On-campus food purchase behaviors, choice determinants, and opinions on food availability in a Spanish university community

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate food purchasing behaviors, choice determinants, and opin-ions about on-campus food availability by a university community and to analyze differences in these aspects between students, education and/or research staff (ERS), and administrative and services staff (ASS), and between males and females.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that involved a representative sample of students (n =1089), ERS (n = 396), and ASS (n = 300) who completed an anonymous online survey. A previously adapted version of the questionnaire was administered. The results were weighted to ensure representativeness of this commu-nity population using weighted coefficients.Results: The results showed that most of the participants purchased food on campus (91.6%), especially for lunch (67.4% of foods and 37.4% of drinks) and snack (65.4% of foods and 45.4% of drinks). Hot drinks (i.e., cof-fee, tea, hot chocolate etc.; 60.5%), bottled water (49.2%), and hot foods (i.e., small servings [38.2%] and sand-wiches/hamburgers [31.7%]) were the most purchased items. Taste (98.6%) was the most important determinant in choice, followed by price for students, nutritional value for ASS, and health value for ERS. The "top 5" opinions suggested for the campus food environment and potential changes were "greater capacity to access free filtered drinking water", "greater capacity to recycle food packaging," "more healthy options in vending machines", "discounts for healthy choices," and "allergen labeling."Conclusion: Interventions that improve sustainability and the affordability of products with high nutritional quality, price-manipulation directives, and allergen information on labeling would be well received among this community

Predicting Outcome and Therapy Response in mCRC Patients Using an Indirect Method for CTCs Detection by a Multigene Expression Panel: A Multicentric Prospective Validation Study

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the major causes of cancer-related deaths. Early detection of tumor relapse is crucial for determining the most appropriate therapeutic management. In clinical practice, computed tomography (CT) is routinely used, but small tumor changes are difficult to visualize, and reliable blood-based prognostic and monitoring biomarkers are urgently needed. The aim of this study was to prospectively validate a gene expression panel (composed of GAPDH, VIL1, CLU, TIMP1, TLN1, LOXL3 and ZEB2) for detecting circulating tumor cells (CTCs) as prognostic and predictive tool in blood samples from 94 metastatic CRC (mCRC) patients. Patients with higher gene panel expression before treatment had a reduced progression-free survival (PFS) and overall-survival (OS) rates compared with patients with low expression (p = 0.003 and p ≤ 0.001, respectively). Patients with increased expression of CTCs markers during treatment presented PFS and OS times of 8.95 and 11.74 months, respectively, compared with 14.41 and 24.7 for patients presenting decreased expression (PFS; p = 0.020; OS; p ≤ 0.001). Patients classified as non-responders by CTCs with treatment, but classified as responders by CT scan, showed significantly shorter survival times (PFS: 8.53 vs. 11.70; OS: 10.37 vs. 24.13; months). In conclusion, our CTCs detection panel demonstrated efficacy for early treatment response assessment in mCRC patients, and with increased reliability compared to CT scan.ACIS (Axencia de Coñecemento en Saude); SERGAS. Cofinanced ERDF Funds 2007–201

Sophos: herramienta para medir la producción científica del Servizo Galego de Saúde

We describe Sophos platform, a software tool developed to measure the research activity produced by the Galician Public Health Service. Designed cooperatively by the libraries forming Bibliosaude, we detail its methodologic workflow and the useful bibliometric reports it providesEn el artículo se describe la herramienta Sophos de ayuda a la investigación, creada para medir la actividad científica del Sistema Público de Saúde de Galicia. Describe su metodología de trabajo, realizada de forma cooperativa por todas las bibliotecas que componen Bibliosaúde, los informes que se obtienen con ella y las ventajas que resultan de sus estudios bibliométrico

Celebrating a face-to-face congress of young researchers in Optics after the pandemic years: the I NW MYRO

This contribution reports the organization and celebration after the Covid-19 pandemic of a singular scientific conference focused on early-career researchers from the Spanish universities of Santiago de Compostela and Salamanca: the “I Northwest Meeting of Young Researchers in Optics (I NW MYRO)”

Bibliosaúde: cinco años de actividad [PÓSTER]

Incluye resumen y pósterLa Biblioteca Virtual (BV) do Sistema Público de Saúde de Galicia (Bibliosaúde) inicia su actividad en 2008, a partir de 12 bibliotecas presenciales. Se optó por un modelo descentralizado, coordinado por un miembro del grupo. Todo el personal técnico contribuye al mantenimiento de los servicios de la BV. Su dependencia orgánica desde 2009 es de la Secretaría Xeral y en 2011 se publica la Orden de Creación (DOG, no 124, de 29/06/2011).N