Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(Informa Healthcare, 1990)The administration of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) of Stunkard and Messick to a sample of university students indicates that, whereas in women self-reported body mass index (BMI, weight/height2) is positively ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Background: Mandatory fortification with folic acid (FA) was implemented in Chile in 2000. Thereafter, the rate of spina bifda decreased by 52 to 55%. Genetic abnormalities in folate metabolism may be involved in the ...
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(Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2014)The psychometric properties of the Personal Wellbeing Index are analyzed on a Spanish and Portuguese adolescent sample. We test the reliability of the scale using Cronbach's alpha. And complementarily we analyze the itemtotal ...
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(Frontiers Media S.A., 2014)© 2014 Basualto-Alarcón, Varela, Duran, Maass and Estrada.Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, is becoming more prevalent as the lifespan continues to increase in most populations. As ...
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(Elsevier Ltd, 2014)Endothelial dysfunction is decisive and leads to the development of several inflammatory diseases. Endotoxemia-derived sepsis syndrome exhibits a broad inflammation-induced endothelial dysfunction. We reported previously ...
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(CSIRO, 2014)In this study of iron- and silica-bearing nanoparticle and colloid aggregates in slightly acidic mine drainage, we combined bulk scale geochemistry techniques with detailed nanoscale analyses using high-resolution transmission ...
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(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2014)Adverse microenvironmental stimuli can trigger the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress pathway, which initiates the unfolded protein response (UPR), to restore protein-folding homeostasis. Several studies show induction of ...
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(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2014)Appearance traits in fish, those external body characteristics that influence consumer acceptance at point of sale, have come to the forefront of commercial fish farming, as culture profitability is closely linked to ...
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(Universidad de Concepcion, 2014)In this article, the promise is analysed as peculiar communicative action that creates a link between the person who makes a promise and the person who receives the promise. The one who makes a promise in a free and ...
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(Wiley-Liss Inc., 2014)MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are post-transcriptional gene regulators involved in a wide range of biological processes including tumorigenesis. Deregulation of miRNA pathways has been associated with cancer but the contribution of ...
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(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2014)Background: Adequate surgical field visualization is among the most important factors in preventing complications in functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS). The aim of this study was to assess the effect of topical ...
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(United Nations University Press, 2014)© 2014, The Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation. Seven million children under 5 years of age died worldwide in 2011, and one-third had malnutrition. Latin America and Caribbean countries stand out for the ...
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(BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)Background: Chagas disease is a neglected illness caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, which widely affects American communities. This study attempted to identify T. cruzi genotypes circulating in four indigenous ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2014)The Limache cohort was set up to assess the programming and life course events hypotheses in relation to cardiovascular risk factors and chronic respiratory conditions, especially asthma, in the context of an unprecedented ...
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(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc., 2014)The α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) is the most abundant nAChR type in the brain, and this receptor type exists in alternate (α4β2)2α4 and (α4β2)2β2 forms, which are activated by agonists with strikingly ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Background: The widespread use of INTERNET by adolescents, renders it a simple and accessible means for health care campaigns Aim: To perform a systematic review of ISI publications about INTERNET use for adolescent mental ...
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(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2014)Environmental factors substantially influence beginning and progression of mental illness, reinforcing or reducing the consequences of genetic vulnerability. Often initiated by early traumatic events, "engrams" or memories ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2014)Introduction: Leukemia is the most common cancer in Chilean children. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is more prevalent and longer survival compared to acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Aims: To describe episodes of febrile ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Transparency as a general rule for all our professional acts casts doubts about the statement of the Hippocratic Oath that says "Whatever I see or hear in the lives of my patients, I will keep secret, as considering all ...
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(BioScientifica Ltd., 2014)In the rat oviduct, estradiol (E2) accelerates egg transport by a nongenomic action that requires previous conversion of E2 to methoxyestrogens via catechol-O-methyltranferase (COMT) and activation of estrogen receptor ...
