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Development of a common scale for measuring healthy ageing across the world: results from the ATHLOS consortium
(International Journal of Epidemiology, 2021-06)Background: Research efforts to measure the concept of healthy ageing have been diverse and limited to specific populations. This diversity limits the potential to compare healthy ageing across countries ... -
Development of a Guide to Multidimensional Needs Assessment in the Palliative Care Initial Encounter (MAP)
(Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2023-10)Context: Ensuring patient-centered palliative care requires a comprehensive assessment of needs beginning in the initial encounter. However, there is no generally accepted guide for carrying out this ... -
Development of a serum-free medium to aid large-scale production of mycoplasma-based therapies
(Microbiology Spectrum, 2023)To assist in the advancement of the large-scale production of safe Mycoplasma vaccines and other Mycoplasma-based therapies, we developed a culture medium free of animal serum and other animal components ... -
Development of ARCADIA: a tool for assessing the quality of peer-review reports in biomedical research
(BMJ Open, 2020)Objective: To develop a tool to assess the quality of peer-review reports in biomedical research. Methods We conducted an online survey intended for biomedical editors and authors. The survey aimed to ... -
Development of biomimetic NiTi alloy: influence of thermo-chemical treatment on the physical, mechanical and biological behavior
(Materials, 2016)A bioactive layer, free of nickel, has been performed for its greater acceptability and reliability in clinical applications for NiTi shape memory alloys. In the first step, a safe barrier against Ni ... -
Development of tantalum scaffold for orthopaedic applications produced by space-holder method
(Materials & Design, 2015-10-15)In the present study, production of tantalum porous scaffolds using the space holder technique was performed. The effect of size and content of sodium chloride particles, used as space holder, as well ... -
Diagnostic accuracy and detection rate of glaucoma screening with optic disk photos, optical coherence tomography images, and telemedicine
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022)Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and retinography in the detection of glaucoma through a telemedicine program. Methods: A ... -
Diagnostic performance of artificial intelligence for histologic melanoma recognition compared to 18 international expert pathologists
(Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2021-02)To the Editor: Currently, pathologic melanoma classification is based on the—inevitably somewhat subjective—integration of several histologic features.1 Thus, discordance between pathologists classifying ... -
Diagnostic performance of the physical activity-related question of the GINA questionnaire to detect exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in asthma
(Anales de Pediatría, 2021-07)Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the item concerning physical activity of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) asthma control questionnaire for detection ... -
Differential HMG‐CoA lyase expression in human tissues provides clues about 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaric aciduria
(Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2010)3‐Hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaric aciduria is a rare human autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl CoA lyase (HL). This mitochondrial enzyme catalyzes the common final ... -
Differential nasopharyngeal microbiota composition in children according to respiratory health status
(Microbial Genomics, 2021)Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) constitute one of the leading causes of antibiotic administration, hospitalization and death among children <5 years old. The upper respiratory tract microbiota has ... -
Difficulties in establishing "Truth" conditions in the assessment of addictive smartphone use in young adults
(International Journal of Environmental Reseacrh and Public Health, 2022)The smartphone revolution has placed powerful, multipurpose devices in the hands of youth across the globe, prompting worries about the potential negative consequences of these technologies on mental ... -
Dimensions of leadership in undergraduate nursing students
(Nurse Education Today, 2020)Background: Nurses require leadership skills in order to fulfil their clinical role in an ever-changing healthcare environment. The acquisition of such skills should therefore begin during their ... -
Direct extrusion of individually encapsulated endothelial and smooth muscle cells mimicking blood vessel structures and vascular native cell alignment
(Biofabrication, 2020)Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are considered the principal cause of worldwide death, being atherosclerosis the main etiology. Up to now, the predominant treatment for CVDs has been bypass surgery from ... -
Distinct structural transitions of chromatin topological domains correlate with coordinated hormone-induced gene regulation
(Genes & Development, 2014)The human genome is segmented into topologically associating domains (TADs), but the role of this conserved organization during transient changes in gene expression is not known. Here we describe the ... -
Does self-myofascial release cause a remote hamstring stretching effect based on myofascial chains? A randomized controlled trial
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021)Background: The hamstring muscles are described as forming part of myofascial chains or meridians, and the superficial back line (SBL) is one such chain. Good hamstring flexibility is fundamental to ... -
Does the addition of manual therapy approach to a cervical exercise program improve clinical outcomes for patients with chronic neck pain in short -and mid-term? A randomized controlled trial
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020)Chronic neck pain is one of today’s most prevalent pathologies. The International Classification of Diseases categorizes four subgroups based on patients’ associated symptoms. However, this classification ... -
Does upper cervical manual therapy provide additional benefit in disability and mobility over a physiotherapy primary care program for chronic cervicalgia? A randomized controlled trial
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020-11-11)Introduction: Neck pain is a condition with a high incidence in primary care. Patients with chronic neck pain often experience reduction in neck mobility. However, no study to date has investigated the ... -
Dysregulation of the immune system in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients according to liver stiffness status
(Cells, 2018)Background: Advanced cirrhosis is related to alterations in immunity. We aimed to evaluate the levels of peripheral CD4+ T cells (Tregs) and plasma cytokine in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency ... -
Early management of severe biliary infection in the era of the Tokyo guidelines
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023)Sepsis of biliary origin is increasing worldwide and has become one of the leading causes of emergency department admissions. The presence of multi-resistant bacteria (MRB) is increasing, and mortality ...