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Verdu-Rotellar JM, Calero E, Duran J, Navas E, Alonso S, Argemí N, Casademunt M, Furió P, Casajuana E, Vinyoles E, Muñoz MA. Impact of malnutrition on the quality of life in older patients with advanced heart failure: a cohort study. Rev Clin Esp 2024; 224:105-113. [PMID: 38280424 DOI: 10.1016/j.rceng.2024.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of malnutrition, the clinical characteristics associated with malnutrition and the impact of nutritional status on mortality, quality of life, self-care abilities, and activities of daily living in the older patients with advanced heart failure. METHODS A prospective multicentre cohort study including 260 community-dwelling elderly patients with advanced HF was conducted between June 2017 and December 2019. The study was carried out in 22 primary healthcare centres, three university hospitals, one acute-care hospital, and one geriatric rehabilitation unit in the city of Barcelona (Spain). Nutritional status was assessed at baseline using the Mini Nutritional Assessment questionnaire. Patient-reported outcome measures included quality of life (EQ-5D-3L), self-care behaviour (European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale) and impact on activities of daily living (Barthel Index). RESULTS Using the MNA-SF, 126 (48.5%) patients were identified as being at risk of malnutrition and 33 (12.7%) patients as having confirmed malnutrition. Compared to HF patients with normal nutritional status, patients with confirmed malnutrition were significantly older, with a lower BMI, and with reduced haemoglobin levels. During follow-up (median 14.9 months, Interquartile Range; 4.9-26.9), 133 (51.2%) of the included participants died, and mortality was significantly higher among patients identified as having malnutrition (p < 0.001). Better Barthel index and quality of life scores were inversely related to the risk of malnutrition, [Odds Ratio (OR) 0.97 (95% Confidence interval 0.96; 0.98) and OR 0.98 (95% Confidence interval, 0.96; 0.99)], respectively. Higher scores in the European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale, which implies worse self care, were related to higher malnutrition risk, OR 1.05 (95% Confidence interval, 1.02; 1.09. Adjusted multivariate logistic model found that malnutrition was significantly associated with poor quality of life, and adverse impacts on daily activities and self-care. CONCLUSIONS In community-dwelling older patients with advanced HF, malnutrition was associated with worse patient reported outcome measures related to poor quality of life, and adverse impacts on self-care and daily activities. Nutritional status must be systematically addressed by primary care nurses and family doctors to improve survival rates in these patients. It would be helpful the incorporation of expert professionals in nutrition in the primary health care centres.
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- J-M Verdu-Rotellar
- Gerencia Territorial de Barcelona (Primary Healthcare), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, School of Medicine, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain
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- Bellvitge University Hospital, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Clinica Sant Antoni (Institut Medic i de Rehabilitació), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain
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- Gerencia Territorial de Barcelona (Primary Healthcare), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gerencia Territorial de Barcelona (Primary Healthcare), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gerencia Territorial de Barcelona (Primary Healthcare), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gerencia Territorial de Barcelona (Primary Healthcare), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gerencia Territorial de Barcelona (Primary Healthcare), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain
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- Gerencia Territorial de Barcelona (Primary Healthcare), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain; Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Medicina (School of Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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- Gerencia Territorial de Barcelona (Primary Healthcare), Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, School of Medicine, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain.
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Bazal P, Gea A, Navarro AM, Salas-Salvadó J, Corella D, Alonso-Gómez A, Fitó M, Muñoz-Bravo C, Estruch R, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Serra-Majem L, Ros E, Rekondo J, Muñoz MA, Basora J, Sorlí JV, Toledo E, Martínez-González MA, Ruiz-Canela M. Caffeinated coffee consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation in two Spanish cohorts. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2020; 28:648-657. [PMID: 32131628 DOI: 10.1177/2047487320909065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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AIMS The association between caffeinated coffee consumption and atrial fibrillation remains unclear. Recent studies suggest an inverse association only between a moderate caffeinated coffee consumption and atrial fibrillation, but others have reported no association. The aim of our study was to prospectively assess the association between caffeinated coffee consumption and atrial fibrillation in two Spanish cohorts, one of adults from a general population and another of elderly participants at high cardiovascular risk. METHODS AND RESULTS We included 18,983 and 6479 participants from the 'Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra' (SUN) and 'Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea' (PREDIMED) cohorts, respectively. Participants were classified according to their caffeinated coffee consumption in three groups: ≤3 cups/month, 1-7 cups/week, and >1 cup/day. We identified 97 atrial fibrillation cases after a median follow-up of 10.3 years (interquartile range 6.5-13.5), in the SUN cohort and 250 cases after 4.4 years median follow-up (interquartile range 2.8-5.8) in the PREDIMED study. No significant associations were observed in the SUN cohort although a J-shaped association was suggested. A significant inverse association between the intermediate category of caffeinated coffee consumption (1-7 cups/week) and atrial fibrillation was observed in PREDIMED participants with a multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio = 0.53 (95% confidence interval 0.36-0.79) when compared with participants who did not consume caffeinated coffee or did it only occasionally. No association was found for higher levels of caffeinated coffee consumption (>1 cup per day), hazard ratio = 0.79 (95% confidence interval 0.49-1.28). In the meta-analysis of both PREDIMED and SUN studies, the hazard ratio for intermediate consumption of caffeinated coffee was 0.60 (95% confidence interval 0.44-0.82) without evidence of heterogeneity. Similar findings were found for the association between caffeine intake and atrial fibrillation risk. CONCLUSION Intermediate levels of caffeinated coffee consumption (1-7 cups/week) were associated with a reduction in atrial fibrillation risk in two prospective Mediterranean cohorts.
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- P Bazal
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Spain.,Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Spain.,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Spain.,Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Unitat de Nutriciœ Humana, Hospital Universitari San Joan de Reus, Institut d'Investigació Pere Virgili (IISPV), Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Araba, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition (Regicor Study Group), Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Spain
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- Department of Public Health, University of Malaga, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Department of Internal Medicine, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques, August Pi i Sunyer Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Illes Balears Health Research Institute (IdISBa), Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Department of Family Medicine, Research Unit, Distrito Sanitario Atención Primaria de Sevilla, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and CHUIMI Canarian Health Service, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Araba, Spain
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- Gerència Territorial de Barcelona, Institut Català de la Salut, Spain.,Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol), Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Unitat de Nutriciœ Humana, Hospital Universitari San Joan de Reus, Institut d'Investigació Pere Virgili (IISPV), Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Spain.,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Spain.,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain.,Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Spain.,CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain
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Gomez-Correa SM, De Los Rios JF, Muñoz MA. 1820 Resection of Uterus, Fallopian Tubes and Gonades by Laparoscopy in Patient with Sexual Ambiguity. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.448] [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: 10/25/2022]
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Bazal P, Gea A, Martínez-González MA, Salas-Salvadó J, Asensio EM, Muñoz-Bravo C, Fiol M, Muñoz MA, Lapetra J, Serra-Majem LL, Pintó X, González JI, Becerra-Tomás N, Fitó M, Ros E, Alonso-Gómez A, Ruiz-Canela M. Mediterranean alcohol-drinking pattern, low to moderate alcohol intake and risk of atrial fibrillation in the PREDIMED study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2019; 29:676-683. [PMID: 31078364 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2019.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS There is ongoing controversy about the effect of a low to moderate alcohol consumption on atrial fibrillation (AF). Our aim is to assess the association between adherence to a Mediterranean alcohol drinking pattern and AF incidence. METHODS AND RESULTS A total 6527 out of the 7447 participants in the PREDIMED trial met our inclusion criteria. A validated frequency food questionnaire was used to measure alcohol consumption. Participants were classified as non-drinkers, Mediterranean alcohol drinking pattern (MADP) (10-30 g/d in men and 5-15 g/day in women, preferably red wine consumption with low spirits consumption), low-moderate drinking (<30 g/day men y and < 15 g/day women), and heavy drinking. We performed multivariable Cox regression models to estimate hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of incident AF according to alcohol drinking patterns. After a mean follow up of 4.4 years, 241 new incident AF cases were confirmed. Alcohol consumption was not associated to AF incidence among low-moderate drinkers (HR: 0.96; 95%CI: 0.67-1.37), adherents to MADP (HR: 1.15 95%CI: 0.75-1.75), or heavy drinkers (HR: 0.92; 95%CI: 0.53-1.58), compared with non-drinkers. CONCLUSIONS In a high cardiovascular risk adult population, a Mediterranean alcohol consumption pattern (low to moderate red wine consumption) was not associated with an increased incidence of AF. CLINICAL TRIALS URL: http://www.controlled-trials.com. Unique identifier: ISRCTN35739639.
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- P Bazal
- Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea, Pamplona, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Department of Nutrition, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Human Nutrition Unit, University Hospital of Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Public Health, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Illes Balears Health Research Institute (IdISBa), Palma, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Health and Primary Care University Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Department of Family Medicine, Research Unit, Distrito Sanitario Atención Primaria Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria & CHUIMI Canarian Health Service, Las Palmas, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Human Nutrition Unit, University Hospital of Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition (Regicor Study Group), Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelon, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Endocrinology & Nutrition Service, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Araba, Vitoria, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain.
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Martínez-González MA, Buil-Cosiales P, Corella D, Bulló M, Fitó M, Vioque J, Romaguera D, Martínez JA, Wärnberg J, López-Miranda J, Estruch R, Bueno-Cavanillas A, Arós F, Tur JA, Tinahones F, Serra-Majem L, Martín V, Lapetra J, Vázquez C, Pintó X, Vidal J, Daimiel L, Delgado-Rodríguez M, Matía P, Ros E, Fernández-Aranda F, Botella C, Portillo MP, Lamuela-Raventós RM, Marcos A, Sáez G, Gómez-Gracia E, Ruiz-Canela M, Toledo E, Alvarez-Alvarez I, Díez-Espino J, Sorlí JV, Basora J, Castañer O, Schröder H, Navarrete-Muñoz EM, Zulet MA, García-Rios A, Salas-Salvadó J, Corella D, Estruch R, Fitó M, Martínez-González MA, Ros E, Salas-Salvadó J, Babio N, Ros E, Sánchez-Tainta A, Martínez-González MA, Fitó M, Schröder H, Marcos A, Corella D, Wärnberg J, Martínez-González MA, Estruch R, Fernández-Aranda F, Botella C, Salas-Salvadó J, Razquin C, Bes-Rastrollo M, Sanchez Tainta A, Vázquez Z, SanJulian Aranguren B, Goñi E, Goñi L, Barrientos I, Canales M, Sayón-Orea MC, Rico A, Basterra Gortari J, Garcia Arellano A, Lecea-Juarez O, Carlos Cenoz-Osinaga J, Bartolome-Resano J, Sola-Larraza† A, Lozano-Oloriz E, Cano-Valles B, Eguaras S, Güeto V, Pascual Roquet-Jalmar E, Galilea-Zabalza I, Lancova H, Ramallal R, Garcia-Perez ML, Estremera-Urabayen V, Ariz-Arnedo MJ, Hijos-Larraz C, Fernandez Alfaro C, Iñigo-Martinez B, Villanueva Moreno R, Martin-Almendros S, Barandiaran-Bengoetxea L, Fuertes-Goñi C, Lezaun-Indurain A, Guruchaga-Arcelus MJ, Olmedo-Cruz O, Iñigo-Martínez B, Escriche-Erviti L, Ansorena-Ros R, Sanmatin-Zabaleta R, Apalategi-Lasa J, Villanueva-Telleria J, Hernández-Espinosa MM, Arroyo-Bergera I, Herrera-Valdez L, Dorronsoro-Dorronsoro L, González JI, Sorlí JV, Portolés O, Fernández-Carrión R, Ortega-Azorín C, Barragán R, Asensio EM, Coltell O, Sáiz C, Osma R, Férriz E, González-Monje I, Giménez-Fernández F, Quiles L, Carrasco P, San Onofre N, Carratalá-Calvo A, Valero-Barceló C, Antón F, Mir C, Sánchez-Navarro S, Navas J, González-Gallego I, Bort-Llorca L, Pérez-Ollero L, Giner-Valero M, Monfort-Sáez R, Nadal-Sayol J, Pascual-Fuster V, Martínez-Pérez M, Riera C, Belda MV, Medina A, Miralles E, Ramírez-Esplugues MJ, Rojo-Furió M, Mattingley G, Delgado MA, Pages MA, Riofrío Y, Abuomar L, Blasco-Lafarga N, Tosca R, Lizán L, Guillem-Saiz P, Valcarce AM, Medina MD, Monfort R, de Valcárcel S, Tormo N, Felipe-Román O, Lafuente S, Navío EI, Aldana G, Crespo JV, Llosa JL, González-García L, Raga-Marí R, Pedret Llaberia R, Gonzalez R, Sagarra Álamo R, París Palleja F, Balsells J, Roca JM, Basora Gallisa T, Vizcaino J, Llobet Alpizarte P, Anguera Perpiñá C, Llauradó Vernet M, Caballero C, Garcia Barco M, Morán Martínez MD, García Rosselló J, Del Pozo A, Poblet Calaf C, Arcelin Zabal P, Floresví X, Ciutat Benet M, Palau Galindo A, Cabré Vila JJ, Dolz Andrés F, Boj Casajuana J, Ricard M, Saiz F, Isach A, Sanchez Marin Martinez M, Bulló M, Babio N, Becerra-Tomás N, Mestres G, Basora J, Mena-Sánchez G, Barrubés Piñol L, Gil Segura M, Papandreou C, Rosique Esteban N, Chig S, Abellán Cano I, Ruiz García V, Salas-Huetos A, Hernandez P, Canudas S, Camacho-Barcia L, García-Gavilán J, Diaz A, Castañer O, Muñoz MA, Zomeño MD, Hernaéz A, Torres L, Quifer M, Llimona R, Gal LA, Pérez A, Farràs M, Elosua R, Marrugat J, Vila J, Subirana I, Pérez S, Muñoz MA, Goday A, Chillaron Jordan JJ, Flores Lerroux JA, Benaiges Boix D, Farré M, Menoyo E, Muñoz-Aguayo D, Gaixas S, Blanchart G, Sanllorente A, Soria M, Valussi J, Cuenca A, Forcano L, Pastor A, Boronat A, Tello S, Cabañero M, Franco L, Schröder H, De la Torre R, Medrano C, Bayó J, García MT, Robledo V, Babi P, Canals E, Soldevila N, Carrés L, Roca C, Comas MS, Gasulla G, Herraiz X, Martínez A, Vinyoles E, Verdú JM, Masague Aguade M, Baltasar Massip E, Lopez Grau M, Mengual M, Moldon V, Vila Vergaz M, Cabanes Gómez Ciurana R, Gili Riu M, Palomeras Vidal A, Garcia de la Hera M, González Palacios S, Torres Collado L, Valera Gran D, Compañ Gabucio L, Oncina Canovas A, Notario Barandiaran L, Orozco Beltran D, Pertusa Martínez S, Cloquell Rodrigo B, Hernándis Marsán MV, Asensio A, Altozano Rodado MC, Ballester Baixauli JJ, Fernándis Brufal N, Martínez Vergara MC, Román Maciá J, Candela García I, Pedro Cases Pérez E, Tercero Maciá C, Mira Castejón LA, de los Ángeles García García I, Zazo JM, Gisbert Sellés C, Sánchez Botella C, Fiol M, Moñino M, Colom A, Konieczna J, Morey M, Zamanillo R, Galmés AM, Pereira V, Martín MA, Yáñez A, Llobera J, Ripoll J, Prieto R, Grases F, Costa A, Fernández-Palomeque C, Fortuny E, Noris M, Munuera S, Tomás F, Fiol F, Jover A, Janer JM, Vallespir C, Mattei I, Feuerbach N, del Mar Sureda M, Vega S, Quintana L, Fiol A, Amador M, González S, Coll J, Moyá A, Abete I, Cantero I, Cristobo C, Ibero-Baraibar I, Lezáun Burgui MD, Goñi Ruiz N, Bartolomé Resano R, Cano Cáceres E, Elcarte López T, Echarte Osacain E, Pérez Sanz B, Blanco Platero I, Andueza Azcárate SA, Gimeno Aznar A, Ursúa Sesma E, Ojeda Bilbao B, Martinez Jarauta J, Ugalde Sarasa L, Rípodas Echarte B, Güeto Rubio MV, Fernández-Crehuet Navajas J, Gutiérrez Bedmar M, García Rodriguez A, Mariscal Larrubia A, Carnero Varo M, Muñoz Bravo C, Barón-López FJ, Fernández García JC, Pérez-Farinós N, Moreno-Morales N, del C Rodríguez-Martínez M, Pérez-López J, Benavente-Marín JC, Crespo Oliva E, Contreras Fernández E, Carmona González FJ, Carabaño Moral R, Torres Moreno S, Martín Ruíz MV, Alcalá Cornide M, Fuentes Gómez V, Criado García J, Jiménez Morales AI, Delgado Casado N, Ortiz Morales A, Torres Peña JD, Gómez Delgado FJ, Rodríguez Cantalejo F, Caballero Villaraso J, Alcalá JF, Peña Orihuela PJ, Quintana Navarro G, Casas R, Domenech M, Viñas C, Castro-Barquero S, Ruiz-León AM, Sadurní M, Frontana G, Villanueva P, Gual M, Soriano R, Camafort M, Sierra C, Sacanella E, Sala-Vila A, Cots JM, Sarroca I, García M, Bermúdez N, Pérez A, Duaso I, de la Arada A, Hernández R, Simón C, de la Poza MA, Gil I, Vila M, Iglesias C, Assens N, Amatller M, Rams LL, Benet T, Fernández G, Teruel J, Azorin A, 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Cohort Profile: Design and methods of the PREDIMED-Plus randomized trial. Int J Epidemiol 2018; 48:387-388o. [PMID: 30476123 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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- Miguel A Martínez-González
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain
- Atención Primaria, Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea, Pamplona, Spain
| | - Dolores Corella
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
| | - Monica Bulló
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Rovira i Virgili University, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Human Nutrition Unit, IISPV, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Reus, Spain
| | - Montserrat Fitó
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Unit of Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition, Institut Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Jesús Vioque
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Miguel Hernandez University, ISABIAL-FISABIO, Alicante, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Department, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- University of Navarra, Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Physiology, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Málaga-IBIMA, Málaga, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Internal Medicine, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
| | - Ramón Estruch
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Internal Medicine, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
| | - Fernando Arós
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Araba, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Research Group on Community Nutrition & Oxidative Stress, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
| | - Francisco Tinahones
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Virgen de la Victoria Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), Preventive Medicine Service, Centro Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil (CHUIMI), Canarian Health Service, Las Palmas, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Family Medicine, Research Unit, Distrito Sanitario Atención Primaria Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Endocrinology, Fundación Jiménez-Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Lipids and Vascular Risk Unit, Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Diabetes y enfermedades Metabólicas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Endocrinology, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nutritional Genomics and Epigenomics Group, IMDEA Food, CEI UAM + CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Division of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Lipid Clinic, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Eating Disorders Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Basic and Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Pharmacy and Lucio Lascaray Research Center, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Vitoria, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Gastronomy, XaRTA, INSA, -UB, School of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, University Hospital Dr. Peset, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain
| | - Estefania Toledo
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain
| | - Ismael Alvarez-Alvarez
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain
| | - Javier Díez-Espino
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain
- Atención Primaria, Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea, Pamplona, Spain
| | - José V Sorlí
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
| | - Josep Basora
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Rovira i Virgili University, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Human Nutrition Unit, IISPV, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Reus, Spain
| | - Olga Castañer
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Unit of Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition, Institut Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Helmut Schröder
- Unit of Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition, Institut Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
| | - Eva María Navarrete-Muñoz
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Miguel Hernandez University, ISABIAL-FISABIO, Alicante, Spain
| | - Maria Angeles Zulet
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- University of Navarra, Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Physiology, IDISNA, Pamplona, Spain
| | - Antonio García-Rios
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Internal Medicine, Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Reina Sofia University Hospital, University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain
| | - Jordi Salas-Salvadó
- CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- Rovira i Virgili University, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Human Nutrition Unit, IISPV, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Reus, Spain
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- Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins, Centro Integrativo de Biología y Química Aplicada, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela de Nutrición y dietética, Universidad Bernardo O´Higgins, Santiago, Chile
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- Escuela de nutrición y dietética, Universidad San Sebastian, Concepcion, Chile
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Alcántara M, Sáenz de San Pedro B, Cañada C, Muñoz MA, Jimeno L, Villalba M, de la Torre F. Steps Towards Clarifying the Clinical Relevance of Minor Olive Allergens in Areas With Extremely High Levels of Olive Pollen. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2017; 27:138-140. [DOI: 10.18176/jiaci.0134] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ciria LF, Muñoz MA, Gea J, Peña N, Miranda JGV, Montoya P, Vila J. Head movement measurement: An alternative method for posturography studies. Gait Posture 2017; 52:100-106. [PMID: 27888694 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The present study evaluated the measurement of head movements as a valid method for postural emotional studies using the comparison of simultaneous recording of center of pressure (COP) sway as criterion. Thirty female students viewed a set of 12 pleasant, 12 unpleasant and 12 neutral pictures from the International Affective Picture System, repeated twice, using a block presentation procedure while standing on a force platform (AMTI AccuSway). Head movements were recorded using a webcam (©KPC139E) located in the ceiling in line with the force platform and a light-emitting diode (LED) placed on the top of the head. Open source software (CvMob 3.1) was used to process the data. High indices of correlation and coherence between head and COP sway were observed. In addition, pleasant pictures, compared with unpleasant pictures, elicited greater body sway in the anterior-posterior axis, suggesting an approach response to appetitive stimuli. Thus, the measurement of head movement can be an alternative or complementary method to recording COP for studying human postural changes.
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- L F Ciria
- Human Psychophysiology and Health Group, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center-CIMCYC, University of Granada, Spain
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- Human Psychophysiology and Health Group, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center-CIMCYC, University of Granada, Spain.
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- Research Institute oF Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands (UIB), Palma, Spain
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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- Department of Physics of the Earth and the Environment, Instituto de Fisica Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
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- Research Institute oF Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of Balearic Islands (UIB), Palma, Spain
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- Human Psychophysiology and Health Group, Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center-CIMCYC, University of Granada, Spain
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Zornoza R, Moreno-Barriga F, Acosta JA, Muñoz MA, Faz A. Stability, nutrient availability and hydrophobicity of biochars derived from manure, crop residues, and municipal solid waste for their use as soil amendments. Chemosphere 2016; 144:122-30. [PMID: 26347934 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [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: 05/02/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We aimed to study the influence of feedstock properties, pyrolysis temperature and holding time on stability, nutrient contents and hydrophobicity of biochars derived from pig manure, crop residues and municipal solid waste. Biochars were prepared at 300 °C, 400 °C, 500 °C and 700 °C for 1 h, 2 h, 4 h and 5 h. All properties were influenced by feedstock except for pH and hydrophobicity. Temperature influenced all properties, whereas no effect of holding time was observed except for hydrophobicity and thermal stability. Increasing temperature increased aromatization and stability. Low temperatures provided higher cation exchange capacity and available nutrients, and lower salinity and alkalinity. Precipitation of phosphates and carbonates occurred with charring, explaining the decrease of available nutrients. Biochars produced at 300 °C showed high hydrophobity, which disappeared over 500 °C owing to the loss of labile aliphatic compounds. The high pH and carbonates contents at >500 °C resulted in suitable biochars for soil liming and decreasing soil metals availability.
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- R Zornoza
- Sustainable Use, Management, and Reclamation of Soil and Water Research Group, Department of Agrarian Science and Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain.
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- Sustainable Use, Management, and Reclamation of Soil and Water Research Group, Department of Agrarian Science and Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain
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- Sustainable Use, Management, and Reclamation of Soil and Water Research Group, Department of Agrarian Science and Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain
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- Sustainable Use, Management, and Reclamation of Soil and Water Research Group, Department of Agrarian Science and Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain
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- Sustainable Use, Management, and Reclamation of Soil and Water Research Group, Department of Agrarian Science and Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48, 30203, Cartagena, Spain
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Eguaras S, Toledo E, Buil-Cosiales P, Salas-Salvadó J, Corella D, Gutierrez-Bedmar M, Santos-Lozano JM, Arós F, Fiol M, Fitó M, Ros E, Serra-Majem L, Pintó X, Martínez JA, Sorlí JV, Muñoz MA, Basora J, Estruch R, Martínez-González MÁ. Does the Mediterranean diet counteract the adverse effects of abdominal adiposity? Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2015; 25:569-574. [PMID: 25921850 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM We tested the hypothesis that an intervention with a Mediterranean diet (MeDiet) could mitigate the well-known harmful effects of abdominal obesity on cardiovascular health. METHODS AND RESULTS We assessed the relationship between baseline waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and major cardiovascular events during a median follow-up of 4.8 years in the Prevention with Mediterranean Diet (PREDIMED) randomized primary prevention trial, which tested a MeDiet against a control diet (advice on a low-fat diet). We also examined whether the MeDiet intervention was able to counteract the detrimental cardiovascular effects of an increased WHtR. The trial included 7447 participants (55-80 years old, 57% women) at high cardiovascular risk but free of cardiovascular disease (CVD) at enrollment. An increased risk of CVD events (myocardial infarction, stroke, or cardiovascular death) was apparent for the highest versus the lowest quartile of WHtR (multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio: 1.98) (95% confidence interval: 1.10-3.57; linear trend: p = 0.019) only in the control-diet group, but not in the two groups allocated to intervention with MeDiet (p for interaction = 0.034). This apparent interaction suggesting that the intervention counterbalanced the detrimental cardiovascular effects of adiposity was also significant for body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.01) and waist circumference (p = 0.043). CONCLUSIONS The MeDiet may counteract the harmful effects of increased adiposity on the risk of CVD.
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- S Eguaras
- Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain
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- Servicio Navarro de Salud-Osasunbidea, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain
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- PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Human Nutrition Department, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Department of Family Medicine, San Pablo Health Center, Sevilla, Spain
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- PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Alava, Vitoria, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Institute of Health Sciences (IUNICS), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Cardiovascular and Nutrition Research Group, Institut de Recerca Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Lipid Clinic, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Department of Clinical Sciences, University Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
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- PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Lipids and Vascular Risk Unit, Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Department of Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Cardiovascular and Nutrition Research Group, Institut de Recerca Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Human Nutrition Department, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, Spain
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- PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain; Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain; PREDIMED Research Network (RD 06/0045), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Centro Investigación Biomédica Red Obesidad-Nutrición (CIBERobn), Madrid, Spain.
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Muñoz MA, Luque-Martinez I, Malaquias P, Hass V, Reis A, Campanha NH, Loguercio AD. In vitro longevity of bonding properties of universal adhesives to dentin. Oper Dent 2015; 40:282-92. [PMID: 25405904 DOI: 10.2341/14-055-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the immediate and 6-month resin-dentin bond strength (μTBS) and nanoleakage (NL) of universal adhesives that contain or do not contain methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate (MDP) and are used in the etch-and-rinse and self-etch strategies. METHODS AND MATERIALS Forty caries-free extracted third molars were divided into eight groups for μTBS (n=5). The groups were bonded with the Clearfil SE Bond (CSE) and Adper Single Bond 2 (SB) as controls; Peak Universal, self-etch (PkSe) and etch-and rinse (PkEr); Scotchbond Universal Adhesive, self-etch (ScSe) and etch-and-rinse (ScEr); and All Bond Universal, self-etch (AlSe) and etch-and-rinse (AlEr). After composite restorations, specimens were longitudinally sectioned to obtain resin-dentin bonded sticks (0.8 mm(2)). The μTBS of the specimens was tested immediately (IM) or after 6 months of water storage (6M) at 0.5 mm/min. Some sticks at each storage period were immersed in silver nitrate and photo developed, and the NL was evaluated with scanning electron microscopy. Data were analyzed with two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance and Tukey test (α=0.05). RESULTS At the IM period, PkSe and PkEr showed μTBS similar to the control adhesives (p>0.05) but increased NL pattern and lower μTBS after 6M (p<0.05). ScSe and ScEr showed intermediary μTBS values at the IM period but remained stable after 6 months (p>0.05). AlSe showed the lowest μTBS (p<0.05), but μTBS and NL remained stable after 6M (p>0.05). AlEr showed higher IM μTBS but showed higher degradation after 6M (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS Universal adhesives that contain MDP showed higher and more stable μTBS with reduced NL at the interfaces after 6 months of water storage.
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Martín-Castellanos A, Barca FJ, Cabañas MD, Martín P, García M, Muñoz MA, Hoyos-Peña C, Monago P. [Obesity and anthropometric indicators in a sample of males with Acute Coronary Syndrome in a health area with inclusion of inmates: case-control study]. Rev Esp Sanid Penit 2015; 17:20-9. [PMID: 25803114 DOI: 10.4321/s1575-06202015000100004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Obesity is a cardiovascular risk factor with a high epidemic burden on ischemic heart disease. The aim of this study was to analyze the anthropometric indicators of obesity in a sample of males who have had an Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) diagnosed in a prison referral hospital, and a control group. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional case-control study in a Health Area with inclusion of a penitentiary center. The participants in this study were 204 males, 102 cases and one control selected for each case (n=102). We measured weight, height waist circumference (WC), umbilical waist (UW) and hip circumference. We calculated body mass index (BMI) and other anthropometric indicators: waist to-hip-ratios (WHR and UWHR), waist to-height-ratios (WHtR and UWHtR). We obtained the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC), the odds ratio (OR) and the correlations in the infarcted people. RESULTS Obesity was more prevalent in ACS (31.4% vs 9.1%; OR: 4.7). Other indicators show a discriminatory association. BMI (AUC: 0.699; OR: 3.9), WC (AUC: 0.750; OR: 6.3), UW (AUC: 0.777; OR: 10), inverse height (AUC: 0.619; OR: 2.1), WHR (AUC: 0.832; OR: 11.6); UWHR (AUC: 0.857; OR: 15.6), UWHtR (AUC: 0.800; OR: 8.9). In ACS the correlations for both WC and UW with waist to-height-ratios (WHtR and UWHtR) were strong (all r ≥0.90; p < 0.001). DISCUSSION The anthropometric indicators of obesity are clearly associated with ACS. UW is the simple measurement with the best association. BMI is most weakly associated. UWHtR presents high discriminatory power and the best anthropometric correlation of risk that supports its use for the identification of males at risk of myocardial infarction in the general population and prison.
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Loguercio AD, Luque-Martinez I, Muñoz MA, Szesz AL, Cuadros-Sánchez J, Reis A. A comprehensive laboratory screening of three-step etch-and-rinse adhesives. Oper Dent 2014; 39:652-62. [PMID: 24720263 DOI: 10.2341/13-236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study evaluated several bonding (microtensile bond strengths [μTBS], nanoleakage [NL], and in situ degree of conversion [ISDC] on dentin) and mechanical properties (ultimate tensile strength [UTS], degree of conversion [DC], water sorption [WS], and solubility [SL] in water) of four three-step etch-and-rinse adhesives in the short term. METHODS A total of 28 molars were used in this study. The dentin surfaces were bonded with the following adhesives: All-Bond 3 (ALB3); Fusion Duralink (FSDL); Optibond FL (OBFL), and Scotchbond Multi-Purpose (SBMP). After each adhesive-system application, composite resin build-ups were added. For bonding tests, specimens were sectioned in order to obtain bonded sticks. The sticks were divided to be tested for μTBS (0.5 mm/min), for NL (n=2), and ISDC (n=2). For NL, they were immersed in 50% silver nitrate and analyzed by scanning election microscopy. For ISDC, the hybrid layer was evaluated by micro-Raman spectroscopy. An hourglass-shaped matrix (UTS) or disk-shaped matrix (WS and SL) was filled with primer and adhesive (1:1 ratio) and light-polymerized. For UTS evaluation, the specimens were tested under tension. For WS and SL, specimens were desiccated and stored in distilled water to evaluate water diffusion kinetics over a 28-day period. The DC of the adhesives was evaluated by Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy. The data from each test were analyzed by appropriate statistical methods. RESULTS OBFL resulted in the highest μTBS, lower NL, higher ISDC and DC, and higher UTS than other adhesives (p<0.05), as well as lower WS (similar to ALB3 and FSDL) and SL (similar to ALB3 and SBMP) (p>0.05). ALB3 showed a higher NL and the lowest DC value. FSDL showed the highest NL and SL and the lowest ISDC. SBMP showed the lowest pattern of WS (p<0.05)CONCLUSION: OBFL showed the best results in all the properties evaluated, and it can be considered the gold standard of the three-step etch-and-rinse adhesive systems.
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Perdigão J, Muñoz MA, Sezinando A, Luque-Martinez IV, Staichak R, Reis A, Loguercio AD. Immediate adhesive properties to dentin and enamel of a universal adhesive associated with a hydrophobic resin coat. Oper Dent 2013; 39:489-99. [PMID: 24299446 DOI: 10.2341/13-203-lr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of acid etching and application of a hydrophobic resin coat on the enamel/dentin bond strengths and degree of conversion (DC) within the hybrid layer of a universal adhesive system (G-Bond Plus [GB]). METHODS A total of 60 extracted third molars were divided into four groups for bond-strength testing, according to the adhesive strategy: GB applied as a one-step self-etch adhesive (1-stepSE); GB applied as in 1-stepSE followed by one coat of the hydrophobic resin Heliobond (2-stepSE); GB applied as a two-step etch-and-rinse adhesive (2-stepER); GB applied as in 2-stepER followed by one coat of the hydrophobic resin Heliobond (3-stepER). There were 40 teeth used for enamel microshear bond strength (μSBS) and DC; and 20 teeth used for dentin microtensile bond strength (μTBS) and DC. After restorations were constructed, specimens were stored in water (37°C/24 h) and then tested at 0.5 mm/min (μTBS) or 1.0 mm/min (μSBS). Enamel-resin and dentin-resin interfaces from each group were evaluated for DC using micro-Raman spectroscopy. Data were analyzed with two-way analysis of variance for each substrate and the Tukey test (α=0.05). RESULTS For enamel, the use of a hydrophobic resin coat resulted in statistically significant higher mean enamel μSBS only for the ER strategy (3-stepER vs 2-stepER, p<0.0002). DC was significantly improved for the SE strategy (p<0.00002). For dentin, the use of a hydrophobic resin coat resulted in significantly higher dentin mean μTBS only for the SE strategy (2-stepSE vs 1-stepSE, p<0.0007). DC was significantly improved in groups 2-stepSE and 3-stepER when compared with 1-stepSE and 2-stepER, respectively (p<0.0009). CONCLUSIONS The use of a hydrophobic resin coat may be beneficial for the selective enamel etching technique, because it improves bond strengths to enamel when applied with the ER strategy and to dentin when used with the SE adhesion strategy. The application of a hydrophobic resin coat may improve DC in resin-dentin interfaces formed with either the SE or the ER strategy. On enamel, DC may benefit from the application of a hydrophobic resin coat over 1-stepSE adhesives.
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Tresserra-Rimbau A, Medina-Remón A, Pérez-Jiménez J, Martínez-González MA, Covas MI, Corella D, Salas-Salvadó J, Gómez-Gracia E, Lapetra J, Arós F, Fiol M, Ros E, Serra-Majem L, Pintó X, Muñoz MA, Saez GT, Ruiz-Gutiérrez V, Warnberg J, Estruch R, Lamuela-Raventós RM. Dietary intake and major food sources of polyphenols in a Spanish population at high cardiovascular risk: the PREDIMED study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2013; 23:953-959. [PMID: 23332727 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2012.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Revised: 09/20/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Epidemiological data have shown an inverse association between the consumption of polyphenol-rich foods and the risk of cardiovascular disease or overall mortality. A comprehensive estimation of individual polyphenol intake in nutritional cohorts is needed to gain a better understanding of this association. The aim of this study was to estimate the quantitative intake of polyphenols and the major dietary sources in the PREDIMED (PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea) cohort using individual food consumption records. METHODS AND RESULTS The PREDIMED study is a large, parallel-group, multicentre, randomised, controlled 5-year feeding trial aimed at assessing the effects of the Mediterranean diet on the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. A total of 7200 participants, aged 55-80 years, completed a validated 1-year food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) at baseline. Polyphenol consumption was calculated by matching food consumption data from the FFQ with the recently developed Phenol-Explorer database on polyphenol content in foods. The mean total polyphenol intake was 820 ± 323 mg day⁻¹ (443 ± 218 mg day⁻¹ of flavonoids and 304 ± 156 mg day⁻¹ of phenolic acids). Hydroxycinnamic acids were the phenolic group with the highest consumption and 5-caffeoylquinic acid was the most abundantly ingested individual polyphenol. The consumption of olives and olive oil was a differentiating factor in the phenolic profile of this Spanish population compared with other countries. CONCLUSION In Mediterranean countries, such as Spain, the main dietary source of polyphenols is coffee and fruits, but the most important differentiating factor with respect to other countries is the consumption of polyphenols from olives and olive oil.
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- A Tresserra-Rimbau
- Nutrition and Food Science Department, XaRTA, INSA, Pharmacy School, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER CB06/03 Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y la Nutrición, Madrid, Spain; RETICS RD06/0045, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Borile C, Muñoz MA, Azaele S, Banavar JR, Maritan A. Spontaneously broken neutral symmetry in an ecological system. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 109:038102. [PMID: 22861902 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.038102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Spontaneous symmetry breaking plays a fundamental role in many areas of condensed matter and particle physics. A fundamental problem in ecology is the elucidation of the mechanisms responsible for biodiversity and stability. Neutral theory, which makes the simplifying assumption that all individuals (such as trees in a tropical forest)--regardless of the species they belong to--have the same prospect of reproduction, death, etc., yields gross patterns that are in accord with empirical data. We explore the possibility of birth and death rates that depend on the population density of species, treating the dynamics in a species-symmetric manner. We demonstrate that dynamical evolution can lead to a stationary state characterized simultaneously by both biodiversity and spontaneously broken neutral symmetry.
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- C Borile
- Dipartimento di Fisica G. Galilei and CNISM, INFN, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Luque-Martinez IV, Mena-Serrano A, Muñoz MA, Hass V, Reis A, Loguercio AD. Effect of bur roughness on bond to sclerotic dentin with self-etch adhesive systems. Oper Dent 2012; 38:39-47. [PMID: 22770432 DOI: 10.2341/11-390-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of bur roughness on bond strength values and conditioner pattern of two-step self-etch adhesives applied on sclerotic dentin. METHODS The roots of 48 bovine incisors were removed and the crowns were divided into four groups: the control group (CO) teeth were left untreated or the teeth were slightly roughened with coarse-, medium-, or fine-grit diamond burs. Next, the teeth were subdivided and Clearfil SE Bond (CSE) and Adper SE Bond (ASE) were applied according to the manufacturers' instructions. Composite resin (Opallis) buildups were incrementally constructed on the bonded surfaces. After storage for 24 hours in distilled water at 37°C, the teeth were sectioned into sticks (area of 0.8 mm(2)). The sticks were stressed until failure by tensile forces (0.5 mm/min). Additionally, eight bovine teeth were treated as previously described, and after adhesive application, the surface was rinsed off and examined by scanning electron microscopy to measure the relative number of open tubules (OT). Data (MPa) were analyzed by two-way analysis of variance and Tukey test (p=0.05). RESULTS CO showed the highest bond strength values (p<0.05). As regards OT, the lowest mean was observed for CO (p<0.05) and the highest was found after application of CSE or ASE (p<0.05).
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- I V Luque-Martinez
- Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, State University of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
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Muñoz MA, Viedma-del-Jesús MI, Rosselló F, Sánchez-Nácher N, Montoya P, Vila J. The emotional impact of European tobacco-warning images. Tob Control 2011; 22:123-9. [DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Muñoz MA, Conejo-Mir JS, Congregado-Loscertales M, Holgado C, Moya F, Loscertales J. The utility of positron emission tomography to find an occult neoplasm in a patient with dermatomyositis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2007; 21:1418-9. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02220.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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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Balón M, Muñoz MA, Carmona C, Guardado P, Galán M. A fluorescence study of the molecular interactions of harmane with the nucleobases, their nucleosides and mononucleotides. Biophys Chem 2007; 80:41-52. [PMID: 17030319 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4622(99)00059-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/1999] [Revised: 04/16/1999] [Accepted: 04/16/1999] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fluorescence binding studies of harmane to the elemental components of the nucleic acids were undertaken to investigate the origin of the interaction between the drug and DNA. Most of the tested substrates have been found to induce hypochromism in the absorption spectrum of harmane and to quench its fluorescence. The quenching process induced by the nucleobases and their nucleosides is mainly due to the formation of ground state 1:1 complexes. However, in the case of the mononucleotides a dynamic quenching component is also observed. This quenching component is likely due to the excited state interaction of harmane with the phosphate group of the nucleotides. UV-vis spectral changes and quenching measurements have been used to quantify the ground state association constants of the complexes and the quenching rate constants.
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- M Balón
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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BACKGROUND Sitosterolaemia is a lipid disorder in which plasma plant sterol levels are extremely elevated. Sitosterolaemia is clinically characterized by tuberous and tendon xanthomas, premature vascular disease and arthritis. OBJECTIVE To report a case of sitosterolaemia diagnosed by cutaneous manifestations and to review this rare disease. METHODS We report the case of a 60-year-old woman who presented with cutaneous xanthomas, arterial hypertension and polyarthralgias. The patient had had hypercholesterolaemia for many years without reduction of serum cholesterol, despite treatment with fenofibrate. RESULTS Ezetimibe therapy was started, decreasing sitosterol plasmatic levels and tuberous xanthomas after 3 months of treatment. CONCLUSION It is important to detect levels of sitosterol in plasma in patients with premature vascular disease, presence of xanthomas, and uncontrolled hypercholesterolaemia. Ezetimibe therapy is effective.
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- S S S Guirado
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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Conejo-Mir JS, Muñoz MA, Linares M, Rodríguez L, Serrano A. Carbon dioxide laser treatment of erythroplasia of Queyrat: a revisited treatment to this condition. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2006; 19:643-4. [PMID: 16164731 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01217.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Torres JJ, Marro J, Garrido PL, Cortes JM, Ramos F, Muñoz MA. Effects of static and dynamic disorder on the performance of neural automata. Biophys Chem 2005; 115:285-8. [PMID: 15752619 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2004] [Revised: 10/28/2004] [Accepted: 12/10/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We report on both analytical and numerical results concerning stochastic Hopfield-like neural automata exhibiting the following (biologically inspired) features: (1) Neurons and synapses evolve in time as in contact with respective baths at different temperatures; (2) the connectivity between neurons may be tuned from full connection to high random dilution, or to the case of networks with the small-world property and/or scale-free architecture; and (3) there is synaptic kinetics simulating repeated scanning of the stored patterns. Although these features may apparently result in additional disorder, the model exhibits, for a wide range of parameter values, an extraordinary computational performance, and some of the qualitative behaviors observed in natural systems. In particular, we illustrate here very efficient and robust associative memory, and jumping between pattern attractors.
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- J J Torres
- Institute Carlos I for Theoretical and Computational Physics, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain.
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Fernandez-Cruz E, Moreno S, Navarro J, Clotet B, Bouza E, Carbone J, Peña JM, Pérez Molina J, Podzamczer D, Rubio R, Ocaña I, Pulido F, Viciana P, Maradona JA, Blazquez R, Barros C, Quereda C, Rodriguez-Sainz C, Gil J, Abad ML, Díaz L, Cantó C, Muñoz MA, Ferrer E, Jou A, Sirera G, Díaz M, Lopez F, Gatell JM, Gonzalez-Lahoz J. Therapeutic immunization with an inactivated HIV-1 Immunogen plus antiretrovirals versus antiretroviral therapy alone in asymptomatic HIV-infected subjects. Vaccine 2004; 22:2966-73. [PMID: 15297045 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Accepted: 03/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To determine whether the addition of an inactivated-gp120-depleted HIV-1 Immunogen to antiretrovirals (ARTs) conferred a beneficial effect on delaying time to virologic failure relative to that obtained by ARTs alone, a phase II clinical trial was performed in 243 asymptomatic, ART naïve, HIV-1 seropositive adults. The Cox model showed that HIV-1 Immunogen treatment was associated with a 34% decrease in the risk of virologic failure (P = 0.056). When the analysis incorporated baseline HIV-RNA stratification the risk of virologic failure in the HIV-1 Immunogen Arm was significantly reduced a 37% compared to the IFA placebo Arm (P = 0.034). The data suggest that therapeutic immunization plus ARTs could influence virologic control.
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- E Fernandez-Cruz
- Division of Immunology, Hospital General Universitario "Gregorio Marañon", Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
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Muñoz MA, Ferrero R, Carmona C, Balón M. Hydrogen bonding interactions between indole and benzenoid-pi-bases. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2004; 60:193-200. [PMID: 14670478 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(03)00206-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The NH-pi interactions of indole with benzene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, toluene, m-xylene, and mesitilene, in carbon tetrachloride solutions, have been studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The experiments, carried out on the NH stretching band of indole, prove the formation of 1:1 complexes in which the NH bond of indole is engaged. The NH frequency shifts are independent of the number of rings in the base, but they progressively increase as the electron density is enhanced by methylation. The association constants increase with the increase of both, the number of rings and the methyl groups on the base. At higher base concentrations, further shifts on the free NH and associated bands indicate the formation of 1:2 complexes, which suggest hybride NH-pi and van der Waals interactions between one indole ring and two benzene acceptor molecules.
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- M A Muñoz
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, Spain.
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Herrero JC, Gutiérrez E, Martínez A, González E, Morales E, Muñoz MA, Valentín M, Bueno B, Praga M, Hernández E, Morales JM, Rodicio JL, Andrés A. Results of kidney transplantation in recipients over 70 years of age: experience at a single center. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:1675-6. [PMID: 12962753 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00618-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We performed 41 kidney transplants in patients >70 years (35 single and 6 dual), with a mean recipient age of 72+/-2 years, from January 1990 to December 2001. Mean age of the donors was 69+/-12 years. Immunosuppression used triple therapy with steroids, mycophenolate mofetil, and cyclosporine or tacrolimus. Cold ischemia time was 23+/-3 hours. The incidence of primary nonfunction was 4.8%, and delayed graft function 58.5%. Acute rejection incidence was 12%. The actuarial patient survival rates at 12, 24, and 36 months were 82.5%, 82.5%, and 75%, respectively. Actuarial survival rates of the grafts censuring for death of the recipient with a functioning graft were 89.5%, 86%, and 68%, respectively. Nine of the 18 graft losses were due to recipient death. Overall, renal transplant recipients >70 years showed good results. The principal cause of graft loss was recipient death.
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- J C Herrero
- Nephrology Service, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Ventura AM, Imperiali N, Dominguez-Gil B, del Prado Sierra M, Muñoz MA, Andres A, Morales JM. Successful pregnancies in female kidney-transplant recipients with hepatitis C virus infection. Transplant Proc 2003; 35:1078-80. [PMID: 12947865 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00315-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- A M Ventura
- Nephrology Department, Hospital Geral de Santo António, Largo Prof. Abel Salazar, 4100 Porto, Portugal.
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de los Santos F, Telo da Gama MM, Muñoz MA. Nonequilibrium wetting transitions with short range forces. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2003; 67:021607. [PMID: 12636692 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.67.021607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Received: 02/11/2002] [Revised: 12/12/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We analyze within mean-field theory as well as numerically a Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation that describes nonequilibrium wetting. Both complete and critical wettitng transitions were found and characterized in detail. For one-dimensional substrates the critical weting temperature is depressed by fluctuations. In addition, we have investigated a region in the space of parameters (temperature and chemical potential) where the wet and nonwet phases coexist. Finite-size scaling analysis of the interfacial detaching times indicates that the finite coexistence region survives in the thermodynamic limit. Within this region we have observed (stable or very long lived) structures related to spatiotemporal intermittency in other systems. In the interfacial representation these structures exhibit perfect triangular (pyramidal) patterns in one dimension (two dimensions), which are characterized by their slope and size distribution.
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- F de los Santos
- Center for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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A new mechanism leading to scale-free networks is proposed in this Letter. It is shown that, in many cases of interest, the connectivity power-law behavior is neither related to dynamical properties nor to preferential attachment. Assigning a quenched fitness value x(i) to every vertex, and drawing links among vertices with a probability depending on the fitnesses of the two involved sites, gives rise to what we call a good-get-richer mechanism, in which sites with larger fitness are more likely to become hubs (i.e., to be highly connected).
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- G Caldarelli
- INFM UdR ROMA1 Dipartimento Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, Italy
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Domínguez-Gil B, Esforzado N, Muñoz MA, Andrés A, Rodicio JL, Bruguera M, Oppenheimer F, Campistol JM, Morales JM. [Renal transplantation using kidneys from donors with hepatitis C virus positive serology]. Nefrologia 2002; 21 Suppl 4:119-23. [PMID: 11642168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Domínguez-Gil B, Ortiz M, Sierra MP, Muñoz MA, Morales E, Andres A, Rodicio JL, Morales JM. Losartan reduces massive proteinuria in kidney transplant patients: a pilot study. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:368-9. [PMID: 11959331 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02806-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Morales E, Andrés A, González E, Herrero JC, Muñoz MA, Ortiz M, Espejo B, Lumbreras C, Morales JM, Aguado JM. Prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus disease with ganciclovir or anti-CMV immunoglobulin in renal transplant recipients who receive antilymphocytic antibodies as induction therapy. Transplant Proc 2002; 34:73-4. [PMID: 11959191 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(01)02671-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- E Morales
- Nephrology Department and Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Achahbar A, Garrido PL, Marro J, Muñoz MA. Is the particle current a relevant feature in driven lattice gases? Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:195702. [PMID: 11690428 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.195702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Received: 06/18/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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By performing extensive Monte Carlo simulations we show that the infinitely fast driven lattice gas (IDLG) shares its critical properties with the randomly driven lattice gas (RDLG). All the measured exponents, scaling functions, and amplitudes are the same in both cases. This strongly supports the idea that the main relevant nonequilibrium effect in driven lattice gases is the anisotropy (present in both IDLG and RDLG) and not the particle current (present only in the IDLG). This result, at odds with the predictions from the standard theory for the IDLG, supports a recently proposed alternative theory. The case of finite driving fields is also briefly discussed.
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- A Achahbar
- Departement de Physique, Faculte des Sciences, B.P. 2121 M'hannech, 93002 Tetouan, Morocco
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Dickman R, Alava M, Muñoz MA, Peltola J, Vespignani A, Zapperi S. Critical behavior of a one-dimensional fixed-energy stochastic sandpile. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 64:056104. [PMID: 11736011 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.056104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2001] [Revised: 07/09/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We study a one-dimensional fixed-energy version (that is, with no input or loss of particles) of Manna's stochastic sandpile model. The system has a continuous transition to an absorbing state at a critical value of the particle density, and exhibits the hallmarks of an absorbing-state phase transition, including finite-size scaling. Critical exponents are obtained from extensive simulations, which treat stationary and transient properties, and an associated interface representation. These exponents characterize the universality class of an absorbing-state phase transition with a static conserved density in one dimension; they differ from those expected at a linear-interface depinning transition in a medium with point disorder, and from those of directed percolation.
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- R Dickman
- Departamento de Física, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Caixa Postal 702, 30161-970 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Muñoz de Bustillo E, Benito A, Colina F, Andrés A, Domínguez-Gil B, Muñoz MA, Rodicio JL, Morales JM. Fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis-like syndrome in hepatitis B virus-negative and hepatitis C virus-negative renal transplant recipients. Am J Kidney Dis 2001; 38:640-5. [PMID: 11532698 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2001.26902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Cholestatic hepatitis and diffuse liver fibrosis have been described in immunosuppressed patients with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infection as fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis (FCH). FCH is characterized by cholestasis, with only a modest increase in aminotransferase levels. The pathologic picture typically shows periportal and perisinusoidal fibrosis, scarce mixed infiltrates, hepatocellular ballooning, and histologic cholestasis. We report two patients with diffuse fibrosis and cholestasis quite similar to the histologic picture of FCH, but in whom neither hepatitis B virus nor hepatitis C virus infection could be shown, highlighting the potential contribution of cytomegalovirus infection and azathioprine toxicity in the development of this severe complication of solid-organ transplantation.
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- E Muñoz de Bustillo
- Department of Nephrology, Renal Transplant Unit, and Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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Gabrielli A, Muñoz MA, Sapoval B. Field theory of self-organized fractal etching. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 64:016108. [PMID: 11461332 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.016108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We propose a phenomenological field theoretical approach to the chemical etching of a disordered solid. The theory is based on a recently proposed dynamical etching model. Through the introduction of a set of Langevin equations for the model evolution, we are able to map the problem into a field theory related to isotropic percolation. To the best of the author's knowledge, this constitutes the first application of field theory to a problem of chemical dynamics. By using this mapping, many of the etching process critical properties are seen to be describable in terms of the percolation renormalization group fixed point. The emerging field theory has the peculiarity of being self-organized in the sense that without any parameter fine tuning the system develops fractal properties up to a certain scale controlled solely by the volume V of the etching solution. In the limit V-->infinity the upper cutoff goes to infinity and the system becomes scale invariant. We present also a finite size scaling analysis and discuss the relation of this particular etching mechanism to gradient percolation. Finally, the possibility of considering this mechanism as a generic path to self-organized criticality is analyzed, with the characteristics of being closely related to a real physical system and therefore more directly accessible to experiments.
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- A Gabrielli
- INFM-Unità di Roma 1 and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 2, 00185-Rome, Italy
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Morales JM, Campistol JM, Andrés A, Dominguez-Gil B, Esforzado N, Muñoz MA, Bruguera M, Oppenheimer F, Rodicio JL. Policies concerning the use of kidneys from donors infected with hepatitis C virus. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001; 15 Suppl 8:71-3. [PMID: 11261711 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.suppl_8.71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- J M Morales
- Nephrology Department, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, Madrid Spain
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Muñoz MA, Sama O, Galán M, Guardado P, Carmona C, Balón M. Hydrogen bonding NH/pi interactions between betacarboline and methyl benzene derivatives. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2001; 57A:1049-1056. [PMID: 11374564 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(00)00421-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In the presence of benzene, toluene, m-xylene, mesitylene and durene, the pyrrolic NH stretching band of betacarboline, 9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole, and its 1-methyl derivative, harmane, in tetrachloroethane diminishes in intensity while a new red-shifted band grows up. The shifts of the associated bands increase linearly with the pi-electron density of the substrates. These spectral changes are attributed to the formation of 1:1 molecular association complexes between the betacarbolines and the benzenoid substrates. The complexes are stabilized by the hydrogen-bonding interaction between the pyrrolic NH group of betacarboline and the pi-delocalized electrons of the benzene derivatives. The influence of these NH/pi hydrogen-bonding interactions in the fluorescence spectra of betacarboline is discussed.
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- M A Muñoz
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Albano EV, Muñoz MA. Numerical study of persistence in models with absorbing states. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2001; 63:031104. [PMID: 11308627 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.63.031104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Received: 10/02/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Extensive Monte Carlo simulations are performed in order to evaluate both the local (straight theta(l)) and global (straight theta(g)) persistence exponents in the Ziff-Gulari-Barshad (ZGB) [Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 2553 (1986)] irreversible reaction model. At the second-order irreversible phase transition (IPT) we find that both the local and the global persistence exhibit power-law behavior with a crossover between two different time regimes. On the other hand, at the ZGB first-order IPT, active sites are short lived and the persistence decays more abruptly; it is not clear whether it shows power-law behavior or not. In order to analyze universality issues, we have also studied another model with absorbing states, the contact process, and evaluated the local persistence exponent in dimensions from 1 to 4. A striking apparent superuniversality is reported: the local persistence exponent seems to coincide in both one- and two-dimensional systems. Some other aspects of persistence in systems with absorbing states are also analyzed.
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- E V Albano
- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), CONICET, UNLP, CIC, Buenos Aires, Sucursal 4, Casilla de Correo 16, (1900) La Plata, Argentina
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Gaspar C, Zapater E, Chust M, Climent MA, Ferrándis E, Muñoz MA, Mengual JL, Berrocal A, Vendrell BJ, Arribas L, Guillem V. [Experience in the treatment of 98 carcinomas of the nasopharynx. Long-term follow-up and analysis of prognostic factors]. Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp 2000; 51:691-6. [PMID: 11270103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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This was a retrospective study of 98 patients (pts.) with histologically confirmed nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The clinico-demographic characteristics were: median age of 53 years (11-83); 74 males and 24 females (ratio 3:1); histology subtype OMS 2-3 in 89 pts. (90.8%); cranial nerve deficits in 11 pts. (11.2%); 50 (51%) were stage T3T4; 68 pts. (69.4%) N2N3 and 77 pts. (78.6%) stage IV. The therapeutic modalities were: radical radiotherapy (RT) alone in 42 pts., chemotherapy (CT) alone in 4 pts., RT + adjuvant CT in 10 pts. and neoadjuvant CT + RT in 42 pts. RT was delivered in wide fields, doses between 50-75 Gy with conventional fractionation. CT consisted in cisplatinum-based schedules (PF in 34 pts., BEC in 9 and others in 13 pts.). Analyzed by treatment, more males and stages N2N3 and IV were accrued in neoCT + RT arm (p < or = 0.05). For the entire population, the overall complete response was achieved in 65 pts. (66.3%); in 27/35 pts. (77.1%) of the RT group and 30/51 pts. (58.8%) of CT + RT group (p 0.07) of pts. with III-IV stages. With a median follow-up of 74.5 months, 32 pts. (32.65%) are alive and free of disease. The projected OS for all pts. was 40 months (m), 51.4% at 3 years (y) and 45.5% at 5 y with a disease free survival of 37 m (0-236). No differences between treatment arms were found (p 0.4). In univariant analysis for OS in stage III-IV pts., age > 50 y, histology OMS1, cranial nerve deficits, stage T3T4 and N2N3, were considered adverse prognostic factors (p < or = 0.05). In multivariant analysis, only age > 50 y and stages T3-T4, N2-N3 were significant (p < or = 0.05). In conclusion, we demonstrated good long term survival without any differences among treatment modalities in pts. with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinomas. New therapeutic approaches are warranted in order to improve the outcome of this patients.
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- C Gaspar
- Servicio de Oncología Médica, Instituto Valenciano de Oncología, C/Prof. Beltrán Báguena, 9 y 19, 46009 Valencia
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de Lucas N, López-Herce J, Muñoz R, Muñoz MA, Merello C, Cuesta A. Normal values for serum, ultrafilterable and intraerythrocytic magnesium in children. Magnes Res 2000; 13:103-10. [PMID: 10907228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Serum magnesium (MgS), levels were determined in 137 children age range 2 months to 16 years. Ultrafilterable magnesium (MgU) and intraerythrocytic magnesium (MgI) concentrations were determined in 37 of these children. MgS was 0.83 +/- 0.1 mmol/L (range 0.66-1.36 mmol/L), with no differences between sexes. Children under 2 years had higher MgS levels (0.92 +/- 0.13 mmol/L) than children over 2 years (0.81 +/- 0.08 mmol/L; p < .001). Mean MgU was 0.60 +/- 0.07 mmol/L (range 0.50-0.87 mmol/L), with no differences between sexes. Mean MgI in children was 2.58 +/- 0.33 mmol/L (range 2.06-3.6 mmol/L), with no differences between sexes. MgS correlated with MgU, age, theoretical growth rate, and serum calcium, phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase; MgU correlated with MgI, age, theoretical growth rate, and serum phosphorus. MgS concentration was higher in children under 2 years than in children over 2 years. In healthy children, MgS concentration correlated with MgU, and MgU correlated with MgI, but MgS and MgI showed no correlation.
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- N de Lucas
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranñón, Madrid
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Dinca LP, Lucas M, Zayas MD, Muñoz MA, Garcia Moreno JM, Navarro G, Gata JM, Solano F, Izquierdo G. Serum endothelial adhesion molecules levels correlate with lesion burden in multiple sclerosis patients treated with interferon beta-1b. Neurochem Int 2000; 36:549-53. [PMID: 10762092 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00128-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The levels of serum-soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 and soluble endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule-1, and the Gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MRI were studied in a group of patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis treated with interferon beta-1b and compared to a non-treated control group. The levels of serum-soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 and soluble endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule-1 increased, after three months treatment, as compared to baseline and the non-treated MS patients. A significant correlation was found in the treated group between serum-soluble endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule-1 and the lesion area in the Gadolinium-enhancing (T2 weighted scan) MRI.
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- L P Dinca
- Clinical Neurophysiology, Virgen Macarena Hospital, Seville, Spain
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FTIR, UV-vis, steady state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements show that harmane (1-methyl-9H-pyrido/3,4-b/indole) interacts with pyrimidine and its isomers pyrazine and pyridazine in its ground and lowest singlet states. The mechanisms of interaction are dependent on both the structure of the diazine and the nature of the solvent. Thus, in a low polar solvent such as toluene, harmane forms ground state 1:1 hydrogen-bonded complexes with all the diazines. These complexes quench the fluorescence of harmane and diminish its fluorescence lifetime. Conversely, in buffered (pH 8.7) aqueous solutions, pyrimidine behaves differently from the other diazines. Thus, whereas pyrimidine only interacts with harmane in its ground state, pyrazine and pyridazine also interact in the excited state. The harmane-pyrimidine ground state interaction is an entropic controlled process. Therefore, we propose the formation of pi-pi stacked 1:1 complexes between these substrates. Association constants for the different types of complexes and quenching parameters are reported.
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- M A Muñoz
- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
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Bianconi G, Muñoz MA, Gabrielli A, Pietronero L. Renormalization-group study of one-dimensional systems with roughening transitions. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1999; 60:3719-26. [PMID: 11970204 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.60.3719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/1999] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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A recently introduced real-space renormalization-group technique, developed for the analysis of processes in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class, is generalized and tested by applying it to a different family of surface-growth processes. In particular, we consider a growth model exhibiting a rich phenomenology even in one dimension. It has four different phases and a directed percolation-related roughening transition. The renormalization method reproduces extremely well all of the phase diagram, the roughness exponents in all the phases, and the separatrix among them. This proves the versatility of the method and elucidates interesting physical mechanisms.
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- G Bianconi
- Dipartimento di Fisica and Unità di INFM, Università of Roma "La Sapienza," I-00185 Roma, Italy
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Genovese W, Muñoz MA. Recent results on multiplicative noise. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1999; 60:69-78. [PMID: 11969738 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.60.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Received: 12/11/1998] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Recent developments in the analysis of Langevin equations with multiplicative noise (MN) are reported. In particular, we (i) present numerical simulations in three dimensions showing that the MN equation exhibits, like the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation, both a weak coupling fixed point and a strong coupling phase, supporting the proposed relation between MN and KPZ; (ii) present a dimensional and mean-field analysis of the MN equation to compute critical exponents; (iii) show that the phenomenon of the noise-induced ordering transition associated with the MN equation appears only in the Stratonovich representation and not in the Ito one; and (iv) report the presence of a first-order-like phase transition at zero spatial coupling, supporting the fact that this is the minimum model for noise-induced ordering transitions.
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- W Genovese
- INFM, Sezione di Roma and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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Castellano C, Marsili M, Muñoz MA, Pietronero L. Scale invariant dynamics of surface growth. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1999; 59:6460-75. [PMID: 11969631 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.59.6460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/1999] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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We describe in detail and extend a recently introduced nonperturbative renormalization group (RG) method for surface growth. The scale invariant dynamics which is the key ingredient of the calculation is obtained as the fixed point of a RG transformation relating the representation of the microscopic process at two different coarse-grained scales. We review the RG calculation for systems in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) universality class and compute the roughness exponent for the strong coupling phase in dimensions from 1 to 9. Discussions of the approximations involved and possible improvements are also presented. Moreover, very strong evidence of the absence of a finite upper critical dimension for KPZ growth is presented. Finally, we apply the method to the linear Edwards-Wilkinson dynamics where we reproduce the known exact results, proving the ability of the method to capture qualitatively different behaviors.
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- C Castellano
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, P.O. Box 586, I-34100 Trieste, Italy
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Muñoz MA, Dickman R, Vespignani A, Zapperi S. Avalanche and spreading exponents in systems with absorbing states. Phys Rev E Stat Phys Plasmas Fluids Relat Interdiscip Topics 1999; 59:6175-9. [PMID: 11969602 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.59.6175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/1998] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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We present generic scaling laws relating spreading critical exponents and avalanche exponents (in the sense of self-organized criticality) in general systems with absorbing states. Using these scaling laws we present a collection of the state-of-the-art exponents for directed percolation, dynamical percolation, and other universality classes. This collection of results should help to elucidate the connections of self-organized criticality and systems with absorbing states. In particular, some nonuniversality in avalanche exponents is predicted for systems with many absorbing states.
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- M A Muñoz
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), P.O. Box 586, 34100 Trieste, Italy
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The available information on sample size requirements of mixture analysis methods is insufficient to permit a precise evaluation of the potential problems facing practical applications of mixture analysis. We use results from Monte Carlo simulation to assess the sample size requirements of a simple mixture analysis method under conditions relevant to biological applications of mixture analysis. The mixture model used includes two univariate normal components with equal variances but assumes that the researcher is ignorant as to the equality of the variances. The method used relies on the EM algorithm to compute the maximum likelihood estimates of the mixture parameters, and the likelihood ratio test to assess the number of components in the mixtures. Our results suggest that sample sizes close to 500 or 1000 data may be required to adequately solve mixtures commonly found in biology. Sample sizes of 500 or 1000 are difficult to achieve. However, use of this MA method may be a reasonable option when the researcher deals with problems which are intractable by other means. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
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- MA Muñoz
- Departamento de Ciencias Morfológicas I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Arcos de Jalón, s/n, 28037 Madrid, Spain
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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia has not yet been clearly defined, and in most patients it is mistaken for acquired pure red cell aplasia (PRCA). We report a patient with severe transfusion-dependent anemia (Hb 6.9 g/dl) and reticulocytopenia. WBC and platelet counts were normal. Bone marrow examination showed a marked trilineage dysplasia and a low percentage of erythroid precursors (3%). A diagnosis of MDS (refractory anemia according to FAB classification) with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia was made. Repeated cytogenetic analysis of bone marrow showed normal karyotypes. Moreover, serial IgM serology and DNA analysis of the patient's sera for B19 parvovirus were negative. Other conditions known to be associated with erythroid aplasia were also absent. The patient failed hematinics and prednisone therapy. He next received r-HuEPO (200 U/kg three times weekly). This form of therapy achieved a rapid and complete erythroid response. He has remained in complete erythroid response after a 7-month period on maintenance therapy of 100 U/kg three times weekly. A review of the literature revealed only 15 well-documented cases of MDS with erythroid hypoplasia/aplasia. All had morphological evidence of myelodysplasia. These patients were predominantly elderly males, all required regular packed red cell transfusions, and had an unfavorable prognosis, mainly because of a high rate of blastic transformation (frequently preceded by a myeloproliferative phase). The mechanism of erythroid hypoplasia in this subgroup of MDS remains uncertain. However, laboratory and clinical data suggest the existence of an intrinsic stem cell defect. None of the patients received hematopoietic growth factors. To our knowledge, our patient is the first case of MDS with erythroid hypoplasia where r-HuEPO was successfully attempted. The description of more cases is necessary to delineate the value of r-HuEPO therapy in this rare variant of MDS.
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- J García-Suárez
- Department of Hematology, Príncipe de Asturias University Hospital, University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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