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Del Prado A, Lynch J, Liu S, Ridoutt B, Pardo G, Mitloehner F. Animal board invited review: Opportunities and challenges in using GWP* to report the impact of ruminant livestock on global temperature change. Animal 2023; 17:100790. [PMID: 37099893 DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2023.100790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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Ruminant livestock is a large contributor of CH4 emissions globally. Assessing how this CH4 and other greenhouse gases (GHG) from livestock contribute to anthropogenic climate change is key to understanding their role in achieving any temperature targets. The climate impacts of livestock, as well as other sectors or products/services, are generally expressed as CO2-equivalents using 100-year Global Warming Potentials (GWP100). However, the GWP100 cannot be used to translate emission pathways of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) emissions to their temperature outcomes. A key limitation of handling long- and short-lived gases in the same manner is revealed in the context of any potential temperature stabilisation goals: to achieve this outcome, emissions of long-lived gases must decline to net-zero, but this is not the case for SLCPs. A recent alternative metric, GWP* (so-called 'GWP-star'), has been proposed to overcome these concerns. GWP* allows for simple appraisals of warming over time for emission series of different GHGs that may not be obvious if using pulse-emission metrics (i.e. GWP100). In this article, we explore some of the strengths and limitations of GWP* for reporting the contribution of ruminant livestock systems to global temperature change. A number of case studies are used to illustrate the potential use of the GWP* metric to, for example, understand the current contribution of different ruminant livestock production systems to global warming, appraise how different production systems or mitigations compare (having a temporal element), and seeing how possible emission pathways driven by changes in production, emissions intensity and gas composition show different impacts over time. We suggest that for some contexts, particularly if trying to directly infer contributions to additional warming, GWP* or similar approaches can provide important insight that would not be gained from conventional GWP100 reporting.
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- A Del Prado
- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Edificio Sede N° 1, Planta 1ª, Parque Científico de UPV/EHU, Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain; Basque Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque), Bilbao, Spain.
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Agriculture and Food, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia; University of the Free State, Department of Agricultural Economics, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Edificio Sede N° 1, Planta 1ª, Parque Científico de UPV/EHU, Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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Pardo G, del Prado A. A simple model for the effect of thermal stress on the productivity of small ruminants. Livest Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pardo G, Martin-Garcia I, Arco A, Yañez-Ruiz DR, Moral R, del Prado A. Greenhouse-gas mitigation potential of agro-industrial by-products in the diet of dairy goats in Spain: a life-cycle perspective. Anim Prod Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1071/an15620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Goat milk production is an important agricultural resource in the Mediterranean basin. Market demands and scarcity of pastures during drought periods has led to farms becoming more intensive and based on imported concentrate feeds. The use of alternative feedstuffs from agro-industry can help decrease dependence on external concentrates, while preventing the environmental issues associated with livestock production and by-product disposal. From a life-cycle assessment perspective, we investigated the change on greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions of replacing a conventional dairy goat diet in southern Spain with two alternative dietary strategies, including tomato waste or olive by-products silages. The effect on enteric methane emissions and milk productivity was assessed through specific feeding trials. Experimental data were integrated within a modelling framework comprising different submodels to describe the farm system and associated production chain. A new model describing carbon and nitrogen losses from solid waste was applied to estimate the emissions associated with the baseline scenarios for food by-product management. The assessment revealed that the two dietary strategies achieve GHG reductions (~12–19% per kg milk). In both cases, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions from crop production were partially reduced through the displacement of typical concentrate ingredients. An additional mitigation effect was obtained when including tomato wastes in the diet because it reduced the methane emissions from enteric fermentation. Results suggested that use of agro-industrial residues for feeding is a feasible mitigation option in this case. However, as organic by-products could have alternative uses (bioenergy, soil amendment), with different implications for land use and soil carbon stocks, a more complete overview of both scenarios is recommended. Potential trade-offs from non-GHG categories may play an important role in a decision-making process.
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Gallejones P, Pardo G, Aizpurua A, del Prado A. Life cycle assessment of first-generation biofuels using a nitrogen crop model. Sci Total Environ 2015; 505:1191-1201. [PMID: 25461117 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Revised: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This paper presents an alternative approach to assess the impacts of biofuel production using a method integrating the simulated values of a new semi-empirical model at the crop production stage within a life cycle assessment (LCA). This new approach enabled us to capture some of the effects that climatic conditions and crop management have on soil nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions, crop yields and other nitrogen (N) losses. This analysis considered the whole system to produce 1 MJ of biofuel (bioethanol from wheat and biodiesel from rapeseed). Non-renewable energy use, global warming potential (GWP), acidification, eutrophication and land competition are considered as potential environmental impacts. Different co-products were handled by system expansion. The aim of this study was (i) to evaluate the variability due to site-specific conditions of climate and fertiliser management of the LCA of two different products: biodiesel from rapeseed and bioethanol from wheat produced in the Basque Country (Northern Spain), and (ii) to improve the estimations of the LCA impacts due to N losses (N₂O, NO₃, NH₃), normally estimated with unspecific emission factors (EFs), that contribute to the impact categories analysed in the LCA of biofuels at local scale. Using biodiesel and bioethanol derived from rapeseed and wheat instead of conventional diesel and gasoline, respectively, would reduce non-renewable energy dependence (-55%) and GWP (-40%), on average, but would increase eutrophication (42 times more potential). An uncertainty analysis for GWP impact showed that the variability associated with the prediction of the major contributor to global warming potential (soil N₂O) can significantly affect the results from the LCA. Therefore the use of a model to account for local factors will improve the precision of the assessment and reduce the uncertainty associated with the convenience of the use of biofuels.
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- P Gallejones
- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), 48008 Bilbao, Spain.
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), 48008 Bilbao, Spain
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- Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, NEIKER-Tecnalia, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), 48008 Bilbao, Spain
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Pardo G. Effects of Light Emitting Diode High Intensity on Growth of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L.) Seedlings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.9734/arrb/2014/10526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Del Prado A, Mas K, Pardo G, Gallejones P. Modelling the interactions between C and N farm balances and GHG emissions from confinement dairy farms in northern Spain. Sci Total Environ 2013; 465:156-65. [PMID: 23601287 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2012] [Revised: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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There is world-wide concern for the contribution of dairy farming to global warming. However, there is still a need to improve the quantification of the C-footprint of dairy farming systems under different production systems and locations since most of the studies (e.g. at farm-scale or using LCA) have been carried out using too simplistic and generalised approaches. A modelling approach integrating existing and new sub-models has been developed and used to simulate the C and N flows and to predict the GHG burden of milk production (from the cradle to the farm gate) from 17 commercial confinement dairy farms in the Basque Country (northern Spain). We studied the relationship between their GHG emissions, and their management and economic performance. Additionally, we explored some of the effects on the GHG results of the modelling methodology choice. The GHG burden values resulting from this study (0.84-2.07 kg CO2-eq kg(-l) milk ECM), although variable, were within the range of values of existing studies. It was evidenced, however, that the methodology choice used for prediction had a large effect on the results. Methane from the rumen and manures, and N2O emissions from soils comprised most of the GHG emissions for milk production. Diet was the strongest factor explaining differences in GHG emissions from milk production. Moreover, the proportion of feed from the total cattle diet that could have directly been used to feed humans (e.g. cereals) was a good indicator to predict the C-footprint of milk. Not only were some other indicators, such as those in relation with farm N use efficiency, good proxies to estimate GHG emissions per ha or per kg milk ECM (C-footprint of milk) but they were also positively linked with farm economic performance.
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- A Del Prado
- Basque Centre For Climate Change (BC3), Alameda Urquijo, 4, 4°-1ª/48008 Bilbao Spain.
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Moreno-Navarrete JM, Ortega F, Serino M, Luche E, Waget A, Pardo G, Salvador J, Ricart W, Frühbeck G, Burcelin R, Fernández-Real JM. Circulating lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) as a marker of obesity-related insulin resistance. Int J Obes (Lond) 2011; 36:1442-9. [PMID: 22184060 DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) is a 65-kDa acute-phase protein present in blood at high concentrations, known to be derived from the liver. We aimed to gain insights into the association of circulating LBP with insulin resistance in humans and mice. METHODS, DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS: We studied the cross-sectional (n=222) and weight loss-induced (n=34) associations of LBP (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) with inflammatory and metabolic parameters (including minimal model-measured insulin sensitivity), and the effects of high-fat diet (HFD), metformin and genetic insulin sensitization (glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor knockout model) in mice. RESULTS Circulating LBP concentration was significantly increased in subjects with type 2 diabetes and dramatically increased in subjects with morbid obesity. LBP was significantly associated with insulin sensitivity and different inflammatory markers and decreased after weight loss (22.2 ± 5.8 vs 16.2 ± 9.3 μg ml(-1), P<0.0001) in association with changes in body mass index and insulin sensitivity. Circulating LBP concentration was increased in HFD mice, whereas decreased in glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor knockout mice (significantly more insulin sensitive than wild-type mice) and after metformin administration. CONCLUSION LBP is an inflammatory marker associated with obesity-related insulin resistance.
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- J M Moreno-Navarrete
- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IdIBGi), CIBEROBN (CB06/03/010) and Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Girona, Spain
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Arenas C, Osácar C, Sancho C, Vázquez-Urbez M, Auqué L, Pardo G. Seasonal record from recent fluvial tufa deposits (Monasterio de Piedra, NE Spain): sedimentological and stable isotope data. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1144/sp336.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AbstractPhysical and hydrochemical parameters and sedimentation rates were monitored twice a year from August 1999 to March 2003 at the Monasterio de Piedra area (NE Spain). Different tufa facies related to distinct fluvial subenvironments were characterized and the isotopic composition of water was analysed seasonally. Sedimentary features (thickness, texture and structure) and stable isotope composition of the seasonal record on tablets were analysed. The seasonal intervals were identified from six-monthly thickness measurements on tablets.Sedimentation rates had a strong seasonal pattern with higher values in warm periods than in cool ones, although erosive events and sporadic, warmer-than-normal climate conditions altered it. Three main types of fluvial facies were studied in detail: dense, stromatolitic tufa; dense to porous, massive tufa; and spongy, moss- and alga-bearing, crudely laminated tufa. Textural features of deposits from warm and cool periods had a variable pattern.The sediment δ18O composition showed a rhythmic variation, with higher values in cool periods and lower in warm ones, caused by the fractionation due to seasonal temperature variations. The calculated temperatures for a theoretical equilibrium precipitation accord with the actual measured temperatures. The sediment δ13C composition had an irregular pattern, indicating that other parameters than temperature intervened in the fluvial system.
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- C. Arenas
- Department of Earth Science, University of Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Earth Science, University of Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Earth Science, University of Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Earth Science, University of Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Earth Science, University of Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Earth Science, University of Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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Giovannoni G, Barbarash O, Casset-Semanaz F, King J, Metz L, Pardo G, Simsarian J, Sørensen PS, Stubinski B. Safety and immunogenicity of a new formulation of interferon beta-1a (Rebif New Formulation) in a Phase IIIb study in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis: 96-week results. Mult Scler 2008; 15:219-28. [PMID: 18755819 DOI: 10.1177/1352458508097299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND A new formulation of subcutaneous (s.c.) interferon-beta-1a has been developed (Rebif New Formulation, RNF), produced without fetal bovine serum and without human serum albumin as an excipient, with the aim of improving injection tolerability, and reducing immunogenicity. OBJECTIVES This article reports 96-week analyses of a Phase IIIb, open-label study of the safety and immunogenicity of RNF compared with historical (EVIDENCE study) and recent (REGARD study) data on the original formulation. METHODS Patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (McDonald criteria) and an Expanded Disability Status Scale score < 6.0 received RNF, 44 microg s.c. three times weekly. RESULTS The proportion of neutralizing antibody-positive (NAb+) patients (serum NAb status >or=20 neutralizing units/mL) at week 96 (last observation carried forward; primary endpoint) was 17.4% (exact 95% confidence interval [CI]: 13.0-22.5), compared with 21.4% (95% CI: 17.2-26.2) in the EVIDENCE study, and 27.3% (95% CI: 22.8-32.1) in the REGARD study. The proportion of patients NAb+ at any time during the 96 weeks was 18.9% (95% CI: 14.4-24.2), compared with 27.1% (95% CI: 22.4-32.2) and 33.7% (95% CI: 28.9-38.7), respectively. Most pre-specified categories of adverse events were reported by patients in the RNF study at a similar or lower proportion than in the EVIDENCE and REGARD studies. Injection-site reactions were experienced by fewer patients than in the EVIDENCE and REGARD studies. CONCLUSIONS RNF has improved overall immunogenicity and safety profiles compared with the original formulation.
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- G Giovannoni
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
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Pardo G. Neuroophthalmological manifestations of diabetes mellitus. Int Ophthalmol Clin 1998; 38:213-26. [PMID: 9604748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- G Pardo
- Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Tang R, Shields J, Schiffman J, Li H, Locher D, Hampton J, Prager T, Pardo G. Retinal changes associated with tamoxifen treatment for breast cancer. Eye (Lond) 1997; 11 ( Pt 3):295-7. [PMID: 9373465 DOI: 10.1038/eye.1997.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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PURPOSE This study was undertaken to estimate the incidence of retinal changes and determine the prevalence of ocular toxicity associated with tamoxifen treatment in a breast cancer population. METHODS The study was based on a population cross-sectional survey, including 290 patients taking tamoxifen from 6 months to 12 years; 274 patients were analysed. The main outcome measures were the incidence of retinal changes and visual impairment. RESULTS The incidence of retinal changes was 0.9% (3 of 274 patients). All 3 patients were asymptomatic. The length of tamoxifen treatment ranged from 39 months to 120 months in the affected patients, with cumulative tamoxifen doses ranging from 23.7 g to 73 g. CONCLUSIONS Retinopathy in patients receiving low doses of tamoxifen is rare and, in our study, did not result in changes in visual acuity. We found no retinopathy in patients receiving tamoxifen within the first 3 years of treatment or in patients receiving a total tamoxifen dosage of less than 23.7 g. Although retinopathy can occur in a tamoxifen-treated population, its low incidence and an associated good prognosis for vision does not merit special screening for this problem.
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- R Tang
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
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Vázquez-Barquero JL, Cuesta Nuñez MJ, Herrera Castanedo S, Diez Manrique JF, Pardo G, Dunn G. Sociodemographic and clinical variables as predictors of the diagnostic characteristics of first episodes of schizophrenia. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996; 94:149-55. [PMID: 8891079 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09840.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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This paper examines the association of clinical and sociodemographic factors, including age and sex, with the diagnostic characteristics of first episodes of schizophrenia. The study included all patients with a first episode of schizophrenia who made contact with any of the public mental health services of the Autonomous Region of Cantabria in Northern Spain over a period of 2 years. Diagnostic characteristics were determined using the Spanish version of the Present State Examination (PSE-9), and the Scales for the Assessment of Positive and Negative Symptoms (SAPS and SANS, respectively). The study confirms that the onset of schizophrenia tends to occur earlier in men than in women. However, neither sex nor age of onset were found to be associated with the clinical and psychopathological characteristics of the patients as established by the PSE-CATEGO-ID system. Furthermore, no other factors were found to be associated with these diagnostic characteristics. Being female, having a family history of mental illness, and a poor premorbid adjustment were found to predict negative symptoms as defined by SANS/SAPS scales.
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- J L Vázquez-Barquero
- Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Cantabria University, Santander, Spain
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The syndrome characterized by papillomacular bundle damage, central or cecocentral scotoma, and reduction of color vision can be produced by toxic, nutritional, or hereditary causes. Patients who present with such a picture should be evaluated for toxic sources such as tobacco or alcohol use. Nutritional deficiencies must be considered and a good family history should be obtained to explore hereditary factors. DNA mutation analysis is available to detect genetic abnormalities. A trial of nutritional replacement may be advisable even in the face of normal laboratory values. Previous reports have shown dramatic visual improvement with intramuscular hydroxocobalamin and other oral vitamin B complexes, even when specific deficiencies are not found.
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- C Woon
- Neuro-Ophthalmology Department, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
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Tang R, Carter K, Woodward J, Pardo G, Sabates F, Heravi MH, Hayman LA. Silicone and blindness: computed tomography imaging. J Neuroophthalmol 1994; 14:155-6. [PMID: 7804418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- R Tang
- Department of Ophthalmology, U.T.M.B., Galveston
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This report presents a patient who sustained closed head injury with chiasmal trauma. This uncommon injury may not be apparent on routine imaging studies. It is significant, not only from the visual standpoint, but also because of the association with serious conditions, such as panhypopituitarism, traumatic carotid aneurysm, carotid cavernous fistulae, and meningitis associated with leakage of cerebrospinal fluid. This report demonstrates that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the best method for identifying chiasmal abnormalities.
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- R A Tang
- Department of Ophthalmology, UTMB, Galveston
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Martino E, Grasso S, Bambini G, Pardo G, Vitti P, Aghini-Lombardi F, Pinchera A. Ontogenetic development of pancreatic thyrotropin-releasing hormone in human foetuses and in infants. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh) 1986; 112:372-6. [PMID: 3092527 DOI: 10.1530/acta.0.1120372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The ontogeny of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) in pancreata of human foetuses from 15-36 weeks of gestation and of infants has been studied. TRH was detectable in the pancreas of a 15 week old foetus; a progressive increase of pancreatic TRH content was observed until the 34th week of gestation, whereas a progressive decrease was found in the late period of pregnancy and in 1 year old infants. In contrast, the pancreatic insulin content showed a progressive increase during the entire pregnancy and in the first year after birth. These data indicate that TRH and insulin have different ontogenetic patterns in the human pancreas.
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Hidalgo-Alvarez R, de las Nieves F, Pardo G. Comparative sedimentation and streaming potential studies for ζ potential determination. J Colloid Interface Sci 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9797(85)90180-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pardo G, Legua V, Remohi J, Bonilla-musoles F. [Review and update: marijuana and reproduction]. Acta Ginecol (Madr) 1985; 42:420-9. [PMID: 12281277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Perea-Carpio R, González-Caballero F, Bruque J, Pardo G. On the adsorption of sodium alkylsulfonates at the air-aqueous solution interface. J Colloid Interface Sci 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9797(83)90211-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Perea-Carpio R, Gonz�lez-Caballero F, Bruque JM, Pardo G. Thermodynamic excess quantities in the adsorption of sodium alkylsulfonates at the air-solution interface. Colloid Polym Sci 1983. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01410700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Amico F, Bartolotta G, Di Pietro SG, Giannone C, Pardo G. Metastasi Peniene Da Carcinoma Della Vescica: Contributo Clinico. Urologia 1982. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038204900635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pechereau A, Quere MA, Pardo G. [Recession of the rectus medialis (practical results of biometric data)]. Bull Soc Ophtalmol Fr 1981; 81:725-727. [PMID: 7318081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Acquaviva A, Amodeo C, Cannizzaro MA, Pardo G, Petralia V, Ternullo B, Seminara F, Caglià P. [Repair of large vesical wall defects with lyophilized dura mater. Experimental research (author's transl)]. Chir Ital 1980; 32:1139-1145. [PMID: 7249174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In order to evaluate whether and how far a fuller case documentation can contribute to a better knowledge of the real possibilities of the lyophilised human dura mater in the field of vesical alloplastic surgery, the Authors present and discuss the results they obtained during the course of experimental research. In the light of personal histological documents, they stress the absence of reject phenomena, a property which, together with the absence of precipitates, the complete re-epithelialisation of the transition epithelium and the possibility of ensuring good vesical capacity, evidence that lyophilised human dura mater has full rights to a place in repair surgery of large vesical wall defects.
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Cannizzaro MA, Acquaviva A, Nicotra P, Ternullo B, Pardo G, Amodeo C, Caglià P, Tracia A. [The use of tissue adhesives in surgical repair of the colon. Experimental studies]. Chir Patol Sper 1980; 28:273-285. [PMID: 7307699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Acquaviva A, Immè A, Ternullo B, Nicotra P, Pardo G, Seminara F, Massimino O, Giuffrida A. [Repair of large defects of the abdominal wall with lyophilized dura mater. Experimental research (author's transl)]. Chir Ital 1980; 32:1146-51. [PMID: 6454508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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In order to evaluate whether and how far lyophilised human dura mater deserves to be preferred in repair surgery of large defects of the abdominal wall, the Authors present and discuss the results they obtained during the course of experimental research. In the light of personal histological documents, they stress the absence of reject phenomena and the peculiar capacity of the prosthesis for substitution by cicatricial tissue, properties which, together with the complete re-epithelialisation of the peritoneal mesothelium and the resistance to mechanical stresses, evidence that lyophilised dura mater must rightly be given preference in plastic reconstruction of large defects of the abdominal wall.
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Acquaviva A, Turrisi A, Cannizzaro MA, Pardo G, Petralia V, Ternullo B, Seminara F, Sciuto M. [Partial replacement of the ureter with lyophilized human dura mater. Experimental research (author's transl)]. Chir Ital 1980; 32:1152-8. [PMID: 7249175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In order to evaluate whether and how for lyophilized human dura mater deserves to be used in the field of ureteral alloplastic surgery, the authors present and discuss the results they obtained during the course of experimental research. In the light of their personal histological documents, they stress the absence of reject phenomena, a property which, together with the absence of precipitates, the complete reepithelialisation of the transition epithelium and the ability to ensure normal ureteral perviousness, evidences that lyophilised human dura mater has full rights to a place in substitutive surgery of a segment of ureter, in particular the lumbo-liiac segment.
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Cannizzaro MA, Nicotra P, Acquaviva A, Ternullo B, Pardo G, Cosentino F, Ferrara F, Bosco M. [Experimental research on the use of tissue adhesives in reparative surgery of the bladder]. Chir Patol Sper 1980; 28:209-220. [PMID: 7307694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Cannizzaro MA, Acquaviva A, Ternullo B, Nicotra P, Pardo G, Cosentino F, Turrisi A, Amodeo C. [Surgical repair of extensive losses of substance of the abdominal wall, using polypropylene mesh. Experimental studies]. Chir Patol Sper 1980; 28:221-32. [PMID: 6458464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Lemoine L, Quere MA, Pechereau A, Pardo G. [Iris transillumination in the heterozygote detection of universal albinism and female ocular albinism transmitters]. Bull Soc Ophtalmol Fr 1980; 80:447-9. [PMID: 7460184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Pardo G. Rational case control for more successful cast restorations. Dent Surv 1977; 53:29-41. [PMID: 348513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mechali D, Dousset M, Pardo G, Penotet M. [Dose delivered to the thyroid gland after inhalation of fission products. Fission of Pu-239 by rapid neutrons]. Health Phys 1966; 12:15-27. [PMID: 5937869 DOI: 10.1097/00004032-196601000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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