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Gayol A, Figueroa R, Guarda J, Leiva J, Leyton F, Malano F, Valente M. Effects on the accelerating electron bunches due to the presence of sulfur hexafluoride or air in the linac waveguide. Appl Radiat Isot 2024; 205:111155. [PMID: 38159451 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.111155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
Abstract
Sulfur hexafluoride gas (SF6) is used as a dielectric insulator in the acceleration process of certain medical linear accelerator waveguides. Nevertheless, some innovative development and investigation cases require intervention in the linear accelerator or, specifically, on the waveguide, which could affect the sealing of the device. In this regard, vacuum sealing systems can be compromised, affecting the properties of the radiation beams produced. The presence of sulfur hexafluoride or air inside the VARIAN 6/100 waveguide was investigated under different pressure conditions and non-uniform electric fields, adapting Monte Carlo simulation techniques for modeling radiation transport coupled with electric fields. Obtained results indicated the suitability of the proposed approach, while comparisons with theoretical approaches and experimental evidence supported the model's consistency.
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- A Gayol
- Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola, CONICET & Laboratorio de Investigaciones e Instrumentación en Física Aplicada a La Medicina e Imágenes por Rayos X - LIIFAMIRx, FAMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, 5000, Argentina
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- Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Salud CFIS, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile; Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile
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- Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Salud CFIS, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile
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- Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Salud CFIS, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile
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- Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Salud CFIS, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile
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- Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Salud CFIS, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile; Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile
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- Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola, CONICET & Laboratorio de Investigaciones e Instrumentación en Física Aplicada a La Medicina e Imágenes por Rayos X - LIIFAMIRx, FAMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, 5000, Argentina; Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Salud CFIS, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile; Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, 4780000, Chile.
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Collazo A, Figueroa R, Mariño-Martínez C, Nóvoa X, Pérez C. Electrochemical characterization of a Fe-based shape memory alloy in an alkaline medium and the behaviour in aggressive conditions. Electrochim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142034] [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: 02/12/2023]
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Correa-Araneda F, Pérez J, Tonin AM, Esse C, Boyero L, Díaz ME, Figueroa R, Santander-Massa R, Cornejo A, Link O, Jorquera E, Urbina MA. Microplastic concentration, distribution and dynamics along one of the largest Mediterranean-climate rivers: A whole watershed approach. Environ Res 2022; 209:112808. [PMID: 35085565 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Microplastics (MPs) have been recognized as one of the most ubiquitous environmental pollutants globally. They have been found in all ecosystems studied to date, threatening biological diversity, ecosystem functioning and human health. The present study aimed to elucidate the environmental and anthropogenic drivers of MP dynamics in the whole catchment of the Biobío river, one of the largest rivers in South America. MP concentration and characteristics were analysed in 18 sites subjected to different sources of pollution and other human-related impacts. The sampling sites were classified in relation to altitudinal zones (highland, midland and lowland) and ecosystem types (fluvial and reservoir), and different water and territorial environmental variables were further collated and considered for analysis. Seven types of microplastic polymers were identified in the samples analysed, with a catchment mean (±SE) MP concentration of 22 ± 0.4 particles m-3, and MP presence being significantly higher in lowlands (26 ± 2 particle m-3) and in reservoirs (42 ± 14 particle m-3). The most abundant type of MP was fragments (84%), with a mean concentration of 37 ± 6 particles m-3. Overall, MP concentrations were low compared to those found in other studies, with a strong influence of human population size.
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- Francisco Correa-Araneda
- Unidad de Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente, Instituto Iberoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Aquariparia/Limnology Lab, Department of Ecology, IB, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- Unidad de Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente, Instituto Iberoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Spain; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Aquatic Systems, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Concepción, P.O. Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile
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- Unidad de Cambio Climático y Medio Ambiente, Instituto Iberoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile; Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Escuela de Graduados, Valdivia, Chile
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- Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Laboratory. Zoological Collection Dr. Eustorgio Mendez, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (COZEM-ICGES), Ave. Justo Arosemena and Calle 35, 0816-02593, Panama City, Panama
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Concepción, P.O. Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, P.O. Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile; Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía (IMO), Universidad de Concepción, PO Box 1313, Concepción, Chile.
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Fidalgo NP, Marcos-Jubilar M, Guillén C, Figueroa R, Palacios M, Huerga S, Panizo M, Páramo J, Lecumberri R. PO-21: PICC vs. Port in patients with hematologic malignancies. Thromb Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(22)00209-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Marcos-Jubilar M, Huerga S, Palacios M, Guillén C, Figueroa R, Páramo J, Lecumberri R. PO-46: Perception of the risk of thrombosis in clinicians treating patients with multiple myeloma. Thromb Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(22)00236-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Figueroa R, Taramasco C, Flores C, Ortiz L, Vásquez-Venegas C, Salas P, Zeng-Treilter Q. A physician's perspective on the incorporation of pictograms as a supplement to medical instructions in Chile: A pilot study. Ing Rech Biomed 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2022.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pérez P, Torres PR, Bruna A, Brunetto M, Aon E, Franco D, Mattea F, Figueroa R, Santibáñez M, Valente M. Fricke gel xylenol orange dosimeter layers for stereotactic radiosurgery: A preliminary approach. Appl Radiat Isot 2021; 178:109936. [PMID: 34592691 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Revised: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Investigations regarding the feasibility, reliability, and accuracy of Fricke gel dosimeter layers for stereotactic radiosurgery are presented. A representative radiosurgery plan consisting of two targets has been investigated. Absorbed dose distributions measured using radiochromic films and gelatin Fricke Gel dosimetry in layers have been compared with dose distributions calculated by using a treatment planning system and Monte Carlo simulations. The different dose distributions have been compared by means of the gamma index demonstrating that gelatin Fricke gel dosimeter layers showed agreements of 100%, 100%, and 93%, with dose and distance tolerances of 2% and 2 mm, with respect to film dosimetry, treatment planning system and Monte Carlo simulations, respectively. The capability of the developed system for three-dimensional dose mapping was shown, obtaining promising results when compared with well-established dosimetry methods. The obtained results support the viability of Fricke gel dosimeter layers analyzed by optical methods for stereotactic radiosurgery.
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- P Pérez
- Laboratorio de Investigación e Instrumentación en Física Aplicada a la Medicina e Imágenes de Rayos X (LIIFAMIR(x)), Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Investigación e Instrumentación en Física Aplicada a la Medicina e Imágenes de Rayos X (LIIFAMIR(x)), Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Venezuela
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- FiMe - Física Médica SRL, Argentina
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- Centro Médico Privado Deán Funes, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro Médico Privado Deán Funes, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro Médico Privado Deán Funes, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Investigación e Instrumentación en Física Aplicada a la Medicina e Imágenes de Rayos X (LIIFAMIR(x)), Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina; Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería de Procesos y Química Aplicada (IPQA), CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Centro de excelencia de Física e Ingeniería en Salud (CFIS), Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile; Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Investigación e Instrumentación en Física Aplicada a la Medicina e Imágenes de Rayos X (LIIFAMIR(x)), Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía, Física y Computación, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina; Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG), CONICET, Córdoba, Argentina; Centro de excelencia de Física e Ingeniería en Salud (CFIS), Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile; Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
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Boyero L, López-Rojo N, Tonin AM, Pérez J, Correa-Araneda F, Pearson RG, Bosch J, Albariño RJ, Anbalagan S, Barmuta LA, Basaguren A, Burdon FJ, Caliman A, Callisto M, Calor AR, Campbell IC, Cardinale BJ, Jesús Casas J, Chará-Serna AM, Chauvet E, Ciapała S, Colón-Gaud C, Cornejo A, Davis AM, Degebrodt M, Dias ES, Díaz ME, Douglas MM, Encalada AC, Figueroa R, Flecker AS, Fleituch T, García EA, García G, García PE, Gessner MO, Gómez JE, Gómez S, Gonçalves JF, Graça MAS, Gwinn DC, Hall RO, Hamada N, Hui C, Imazawa D, Iwata T, Kariuki SK, Landeira-Dabarca A, Laymon K, Leal M, Marchant R, Martins RT, Masese FO, Maul M, McKie BG, Medeiros AO, Erimba CMM, Middleton JA, Monroy S, Muotka T, Negishi JN, Ramírez A, Richardson JS, Rincón J, Rubio-Ríos J, Dos Santos GM, Sarremejane R, Sheldon F, Sitati A, Tenkiano NSD, Tiegs SD, Tolod JR, Venarsky M, Watson A, Yule CM. Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3700. [PMID: 34140471 PMCID: PMC8211652 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23930-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The relationship between detritivore diversity and decomposition can provide information on how biogeochemical cycles are affected by ongoing rates of extinction, but such evidence has come mostly from local studies and microcosm experiments. We conducted a globally distributed experiment (38 streams across 23 countries in 6 continents) using standardised methods to test the hypothesis that detritivore diversity enhances litter decomposition in streams, to establish the role of other characteristics of detritivore assemblages (abundance, biomass and body size), and to determine how patterns vary across realms, biomes and climates. We observed a positive relationship between diversity and decomposition, strongest in tropical areas, and a key role of abundance and biomass at higher latitudes. Our results suggest that litter decomposition might be altered by detritivore extinctions, particularly in tropical areas, where detritivore diversity is already relatively low and some environmental stressors particularly prevalent. It is unclear whether stream detritivore diversity enhances decomposition across climates. Here the authors manipulate litter diversity and examine detritivore assemblages in a globally distributed stream litterbag experiment, finding a positive diversity-decomposition relationship stronger in tropical streams, where detritivore diversity is lower.
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- Luz Boyero
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain. .,IKERBASQUE, Bilbao, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Ecology, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.,College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Research Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC, UO, PA), Oviedo University, Mieres, Spain.,Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue - CONICET), Bariloche, Argentina
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- Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria (CIPAV), Cali, Colombia.,Illinois River Biological Station, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Havana, IL, USA
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- Laboratoire Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Faculty of Tourism and Leisure, University of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
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- Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Laboratory Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (COZEM-ICGES), Panama City, Panama
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- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Stechlin, Germany
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- Graduate Program in Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile.,Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.,Department of Life Sciences and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, NT, Australia
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- Water Laboratory and Physicochemical Services (LASEF), Autonomous University of Chiriqui, David City, Panama
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala.,Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution (OBEE) program, University of Montana, Montana, MO, USA
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- Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Stechlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Ecology, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil
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- Department of Life Sciences and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, MT, USA
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade-COBIO, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa.,Biodiversity Informatics Unit, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Integrated Graduate School of Medicine, Engineering, and Agricultural Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Japan
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- Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.,Biometric Research, South Fremantle, WA, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Ecología Fluvial, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Department of Entomology, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Coordenação de Biodiversidade-COBIO, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- INRAE, UR-RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Ecología Fluvial, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela
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- Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.,Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- INRAE, UR-RiverLy, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia
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- Biological Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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Gallo Corredor JA, Humberto Pérez E, Figueroa R, Figueroa Casas A. Water quality of streams associated with artisanal gold mining; Suárez, Department of Cauca, Colombia. Heliyon 2021; 7:e07047. [PMID: 34141911 PMCID: PMC8187243 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Gold mining is one of the major problems of contamination of hydric resources in Colombia, this practice generates a high impact on water quality due to the accumulation of waste during its process. In this study water quality was evaluated in five natural stream beds corresponding to four streams with gold mining operations and one in the Cauca River, taking samples before the water inlet and after the outlet in each operation in the streams of Dios Te Dé, Tamboral, Piedra Imán, and Lorenzo affected by artisanal gold mining labor, which drain into the Salvajina Reservoir on the Cauca River in the municipality of Suárez Cauca, Colombia. Characterization of water bodies in the streams was carried out applying contamination indices of Colombia. The IDEAM protocol was used as guide to monitor the water currents. Samples were taken in 15 stations in the natural stream beds with operations and a sampling station on the Cauca River after the reservoir in these lotic ecosystems, during three periods; two from 2018 and one from 2019. The range of the contamination indices according to the environmental variables were considered. Results show that the contaminants associated with TSS, TUR, and Hg are high in the sampling stations in the output of the operations and the sampling stations of the streams with influence on the operations (T3, T4, I2, I3, D2, and D5). The water quality score according to the ICA IDEAM index varied between acceptable and regular in the different sampling stations. However the Hg concentration in sampling station C1 of the Cauca River is due to contributions from the operations in the amalgamation process. This requires strategic interventions by the communities, miners, operation owners, and control organisms as the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Cauca (CRC) and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) to minimize the negative impacts on the hydric resource and ecosystemic services associated with this resource.
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- José Antonio Gallo Corredor
- Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, University of Cauca, Department of Chemistry, Research Group on Environmental Analytical Chemistry (GIQA), 3 Nº 3N-100, Popayán, 190002, Colombia
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- Ph.D. University of Cauca, Department of Chemistry, Research Group on Agro-chemistry, 3 Nº 3N-100, Popayán, 190002, Colombia
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- Ph.D. University of Conception, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and EULA-Chile Center, St Victor Lamas 1290, Concepción, 4030000, Chile
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- Ph.D. University of Cauca, Department of Biology, Research Group on Environmental Studies, 3 Nº 3N-100, Popayán, 190002, Colombia
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Urra H, Henriquez DR, Cánovas J, Villarroel-Campos D, Carreras-Sureda A, Pulgar E, Molina E, Hazari YM, Limia CM, Alvarez-Rojas S, Figueroa R, Vidal RL, Rodriguez DA, Rivera CA, Court FA, Couve A, Qi L, Chevet E, Akai R, Iwawaki T, Concha ML, Glavic Á, Gonzalez-Billault C, Hetz C. Author Correction: IRE1α governs cytoskeleton remodeling and cell migration through a direct interaction with filamin A. Nat Cell Biol 2021; 23:577. [PMID: 33907311 DOI: 10.1038/s41556-021-00673-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hery Urra
- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Program of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Genome Regulation, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Center for Integrative Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Center for Integrative Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Center for Integrative Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- INSERM U1242 Chemistry, Oncogenesis, Stress and Signaling, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France.,Centre de Lutte contre le Cancer Eugène Marquis, Rennes, France
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- Division of Cell Medicine, Department of Life Science, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan
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- Division of Cell Medicine, Department of Life Science, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Japan
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Program of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Center for Genome Regulation, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile.,Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Biomedical Neuroscience Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. .,Center for Geroscience, Brain Health and Metabolism (GERO), Santiago, Chile. .,Program of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. .,The Buck Institute for Research in Aging, Novato, CA, USA. .,Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Figueroa R, Marcos-Jubilar M, García-Mouriz A, Páramo J, Lecumberri R. PO-106 Effect of single dose prophylactic bemiparin on the levels of citrullinated histone in cancer hospitalized patient. Thromb Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(21)00176-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Figueroa R, Marcos-Jubilar M, García-Mouriz A, Páramo J, Lecumberri R. OC-07 Differences in thromboprophylaxis between hospitalized patients with solid or hematological malignancies. Thromb Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(21)00149-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Boyero L, Pérez J, López-Rojo N, Tonin AM, Correa-Araneda F, Pearson RG, Bosch J, Albariño RJ, Anbalagan S, Barmuta LA, Beesley L, Burdon FJ, Caliman A, Callisto M, Campbell IC, Cardinale BJ, Casas JJ, Chará-Serna AM, Ciapała S, Chauvet E, Colón-Gaud C, Cornejo A, Davis AM, Degebrodt M, Dias ES, Díaz ME, Douglas MM, Elosegi A, Encalada AC, de Eyto E, Figueroa R, Flecker AS, Fleituch T, Frainer A, França JS, García EA, García G, García P, Gessner MO, Giller PS, Gómez JE, Gómez S, Gonçalves JF, Graça MAS, Hall RO, Hamada N, Hepp LU, Hui C, Imazawa D, Iwata T, Junior ESA, Kariuki S, Landeira-Dabarca A, Leal M, Lehosmaa K, M'Erimba C, Marchant R, Martins RT, Masese FO, Camden M, McKie BG, Medeiros AO, Middleton JA, Muotka T, Negishi JN, Pozo J, Ramírez A, Rezende RS, Richardson JS, Rincón J, Rubio-Ríos J, Serrano C, Shaffer AR, Sheldon F, Swan CM, Tenkiano NSD, Tiegs SD, Tolod JR, Vernasky M, Watson A, Yegon MJ, Yule CM. Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition. Sci Adv 2021; 7:eabe7860. [PMID: 33771867 PMCID: PMC7997509 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe7860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Running waters contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes through decomposition of terrestrial plant litter by aquatic microorganisms and detritivores. Diversity of this litter may influence instream decomposition globally in ways that are not yet understood. We investigated latitudinal differences in decomposition of litter mixtures of low and high functional diversity in 40 streams on 6 continents and spanning 113° of latitude. Despite important variability in our dataset, we found latitudinal differences in the effect of litter functional diversity on decomposition, which we explained as evolutionary adaptations of litter-consuming detritivores to resource availability. Specifically, a balanced diet effect appears to operate at lower latitudes versus a resource concentration effect at higher latitudes. The latitudinal pattern indicates that loss of plant functional diversity will have different consequences on carbon fluxes across the globe, with greater repercussions likely at low latitudes.
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- Luz Boyero
- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain.
- IKERBASQUE, Bilbao, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Limnology-Aquaripária Lab, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil
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- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
- College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Research Unit of Biodiversity (CSIC, UO, PA), Oviedo University, Mieres, Spain
- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Bentos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria (CIPAV), Cali, Colombia
- Illinois River Biological Station, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Havana, IL, USA
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- Faculty of Tourism and Leisure, University of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland
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- Laboratoire Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse-CNRS, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
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- Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Laboratory, Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies (COZEM-ICGES), Panama City, Panama
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- Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER), James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Stechlin, Germany
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- Department of Ecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
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- Laboratorio de Limnología y Recursos Hídricos, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Tromsø, Norway
- Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), Tromsø, Norway
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- Programa de Capacitação Institucional (PCI/INMA), National Institute of the Atlantic Forest, Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, NT, Australia
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- Water Laboratory and Physicochemical Services (LASEF), Autonomous University of Chiriqui, David City, Panama
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- Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala
- Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution (OBEE) program, University of Montana, MO, USA
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- Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Stechlin, Germany
- Department of Ecology, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Limnology-Aquaripária Lab, University of Brasília (UnB), Brasília, Brazil
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- Department of Life Sciences and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, MO, USA
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa
- Biodiversity Informatics Unit, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Integrated Graduate School of Medicine, Engineering and Agricultural Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
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- Department of Life Sciences and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Instituto BIOSFERA-USFQ, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Ecología Fluvial, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Entomology, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Program of Postgraduate in Environmental Science, Communitarian University of Chapecó Region, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Ecología Fluvial, Universidad del Zulia, Venezuela
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- Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, Almería, Spain
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- Instituto BIOSFERA, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA
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- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, University of Eldoret, Eldoret, Kenya
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- School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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Figueroa R, Geser F, López-Correa J, Malano F, Valente M. Monte Carlo study of a convergent X-ray beam for high resolution X-ray fluorescence imaging. Appl Radiat Isot 2021; 170:109610. [PMID: 33601242 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
The traditional X-ray tube design is built upon the impact of energetic electrons on high atomic number absorbers producing the X-ray output, consisting of photons due to Bremsstrahlung and fluorescence. Typically, electrons current hits the target within a limited area of a few millimeters square stopping the electrons, which lose their energy and produce the X rays constituting an inherently divergent beam. This geometrical property of traditional X-ray beams is responsible for several undesirable effects when trying to optimize applications requiring high incident fluence spatial concentration, like X-ray fluorescence imaging. This work presents a Monte Carlo study about a novel X-ray tube design, based on a cylindrical target that is capable of producing a convergent X-ray beam aimed at improving overall performance and spatial resolution in certain applications, like X-ray fluorescence imaging. Main design characteristics for relevant parts, like target/anode, filter, and collimator, have been carefully investigated by means of Monte Carlo simulation using two independent codes: FLUKA and PENELOPE. The obtained results suggest the feasibility of the proposed design remarking that high fluence concentration can be achieved, which can be particularly useful for further applications, like tumor targeting by X-ray fluorescence imaging by means of high atomic number nanoparticle infusion, as reported in this work.
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- R Figueroa
- Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, 1145, Temuco, Chile; Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Medicina - CFIM, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, 1145, Temuco, Chile
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- Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG) - CONICET & Laboratorio de Investigación e Instrumentación en Física Aplicada a la Medicina e Imágenes por Rayos X (LIIFAMIR(x)), FAMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, M. Allende s/n, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, 1145, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, 1145, Temuco, Chile; Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Medicina - CFIM, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, 1145, Temuco, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, 1145, Temuco, Chile; Centro de Física e Ingeniería en Medicina - CFIM, Universidad de La Frontera, Francisco Salazar, 1145, Temuco, Chile; Instituto de Física Enrique Gaviola (IFEG) - CONICET & Laboratorio de Investigación e Instrumentación en Física Aplicada a la Medicina e Imágenes por Rayos X (LIIFAMIR(x)), FAMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, M. Allende s/n, Córdoba, Argentina.
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Bertin A, Damiens G, Castillo D, Figueroa R, Minier C, Gouin N. Developmental instability is associated with estrogenic endocrine disruption in the Chilean native fish species, Trichomycterus areolatus. Sci Total Environ 2020; 714:136638. [PMID: 31982740 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) are widespread contaminants that alter the normal functioning of the endocrine system. While they cause dysfunctions in essential biological processes, it is unclear whether EDCs also impact developmental stability. In the present study, we investigated the occurrence of estrogenic endocrine disrupting compounds in a small watershed of south-central Chile impacted by anthropogenic activities. Then, we assessed their relationship with internal levels of estrogenic active compounds and fluctuating asymmetry (FA), a proxy of developmental stability in organisms with bilateral symmetry, in a native fish species (Trichomycterus areolatus). Yeast estrogenic screen assays were performed to measure estrogenic activity in river sediments and in male fish tissues collected from 17 sites along the Chillán watershed, and geometric morphometrics used to estimate fluctuating asymmetry based on the shapes of 248 fish skulls. Estrogenic activity was detected both in sediments and male fish tissues at concentrations of up to 1005 ng and 83 ng 17β-estradiol equivalent/kg dw, respectively. No significant correlation was found between the two. However, fish tissue estrogenicity, water temperature and dissolved oxygen explained >80% of the FA population variation. By showing a significant relationship between estrogenic activity and FA of T. areolatus, our results indicate that developmental stability can be altered by estrogenic endocrine disruption, and that FA can be a useful indicator of sub-lethal stress in T. areolatus populations.
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- Angéline Bertin
- Departamento de Biología, Universidad de La Serena, Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena, Chile.
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- Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena, Chile
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- Programa de doctorado en Energía, Agua y Medio Ambiente, Universidad de La Serena, Benavente 980, La Serena, Chile.
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile.
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO - Stress Environnementaux et BIOsurveillance des milieu aquatiques, Université du Havre, 25 rue Philippe Lebon, BP1123, 76063 Le Havre cedex, France.
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- Departamento de Biología, Universidad de La Serena, Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena, Chile; Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), Raúl Bitrán 1305, La Serena, Chile; Instituto de Investigación Multidisciplinar en Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile.
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Brintrup K, Amigo C, Fernández J, Hernández A, Pérez F, Félez-Bernal J, Butturini A, Saez-Carrillo K, Yevenes MA, Figueroa R. Comparison of organic matter in intermittent and perennial rivers of Mediterranean Chile with the support of citizen science. Rev Chil de Hist Nat 2019. [DOI: 10.1186/s40693-019-0083-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Fuentealba Jara CG, Rivera R, Franco C, Figueroa R, Faúndez V. Patterns of richness of freshwater mollusks from Chile: predictions of its distribution based on null models. PeerJ 2019; 7:e7097. [PMID: 31316869 PMCID: PMC6613532 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The freshwater mussels from Chile are characterized by a high percentage of endemism and a fragmented latitudinal diversity, which has been attributed to the features and geomorphological history sculpted by the hydrographic basins. In this work, a set of hypothesis under a macroecological approach is addressed, with the aim to explore environmental, topographic and hydrological factors that define the latitudinal distribution of this mussel group. In order to achieve this goal, Rapoport’s rule, geometrics limits and co-ocurrence were evaluated. In addition, we analyze the source and sink hypotheses through the nested analysis. We observed a noticeable mid-domain effect (MDE), where a major richness than expected was randomly observed between 40 and 41°S. The results revealed that the distribution pattern was not concordant with Rapoport’s rule (r = 0.123; p = 0.128). Regarding to historical dynamic of the distribution, the results show a significant nestedness pattern, suggesting a source-sink dynamic, that is, poorer communities are a subset of richer communities in species. According to the co-occurrence analysis, an aggregate pattern existed, suggesting potential regulatory mechanisms. The specific richness pattern is explained by the variable seasonality of the temperature with a variance percentage explained of 35%. The full model indicated that variables which characterize the heterogeneity of habitat (i.e. range, Shannon), water availability (i.e., precipitation, density of water bodies) and topography (i.e., altitude area available) jointly explain 40% of the variability of the observed richness. This study shows that the geographical distribution of mollusc richness is mainly explained by mainly climatic and topographical environmental components, as well as by the source-sink dynamics.
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Evolutiva y Filoinformática, Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas. Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Geofísica, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Departamento de Medio Ambiente y Energía. Laboratorio de Genómica y Biotecnología Aplicada, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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Shumilova O, Zak D, Datry T, von Schiller D, Corti R, Foulquier A, Obrador B, Tockner K, Allan DC, Altermatt F, Arce MI, Arnon S, Banas D, Banegas‐Medina A, Beller E, Blanchette ML, Blanco‐Libreros JF, Blessing J, Boëchat IG, Boersma K, Bogan MT, Bonada N, Bond NR, Brintrup K, Bruder A, Burrows R, Cancellario T, Carlson SM, Cauvy‐Fraunié S, Cid N, Danger M, de Freitas Terra B, Girolamo AMD, del Campo R, Dyer F, Elosegi A, Faye E, Febria C, Figueroa R, Four B, Gessner MO, Gnohossou P, Cerezo RG, Gomez‐Gener L, Graça MA, Guareschi S, Gücker B, Hwan JL, Kubheka S, Langhans SD, Leigh C, Little CJ, Lorenz S, Marshall J, McIntosh A, Mendoza‐Lera C, Meyer EI, Miliša M, Mlambo MC, Moleón M, Negus P, Niyogi D, Papatheodoulou A, Pardo I, Paril P, Pešić V, Rodriguez‐Lozano P, Rolls RJ, Sanchez‐Montoya MM, Savić A, Steward A, Stubbington R, Taleb A, Vorste RV, Waltham N, Zoppini A, Zarfl C. Simulating rewetting events in intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: A global analysis of leached nutrients and organic matter. Glob Chang Biol 2019; 25:1591-1611. [PMID: 30628191 PMCID: PMC6850495 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Climate change and human pressures are changing the global distribution and the extent of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES), which comprise half of the global river network area. IRES are characterized by periods of flow cessation, during which channel substrates accumulate and undergo physico-chemical changes (preconditioning), and periods of flow resumption, when these substrates are rewetted and release pulses of dissolved nutrients and organic matter (OM). However, there are no estimates of the amounts and quality of leached substances, nor is there information on the underlying environmental constraints operating at the global scale. We experimentally simulated, under standard laboratory conditions, rewetting of leaves, riverbed sediments, and epilithic biofilms collected during the dry phase across 205 IRES from five major climate zones. We determined the amounts and qualitative characteristics of the leached nutrients and OM, and estimated their areal fluxes from riverbeds. In addition, we evaluated the variance in leachate characteristics in relation to selected environmental variables and substrate characteristics. We found that sediments, due to their large quantities within riverbeds, contribute most to the overall flux of dissolved substances during rewetting events (56%-98%), and that flux rates distinctly differ among climate zones. Dissolved organic carbon, phenolics, and nitrate contributed most to the areal fluxes. The largest amounts of leached substances were found in the continental climate zone, coinciding with the lowest potential bioavailability of the leached OM. The opposite pattern was found in the arid zone. Environmental variables expected to be modified under climate change (i.e. potential evapotranspiration, aridity, dry period duration, land use) were correlated with the amount of leached substances, with the strongest relationship found for sediments. These results show that the role of IRES should be accounted for in global biogeochemical cycles, especially because prevalence of IRES will increase due to increasing severity of drying events.
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- Oleksandra Shumilova
- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Institute of BiologyFreie Universität Berlin (FU)BerlinGermany
- Department of CivilEnvironmental and Mechanical EngineeringTrento UniversityTrentoItaly
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- Institute of BiologyFreie Universität Berlin (FU)BerlinGermany
- Institute of Landscape Ecology and Site EvaluationUniversity of RostockRostockGermany
- Department of BioscienceAarhus UniversitySilkeborgDenmark
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- IRSTEAUR RIVERLYCentre de Lyon‐VilleurbanneVilleurbanne CedexFrance
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- Department of Plant Biology and EcologyFaculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)BilbaoSpain
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- IRSTEAUR RIVERLYCentre de Lyon‐VilleurbanneVilleurbanne CedexFrance
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- Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine (LECA)UMR CNRS‐UGA‐USMB 5553Université Grenoble AlpesGrenobleFrance
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental SciencesFaculty of BiologyBiodiversity Research Institute (IRBIO)University of BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Institute of BiologyFreie Universität Berlin (FU)BerlinGermany
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF)ViennaAustria
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Centre of Edaphology and Applied Biology of Segura (CEBAS‐CSIC)MurciaSpain
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- Zuckerberg Institute for Water ResearchThe Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert ResearchBen‐Gurion University of the NegevBeershebaIsrael
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- Université de Lorraine ‐ UR AFPAVandoeuvre‐Les‐NancyFrance
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and EULA‐Chile CenterUniversidad de ConcepciónConcepciónChile
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- Mine Water and Environment Research Centre (MiWER)School of ScienceEdith Cowan UniversityPerthAustralia
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- Department of Environment and ScienceQueensland GovernmentBrisbaneQldAustralia
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of San DiegoSan DiegoCalifornia
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- School of Natural Resources and the EnvironmentUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizona
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- Grup de Recerca Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM)Departament de Biologia EvolutivaEcologia i Ciències AmbientalsInstitut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio)Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Centre for Freshwater EcosystemsLa Trobe UniversityWodongaVic.Australia
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and EULA‐Chile CenterUniversidad de ConcepciónConcepciónChile
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- Laboratory of Applied MicrobiologyUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandBellinzonaSwitzerland
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- Australian Rivers InstituteGriffith UniversityNathanQldAustralia
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- Department of Environmental BiologyBiodiversity Data Analytics and Environmental Quality GroupUniversity of NavarraPamplonaSpain
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- Grup de Recerca Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM)Departament de Biologia EvolutivaEcologia i Ciències AmbientalsInstitut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio)Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelonaSpain
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- Water Research Institute – National Research Council (IRSA‐CNR)Montelibretti (Rome)Italy
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Department of Ecology and HydrologyRegional Campus of International Excellence ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’ – University of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Institute for Applied EcologyUniversity of CanberraBruceCanberra ACTAustralia
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- Department of Plant Biology and EcologyFaculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)BilbaoSpain
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- Centre International de Recherche en Agronomie pour le DéveloppementCIRADUPR HortSysMontpellierFrance
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand
- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental ResearchUniversity of WindsorWindsorCanada
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and EULA‐Chile CenterUniversidad de ConcepciónConcepciónChile
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- INRAUAR 1275 DEPT EFPACentre de recherche de NancyChampenouxFrance
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- Leibniz‐Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB)BerlinGermany
- Department of EcologyBerlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin)BerlinGermany
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- Faculté d'AgronomieDépartement d'Aménagement et de Gestion des Ressources NaturellesUniversité de ParakouParakouBenin
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- Department of Ecology and HydrologyRegional Campus of International Excellence ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’ – University of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental ScienceUmeå UniversityUmeåSweden
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- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreDepartment of Life SciencesUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal
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- Department of Ecology and HydrologyRegional Campus of International Excellence ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’ – University of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Department of GeosciencesFederal University of São João del‐ReiSão João del‐ReiBrazil
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of OtagoDunedinNew Zealand
- BC3‐Basque Centre for Climate ChangeLeioaSpain
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- Australian Rivers InstituteGriffith UniversityNathanQldAustralia
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Mathematical & Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) and Institute for Future EnvironmentsSchool of Mathematical SciencesQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneQldAustralia
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental StudiesUniversity of ZurichZürichSwitzerland
- Department of Aquatic Ecology, EawagThe Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyDübendorfSwitzerland
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- Institute for Ecological ChemistryPlant Analysis and Stored Product ProtectionJulius‐Kuehn‐InstituteBerlinGermany
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- Department of Environment and ScienceQueensland GovernmentBrisbaneQldAustralia
- Australian Rivers InstituteGriffith UniversityNathanQldAustralia
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of CanterburyChristchurchNew Zealand
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- IRSTEAUR RIVERLYCentre de Lyon‐VilleurbanneVilleurbanne CedexFrance
- Department of Freshwater ConservationBTU Cottbus‐SenftenbergBad SaarowGermany
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- Department of BiologyFaculty of ScienceUniversity of ZagrebZagrebCroatia
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- Department of Freshwater InvertebratesAlbany MuseumAffiliated Research Institute of Rhodes UniversityGrahamstownSouth Africa
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- Department of ZoologyUniversity of GranadaGranadaSpain
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- Department of Environment and ScienceQueensland GovernmentBrisbaneQldAustralia
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- Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRollaMissouri
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- Departamento de Ecología y Biología AnimalUniversidad de VigoVigoSpain
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- Department of Botany and ZoologyFaculty of ScienceMasaryk UniversityBrnoCzech Republic
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of MontenegroPodgoricaMontenegro
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- School of Environmental and Rural ScienceUniversity of New EnglandArmidaleNSWAustralia
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- Department of Ecology and HydrologyRegional Campus of International Excellence ‘Campus Mare Nostrum’ – University of MurciaMurciaSpain
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- Department of Biology and EcologyFaculty of Sciences and MathematicsUniversity of NišNišSerbia
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- Department of Environment and ScienceQueensland GovernmentBrisbaneQldAustralia
- Australian Rivers InstituteGriffith UniversityNathanQldAustralia
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- Laboratoire d’Écologie et Gestion des Ecosystèmes Naturels (LECGEN)University of TlemcenTlemcenAlgeria
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeleyCalifornia
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- TropWATER (Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research)College of Science and EngineeringJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
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- Water Research Institute – National Research Council (IRSA‐CNR)Montelibretti (Rome)Italy
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- Center for Applied GeosciencesEberhard Karls Universität TübingenTübingenGermany
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Figueroa R, Alfonso A, López-Picazo J, Gil-Bazo I, García-Mouriz A, Hermida J, Páramo JA, Lecumberri R. Improvement of appropriate pharmacological prophylaxis in hospitalised cancer patients with a multiscreen e-alert system: a single-centre experience. Clin Transl Oncol 2018; 21:805-809. [PMID: 30446983 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-018-1986-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Thromboprophylaxis use among medical inpatients, including cancer patients, is suboptimal. We aimed to evaluate the impact of a novel multiscreen version (v2.0) of an e-alert system for VTE prevention in hospitalised cancer medical patients compared to the original software. METHODS Prospective study including 989 consecutive adult cancer patients with high-risk of VTE. Patients were followed-up 30 days post-discharge. Two periods were defined, according to the operative software. RESULTS E-alert v2.0 was associated with an increase in the use of LMWH prophylaxis (65.5% vs. 72.0%); risk difference (95% CI) 0.064 (0.0043-0.12). Only 16% of patients in whom LMWH prophylaxis was not prescribed lacked a contraindication. No significant differences in the rates of VTE (2.9% vs. 3.2%) and major bleeding (2.7% vs. 4.0%) were observed. CONCLUSIONS E-alert v2.0 further increased the use of appropriate thromboprophylaxis in hospitalised cancer patients, although was not associated with a reduction in VTE incidence.
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- Hematology Service, University Clinic of Navarra, Av. Pío XII 36, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- Hematology Service, University Clinic of Navarra, Av. Pío XII 36, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- Oncology Department, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Oncology Department, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Informatics Service, University Clinic of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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- Center for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER-CV), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Service, University Clinic of Navarra, Av. Pío XII 36, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER-CV), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Hematology Service, University Clinic of Navarra, Av. Pío XII 36, 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER-CV), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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Okubo Y, Nemoto M, Osuka Y, Jung S, Seino S, Figueroa R, Vinyes-Pares G, Offord EA, Shevlyakova M, Breuille D, Tanaka K. Development of the Nutrition and Functionality Assessment (NFA) among Older Adults in Japan. J Frailty Aging 2018; 7:187-192. [PMID: 30095150 DOI: 10.14283/jfa.2017.38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Develop and evaluate the feasibility and validity of the Nutrition and Functionality Assessment (NFA) which identifies "target" older adults who could benefit from a personalized program following evaluation of their nutrition status and physical functionality. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Community and geriatric day-care centers and university in Japan. PARTICIPANTS 267 older adults aged 65-90. MEASUREMENTS The "target" individuals were screened based on gait speed (0.6-1.5 m/s). Nutrition (Mini Nutrition Assessment-short form and protein intake), strength (30s chair sit-to-stand and hand-grip strength) and endurance (6-minute walk) were assessed. Physical activity was monitored using a tri-axil accelerometer for a week. Fried frailty phenotype was also assessed. RESULTS Out of 267 individuals, 185 (69%) had gait speed between 0.6-1.5 m/s, corresponding to our "target" group from which, 184 (95%) completed the nutrition and physical functionality assessments with the physical activity monitoring. The NFA was completed in approximately 30 minutes. No adverse events directly due to the NFA were reported. NFA physical functionality and global scores were significantly related to frailty phenotype but nutrition score was not related to frailty phenotype. CONCLUSION The study demonstrated that the NFA is a safe and feasible tool to screen target older adults and simultaneously evaluate their nutritional status and physical functionality. Validity of the NFA was partially confirmed by the significant association of the global and physical functionality scores with frailty phenotype. More studies are required to validate and maximize the applicability of the NFA in communities and institutions in Japan and elsewhere.
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- Y Okubo
- Yoshiro Okubo, Falls and Balance Research Group, Neuroscience Research Australia, Barker Street Randwick Sydney NSW 2031 Australia, Tel.: +61 2 9399 1065, E-mail:
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Yevenes MA, Figueroa R, Parra O. Seasonal drought effects on the water quality of the Biobío River, Central Chile. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2018; 25:13844-13856. [PMID: 29512009 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1415-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Quantifying the effect of droughts on ecosystem functions is essential to the development of coastal zone and river management under a changing climate. It is widely acknowledged that climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of droughts, which can affect important ecosystem services, such as the regional supply of clean water. Very little is understood about how droughts affect the water quality of Chilean high flow rivers. This paper intends to investigate the effect of an, recently identified, unprecedented drought in Chile (2010-2015), on the Biobío River water quality, (36°45'-38°49' S and 71°00'-73°20' W), Central Chile. This river is one of the largest Chilean rivers and it provides abundant freshwater. Water quality (water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, biological oxygen demand, total suspended solids, chloride, sodium, nutrients, and trace metals), during the drought (2010-2015), was compared with a pre-drought period (2000-2009) over two reaches (upstream and downstream) of the river. Multivariate analysis and seasonal Mann-Kendall trend analyses and a Theil-Sen estimator were employed to analyze trends and slopes of the reaches. Results indicated a significant decreased trend in total suspended solids and a slightly increasing trend in water temperature and EC, major ions, and trace metals (chrome, lead, iron, and cobalt), mainly in summer and autumn during the drought. The reduced variability upstream suggested that nutrient and metal concentrations were more constant than downstream. The results evidenced, due to the close relationship between river discharge and water quality, a slightly decline of the water quality downstream of the Biobío River during drought period, which could be attenuated in a post-drought period. These results displayed that water quality is vulnerable to reductions in flow, through historical and emerging solutes/contaminants and induced pH mobilization. Consequently, seasonal changes and a progressive reduction of river flow affect the ecosystem functionality in this key Chilean river. The outcomes from this research can be used to improve how low flow conditions and the effects of a reduction in the river volume and discharge are assessed, which is the case under the scenario of more frequent drought periods.
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- Mariela A Yevenes
- Departamento de Recursos Hídricos. Facultad de Ingeniería Agrícola, Universidad de Concepción, Sede Chillán, Chile.
- Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia (CR)2, Concepción, Chile.
- Centro de Recursos Hídricos para la Agricultura y la Mineria (CRHIAM), Concepción, Chile.
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- Centro de Recursos Hídricos para la Agricultura y la Mineria (CRHIAM), Concepción, Chile
- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias Ambientales EULA, Universidad de Concepción, Sede Chillán, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Centro de Ciencias Ambientales EULA, Universidad de Concepción, Sede Chillán, Chile
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Gómez-Capponi F, Correa-Araneda F, Díaz ME, Olguín M, Encina-Montoya F, Figueroa R. Leaf litter decomposition from native and non-native species in a freshwater forested wetland of Chile. Gayana (Concepc ) 2017. [DOI: 10.4067/s0717-65382017000100001] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Alonso Á, Figueroa R, Castro-Díez P. Pollution Assessment of the Biobío River (Chile): Prioritization of Substances of Concern Under an Ecotoxicological Approach. Environ Manage 2017; 59:856-869. [PMID: 28110358 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-017-0824-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The water demand for human activities is rapidly increasing in developing countries. Under these circumstances, preserving aquatic ecosystems should be a priority which requires the development of quality criteria. In this study we perform a preliminary prioritization of the risky substances based on reported ecotoxicological studies and guidelines for the Biobío watershed (Central Chile). Our specific aims are (1) reviewing the scientific information on the aquatic pollution of this watershed, (2) determining the presence and concentration of potential toxic substances in water, sediment and effluents, (3) searching for quality criteria developed by other countries for the selected substances and (4) prioritizing the most risky substances by means of deterministic ecotoxicological risk assessment. We found that paper and mill industries were the main sources of point pollution, while forestry and agriculture were mostly responsible for non-point pollution. The most risky organic substances in the water column were pentachlorophenol and heptachlor, while the most relevant inorganic ones were aluminum, copper, unionized ammonia and mercury. The most risky organic and inorganic substances in the sediment were phenanthrene and mercury, respectively. Our review highlights that an important effort has been done to monitor pollution in the Biobío watershed. However there are emerging pollutants and banned compounds-especially in sediments-that require to be monitored. We suggest that site-specific water quality criteria and sediment quality criteria should be developed for the Biobío watershed, considering the toxicity of mixtures of chemicals to endemic species, and the high natural background level of aluminum in the Biobío.
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- Álvaro Alonso
- Department of Life Sciences, Docent Unit of Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
- Department of Aquatic Systems, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Center EULA-Chile and Center CRHIAM, University of Concepción, Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile.
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- Department of Aquatic Systems, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Center EULA-Chile and Center CRHIAM, University of Concepción, Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Life Sciences, Docent Unit of Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Lehto T, Vasconcelos L, Margus H, Figueroa R, Pooga M, Hällbrink M, Langel Ü. Saturated Fatty Acid Analogues of Cell-Penetrating Peptide PepFect14: Role of Fatty Acid Modification in Complexation and Delivery of Splice-Correcting Oligonucleotides. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:782-792. [PMID: 28209057 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Modifying cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) with fatty acids has long been used to improve peptide-mediated nucleic acid delivery. In this study we have revisited this phenomenon with a systematic approach where we developed a structure-activity relationship to describe the role of the acyl chain length in the transfection process. For that we took a well-studied CPP, PepFect14, as the basis and varied its N-terminal acyl chain length from 2 to 22 carbons. To evaluate the delivery efficiency, the peptides were noncovalently complexed with a splice-correcting oligonucleotide (SCO) and tested in HeLa pLuc705 reporter cell line. Our results demonstrate that biological splice-correction activity emerges from acyl chain of 12 carbons and increases linearly with each additional carbon. To assess the underlying factors regarding how the transfection efficacy of these complexes is dependent on hydrophobicity, we used an array of different methods. For the functionally active peptides (C12-22) there was no apparent difference in their physicochemical properties, including complex formation efficiency, hydrodynamic size, and zeta potential. Moreover, membrane activity studies with peptides and their complexes with SCOs confirmed that the toxicity of the complexes at higher molar ratios is mainly caused by the free fraction of the peptide which is not incorporated into the peptide/oligonucleotide complexes. Finally, we show that the increase in splice-correcting activity correlates with the ability of the complexes to associate with the cells. Collectively these studies lay the ground work for how to design highly efficient CPPs and how to optimize their oligonucleotide complexes for lowest toxicity without losing efficiency.
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- Tõnis Lehto
- Department of Neurochemistry, The Svante Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 16B, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurochemistry, The Svante Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 16B, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu , Riia 23a, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Neurochemistry, The Svante Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 16B, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu , Riia 23a, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Neurochemistry, The Svante Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 16B, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Neurochemistry, The Svante Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 16B, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.,Institute of Technology, University of Tartu , Nooruse 1, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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Boyero L, Pearson RG, Hui C, Gessner MO, Pérez J, Alexandrou MA, Graça MAS, Cardinale BJ, Albariño RJ, Arunachalam M, Barmuta LA, Boulton AJ, Bruder A, Callisto M, Chauvet E, Death RG, Dudgeon D, Encalada AC, Ferreira V, Figueroa R, Flecker AS, Gonçalves JF, Helson J, Iwata T, Jinggut T, Mathooko J, Mathuriau C, M'Erimba C, Moretti MS, Pringle CM, Ramírez A, Ratnarajah L, Rincon J, Yule CM. Biotic and abiotic variables influencing plant litter breakdown in streams: a global study. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 283:rspb.2015.2664. [PMID: 27122551 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Plant litter breakdown is a key ecological process in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Streams and rivers, in particular, contribute substantially to global carbon fluxes. However, there is little information available on the relative roles of different drivers of plant litter breakdown in fresh waters, particularly at large scales. We present a global-scale study of litter breakdown in streams to compare the roles of biotic, climatic and other environmental factors on breakdown rates. We conducted an experiment in 24 streams encompassing latitudes from 47.8° N to 42.8° S, using litter mixtures of local species differing in quality and phylogenetic diversity (PD), and alder (Alnus glutinosa) to control for variation in litter traits. Our models revealed that breakdown of alder was driven by climate, with some influence of pH, whereas variation in breakdown of litter mixtures was explained mainly by litter quality and PD. Effects of litter quality and PD and stream pH were more positive at higher temperatures, indicating that different mechanisms may operate at different latitudes. These results reflect global variability caused by multiple factors, but unexplained variance points to the need for expanded global-scale comparisons.
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- Luz Boyero
- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940 Leioa, Spain IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain College of Marine and Environmental Sciences and TropWater, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- College of Marine and Environmental Sciences and TropWater, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Muizenburg 7945, South Africa
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- Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), 16775 Stechlin, Germany Department of Ecology, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), 10587 Berlin, Germany
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3001-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Laboratorio de Fotobiologia, INIBIOMA, CONICET, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Quintral 1250, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina
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- Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Alwarkurichi, 627412 Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- Ecosystem Management, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland Institute of Integrative Biology (IBZ), ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratório de Ecologia de Bentos, Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 30161-970 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- UPS, INPT; EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, 118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France EcoLab, CNRS, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- Institute of Agriculture and Environment-Ecology, Massey University, 4442 Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
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- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3001-456 Coimbra, Portugal Laboratorio de Ecología Acuatica, Colegio de Ciencias Biologicas y Ambientales, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, Campus Cumbayá, PO Box 17, 1200841 Quito, Ecuador
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- MARE-Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3001-456 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Water Research Center for Agriculture and Mining, University of Concepción, Box 160-C, Concepción, Chile
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Laboratório de Limnologia/AquaRiparia, Departamento de Ecologia, ECL/IB, Universidade de Brasilia, 70910-900 Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
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- Surface and Groundwater Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Yamanashi, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8510, Japan
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- School of Science, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor 47500, Malaysia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Egerton University, PO Box 536, Egerton, Kenya
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, DF, México
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Egerton University, PO Box 536, Egerton, Kenya
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Insect Ecology, University of Vila Velha, Vila Velha 29 102-920, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Science, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan 00919, Puerto Rico
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
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- Laboratorio de Contaminación Acuática y Contaminación Fluvial, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Zulia, Apartado Postal 526, Maracaibo, Venezuela Programa Prometeo, Senescyt, Escuela de Biología, Ecología y Gestión, Universidad del Azuay, Apartado 981, Cuenca, Ecuador
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- School of Science, Monash University, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Selangor 47500, Malaysia
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Pérez P, Malano F, Dedossi G, Fernández Bodereau E, Figueroa R, Santibañez M, Vedelago J, Valente M. Ensayo Estructural No Destructivo Utilizando Microtomografía de Rayos X para Estimación de Diferencias de Densidad Másica en Muestras Óseas de Conejo. INT J MORPHOL 2016. [DOI: 10.4067/s0717-95022016000400010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rodriguez J, Martínez M, Salazar G, Rojano E, Oseguera G, Valdes R, Figueroa R, Ramírez J, Rodríguez A. The third Clostridium difficile NAP/BI/027 strain outbreak in Mexico. Int J Infect Dis 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.11.346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Triviño S, Vedelago J, Cantargi F, Keil W, Figueroa R, Mattea F, Chautemps A, Santibañez M, Valente M. Neutron dose estimation in a zero power nuclear reactor. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Vedelago J, Obando DC, Malano F, Conejeros R, Figueroa R, Garcia D, González G, Romero M, Santibañez M, Strumia M, Velásquez J, Mattea F, Valente M. Fricke and polymer gel 2D dosimetry validation using Monte Carlo simulation. RADIAT MEAS 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Almanza V, Parra O, De M. Bicudo CE, Baeza C, Beltran J, Figueroa R, Urrutia R. Occurrence of toxic blooms of Microcystis aeruginosa in a central Chilean (36° Lat. S) urban lake. Rev Chil de Hist Nat 2016. [DOI: 10.1186/s40693-016-0057-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Jung S, Yabushita N, Kim M, Seino S, Nemoto M, Osuka Y, Okubo Y, Figueroa R, Tanaka K. Obesity and Muscle Weakness as Risk Factors for Mobility Limitation in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Women: A Two-Year Follow-Up Investigation. J Nutr Health Aging 2016; 20:28-34. [PMID: 26728930 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-016-0672-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To examine the combined association of obesity and low muscle strength with mobility limitation in older adults. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS This two-year follow-up longitudinal study included pooled data from 283 older community-dwelling Japanese women without mobility limitations who were 65 to 87 years of age (mean age 72.2 ± 5.0 years). MEASUREMENTS Muscle strength was measured by hand-grip strength (HGS). The participants were categorized by HGS (high muscle strength: HGS ≥19.6 kg, low muscle strength: HGS <19.6 kg) and body mass index (BMI) (obese: BMI ≥25 kg/m2, normal weight: BMI <25 kg/m2). The main outcome was mobility limitation, assessed by a self-reported questionnaire (difficulty walking one-half mile or climbing 10 steps without resting). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the combined effect of HGS and BMI on mobility limitation, adjusting for age, exercise habits, medications, and knee pain. RESULTS During the follow-up period, 82 of 283 participants (29.0%) developed mobility limitation. The adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) for the incidence of mobility limitation were 1.53 (0.86-2.73) and 2.05 (1.08-3.91) in the obese and low muscle strength groups, respectively. Obesity combined with low muscle strength exhibited a significant and strong association with mobility limitation (odds ratio: 3.88, 1.08-13.91) compared with participants with normal weight and high muscle strength. CONCLUSION Among community-dwelling older Japanese women, obesity alone was not associated with the incidence of mobility limitation, but when combined with low muscle weakness, the risk of developing mobility limitation was 3.9-fold greater than for the reference group.
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- Songee Jung, Ph.D. Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8577, Japan, Phone number: +81 29 853 5600 (ext. 8365), Fax number: +81 29 853 2986, E-mail:
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Hernandez-Andrade E, Figueroa R, Cerbulo-Vazquez A, Benavides-Serralde JA, Borbón GP, Ramírez JM. Fetal hemodynamic changes in pregnant women with influenza AH1N1 infection and reduced arterial partial pressure of oxygen. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2014; 44:492-494. [PMID: 24862227 DOI: 10.1002/uog.13417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/09/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- National Institute of Perinatology, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Wayne State University, 3990 John R, 4 Brush, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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Avila C, Santorelli J, Mathai J, Ishkin S, Jabsky M, Willins J, Figueroa R, Kaplan C. Anatomy of the fetal membranes using optical coherence tomography: part 1. Placenta 2014; 35:1065-9. [PMID: 25443432 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2014] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION In vitro studies on the structure of human fetal membranes have involved light or electron microscopy with fixation, dehydration, and staining. Recently, optical coherence tomography (OCT), an imaging technology, has provided high-resolution cross-sectional images of living biological tissues, with a penetration of 2-3 mm. We evaluated the use of this technology to examine the histologic features of human fetal membranes immediately after delivery. METHODS Samples of fetal membranes of ten patients undergoing cesarean deliveries (four uncomplicated pregnancies, four with preeclampsia, and two with chorioamnionitis) and eight patients undergoing vaginal deliveries (six uncomplicated pregnancies and two with chorioamnionitis) were collected immediately after delivery. Samples were stretched across customized disks, rinsed, and analyzed using a time-domain OCT imaging system. Following OCT scanning, the samples were placed in formalin for histologic study. The OCT images were compared to histologic images of common human fetal membrane features. RESULTS We were able to delineate the layers of the fetal membranes using bench-top time-domain OCT. The system was able to image histologic features of the fetal membranes, such as microscopic chorionic pseudocysts, ghost villi, meconium stained membranes, and chorioamnionitis. The OCT images corresponded with the histologic findings. DISCUSSION This feasibility study demonstrates the potential of OCT technology for real-time assessment of human fetal membranes and may provide clinically useful information at delivery.
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Cori M, Michelangeli C, De Basilio V, Figueroa R, Rivas N. Solubilidad proteica, contenido de mioglobina, color y pH de la carne de pollo, gallina y codorniz. Arch zootec 2014. [DOI: 10.4321/s0004-05922014000100013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 11/11/2022] Open
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Nunn ME, Fish MD, Garcia RI, Kaye EK, Figueroa R, Gohel A, Ito M, Lee HJ, Williams DE, Miyamoto T. Response to letter to the editor, "Retained asymptomatic third molars and risk for second molar pathology". J Dent Res 2014; 93:320-1. [PMID: 24554649 DOI: 10.1177/0022034513520327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- M E Nunn
- Creighton University School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology, Omaha, NE, USA
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Nunn ME, Fish MD, Garcia RI, Kaye EK, Figueroa R, Gohel A, Ito M, Lee HJ, Williams DE, Miyamoto T. Retained asymptomatic third molars and risk for second molar pathology. J Dent Res 2013; 92:1095-9. [PMID: 24132082 DOI: 10.1177/0022034513509281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Prophylactic extraction of unerupted asymptomatic third molars is the most common oral surgery procedure in the United States. However, limited evidence exists to justify its costs and associated morbidity. We analyzed data collected over 25 years from 416 adult men enrolled in the Veterans Affairs Dental Longitudinal Study to evaluate the association of retained asymptomatic third molars with risk of adjacent second molar pathology (caries and/or periodontitis), based on third molar status (i.e., absent, erupted, or unerupted). Unerupted molars were further categorized as either "soft tissue" or "bony" impacted. We found that the lowest prevalence and incidence of second molar pathology occurred when the adjacent third molar was absent. The presence of a third molar that was soft tissue impacted increased the risk of incident second molar pathology 4.88-fold (95% confidence interval: 2.62, 9.08). Having an erupted or "bony" impacted third molar increased the risk of incident second molar pathology by 1.74 (95% confidence interval: 1.34, 2.25) and 2.16 (95% confidence interval: 1.56, 2.99), respectively. The retention of third molars is associated with increased risk of second molar pathology in middle-aged and older adult men.
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- Creighton University School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology, Omaha, NE, USA
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Cori ME, Michelangeli C, Basilio VD, Figueroa R, Rivas N. Solubilidad proteica, contenido de mioglobina, color y pH de la carne de pollo, gallina y codorniz. ARCH ZOOTEC 2013. [DOI: 10.21071/az.v63i241.570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Las proteínas de la carne son responsables de diversas características de sus productos derivados. La solubilidad de las proteínas cárnicas puede ser un índice de otras propiedades funcionales importantes para el procesamiento de la carne, como la emulsificación, mientras que el contenido de mioglobina influye en su color. Con el objeto de evaluar la solubilidad de las proteínas sarcoplásmicas y miofibrilares así como el contenido de mioglobina en la carne de aves, se obtuvieron canales de pollo, gallina y codorniz a partir de mataderos comerciales; se aplicó un diseño completamente aleatorizado con arreglo factorial 3x2, siendo los factores: tipo de ave (pollo, gallina y codorniz) y porción corporal (carne de pechuga y carne de pierna) generándose seis tratamientos, tres repeticiones por tratamiento. Se observó interacción de los factores para: Luminosidad (L), grado de color rojo (a), pH, extracción de proteínas sarcoplásmicas y proteínas miofibrilares. El contenido de mioglobina fue afectado tanto por la porción corporal como por el tipo de ave, siendo superior en la pierna en comparación con la pechuga (0,99 y 0,47 mg/g carne, respectivamente), y siendo la codorniz la que presenta el mayor valor (1,13 mg/g) y el pollo el menor (0,37 mg/g). En todos los casos el pH de la carne de pierna fue superior al pH de la pechuga. En la extracción de las proteínas del sarcoplasma hubo una tendencia a obtener un mayor porcentaje de la pechuga, mientras que las proteínas miofibrilares se obtuvieron en mayor proporción en la porción de la pierna. La información generada sobre las características de la carne de estas aves es novedosa en Venezuela y puede contribuir a explicar el comportamiento de estas materias primas durante su procesamiento.
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Merrick S, Wong J, Karim M, Gao J, Li M, Figueroa R, Riley S. Superiority of a Real-Time Planning Technique Over Image Guided Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Primary Prostate Cancers. Pract Radiat Oncol 2013; 3:S18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2013.01.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Merrick S, Wong J, Karim M, Gao J, Figueroa R, Riley S, Li M. Superiority of a Real-time Planning Technique Over Image Guided Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Primary Prostate Cancers. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.07.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Murrieta S, Castañeda-Huitrón A, Figueroa R, Caballero-Ortega H, Correa D. Frequency of potentially congenital infections in women with high risk pregnancy in Mexico. Int J Infect Dis 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Sekul E, Strickland S, Flannery D, Figueroa R, Vanderver A. Episodic Leukoencephalopathy Due to Novel Mitochondrial Complex I NDUFV1 Gene Mutations (P02.172). Neurology 2012. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.78.1_meetingabstracts.p02.172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Abreu CM, Cristóbal MJ, Figueroa R, Pena G. Passive layers developed on different tempers of AA7075 aluminium alloy after molybdenum implantation. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.4860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- C. M. Abreu
- Department of Materials Science; University of Vigo; 36310; Vigo; Spain
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- Department of Materials Science; University of Vigo; 36310; Vigo; Spain
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- Department of Materials Science; University of Vigo; 36310; Vigo; Spain
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- Department of Materials Science; University of Vigo; 36310; Vigo; Spain
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Bertin A, Ruíz VH, Figueroa R, Gouin N. The role of spatial processes and environmental determinants in microgeographic shell variation of the freshwater snail Chilina dombeyana (Bruguière, 1789). Naturwissenschaften 2012; 99:225-32. [DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0890-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Revised: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Monaci F, Fantozzi F, Figueroa R, Parra O, Bargagli R. Baseline element composition of foliose and fruticose lichens along the steep climatic gradient of SW Patagonia (Aisén Region, Chile). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 14:2309-16. [DOI: 10.1039/c2em30246b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wong J, Merrick S, Figueroa R, Riley S, Li M, Uemastu M, Karim M, Gao Z. Interfractional Changes in Shape and Size of the Prostatic Fossa --Implication for and Limitation of Image Guided Radiation Therapy: Need for Daily “Instant Re-planning” with Significant Reduction in PTV Margin. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Boyero L, Pearson RG, Gessner MO, Barmuta LA, Ferreira V, Graça MAS, Dudgeon D, Boulton AJ, Callisto M, Chauvet E, Helson JE, Bruder A, Albariño RJ, Yule CM, Arunachalam M, Davies JN, Figueroa R, Flecker AS, Ramírez A, Death RG, Iwata T, Mathooko JM, Mathuriau C, Gonçalves JF, Moretti MS, Jinggut T, Lamothe S, M'Erimba C, Ratnarajah L, Schindler MH, Castela J, Buria LM, Cornejo A, Villanueva VD, West DC. A global experiment suggests climate warming will not accelerate litter decomposition in streams but might reduce carbon sequestration. Ecol Lett 2011; 14:289-94. [PMID: 21299824 DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01578.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Luz Boyero
- Wetland Ecology Department, Doñana Biological Station-CSIC, Avda Americo Vespucio s/n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Prosser JD, Figueroa R, Carrau RL, Ong YK, Solares CA. Quantitative Analysis of Endoscopic Endonasal Approaches to the Infratemporal Fossa. Laryngoscope 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/lary.22025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Gatsinzi T, Ramberg V, Figueroa R, Iverfeldt K, Hallberg E. P1‐297: Localized caspase sensors for live cell imaging of amyloid‐β induced apoptosis. Alzheimers Dement 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2010.05.849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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