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Agràs-Guàrdia M, Martínez-Torres S, Granado-Font E, Pallejà-Millán M, Villalobos F, Patricio D, Ruiz F, Marin-Gomez FX, Duch J, Rey-Reñones C, Martín-Luján F. Effectiveness of an App for tobacco cessation in pregnant smokers (TOBBGEST): study protocol. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022; 22:933. [PMID: 36514020 PMCID: PMC9745963 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-05250-5] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tobacco consumption during pregnancy is one of the most modifiable causes of morbidity and mortality for both pregnant smokers and their foetus. Even though pregnant smokers are conscious about the negative effects of tobacco consumption, they also had barriers for smoking cessation and most of them continue smoking, being a major public health problem. The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an application (App) for mobile devices, designed with a gamification strategy, in order to help pregnant smokers to quit smoking during pregnancy and in the long term. METHODS This study is a multicentre randomized community intervention trial. It will recruit pregnant smokers (200 participants/group), aged more than 18 years, with sporadically or daily smoking habit in the last 30 days and who follow-up their pregnancy in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Services of the Camp de Tarragona and Central Catalonia Primary Care Departments. All the participants will have the usual clinical practice intervention for smoking cessation, whereas the intervention group will also have access to the App. The outcome measure will be prolonged abstinence at 12 months after the intervention, as confirmed by expired-carbon monoxide and urinary cotinine tests. Results will be analysed based on intention to treat. Prolonged abstinence rates will be compared, and the determining factors will be evaluated using multivariate statistical analysis. DISCUSSION The results of this study will offer evidence about the effectiveness of an intervention using a mobile App in smoking cessation for pregnant smokers, to decrease comorbidity associated with long-term smoking. If this technology is proven effective, it could be readily incorporated into primary care intervention for all pregnant smokers. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov ID NCT05222958 . Trial registered 3 February 2022.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maria Agràs-Guàrdia
- grid.22061.370000 0000 9127 6969Department of Primary Care Camp de Tarragona, Primary Care Center Llibertat (Reus – 3, Institut Català de La Salut, Reus, Spain ,grid.452479.9Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Camp de Tarragona, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), C/Cami de Riudoms, 53-55. Reus-43202, Tarragona, Spain ,grid.452479.9TICS-AP Research Group, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP JGol), Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.452479.9Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Camp de Tarragona, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), C/Cami de Riudoms, 53-55. Reus-43202, Tarragona, Spain ,grid.36083.3e0000 0001 2171 6620Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.452479.9Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Camp de Tarragona, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), C/Cami de Riudoms, 53-55. Reus-43202, Tarragona, Spain ,grid.452479.9TICS-AP Research Group, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP JGol), Barcelona, Spain ,grid.22061.370000 0000 9127 6969Department of Primary Care Camp de Tarragona, Primary Care Center Horts de Miró (Reus – 4), Institut Català de La Salut, Reus, Spain
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- grid.452479.9Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Camp de Tarragona, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), C/Cami de Riudoms, 53-55. Reus-43202, Tarragona, Spain ,grid.410367.70000 0001 2284 9230School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- grid.36083.3e0000 0001 2171 6620Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain ,grid.452479.9Fundació Institut Universitari Per a La Recerca a L’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol I Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.452479.9TICS-AP Research Group, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP JGol), Barcelona, Spain ,grid.22061.370000 0000 9127 6969Department of Primary Care Camp de Tarragona, Atenció a La Salut Sexual I Reproductive (ASSIR), Institut Català de La Salut, Reus, Spain
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- grid.452479.9TICS-AP Research Group, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP JGol), Barcelona, Spain ,grid.410367.70000 0001 2284 9230School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Reus, Spain ,grid.22061.370000 0000 9127 6969Department of Primary Care Camp de Tarragona, Atenció a La Salut Sexual I Reproductive (ASSIR), Institut Català de La Salut, Reus, Spain
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- grid.452479.9Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Catalunya Central, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain ,grid.22061.370000 0000 9127 6969Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Gerència Territorial de La Catalunya Central, Institut Català de La Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain
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- grid.452479.9TICS-AP Research Group, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP JGol), Barcelona, Spain ,grid.410367.70000 0001 2284 9230Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira I Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain
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- grid.452479.9Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Camp de Tarragona, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), C/Cami de Riudoms, 53-55. Reus-43202, Tarragona, Spain ,grid.452479.9TICS-AP Research Group, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP JGol), Barcelona, Spain ,grid.410367.70000 0001 2284 9230School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- grid.452479.9Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Camp de Tarragona, Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), C/Cami de Riudoms, 53-55. Reus-43202, Tarragona, Spain ,grid.410367.70000 0001 2284 9230School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Reus, Spain
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López-Mora DA, Fernández A, Duch J, Carrio I. Follow-up 18F-FDG PET/CT in an oncological asymptomatic COVID-19 patient. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2021; 40:374-375. [PMID: 34752372 PMCID: PMC7936538 DOI: 10.1016/j.remnie.2021.03.005] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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- D A López-Mora
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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López-Mora DA, Fernández A, Duch J, Carrio I. Follow-up 18F-FDG PET/CT in an oncological asymptomatic COVID-19 patient. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2020; 40:S2253-654X(20)30209-2. [PMID: 33380383 PMCID: PMC7698686 DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2020.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- D A López-Mora
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, España
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Pajerski W, Duch J, Ochonska D, Golda-Cepa M, Brzychczy-Wloch M, Kotarba A. Bacterial attachment to oxygen-functionalized graphenic surfaces. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2020; 113:110972. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.110972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Pallejà-Millán M, Rey-Reñones C, Barrera Uriarte ML, Granado-Font E, Basora J, Flores-Mateo G, Duch J. Evaluation of the Tobbstop Mobile App for Smoking Cessation: Cluster Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2020; 8:e15951. [PMID: 32589153 PMCID: PMC7381259 DOI: 10.2196/15951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mobile apps provide an accessible way to test new health-related methodologies. Tobacco is still the primary preventable cause of death in industrialized countries, constituting an important public health issue. New technologies provide novel opportunities that are effective in the cessation of smoking tobacco. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to evaluate the efficacy and usage of a mobile app for assisting adult smokers to quit smoking. METHODS We conducted a cluster randomized clinical trial. We included smokers older than 18 years who were motivated to stop smoking and used a mobile phone compatible with our mobile app. We carried out follow-up visits at 15, 30, and 45 days, and at 2, 3, 6, and 12 months. Participants of the intervention group had access to the Tobbstop mobile app designed by the research team. The primary outcomes were continuous smoking abstinence at 3 and 12 months. RESULTS A total of 773 participants were included in the trial, of which 602 (77.9%) began the study on their D-Day. Of participants in the intervention group, 34.15% (97/284) did not use the app. The continuous abstention level was significantly larger in the intervention group participants who used the app than in those who did not use the app at both 3 months (72/187, 38.5% vs 13/97, 13.4%; P<.001) and 12 months (39/187, 20.9% vs 8/97, 8.25%; P=.01). Participants in the intervention group who used the app regularly and correctly had a higher probability of not being smokers at 12 months (OR 7.20, 95% CI 2.14-24.20; P=.001) than the participants of the CG. CONCLUSIONS Regular use of an app for smoking cessation is effective in comparison with standard clinical practice. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01734421; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01734421.
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- Meritxell Pallejà-Millán
- Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Camp de Tarragona, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Reus, Spain.,Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain.,Institut Català de la Salut, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Camp de Tarragona, Reus, Spain
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- Institut Català de la Salut, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Camp de Tarragona, Reus, Spain.,Equip d'Atenció Primaria La Granja (Tarragona-2), Direcció d'Atenció Primaria Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Torreforta, Spain
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- Institut Català de la Salut, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Camp de Tarragona, Reus, Spain.,Equip d'Atenció Primaria Horts de Miró (Reus-4), Direcció d'Atenció Primaria Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Camp de Tarragona, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Reus, Spain.,Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Camp de Tarragona, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Reus, Spain.,Unitat d'Anàlisi i Qualitat, Xarxa Sanitària i Social Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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Marin-Gomez FX, Garcia-Moreno Marchán R, Mayos-Fernandez A, Flores-Mateo G, Granado-Font E, Barrera Uriarte ML, Duch J, Rey-Reñones C. Figure Correction: Exploring Efficacy of a Serious Game (Tobbstop) for Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Serious Games 2019; 7:e14381. [PMID: 31298219 PMCID: PMC6657449 DOI: 10.2196/14381] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Francesc X Marin-Gomez
- Servei d'Atenció Primària d'Osona, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Vic, Spain.,Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Catalunya Central, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain.,Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain.,Digital Care Research Group, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Vic, Spain
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- Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit, Servei d'Atenció Primària d'Osona, Institut Català de la Salut, Vic, Spain
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- Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit, Servei d'Atenció Primària d'Osona, Institut Català de la Salut, Vic, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Unitat d'Anàlisi i Qualitat, Xarxa Sanitària i Social Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Departament d'Infermeria, Facultat d'Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.,Centre d'Atenció Primària Horts de Miró (Reus-4), Gerència d'Àmbit d'Atenció Primària Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Tarragona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Centre d'Atenció Primària La Granja (Tarragona-2), Gerència d'Àmbit d'Atenció Primària Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Torreforta,Tarragona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Departament d'Infermeria, Facultat d'Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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Marin-Gomez FX, Garcia-Moreno Marchán R, Mayos-Fernandez A, Flores-Mateo G, Granado-Font E, Barrera Uriarte ML, Duch J, Rey-Reñones C. Exploring Efficacy of a Serious Game (Tobbstop) for Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Serious Games 2019; 7:e12835. [PMID: 30916655 PMCID: PMC6456830 DOI: 10.2196/12835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background Tobacco use during pregnancy entails a serious risk to the mother and harmful effects on the development of the child. Europe has the highest tobacco smoking prevalence (19.3%) compared with the 6.8% global mean. Between 20% to 30% of pregnant women used tobacco during pregnancy worldwide. These data emphasize the urgent need for community education and implementation of prevention strategies focused on the risks associated with tobacco use during pregnancy. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of an intervention that incorporates a serious game (Tobbstop) to help pregnant smokers quit smoking. Methods A two-arm randomized controlled trial enrolled 42 women who visited 2 primary care centers in Catalonia, Spain, between March 2015 and November 2016. All participants were pregnant smokers, above 18 years old, attending consultation with a midwife during the first trimester of pregnancy, and had expressed their desire to stop smoking. Participants were randomized to the intervention (n=21) or control group (n=21). The intervention group was instructed to install the game on their mobile phone or tablet and use it for 3 months. Until delivery, all the participants were assessed on their stage of smoking cessation during their follow-up midwife consultations. The primary outcome was continuous tobacco abstinence until delivery confirmed by the amount of carbon monoxide at each visit, measured with a carboxymeter. Results Continuous abstinence until delivery outcome was 57% (12/21) in the intervention group versus 14% (3/21) in the control group (hazard ratio=4.31; 95% CI 1.87-9.97; P=.001). The mean of total days without smoking until delivery was higher in the intervention group (mean 139.75, SD 21.76) compared with the control group (mean 33.28, SD 13.27; P<.001). In addition, a Kapplan-Meier survival analysis showed that intervention group has a higher abstinence rate compared with the control group (log-rank test, χ21=13.91; P<.001). Conclusions Serious game use is associated with an increased likelihood to maintain abstinence during the intervention period if compared with those not using the game. Pregnancy is an ideal opportunity to intervene and control tobacco use among future mothers. On the other hand, serious games are an emerging technology, growing in importance, which are shown to be a good tool to help quitting smoking during pregnancy and also to maintain this abstinent behavior. However, because of the study design limitations, these outcomes should be interpreted with caution. More research, using larger samples and longer follow-up periods, is needed to replicate the findings of this study. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01734421; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01734421 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/75ISc59pB)
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesc X Marin-Gomez
- Servei d'Atenció Primària d'Osona, Gerència Territorial de la Catalunya Central, Institut Català de la Salut, Vic, Spain.,Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Catalunya Central, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain.,Health Promotion in Rural Areas Research Group, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Fruitós de Bages, Spain.,Digital Care Research Group, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Vic, Spain
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- Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit, Servei d'Atenció Primària d'Osona, Institut Català de la Salut, Vic, Spain
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- Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit, Servei d'Atenció Primària d'Osona, Institut Català de la Salut, Vic, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Unitat d'Anàlisi i Qualitat, Xarxa Sanitària i Social Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Departament d'Infermeria, Facultat d'Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.,Centre d'Atenció Primària Horts de Miró (Reus-4), Gerència d'Àmbit d'Atenció Primària Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Tarragona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Centre d'Atenció Primària La Granja (Tarragona-2), Gerència d'Àmbit d'Atenció Primària Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Torreforta, Tarragona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies de la Informació en Atenció Primaria, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol, Reus, Spain.,Departament d'Infermeria, Facultat d'Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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Granado-Font E, Ferré-Grau C, Rey-Reñones C, Pons-Vigués M, Pujol Ribera E, Berenguera A, Barrera-Uriarte ML, Basora J, Valverde-Trillo A, Duch J, Flores-Mateo G. Coping Strategies and Social Support in a Mobile Phone Chat App Designed to Support Smoking Cessation: Qualitative Analysis. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2018; 6:e11071. [PMID: 30573445 PMCID: PMC6320429 DOI: 10.2196/11071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Smoking is one of the most significant factors contributing to low life expectancy, health inequalities, and illness at the worldwide scale. Smoking cessation attempts benefit from social support. Mobile phones have changed the way we communicate through the use of freely available message-oriented apps. Mobile app–based interventions for smoking cessation programs can provide interactive, supportive, and individually tailored interventions. Objective This study aimed to identify emotions, coping strategies, beliefs, values, and cognitive evaluations of smokers who are in the process of quitting, and to analyze online social support provided through the analysis of messages posted to a chat function integrated into a mobile app. Methods In this descriptive qualitative study, informants were smokers who participated in the chat of Tobbstop. The technique to generate information was documentary through messages collected from September 2014 through June 2016, specifically designed to support a smoking cessation intervention. A thematic content analysis of the messages applied 2 conceptual models: the Lazarus and Folkman model to assess participant’s experiences and perceptions and the Cutrona model to evaluate online social support. Results During the study period, 11,788 text messages were posted to the chat by 101 users. The most frequent messages offered information and emotional support, and all the basic emotions were reported in the chat. The 3 most frequent coping strategies identified were physical activity, different types of treatment such as nicotine replacement, and humor. Beliefs about quitting smoking included the inevitability of weight gain and the notion that not using any type of medications is better for smoking cessation. Health and family were the values more frequently described, followed by freedom. A smoke-free environment was perceived as important to successful smoking cessation. The social support group that was developed with the app offered mainly emotional and informational support. Conclusions Our analysis suggests that a chat integrated into a mobile app focused on supporting smoking cessation provides a useful tool for smokers who are in the process of quitting, by offering social support and a space to share concerns, information, or strategies.
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- Esther Granado-Font
- Centre d'Atenció Primària Horts de Miró (Reus - 4), Gerència d'Àmbit d'Atenció Primària Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Tarragona, Spain.,Facultat d'Infermeria, Departament d'Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Facultat d'Infermeria, Departament d'Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Facultat d'Infermeria, Departament d'Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.,Institut Català de la Salut, Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Reus, Spain
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- Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain.,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain
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- Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain.,Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain
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- Centre d'Atenció Primària La Granja (Tarragona-2), Gerència d'Àmbit d'Atenció Primària Camp de Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Torreforta (Tarragona), Spain.,Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Reus, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Unitat de Suport a la Recerca Tarragona-Reus, Institut Universitari en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Reus, Spain.,Unitat d'Anàlisi i Qualitat, Xarxa Sanitària i Social Santa Tecla, Tarragona, Spain
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Vicens J, Perelló J, Duch J. Citizen Social Lab: A digital platform for human behavior experimentation within a citizen science framework. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0207219. [PMID: 30521566 PMCID: PMC6283465 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cooperation is one of the behavioral traits that define human beings, however we are still trying to understand why humans cooperate. Behavioral experiments have been largely conducted to shed light into the mechanisms behind cooperation-and other behavioral traits. However, most of these experiments have been conducted in laboratories with highly controlled experimental protocols but with limitations in terms of subject pool or decisions' context, which limits the reproducibility and the generalization of the results obtained. In an attempt to overcome these limitations, some experimental approaches have moved human behavior experimentation from laboratories to public spaces, where behaviors occur naturally, and have opened the participation to the general public within the citizen science framework. Given the open nature of these environments, it is critical to establish the appropriate data collection protocols to maintain the same data quality that one can obtain in the laboratories. In this article we introduce Citizen Social Lab, a software platform designed to be used in the wild using citizen science practices. The platform allows researchers to collect data in a more realistic context while maintaining the scientific rigor, and it is structured in a modular and scalable way so it can also be easily adapted for online or brick-and-mortar experimental laboratories. Following citizen science guidelines, the platform is designed to motivate a more general population into participation, but also to promote engaging and learning of the scientific research process. We also review the main results of the experiments performed using the platform up to now, and the set of games that each experiment includes. Finally, we evaluate some properties of the platform, such as the heterogeneity of the samples of the experiments, the satisfaction level of participants, or the technical parameters that demonstrate the robustness of the platform and the quality of the data collected.
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- Julián Vicens
- Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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Vicens J, Bueno-Guerra N, Gutiérrez-Roig M, Gracia-Lázaro C, Gómez-Gardeñes J, Perelló J, Sánchez A, Moreno Y, Duch J. Resource heterogeneity leads to unjust effort distribution in climate change mitigation. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0204369. [PMID: 30379845 PMCID: PMC6209147 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Climate change mitigation is a shared global challenge that involves collective action of a set of individuals with different tendencies to cooperation. However, we lack an understanding of the effect of resource inequality when diverse actors interact together towards a common goal. Here, we report the results of a collective-risk dilemma experiment in which groups of individuals were initially given either equal or unequal endowments. We found that the effort distribution was highly inequitable, with participants with fewer resources contributing significantly more to the public goods than the richer -sometimes twice as much. An unsupervised learning algorithm classified the subjects according to their individual behavior, finding the poorest participants within two "generous clusters" and the richest into a "greedy cluster". Our results suggest that policies would benefit from educating about fairness and reinforcing climate justice actions addressed to vulnerable people instead of focusing on understanding generic or global climate consequences.
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- Julian Vicens
- Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Unidad Mixta Interdisciplinar de Comportamiento y Complejidad Social (UMICCS), UC3M-UV-UZ, Leganés, Spain
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Unidad Mixta Interdisciplinar de Comportamiento y Complejidad Social (UMICCS), UC3M-UV-UZ, Leganés, Spain
- Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC), Unidad de Matemática, Modelización y Ciencia Computacional, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain
- Institute UC3M-BS of Financial Big Data, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Getafe, Spain
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- Unidad Mixta Interdisciplinar de Comportamiento y Complejidad Social (UMICCS), UC3M-UV-UZ, Leganés, Spain
- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
- ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
- Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Cigarini A, Vicens J, Duch J, Sánchez A, Perelló J. Author Correction: Quantitative account of social interactions in a mental health care ecosystem: cooperation, trust and collective action. Sci Rep 2018; 8:14595. [PMID: 30254291 PMCID: PMC6156332 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32562-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
A correction to this article has been published and is linked from the HTML and PDF versions of this paper. The error has not been fixed in the paper.
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- Anna Cigarini
- 0000 0004 1937 0247grid.5841.8Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain ,0000 0004 1937 0247grid.5841.8Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- 0000 0004 1937 0247grid.5841.8Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain ,0000 0004 1937 0247grid.5841.8Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, 08028 Barcelona, Spain ,0000 0001 2284 9230grid.410367.7Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- 0000 0001 2284 9230grid.410367.7Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain ,0000 0001 2299 3507grid.16753.36Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Northwestern University, 60208 Evanston, IL USA
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- 0000 0001 2168 9183grid.7840.bGrupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC), Unidad de Matemática, Modelización y Ciencia Computacional, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, Spain ,0000 0001 2168 9183grid.7840.bUnidad Mixta Interdisciplinar de Comportamiento y Complejidad Social (UMICCS) UC3M-UV-UZ, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, Spain ,0000 0001 2168 9183grid.7840.bInstitute UC3M-BS of Financial Big Data, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28903 Getafe, Spain ,0000 0001 2152 8769grid.11205.37Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- 0000 0004 1937 0247grid.5841.8Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain ,0000 0004 1937 0247grid.5841.8Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Cigarini A, Vicens J, Duch J, Sánchez A, Perelló J. Quantitative account of social interactions in a mental health care ecosystem: cooperation, trust and collective action. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3794. [PMID: 29491363 PMCID: PMC5830605 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21900-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mental disorders have an enormous impact in our society, both in personal terms and in the economic costs associated with their treatment. In order to scale up services and bring down costs, administrations are starting to promote social interactions as key to care provision. We analyze quantitatively the importance of communities for effective mental health care, considering all community members involved. By means of citizen science practices, we have designed a suite of games that allow to probe into different behavioral traits of the role groups of the ecosystem. The evidence reinforces the idea of community social capital, with caregivers and professionals playing a leading role. Yet, the cost of collective action is mainly supported by individuals with a mental condition - which unveils their vulnerability. The results are in general agreement with previous findings but, since we broaden the perspective of previous studies, we are also able to find marked differences in the social behavior of certain groups of mental disorders. We finally point to the conditions under which cooperation among members of the ecosystem is better sustained, suggesting how virtuous cycles of inclusion and participation can be promoted in a 'care in the community' framework.
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- Anna Cigarini
- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007, Tarragona, Spain
- Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Northwestern University, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC), Unidad de Matemática, Modelización y Ciencia Computacional, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911, Leganés, Spain
- Unidad Mixta Interdisciplinar de Comportamiento y Complejidad Social (UMICCS) UC3M-UV-UZ, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911, Leganés, Spain
- Institute UC3M-BS of Financial Big Data, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28903, Getafe, Spain
- Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
- Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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Orero A, Roé N, Muxí A, Rubí S, Duch J, Rull R, Pavón N, Pons F, Pavía J, Vidal-Sicart S. Monitoring system for isolated limb perfusion based on a portable gamma camera. Nuklearmedizin 2018; 48:166-72. [DOI: 10.3413/nukmed-0223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2008] [Accepted: 05/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Summary
Background: The treatment of malignant melanoma or sarcomas on a limb using extremity perfusion with tumour necrosis factor (TNF-α) and melphalan can result in a high degree of systemic toxicity if there is any leakage from the isolated blood territory of the limb into the systemic vascular territory. Leakage is currently controlled by using radiotracers and heavy external probes in a procedure that requires continuous manual calculations. The aim of this work was to develop a light, easily transportable system to monitor limb perfusion leakage by controlling systemic blood pool radioactivity with a portable gamma camera adapted for intraoperative use as an external probe, and to initiate its application in the treatment of MM patients. Methods: A special collimator was built for maximal sensitivity. Software for acquisition and data processing in real time was developed. After testing the adequacy of the system, it was used to monitor limb perfusion leakage in 16 patients with malignant melanoma to be treated with perfusion of TNF-α and melphalan. Results: The field of view of the detector system was 13.8 cm, which is appropriate for the monitoring, since the area to be controlled was the precordial zone. The sensitivity of the system was 257 cps/MBq. When the percentage of leakage reaches 10% the associated absolute error is ± 1%. After a mean follow-up period of 12 months, no patients have shown any significant or lasting side-effects. Partial or complete remission of lesions was seen in 9 out of 16 patients (56%) after HILP with TNF-α and melphalan. Conclusion: The detector system together with specially developed software provides a suitable automatic continuous monitoring system of any leakage that may occur during limb perfusion. This technique has been successfully implemented in patients for whom perfusion with TNF-α and melphalan has been indicated.
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Zeng XHT, Duch J, Sales-Pardo M, Moreira JAG, Radicchi F, Ribeiro HV, Woodruff TK, Amaral LAN. Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender. PLoS Biol 2016; 14:e1002573. [PMID: 27814355 PMCID: PMC5096717 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Collaboration plays an increasingly important role in promoting research productivity and impact. What remains unclear is whether female and male researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematical (STEM) disciplines differ in their collaboration propensity. Here, we report on an empirical analysis of the complete publication records of 3,980 faculty members in six STEM disciplines at select U.S. research universities. We find that female faculty have significantly fewer distinct co-authors over their careers than males, but that this difference can be fully accounted for by females’ lower publication rate and shorter career lengths. Next, we find that female scientists have a lower probability of repeating previous co-authors than males, an intriguing result because prior research shows that teams involving new collaborations produce work with higher impact. Finally, we find evidence for gender segregation in some sub-disciplines in molecular biology, in particular in genomics where we find female faculty to be clearly under-represented. An empirical analysis of researchers’ publications reveals that females have fewer distinct coauthors yet have a lower chance of repeating previous coauthors than their male counterparts. Collaboration plays an increasingly important role in promoting research productivity and impact. What remains unclear is whether female and male researchers differ in their collaboration practices. In our study, we report on an empirical analysis of the complete publication records of 3,980 faculty members in six science, technology, engineering, and mathematical disciplines at select U.S. research universities. First we found that female faculty have significantly fewer distinct co-authors over their careers than males, but that this difference can be fully accounted for by females’ lower publication rate and shorter career lengths. Next, we find that female scientists have a lower probability of repeating previous co-authors than males, an intriguing result because prior research shows that teams involving new collaborations produce work with higher impact. Finally, we find evidence for gender segregation in some sub-disciplines in molecular biology, in particular in genomics where we find female faculty to be clearly under-represented.
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- Xiao Han T. Zeng
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Department d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Department d’Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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- Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Departamento Fisica, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Parana, Brazil
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Institute for Women’s Health Research, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Gutiérrez-Roig M, Segura C, Duch J, Perelló J. Market Imitation and Win-Stay Lose-Shift Strategies Emerge as Unintended Patterns in Market Direction Guesses. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159078. [PMID: 27532219 PMCID: PMC4988703 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Decisions made in our everyday lives are based on a wide variety of information so it is generally very difficult to assess what are the strategies that guide us. Stock market provides a rich environment to study how people make decisions since responding to market uncertainty needs a constant update of these strategies. For this purpose, we run a lab-in-the-field experiment where volunteers are given a controlled set of financial information -based on real data from worldwide financial indices- and they are required to guess whether the market price would go "up" or "down" in each situation. From the data collected we explore basic statistical traits, behavioural biases and emerging strategies. In particular, we detect unintended patterns of behavior through consistent actions, which can be interpreted as Market Imitation and Win-Stay Lose-Shift emerging strategies, with Market Imitation being the most dominant. We also observe that these strategies are affected by external factors: the expert advice, the lack of information or an information overload reinforce the use of these intuitive strategies, while the probability to follow them significantly decreases when subjects spends more time to make a decision. The cohort analysis shows that women and children are more prone to use such strategies although their performance is not undermined. Our results are of interest for better handling clients expectations of trading companies, to avoid behavioural anomalies in financial analysts decisions and to improve not only the design of markets but also the trading digital interfaces where information is set down. Strategies and behavioural biases observed can also be translated into new agent based modelling or stochastic price dynamics to better understand financial bubbles or the effects of asymmetric risk perception to price drops.
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- Mario Gutiérrez-Roig
- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems UBICS, Barcelona, Spain
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Poncela-Casasnovas J, Gutiérrez-Roig M, Gracia-Lázaro C, Vicens J, Gómez-Gardeñes J, Perelló J, Moreno Y, Duch J, Sánchez A. Humans display a reduced set of consistent behavioral phenotypes in dyadic games. Sci Adv 2016; 2:e1600451. [PMID: 27532047 PMCID: PMC4975555 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 07/02/2016] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Socially relevant situations that involve strategic interactions are widespread among animals and humans alike. To study these situations, theoretical and experimental research has adopted a game theoretical perspective, generating valuable insights about human behavior. However, most of the results reported so far have been obtained from a population perspective and considered one specific conflicting situation at a time. This makes it difficult to extract conclusions about the consistency of individuals' behavior when facing different situations and to define a comprehensive classification of the strategies underlying the observed behaviors. We present the results of a lab-in-the-field experiment in which subjects face four different dyadic games, with the aim of establishing general behavioral rules dictating individuals' actions. By analyzing our data with an unsupervised clustering algorithm, we find that all the subjects conform, with a large degree of consistency, to a limited number of behavioral phenotypes (envious, optimist, pessimist, and trustful), with only a small fraction of undefined subjects. We also discuss the possible connections to existing interpretations based on a priori theoretical approaches. Our findings provide a relevant contribution to the experimental and theoretical efforts toward the identification of basic behavioral phenotypes in a wider set of contexts without aprioristic assumptions regarding the rules or strategies behind actions. From this perspective, our work contributes to a fact-based approach to the study of human behavior in strategic situations, which could be applied to simulating societies, policy-making scenario building, and even a variety of business applications.
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- Julia Poncela-Casasnovas
- Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- Applied Research Group in Education and Technology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- UBICS Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
- Complex Networks and Systems Lagrange Laboratory, Institute for Scientific Interchange, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Departament d’Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems (BIFI), University of Zaragoza, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
- Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos, Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain
- UC3M-BS Institute of Financial Big Data, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28903 Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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Achury C, Domènech A, Geraldo L, Duch J, Carrió I, Flotats A. Gammagrafía ósea con captación abdominopélvica de 99mTc-difosfonatos. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2014; 33:326-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2013.12.009] [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] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Valdivieso-López E, Flores-Mateo G, Molina-Gómez JD, Rey-Reñones C, Barrera Uriarte ML, Duch J, Valverde A. Efficacy of a mobile application for smoking cessation in young people: study protocol for a clustered, randomized trial. BMC Public Health 2013; 13:704. [PMID: 23915067 PMCID: PMC3750394 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tobacco consumption is the most preventable cause of morbidity-mortality in the world. One aspect of smoking cessation that merits in-depth study is the use of an application designed for smartphones (app), as a supportive element that could assist younger smokers in their efforts to quit. To assess the efficacy of an intervention that includes the assistance of a smoking cessation smartphone application targeted to young people aged 18 to 30 years who are motivated to stop smoking. METHODS/DESIGN Cluster randomised clinical trial. SETTING Primary Health Care centres (PHCCs) in Catalonia. Analyses based on intention to treat. PARTICIPANTS motivated smokers of 10 or more cigarettes per day, aged 18 to 30 years, consulting PHCCs for any reason and who provide written informed consent to participate in the trial. Intervention group will receive a 6-month smoking cessation programme that implements recommendations of a Clinical Practice Guideline, complemented with a smartphone app designed specifically for this programme. Control group will receive the usual care. The outcome measure will be abstinence at 12 months confirmed by exhaled-air carbon monoxide concentration of at least 10 parts per million at each control test. DISCUSSION To our knowledge this is the first randomised controlled trial of a programme comparing the efficacy of usual care with a smoking cessation intervention involving a mobile app. If effective, the modality could offer a universal public health management approach to this common health concern. TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT01734421.
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- Empar Valdivieso-López
- Centre d’Atenció Primària Bonavista, Direcció d’Atenció Primària Tarragona, Institut Català de la Salut, Tarragona, Spain
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Camacho V, Estorch M, Marquié M, Domènech A, Flotats A, Fernández A, Duch J, Geraldo L, Deportos J, Artigas C, Lleó A, Carrió I. Utility of early imaging of myocardial innervation scintigraphy in the diagnosis of Lewy body dementia. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remnie.2013.01.008] [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: 10/27/2022]
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Sánchez-Burillo E, Duch J, Gómez-Gardeñes J, Zueco D. Quantum navigation and ranking in complex networks. Sci Rep 2012; 2:605. [PMID: 22930671 PMCID: PMC3428603 DOI: 10.1038/srep00605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Complex networks are formal frameworks capturing the interdependencies between the elements of large systems and databases. This formalism allows to use network navigation methods to rank the importance that each constituent has on the global organization of the system. A key example is Pagerank navigation which is at the core of the most used search engine of the World Wide Web. Inspired in this classical algorithm, we define a quantum navigation method providing a unique ranking of the elements of a network. We analyze the convergence of quantum navigation to the stationary rank of networks and show that quantumness decreases the number of navigation steps before convergence. In addition, we show that quantum navigation allows to solve degeneracies found in classical ranks. By implementing the quantum algorithm in real networks, we confirm these improvements and show that quantum coherence unveils new hierarchical features about the global organization of complex systems.
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- Eduardo Sánchez-Burillo
- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón (ICMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza, E-50012 Zaragoza, Spain
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Duch J, Fuster D, Muñoz M, Fernández PL, Paredes P, Fontanillas M, Skaltsa K, Domènech B, Lomeña F, Pons F. PET/CT with [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose in the assessment of metabolic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2012; 56:291-298. [PMID: 22695339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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AIM The aim of this paper was to prospectively evaluate FDG PET/CT in the assessment of metabolic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and correlation with tumor cellularity in locally advanced breast cancer. METHODS Images were acquired with a PET/CT scanner in 50 patients at baseline and after completion of treatment, just before surgery. All findings were confirmed by histopathological analysis. PET/CT quantification (SUVmax) at baseline and after finishing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (4 cycles of epirubicin + cyclophosphamide +/- taxanes) were compared using RECIST criteria and Miller & Payne (M&P) scale. RESULTS Baseline mean tumor size was 4.4±1.6 cm. Thirty eight patients were considered responders and 12 nonresponders. According to M&P scale, 10 patients had good prognosis (grades 4-5) and 40 patients had bad prognosis (grades 1-3). All patients with grade 5 M&P had no significant postchemotherapy FDG uptake. Patients with bad prognosis had lower SUVmax variation (∆SUVmax) than patients with good prognosis (60.7% vs. 80.5%, P=0.0016). ∆SUVmax was lower in nonresponders than in partial responders according to RECIST criteria (38.9% vs. 67.6%, p<0.001), and was also lower in partial responders than complete responders (67.6% vs. 85.4%, P=0.005). A cut-off ∆SUVmax value of 52% differentiates responders from nonresponders with a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 90%. Probability densities of the ∆SUVmax (%) for stable disease (<45), partial (>45 to <82) and complete response (>82) showed an overall accuracy of 78% (Weighted Kappa=0.74). CONCLUSION PET/CT is useful to monitor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer. ∆SUVmax on PET/CT correlates with tumor cellularity after completion of neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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- J Duch
- Nuclear Medicine Department, Barcelona Clinical Provincial Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
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Gavalda A, Duch J, Gómez-Gardeñes J. Reciprocal interactions out of congestion-free adaptive networks. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2012; 85:026112. [PMID: 22463284 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.85.026112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this paper we study the jamming transition in complex adaptive networks. We introduce an adaptation mechanism that modifies the weight of the communication channels in order to delay the congestion onset. Adaptivity takes place locally as it is driven by each node of the network. Surprisingly, regardless of the structural properties of the backbone topology, e.g., its degree distribution, the adaptive network can reach optimal functioning provided it allows a reciprocal distribution of the weights. Under this condition, the optimal functioning is achieved through an extensive network reshaping ending up in a highly reciprocal weighted network whose critical onset of congestion is delayed up to its maximum possible value. We also show that, for a given network, the reciprocal weighting obtained from adaptation produce optimal static configurations.
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- Arnau Gavalda
- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, ES-43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Tracking the volume of keywords in Internet searches, message boards, or Tweets has provided an alternative for following or predicting associations between popular interest or disease incidences. Here, we extend that research by examining the role of e-communications among day traders and their collective understanding of the market. Our study introduces a general method that focuses on bundles of words that behave differently from daily communication routines, and uses original data covering the content of instant messages among all day traders at a trading firm over a 40-month period. Analyses show that two word bundles convey traders' understanding of same day market events and potential next day market events. We find that when market volatility is high, traders' communications are dominated by same day events, and when volatility is low, communications are dominated by next day events. We show that the stronger the traders' attention to either same day or next day events, the higher their collective trading performance. We conclude that e-communication among traders is a product of mass collaboration over diverse viewpoints that embodies unique information about their weak or strong understanding of the market.
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- Serguei Saavedra
- Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
- Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Camacho V, Marquié M, Lleó A, Alvés L, Artigas C, Flotats A, Duch J, Blesa R, Gómez-Isla T, Carrió I, Estorch M. Cardiac sympathetic impairment parallels nigrostriatal degeneration in Probable Dementia with Lewy Bodies. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2011; 55:476-483. [PMID: 21150861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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AIM Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) must be distinguished from other types of dementia because of important differences in patient management and outcome. Both reduction in cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzilguanidine (MIBG) uptake and decreased 123I-FP-CIT binding in basal ganglia have been described in DLB. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between cardiac sympathetic activity and nigrostriatal degeneration in patients with probable DLB. METHODS Twenty-eight patients (15 males; mean age 77 years, range 64-88 years) with clinical international criteria of probable DLB were included in the study. All patients underwent a cardiac MIBG scintigraphy and a FP-CIT SPECT. Global cardiac MIBG uptake was semiquantified by means of heart-to-mediastinum ratio (HMR) (normal >1.56). FP-CIT binding in basal ganglia was calculated and compared with an age-matched control group. The relation between cardiac MIBG uptake and FP-CIT uptake in basal ganglia, and the relationship of these two techniques with distinctive symptoms of DLB, features of past medical history and data from the neuropsychological examination were assessed. RESULTS Cardiac MIBG uptake was decreased in 23 of 28 patients (HMR=1.32, range 0.95-1.85). The FP-CIT binding in basal ganglia was significantly lower than in control group (2.01±0.5 vs 2.62±0.2, P<0.05). All patients with reduced cardiac HMR showed decreased FP-CIT binding in basal ganglia. There was a positive correlation between the HMR and specific binding ratio of striatum (P<0.01). A high correlation between FP-CIT SPECT and the presence of parkinsonism also was found. No correlation between cardiac MIBG uptake and demographic, clinical or neuropsychological data was found. CONCLUSION In probable DLB cardiac MIBG uptake and FP-CIT binding in basal ganglia are reduced. The positive correlation between both measures suggests that cardiac sympathetic degeneration and nigrostriatal degeneration parallel similarly in patients with probable DLB.
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- V Camacho
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
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Fernández A, Duch J, Flotats A, Camacho V, Estorch M, Carrió I. Evaluación de la respuesta terapéutica y PET-TAC: ¿realmente sólo importa el tamaño? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 29:184-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2010.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Accepted: 04/29/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Camacho V, Rodríguez-Revuelto A, Flotats A, Duch J, Artigas C, Carrió I, Estorch M. Skin metastasis of follicular thyroid carcinoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2010; 37:1237. [PMID: 20309681 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1425-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- V Camacho
- Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
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Ortín-Pérez J, Vidal-Sicart S, Duch J, Doménech B, Pons F. [Bilateral drainage in the internal mammary chain in the detection of the sentinel lymph node in a breast tumor]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 28:128-9. [PMID: 19558954 DOI: 10.1016/s0212-6982(09)71356-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- J Ortín-Pérez
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España
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Pons F, Duch J, Fuster D. Breast cancer therapy: the role of PET-CT in decision making. Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2009; 53:210-223. [PMID: 19293769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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This paper describes the role of positron emission tomography (PET) and PET-computed tomography (CT) in breast cancer patients. Fluorine-18-Fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) has limited diagnostic value in detecting small noninvasive primary tumors, in staging the axillary region in early stages and in the detection of osteoblastic metastases. Better results have been shown in the detection and staging of primary invasive tumors. Significant clinical data are available in the monitoring of primary chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer where [(18)F]FDG PET-CT allows prediction of the response even shortly after the onset of therapy. Quantitative evaluation of tumor uptake is necessary. Therapy-induced changes in tumor metabolism may be helpful in making decisions about continuation, modification or cessation of therapy. Therefore, [(18)F]FDG PET-CT appears to be a promising tool for the personalization of breast cancer treatment by its early identification of nonresponders. It offers improved patient care, avoiding ineffective chemotherapy and the side effects while reducing the cost. An area generating high expectations for PET-TC in breast cancer is in monitoring in order to tailor therapy to the tumor characteristics of individual patients who may require tracers other than [(18)F]FDG. The introduction of new PET tracers and the development of new instruments will offer opportunities to improve the role of PET-CT in decision making of therapy in these patients.
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- F Pons
- Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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Dolmatch B, Duch J, Kershen L, Winder R, Josephs S, Trimmer C, Lopera J, Davidson I. Abstract No. 128: Fluency Covered Stent Salvage of Dysfunctional Hemodialysis Access: Technical and 180-Day Patency Results. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.12.111] [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: 11/15/2022] Open
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Fuster D, Duch J, Soriano A, García S, Setoain X, Bori G, Rubí S, Rodríguez D, Doménech B, Piera C, Mensa J, Pons F. Valor de la gammagrafía de médula macrofágica en el diagnóstico de infección de prótesis total de cadera estudiada con leucocitos 99mTc-HMPAO. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s0212-6982(08)75530-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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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Fuster D, Duch J, Soriano A, García S, Setoain X, Bori G, Rubí S, Rodríguez D, Doménech B, Piera C, Mensa J, Pons F. [Potential use of bone marrow scintigraphy in suspected prosthetic hip infection evaluated with 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocytes]. Rev Esp Med Nucl 2008; 27:430-435. [PMID: 19094902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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AIM To evaluate the usefulness of (99m)Tc-Sulphur colloid when combined with leukocyte scintigraphy in suspected prosthetic hip infection, comparing the results with information from (99m)Tc-HMPAO-leukocyte scintigraphy alone. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventy patients (42 women, 28 men; mean age 68 +/- 13 years) with painful hip prostheses and suspicion of infection were evaluated prospectively. All patients had bone scintigraphy, (99m)Tc-HMPAO-labelled white blood cell scintigraphy and (99m)Tc-Sulphur colloid bone marrow scintigraphy. ESR and CRP levels were measured in all patients. The final diagnosis was made with microbiological findings or by clinical follow up of at least 12 months. RESULTS Infections were diagnosed in 12 of the 70 patients (3 coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, 2 Staphylococcus aureus, 2 Staphylococcus epidermidis, 2 enterococcus and 3 polymicrobial agents). ESR and CRP values were higher in patients with infection than in patients without infection (51.8 +/- 29.4 vs. 25.4 +/- 16.4 and 2.8 +/- 2.2 vs. 1.1 +/- 1.3, respectively; p < 0.05). Bone scintigraphy did not show a characteristic pattern to differentiate infection from aseptic loosening. The pool phase of the bone scintigraphy was positive in only 3/12 patients with infection (25 %). Sensitivity and specificity of the leukocyte scintigraphy was 83 % and 57 %, respectively. When the results of the bone marrow scintigraphy were added, these values increased to 92 % and 98 %, respectively. CONCLUSION Performing bone marrow scintigraphy significantly improves results when compared with leukocyte scintigraphy alone in the diagnosis of infected hip prostheses. Bone scintigraphy did not help to differentiate aseptic loosening from infection in this series.
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- D Fuster
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España.
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- Leon Danon
- Departament de Fisica Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona Marti i Franques 1, 08086 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Departament de Fisica Fonamental, Universitat de Barcelona Marti i Franques 1, 08086 Barcelona, Spain
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Rubí S, Duch J, Ortín J, Setoain X, Pons F. Rabdomiólisis después de tratamiento con atorvastatina detectada mediante gammagrafía ósea. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 25:393. [PMID: 17173790 DOI: 10.1157/13095175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- S Rubí
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic, Universidad de Barcelona.
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Ortín-Pérez J, Fuster D, Lomeña F, Torregrosa JV, Piera C, Rodríguez-Puig D, Duch J, Rubí S, Setoain X, Campistol JM, Pons F. Utilidad de la gammagrafía con plaquetas marcadas con 111In-oxina en el manejo del síndrome febril en pacientes en diálisis portadores de injerto renal no funcionante. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 25:289-93. [PMID: 17173774 DOI: 10.1157/13092695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 11/21/2022]
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AIM To evaluate the usefulness of 111In-oxine-labelled platelet scan in the therapeutic management of prolonged febrile syndrome in dialysis patients with a non-functional renal allograft. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred and fifty-eight patients (94 men, 64 women; mean age 44 +/- 9 years) were studied. Duration of fever was 42 days (range 7-112). A total of 68 % of the patients (107/158) were on low doses of corticosteroids (<10 mg/day). Platelet scans were performed 48 hours after reinjection of 111In-ixone-labelled platelets. A platelet uptake index (PUI) was calculated by dividing the cpm/pixel in the allograft by the cpm/pixel in a mirror background. A PUI > or = 1.5 was considered as threshold for immunological fever. The final diagnosis of immunological fever was established when it disappeared after transplantectomy, embolization or high doses of corticosteroid therapy. Fever of non-immunological origin was established when it disappeared after antibiotic therapy. RESULTS In 102/158 patients the fever was considered of immunological origin. In 56/158 patients the fever was considered of non immunological origin. Sensitivity and the specificity of the platelet scan was 80 % and 100 %, respectively. All those patients considered as having fever of immunological origin who had PUI <1.5 had been using corticosteroids during platelet scan. CONCLUSION 111In-labelled platelet scintigraphy is a useful technique in the therapeutic management of prolonged febrile syndrome in dialysis patients with non-functional renal allograft. The use of corticosteroids can reduce the sensitivity of 111In- labelled platelet scan.
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- J Ortín-Pérez
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, España
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We study the scaling of fluctuations with the mean of traffic in complex networks using a model where the arrival and departure of "packets" follow exponential distributions, and the processing capability of nodes is either unlimited or finite. The model presents a wide variety of exponents between 1/2 and 1 for this scaling, revealing their dependence on the few parameters considered, and questioning the existence of universality classes. We also report the experimental scaling of the fluctuations in the Internet for the Abilene backbone network. We found scaling exponents between 0.71 and 0.86 that do not fit with the exponent 1/2 reported in the literature.
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- Jordi Duch
- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Paredes P, Fuster D, Vidal-Sicart S, Ortín J, Duch J, Pons F. [Different samarium-153 behavior in bone metastases and arthrosis in a case of breast cancer and painful bones]. Rev Esp Med Nucl 2005; 24:331. [PMID: 16194467 DOI: 10.1157/13079286] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- P Paredes
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.
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Duch J, Arenas A. Community detection in complex networks using extremal optimization. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2005; 72:027104. [PMID: 16196754 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.72.027104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 355] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2005] [Revised: 06/27/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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We propose a method to find the community structure in complex networks based on an extremal optimization of the value of modularity. The method outperforms the optimal modularity found by the existing algorithms in the literature giving a better understanding of the community structure. We present the results of the algorithm for computer-simulated and real networks and compare them with other approaches. The efficiency and accuracy of the method make it feasible to be used for the accurate identification of community structure in large complex networks.
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- Jordi Duch
- Departament d'Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Feliers D, Duraisamy S, Faulkner JL, Duch J, Lee AV, Abboud HE, Choudhury GG, Kasinath BS. Activation of renal signaling pathways in db/db mice with type 2 diabetes. Kidney Int 2001; 60:495-504. [PMID: 11473632 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.060002495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Altered regulation of signaling pathways may contribute to the pathogenesis of renal disease. We examined renal cortical signaling pathways in type 2 diabetes. METHODS The status of renal cortical signaling pathways was examined in control and db/db mice with type 2 diabetes in the early phase of diabetic nephropathy associated with renal matrix expansion and albuminuria. RESULTS Tyrosine phosphorylation of renal cortical proteins was increased in diabetic mice. Renal cortical activities of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) in antiphosphotyrosine immunoprecipitates, Akt (PKB), and ERK1/2-type mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activities were significantly augmented sixfold (P < 0.01), twofold (P < 0.0003), and sevenfold (P < 0.001), respectively, in diabetic mice compared with controls. A part of the increased renal cortical PI 3-kinase activity was due to insulin receptor activation, as PI 3-kinase activity associated with beta chain of the insulin receptor was increased nearly fourfold (P < 0.0235). Additionally, the kinase activity of the immunoprecipitated insulin receptor beta chain was augmented in the diabetic renal cortex, and tyrosine phosphorylation of the insulin receptor was increased. In the liver, activities of PI 3-kinase in the antiphosphotyrosine immunoprecipitates and Akt also were increased threefold (P < 0.05) and twofold (P < 0.0002), respectively. However, there was no change in the hepatic insulin receptor-associated PI 3-kinase activity. Additionally, the hepatic ERK1/2-type MAP kinase activity was inhibited by nearly 50% (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS These studies demonstrate that a variety of receptor signaling pathways are activated in the renal cortex of mice with type 2 diabetes, and suggest a role for augmented insulin receptor activity in nephropathy of type 2 diabetes.
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- D Feliers
- Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78229-3900, USA
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Nagy I, Fricke G, Duch J, Weis E. [Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica--computer tomography as a meaningful complement to endoscopic and radiologic diagnosis]. Prax Klin Pneumol 1985; 39:176-9. [PMID: 3927282] [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: 01/08/2023]
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