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Valverde P, Fernández J, Buenaño E, González-Avella J, Cosenza M. Controlling systemic corruption through group size and salary dispersion of public servants. Heliyon 2024; 10:e25148. [PMID: 38333797 PMCID: PMC10850891 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25148] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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We investigate an agent-based model for the emergence of corruption in public contracts. There are two types of agents: business people and public servants. Both business people and public servants can adopt two strategies: corrupt or honest behavior. Interactions between business people and public servants take place through defined payoff rules. Either type of agent can switch between corrupt or honest strategies by comparing their payoffs after interacting. We measure the level of corruption in the system by the fractions of corrupt and honest agents for asymptotic times. We study the effects of the group size of the interacting agents, the dispersion with respect to the average salary of the public servants, and a parameter representing the institutional control of corruption. We characterize the fractions of honest and corrupt agents as functions of these variables. We construct phase diagrams for the level of corruption in the system in terms of these variables, where three collective states can be distinguished: i) a phase where corruption dominates; ii) a phase where corruption remains in less than 50% of the agents; and iii) a phase where corruption disappears. Our results indicate that a combination of large group sizes of interacting servants and business people and small dispersion of the salaries of public servants, contributes to the decrease of systemic corruption in public contracts.
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- P. Valverde
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Quito, Ecuador
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Quito, Ecuador
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- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Quito, Ecuador
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- Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, UIB-CSIC, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Advanced Programming Solutions SL, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Grupo Interdisciplinario de Sistemas Complejos, Escuela de Ciencias Físicas y Nanotecnología, Universidad Yachay Tech, Urcuquí, Ecuador
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Urbinati F, Jiménez-Siles L, Rocha-de-Lossada C, Valvecchia G, Barraquer-Compte E, Fernández J. Humanitarian missions and visual outcomes in cataract surgery: A literature review. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed) 2024:S2173-5794(24)00015-X. [PMID: 38309656 DOI: 10.1016/j.oftale.2024.01.008] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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The limited accessibility to ophthalmological services in remote regions of developing countries poses a significant challenge in visual healthcare. Cataracts and refractive errors are prominent causes of visual impairment, and surgery, despite being an efficient option, faces barriers in developing countries due to financial and geographical constraints. Humanitarian missions play a vital role in addressing this issue. The improvement in the accuracy of calculating IOL power through techniques such as keratometry and biometry is a fundamental step towards optimizing surgical outcomes and the quality of life for patients in these underserved regions. In this context, the consideration of keratometry and immersion ultrasound biometry as preoperative assessment standards in cataract surgeries in developing countries is presented as a pertinent and advisable strategy.
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- F Urbinati
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Fundación Elena Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Departamento de Oftalmología, Vithas Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Qvision, VITHAS Hospital, Almería, Spain; Departamento de Cirugía, Área de Oftalmología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
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- Fundación Elena Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Clínica de Ojos Quilmes, Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Elena Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundación Elena Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Qvision, VITHAS Hospital, Almería, Spain
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Rodríguez-Calvo-de-Mora M, Rocha-de-Lossada C, Rodríguez-Vallejo M, Zamora-de-la-Cruz D, Fernández J. Retinal detachment after refractive lens exchange: A narrative review. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed) 2023; 98:507-520. [PMID: 37364678 DOI: 10.1016/j.oftale.2023.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Refractive lens exchange (RLE) allows to correct ametropias and presbyopia by replacing the crystalline lens with an extended depth of focus or multifocal intraocular lens (IOL). Retinal detachment (RD) is one of the most serious adverse events after RLE. This study aimed to review the evidence related to the risk of RD after RLE and clinical outcomes. A search using PubMed and a snowball search approach was conducted to identify articles and case reports. According to the literature, the risks of RD should be considered in patients <60 years old with axial lengths >23 mm. Only nine articles reported visual acuity (VA) after RD in RLE, and only 25% of eyes had a VA > 20/40. Considering that the decrease in VA might be uniform for all types of IOLs after RD, surgeons should focus on selecting the patient to prevent RD rather than on a particular IOL optical design based on the potential risk of DR.
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- M Rodríguez-Calvo-de-Mora
- Qvision, Departamento de Oftalmología, VITHAS Almería Hospital, Almería, Spain; Departamento de Oftalmología, VITHAS Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Departamento de Oftalmología, Hospital Regional Universitario Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
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- Qvision, Departamento de Oftalmología, VITHAS Almería Hospital, Almería, Spain; Departamento de Oftalmología, VITHAS Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Departamento de Oftalmología, Hospital Regional Universitario Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Departamento de Cirugía, Área de Oftalmología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Qvision, Departamento de Oftalmología, VITHAS Almería Hospital, Almería, Spain
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- Departamento de Segmento Anterior, Instituto de Oftalmología Fundación Conde de Valenciana, Mexico City, Mexico; Departamento de Segmento Anterior, Hospital Mexiquense de Salud Visual, ISEM, Naucalpan de Juárez, Mexico
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- Qvision, Departamento de Oftalmología, VITHAS Almería Hospital, Almería, Spain
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Pablo-Marcos D, Siller M, Agüero J, Álvarez-Justel A, García-Fernández S, de la Fuente SV, Goicoechea P, Rodríguez-Lozano J, Ocampo-Sosa A, Lucas-Fernández J, Fariñas MC, Fernández J, Fraile-Ribot PA, Aracil B, Oteo-Iglesias J, Calvo-Montes J. Are GES carbapenemases underdiagnosed? An allelic discrimination assay for their accurate detection and differentiation. J Microbiol Methods 2023; 207:106694. [PMID: 36871870 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2023.106694] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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GES (Guiana Extended Spectrum) carbapenemases belong to "minor class A carbapenemases" and its prevalence could be underestimated due to the lack of specific tests. The aim of this study was to develop an easy PCR method to differentiate between GES β-lactamases with or without carbapenemase activity, based on an allelic discrimination system of SNPs that encode E104K and G170S mutations, without need of sequencing. Two pair of primers and Affinity Plus probes, labeled with different fluorophores; FAM/IBFQ and YAK/IBFQ, were designed for each one of the SNPs. This allelic discrimination assay allows to detect in real time the presence of all type of GES- β-lactamases, being able to differentiate between carbapenemases and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), through a quick PCR test that avoid costly sequencing approaches and could help to decrease the current underdiagnosis of minor carbapenemases that scape of phenotypic screenings.
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- D Pablo-Marcos
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain.
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal e Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias. Grupo de Microbiología Traslacional, ISPA, s, Asturias, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Son Espases e Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Illes Balears (IdISBa), Palma de Mallorca, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Referencia e Investigación en Resistencia a Antibióticos e Infecciones Relacionadas con la Asistencia Sanitaria, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Referencia e Investigación en Resistencia a Antibióticos e Infecciones Relacionadas con la Asistencia Sanitaria, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Iparraguirre I, García-Revilla S, Azkargorta J, Fernández J, Balda R. Spectro-temporal behavior of dye-based solid-state random lasers under a picosecond pumping regime: Part III. Opt Express 2023; 31:7159-7166. [PMID: 36859852 DOI: 10.1364/oe.482086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
In two recent works, the authors have investigated the spectro-temporal properties of the random laser emission from solid state dye-doped powders in picosecond pumping regime. Each emission pulse consists, both above and below threshold, in a collection of narrow peaks of a spectro-temporal width at the theoretical limit (ΔωΔt≅1). The distribution of path lengths traveled inside the diffusive active medium by photons that can be amplified by stimulated emission explains this behavior, as demonstrated by a simple theoretical model developed by the authors. The aim of the present work is, first, to develop an implemented model that does not depend on fitting parameters, and which is compatible with the energetic and spectro-temporal properties of the material; and second, to get knowledge about the spatial properties of the emission. The transverse coherence size of each emitted photon packet has been measured; and in addition, we have shown the existence of spatial fluctuations of the emission of these materials, as our model predicts.
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Barraquer-Compte E, Rocha-de-Lossada C, Ferreiro-Vazquez T, Valvecchia G, Fernández J. Logistics description of a high yield cataract surgery non-profitable expedition. Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol (Engl Ed) 2023; 98:193-198. [PMID: 36801255 DOI: 10.1016/j.oftale.2022.12.002] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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PURPOSE To describe the logistics and methodology of a high yield surgical non-profitable campaign. METHODS A descriptive study based on previous non-profitable campaigns dedicated to cataract surgery. RESULTS The method is based on planification, finance acquisition, volunteer support, foreign affairs with the collaborating country where the surgeries are going to be performed, team organization, and overall, summoning all the stated items to materialize a global humanitarian campaign to eradicate cataracts by clinical and surgical procedures. CONCLUSIONS Blindness due to cataracts can be over-ruled. We consider that through our planification and methodology, other organizations may acquire some knowledge to improve their methodology and carry out similar volunteering surgical campaigns. Planification, coordination, financial aid, determination, and a strong will power are altogether compulsory for a successful non-profitable surgical campaign.
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- E Barraquer-Compte
- Fundación Elena Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fundación Elena Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Qvision, VITHAS Hospital, Almería, Spain; Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Málaga, Spain; Departamento de Cirugía, Área de Oftalmología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
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- Fundación Elena Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Clínica de Ojos Quilmes, Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Fundación Elena Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain; Qvision, VITHAS Hospital, Almería, Spain
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Illia MF, Greco M, Cosacow C, Sahar J, Rivero Equiza T, Fernández J, Bastianello MJ. Acute disseminated intravascular coagulation secondary to 177Lu-DOTATATE treatment in neuroendocrine tumor patients. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2023; 42:67-68. [PMID: 36513327 DOI: 10.1016/j.remnie.2022.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- M F Illia
- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Hospital Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Departamento de Oncología Clínica, Hospital Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Clínica Médica, Hospital Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Hematología, Hospital Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Hematología, Hospital Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Hematología, Hospital Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Sección de Imágenes Moleculares y Terapia Metabólica, Hospital Universitario CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Illia M, Greco M, Cosacow C, Sahar J, Rivero Equiza T, Fernández J, Bastianello M. Coagulación intravascular diseminada secundaria a tratamiento con 177Lu-DOTATATE en paciente con tumor neuroendocrino. Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2022.09.002] [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: 01/19/2023]
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Fernández J. Nuevos táxones animales descritos en la península ibérica y Macaronesia desde 1994 (XXII). Graellsia 2022. [DOI: 10.3989/graellsia.2022.v78.356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Esta nueva lista incluye en 869 táxones nuevos aparecidos en 471 referencias bibliográficas publicadas principalmente entre 2018 y 2021. Comprende 684 especies, 82 géneros o subgéneros, 54 categorías supragenéricas, 47 subespecies y 2 categorías infrasubespecíficas procedentes del área considerada.
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Elez E, Ros J, Fernández J, Villacampa G, Moreno-Cárdenas AB, Arenillas C, Bernatowicz K, Comas R, Li S, Kodack DP, Fasani R, Garcia A, Gonzalo-Ruiz J, Piris-Gimenez A, Nuciforo P, Kerr G, Intini R, Montagna A, Germani MM, Randon G, Vivancos A, Smits R, Graus D, Perez-Lopez R, Cremolini C, Lonardi S, Pietrantonio F, Dienstmann R, Tabernero J, Toledo RA. RNF43 mutations predict response to anti-BRAF/EGFR combinatory therapies in BRAF V600E metastatic colorectal cancer. Nat Med 2022; 28:2162-2170. [PMID: 36097219 PMCID: PMC9556333 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01976-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [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: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Anti-BRAF/EGFR therapy was recently approved for the treatment of metastatic BRAFV600E colorectal cancer (mCRCBRAF-V600E). However, a large fraction of patients do not respond, underscoring the need to identify molecular determinants of treatment response. Using whole-exome sequencing in a discovery cohort of patients with mCRCBRAF-V600E treated with anti-BRAF/EGFR therapy, we found that inactivating mutations in RNF43, a negative regulator of WNT, predict improved response rates and survival outcomes in patients with microsatellite-stable (MSS) tumors. Analysis of an independent validation cohort confirmed the relevance of RNF43 mutations to predicting clinical benefit (72.7% versus 30.8%; P = 0.03), as well as longer progression-free survival (hazard ratio (HR), 0.30; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.12–0.75; P = 0.01) and overall survival (HR, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.10–0.71; P = 0.008), in patients with MSS-RNF43mutated versus MSS-RNF43wild-type tumors. Microsatellite-instable tumors invariably carried a wild-type-like RNF43 genotype encoding p.G659fs and presented an intermediate response profile. We found no association of RNF43 mutations with patient outcomes in a control cohort of patients with MSS-mCRCBRAF-V600E tumors not exposed to anti-BRAF targeted therapies. Overall, our findings suggest a cross-talk between the MAPK and WNT pathways that may modulate the antitumor activity of anti-BRAF/EGFR therapy and uncover predictive biomarkers to optimize the clinical management of these patients. The presence of inactivating mutations in RNF43, a negative regulator of WNT, in tumor cells predicts improved response rates and survival outcomes in patients with metastatic BRAFV600E colorectal cancer treated with anti-BRAF/EGFR therapy.
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- Elena Elez
- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain. .,Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Oncologia Medica, Dipartimento di Medicina di Precisione, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Oncology Department, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Trans-lational Research and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Oncology Department, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland.,Ridgeline Discovery, Basel, Switzerland
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Radiology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unit of Medical Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Department of Trans-lational Research and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Veneto Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.,UVic-UCC, IOB-Quirón, Barcelona, Spain
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain. .,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC), Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
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Iparraguirre I, Azkargorta J, García-Revilla S, Fernández J, Balda R. Spectro-temporal behavior of dye-based solid-state random lasers under picosecond pumping regime: part II. Opt Express 2022; 30:26655-26663. [PMID: 36236853 DOI: 10.1364/oe.462065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
Abstract
In a very recent work the spectral and temporal properties of the random laser emission from solid state dye-doped powders have been investigated by the authors in picosecond pumping regime. The emission shows within each pulse, peaks of more intensity than background, and of a spectro-temporal width at the theoretical limit (ΔωΔt≅1), even in conditions well below the threshold. The relationship between the distribution of paths lengths traveled by photons inside the active medium, and the amplification by stimulated emission explains this behavior. The aim of the present work is to propose a simple model that, in addition to explaining these characteristics of the emission, is compatible with the energetic properties of the material. Particularly interesting is the behavior predicted by the model for the emission decay in sub-threshold conditions, as well as its very good fit with the experimental measurements and its comparison with the one found in low dispersive media, that shows the decisive effect of scattering. The set of results is hardly compatible with a mode structure.
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Fernández J, Alberich S, Zorrilla I, González-Ortega I, López M, Pérez-Solà V, Vieta E, González-Pinto A, Saiz P. Altered Executive Function in Suicide Attempts. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9566208 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Introduction Executive function organizes and directs behaviour but alterations in this cognitive domain can lead to inaccurate perception, interpretation and response to environmental information, which could be a risk factor for suicide. Objectives To explore executive function performance of depressed recent suicide attempters in comparison to depressed past suicide attempters, depressed non-attempters and healthy controls. Methods
96 participants from the Psychiatry Department of the Araba University Hospital-Santiago were recruited as follows: 20 patients with a recent suicide attempt (<30days) diagnosed with a Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), 33 MDD patients with history of attempted suicide, 23 non-attempter MDD patients and 20 healthy controls. All participants underwent a clinical interview and neuropsychological assessment on executive function with the Wisconsin Sorting Card Test. Backward multiple regressions were performed adjusting for significant confounding variables. For group comparisons ANOVA test and Bonferroni post hoc test were performed with p<0.05 significance level. Results
Patient groups did not differ regarding severity of depression. All patient groups performed significantly worse than healthy controls on executive function. Adjusted comparisons between patient groups indicated that recent suicide attempters had a poorer performance in this cognitive domain in comparison to both depressed lifetime attempters and depressed non-attempters (B=0.296, p=0.019 and B=0.301, p=0.028 respectively). Conclusions Executive function performance is altered in recent suicide attempts. As impaired executive function can be a risk factor for suicide, preventive interventions on suicide should focus on its assessment and rehabilitation. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Mendo T, Mendo J, Ransijn JM, Gomez I, Gil-Kodaka P, Fernández J, Delgado R, Travezaño A, Arroyo R, Loza K, McCann P, Crowe S, Jones EL, James MA. Assessing discards in an illegal small-scale fishery using fisher-led reporting. Rev Fish Biol Fish 2022; 32:963-974. [PMID: 35370370 PMCID: PMC8958935 DOI: 10.1007/s11160-022-09708-9] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED About a third of all marine fish in the world are caught in Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF). SSF are increasingly recognised as essential for food security and livelihoods for vulnerable and economically fragile communities globally. Although individual SSF vessels are usually perceived as having little impact on the ecosystem, the cumulative impact of gear type and number of vessels may be substantial. Bottom trawling is a common fishing method that can greatly influence the marine ecosystem by damaging the seafloor and generating high levels of discards. However, appropriate sampling coverage using on-board observer programmes to collect these data from SSF are rare, as they are expensive and pose logistical constraints. A mobile App was used to assess whether self-reporting by fishers could provide reliable fine-scale information on fishing effort and discards over time in an illegal shrimp trawling fishery in northern Peru. Maps depicting the spatial distribution of trawling effort and the proportion of discards from observers and fishers were compared using the Similarity in Means (SIM) Index, which ranges from 0 when spatial patterns differ completely to 1 when spatial patterns are very similar. High levels of agreement between spatio-temporal patterns of effort (SIM Index = 0.81) and discards (0.96) were found between fisher and observer maps. Moreover, far greater spatial coverage was accomplished by fishers, suggesting that self-reporting via an App represents a useful approach to collect reliable fisheries data as an initial step for effective monitoring and management of these fisheries. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11160-022-09708-9.
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- T. Mendo
- Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, East Sands, Fife, KY16 8LB UK
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- Facultad de Pesquería, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima, Peru
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- Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, East Sands, Fife, KY16 8LB UK
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- Facultad de Pesquería, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Pesquería, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Pesquería, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Pesquería, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Pesquería, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Pesquería, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Pesquería, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima, Peru
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- IT Services, University of St. Andrews, Walter Bower House, Guardbridge, KY16 0US UK
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- IT Services, University of St. Andrews, Walter Bower House, Guardbridge, KY16 0US UK
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- Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, UK
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- Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, East Sands, Fife, KY16 8LB UK
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Iparraguirre I, Azkargorta J, García-Revilla S, Fernández J, Balda R. Spectro-temporal behavior of dye-based solid-state random lasers under picosecond pumping regime. Opt Express 2022; 30:9674-9684. [PMID: 35299388 DOI: 10.1364/oe.451017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In this work, the spectral and temporal properties of the random laser emission from dye-doped solid state powders are investigated in picosecond pumping regime. Ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy achieved with a streak-camera has been used to perform a detailed study of the temporal evolution of the spectrum of their single pulses. Under conditions of low population inversion density, it is observed that the detected radiation occurs as isolated peaks with a very narrow spectro-temporally spread (ΔωΔt≅1). This behavior remains under conditions of high population inversion density, suggesting that the underlying physical mechanism that produces the emission is the same whatever the pumping conditions. Measurements carried out by varying the numerical aperture of the detection system show that each detected peak within a single pulse is associated with a photon pack emitted in a random direction and wavelength. The relationship between the distribution of paths lengths done by photons inside the active medium, and the gain explains the observed behavior.
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Schelling X, Fernández J, Ward P, Fernández J, Robertson S. Decision Support System Applications for Scheduling in Professional Team Sport. The Team's Perspective. Front Sports Act Living 2021; 3:678489. [PMID: 34151262 PMCID: PMC8213205 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2021.678489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background: Periodization implies the systematic planning of training and competition with the goal of reaching the best possible performance in the most important competition. In team sports, this consists of finding a flight-and-practice schedule that maximizes the opportunities to perform the periodized contents (e.g., trips, practices, games, and days off). This process is conducted whilst considering known constraints (e.g., competitive schedule, roster availability, weather, especial events, holidays, or emotional effect of days away). The way a scheduling decision support system (DSS) leads users to make a decision should allow for flexibility, whilst minimizing users' confusion and facilitating the understanding of the recommendation given by the scheduling decision support system. Traditional approaches to solving scheduling problems use either simulation models, analytical models, heuristic approaches or a combination of these methods. When it comes to evaluate how the scheduling DSS is performing, three overarching aspects need to be reviewed: context satisfaction, process efficiency, and output quality. Appropriate training periodization and scheduling of trips and training sessions are critical for teams to optimize training and recovery processes in order to maximize health and performance. This article presents a methodological framework for designing decision-support systems for scheduling in professional team sports.
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- Xavier Schelling
- Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Behavioral and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia
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- Human Performance Research Centre, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Futbol Club Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Computer Science, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Fernández J, Roura-Bas P, Aligia AA. Theory of Differential Conductance of Co on Cu(111) Including Co s and d Orbitals, and Surface and Bulk Cu States. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 126:046801. [PMID: 33576682 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.046801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We revisit the theory of the Kondo effect observed by a scanning-tunneling microscope (STM) for transition-metal atoms (TMAs) on noble-metal surfaces, including d and s orbitals of the TMA, surface and bulk conduction states of the metal, and their hopping to the tip of the STM. Fitting the experimentally observed STM differential conductance for Co on Cu(111) including both the Kondo feature near the Fermi energy and the resonance below the surface band, we conclude that the STM senses mainly the Co s orbital and that the Kondo antiresonance is due to interference between states with electrons in the s orbital and a localized d orbital mediated by the conduction states.
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- J Fernández
- Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina, Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, 1025 CABA, Argentina
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina, Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, 1025 CABA, Argentina
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- Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina, Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, 1025 CABA, Argentina
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Pizarro MG, Landi V, Navas FJ, León JM, Martínez A, Fernández J, Delgado JV. Non-parametric analysis of the effects of nongenetic factors on milk yield, fat, protein, lactose, dry matter content and somatic cell count in Murciano-Granadina goats. Italian Journal of Animal Science 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/1828051x.2020.1809538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- M. G. Pizarro
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Animal Breeding Consulting SL, Parque Científico-Tecnológico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Centro Agropecuario Provincial de Córdoba, Diputación Provincial de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Asociación Nacional de Criadores de Caprino de Raza Murciano-Granadina, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Pizarro M, Landi V, Navas F, León J, Martínez A, Fernández J, Delgado J. Nonparametric analysis of casein complex genes' epistasis and their effects on phenotypic expression of milk yield and composition in Murciano-Granadina goats. J Dairy Sci 2020; 103:8274-8291. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-17833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Rodríguez-Lucas C, Rodicio M, Rosete Y, Fernández J. Prospective evaluation of an easy and reliable work flow for the screening of OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in endemic settings. J Hosp Infect 2020; 105:659-662. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Fernández J. De UCI hepática a UCI COVID: historia de una transformación. Gastroenterología y Hepatología 2020; 43:386-388. [PMID: 32561215 PMCID: PMC7260567 DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2020.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Fernández J. From the liver ICU to the COVID ICU: The story of a transformation. Gastroenterología y Hepatología (English Edition) 2020. [PMCID: PMC7362811 DOI: 10.1016/j.gastre.2020.07.002] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- J. Fernández
- UCI Hepática, Servicio de Hepatología, IMDiM, Hospital Clínic, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain
- European Foundation for the study of chronic liver failure (Ef- Clif), Spain
- Corresponding author.
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Cabañas R, Ramírez E, Sendagorta E, Alamar R, Barranco R, Blanca-López N, Doña I, Fernández J, Garcia-Nunez I, García-Samaniego J, Lopez-Rico R, Marín-Serrano E, Mérida C, Moya M, Ortega-Rodríguez NR, Rivas Becerra B, Rojas-Perez-Ezquerra P, Sánchez- González MJ, Vega-Cabrera C, Vila-Albelda C, Bellón T. Spanish Guidelines for Diagnosis, Management, Treatment, and Prevention of DRESS Syndrome. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2020; 30:229-253. [DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vicente E, Fernández J, Llorente I, Vega L, Castañeda S, García-Vadillo A, González-Álvaro I, Humbría A, Ortiz A, Patiño E, Tomero Muriel E, Garcia de Vicuna R. FRI0264 EFFECTIVENESS, SAFETY AND PATTERNS OF USE OF RITUXIMAB IN SCLERODERMA, IN CLINICAL PRACTICE: 9 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.2634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a clinically complex and heterogeneous disease. Interstitial lung involvement (ILD) is the main cause of mortality, but progression of skin fibrosis has also been associated with pulmonary dysfunction and mortality. Recently, Rituximab (RTX) has been postulated as a promising therapeutic alternative to cyclophosphamide (CF) or mycophenolate (MFM), but long-term experience is scarce.Objectives:Describe the effectiveness, safety and long-term use of RTX, in a series of cases with SSc.Methods:Retrospective observational study of patients with SSc (EULAR/ACR 2013 criteria) treated with RTX in a university hospital from 2010 to 2019. Sociodemographic data related to SSc and treatments were collected. The effectiveness of RTX was evaluated at 6-12 months and at the end of follow-up, by means of these main outcomes: Rodnan’s modified cutaneous index (mRSS) for skin fibrosis; CK leves for myopathy, variation >10% in forced vital capacity (FVC) and >15% in lung diffusion capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) for ILD. Adverse events (AE) were recorded. Statistical analysis performed with Stata v.14 and statistical significance set for p≤0.05.Results:14 women with SSc (mean age 47±13 years, mean evolution 6.2±4.5 years) were treated with RTX for ILD (n=9), skin involvement (n=11) and/or inflammatory myopathy (n=3). The mean±SD of follow-up was 3.36±2.17 years. SSc type: diffuse cutaneous 35.71%, limited cutaneous 21.44%, overlap 35.71% and sine scleroderma 7.14%. Type of antibodies: 50% anti-Scl-70, 14.3% anti-centromere, 21.4% anti-RNA polymerase III and 7.14% anti-Ku. ILD was classified as NINE in 8 patients and NIU in 1. The first cycle of RTX included 2 infusions of 1g and was initiated a mean of 3.36±2.17 years after diagnosis. The retreatments were initially fixed every 6 months and later on demand in 4 patients, and in the rest on demand from the beginning, according to duration of clinical response. A mean of 3.9±2.5 cycles/patient (range: 1-11) were administered. 30% of patients had previously received CF and 21.5% MFM. RTX was administered in association with other DMARDs (MTX 64.29%, hydroxychloroquine [HCQ] 35.71%, MFM 57.14%, others 14.28%), CF (14.29%), intravenous immunoglobulins (7,14%) and prednisone (78.57%). In the final visit, the percentage use of DMARDs (50% MTX, 50% MFM and 28.57% HCQ) and prednisone (62.5% patients, 30% doses) was reduced. mRSS improved significantly. Muscle weakness disappeared in 3/3 with normal CK levels in 2/3 patients with myopathy. The FVC improved or stabilized in 22% and 56% of ILD, respectively, and the DLCO stabilized in 66.70% (not significant). TACAR stabilized in 55.56% of ILD, with some degree of worsening in the rest. Outcomes evolution in the Table:Functional ParametersBasal (mean±SD)6-12 m (mean±SD)CI 95%PFinal (mean±SD)CI 95%PFVC (n=9)63.2±16.870.3±18.6[-13.3–6.1]0,4071.9±21.1[-14.4–5.9]0.36DLCO (n=9)46.3±18.546.1±20.30,3445.2±22.03[-3.9–12.8]0.24Clinical ParametersBasal (mean±SD)Final (mean±SD)CI 95%PmRSS (n=11)13.1±7.28.8±7.1[0.9–9.4]0.02CK (n=3)1786.7±1483.8134.7±119[-2181.9 –5485.9]0.2CK: Creatine kinase; SD: Standard deviation; CI: Confidence interval; m: months.The AE were mostly mild: 13 infusional reactions (6 patients), 1 uncomplicated herpes zoster and 2 serious infections that required admission. There were no exitus.Conclusion:Our results, with a limited sample, suggest that the long-term use of RTX in real world clinical practice may be beneficial for the cutaneous, pulmonary and myopathic manifestations of SSc, with an acceptable security profile.Disclosure of Interests:Esther Vicente Speakers bureau: BMS, Roche., Javier Fernández: None declared, Irene Llorente Speakers bureau: Gebro, Janssen, Sanofi, Lilly., Lorena Vega: None declared, Santos Castañeda: None declared, Alberto García-Vadillo: None declared, Isidoro González-Álvaro Grant/research support from: Roche Laboratories, Consultant of: Lilly, Sanofi, Paid instructor for: Lilly, Speakers bureau: Abbvie, MSD, Roche, Lilly, Alicia Humbría: None declared, Ana Ortiz: None declared, Esther Patiño: None declared, Eva Tomero Muriel: None declared, Rosario Garcia de Vicuna Grant/research support from: BMS, Lilly, MSD, Novartis, Roche, Consultant of: Abbvie, Biogen, BMS, Celltrion, Gebro, Lilly, Mylan, Pfizer, Sandoz, Sanofi, Paid instructor for: Lilly, Speakers bureau: BMS, Lilly, Pfizer, Sandoz, Sanofi
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De Miguel E, Barrio-Parra F, Izquierdo-Díaz M, Fernández J, García-González JE, Álvarez R. Applicability and limitations of the radon-deficit technique for the preliminary assessment of sites contaminated with complex mixtures of organic chemicals: A blind field-test. Environ Int 2020; 138:105591. [PMID: 32120060 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A blind field test with 136 independent measurements of radon (222Rn) in soil air retrieved from a depth of 0.8 m in a decommissioned lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane) production plant was undertaken to evaluate the performance of the 222Rn-deficit technique as a screening methodology for the location and delineation of subsurface accumulations of complex mixtures of organic contaminants. Maps of 222Rn iso-concentrations were drawn and interpreted before direct analytical information regarding concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexanes, chlorobenzenes and BTEX compounds in soil, groundwater and soil air were disclosed to the authors. The location and extension of pollution hot spots inferred from the 222Rn campaigns agrees remarkably well with the analytical data obtained from the intrusive sampling campaigns and with the location of contaminant source zones (chemical reactor and waste-storage area) and geological sinks of those contaminants (paleochannel). Two main limitations to the applicability of the 222Rn-deficit technique were identified and assessed: The statistically significant variation of 222Rn concentrations with diurnal changes of ground-level air temperature and the maximum depth of investigation in the absence of significant advective and co-advective transport of radon. If the influence of those two factors is accounted for and/or minimized (by averaging replicated measurements during the workday and in different days), the 222Rn-deficit technique has the potential to be an efficient technique which delivers information in quasi-real time, with a much higher spatial density than that of intrusive techniques, at a much faster rate and at a significantly lower cost. MAIN FINDINGS: The 222Rn-deficit technique is an effective tool for real-time site characterization only limited by diffusion length of radon and diurnal temperature variations.
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- Prospecting & Environment Laboratory (PROMEDIAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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- Prospecting & Environment Laboratory (PROMEDIAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.
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- Prospecting & Environment Laboratory (PROMEDIAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería y Medio Ambiente, Unidad para la descontaminación integral del Lindano, Gobierno de Aragón, Spain
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- Prospecting & Environment Laboratory (PROMEDIAM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Mining Exploitation and Prospecting, University of Oviedo, Spain
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Orts F, Bonastre J, Fernández J, Cases F. Effect of chloride on the one step electrochemical treatment of an industrial textile wastewater with tin dioxide anodes. The case of trichromy procion HEXL. Chemosphere 2020; 245:125396. [PMID: 31784183 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The resulting solutions from the cotton fabrics dyeing using the trichromy Procion HEXL, with NaCl as electrolyte, were electrochemically treated. These dyes have two azo groups as chromophores and two monochlorotriazinic groups as reactive groups in their structure. The combined oxidation/reduction at 125 mA cm-2 in a filter-press cell without compartment separation was carried out using an anode of Ti/SnO2-Sb-Pt and a cathode of stainless steel. This procedure has been effective in previous experiments using sulphate as electrolyte. A significant decrease in total organic carbon (TOC), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and total nitrogen (TN) was obtained. Moreover, the process took place efficiently. The average oxidation state (AOS) and the carbon oxidation state (COS) data confirmed the presence of stable oxidized intermediates in the electrolysed solution. The chromatography and the UV-Visible spectrophotometry assays indicated that full decolourisation is obtained at a loaded charge of around 0.81 Ah L-1 which is associated with an electrical energy per order (EEO) of 1.20 kWh m-3.
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain.
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Fernández J, de la Fuente VG, García MTF, Sánchez JG, Redondo BI, Villar CJ, Lombó F. A diet based on cured acorn-fed ham with oleic acid content promotes anti-inflammatory gut microbiota and prevents ulcerative colitis in an animal model. Lipids Health Dis 2020; 19:28. [PMID: 32093685 PMCID: PMC7041278 DOI: 10.1186/s12944-020-01205-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background Diets based on meat products are not recommended in the case of ulcerative colitis (UC). The objective here is to test if some traditional cured meat products, as acorn-fed ham (high levels of oleic acid), may be useful for controlling inflammatory diseases as UC in animal models, which could represent a new dietary complementary intervention in the prevention of this inflammatory disease in humans. Methods Two rat cohorts have been used: conventional vegetable rat feed and acorn-fed ham. UC was induced with DSS in drinking water ad libitum for 1 week. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and 16S rRNA metagenomics from bacterial populations were analyzed in cecum samples. Colon samples were analyzed for histological parameters. Results Acorn-fed ham diet induced changes in gut microbiota composition, with pronounced enrichments in anti-inflammatory bacterial genera (Alistipes, Blautia, Dorea, Parabacteroides). The animals with this diet showed a strong reduction in most parameters associated to ulcerative colitis: disease activity index, macroscopic score of colitis, epitelium alteration in colon mucosa, inflammatory cell density in colon, myeloperoxidase titers in colon, proinflammatory cytokines (IL-17, IFN-γ). Also, acorn-fed ham diet animals showed increased total antioxidant activity an oleic acid levels in plasma, as well as higher short-chain fatty acid concentrations in cecum (isobutyric, isovaleric and valeric). Conclusions In the acorn-fed ham cohort, as a result of the dietary intake of oleic acid and low intake of omega-6 fatty acids, a strong preventive effect against UC symptoms was observed.
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- J Fernández
- Research Group BIONUC (Biotechnology of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Compounds), Departamento de Biología Funcional, Área de Microbiología, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain.,IUOPA (Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias), 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain.,ISPA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias), 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain
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- ISPA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias), 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain.,Molecular Histopathology Unit in Animal Models for Cancer, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- ISPA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias), 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain.,Molecular Histopathology Unit in Animal Models for Cancer, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Spain
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- Molecular Histopathology Unit in Animal Models for Cancer, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias (IUOPA), Universidad de Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Spain.,Research and Development Department, Cárnicas Joselito S.A., Salamanca, Spain
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- Research and Development Department, Cárnicas Joselito S.A., Salamanca, Spain.,Department Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Group BIONUC (Biotechnology of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Compounds), Departamento de Biología Funcional, Área de Microbiología, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain.,IUOPA (Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias), 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain.,ISPA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias), 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain
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- Research Group BIONUC (Biotechnology of Nutraceuticals and Bioactive Compounds), Departamento de Biología Funcional, Área de Microbiología, Universidad de Oviedo, 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain. .,IUOPA (Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias), 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain. .,ISPA (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias), 33006, Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain.
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Fernández-Verdugo A, Forcelledo L, Rodríguez-Lozano J, Rodríguez-Lucas C, Barreiro-Hurlé L, Canut A, de la Iglesia P, Escudero D, Calvo J, Boga JA, Margolles M, Rodicio MR, Fernández J. Prospective multicentre study of rectal carriage of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among health-care workers in Spain. Clin Microbiol Infect 2020; 26:649.e1-649.e4. [PMID: 31972320 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 12/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the rectal carriage of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (colistin-resistant, extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) -producers and/or carbapenemase-producers) among health-care workers (HCWs) from six Spanish hospitals. METHODS Rectal swabs from 258 HCWs, employed in intensive care units, haematology wards and clinical microbiology laboratories from six hospitals in northern Spain were studied. They were cultured in selective media for Gram-negative resistant bacteria. Detection of antimicrobial resistance genes and multilocus sequence typing were performed by PCR and further sequencing. A questionnaire including data related to risk factors of colonization/infection by resistant bacteria (age, gender, chronic diseases, immunosuppressive therapies, invasive procedures or antimicrobial treatments) was given to each participant. RESULTS No carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae were recovered. However, 8/258 HCWs (3.1%) were positive for ESBL-producing isolates. This rate was not higher than the colonization rate previously reported in Spain for healthy people in the community. Five isolates showed high-level resistance to colistin (MICs ranging from 8 to 128 mg/L) but all of them were negative for the mcr genes tested. No statistically significant risk factors for gut colonization by ESBL-producing or colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae were identified among the HCWs participating in the study. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that working in hospitals does not represent a risk for rectal carriage of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
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- A Fernández-Verdugo
- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain; Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain; Insituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Spain
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- Unidad de Microbiología, Hospital El Bierzo, Ponferrada, Spain; Departamento de Biología Funcional (Área de Microbiología), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Carmen y Severo Ochoa, Cangas de Narcea, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de Álava, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijón, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain; Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain; Insituto de Investigación Sanitaria Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Santander, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain; Dirección General de Salud Pública del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain; Departamento de Biología Funcional (Área de Microbiología), Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain.
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Salgado Sánchez P, Fernández J, Tinao I, Porter J. Vibroequilibria in microgravity: Comparison of experiments and theory. Phys Rev E 2019; 100:063103. [PMID: 31962424 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.063103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Experiments on vibrated fluids confined in cylindrical and cuboidal containers were performed under the reduced gravity conditions of a parabolic flight. The results constitute a systematic quantitative investigation of the vibroequilibria effect, which refers to the reorientation of vibrated fluids in response to the inhomogeneous oscillatory velocity field and the accompanying dynamic pressure. This effect is amplified in microgravity where the restoring force of gravity is small or absent. Here the vibrations are transmitted via a pair of piezoelectric ceramics and a cantilever beam, excited in a resonant mode. The first and second resonances exhibit different types of motion and lead to different types of vibroequilibria surfaces, one with a dip or crater in the interior and the other flattened compared to the unforced reference experiment. The general tendency for interfaces to orient more perpendicular, on average, to the vibrational axis is confirmed. In the case of water in a cuboidal container, a quantitative comparison is made with vibroequilibria theory and with direct simulations of the Navier-Stokes equations. The good agreement confirms the predictions of vibroequilibria theory and suggests the capacity of this phenomenon to manipulate and position fluids in space environments through the choice of frequency and resonant mode.
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- P Salgado Sánchez
- Center for Computational Simulation, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Plaza de Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Computational Simulation, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Plaza de Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Computational Simulation, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Plaza de Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Computational Simulation, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Plaza de Cardenal Cisneros 3, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Rodríguez-Lucas C, Rodicio MR, Càmara J, Domínguez MÁ, Alaguero M, Fernández J. Long-term endemic situation caused by a linezolid- and meticillin-resistant clone of Staphylococcus epidermidis in a tertiary hospital. J Hosp Infect 2019; 105:64-69. [PMID: 31634538 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Linezolid (LZD)-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (LRSE) are increasing, and are mainly associated with outbreaks in hospital wards with high LZD consumption. AIM To investigate the frequency of LRSE in a tertiary hospital in the context of LZD use. METHODS The frequency of LRSE and the data on LZD usage [expressed as defined daily dose (DDD) per 100 patient-days], from 2011 to 2017, were analysed retrospectively. Selected LRSE were typed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and screened for transferable LZD resistance genes. Representative isolates were typed by multi-locus sequence typing, and ribosomal mechanisms of LZD resistance were investigated. FINDINGS In total, 435 LRSE were detected, with frequencies ranging from 13.56% to 32.93% in the intensive care unit (ICU) where LZD consumption was high (6.34-8.10 DDDs), and from 2.48 to 6.80% in the remaining wards where LZD use was considerably lower (0.63-2.49 DDDs). The first 44 LRSE isolates recovered (June 2013-June 2014) were closely related according to PFGE patterns, and all except one were resistant to meticillin due to mecA production. Selected isolates belonged to ST2, carried SCCmec III, and had the G2576T mutation in the V domain of each of the six copies of the 23S rRNA gene. Five of the 44 isolates (11.36%) were positive for the cfr gene. CONCLUSION An ST2 LZD- and meticillin-resistant clone was found in the ICU and also in wards with low consumption of LZD. This highlights the need to implement and maintain infection control measures as well as antimicrobial stewardship programmes in all hospital units in order to preserve the efficacy of LZD.
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- C Rodríguez-Lucas
- Unidad de Microbiología, Hospital El Bierzo, Ponferrada, Spain; Departamento de Biología Funcional, Área de Microbiología, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Funcional, Área de Microbiología, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-Universitat de Barcelona-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Spain
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- Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-Universitat de Barcelona-IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Network for Research in Infectious Diseases, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio de Farmacia Hospitalaria, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
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Gorni G, Velázquez JJ, Kochanowicz M, Dorosz D, Balda R, Fernández J, Durán A, Pascual MJ. Tunable upconversion emission in NaLuF 4-glass-ceramic fibers doped with Er 3+ and Yb 3. RSC Adv 2019; 9:31699-31707. [PMID: 35527946 PMCID: PMC9072642 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra05182a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Novel glass-ceramic optical fibers containing NaLuF4 nanocrystals doped with 0.5ErF3 and 2YbF3 (mol%) have been prepared by the rod-in-tube method and controlled crystallization. NaLuF4 nanocrystals with a size around 20 nm are obtained after heat treatment at 600 °C. Intense upconverted green and red emissions due to (2H11/2, 4S3/2) → 4I15/2 and 4F9/2 → 4I15/2 transitions, respectively, together with a blue emission due to 2H9/2 → 4I15/2 transition have been observed under excitation at 980 nm. The intensity of the green and red upconversion bands shows a nearly linear dependence on the excitation power which can be explained by saturation effects in the intermediate energy states and proves that a sensitized energy transfer upconversion process is responsible for the population of the emitting levels of Er3+ ions. The upconversion emission color changes from yellow to green by increasing the excitation power density which allows to manipulate the color output of the Er3+ emission in the glass-ceramic fibers. The tunable emission color is easily detected with the naked eye. This interesting characteristic makes these glass-ceramic fibers promising materials for photonic applications. Novel glass-ceramic optical fibers containing NaLuF4 nanocrystals doped with 0.5ErF3 and 2YbF3 (mol%) have been prepared by the rod-in-tube method and controlled crystallization.![]()
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- G Gorni
- Ceramics and Glass Institute, CSIC Madrid Spain
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- FunGlass-Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín Trenčín Slovakia
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- Bialystok University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Bialystok Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics Krakow Poland
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- Applied Physic Department I, Superior School of Engineering, Basque Country University Bilbao Spain.,Materials Physics Center CSIC-UPV/EHU San Sebastian Spain
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- Donostia International Physics Center San Sebastian Spain
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- Ceramics and Glass Institute, CSIC Madrid Spain
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- Ceramics and Glass Institute, CSIC Madrid Spain
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Hernández-Tejero M, Triolo M, Fernández J. Reply to: "Another clinical unmet need in liver patients: Multidrug-resistant bacteria in decompensated cirrhosis". J Hepatol 2019; 71:845-846. [PMID: 31351768 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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- M Hernández-Tejero
- Liver ICU, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Liver ICU, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Liver ICU, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; European Foundation of Chronic Liver Failure (EF-Clif), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHED), ISCIII, Spain.
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Iparraguirre I, Azkargorta J, García-Revilla S, Fernández J, Balda R. Input/output energy in solid state dye random lasers. Opt Express 2019; 27:19418-19425. [PMID: 31503701 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.019418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A new approach to the problem of energy in solid state dye random lasers is presented. The measurements performed in terms of absolute energy show that the slope efficiency depends on the measurement conditions. In particular, in lasers with pumping in the picoseconds range, the result is really different if measured by recording the emission in the same time range or in a longer one (nanoseconds range). In the last case, no energy threshold is observed. A previously developed model has been applied to the solid state dye random laser. It is a rate-equations model, based on a distribution of paths with different lengths, which partially share population inversion. The results of the model are satisfactory and show that the dynamic behavior is pretty similar in solid state dye random lasers and in inorganic powders.
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Navarro I, de la Torre A, Sanz P, Arjol MA, Fernández J, Martínez MA. Organochlorine pesticides air monitoring near a historical lindane production site in Spain. Sci Total Environ 2019; 670:1001-1007. [PMID: 31018415 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The landfilling and dumping of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and other persistent hazardous chemicals, such as hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers can have significantly adverse environmental consequences and cause contamination in soil, water, and atmosphere systems. Approximately 115,000 t of HCH wastes were generated by INQUINOSA Factory located in Sabiñánigo (Aragón, Spain) from 1975 to 1992, and were mainly dumped at Bailín and Sardas landfills. Under the frame of the project plan approved by the Government of Aragón, remediation and containment measures were implemented at the derelict production facility and landfill sites. To protect and assess the local environment, the concentrations of HCH isomers, pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in air were periodically monitored in the Sardas landfills and surroundings by passive sampling devices. The influence of meteorological parameters was evaluated, showing positive correlations between temperature and HCH and HCB concentrations. The highest HCH levels were detected in Sardas landfill and INQUINOSA Factory sites. PeCB values were statistically higher in Sardas landfill than in Sabiñánigo urban core, nevertheless, HCB concentrations were similar in both sampling points. Statistically positive correlations were found among HCH isomers in all sampling points, showing a major common source. The chlorobenzenes also correlated positively with each other. The α-/γ-HCH ratios were calculated (1.46 ± 1.25; mean ± S.D.), corroborating that concentrations detected were mainly originated from the historical production, storage and waste disposal of technical HCH.
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- Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Sociedad Aragonesa de Gestión Agroambiental SARGA, Av. Ranillas 5 Edificio A, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Rural Development and Sustainability, Government of Aragón, Pza. San Pedro Nolasco, 50071 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Fernández J. Nuevos táxones animales descritos en la península Ibérica y Macaronesia desde 1994 (XXI). GRAELLSIA 2019. [DOI: 10.3989/graellsia.2019.v75.226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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La lista anual incluye en esta ocasión 580 táxones nuevos aparecidos en 309 referencias bibliográficas publicadas principalmente en 2017 y 2018. Comprende 463 especies, 69 géneros o subgéneros, 35 categorías supragenéricas, 12 subespecies y una categoría infrasubespecífica procedentes del área considerada.
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Kaplan V, Morales C, Bobadilla F, Fernández J, Segovia L, Vera V, Sanhueza I. Epidemiologic and Histopathologic Characterization of Cutaneous Metastases in Patients Who Visited 2 Hospitals in Santiago de Chile Between 2005 and 2017. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition) 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2019.02.014] [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] Open
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Castro A, Drag L, Cizek L, Fernández J. Rosalia alpina adults (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insecta, Coleoptera) avoid direct sunlight. Anim Biodiv Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.32800/abc.2019.42.0059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Kaplan V, Morales C, Bobadilla F, Fernández J, Segovia L, Vera V, Sanhueza I. Epidemiologic and Histopathologic Characterization of Cutaneous Metastases in Patients Who Visited 2 Hospitals in Santiago de Chile Between 2005 and 2017. Actas Dermosifiliogr (Engl Ed) 2018; 110:220-226. [PMID: 30577946 DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2018.07.012] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Cutaneous metastases (CMs) account for 2% of skin tumors and their incidence varies between 0.7% and 9% in patients with cancer. The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the demographic, clinical, and histopathologic characteristics of CM in patients who visited 2 hospitals in the Santiago de Chile metropolitan region. MATERIAL AND METHOD We performed a retrospective, descriptive, analytical, observational, cross-sectional study. We reviewed the pathology reports, patient records, pathology slides, and dates of death for diagnosed cases of CM from the anatomic pathology departments of 2 hospitals in the Santiago de Chile metropolitan region between 2015 and 2017. RESULTS Ninety-six patients with CM were included in the study; 60.42% were women and 39.58% were men. The mean (SD) age was 67.95 (13.74) years, with a range of 28 to 96 years. The most common primary tumor was melanoma in 27.08% of cases (n=26), followed by breast cancer (18.75%, n=18), and adenocarcinoma (15.63%, n=15). The median time between diagnosis of the tumor and cutaneous metastasis was 9 months. Patients with CM of melanoma had a higher survival rate than patients with metastasis of other primary tumors (P<.05). A histopathologic study of 91 slides showed that diffuse infiltration of the tissue with tumor cells was the most common pattern and vascular invasion was rare. CONCLUSIONS The results are similar to those found worldwide. CM is a rare manifestation of internal tumors. It presents mainly at an advanced age and is equally prevalent in both sexes.
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- V Kaplan
- Departamento de Dermatología y Venereología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Servicio de Dermatología y Venereología, Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau, Santiago, Chile
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- Servicio de Dermatología y Venereología, Hospital San José, Santiago, Chile
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- Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Nutrición, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Iparraguirre I, Azkargorta J, Fernández J, García-Revilla S, Barredo-Zuriarrain M, Balda R. Random laser model for Nd 3+-doped powders and its application to stimulated emission cross-section calculations. Opt Express 2018; 26:31018-31030. [PMID: 30469989 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.031018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A new theoretical approach for random lasing of Nd3+doped powders is presented. The model's singularity lies in the fact that it proposes a probability distribution of the stimulated photon paths lengths in the sample, as well as a population inversion shared by different photon paths. The model's predictions satisfactorily compare with the results of laser threshold and absolute input/output energy slope of a real Random Laser. The main novel issue is that the best fit to the experimental results requires considering a high level of shared population inversion among different paths. The model simulation of local and spatially integrated Random Laser emissions, as well as their time evolution, is in accordance with the experimental behavior. These results also provide a new method of measuring the stimulated emission cross-section in this kind of random laser materials.
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Santos A, Fernández J, Guadaño J, Lorenzo D, Romero A. Chlorinated organic compounds in liquid wastes (DNAPL) from lindane production dumped in landfills in Sabiñanigo (Spain). Environ Pollut 2018; 242:1616-1624. [PMID: 30076051 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.07.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Revised: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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α, β and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) are persistent and bioaccumulative pollutants and they were included in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Old lindane factories generated high amounts of wastes with HCH and other Chlorinated Organic Compounds (COCS). These were often dumped in the surroundings of the production sites, polluting soil and groundwaters with the associated risk of surface pollution. This is the case of the Sardas and Bailin landfills, located in Sabiñánigo (Huesca, Spain). Among the waste from lindane production, a liquid residue was detected in the landfill subsurfaces, forming a dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) composed of HCH isomers, benzene and chlorobenzenes, with a high impact on groundwater pollution. In this study, six DNAPL samples obtained from the Bailin and Sardas landfills were analyzed by GC/MSD and GC/FID/ECD. Compounds were identified using mass spectra and the retention index from pure standards and literature information. Pure positional isomers of dichlorobenzene (DCB), trichlorobenzene (TCB), tetrachlorobenzene (TetraCB), HCH and pentachlorocyclohexene (PentaCX) were distinguished and quantified. In addition, heptachlorocyclohexane (HeptaCH) isomers, precursors of hexacholorocylohexene (HexaCX), were also identified and quantified in the DNAPL samples, although the corresponding isomers could not be discriminated. Information about PentaCX, HexaCx and HeptaCH identification is very limited in the literature. HCH contents in the DNAPL ranged from 22% to 30% in weight, the major isomers being lindane and δ-HCH, followed by α-HCH. The β isomer was the least abundant. HeptaCH contents were present in the same order of magnitude as HCHs in the DNAPL. PentaCXs and HexaCXs could have appeared as dehydrochlorination derivatives of HCHs and HeptaCHs, respectively. Two of the DNAPLs analyzed showed a higher content of TCBs and TetraCBs, associated with lower HCH and HeptaCH contents. Variations of these compounds in the DNAPL could be related to an alkaline dehydrochlorination in the landfill conditions.
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- A Santos
- Chemical Engineering Department, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Environment, Government of Aragon, Spain.
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- EMGRISA, Empresa Para la Gestión de Residuos Industriales, S.A., S.M.P,. M.P, C/Santiago Rusiñol 12, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain
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Fernández J, Roura-Bas P, Camjayi A, Aligia AA. Two-stage three-channel Kondo physics for an FePc molecule on the Au(1 1 1) surface. J Phys Condens Matter 2018; 30:374003. [PMID: 30095081 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aad973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We study an impurity Anderson model to describe an iron phthalocyanine (FePc) molecule on Au(1 1 1), motivated by previous results of scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) and theoretical studies. The model hybridizes a spin doublet consisting in one hole at the [Formula: see text] orbital of iron and two degenerate doublets corresponding to one hole either in the 3d xz or in the 3d yz orbital (called π orbitals) with two degenerate Hund-rule triplets with one hole in the 3d z orbital and another one in a π orbital. We solve the model using a slave-boson mean-field approximation (SBMFA). For reasonable parameters we can describe very well the observed STS spectrum between sample bias -60 mV to 20 mV. For these parameters the Kondo effect takes place in two stages, with different energy scales [Formula: see text] corresponding to the Kondo temperatures related with the hopping of the z 2 and π orbitals respectively. There is a strong interference between the different channels and the Kondo temperatures, particularly the lowest one is strongly reduced compared with the value in the absence of the competing channel.
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- J Fernández
- Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, CONICET 8400 Bariloche, Argentina
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Fernández J, Bonastre J, Molina J, Cases F. Electrochemical study on an activated carbon cloth modified by cyclic voltammetry with polypyrrole/anthraquinone sulfonate and reduced graphene oxide as electrode for energy storage. Eur Polym J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2018.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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De la Torre A, Navarro I, Sanz P, Arjol MA, Fernández J, Martínez MA. HCH air levels derived from Bailín dumpsite dismantling (Sabiñánigo, Spain). Sci Total Environ 2018; 626:1367-1372. [PMID: 29898543 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Remediation and management of dumpsites is a worldwide problem that must be addressed to protect human health and the environment. Aragon Government long-term objective is the control of air quality related to landfills used to dump organochlorine waste. The present study evaluated the influence of dismantling works performed in Bailín landfill, an hexachlorocyclohexane (1,2,3,4,5,6-hexaclorohexane; HCH) dumpsite located in the city of Sabiñánigo, Spain. A total of 65,000 t of HCH solid waste and 342,000 t of polluted soil were transferred to a new cell with additional isolating measures going beyond the Spanish legal requirements. To evaluate influence of excavation of the old cell, transfer of waste and the state once the works in Bailín area had finished, levels of α-, β-, γ-, δ- and ɛ- HCH isomers were analyzed in 112 air samples obtained from summer 2014 to autumn 2016 by using passive air samplers. Results showed that: i) the existence of the old landfill and/or the works performed during its dismantling were a source of HCH air contamination, ii) old landfill represented an HCH source even after dismantling work was completed, iii) other sources, tentatively associated to Sardas dumpsite and HCH production site (INQUINOSA Factory) were identified in the surroundings, where management should be addressed. Data comparison reflected a heavier contamination caused by the production, storage, and waste disposal than the corresponding to application of lindane and/or technical HCH in Spain. Meteorological dependence (temperature, solar radiation and relative humidity), α-/γ-HCH ratios and isomer profiles of HCH air concentrations were evaluated for temporal trends and geographic distribution.
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- A De la Torre
- Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Sociedad Aragonesa de Gestión Agroambiental SARGA, Av. Ranillas 5 Edificio A, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Rural Development and Sustainability, Government of Aragón, Pza. San Pedro Nolasco, 50071 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Group of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Department of Environment, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Azkargorta J, Iparraguirre I, Fernández J, Balda R, García-Revilla S, Barredo-Zurriarrain M. Random laser properties of Nd 3+ crystal powders. Opt Express 2018; 26:11787-11803. [PMID: 29716097 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.011787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This work presents an overview of near infrared random lasing emitters based on a variety of neodymium (Nd3+)-doped crystal powders with different Nd3+ concentrations and different grain sizes. The pump-configuration used allows for an absolute measurement of both pumping and emitted energies. The results provide an absolute measure of the random laser efficiency and prove a relation of direct proportionality between the absorbance of the material and the laser slope efficiency. Likewise, they suggest a relationship close to an inverse proportionality between the absorbance and the threshold energy per unit area. The temporal behavior of the random laser emission shows noteworthy differences between local and spatially integrated registers.
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Bonet M, Arenas M, Farré N, García V, Algara M, Farrús B, Fernández J, Reyes V, Eraso A, Alvarez A, Cambra M, Pedro A, Vayreda J, Montero A, Poortmans P. EP-1297: RT for bone-only oligometastases in breast cancer patients: a survey of current clinical practice. Radiother Oncol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(18)31607-4] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Cabral AA, Balda R, Fernández J, Gorni G, Velázquez JJ, Pascual L, Durán A, Pascual MJ. Phase evolution of KLaF4 nanocrystals and their effects on the photoluminescence of Nd3+ doped transparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics. CrystEngComm 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ce00897c] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Quantity of cubic (α-phase) and hexagonal (β-phase) KLaF4 nanocrystals (NCs) tailored by doping.
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- A. A. Cabral
- Departamento de Física
- Instituto Federal do Maranhão – IFMA
- São Luis
- Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada I
- Escuela Superior de Ingeniería
- Universidad del País Vasco UPV-EHU
- Bilbao
- Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada I
- Escuela Superior de Ingeniería
- Universidad del País Vasco UPV-EHU
- Bilbao
- Spain
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- Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV-CSIC)
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP-CSIC)
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV-CSIC)
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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- Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrio (ICV-CSIC)
- 28049 Madrid
- Spain
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López ER, Fandiño O, Cabaleiro D, Lugo L, Fernández J. Determination of derived volumetric properties and heat capacities at high pressures using two density scaling based equations of state. Application to dipentaerythritol hexa(3,5,5-trimethylhexanoate). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:3531-3542. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp07180a] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Scaling based EoSs describe the complex behavior of derived properties for broad temperature and pressure ranges from diPEiC9 experimental densities.
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- E. R. López
- Laboratorio de Propiedades Termofísicas
- Grupo NaFoMat
- Departamento de Física Aplicada
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- E-15782 Santiago de Compostela
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- Laboratorio de Propiedades Termofísicas
- Grupo NaFoMat
- Departamento de Física Aplicada
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- E-15782 Santiago de Compostela
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada
- Facultade de Ciencias
- Universidade de Vigo
- E-36310 Vigo
- Spain
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- Laboratorio de Propiedades Termofísicas
- Grupo NaFoMat
- Departamento de Física Aplicada
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- E-15782 Santiago de Compostela
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- Laboratorio de Propiedades Termofísicas
- Grupo NaFoMat
- Departamento de Física Aplicada
- Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
- E-15782 Santiago de Compostela
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SummaryThe plasma fibrinolytic/proteolytic balance was assessed in 60 stable angina patients who underwent control coronary catheterization and the results were correlated with angiographic findings and control samples (n = 20). The concentrations of t-PA, PAI-1, collagenase (MMP-1), tissue inhibitor of MMP (TIMP-1), plasmin-antiplasmin (PAP) complexes and α2-macroglobulin (α2-M) were measured in plasma samples. The results showed a significant increase of PAP (p <0.001) and a reduction of α2-M (p <0.001) in the group of patients when compared to controls, indicating a degree of fibrinolysis/proteolysis activation. There was no correlation between the different parameters analyzed and the extent of angiographically proven atherosclerosis (one or more stenotic vessels), while the t-PA levels were significantly elevated (p <0.03) in patients with coronary stenosis ≥75% or occlusion. We conclude that there is a disturbance of the plasma fibrinolysis/ proteolysis in patients with stable angina not related to the extent of atherosclerosis. The t-PA levels may be a good marker for coronary occlusion in these patients.
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Leal-Negredo A, Castelló-Abieta C, Leiva PS, Fernández J. [Urinary tract infection by Lelliottia amnigena (Enterobacter amnigenus): an uncommon pathogen]. Rev Esp Quimioter 2017; 30:483-484. [PMID: 29199415] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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- Javier Fernández Domínguez. Servicio de Microbiología. Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias. Avenida Roma s/n, 33011-Oviedo, Spain.
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Perez-Valle A, Garate J, Fernandez R, Lage S, Astigarraga E, Barreda-Gomez G, Fernández J, Asumendi A, Ochoa B, Boyano M. 569 Lipidomic Biomarkers for Melanoma. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.07.766] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Del Río AI, García C, Molina J, Fernández J, Bonastre J, Cases F. On the behavior of reduced graphene oxide based electrodes coated with dispersed platinum by alternate current methods in the electrochemical degradation of reactive dyes. Chemosphere 2017; 183:242-251. [PMID: 28550781 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The electrochemical behavior of different carbon-based electrodes with and without nanoparticles of platinum electrochemically dispersed on their surface has been studied. Among others, reduced graphene oxide based electrodes was used to determine the best conditions for the decolorization/degradation of the reactive dye C.I. Reactive Orange 4 in sulfuric medium. Firstly, the electrochemical behavior was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry. Secondly, different electrolyses were performed using two cell configurations: cell with anodic and cathodic compartments separated (divided configuration) and without any separation (undivided configuration). The best results were obtained when reduced graphene oxide based anodes were used. The degree of decolorization was monitored by spectroscopic methods and high performance liquid chromatography. It was found that all of them followed pseudo-first order kinetics. When reduced graphene oxide-based electrodes coated with dispersed platinum by alternate current methods electrodes were used, the lowest energy consumption and the higher decolorization kinetics rate were obtained. Scanning Electronic Microscopy was used to observe the morphological surface differences.
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- A I Del Río
- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Textil y Papelera, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoy, Universitat Politècnica de València, Plaza Ferrándiz y Carbonell, s/n, 03801, Alcoy, Spain.
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