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Gea-Caballero V, Pellín-Carcelén A, Piera-Gomar JL, Mármol-López MI, Santolalla-Arnedo I, Tejada Garrido CI, Burgos-Esteban A, Rasal Sánchez M, Rasal Sánchez A, Carboneres-Tafaner MI, Juárez-Vela R. Evaluation of the impact of "speak out" and "human libraries" educational methodologies on nursing students' attitudes toward immigration. Front Public Health 2024; 12:1308973. [PMID: 38371238 PMCID: PMC10869608 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1308973] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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Introduction Measuring and understanding attitudes toward migrants is crucial in Health Sciences professionals. Nursing students, as future professionals in the healthcare system, must be comprehensively trained and prepared from the undergraduate level to effectively face the challenges of caring for health and disease processes in an increasingly globalized world. Our study aims to determine the level of attitudinal change in nursing students for immigrants, based on a training intervention with sessions of coexistence with immigrants in Spain. Methods Quasi-experimental controlled and non-randomized study, carried out in 2019 in Nursing School La Fe, Valencia (Spain), with 201 participants (74 intervention group, 127 control group). Instrument: Attitudes toward Immigration Instrument (IAHI) questionnaire. Educational techniques of the training intervention: Speak outs and Human Libraries. Descriptive statistical analysis and comparison of results between groups was performed. Results The participants in the intervention group showed significant changes in attitude modification, both in the total score of the questionnaire and in 4 of the 5 dimensions (pre-post intervention medition). When comparing the differences between the intervention group and the control group, we observed significant differences in 3 of the 5 dimensions: equality principles and policies, positive favorability, and negative favorability. Conclussion Sessions involving coexistence, discussion, and reflection with immigrants, as educational intervention methods for nursing students (Speak outs and Human Libraries), are useful and effective tools to promote positive attitudinal changes toward immigrants within the healthcar context in nursing students.
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- Vicente Gea-Caballero
- Faculty of Health Science, Research Group in Community Health and Care, Valencia International University, Valencia, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Science, Research Group in Community Health and Care, Valencia International University, Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing School La Fe, Adscript Centre, Research Group GREIACC, Health Research Institute La Fe (IISLaFe), University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing School La Fe, Adscript Centre, Research Group GREIACC, Health Research Institute La Fe (IISLaFe), University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Predepartamental Unity of Nursing, Research Group GRUPAC, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Rioja University, Logroño, Spain
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- Predepartamental Unity of Nursing, Research Group GRUPAC, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Rioja University, Logroño, Spain
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- Predepartamental Unity of Nursing, Research Group GRUPAC, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Rioja University, Logroño, Spain
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- Predepartamental Unity of Nursing, Research Group GRUPAC, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Rioja University, Logroño, Spain
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López-Peñalver RS, Cañas-Cañas R, Casaña-Mohedo J, Benavent-Cervera JV, Fernández-Garrido J, Juárez-Vela R, Pellín-Carcelén A, Gea-Caballero V, Andreu-Fernández V. Predictive potential of SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentration in wastewater to assess the dynamics of COVID-19 clinical outcomes and infections. Sci Total Environ 2023; 886:163935. [PMID: 37164095 PMCID: PMC10164651 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163935] [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: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 - caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) -, has triggered a worldwide pandemic resulting in 665 million infections and over 6.5 million deaths as of December 15, 2022. The development of different epidemiological tools have helped predict new outbreaks and assess the behavior of clinical variables in different health contexts. In this study, we aimed to monitor concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater as a tool to predict the progression of clinical variables during Waves 3, 5, and 6 of the pandemic in the Spanish city of Xátiva from September 2020 to March 2022. We estimated SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations in 195 wastewater samples using the RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel validated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. We also compared the trends of several clinical variables (14-day cumulative incidence, positive cases, hospital cases and stays, critical cases and stays, primary care visits, and deaths) for each study wave against wastewater SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations using Pearson's product-moment correlations, a two-sided Mann-Whitney U test, and a cross-correlation analysis. We found strong correlations between SARS-CoV-2 concentrations with 14-day cumulative incidence and positive cases over time. Wastewater RNA concentrations showed strong correlations with these variables one and two weeks in advance. There were significant correlations with hospitalizations and critical care during Wave 3 and Wave 6; cross-correlations were stronger for hospitalization stays one week before during Wave 6. No association between vaccination percentages and wastewater viral concentrations was observed. Our findings support wastewater SARS-CoV-2 concentrations as a potential surveillance tool to anticipate infection and epidemiological data such as 14-day cumulative incidence, hospitalizations, and critical care stays. Public health authorities could use this epidemiological tool on a similar population as an aid for health care decision-making during an epidemic outbreak.
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- Raimundo Seguí López-Peñalver
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002, Valencia, Spain; Global Omnium, Valencia, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002, Valencia, Spain; Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46001, Valencia, Spain
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- Consellería de Sanidad Universal y Salud Pública, Generalitat Valenciana, Department of Nursing, University of Valencia, 46001 Jaume Roig St, Valencia, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, La Rioja University, 26006 Logroño, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002, Valencia, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002, Valencia, Spain
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002, Valencia, Spain; Biosanitary Research Institute, Valencian International University (VIU), 46002, Valencia, Spain.
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Tendero MP, Morales J, Collado M, Diaz A, Segura R, Pellín-Carcelén A, Pérez I, Martín-Grau M, Monleón D, Marrachelli V. MICROBIOTA CO-METABOLISM MODULATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE ON HOST ORGANISM ANALYZED BASED ON METABOLOMICS AND PYROSEQUENCING. J Hypertens 2018. [DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000539676.87970.f5] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Ramos D, Pellín-Carcelén A, Agustí J, Murgui A, Jordá E, Pellín A, Monteagudo C. Deregulation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase expression during tumor progression of human cutaneous melanoma. Anticancer Res 2015; 35:439-444. [PMID: 25550585] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIM Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a highly abundant housekeeping gene. GAPDH overexpression has been reported in diverse types of human cancers including cutaneous melanoma. Our goal was to quantify GAPDH mRNA and protein expression in the whole spectrum of primary and metastatic melanomas in the search for a specific role for this ubiquitous molecule during tumor progression. MATERIALS AND METHODS Intratumoral GAPDH mRNA expression was quantified by real-time PCR in 71 cases, including 29 primary melanomas and 42 metastatic cases. Relative expression levels in thin (≤1 mm) and thick (>1 mm) primary tumors and 'in-transit', lymph node and distant metastases were compared. Similarly, protein expression was investigated by means of immunohistochemistry. Specific exons of GAPDH were analyzed by DNA sequencing. RESULTS GAPDH mRNA expression was significantly up-regulated in thick melanomas when compared to primary thin melanomas. Similar differences were also encountered between metastatic melanomas when compared to lymph-node metastatic melanomas. Interestingly, GAPDH protein immunoexpression was higher in thick melanomas and distant metastases than in thin tumors and lymph node metastases, respectively. However, no specific point-mutations in GAPDH-specific exons were found in any patient. CONCLUSION Deregulation of GAPDH during melanoma progression was demonstrated in our series by mRNA and protein expression studies.
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- David Ramos
- Department of Pathology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, and Dermatology Service, University Clinic Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Gil-Benso R, San-Miguel T, Callaghan RC, Bataller-Calatayud A, Caballero J, Pellín-Carcelén A, Donat J, Navarro S, Peris T, Cerdá-Nicolás M, López-Ginés C. Chromosomal and genetic changes produced in tumoral progression of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. Histopathology 2013; 62:816-9. [DOI: 10.1111/his.12064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- R Gil-Benso
- Department of Pathology; Medical School; Universitat de València; València; Spain
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- Department of Pathology; Medical School; Universitat de València; València; Spain
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- Department of Pathology; Medical School; Universitat de València; València; Spain
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- Department of Pathology; Medical School; Universitat de València; València; Spain
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- Department of Pathology; Medical School; Universitat de València; València; Spain
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- Department of Pathology; Medical School; Universitat de València; València; Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics; Clinic Hospital of València; València; Spain
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- Department of Pathology; Medical School; Universitat de València; València; Spain
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- Department of Pathology; Medical School; Universitat de València; València; Spain
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Bagan JV, Vera-Sempere F, Marzal C, Pellín-Carcelén A, Martí-Bonmatí E, Bagan L. Cytological changes in the oral mucosa after use of a mouth rinse with alcohol. A prospective double blind control study. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2012; 17:e956-61. [PMID: 23085712 PMCID: PMC3505716 DOI: 10.4317/medoral.18843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 09/10/2012] [Accepted: 10/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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AIM The aim of this preliminary study was to detect cytological changes in the oral mucosa after using a mouth wash with alcohol. MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective double-blind, controlled study was performed, for 6 months. Group 1 consisted of 30 subjects who used a mouth rinse with 26.9% of alcohol [Listerine] and Group 2 consisted of 30 subjects who used a mouth rinse with the same ingredients but with no alcohol. We obtained three cytological samples from the oral mucosa. The presence of cytological atypia, binucleation and karyorrhesis, and type of cells were studied. We also used a fluorescent in situ hybridization technique (FISH) in 15 samples in each group, for the micronucleus. RESULTS We found no clinical mucosal alteration after using the mouth wash at the end of the study in either group. We observed no cytological differences between the groups at the end of the study (p>0.05). Regarding the study of the micronucleus by FISH, we observed no significant difference between the groups (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our results showed no cytological alteration in patients using a mouth rinse with alcohol, but these findings should be considered preliminary results, to be confirmed in a greater sample of patients.
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- Jose V Bagan
- Valencia University, Service of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery, University General Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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Monteagudo C, Ramos D, Pellín-Carcelén A, Gil R, Callaghan RC, Martín JM, Alonso V, Murgui A, Navarro L, Calabuig S, López-Guerrero JA, Jordá E, Pellín A. CCL27-CCR10 and CXCL12-CXCR4 chemokine ligand-receptor mRNA expression ratio: new predictive factors of tumor progression in cutaneous malignant melanoma. Clin Exp Metastasis 2012; 29:625-37. [PMID: 22526457 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-012-9476-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2011] [Accepted: 03/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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CXCR4, CCR7 and CCR10 chemokine receptors are known to be involved in melanoma metastasis. Our goal was to compare the relative intratumoral mRNA expression of these receptors with that of their corresponding chemokine ligands, CXCL12, CCL19, CCL21, and CCL27 across the full spectrum of human melanoma progression: thin and thick primary melanomas, as well as "in transit", lymph node, and distant metastases. Expression was quantified by real-time RT-PCR in 103 melanoma samples: 51 primary tumors and 52 metastases. Particular emphasis was focused on chemokine ligand-receptor expression ratios. Immunohistochemistry was performed to identify the cell types expressing these molecules. CXCL12-CXCR4 and CCL27-CCR10 ratios were higher in thin than in thick primary melanomas, and all four chemokine-receptor ratios were higher in primary tumors than in melanoma metastases. CCL27-CCR10 and CXCL12-CXCR4 expression ratios in primary tumors were inversely associated with the development of distant metastases, and improved the predictive value of tumor thickness for distant metastasis, which is important since chemokine ligand-receptor ratios are not affected by the endogenous gene employed for normalizing mRNA expression. Both receptor and ligand immunolabeling were detected in neoplastic cells suggesting autocrine mechanisms. Our results support the concept that low CCL27/CCR10 and CXCL12/CXCR4 intratumoral mRNA ratios are associated with melanoma progression, and in combination with Breslow thickness, are the best predictive factors for the development of distant metastases in primary cutaneous melanoma.
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- Carlos Monteagudo
- Department of Pathology, Facultad de Medicina, University of Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibañez 15, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
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Gil-Benso R, Monteagudo C, Cerdá-Nicolás M, Callaghan RC, Pinto S, Martínez-Romero A, Pellín-Carcelén A, San-Miguel T, Cigudosa JC, López-Ginés C. Characterization of a new human melanoma cell line with CD133 expression. Hum Cell 2012; 25:61-7. [PMID: 22529031 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-011-0027-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A novel human malignant melanoma cell line, designated MEL-RC08, was established from a pericranial metastasis of a malignant melanoma of the skin. The cell line has been subcultured for more than 150 passages and is tumorigenic in nude mice. Growth kinetics, cytogenetics, flow cytometry, and molecular techniques for analysis of the genes implicated in cell cycle control; mutations in BRAF, NRAS, C-KiT, RB, and TP53 genes; and amplification of MDM2, CDK4, and cyclin D1 have been studied. Cytogenetically, the tumor and the cell line showed a hypertriploid karyotype with many clonal numeric and structural abnormalities. DNA flow cytometry showed an aneuploid peak with a DNA index value of 1.5. Mutations in TP53 and BRAF genes were demonstrated in both tumor and cell line. Furthermore, stem cell marker CD133 expression was detected in most cells, together with other stem cell markers, suggesting the presence of cells with tumor-initiating potential in this cell line.
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- Rosario Gil-Benso
- Department of Pathology, University of Valencia, Avda Blasco Ibáñez 15, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
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Monteagudo C, Pellín-Carcelén A, Martín J, Ramos D. Papel de las quimiocinas en la progresión del melanoma. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas 2011; 102:498-504. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ad.2011.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Revised: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Monteagudo C, Pellín-Carcelén A, Martín J, Ramos D. Role of Chemokines in Melanoma Progression. Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition) 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.adengl.2011.03.004] [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: 10/15/2022] Open
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