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Physical and mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at first year in a Spanish adult cohort
(Scientific Reports, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic and the political and health measures have profoundly affected the health of our populations. However, very few studies have been published assessing its impact using a prospective ... -
Physicochemical properties of lipoproteins assessed by nuclear magnetic resonance as a predictor of premature cardiovascular disease. PRESARV-SEA study
(Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)Some lipoprotein disorders related to the residual risk of premature cardiovascular disease (PCVD) are not detected by the conventional lipid profile. In this case-control study, the predictive power ... -
Plataformas digitales y empleo: necesidad de monitorización y vigilancia de Salud Pública
(Revista Española de Salud Publica, 2018)Actualmente, la relación entre las condiciones del trabajo y empleo con la salud es bien conocida, además esta relación es un importante determinante social de la salud de la población trabajadora ... -
Platelet-rich plasma and its use for cicatricial and non-cicatricial alopecias: a narrative review
(Dermatology and Therapy, 2020-06)The concept and description of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) started in the field of hematology and is being extensively used in other fields of medicine. Interest in the application of PRP has been ... -
Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriageamong Bhutanese children hospitalizedwith clinical pneumonia: serotypes andviral co-infection
(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020-12)Background: Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization (PNC) generally precedes pneumococcal disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of PNC and to identify the pneumococcal ... -
Pneumococcal serotypes in children, clinical presentation and antimicrobial susceptibility in the PCV13 era
(Epidemiology and Infection, 2020-11)The aim was to analyse invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) serotypes in children aged ⩽17 years according to clinical presentation and antimicrobial susceptibility. We conducted a prospective study ... -
Pneumonia in children admitted to the national referral hospital in Bhutan: a prospective cohort study
(International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020-06)Objectives: The study aim was to describe the etiological profile and clinical characteristics of pneumonia among children hospitalized in Thimphu, Bhutan. Methods: This prospective study enrolled ... -
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Polymeric additives to enhance the functional properties of calcium phosphate cements
(2012-03-20)The vast majority of materials used in bone tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are based on calcium phosphates due to their similarity with the mineral phase of natural bone. Among them, calcium ... -
Polyphosphate degradation by Nudt3-Zn2+ mediates oxidative stress response
(Cell Reports, 2021)Polyphosphate (polyP) is a polymer of hundreds of phosphate residues present in all organisms. In mammals, polyP is involved in crucial physiological processes, including coagulation, inflammation, and ... -
Pomace olive oil concentrated in triterpenic acids restores vascular function, glucose tolerance and obesity progression in mice
(Nutrients, 2020-01)Pomace olive oil, an olive oil sub-product, is a promising source of bioactive triterpenoids such as oleanolic acid and maslinic acid. Considering the vascular actions of pomace olive oil and the potential ... -
Pool palms: a case report
(Dermatology Case Reports, 2019)Pool palms is a relatively unknown entity among doctor and this may lead to its misdiagnosis. While it might look like an allergic contact dermatitis it is more related to the friction of children’s ... -
Population screening for hemochromatosis: a study in 5370 Spanish blood donors
(Journal of Hepatology, 2003)Background/Aims: Hereditary hemochromatosis is associated with homozygosity for C282Y mutation in the HFE gene, elevated serum transferrin saturation and excess iron deposits throughout the body. We ... -
¿Por qué descendió tanto la mortalidad infantil en Tarragona, provincia de Cataluña (España)? El ejemplo del doctor Frías i Roig (Reus, 1878-1963)
(Población y Salud en Mesoamérica, 2015)Desde la Transición Demográfica y Epidemiológica, marco conceptual de nuestra investigación, planteamos qué ocurrió en la provincia de Tarragona entre 1900 y 1935 (antes de la Guerra Civil española). A ... -
Porous titanium-hydroxyapatite composite coating obtained on titanium by cold gas spray with high bond strength for biomedical applications
(Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2019-04-24)The lack of bioactivity of titanium (Ti) is one of the main drawbacks for its application in biomedical implants since it can considerable reduce its osseointegration capacities. One strategy to overcome ... -
The positive rhinovirus/enterovirus detection and SARS-CoV-2 persistence beyond the acute infection phase: an intra-household surveillance study
(Viruses, 2021)We aimed to assess the duration of nasopharyngeal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA persistence in adults self-confined at home after acute infection; and to identify the ... -
Post-activation performance enhancement after inclusion of opponent versus no opponent during isoinertial crossover step exercise: a randomized crossover trial
(International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 2021)This study sought to determine whether the inclusion of an opponent on an isoinertial crossover step task influenced the post-activation response and power production. Twenty adult male team-sports ... -
Potential vasorelaxant effects of oleanolic acid and erythrodiol, two triterpenoids contained in ‘orujo’ olive oil, on rat aorta
(British Journal of Nutrition, 2004)‘Orujo’ olive oil is obtained by chemical processes from the waste resulting from the mechanical extraction of virgin olive oil. The aim of the present study was to evaluate a new pharmacological property ... -
Practical aspects of modelling parameter uncertainty for risk capital calculation
(Zeitschrift fur die gesamte Versicherungswissenschaft, 2019)We assume that an insurance undertaking models its risk by a random variable X=X(¿0) with a fixed parameter (vector) ¿0. If the undertaking does not know ¿0 and can only estimate it from historical data, ... -
Pragmatic, open-label, single-center, randomized, phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of methylprednisolone pulses and tacrolimus in patients with severe pneumonia secondary to COVID-19: the TACROVID trial protocol
(Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 2021-03)Introduction: Some COVID-19 patients evolve to severe lung injury and systemic hyperinflammatory syndrome triggered by both the coronavirus infection and the subsequent host-immune response. Accordingly, ...