compliance of the ...
    • Second consensus of the chilean society of endocrinology and diabetes about insulin resistance II Consenso ... 
      Pollak, Felipe; Araya, Verónica; Lanas, Alejandra; Sapunar, Jorge; Arrese, Marco; Aylwin, Carmen Gloria; Bezanilla, Carmen Gloria; Carrasco, Elena; Carrasco, Fernando; Codner Dujovne, Ethel; Díaz Bustos, Erik; Durruty, Pilar; Galgani Fuentes, José; García, Hernán; Lahsen Matus de la Parra, Rodolfo; Liberman, C (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All Rights Reserved.Insulin resistance is a prevalent condition commonly associated with unhealthy lifestyles. It affects several metabolic pathways, increasing risk of abnormalities at ...
    • Maternal-Child Transfer of Essential and Toxic Elements through Breast Milk in a Mine-Waste Polluted Area 
      Castro, Francisca; Harari, Florencia; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Vahter, Marie; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2014)
      Copyright © 2014 by Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. Objective To determine the daily intake of essential micronutrients and toxic elements through breast milk in exclusive and nonexclusive breastfed infants living in an ...
    • Stigma towards mental disorders: Characteristics and interventions Estigma hacia los trastornos mentales: ... 
      Tapia, Franco Mascayano; Castro, Walter Lips; Poblete, Carlos Mena; Soza, Cristóbal Manchego (Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente, 2015)
      Mental disorders in Latin-America are highly prevalent and represent a significant burden on users and their families. These people most of the times have to deal with the stigma attached to the diagnosis they receive. ...
    • Identification and complications of cosmetic fillers: Sonography first 
      Wortsman, Ximena (American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2015)
      ©2015 by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. Cosmetic fillers are frequently used these days for enhancing beauty and to treat wrinkles or sagging skin. However, information on the history of injections may ...
    • Glucose-dependent insulin secretion in pancreatic β-cell islets from male rats requires Ca 
      Llanos Vidal, Paola; Contreras Ferrat, Ariel Eduardo; Barrientos, Genaro; Valencia, Marco; Mears, David; Hidalgo Tapia, María Cecilia (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      © 2015, Public Library of Science. All rights reserved. This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for ...
    • On the hodological criterion for homology 
      Faunes, Macarena; Botelho, João Francisco; Galleguillos, Patricio Ahumada; Mpodozis Marín, Jorge (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015)
      © 2015 Faunes, Francisco Botelho, Ahumada Galleguillos and Mpodozis. Owen's pre-evolutionary definition of a homolog as "the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function" and its redefinition ...
    • The robertsonian phenomenon in the house mouse: mutation, meiosis and speciation 
      Garagna, Silvia; Page, Jesus; Fernandez-Donoso, Raul; Zuccotti, Maurizio; Searle, Jeremy B. (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2014)
      © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Many different chromosomal races with reduced chromosome number due to the presence of Robertsonian fusion metacentrics have been described in western Europe and northern Africa, ...
    • Consumption of cheese and milk and chronic diseases associated with obesity, friend or foe? Consumo de queso ... 
      Agüero, Samuel Durán; García, Jairo Torres; Catalán, Julio Sanhueza (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and especially the obstruction of the coronary arteries are the main health expenditure in most of the countries. However, France, according ...
    • Alarmin' immunologists: IL-33 as a putative target for modulating T cell-dependent responses 
      Carrasco, Tania Gajardo; Morales, Rodrigo A.; Pérez, Francisco; Terraza, Claudia; Yáñez, Luz; Campos Mora, Mauricio; Pino Lagos, Karina (Frontiers Media S.A., 2015)
      © 2015 Gajardo Carrasco, Morales, Pérez, Terraza, Yáñez, Campos-Mora and Pino-Lagos. IL-33 is a known member of the IL-1 cytokine superfamily classically named "atypical" due to its diverse functions. The receptor for this ...
    • Frequently used vegetable oils in south america: features and properties Aceites vegetales de uso frecuente ... 
      Agüero, Samuel Durán; García, Jairo Torres; Catalán, Julio Sanhueza (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. In recent decades, the consumption of vegetable oils has increased in our society, being an important part of the diet worldwide. South America is a major producer of an ...
    • Placental STAT3 signaling is activated in women with polycystic ovary syndrome 
      Maliqueo Yevilao, Manuel; Sundström Poromaa, I.; Vanky, E.; Fornes, R.; Benrick, A.; Åkerud, H.; Stridsklev, S.; Labrie, F.; Jansson, T.; Stener-Victorin, E. (Oxford University Press, 2015)
      © 2015 The Author. study question: Does polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in women without pregnancy complications affect placental signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) and mechanistic target of rapamycin ...
    • Anthropometric characteristics and physical fitness level in relation to body weight status in Chilean ... 
      Cadenas Sánchez, Cristina; Artero, Enrique G.; Concha, Fernando; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Kain, Juliana (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015, Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. The purpose of this study was to describe anthropometric and physical fitness characteristics of low-income Chilean preschool children and to examine whether weight status ...
    • Rationale, design, and progress of the ENhanced Control of Hypertension ANd Thrombolysis strokE stuDy ... 
      Huang, Yining; Sharma, Vijay K.; Robinson, Thompson; Lindley, Richard I.; Chen, Xiaoying; Kim, Jong Sung; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel; Olavarría, Verónica; Arima, Hisatomi; Fuentes, Sully; Nguyen, Huy Thang; Lee, Tsong Hai; Parsons, Mark W.; Levi, Christopher; Demchuk, Andrew M. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)
      © 2015 World Stroke Organization. Rationale: Controversy exists over the optimal dose of intravenous (iv) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) and degree of blood pressure (BP) control in acute ischaemic stroke ...
    • Subjects with impaired fasting glucose: Evolution in a period of 6 years 
      Leiva, E.; Mujica, V.; Orrego, R.; Wehinger, S.; Soto, A.; Icaza, G.; Vásquez, M.; Díaz, L.; Andrews, M.; Arredondo, M. (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2014)
      © 2014 E. Leiva et al. Aim. To study the evolution of impaired fasting glucose (IFG), considering glucose and HbA1c levels and risk factors associated, in a period of 6 years. Methods. We studied 94 subjects with impaired ...
    • Human immunodeficiency virus infection in children and adolescents. More of 25 years in Chile Infección por ... 
      Wu Hupat, Elba (Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2015)
      © 2015, Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. All Rights Reserved. In this article, the following topics about pediatric HIV infection and AIDS are summarized: a description of pathogenic and clinical aspects of HIV infection ...
    • Emphysema and DL 
      Díaz, Alejandro A.; Pinto Plata, Víctor; Hernández, Camila; Peña, Javier; Ramos, Cristóbal; Díaz, Juan C.; Klaassen, Julieta; Patino, Cecilia M.; Saldías, Fernando; Díaz, Orlando (W.B. Saunders Ltd, 2015)
      © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Background Exercise impairment is a central feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for 6-min walk distance (6MWD) decline (>30 ...
    • Long-term results of intracoronary transplantation of autologous bone marrow cells in dilated cardiomyopathy ... 
      Bartolucci, Jorge; Verdugo, Fernando J.; Carrion, Flavio; Abarzúa, Ema; Goset, Carlos; Lamich, Rubén; Sanhueza, Patricio; Pedreros, Pablo; Nazzal, Carolina; Khoury, Maroun; Figueroa, Fernando E. (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: Intracoronary delivery of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells is an interesting therapeutic promise for patients with heart failure of different ...
    • Simvastatin and Benznidazole-Mediated Prevention of Trypanosoma cruzi-Induced Endothelial Activation: Role ... 
      Campos Estrada, Carolina; Liempi, Ana; González Herrera, Fabiola; Lapier, Michel; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; Ferreira, Jorge; López Muñoz, Rodrigo; Maya Arango, Juan (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      © 2015 Campos-Estrada et al.Trypanosoma cruzi is the causal agent of Chagas Disease that is endemic in Latin American, afflicting more than ten million people approximately. This disease has two phases, acute and chronic. ...
    • Effectiveness of the workshop "Adolescent depression: What can schools do?" 
      Martínez, Vania; Espinosa, Daniel; Zitko, Pedro; Marín, Rigoberto; Schilling, Sara; Schwerter, Camila; Rojas, Graciela (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015)
      © 2015 Martínez, Espinosa, Zitko, Marín, Schilling, Schwerter and Rojas. Introduction: Adolescent depression is associated with serious consequences. School staff is in a unique position to screen and refer adolescents ...