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Díaz J, Carmona R, Mirón IJ, Luna MY, Linares C. Time trend in the impact of heat waves on daily mortality in Spain for a period of over thirty years (1983-2013). Environ Int 2018; 116:10-17. [PMID: 29635092 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.04.001] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Many of the studies that analyze the future impact of climate change on mortality assume that the temperature that constitutes a heat wave will not change over time. This is unlikely, however, given the process of adapting to heat changes, prevention plans, and improvements in social and health infrastructure. The objective of this study is to analyze whether, during the 1983-2013 period, there has been a temporal change in the maximum daily temperatures that constitute a heat wave (Tthreshold) in Spain, and to investigate whether there has been variation in the attributable risk (AR) associated with mortality due to high temperatures in this period. This study uses daily mortality data for natural causes except accidents CIEX: A00-R99 in municipalities of over 10,000 inhabitants in 10 Spanish provinces and maximum temperature data from observatories located in province capitals. The time series is divided into three periods: 1983-1992, 1993-2003 and 2004-2013. For each period and each province, the value of Tthreshold was calculated using scatter-plot diagram of the daily mortality pre-whitened series. For each period and each province capitals, it has been calculated the number of heat waves and quantifying the impact on mortality through generalized linear model (GLM) methodology with the Poisson regression link. These models permits obtained the relative risks (RR) and attributable risks (AR). Via a meta-analysis, using the Global RR and AR were calculated the heat impact for the total of the 10 provinces. The results show that in the first two periods RR remained constant RR: 1.14 (CI95%: 1.09 1.19) and RR: 1.14 (CI95%: 1.10 1.18), while the third period shows a sharp decrease with respect to the prior two periods RR: 1.01 (CI95%: 1.00 1.01); the difference is statistically significant. In Spain there has been a sharp decrease in mortality attributable to heat over the past 10 years. The observed variation in RR puts into question the results of numerous studies that analyze the future impact of heat on mortality in different temporal scenarios and show it to be constant over time.
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- J Díaz
- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Torrijos Public Health District, Castile-La Mancha Regional Health Authority (Consejería de Sanidad), Torrijos, Toledo, Spain
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- State Meteorological Agency (Agencia Estatal de Meteorología/AEMET), Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Linares C, Carmona R, Salvador P, Díaz J. Impact on mortality of biomass combustion from wildfires in Spain: A regional analysis. Sci Total Environ 2018; 622-623:547-555. [PMID: 29223078 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 11/02/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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Studies that analyse the impact on mortality of particulate matter (PM) produced by biomass combustion from wildfires mostly focus on a single city or on cities in different countries, with very few concentrating on one country as a whole. Accordingly, the aim of this paper was to analyse the impact that PM has on daily mortality in Spain on days with biomass combustion from wildfires. To analyse natural PM advections the Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing, Food & Environment divides Spain into 9 geographical regions. One province representative of each region for was selected analysis purposes, with provincial daily natural-cause mortality across the period 2004-2009 as the dependent variable, and daily mean PM concentrations in the provincial capital as the independent variable. We controlled for the effect of other chemical pollutants (NO2 and O3), maximum daily temperature on heat-wave days, day of the week, trends, seasonalities and the autoregressive nature of the series, using generalised linear models with the Poisson regression link to calculate relative risks (RRs) and the increase in RR (IRR) of PM-related mortality. The analysis was performed for days with and without biomass advections (DBA and DNBA respectively), with a breakdown by year, summer, and the remainder of the year (i.e., excluding summer). The results indicated that daily mean PM concentrations were higher on DBA than on DNBA, with statistically significant differences in most provinces. Furthermore, PM10 was associated with higher daily mortality on DBA in regions where wildfires were most frequent, but not in the remaining provinces. This translated as an IRR per 10μg/m3 of PM of 7.93 (2.36-13.81) in the North-west, 3.76 (1.36-6.22) in the Centre and 4.46 (2.99-5.94) in the South-west, values which in all cases were statistically higher than those obtained on DNBA. The increase in PM caused by biomass advections from wildfires is linked to a significant IRR of mortality in Spain. Hence, the fact that wildfires are likely to become increasingly frequent in the context of climate change makes this type of analysis particularly necessary.
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- C Linares
- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Environmental Department of Research, Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas/CIEMAT), Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.
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McDonald AD, Jones BJP, Nygren DR, Adams C, Álvarez V, Azevedo CDR, Benlloch-Rodríguez JM, Borges FIGM, Botas A, Cárcel S, Carrión JV, Cebrián S, Conde CAN, Díaz J, Diesburg M, Escada J, Esteve R, Felkai R, Fernandes LMP, Ferrario P, Ferreira AL, Freitas EDC, Goldschmidt A, Gómez-Cadenas JJ, González-Díaz D, Gutiérrez RM, Guenette R, Hafidi K, Hauptman J, Henriques CAO, Hernandez AI, Hernando Morata JA, Herrero V, Johnston S, Labarga L, Laing A, Lebrun P, Liubarsky I, López-March N, Losada M, Martín-Albo J, Martínez-Lema G, Martínez A, Monrabal F, Monteiro CMB, Mora FJ, Moutinho LM, Muñoz Vidal J, Musti M, Nebot-Guinot M, Novella P, Palmeiro B, Para A, Pérez J, Querol M, Repond J, Renner J, Riordan S, Ripoll L, Rodríguez J, Rogers L, Santos FP, Dos Santos JMF, Simón A, Sofka C, Sorel M, Stiegler T, Toledo JF, Torrent J, Tsamalaidze Z, Veloso JFCA, Webb R, White JT, Yahlali N. Demonstration of Single-Barium-Ion Sensitivity for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Using Single-Molecule Fluorescence Imaging. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:132504. [PMID: 29694208 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.132504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A new method to tag the barium daughter in the double-beta decay of ^{136}Xe is reported. Using the technique of single molecule fluorescent imaging (SMFI), individual barium dication (Ba^{++}) resolution at a transparent scanning surface is demonstrated. A single-step photobleach confirms the single ion interpretation. Individual ions are localized with superresolution (∼2 nm), and detected with a statistical significance of 12.9σ over backgrounds. This lays the foundation for a new and potentially background-free neutrinoless double-beta decay technology, based on SMFI coupled to high pressure xenon gas time projection chambers.
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- A D McDonald
- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Física Nuclear y Astropartículas, Universidad de Zaragoza, Calle Pedro Cerbuna, 12, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
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- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Campus sur, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este No. 47 A-15, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3160, USA
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este No. 47 A-15, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Campus sur, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439, USA
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- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Sede Circunvalar, Carretera 3 Este No. 47 A-15, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Instituto Gallego de Física de Altas Energías, Univ. de Santiago de Compostela, Campus sur, Rúa Xosé María Suárez Núñez, s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne Illinois 60439, USA
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- Escola Politècnica Superior, Universitat de Girona, Av. Montilivi, s/n, 17071 Girona, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019, USA
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- LIP, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, P-3004 516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- LIBPhys, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Rua Larga, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Instituto de Instrumentación para Imagen Molecular (I3M), Centro Mixto CSIC-Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Joliot-Curie 6, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- Institute of Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication (i3N), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán, 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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Carmona R, Linares C, Ortiz C, Mirón IJ, Luna MY, Díaz J. Spatial variability in threshold temperatures of heat wave mortality: impact assessment on prevention plans. Int J Environ Health Res 2017; 27:463-475. [PMID: 28969426 DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2017.1379056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Spain's current heat wave prevention plans are activated according to administrative areas. This study analyses the determination of threshold temperatures for triggering prevention-plan activation by reference to isoclimatic areas, and describes the public health benefits. We subdivided the study area - the Madrid Autonomous Region (MAR) - into three, distinct, isoclimatic areas: 'North', 'Central' and 'South', and grouped daily natural-cause mortality (ICD-10: A00-R99) in towns of over 10,000 inhabitants (2000-2009 period) accordingly. Using these three areas rather than the MAR as a whole would have resulted in a possible decrease in mortality of 73 persons (38-108) in the North area, and in aborting unnecessary activation of the plan 153 times in the Central area and 417 times in the South area. Our results indicate that extrapolating this methodology would bring benefits associated with a reduction in attributable mortality and improved effectiveness of public health interventions.
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- R Carmona
- a National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health , Madrid , Spain
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- a National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health , Madrid , Spain
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- a National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health , Madrid , Spain
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- b Torrijos Public Health District, Castile-La Mancha Regional Health Authority (Consejería de Sanidad y Asuntos Sociales de Castilla-La Mancha) , Torrijos (Toledo) , Spain
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- c State Meteorological Agency (Agencia Estatal de Meteorología/AEMET) , Madrid , Spain
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- a National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health , Madrid , Spain
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Culqui DR, Linares C, Ortiz C, Carmona R, Díaz J. Association between environmental factors and emergency hospital admissions due to Alzheimer's disease in Madrid. Sci Total Environ 2017; 592:451-457. [PMID: 28342386 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [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: 01/08/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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INTRODUCTION There are scarce studies of time series that analysed the short-term association between emergency hospital admissions due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and environmental factors. The objective is to analyse the effect of heat waves, noise and air pollutants on urgent hospital admissions due to AD in Madrid. METHODS Longitudinal ecological time series study was performed. The dependent variable was the emergency AD hospital admissions occurred in Madrid during the period 2001-2009. Independent variables were: Daily mean concentrations (μg/m3) of air pollutants (PM2.5 and PM10; O3 and NO2); maximum daily temperature (°C) and daily and night noise levels (dB(A)). Relative Risk (RR) for an increment in interquartile range, and Attributable Risk (AR) values were calculated through GLM with Poisson link. RESULTS Our findings indicated that only PM2.5 concentrations at lag 2 with a RR: 1.38 (95% CI: 1.15-1.65); AR 27.5% (95% CI: 13.0-39.4); and heat wave days at lag 3 with a RR: 1.30 (95% CI: 1.12-1.52); AR 23.1% (95% CI: 10.7-34.2) were associated with AD hospital admissions. CONCLUSION A reduction in AD patients' exposure levels to PM2.5 and special care of such patients during heat wave periods could result in a decrease in both emergency AD admissions and the related health care costs.
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- D R Culqui
- Autonomous University of Madrid - Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; CIBER en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Evaluation and Intervention Methods Service from Barcelona Public Health Agency, Spain.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Angulo J, Martínez-Valdebenito C, Marco C, Galeno H, Villagra E, Vera L, Lagos N, Becerra N, Mora J, Bermúdez A, Díaz J, Ferrés M, López-Lastra M. Serum levels of interleukin-6 are linked to the severity of the disease caused by Andes Virus. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017; 11:e0005757. [PMID: 28708900 PMCID: PMC5529019 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 07/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Andes virus (ANDV) is the etiological agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome in Chile. In this study, we evaluated the profile of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-12p70, IL-21, TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-10 and IL-6 in serum samples of ANDV-infected patients at the time of hospitalization. The mean levels of circulating cytokines were determined by a Bead-Based Multiplex assay coupled with Luminex detection technology, in order to compare 43 serum samples of healthy controls and 43 samples of ANDV-infected patients that had been categorized according to the severity of disease. When compared to the controls, no significant differences in IL-1β concentration were observed in ANDV-infected patients (p = 0.9672), whereas levels of IL-12p70 and IL-21 were significantly lower in infected cases (p = <0.0001). Significantly elevated levels of TNF-α, IFN-γ, IL-10, and IL-6 were detected in ANDV-infected individuals (p = <0.0001, 0.0036, <0.0001, <0.0001, respectively). Notably, IL-6 levels were significantly higher (40-fold) in the 22 patients with severe symptoms compared to the 21 individuals with mild symptoms (p = <0.0001). Using multivariate regression models, we show that IL-6 levels has a crude OR of 14.4 (CI: 3.3–63.1). In conclusion, the serum level of IL-6 is a significant predictor of the severity of the clinical outcome of ANDV-induced disease. Andes virus (ANDV) causes hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) that is characterized by the development of vascular leakage syndrome, eventually leading to massive pulmonary edema, shock and, in many cases, death. To date, no FDA-approved immunotherapeutics, specific antivirals, or vaccines are available for use against HCPS. Patient survival rates hinge largely on early virus diagnosis, hospital admission and aggressive pulmonary and hemodynamic support in an intensive care unit. Individual host factors associated with the outcome of an ANDV infection are poorly known, and such knowledge could allow the disease progression of hospitalized patients to be predicted, resulting in individualized treatment. In this study, we show that serum levels of IL-6 at the time of hospitalization in ANDV-infected patients are associated with the severity of the clinical outcome of ANDV-induced disease. Therefore, these finding suggest that determining IL-6 levels at the time of admission to the hospital could be useful to predict the progression of ANDV-induced disease.
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- Jenniffer Angulo
- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia (IMII), Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas e Inmunología Pediátrica, División de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Infectología, Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas e Inmunología Pediátrica, División de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Infectología, Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas e Inmunología Pediátrica, División de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Infectología, Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas e Inmunología Pediátrica, División de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia (IMII), Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas e Inmunología Pediátrica, División de Pediatría, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Ferraro M, Gimeno E, Ble M, Subirana I, Gómez M, Díaz J, Sánchez-González B, García-Pallarols F, Martínez L, Belarte L, Abella E, Elosua R, Salar A. USEFULNESS OF N-TERMINAL BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE LEVELS AND FRESCO SCALE FOR THE PREDICTION OF ANTHRACYCLINE-INDUCED CARDIOMYOTOXICITY IN PATIENTS WITH HODGKIN LYMPHOMA. Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2438_35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- M. Ferraro
- Clinical Hematology, Research Group Applied in Hematological diseases; Autonomous University of Barcelona, Hospital del Mar, Institute of Medical Research of Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Clinical Hematology, Research Group Applied in Malalties Hematolgiques, Hospital del Mar; Institute of Medical Research of Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Cardiology; Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, Research Group on Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Genetics, Hospital del Mar; Institute of Medical Research of Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Cardiology; Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Hematology; Autonomous University of Barcelona; Barcelona Spain
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- Clinical Hematology, Research Group Applied in Malalties Hematolgiques, Hospital del Mar; Institute of Medical Research of Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Clinical Hematology, Research Group Applied in Malalties Hematolgiques, Hospital del Mar; Institute of Medical Research of Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Clinical Hematology; Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Clinical Hematology, Research Group Applied in Hematological diseases; Autonomous University of Barcelona, Hospital del Mar, Institute of Medical Research of Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health and Cardiovascular Diseases, Research Group on Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Genetics, Hospital del Mar; Institute of Medical Research of Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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- Clinical Hematology, Research Group Applied in Hematological diseases; Autonomous University of Barcelona, Hospital del Mar, Institute of Medical Research of Hospital del Mar; Barcelona Spain
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Yahlali N, Garcia JM, Díaz J, Soriano A, Fernandes LMP. Ageing studies of TPB in noble gas detectors for dark matter and neutrinoless ββ decay searches. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2017; 172:109-114. [PMID: 27160970 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2016.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 03/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Noble gases (Xe, Ar, Kr) are very attractive as detector media in Dark Matter search and neutrinoless double-beta decay experiments. However, the detection of their scintillation light (in the VUV spectral region) requires shifting the VUV light to visible light, where standard photosensors are more efficient. Tetraphenyl butadiene (TPB) is widely used as wavelength shifter, absorbing the VUV light and re-emitting in the blue region (~430nm). TPB is an organic molecule that may degrade due to exposure to environmental agents and also to ultraviolet light. In this work, we present TPB ageing studies due to exposure to VUV light, aiming at quantifying the reduction of the absolute fluorescence yield of TPB coatings of several thicknesses (130nm, 260nm, 390nm, 1600nm), exposed to various doses of VUV light at 170nm (similar to the Xe scintillation). In our setup, the VUV light is produced from a vacuum monochromator coupled to a deuterium lamp. The VUV exposure in our setup is compared to the exposure obtained in the electroluminescent gaseous Xe TPC of the NEXT-100 experiment for neutrinoless double-beta decay search.
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- N Yahlali
- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), CSIC & Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMOL), Universitat de València, Catedrático José Beltrán 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- LIBPhys, Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, 3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal
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Linares C, Culqui D, Carmona R, Ortiz C, Díaz J. Short-term association between environmental factors and hospital admissions due to dementia in Madrid. Environ Res 2017; 152:214-220. [PMID: 27810678 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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: 07/07/2016] [Revised: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Spain has one of the highest proportions of dementia in the world among the population aged 60 years or over. Recent studies link various environmental factors to neurocognitive-type diseases. This study sought to analyse whether urban risk factors such as traffic noise, pollutants and heat waves might have a short-term impact on exacerbation of symptoms of dementia, leading to emergency hospital admission. MATERIAL AND METHODS We conducted a longitudinal ecological time-series study, with the dependent variable being the number of daily dementia-related emergency (DDE) hospital admissions to Madrid municipal hospitals (ICD-10 codes 290.0-290.2, 290.4-290.9, 294.1-294) from 01 to 01-2001 to 31-12-2009, as obtained from the Hospital Morbidity Survey (National Statistics Institute). The measures used were as follows: for noise pollution, Leqd, equivalent diurnal noise level (from 8 to 22h), and Leqn, equivalent nocturnal noise level (from 22 to 8h) in dB(A); for chemical pollution, mean daily NO2, PM2.5, PM1 as provided by the Madrid Municipal Air Quality Monitoring Grid; and lastly, maximum daily temperature (°C), as supplied by the State Meteorological Agency. Scatterplot diagrams were plotted to assess the type of functional relationship existing between the main variable of analysis and the environmental variables. The lags of the environmental variables were calculated to analyse the timing of the effect. Poisson regression models were fitted, controlling for trends and seasonalities, to quantify relative risk (RR). RESULTS During the study period, there were 1175 DDE hospital admissions. These admissions displayed a linear functional relationship without a threshold in the case of Leqd. The RR of DDE admissions was 1.15 (1.11-1.20) for an increase of 1dB in Leqd, with impact at lag 0. In the case of maximum daily temperature, there was a threshold temperature of 34°C, with an increase of 1°C over this threshold posing an RR of 1.19 (1.09-1.30) at lag 1. The only pollutant to show an association with DDE hospital admissions was O3 at lag 5, with an RR of 1.09 (1.04-1.15) for an increase of 10µg/m3 CONCLUSIONS: Diurnal traffic noise, heat waves and tropospheric ozone may exacerbate the symptoms of dementia to the point of requiring emergency admission to hospital. Lowering exposure levels to these environmental factors could reduce dementia-related admissions in Madrid.
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- C Linares
- National School of Public Health, Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Doctoral Programme in Public Health, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III National Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.
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Linares C, Arroyo V, Ortiz C, Carmona R, Díaz J. Traffic noise and adverse births outcomes in Madrid. Eur J Public Health 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw174.188] [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: 11/12/2022] Open
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Bevilacqua J, Mathieu Y, Krahn M, Bartoli M, Castiglioni C, Kleinsteuber K, Díaz J, Puppo F, Cerino M, Courrier S, Gorokhova S, Miranda N, Trangulao A, González-Hormazábal P, Avaria M, Urtizberea J, Caviedes P, Jara L, Levy N. Calpainopathy in Chile, first cases reported. Neuromuscul Disord 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2016.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bevilacqua J, Gonzalez-Quereda L, Castiglioni C, Zamorano I, Acevedo L, Díaz J, Rodríguez M, Trangulao A, Rivera M, Gallano P. Desminopathy in Chile, first cases reported. Neuromuscul Disord 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2016.06.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this work we give precise asymptotic expressions for the probability of the existence of fixed-size components at the threshold of connectivity for random geometric graphs.
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Carmona R, Díaz J, Mirón IJ, Ortiz C, Luna MY, Linares C. Mortality attributable to extreme temperatures in Spain: A comparative analysis by city. Environ Int 2016; 91:22-8. [PMID: 26900891 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Low Temperature Days (LTD) have attracted far less attention than that of High Temperature Days (HTD), though its impact on mortality is at least comparable. This lower degree of attention may perhaps be due to the fact that its influence on mortality is less pronounced and longer-term, and that there are other concomitant infectious winters factors. In a climate-change scenario, the studies undertaken to date report differing results. The aim of this study was to analyse mortality attributable to both thermal extremes in Spain's 52 provinces across the period 2000-2009, and estimate the related economic cost to show the benefit or "profitability" of implementing prevention plans against LTD. METHODS Previous studies enabled us: to obtain the maximum daily temperature above which HTD occurred and the minimum daily temperature below which LTD occurred in the 52 provincial capitals analysed across the same study period; and to calculate the relative and attributable risks (%) associated with daily mortality in each capital. These measures of association were then used to make different calculations to obtain the daily mean mortality attributable to both thermal extremes. To this end, we obtained a summary of the number of degrees whereby the temperature exceeded (excess °C) or fell short (deficit °C) of the threshold temperature for each capital, and calculated the respective number of extreme temperatures days. The economic estimates rated the prevention plans as being 68% effective. RESULTS Over the period considered, the number of HTD (4373) was higher than the number of LTD (3006) for Spain as a whole. Notwithstanding this, in every provincial capital the mean daily mortality attributable to heat was lower (3deaths/day) than that attributable to cold (3.48deaths/day). In terms of the economic impact of the activation of prevention plans against LTD, these could be assumed to avoid 2.37 deaths on each LTD, which translated as a saving of €0.29M. Similarly, in the case of heat, 2.04 deaths could be assumed to be avoided each day on which the prevention plan against HTD was activated, amounting to a saving of €0.25M. While the economic cost of cold-related mortality across the ten-year period 2000-2009 was €871.7M, that attributable to heat could be put at €1093.2M. CONCLUSION The effect of extreme temperatures on daily mortality was similar across the study period for Spain overall. The lower number of days with LTD meant, however, that daily cold-related mortality was higher than daily heat-related mortality, thereby making prevention plans against LTD more "profitable" prevention plans against HTD in terms of avoidable mortality.
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- R Carmona
- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Torrijos Public Health District, Castile-La Mancha Regional Health & Social Affairs Authority (Consejería de Sanidad y Asuntos Sociales de Castilla-La Mancha), Torrijos, Toledo, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- State Meteorological Agency, (AEMET), Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Avda. Monforte de Lemos, 5, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Carmona R, Díaz J, Mirón IJ, Ortíz C, León I, Linares C. Geographical variation in relative risks associated with cold waves in Spain: The need for a cold wave prevention plan. Environ Int 2016; 88:103-111. [PMID: 26735348 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [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: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In general, there are few studies that analyse the impact of low temperatures on mortality and fewer still that use cold-wave-definition thresholds based on epidemiological and non-climatological criteria. Such a threshold definition, which took into account population features such as socio-economic and demographic characteristics, made it possible for a specific threshold temperature to be obtained for each of Spain's 52 provincial capitals in this study. Using generalised linear models with the Poisson regression link, and controlling for trend, autocorrelations and seasonalities of the series, and influenza epidemics, we obtained the impact of low temperatures on mortality in each provincial capital by calculating the relative risks (RRs) and attributable risks (ARs) for natural as well as circulatory and respiratory causes. The study showed higher minimum temperature thresholds in coastal areas, and an overall impact of cold on mortality in Spain due to natural causes RR=1.13 (95% CI: 1.11-1.16), circulatory causes RR=1.18 (95% CI: 1.15-1.22) and respiratory causes RR=1.24 (95% CI: 1.20-1.29) slightly greater than that obtained to date for heat. From a public health standpoint, there is a need for specific cold wave prevention plans at a regional level which would enable mortality attributable to low temperatures to be reduced. These plans have shown themselves to be effective in decreasing heat-related mortality, and we feel that they are essential for reducing cold-related effects on morbidity and mortality.
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- R Carmona
- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Torrijos Public Health District, Castile-La Mancha Regional Health & Social Affairs Authority (Consejería de Sanidad y Asuntos Sociales de Castilla-La Mancha), Torrijos, Toledo, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- National Center of Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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Díaz J, Cárcamo M, Seoane M, Pidal P, Cavada G, Puentes R, Terrazas S, Araya P, Ibarz-Pavon AB, Manríquez M, Hormazábal JC, Ayala S, Valenzuela MT. Prevalence of meningococcal carriage in children and adolescents aged 10-19 years in Chile in 2013. J Infect Public Health 2016; 9:506-15. [PMID: 26819097 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 07/07/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In 2011, Chile experienced an increase in the number of cases of IMD caused by Neisseria meningitidis group W. This epidemiological scenario prompted authorities to implement prevention strategies. As part of these strategies, the Institute of Public Heath of Chile conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence of pharyngeal carriage of N. meningitidis in a representative sample of healthy children and adolescents aged 10-19 years. The identification of presumptive N. meningitidis strains was performed by testing carbohydrate utilization in the National Reference Laboratory at the ISP. Association of meningococcal carriage with risk factors was analyzed by calculating the Odds Ratio. Selected variables were included in a logistic model for risk analyses. The prevalence of carriage of N. meningitidis was 6.5% (CI: 5.7-7.3%). Older age (carriers: 14.2±0.29 vs. non-carriers: 13.8±0.08 years old; p=0.009), cohabitation with children (carriers: 0.9±0.13 vs. non-carriers: 0.7±0.03; p=0.028), number of smoking cohabitants (carriers: 0.55±0.13 vs. non-carriers: 0.44±0.03) and frequent attendance to crowded social venues (carriers: 49% vs. non-carriers: 37%; p=0.008) were determined to favor carriage. Statistical modeling showed that meningococcal carriage was associated with older age (OR: 1.077, p-value: 0.002) and cohabitation with children (OR: 1.182, p-value: 0.02).
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- Janepsy Díaz
- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional de Referencia, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Angulo J, Pino K, Echeverría-Chagas N, Marco C, Martínez-Valdebenito C, Galeno H, Villagra E, Vera L, Lagos N, Becerra N, Mora J, Bermúdez A, Cárcamo M, Díaz J, Miquel JF, Ferrés M, López-Lastra M. Association of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in IL28B, but Not TNF-α, With Severity of Disease Caused by Andes Virus. Clin Infect Dis 2015; 61:e62-9. [PMID: 26394672 PMCID: PMC4657541 DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Andes virus (ANDV) is the sole etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in Chile, with a fatality rate of about 35%. Individual host factors affecting ANDV infection outcome are poorly understood. In this case-control genetic association analysis, we explored the link between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs12979860, rs8099917 and rs1800629 and the clinical outcome of ANDV-induced disease. The SNPs rs12979860 and rs8099917 are known to play a role in the differential expression of the interleukin 28B gene (IL28B), whereas SNP rs1800629 is implicated in the expression of tumor necrosis factor α gene (TNF-α). METHODS A total of 238 samples from confirmed ANDV-infected patients collected between 2006 and 2014, and categorized according to the severity of the disease, were genotyped for SNPs rs12979860, rs8099917, and rs1800629. RESULTS Analysis of IL28B SNPs rs12979860 and rs8099917 revealed a link between homozygosity of the minor alleles (TT and GG, respectively), displaying a mild disease progression, whereas heterozygosity or homozygosity for the major alleles (CT/CC and TG/TT, respectively) in both IL28B SNPs is associated with severe disease. No association with the clinical outcome of HCPS was observed for TNF-α SNP rs1800629 (TNF -308G>A). CONCLUSIONS The IL28B SNPs rs12979860 and rs8099917, but not TNF-α SNP rs1800629, are associated with the clinical outcome of ANDV-induced disease, suggesting a possible link between IL28B expression and ANDV pathogenesis.
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- Jenniffer Angulo
- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Infectología, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, División de Pediatría
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia
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- Subdepartamento de Virología Clínica, Departamento Laboratorio Biomédico Nacional y de Referencia
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago
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- Departamento de Asuntos Científicos, Instituto de Salud Pública de Chile, Santiago
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- Departamento de Gastroenterología, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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- Laboratorio de Infectología, Centro de Investigaciones Médicas, Escuela de Medicina, División de Pediatría
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- Laboratorio de Virología Molecular, Instituto Milenio de Inmunología e Inmunoterapia
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Díaz J, Carmona R, Mirón IJ, Ortiz C, León I, Linares C. Geographical variation in relative risks associated with heat: Update of Spain's Heat Wave Prevention Plan. Environ Int 2015; 85:273-83. [PMID: 26433629 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [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: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A decade after the implementation of prevention plans designed to minimise the impact of high temperatures on health, some countries have decided to update these plans in order to improve the weakness detected in these ten years of operation. In the case of Spain, this update has fundamentally consisted of changing the so-called "threshold" or "trigger" temperatures used to activate the plan, by switching from temperature values based on climatological criteria to others obtained by epidemiological studies conducted on a provincial scale. This study reports the results of these "trigger" temperatures for each of Spain's 52 provincial capitals, as well as the impact of heat on mortality by reference to the relative risks (RRs) and attributable risks (ARs) calculated for natural as well as circulatory and respiratory causes. The results obtained for threshold temperatures and RRs show a more uniform behaviour pattern than those obtained using temperature values based on climatological criteria; plus a clear decrease in RRs of heat-associated mortality due to the three causes considered, at both a provincial and regional level as well as for Spain as a whole. The updating of prevention plans is regarded as crucial for optimising the operation of these plans in terms of reducing the effect of high temperatures on population health.
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- J Díaz
- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Torrijos Public Health District, Castile-La Mancha Regional Health & Social Affairs Authority (Consejería de Sanidad y Asuntos Sociales de Castilla-La Mancha), Torrijos (Toledo), Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- National Center of Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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Díaz J, Carmona R, Mirón IJ, Ortiz C, Linares C. Comparison of the effects of extreme temperatures on daily mortality in Madrid (Spain), by age group: The need for a cold wave prevention plan. Environ Res 2015; 143:186-91. [PMID: 26496852 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 07/07/2015] [Revised: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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A number of studies have shown that there is a time trend towards a reduction in the effects of heat on mortality. In the case of cold, however, there is practically no research of this type and so there is no clearly defined time trend of the impact of cold on mortality. Furthermore, no other specific studies have yet analysed the time trend of the impact of both thermal extremes by age group. We analysed data on daily mortality due to natural causes (ICD-10: A00-R99) in the city of Madrid across the period 2001-2009 and calculated the impact of extreme temperatures on mortality using Poisson regression models for specific age groups. The groups of age selected coinciding with the pre-existing age-groups analyzed in previous papers. For heat waves the groups of age used were: <10 years, 10-17 years, 18-44 years, 45-64 years, 65-74 years and over-75 years. For cold waves the groups of age used were: <1 year; 1-5 years, 6-17 years, 18-44 years, 45-64 years, 65-74 years and over-75 years. <1, 1-17, 18-44, 45-66, 65-74 and over-75 years. We controlled for confounding variables, such as air pollution, noise, influenza, pollen, pressure and relative humidity, trend of the series, as well as seasonalities and autoregressive components of the series. The results of these models were compared to those obtained for the same city during the period 1986-1997 and published in different studies. Our results show a lightly reduction in the effects of heat, especially in the over-45-year age group. In the case of cold, the behaviour pattern was the opposite, with an increase in its effect. Heat adaptation and socio-economic and public-health prevention and action measures may be behind this amelioration in the effects of heat, whereas the absence of such actions in respect of low temperatures may account for the increase in the effects of cold on mortality. From a public health point of view, the implementation of cold wave prevention plans covering all age groups is thus called for.
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- J Díaz
- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Torrijos Public Health District, Castile-La Mancha Regional Health & Social Affairs Authority (Consejería de Sanidad y Asuntos Sociales de Castilla-La Mancha), Torrijos, Toledo, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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Couce ML, Ramos F, Bueno MA, Díaz J, Meavilla S, Bóveda MD, Fernández-Marmiesse A, García-Cazorla A. Evolution of maple syrup urine disease in patients diagnosed by newborn screening versus late diagnosis. Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2015; 19:652-9. [PMID: 26232051 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2015.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2015] [Revised: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare metabolic disorder for which the newborn screening (NBS) is possible but it has not been yet implemented for most Spanish regions. In the present study, we assess the clinical features and outcome of 14 MSUD Spanish patients with similar treatment protocol diagnosed either by NBS or by clinical symptoms. Eight patients were detected by NBS, four classic and four moderate MSUD. The average age at detection was 4.6 days, the mean plasmatic concentration of leucine at diagnosis was 1807 μM; the average number of days with leucine >1000 μM was 0.7 (0-4) and the mean number of total hospitalizations was 1.6 (0-5). Mean follow-up time was 70 months. They had good evolution: all remain asymptomatic, but 2 patients have attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Six patients with late diagnosis of classic MSUD were followed during 41 months. All presented with acute encephalopathy during the first month of life, mean leucine levels of 2355 μM, mean number of days with leucine >1000 μM of 6.6 (1-13) and mean number of total hospitalizations of 5.3 (4-7). Only two patients have a psychomotor development index in the lower limit (80 and 83). For all patients a good genotype-phenotype correlation was found and four novel mutations were identified: p.A311H, p.T84S, p.T397L, pL398P. Our study support that NBS improves prognosis of MSUD patients. But early diagnosis and an aggressive treatment together with a close monitoring of leucine levels improve neurological evolution in MSUD patients, even for those not detected by NBS.
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- Metabolic Unit, Servei of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, IDIS, CIBERER, ISCIII, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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- Department of Neurology, Neurometabolic Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and CIBERER, ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain
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- Metabolic and Dismorphology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
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- Gastroenterolgy, Nutrition and Metabolic Unit, Hospital Central de Asturias, Spain
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Metabolic Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Metabolic Unit, Servei of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, IDIS, CIBERER, ISCIII, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Metabolic Unit, Servei of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, IDIS, CIBERER, ISCIII, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Neurometabolic Unit, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, and CIBERER, ISCIII, Barcelona, Spain
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Araya P, Fernández J, Del Canto F, Seoane M, Ibarz-Pavón AB, Barra G, Pidal P, Díaz J, Hormazábal JC, Valenzuela MT. Neisseria meningitidis ST-11 clonal complex, Chile 2012. Emerg Infect Dis 2015; 21:339-41. [PMID: 25625322 PMCID: PMC4313638 DOI: 10.3201/eid2102.140746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis was the main cause of invasive meningococcal disease in Chile during 2012. The case-fatality rate for this disease was higher than in previous years. Genotyping of meningococci isolated from case-patients identified the hypervirulent lineage W:P1.5,2:ST-11, which contained allele 22 of the fHbp gene.
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Araya P, Díaz J, Seoane M, Fernández J, Terrazas S, Canals A, Vaquero A, Barra G, Hormazábal JC, Pidal P, Valenzuela MT. [Laboratory surveillance for invasive meningococcal disease in Chile, 2006-2012]. Rev Chilena Infectol 2015; 31:377-84. [PMID: 25327189 DOI: 10.4067/s0716-10182014000400001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Laboratory surveillance of Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) is performed by the Institute of Public Health of Chile. It confirms identification, classifies in serogroups and analyzes the genetic profiles of Neisseria meningitidis isolates from laboratories throughout the country. AIM To show the results of this surveillance from 2006 to 2012. METHODS A descriptive data analysis of the confirmed cases of IMD and serological characterization, susceptibility and genetic profiles of the isolates. The analysis was disaggregated by serogroup, age and region. RESULTS From 2006 to 2012, 486 isolates of N. meningitidis were confirmed. In 2011 a rise in IMD rates was observed due to an increase in W serogroup cases, mainly affecting children aged 5 years or less. Serogroup W became the most prevalent during 2012 (58.3%), replacing the historically prevalent serogroup B. Predominating strains belonged to ST-32 complex/ET-5 complex (40, 4% of strains) and ST-41/44 complex/ Lineage 3 (45, 9% of strains). CONCLUSIONS Laboratory surveillance has allowed the early detection of increasing IMD caused by serogroup W, which is emergent in Chile. This information has reinforced the daily monitoring of new cases, in collaboration with all the clinical laboratories of the country.
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Balmaceda C, Espinoza M, Díaz J. Nuevos medicamentos en Chile: revisión del período entre 2007 y 2014. Rev chil salud pública 2015. [DOI: 10.5354/0719-5281.2015.36779] [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: 11/01/2022] Open
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Valenzuela MT, Seoane M, Canals A, Pidal P, Hormazábal JC, Araya P, Terrazas S, Díaz J. [Laboratory surveillance of Streptococcus pneumoniae from invasive disease, Chile 2007-2012]. Rev Chilena Infectol 2015; 31:651-8. [PMID: 25679919 DOI: 10.4067/s0716-10182014000600002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND 10-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV-10) was introduced in 2011 to the National Immunization Program in Chile. It was administered in 4 doses, but in 2012 it was modified to a 3 dose program. This article shows the results of the Laboratory Surveillance System for Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated of invasive disease from 2007 to 2012 and compares the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) by age groups in the prevaccinal (2007-2010) and postvaccinal period (2012). METHODS Descriptive study of S. pneumoniae surveillance in invasive diseases cases confirmed at the National Reference Laboratory of the Institute of Public Health of Chile from 2007 to 2012. RESULTS Global incidence of laboratory confirmed IPD cases decreased 27.8% from 2007 to 2012 and showed a lower risk for IPD in 2012 compared with 2007. Incidence in children aged 1 year or less decreased from 56.1 to 16.3 per 100,000 and from 42.0 to 19.9 per 100,000 in children aged 12 to 23 months in the same period. Highest decreases were observed in IPD cases caused by serotypes 4 (100%), 19F (93.3%), 23F (90.9%), 14 (81.1%), 6B (70%), 18C (58.3%) and 1(81.8%) in children aged 2 years or less. CONCLUSION Surveillance System detects S.pneumoniae isolated from invasive diseases, contributing with information about laboratory confirmed IPD trends, prevalent serotypes and replacement effects. These results can be used as evidence in healthcare decision making for pneumococcal vaccines.
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Linares C, Carmona R, Tobías A, Mirón IJ, Díaz J. Influence of advections of particulate matter from biomass combustion on specific-cause mortality in Madrid in the period 2004-2009. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2015; 22:7012-9. [PMID: 25483974 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3916-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Approximately, 20 % of particulate and aerosol emissions into the urban atmosphere are of natural origin (including wildfires and Saharan dust). During these natural episodes, PM10 and PM2.5 levels usually exceed World Health Organisation (WHO) health protection thresholds. This study sought to evaluate the possible effect of advections of particulate matter from biomass fuel combustion on daily specific-cause mortality among the general population and the segment aged ≥ 75 years in Madrid. Ecological time-series study in the city of Madrid from January 01, 2004 to December 31, 2009. The dependent variable analysed was daily mortality due to natural (ICD-10:A00-R99), circulatory (ICD-10:I00-I99), and respiratory (ICD-10:J00-J99) causes in the population, both general and aged ≥ 75 years. The following independent and control variables were considered: a) daily mean PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations; b) maximum daily temperature; c) daily mean O3 and NO2 concentrations; d) advection of particulate matter from biomass combustion ( http://www.calima.ws/ ), using a dichotomous variable and e) linear trend and seasonalities. We conducted a descriptive analysis, performed a test of means and, to ascertain relative risk, fitted a model using autoregressive Poisson regression and stratifying by days with and without biomass advection, in both populations. Of the 2192 days analysed, biomass advection occurred on 56, with mean PM2.5 and PM10 values registering a significant increase during these days. PM10 had a greater impact on organic mortality with advection (RRall ages = 1.035 [1.011-1.060]; RR ≥ 75 years = 1.066 [1.031-1.103]) than did PM2.5 without advection (RRall ages = 1.017 [1.009-1.025]; RR ≥ 75 years = 1.012 [1.003-1.022]). Among specific causes, respiratory-though not circulatory-causes were associated with PM10 on days with advection in ≥ 75 year age group. PM10, rather than PM2.5, were associated with an increase in natural cause mortality on days with advection of particulate matter from biomass combustion, particularly in the ≥ 75 year age group.
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- C Linares
- National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health, C/ Monforte de Lemos 5, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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Villanova GV, Vera M, Díaz J, Martinez P, Calcaterra NB, Arranz SE. Isolation and characterization of 20 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the migratory freshwater fish Leporinus obtusidens (Characiformes: Anostomidae) using 454 shotgun pyrosequencing. J Fish Biol 2015; 86:1209-1217. [PMID: 25683648 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Twenty polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for the Neotropical fish Leporinus obtusidens using a next generation sequencing approach and tested in two other characifomes species, Schizodon platae and Prochilodus lineatus. Microsatellite loci alleles in L. obtusidens ranged between 2 and 20 alleles per locus (mean = 5·7), with expected heterozygosity values ranging from 0·097 to 0·956 (mean = 0·578) and observed heterozygosity values ranging from 0·000 to 0·800 (mean = 0·400) in a sample of 20 specimens from the lower Paraná River (Argentina). Most of these markers will be a valuable tool for captive breeding and stocking programmes, as well as for analyses of population connectivity and genetic structure in this broadly distributed Neotropical migratory fish.
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- G V Villanova
- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR) - CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Ocampo y Esmeralda sede CCT, 2000 Rosario, Argentina; Area Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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Gómez-Hospital JA, Mauri J, Pinar E, Goicolea J, García Del Blanco B, Serra A, Tizon-Marcos H, Molina E, Sanchez E, Aragón V, Masotti M, Rodríguez J, Jiménez J, Ortas R, Martínez P, Serra B, Moreu J, Diego Nieto G, Bossa F, Nogales JM, Bassaganyas J, Díaz J, Cascón JD. The TITAN-AMI multicenter registry evaluating the usage of Titan2 stent in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. Final result at 12-month follow-up. Minerva Cardioangiol 2015; 63:11-20. [PMID: 25600779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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AIM Primary percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation is the recommended treatment for patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Data from randomised trials showed good performance by a titanium-nitric-oxide coated stent in this context. The aim of this study was to confirm these data. METHODS A multicentre registry was compiled in 23 hospitals in Spain in an all-comers population. We selected patients with STEMI from a global Titan AMI registry that included patients with acute coronary syndrome. Primary endpoint was the composite of cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis and target lesion revascularisation, at 12-month follow-up. RESULTS The study included 893 patients with STEMI. We included all possibilities for PCI: 86.6% primary, 5% facilitated after successful fibrinolysis and 8.4% rescue PCI after failed fibrinolysis. The primary endpoint was reached in 8.4% of the patients: cardiac death 2.7%, reinfarction 3.4%, target lesion revascularisation 3.5% and definite or probable stent thrombosis 2.8%. The majority of stent thromboses presented in the first 30 days after PCI. CONCLUSION A bioactive stent (titanium-nitric-oxide coated stent) is a possible alternative for the treatment of patients with STEMI. One-year follow-up showed better results than those presented by a regular bare-metal stent or first-generation drug-eluting stent in terms of stent thrombosis.
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The aim of this study was to determine the temperature threshold that triggers an increase in heat-induced mortality in Zaragoza, Spain to determine the impact of extreme heat on mortality and in-hospital cost. A longitudinal ecological study was conducted according to an autoregressive integrated moving average model of a time series for daily deaths and to determine the relative risk of mortality for each degree that the temperature threshold was exceeded. Mortality showed a statistically significant increase when the daily maximum temperature exceeded 38 °C. A Relative Risk was 1.28 with a 95 % confidence interval (95 %CI:1.08-1.57) This threshold temperature didn't change over time. A total of 107 (95 %CI:42-173) heat-attributable deaths were estimated for the period 2002-2006, and the in-hospital estimated cost of these deaths reach € 426,087(95 %CI.€ 167,249-€ 688,907). The articulation of preventive measures to minimize the impact of extreme heat on human health is necessary because of the mortality-temperature relationship.
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- E Roldán
- a Health Faculty Sciences , San Jorge University , Zaragoza , Spain
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Uncontrolled endosome trafficking is a common feature of certain cancer cells, which has been acknowledged during the last decade. Migration and invasiveness of metastatic tumor cells are both regulated by components of the endocytic machinery, including Rab proteins. Rab GTPases are essential in processes of endosome fusion, as well as targeting, tethering and transport along the cytoskeleton. In addition to this canonical role, some Rabs depict other functions, such as controlling cell proliferation, apoptosis, adhesion and motility. Here, we review our current knowledge on the role of Rab5, a key regulator of early endosome dynamics, in migration of normal and tumor cells. Rab5 promotes cell migration in vitro and in vivo by mechanisms described at different levels. One such mechanism is by controlling the rates of integrin internalization and recycling, thereby affecting its activation and availability at the cell surface. On the other hand, Rab5 promotes focal adhesion disassembly and modulates downstream pathways of integrin signaling, involving proteins such as Ras and Rho family GTPases. In this context, identification of upstream regulators and downstream effectors of Rab5, and their study represents a big challenge in order to understand how cancer cells depend on endosome control, in order to acquire more aggressive traits that lead to metastatic disease.
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- Institute for Research in Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Calle Sergio Livingstone P. 943, Independencia, Independencia, Santiago, Chile.
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Núñez-Wehinger S, Ortiz RJ, Díaz N, Díaz J, Lobos-González L, Quest AFG. Caveolin-1 in cell migration and metastasis. Curr Mol Med 2014; 14:255-74. [PMID: 24467203 DOI: 10.2174/1566524014666140128112827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Caveolin-1 is a member of the caveolin family that has been ascribed a dual role in cancer. In early stages of disease the protein functions predominantly as a tumor suppressor, whereas at later stages, caveolin-1 expression is associated with tumor progression and metastasis. Here, some mechanisms associated with caveolin-1-dependent tumor suppression will be briefly discussed before focusing on the role of this protein and particularly phosphorylation of tyrosine-14 in promoting cell migration, invasion and metastasis. Models are provided summarizing possible explanations for these dramatic changes in function, as well as mechanisms by which this may be achieved.
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- Independencia 1027, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Caveolin-1 is a member of the caveolin family that has been ascribed a dual role in cancer. In early stages of disease the protein functions predominantly as a tumor suppressor, whereas at later stages, caveolin-1 expression is associated with tumor progression and metastasis. Here, some mechanisms associated with caveolin-1-dependent tumor suppression will be briefly discussed before focusing on the role of this protein and particularly phosphorylation of tyrosine-14 in promoting cell migration, invasion and metastasis. Models are provided summarizing possible explanations for these dramatic changes in function, as well as mechanisms by which this may be achieved.
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- Independencia 1027, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Huertas JI, Huertas ME, Cervantes G, Díaz J. Assessment of the natural sources of particulate matter on the opencast mines air quality. Sci Total Environ 2014; 493:1047-1055. [PMID: 25016110 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 02/26/2014] [Revised: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Particulate matter is the main air pollutant in open pit mining areas. Preferred models that simulate the dispersion of the particles have been used to assess the environmental impact of the mining activities. Results obtained through simulation have been compared with the particle concentration measured in several sites and a coefficient of determination R(2)<0.78 has been reported. This result indicates that in the open pit mining areas there may be additional sources of particulate matter that have not been considered in the modeling process. This work proposes that the unconsidered sources of emissions are of regional scope such as the re-suspension particulate matter due to the wind action over uncovered surfaces. Furthermore, this work proposes to estimate the impact of such emissions on air quality as a function of the present and past meteorological conditions. A statistical multiple regression model was implemented in one of the world's largest open pit coal mining regions which is located in northern Colombia. Data from 9 particle-concentration monitoring stations and 3 meteorological stations obtained from 2009 to 2012 were statistically compared. Results confirmed the existence of a high linear relation (R(2)>0.95) between meteorological variables and particulate matter concentration being humidity, humidity of the previous day and temperature, the meteorological variables that contributed most significantly in the variance of the particulate matter concentration measured in the mining area while the contribution of the AERMOD estimations to the short term TSP (Total Suspended Particles) measured concentrations was negligible (<5%). The multiple regression model was used to identify the meteorological condition that leads to pollution episodes. It was found that conditions drier than 54% lead to pollution episodes while humidities greater than 70% maintain safe air quality conditions in the mining region in northern Colombia.
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- Automotive Engineering Research Center- CIMA of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Eduardo Monroy Cárdenas, No 2000 Toluca, México.
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- Automotive Engineering Research Center- CIMA of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Eduardo Monroy Cárdenas, No 2000 Toluca, México
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- Automotive Engineering Research Center- CIMA of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Eduardo Monroy Cárdenas, No 2000 Toluca, México
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- Automotive Engineering Research Center- CIMA of Tecnológico de Monterrey, Eduardo Monroy Cárdenas, No 2000 Toluca, México
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Quirós C, Peverini L, Díaz J, Alija A, Blanco C, Vélez M, Robach O, Ziegler E, Alameda JM. Asymmetric grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering and anisotropic domain wall motion in obliquely grown nanocrystalline Co films. Nanotechnology 2014; 25:335704. [PMID: 25074483 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/33/335704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Strong asymmetries have been observed in grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering (GISAXS) in situ patterns obtained from 30 nm-thick nanocrystalline Co films prepared by oblique sputtering (15°-75° off-sample normal). These asymmetries have been qualitatively simulated by a simple model consisting of an ensemble of 8 nm-wide inclined Co nanocolumns. It is found that narrow inclined features appear in the diffuse background resembling those characteristic of faceted systems, which can be used to obtain straightforward non-destructive estimations of buried nanocolumnar grains inclination, even for oblique angles below 45°, when the stronger and broader asymmetric features of the pattern are not yet fully formed. Furthermore, using magneto-optical microscopy, a marked change in the magnetic domain's nucleation and growth process has been observed in the sample prepared at 75°, with the stronger GISAXS asymmetries. Easy axis magnetization reversal starts by a random and homogeneous nucleation of small (∼μm) elongated domains aligned with the nanocolumn's long axis and proceeds through the preferred propagation of head-to-head domain walls (DWs) along the applied field direction. This peculiar magnetic behavior indicates that the strongly anisotropic nanostructuring created by the oblique growth process is equivalent, from a magnetic point of view, to an array of self-assembled buried nanowires. These results show how GISAXS and magneto-optical microscopy can be combined as a powerful tool for correlating the morphology and magnetism of thin nanostructured systems.
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Oviedo, Avda. Calvo Sotelo, s/n, 33007 Oviedo, Spain. Centro de Investigación en Nanomateriales y Nanotecnología CINN (CSIC, Universidad de Oviedo), 33428 Llanera, Spain
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Latorre I, Carrascosa JM, Vilavella M, Díaz J, Prat C, Domínguez J, Ferrándiz C. Diagnosis of tuberculosis infection by interferon-gamma release assays in patients with psoriasis. J Infect 2014; 69:600-6. [PMID: 25148944 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 07/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we have performed a direct comparison between both T-cell based assays (QFN-G-IT and T-SPOT.TB) and TST in patients with psoriasis taking different immunosuppressant drug-regimens. METHODS We have prospectively studied 103 patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis who required latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening before starting systemic immunosuppressive treatment or during its sustained use. RESULTS Overall number of positive results was 16.5%, 17.5% and 8.7% using T-SPOT.TB, QFN-G-IT and TST, respectively. Differences in the percentage of positive results between TST with T-SPOT.TB and QFN-G-IT were significant (p = 0.005 and p = 0.008, respectively). A total of 24.3% of the subjects enrolled were positive for at least one of the three tests performed. Sixteen patients with negative TST (17%) were positive for one of the two IGRAs. We obtained seven indeterminate results by T-SPOT.TB and two by QFN-G-IT. Seven patients with negative TST presented indeterminate results by either of two IFN-γ assays. Positive TST, T-SPOT.TB and QFN-G-IT results were not affected by clinical therapeutic profile. CONCLUSIONS Our results reveal that in vitro assays are useful methods for LTBI diagnosis in patients with psoriasis, suggesting that they might be less influenced by immunosuppression than TST.
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- I Latorre
- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain; Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
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- Servei de Dermatologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Servei de Dermatologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain; Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain; Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain; Ciber Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain.
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- Servei de Dermatologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain
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Latorre I, Díaz J, Mialdea I, Serra-Vidal M, Altet N, Prat C, Díez N, Escribano A, Casas I, Rodrigo C, Ausina V, Ruhwald M, Domínguez J. IP-10 is an accurate biomarker for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children. J Infect 2014; 69:590-9. [PMID: 24975172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [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: 03/11/2014] [Revised: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Performance of IFN-γ assays in children is compromised. Therefore, we investigated the utility of IP-10 for the detection of active tuberculosis (TB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) diagnosis in children; comparing its positivity with QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFN-G-IT) and T-SPOT.TB. METHODS We studied 230 children from three groups: active TB, screening (healthy children without known exposure to active TB patient screened at school or by their paediatrician) and contact-tracing studies. IFN-γ release was determined by QFN-G-IT and T-SPOT.TB. IP-10 was detected in QFN-G-IT supernatants by ELISA. RESULTS When combining QFN-G-IT and IP-10 assays, positive results improved significantly from 38.3% in QFN-G-IT and 33.9% in IP-10 to 41.3%. Age and type of contact were significant risk factors associated with positive QFN-G-IT and IP-10 results. IP-10 levels after antigen-specific stimulation were significantly higher in comparison to IFN-γ levels. Correlation between the three assays was good (κ = 0.717-0.783). CONCLUSIONS IP-10 cytokine is expressed in response to TB specific-antigens used in QFN-G-IT. In conclusion, the use of IFN-γ T-cell based assays in combination with an additional IP-10 assay detection could be useful for diagnosing active TB and LTBI in children.
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- I Latorre
- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
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- Unidad de Neumología Infantil, Hospital Clínico Universitario Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
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- Unidad de Prevención y Control de la Tuberculosis de Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
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- Unidad de Neumología Infantil, Hospital Clínico Universitario Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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- Unidad de Neumología Infantil, Hospital Clínico Universitario Valencia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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- Servei de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; Servei de Pediatria, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain
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- Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d'Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain.
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BACKGROUND The relationship between occupational noise and cardiovascular outcomes has been widely investigated. Regarding environmental noise levels, the attention is focused on road traffic noise due to the large number of exposed persons and the large periods of exposure. There are few studies assessing the short-term effects of traffic noise on cardiovascular outcomes. The aim of this study was to quantify the short-term effects of urban noise levels on age-specific cardiovascular mortality. METHODS A case-crossover design was used. Daily mortality counts in Madrid city due to cardiovascular causes (ICD codes: 390-459) from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2005 were obtained. Data noise levels were collected as diurnal equivalent noise (Leqd8-22 h), night equivalent noise (Leqn22-8 h), and daily equivalent noise (Leq24 h). Confounding variables as daily levels of air pollutants, temperature, and relative humidity data were controlled. Overdispersed Poisson regression models were adjusted to control for both seasonality and time trends. Estimated effects are reported as percentage increase in the relative risk (IRR) associated with an increase of 1 dBA. RESULTS The strongest associations between all noise exposure levels and cardiovascular mortality were reported at lag 1: IRR 4.5% (95% CI 0.6, 8.7%), IRR 3.9% (95% CI 0.6, 7.3%), and IRR 6.2% (95% CI 2.1, 10.6%) for Leqd, Leqn, and Leq24, respectively. Analysing by age-specific groups at lag 1, statistically significant associations were found for those aged ≥65: 4.5% (95% CI 0.3, 8.9%), 3.4% (95% CI 0.1, 6.9%), and 6.6% (95% CI 2.2, 11.1%) for Leqd, Leqn, and Leq24, with no substantial changes in the effects of noise exposure levels at lag 1 after adjusting for PM2.5 and NO2. CONCLUSION The association found between noise exposure levels and cardiovascular mortality suggests a joint effect of diurnal and night-time noise levels. Our results also reveal independent effects of noise exposure levels and the air pollutants analysed. This strongly suggests the need to seriously consider the high noise exposure levels reported as an important public health issue.
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- Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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Veloso J, Prego C, Varela MM, Carballeira R, Bernal A, Merino F, Díaz J. Properties of capsaicinoids for the control of fungi and oomycetes pathogenic to pepper. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2014; 16:177-185. [PMID: 23452049 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00717.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 04/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Capsaicinoids are pungent compounds found in pepper (Capsicum spp.) fruits. Capsaicin showed antimicrobial activity in plate assays against seven isolates of five species of fungi and nine isolates of two species of oomycetes. The general trend was that oomycetes were more inhibited than fungi. Assays of capsaicin biosynthetic precursors suggest that the lateral chain of capsaicinoids has more inhibitory activity than the phenolic part. In planta tests of capsaicinoids (capsaicin and N-vanillylnonanamide) applied to the roots demonstrated that these compounds conferred protection against the pathogenic fungus Verticillium dahliae and induced both chitinase activity and expression of several defence-related genes, such as CASC1, CACHI2 and CABGLU. N-Vanillylnonanamide infiltrated into cotyledons confers systemic protection to the upper leaves of pepper against the fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea. In wild-type tomato plants such cotyledon infiltration has no protective effect, but is effective in the Never-ripe tomato mutant impaired in ethylene response. A similar effect was observed in tomato after salicylic acid infiltration.
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- Depto. de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, A Coruña, Spain
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- Depto. de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, A Coruña, Spain
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- Depto. de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, A Coruña, Spain
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- Depto. de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, A Coruña, Spain
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- Depto. de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, A Coruña, Spain
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- Depto. de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, A Coruña, Spain
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- Depto. de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira, A Coruña, Spain
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Díaz J, Henao J, Rodelo J, García Á, Arbeláez M, Jaimes F. Incidence and Risk Factors for Cytomegalovirus Disease in a Colombian Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc 2014; 46:160-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2013.07.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [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: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Calvo I, Olivar J, Martínez E, Rico A, Díaz J, Gimena M. MNA® Mini Nutritional Assessment as a nutritional screening tool for hospitalized older adults; rationales and feasibility. NUTR HOSP 2013; 27:1619-25. [PMID: 23478714 DOI: 10.3305/nh.2012.27.5.5888] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The high prevalence of malnutrition in the growing population of older adults makes malnutrition screening critical, especially in hospitalized elderly patients. The aim of our study was to evaluate the use of the MNA® Mini Nutritional Assessment in hospitalized older adults for rapid evaluation of nutritional risk. A prospective cohort study was made of 106 patients 65 years old or older admitted to an internal medicine ward of a tertiary-care teaching hospital to evaluate the use of the short form, or screening phase, of the MNA-SF. In the first 48 hours of admission, the full MNA questionnaire was administered and laboratory tests and a dermatologic evaluation were made. The MNA score showed that 77% of the patients were at risk of malnutrition or were frankly malnourished. Low blood levels of albumin, cholesterol and vitamins A and D showed a statistically significant association with malnutrition or risk of malnutrition. Separate evaluation of the MNA-SF showed that it was accurate, sensitive and had predictive value for the screening process. Routine use of the MNA-SF questionnaire by admission nurses to screen patients is recommended. Patients with MNA-SF scores of 11 or lower should be specifically assessed by the nutritional intervention team.
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- Nutrition Unit, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
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Díaz J, Arancibia J, Bassi A, Vivaldi E. A new respiratory disturbance variable (RDV) based on the envelope analysis of the airflow signal and its relationship to AHI. Sleep Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.11.733] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Martinez JP, Díaz J, Ortega J, Martinez C, Latorre M, Ruiz P. ApoE genotype and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Sleep Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.11.466] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Veloso J, Díaz J. Induced resistance to Botrytis cinerea in Capsicum annuum by a Fusarium crude elicitor fraction, free of proteins. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2013; 15:1040-1044. [PMID: 24112636 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) induces resistance in pepper against the airborne pathogen Botrytis cinerea and the soil-borne pathogen Verticillium dahliae. However, its practical use is limited due to its pathogenicity to other crops. In this study we tested several fractions of a heat-sterilised crude FOL-elicitor preparation to protect pepper against B. cinerea and V. dahliae. Only the protein-free insoluble fraction of the preparation reduced B. cinerea infection. However, none of the fractions reduce V. dahliae symptoms. The insoluble protein-free fraction induced expression of defence genes in the plant, namely a chitinase (CACHI2), a peroxidase (CAPO1), a sesquiterpene cyclase (CASC1) and a basic PR1 (CABPR1). Even though the CASC1 gene was not induced directly after treatment with the insoluble fraction in the leaves, it was induced after B. cinerea inoculation, showing a priming effect. The insoluble protein-free FOL-elicitor protected pepper against the airborne pathogen through a mechanism that involves induced responses in the plant, but different to the living FOL.
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- J Veloso
- Depto. de Bioloxía Animal, Bioloxía Vexetal e Ecoloxía, Universidade da Coruña, Coruña, Spain
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Díaz J, Cid R, Hierro A, M Álvarez-Prado L, Quirós C, Alameda JM. Large negative thermal expansion of the Co subnetwork measured by EXAFS in highly disordered Nd₁-xCox thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. J Phys Condens Matter 2013; 25:426002. [PMID: 24067564 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/42/426002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We have measured a negative thermal expansion (NTE) of the Co subnetwork in amorphous Nd1-xCox (0.78 < x < 0.84) thin films of the order of 1% in volume using linearly polarized EXAFS spectroscopy at RT and 10 K. The expansion, which is anisotropic, is uncorrelated with the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) observed in all the films, but correlated with the method used to deposit them. The atomic environments of the Nd atoms resulted in such a strong disorder that Nd-Nd and Nd-Co environments were invisible to EXAFS, and only Co-Co atomic environments were detected. The information on the Nd subnetwork was obtained through its magnetic moment measured by XMCD. These measurements demonstrate an increasing interaction of neodymium atoms with their particular local crystal field as the temperature decreased, suggesting possible structural modifications at their sites. Since the magnetic moment of the cobalt subnetwork remains essentially constant with the temperature, it is proposed that its detected NTE may be caused by the mechanical response of the amorphous network to structural transformations at the Nd sites. These results support that the PMA in RE-TM alloys is localized at the RE sites. The complete absence of EXAFS oscillations in the Nd L3 EXAFS spectra is remarkable: it means that the coherence length of the photoemitted electrons in disordered matter can be strongly reduced from that expected by atomic calculations to the point of being less than first neighbor distances, which is contrary to the common belief that first neighbors are always visible by EXAFS.
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- J Díaz
- Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Oviedo, Avenida de Calvo Sotelo s/n, Oviedo, E-33007, Spain. Centro de Investigación en Nanomateriales y Nanotecnología (CINN), CSIC-Universidad de Oviedo-Principado de Asturias, E-33428 Llanera, Spain
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Bevilacqua J, Castiglioni C, Di Capua G, Woudt L, Díaz J, Velásquez B, Hughes R, Campero M, González-Hormazábal P, Godoy-Herrera R, Levy N, Krahn M, Jara L. P.5.5 Clinical and genetic characterization of a cohort of 30 Chilean patients with dysferlinopathy. Neuromuscul Disord 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2013.06.457] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Castiglioni C, Cassandrini D, Fattori F, Bellacchio E, Alvarez K, D’Amico A, Gejman R, Díaz J, Santorelli F, Bevilacqua J, Bertini E. P.9.9 A novel de novo mutation in ACTA1 causes a congenital myopathy with misleading type 1 fiber predominance and a peculiar MRI. Neuromuscul Disord 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2013.06.522] [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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Díaz-Francés I, Mantero J, Manjón G, Díaz J, García-Tenorio R. 210Po and 238U isotope concentrations in commercial bottled mineral water samples in Spain and their dose contribution. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2013; 156:336-342. [PMID: 23559586 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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(210)Po is a naturally occurring radionuclide, belonging to the uranium series, which is present in minute amounts in the different environmental compartments (water, soil, biota). Through its route along the trophic chain, it can be incorporated in the human body via ingestion of waters and/or food. This radionuclide is highly radiotoxic, being one of the main contributors to the committed effective dose via ingestion by the general population. In this work, the contribution of this radionuclide to the committed effective dose received by the Spanish population via consumption of bottled mineral waters is evaluated. With this end, the (210)Po activity concentrations in a total of 32 different commercial bottled mineral waters have been determined by alpha-particle spectrometry. The determined contribution is also compared with the contributions of other natural radionuclides such as (234)U and (238)U.
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- Grupo Física Nuclear Aplicada, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Castro M, Díaz J, Riquelme JL, Rivas P, Richter P. Forensic paleoradiology: identification of a public figure murdered in 1837. Anthropol Anz 2013; 70:101-11. [PMID: 23590115 DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2012/0196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Two unidentified graves were found during construction of a new crypt at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Santiago, Chile. One of the bodies was sent to the Teaching Hospital of the University of Chile for forensic identification. The fully mummified corpse was suspected to be that of Diego Portales, a prominent Chilean politician who was assassinated in 1837. The condition of the corpse determined that the best way to establish a positive identification was by means of a multislice CT scan, since the body had been autopsied and embalmed using unknown substances. This paper presents the results of the virtual autopsy of the remains and compares these results with the original autopsy report of 1837. The embalming method is also discussed, based on chemical analysis using inductively coupled mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) and cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-CVAAS).
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- Departamento de Morfología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
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Díaz J, Paz Y, Quesada-Canales O, Rivero M, Saavedra P, Fernández A, Andrada M. Comparison of ELISA Analysis from Serum and Lung Extract Samples of Pigs Infected Naturally with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. J Comp Pathol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.11.127] [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: 11/26/2022]
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