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    • 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-2 and type-1 (11β-HSD2 and 11β-HSD1) and 5β-reductase activities in ... 
      Campino, Carmen; Carvajal, Cristian A.; Cornejo, Javiera; San Martín Núñez, Betty; Olivieri, Oliviero; Guidi, Giancesare; Faccini, Giovanni; Pasini, Francesco; Sateler, Javiera; Baudrand, Rene; Mosso, Lorena; Owen, Gareth I.; Kalergis, Alexis M.; Padilla, Oslando; Fardella, Patricia (2010)
      Cortisol availability is modulated by several enzymes: 11β-HSD2, which transforms cortisol (F) to cortisone (E) and 11β-HSD1 which predominantly converts inactive E to active F. Additionally, the A-ring reductases (5α- and ...
    • 12as Jornadas Bibliotecarias: La U. de Chile trabaja para democratizar el conocimiento 
      Universidad de Chile. Dirección de Servicios de Información y Bibliotecas (Universidad de Chile, 2013-01-24)
      Con exposiciones de las nuevas herramientas implementadas por el Sistema de Servicios Información y Bibliotecas (SISIB) de la Vicerrectoría de Asuntos Académicos, destinadas a democratizar el conocimiento, se llevó a ...
    • 1324 prison suicides in 10 countries in South America: incidence, relative risks, and ecological factors 
      Domenico Fritz, Francesco; Fazel, Seena; Benavides Salcedo, Andrés; Henry, Paulette; Rivera Arroyo, Guillermo; Torales, Julio; Trujillo Orrego, Natalia; Vásquez, Freddy; Mundt, Adrián P. (Springer, 2020)
      Purpose Although suicide rates of prison populations and incidence factors have been reported for high-income countries, data from low- and middle-income regions are lacking. The purpose of the study was to estimate suicide ...
    • 14th World Immune Regulation Meeting - Q&A with the EJI-EFIS Travel grant winners 
      McManus, Caitlin; Davies, James; Maggi, Jaxaira; Richter, Jens; Goretzki, Alexandra; Aarebrot, Anders K.; Monteiro, Andreia; Delemarre, Tim; Cisarova, Radka; Sarajlic, Muamera (Wiley, 2020)
    • -174 G/C polymorphism of interleukin 6 gene in women with type 1 diabetes Polimorfismo -174 G/C del gen ... 
      Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Soto M., Francisca; López A., Patricia; Eyzaguirre C., Francisca; Codner Dujovne, Ethel (2011)
      Background: A polymorphism located in the promoter region (-174 G / C) of interleukin 6 (IL-6) has been linked to early onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and increased body mass index (BMI). Aim: To evaluate the possible ...
    • 2018 chilean physical activity report card for children and adolescents: Full report and international comparisons 
      Aguilar Farías, Nicolás; Miranda Marquez, Sebastián; Martino Fuentealba, Pía; Sadarangani, Kabir P.; Chandia Poblete, Damián; Mella García, Camila; Cárcamo Oyarzún, Jaime; Cristi Montero, Carlos; Rodríguez Rodríguez, Fernando; Delgado Floody, Pedro; Von Oetinger, Astrid; Balboa Castillo, Teresa; Peña, Sebastián; Cuadrado Nahum, Cristóbal; Bedregal, Paula; Celis Morales, Carlos; García Hermoso, Antonio; Cortínez O’Ryan, Andrea (Human Kinetics Publishing, 2020)
      Background: The study summarizes the findings of the 2018 Chilean Report Card (RC) on Physical Activity (PA) for Children and Adolescents and compares the results with the first Chilean RC and with other countries from ...
    • 2D nano-materials beyond graphene: from synthesis to tribological studies 
      Rosenkranz, Andreas; Liu, Yangqin; Yang, Lin; Chen, Lei (Springer, 2020)
      Continuously increasing global population and, therefore, energy consumption as well as diminishing resources combined with environmental aspects such as global warming ask for more efficient, sustainable and reliable ...
    • 3,7-Dimethylpentadecane: a novel sex pheromone component from Leucoptera sinuella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) 
      Barros Parada, Wilson; Bergmann, Jan; Curkovic Sekul, Tomislav; Espinosa, Cristian; Fuentes-Contreras, Eduardo; Guajardo, Jorge; Herrera, Heidy; Morales, Sebastián; Queiroz, Abel F. O.; Vidal, Álvaro (Springer, 2020)
      Leucoptera sinuellais a leaf-miner moth present in several regions in the world, which has been recently introduced into Chile. The larvae feed exclusively on the leaves of poplar and willow trees, and the damage caused ...
    • 3-Hydroxykynurenine bound to eye lens proteins induces oxidative modifications in crystalline proteins ... 
      Ávila, Felipe; Ravello, Natalia; Zanocco, Antonio L.; Gamon, Luke F.; Davies, Michael J.; Silva, Eduardo (Elsevier Inc., 2019)
      Photosensitized reactions mediated by endogenous chromophores have been associated with the etiology of age-related cataract disease. Endogenous chromophores such as 3-hydroxykynurenine (3OHKN) can be found in both free ...
    • 3D multiple sound source localization by proposed cuboids nested microphone array in combination with ... 
      Dehghan Firoozabadi, Ali; Irarrázaval, Pablo; Adasme, Pablo; Zabala Blanco, David; Palacios Játiva, Pablo Geovanny; Azurdia Meza, César (MDPI, 2020)
      Sound source localization is one of the applicable areas in speech signal processing. The main challenge appears when the aim is a simultaneous multiple sound source localization from overlapped speech signals with an ...
    • 3D Spatial exploration by E. Coli echoes motor temporal variability 
      Figueroa Morales, Nuris; Soto, Rodrigo; Junot, Gaspard; Darnige, Thierry; Douarche, Carine; Martínez, Vincent A.; Lindner, Anke; Clément, Éric (American Physical Society, 2020)
      Unraveling bacterial strategies for spatial exploration is crucial for understanding the complexity in the organization of life. Bacterial motility determines the spatiotemporal structure of microbial and controls infection ...
    • 3D-high definition anorectal manometry findings in a Chilean cohort of symptomatic subjects 
      Saavedra, Javiera; Morales, Eugenia; Hevia, Macarena (Wiley, 2020)
    • 5-HT 2 receptor binding, functional activity and selectivity in N-benzyltryptamines 
      Toro-Sazo, Miguel; Brea, José; Loza, María I.; Cimadevila, Marta; Cassels Niven, Bruce (Public Library of Science, 2019)
      © 2019 Toro-Sazo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
    • A 3D Iris Scanner from Multiple 2D Visible Light Images 
      Benalcazar, Daniel P.; Bastías, Diego; Pérez Flores, Claudio; Bowyer, Kevin W. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019)
      The development of new methods for biometrics using the 3-D surface of the iris could be useful in various applications, such as reliable identity verification of people, when only segments of the iris are available, the ...
    • A 4-year follow-up case of extrusive luxation in a patient with cerebral palsy 
      Véliz Ramírez, Andrea; Krämer Strenger, Susanne; Solar López, Melissa; Muñoz Cortes, Pamela; Corral Núñez, Camila (Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2019)
      © 2019 Special Care Dentistry Association and Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Cerebral palsy (CP) is a condition caused by brain damage before, during, or shortly after birth. Communication can be a challenge when treating patients ...
    • A bagaceira y el imposible cierre de la nación 
      Concha Ferreccio, Pablo (Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, 2020)
      En este artículo ofrezco una lectura del problema de la nación en la novela regionalista A bagaceira (1928), de José Américo de Almeida. Su protagonista, Lucio, un joven reformador de la hacienda nordestina, intenta generar ...
    • A basic anesthesia training program for nurses in Chad: first steps for a south–south academic cooperation ... 
      Kattan, Eduardo; Takoudjou, Rodrigue; Venegas, Karen; Brousse, Julio; Delfino, Alejandro; López Barreda, R. (Springer New York LLC, 2019)
      Purpose: Safe perioperative care remains a large public healthcare problem in low- and middle-income countries. Anesthesia care provided by trained professionals is one of the essential determinants to address this situation. ...
    • A better tomorrow: towards human-oriented, sustainable transportation systems 
      Antoniou, Constantinos; Chaniotakis, Emmanouil; Katrakazas, Christos; Tirachini, Alejandro (Editorial Board EJTIR, 2020)
      In a rapidly changing world, transportation is a big determinant of quality of life, financial growth and progress. New challenges (such as the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic) and opportunities (such as the three ...
    • A bibliometric analysis of aggregation operators 
      Blanco Mesa, Fabio; León Castro, Ernesto; Merigó Lindahl, José (Elsevier Ltd, 2019)
      Aggregation operators consist of mathematical functions that enable the combining and processing of different types of information. The aim of this work is to present the main contributions in this field by a bibliometric ...
    • A bibliometric analysis of the Base/Bottom of the Pyramid research 
      Pineda Escobar, María Alejandra; Merigó Lindahl, José (IOS Press, 2020)
      The concept of the Base/Bottom of the pyramid (BoP), since its first use in the early 2000 s, has been used by researchers and practitioners alike. The past 16 years has witnessed a significant increase in output of published ...