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Determinants of study completion and response to a 12-month behavioral physical activity intervention in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cohort study
(PLoS ONE, 2019-05-20)Objectives: Physical activity is key to improve the prognosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). To help to tailor future interventions we aimed to identify the baseline characteristics ... -
Determination of fluid leakages in the different screw-retained implant-abutment connections in a mechanical artificial mouth
(Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 2015-07-15)This study shows the potential risk of microfiltration between two different types of implant-abutment connections screwed at 45 Ncm: external and internal. For the first time the use of a mechanical ... -
Determination of soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in saliva samples and its association with nicotine
(Environmental Research, 2023)Introduction: The Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the main receptor of the SARS-CoV-2. There is contradictory evidence on how the exposure to nicotine may module the concentration of soluble ... -
Determining the value of two biologic drugs for chronic inflammatory skin diseases: results of a multi-criteria decision analysis
(BioDrugs, 2018)Background and Objective: Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a tool that systematically considers multiple factors relevant to health decision-making. The aim of this study was to use an MCDA ... -
Developing STEM skills in kindergarten: opportunities and challenges from the perspective of future teachers
(Edukacja Elementarna w Teorii i Praktyce, 2019)The article has been written as a part of Erasmus+ Project KLab4Kids. Its main aim is to present the idea of STEM education to readers, to explain the interdisciplinary nature of STEM education as a ... -
Development and validation of a questionnaire of the perioperative nursing competencies in patient safety
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022)Background: This research presents the CUCEQS© (Spanish acronym for Questionnaire of Perioperative Nursing Safety Competencies), which evaluates the perception of perioperative nurses about their ... -
Development and validation of a sample entropy-based method to identify complex patient-ventilator interactions during mechanical ventilation
(Scientific Reports, 2020)Patient-ventilator asynchronies can be detected by close monitoring of ventilator screens by clinicians or through automated algorithms. However, detecting complex patient-ventilator interactions (CP-VI), ... -
Development and validation of the EspaiJove.net mental health literacy (EMHL) test for spanish adolescents
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020)There is evidence of the effectiveness of implementing mental health literacy (MHL) programs. However, there are substantial limitations in the instruments available for measuring MHL. This study aimed ... -
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 standard protocols for biofilm-biomaterial interface testing
(JADA Foundational Science, 2022)The oral biofilm is associated with the most common oral diseases such as caries, periodontitis, and peri-implantitis. It is also linked to failures of dental treatment approaches (eg, direct or indirect ... -
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 ... -
Una década explorando el liderazgo educativo, ¿y ahora qué?
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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 ... -
Didactic strategies to promote competencies in sustainability
(Sustainability, 2019-04-08)Higher education is a principal agent for addressing the sustainable development goals proposed by the 2030 Agenda, because of its key mission of knowledge generation, teaching and social innovation ...