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Serotype distribution of remaining pneumococcal meningitis in the mature PCV10/13 period: findings from the PSERENADE project
(Microorganisms, 2021)Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) introduction has reduced pneumococcal meningitis incidence. The Pneumococcal Serotype Replacement and Distribution Estimation (PSERENADE) project described the ... -
Serotypes and clonal composition of streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing IPD in children and adults in Catalonia before 2013 to 2015 and after 2017 to 2019 systematic introduction of PCV13
(Microbiology Spectrum, 2021)The goal of this study was to investigate the distribution of serotypes and clonal composition of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Catalonia, before and ... -
Service quality assessment of public transport and the implication role of demographic characteristics
(Public Transport, 2015-12)This paper first proposes scales to evaluate customers’ perceived service quality in public transport then identify the demographic characteristics factors that may influence customer perceived service ... -
Setting the watch: privacy and ethics of CCTV surveillance
(Journal of Contemporary European Research, 2013)Setting the Watch comes to give answers to such kind of privacy issues, which are necessarily growing in a digital era. Technology makes the process of setting the watch a significantly more relevant ... -
Sex differences in pre-season anthropometric, balance and range-of-motion characteristics in elite youth soccer players
(Healthcare, 2022)In soccer, injury epidemiology differs between males and females. It is clinically useful to know whether there are between-sex differences in selected characteristics relevant to primary injury risk ... -
Sexting and mental health among a spanish college sample: an exploratory analysis
(International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 2019)Recent research on sexting suggests it could be related to mental health, but so far studies have often used simple and not clinically validated measures of mental health. Specific aims of this study ... -
Sexting, mental health, and victimization among adolescents: a literature review
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019-07-03)The practice of creating and sharing sexual images via technological devices, known as sexting, has received crescent attention in the past years, especially due to the increase of adolescent engagement ... -
Sexting: current research gaps and legislative issues
(International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 2017-12)'Sexting, the portmanteau of Sex and Texting, has become a hot topic of debate between the legislators, researchers, educators, parents and teens' (Jaishankar, 2009, para 1). In spite of the considerable ... -
Shadowboxing in silence: balancing with European Semester guidelines in national parliamentary debates on economic policies
(Critical Policy Studies, 2022)This article examines national responses to the introduction of a strong policy coordination tool by the European Commission: the European Semester. The tool was introduced in 2012 in reaction to the ... -
Shear bond strength of nanohybrid composite to biodentine with three different adhesives
(Coatings, 2019)Biodentine® is a bioactive dentin coating widely used for dental restoration; however, its adhesion to the substrate could limit its clinical success. The aim of this study was to evaluate the shear ... -
Short implants (<8mm) versus longer implants (≥8mm) with lateral sinus floor augmentation in posterior atrophic maxilla: a meta-analysis of RCT's in humans
(Medicina Oral S.L., 2020)Background: One of the greatest challenges that dentists face today is to rehabilitate severe atrophied alveolar ridges in partially and completely edentulous patients with implants. Despite the high ... -
Short implants (<8mm) versus longer implants (≥8mm) with lateral sinus floor augmentation in posterior atrophic maxilla: a meta-analysis of RCT`s in humans
(Medicina Oral, Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal, 2020)Background: One of the greatest challenges that dentists face today is to rehabilitate severe atrophied alveolar ridges in partially and completely edentulous patients with implants. Despite the high ... -
Short-term effect of antibiotics on human gut microbiota
(PLoS ONE, 2014-04-18)From birth onwards, the human gut microbiota rapidly increases in diversity and reaches an adult-like stage at three years of age. After this age, the composition may fluctuate in response to external ... -
Short-term effects of air pollution and weather on physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
(Environmental Research, 2024)Introduction: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) accumulate low levels of physical activity. How environmental factors affect their physical activity in the short-term is uncertain. ... -
Short-term effects of three types of hamstring stretching on length, neurodynamic response, and perceived sense of effort: a randomised cross-over trial
(Life, 2022)Background: Stretching techniques for hamstring muscles have been described both to increase muscle length and to evaluate nerve mechanosensitivity. Aim: We sought to evaluate the short-term effects of ... -
Signalling network of breast cancer cells in response to progesterone
(BioRxiv, 2020)Breast cancer cells enter into the cell cycle following progestin exposure by the activation of signalling cascades involving a plethora of enzymes, transcription factors and co-factors that transmit ... -
Significance of barrier membrane on the reconstructive therapy of peri-implantitis: a randomized controlled trial
(Journal of Periodontology, 2022)Background: he objective of this trial was to investigate the clinical and radiographic significance of using a mixture of mineralized and demineralized allografts in combination (M) or not (NM) with a ... -
Silencis que parlen: el revestiment dramàtic en el Fileb de Plató
(Anuari de la Societat Catalana de Filosofia, 2019)El present escrit se centra en l’anàlisi del revestiment dramàtic del Fileb de Plató. Concretament, examina la rellevància dels silencis en aquest diàleg. Després d’una breu introducció al concepte de ... -
Silver deposition on titanium surface by electrochemical anodizing process reduces bacterial adhesion of Streptococcus sanguinis and Lactobacillus salivarius
(Clinical Oral Implants Research, 2014-05-30)Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the antibacterial properties of silver‐doped titanium surfaces prepared with a novel electrochemical anodizing process. Material and methods: Titanium ... -
Silver deposition on titanium surface by electrochemical anodizing process reduces bacterial adhesion of Streptococcus sanguinis and Lactobacillus salivarius
(Clinical Oral Implants Research, 2015)Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the antibacterial properties of silver-doped titanium surfaces prepared with a novel electrochemical anodizing process. Material and methods: Titanium ...