Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos: Recent submissions
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(Elsevier, 2015)Patched-related (Ptr) encodes a protein with 12 potential transmembrane domains and a sterol-sensing domain that is closely related in predicted topology and domain organization to Patched, the canonical receptor of the ...
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(Elsevier, 2015)Microbacterium sp. CGR1 (RGM2230) is an isolate from the Atacama Desert that displays a wide pH, salinity and temperature tolerance. This strain exhibits riboflavin overproducer features and traits for developing an ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2015)Background: Despite the interest in the impact of overweight and obesity on public health, little is known about the social and economic impact of being born large for gestational age or macrosomic. Both conditions are ...
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(Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)Background and aims: childhood obesity in Chile is a serious problem with the prevalence continuing to increase over the last decade, despite all governmental efforts to diminish it. Studies indicate that the consumption ...
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(PUCV, 2015)Background: The surveillance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Chilean coast has been mainly performed by multiplex PCR amplification of three different hemolysin genes, which are specie-specific virulence factors. These ...
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(Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)Aim: to asses Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) in healthy Chilean institutionalized or independently older people Methods: twenty seven young (27-30 years), 27 institutionalized (> 65 years old) and 27 free-living older ...
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Obesity and excess weight in early adulthood and high risks of arsenic-related cancer in later life (Elsevier, 2015)Background: Elevated body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases. Inflammation or oxidative stress induced by high BMI may explain some of these effects. Millions ...
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(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2015)
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)The objective of this study was to identify in low-income Chilean children with normal birthweight which factors occurring during the prenatal period and the first year are associated with overweight (OW)/obesity at 7 ...
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(2015)La funcionalidad de la célula eucariota depende de la membrana celular, de la información genética y de la acción de los organelos con o sin membranas. Respecto a la funcionalidad de la membrana celular y de los ...
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(Karger, 2015)Background: There are no internationally agreed recommendations on compositional requirements of follow-up formula for young children (FUF-YC) aged 1–3 years. Aim: The aim of the study is to propose international ...
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(SAGE, 2015)Background: Zinc deficiency affects multiple vital functions in the life cycle, especially growth. Limited information is available on the magnitude of zinc deficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean. Objective: To ...
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Energy expenditure and intake comparisons in Chilean children 4-5 years attending day-care centres (Aula Médica, 2015)Introduction: the doubly labelled water (DLW) method has an accuracy of 1% and within-subject precision of 5-8%, depending on subject’s age and environments issues. Energy intake assessment is prone to errors (>15- 20%) ...
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(SAGE, 2015)Background: In Latin America and the Caribbean, anemia has been a public health problem that affects mainly women of childbearing age and children under 6 years of age. However, the current prevalence of anemia in this ...
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(Cambridge Univ Press, 2015)Objective: To analyse the relationship between serum folate (SF), vitamin B12 and impaired cognitive function in the Chilean elderly. Design: We analysed the relationships between impaired cognitive function and age, ...
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(Elsevier, 2015)Background: Simple and reliable methods to evaluate muscle mass in older people are lacking. Aim: To evaluate ultrasound as a measure of RF muscle mass and quality in healthy subjects of different ages and gender, ...
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(Springer, 2015)The plant family Rosaceae is comprised of a highly diverse group of plants, with a wide range of ornamental and agricultural uses throughout the world. Comparative genomic analyses between rosaceous species are increasingly ...
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(SAGE, 2015)Background: In recent decades, the general socioeconomic situation in Latin America and the Caribbean countries has improved, and many vitamin A programs have been implemented in an attempt to reduce vitamin A deficiency ...
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(SAGE Publications Inc., 2015)This Food and Nutrition Bulletin supplement summarizes updated prevalence data on micronutrient deficiencies in Latin America and the Caribbean ( LAC). In order to provide an updated view of micronutrient status in LAC, ...
