Aproximación a los factores diferenciales de los centros y zonas comerciales de Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Esta investigación es una aproximación realizada en el periodo mayo – junio del 2022 y que se centra en la características y factores que determinan el atractivo de los centros y zonas comerciales de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, en concreto, analizando el Centro Comercial Meridiano frente a la Zona Comercial Centro. Utilizando datos de estudios previamente realizados y publicados, que se emplearon para llevar a cabo una comparativa con el estudio desarrollado a continuación, además de una encuesta realizada por el propio equipo de investigación, se analiza cuáles son las características determinantes, desde el punto de vista de los consumidores tinerfeños, del atractivo de los distintos factores comerciales. Entre los resultados obtenidos, se observó que la existencia de un aparcamiento en el Centro Comercial Meridiano tiene un peso importante a la hora de determinar el flujo de personas que acude a dicha distribución comercial y su grado de atractivo, además de haberse analizado las posibles mejoras de cada una de las distribuciones comerciales.This research is an approximation carried out in the period of May – June 2022 and it focuses on the characteristics and factors that determine the attractiveness of shopping centers and commercial areas in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, specifically, analyzing Meridiano Shopping Center compared to the Center Zone shopping area. Using data from previously carried out and published studies, that were used to create a comparison with the study developed below, in addition to a survey carried out by the research team itself, the determining characteristics are analyzed, from the point of view of Tenerife´s consumers, of the attractiveness of the different commercial factors. Among the results obtained, it was observed that the existence of a car park in the Meridiano Shopping Center is very important when determining the flow of people who go to said commercial distribution and its level of attractiveness, in addition to having analyzed the possible improvements of each of the commercial distributions

Gaceta Sanitaria in 2013: changes, challenges and uncertainties

El año 2013 ha sido un año de cambios para GACETA SANITARIA, entre los que destaca su publicación exclusivamente on-line desde el pasado mes de noviembre. Ha sido también un año de intensa actividad, que resumimos en esta nota editorial como viene siendo habitual en los últimos tiempos y siguiendo las recomendaciones del Comité Internacional de Editores de Revistas Biomédicas

Burden of disease attributable to risk factors in European countries: a scoping literature review

Objectives: Within the framework of the burden of disease (BoD) approach, disease, and injury burden estimates attributable to risk factors are a useful guide for policy formulation and priority setting in disease prevention. Considering the important differences in methods, and their impact on burden estimates, we conducted a scoping literature review to: (1) map the BoD assessments including risk factors performed across Europe, and (2) identify the methodological choices in comparative risk assessment (CRA) and risk assessment methods. Methods: We searched multiple literature databases, including grey literature websites, and targeted public health agencies' websites. Results: A total of 113 studies were included in the synthesis and further divided into independent BoD assessments (54 studies) and studies linked to the Global Burden of Disease (59 papers). Our results showed that the methods used to perform CRA varied substantially across independent European BoD studies. While there were some methodological choices that were more common than others, we did not observe patterns in terms of country, year, or risk factor. Each methodological choice can affect the comparability of estimates between and within countries and/or risk factors since they might significantly influence the quantification of the attributable burden. From our analysis, we observed that the use of CRA was less common for some types of risk factors and outcomes. These included environmental and occupational risk factors, which are more likely to use bottom-up approaches for health outcomes where disease envelopes may not be available. Conclusions: Our review also highlighted misreporting, the lack of uncertainty analysis, and the under-investigation of causal relationships in BoD studies. Development and use of guidelines for performing and reporting BoD studies will help understand differences, and avoid misinterpretations thus improving comparability among estimates.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

a review of methodological design choices

Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.This systematic literature review aimed to provide an overview of the characteristics and methods used in studies applying the Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) concept for infectious diseases within European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA)/European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries and the United Kingdom. Electronic databases and grey literature were searched for articles reporting the assessment of DALY and its components. We considered studies in which researchers performed DALY calculations using primary epidemiological data input sources. We screened 3,053 studies of which 2,948 were excluded and 105 studies met our inclusion criteria. Of these studies, 22 were multi-country and 83 were single-country studies, of which 46 were from the Netherlands. Food- and water-borne diseases were the most frequently studied infectious diseases. Between 2015 and 2022, the number of burden of infectious disease studies was 1.6 times higher compared to that published between 2000 and 2014. Almost all studies (97%) estimated DALYs based on the incidence- and pathogen-based approach and without social weighting functions; however, there was less methodological consensus with regards to the disability weights and life tables that were applied. The number of burden of infectious disease studies undertaken across Europe has increased over time. Development and use of guidelines will promote performing burden of infectious disease studies and facilitate comparability of the results.publishersversionepub_ahead_of_prin

Burden of infectious disease studies in Europe and the United Kingdom: a review of methodological design choices.

This systematic literature review aimed to provide an overview of the characteristics and methods used in studies applying the disability-adjusted life years (DALY) concept for infectious diseases within European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA)/European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries and the United Kingdom. Electronic databases and grey literature were searched for articles reporting the assessment of DALY and its components. We considered studies in which researchers performed DALY calculations using primary epidemiological data input sources. We screened 3053 studies of which 2948 were excluded and 105 studies met our inclusion criteria. Of these studies, 22 were multi-country and 83 were single-country studies, of which 46 were from the Netherlands. Food- and water-borne diseases were the most frequently studied infectious diseases. Between 2015 and 2022, the number of burden of infectious disease studies was 1.6 times higher compared to that published between 2000 and 2014. Almost all studies (97%) estimated DALYs based on the incidence- and pathogen-based approach and without social weighting functions; however, there was less methodological consensus with regards to the disability weights and life tables that were applied. The number of burden of infectious disease studies undertaken across Europe has increased over time. Development and use of guidelines will promote performing burden of infectious disease studies and facilitate comparability of the results

Impacto de las notas de prensa en las citas recibidas por los artículos publicados en Gaceta Sanitaria

Antecedentes/Objetivos: Hay pocos estudios que analicen los factores que influyen sobre el factor de impacto bibliométrico de una revista y las notas de prensa son uno de estos factores. Se presenta un análisis del impacto en las citas recibidas por los artículos objeto de una nota de prensa elaborada desde Gaceta Sanitaria. Métodos: Se elaboró una base de datos con todos los artículos publicados en Gaceta Sanitaria entre 2007 y 2011. Para cada uno se registró el número de citas recibidas hasta el año 2012 (incluido) en la base de datos Web of Science. Para cada artículo se registró si había sido incluido o no en las notas de prensa elaboradas desde la revista. Desde 2007 hasta 2011 dos artículos de cada número han sido objeto de una nota de prensa por término medio, aunque en algún número sólo hubo una nota de prensa. Las notas de prensa fueron para artículos originales y artículos breves, por lo que en este análisis se incluyen exclusivamente los artículos publicados bajo estos formatos. Se comparó la mediana de citaciones recibidas y los rangos intercuartílicos (RIC) entre los artículos originales breves y artículos originales objeto de nota de prensa frente a aquellos artículos originales sin nota de prensa. También se obtuvieron las citaciones y rangos intercuartílicos para las revisiones. Resultados: En el periodo considerado, se publicaron en Gaceta Sanitaria un total de 286 originales (de los que el 19% eran originales breves, n = 54). De este total, 47 artículos (16% del total) fueron incluidos en las notas de prensa preparadas desde la revista (incluyendo 4 originales breves). El resto de trabajos publicados en el mismo período no fueron objeto de nota de prensa (189 originales y 50 originales breves). La mediana de citaciones de los artículos sin nota de prensa fue de 1 (RIC 0-3), mientras que para los artículos con nota de prensa fue de 3 (RIC 1-5). La prueba de comparación de medianas dio un valor de p = 0,038. Por otra parte, en el mismo período se publicaron en Gaceta 19 revisiones, que recibieron una mediana de 3 citas (RIC 1-6), siendo estos resultados muy similares a los obtenidos en el análisis para los artículos originales con nota de prensa (p = 0,967). Conclusiones: Las notas de prensa elaboradas desde Gaceta se asocian al número de citas recibidas por los artículos originales y originales breves, siendo los resultados comparables a los que alcanzan las revisiones. Un ensayo clínico aleatorizado sería la manera ideal de comparar el verdadero impacto en las citaciones de la selección de un artículo original para una nota de prensa

Reply: Externalities and citation practices

Dr. Shiri raises some important questions on the results in our short report "Externalities and article citations: experience of a national public health journal (Gaceta Sanitaria)"[1]. We welcome any debate on the topic of citations research because little evidence is available on this topic and exchange between readers, authors, and editors contributes to enrich this discussion

Assessing the geographic scale of genetic population management with microsatellites and introns in the clam Ruditapes decussatus

The clam Ruditapes decussatus is commercially important in southwestern Europe, suffering from population decline and hybridization with exotic Manila clam (R. philippinarum). Previous studies with intronic markers showed a genetic subdivision of the species in three races (Atlantic, West Mediterranean, and Adriatic‐Aegean). However, detailed population genetic studies to help management of the main production areas in the southwest of Europe are missing. We have analyzed eight Atlantic and two Mediterranean populations from the Spanish coasts using 14 microsatellites and six intronic markers. Microsatellites confirmed the Atlantic and West Mediterranean races detected with introns and showed that genetic variability was higher in Mediterranean than in Atlantic populations. Both marker types showed that genetic differentiation of Atlantic populations was low and indicated that populations could be managed at the regional level in the case of Cantabrian and Gulf of Cadiz areas, but not in the case of Rias Baixas and the Mediterranean. This study shows the interest of including different types of markers in studies of genetic population structure of marine organismsPrograma de Recursos Humanos-INCITE 2009, (Grant/Award Number: ‘IN809 A 2009/ 181’) JACUMAR, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentacion y Medio Ambiente, Spain, Grant/Award Number: ‘Optimizacion del cultivo intensivo de la almeja e’)Peer reviewe

Externalities and article citations: experience of a national public health journal (Gaceta Sanitaria)

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to analyze the determinants of citations such as publication year, article type, article topic, article selected for a press release, number of articles previously published by the corresponding author, and publication language in a Spanish journal of public health. Methods: Observational study including all articles published in Gaceta Sanitaria during 2007–2011. We retrieved the number of citations from the ISI Web of Knowledge database in June 2013 and also information on other variables such as number of articles published by the corresponding author in the previous 5 years (searched through PubMed), selection for a press release, publication language, article type and topic, and others. Results: We included 542 articles. Of these, 62.5% were cited in the period considered. We observed an increased odds ratio of citations for articles selected for a press release and also with the number of articles published previously by the corresponding author. Articles published in English do not seem to increase their citations. Conclusions: Certain externalities such as number of articles published by the corresponding author and being selected for a press release seem to influence the number of citations in national journals