Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2007)Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional, antigen-presenting cells, which induce and regulate T cell reactivity. DCs are crucial in innate and adaptive immune responses, and are also involved in central and peripheral tolerance ...
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(Society of Biology of Chile, 2006)Place memory is relevant for exploration and forage behaviour. When food supply is dispersed, a win-shift has advantage over a win-stay strategy. In the Olton Octagonal Maze, the rat follows a win-shift strategy using ...
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(Humana Press Inc., 2007)Several families of Talca city, Chile complained to health authorities for what they attributed to consumption of copper (Cu)-contaminated drinking water. We assessed the situation 6-12 mo after the initiation of complaints ...
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(2006)A study was designed with the aim of describing the perception of students from the eight schools in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, at the end of their first academic year, with respect to the following: ...
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(2006)Background: Angiogenesis is a crucial process in follicular development and luteogenesis. The nerve growth factor (NGF) promotes angiogenesis in various tissues. An impaired production of this neurotrophin has been associated ...
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(2007)Our aim was to obtain knowledge of how meteorological conditions affect community epidemics of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. To this end we recorded year-round RSV activity in nine cities that differ markedly ...
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(2007)Introduction. In Chile, the estimated cesarean section rate is 40%, much more than that recommended by the WHO (< 15%). The medical audit cycle is one of the strategies performed to reduce cesarean section rates. The ...
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(2007)Reactive iron is an important prooxidant factor, whereas GSH is a crucial component of a long-term adaptive system that allows cells to function during extended periods of high oxidative stress. In this work, the adaptive ...
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(2007)Environmental chemicals may be involved in the etiology of breast cancer. There is substantial evidence that breast cancer risk is associated with prolonged exposure to female hormones. Among these hormonal influences a ...
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(2007)The technique of zygomatic implants introduced by Branemark et al. (1997) in search of a simple solution for total maxillary toothless patients without a residual margin. The rate of success communicated by these authors ...
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(2006)The high prevalence of non transmissible chronic diseases (NCD) related to food consumption had increased the studies conducted to investigate the relationship between diet and health. A smaller incidence of NCD, with food ...
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(2007)Background: Drug-eluting stents have been developed to reduce the rates of restenosis after coronary angioplasty. Several studies have demonstrated that rapamycin eluting stents are reliable and effective. Aim: To report ...
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(2007)Background: Current classifications of Mental Disorders are centered on Westernized concepts and constructs. "Cross-cultural sensitivity" emphasizes culturally-appropriate translations of symptoms and questions, assuming ...
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(2007)Recently, a surprising discovery indicated that, by an unknown process, vegetation emits methane to the atmosphere. This finding could have serious implications in atmospheric chemistry, climate, and mitigation of global ...
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(Elsevier Inc., 2007)What are the consequences of the natural variation in maternal body mass on offspring energetic performance? How are performance traits related to thermal physiology and energetics phenotypically integrated on offspring? ...
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(2007)Background: Depression is a public health problem, due to its high prevalence and its associated disability. Aim: To compare a pharmacological intervention for depression controlled by phone from a central level (TM) and ...
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(2006)A link between stressful life events and development or exacerbation of depression has been established via a large body of evidence. An alteration in the regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in ...
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(American Association of Immunologists, 2007)PGE2 is involved in a wide variety of physiological and pathological processes; however, deciphering its role in early mammalian development has been difficult due to the maternal contribution of PGE 2. To overcome this ...
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(Springer-Verlag, 1965)1. The effects on brain weight and histological appearance of adrenalectomy, of a stereotactic cerebral lesion and of sodium chloride in drinking water were studied in 120 rats. 2. Brain edema is measured by means of ...
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(1989)The leaching kinetics of a complex copper sulfide ore has been studied in laboratory-scale airlift percolators. Experiments were carried out to study the effect of a pure strain of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans on the dissolution ...
