Lapuebla-Ferri, Andrés; Perez del Palomar, Amaya; Herrero, Javier; Jimenez Mocholi, Antonio José(Elsevier, 2011)
[EN] Breast augmentation surgery is a widespread practice for aesthetic purposes. Current techniques, however, are not able to reliably predict the desired final aspect of the breast after the intervention, whose success ...
Guerrero Cortina, Francisco; Santonja, Francisco-José; Villanueva Micó, Rafael Jacinto(Elsevier, 2011-07)
Background: There are many models that study aspects of smoking habits: the influence of price, tax, relapse time, and the effects of prohibition. There are also studies examining the effects of the Spanish smoke-free law. ...
[EN] Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in a variety of epithelial malignancies including lung cancer. A soluble fragment of the EGFR extracellular domain (sEGFR) can be detected in the ...
In some animal populations, immigrants have lower survival than philopatric individuals. Costs of dispersal or low phenotypic quality of dispersers may explain the pattern. However, apparent adult survival estimates, which ...
Quintás, Guillermo; Portillo Poblador, Nuria; García Cañaveras, Juan Carlos; Castell, José Vicente; Ferrer, Alberto; Lahoz, Agustín(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2012-02)
An MS-based metabolomics strategy including variable selection and PLSDA analysis has been assessed as a tool to discriminate between non-steatotic and steatotic human liver profiles. Different chemometric approaches for ...
[EN] Background: Platinum doublets are standard chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of this study was to assess whether neutropenia is: (1) an indicator for treatment efficacy, or (2) ...
Sirera Pérez, Rafael; Bremnes, Roy M.; Cabrera, Andrea; Jantus Lewintre, Eloisa; Sanmartin, Elena; Blasco, Ana; del Pozo, Nieves; Rosell, Rafael; Guijarro, Ricardo; Galbis, Jose; Sanchez, Jose Javier; Camps, Carlos(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2011-02)
Background: Circulating DNA is observed at higher concentrations in patients with lung cancer than in controls. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of circulating DNA is a promising noninvasive tool. Our aim was to ...
Alcaraz, Raúl; Sandberg, Frida; Sornmo, Leif; Rieta Ibañez, José Joaquín(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011-05)
The problem of classifying short atrial fibrillatory segments in ambulatory ECG recordings as being either paroxysmal or persistent is addressed by investigating a robust approach to signal characterization. The method ...
Introduction: The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family of ligands and receptors (VEGFR) play an important role in tumor angiogenesis. Increased expression of angiogenic factors in tumors or in blood is associated ...
[EN] We report a study designed to investigate consumers' crossmodal associations between the color of packaging and flavor varieties in crisps (potato chips). This product category was chosen because of the long-established ...
Background: The Spanish Palliative Care Strategy recommends an intermediate level of training for primary care physicians in order to provide them with knowledge and skills. Most of the training involves face-to-face courses ...
Zamora Alvarez, Tomas Augusto; Alcantara Alcover, Enrique; Artacho Ramírez, Miguel Ángel; Valero Martínez, Marta(Elsevier, 2011-09)
The existence of a range of optimal coefficient of friction that encompasses safety and comfort has not been addressed before. This paper assesses the existence of such a range and its relationship with the variability of ...
Background: This study sought to determine pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (proBNP), BNP, N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) and GATA-4 in the same cardiac tissue, the correlation among them, and the influence of ischemic etiology ...
López Quiles, Javier(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-09-11)
[ES] Fábulas Chungas es un proyecto de serie de piezas animadas de destinadas a público adolescente y adulto. El trabajo consiste en la producción de una primera muestra finalizada, para así consolidar las pautas que debería ...
Background: Hypersensitivity IgE-mediated reactions to quinolones are not easy to diagnose, with skin testing inducing false positive results. The aim of the study was to evaluate the in vitro-specific IgE response in ...
[EN] We investigate for the first time the influence of heart failure (HF) on nucleolar organization and proteins in patients with ischemic (ICM) or dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). A total of 71 human hearts from ICM (n= 38) ...
Bernal Moreno, Helber Mauricio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-10-27)
[EN] This document proposes a discussion and reflection on the different elements used by adults to configure the discourses and practices of boys and girls as absent. In this sense, it is not only sought to show that these ...
Objective: To test the reliability of dietary intake data measured with an online food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) applied to a university population by comparing the results with those from a paper and pencil version. ...
[EN] Background: In advanced-stage (IIIB or IV) non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), combination chemotherapy has demonstrated response rates of 20% and a 1-year survival rate of 30%. We conducted a multicentre, open-label, ...
Page Del Pozo, Alvaro Felipe; De Rosario Martínez, Helios; Galvez Griso, Jose Antonio; Mata Amela, Vicente(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2011-02-24)
[EN] We propose to model planar movements between two human segments by means of rolling-without-slipping kinematic pairs. We compute the path traced by the instantaneous center of rotation (ICR) as seen from the proximal ...