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    Aneurisma postraumĂĄtico de la arteria temporal superficial: Un caso reportado

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    Reportamos un caso de Aneurisma PostraumĂĄtico de la Arteria Temporal Superficial Derecha, el paciente presentĂł 4 semanas antes de aparecer la tumoraciĂłn en la zona periauricular derecha, un fuerte traumatismo con un objeto duro en dicha zona, a los 8 meses es remitido a nuestra consulta de cirugĂ­a vascular por el maxilofacial, donde constatamos una tumoraciĂłn de aproximadamente 4cm x 4cm, que a la palpaciĂłn era dolorosa, latĂ­a, se expandĂ­a, tenĂ­a thril y a la auscultaciĂłn un soplo olosistĂłlico. Se le realiza una EcografĂ­a Doppler Color, demostrĂĄndose la Arteria Temporal Superficial Derecha aneurismĂĄtica. Se decide la operaciĂłn, comprobĂĄndose el Aneurisma en el acto quirĂșrgico y posteriormente se confirma el diagnĂłstico de Aneurisma Verdadero por anatomĂ­a patolĂłgica.Palabras claves: Aneurisma postraumĂĄtico, arteria temporal superficial.</p

    Stabilized vortex solitons in layered Kerr media

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    In this letter we demonstrate the possibility of stabilizing beams with angular momentum propagating in Kerr media. Large propagation distances without filamentation can be achieved in layered media with alternating focusing and defocusing nonlinearities. Stronger stabilization can be obtained with the addition of an incoherent beam.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. We have removed the sentence "Thus, they erroneously point out to the existence of fully stabilized vortex solitons" in page 2, column 2, line 7-8, because it might be confusin

    Characterization of Tajogaite volcanic plumes detected over the Iberian Peninsula from a set of satellite and ground-based remote sensing instrumentation

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    Three volcanic plumes were detected during the Tajogaite volcano eruptive activity (Canary Islands, Spain, September–December 2021) over the Iberian Peninsula. The spatiotemporal evolution of these events is characterised by combining passive satellite remote sensing and ground-based lidar and sun-photometer systems. The inversion algorithm GRASP is used with a suite of ground-based remote sensing instruments such as lidar/ ceilometer and sun-photometer from eight sites at different locations throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Satellite observations showed that the volcanic ash plumes remained nearby the Canary Islands covering a mean area of 120 ± 202 km2 during the whole period of eruptive activity and that sulphur dioxide plumes reached the Iberian Peninsula

    Clonal chromosomal mosaicism and loss of chromosome Y in elderly men increase vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

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    The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) had an estimated overall case fatality ratio of 1.38% (pre-vaccination), being 53% higher in males and increasing exponentially with age. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, we found 133 cases (1.42%) with detectable clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations (mCA) and 226 males (5.08%) with acquired loss of chromosome Y (LOY). Individuals with clonal mosaic events (mCA and/or LOY) showed a 54% increase in the risk of COVID-19 lethality. LOY is associated with transcriptomic biomarkers of immune dysfunction, pro-coagulation activity and cardiovascular risk. Interferon-induced genes involved in the initial immune response to SARS-CoV-2 are also down-regulated in LOY. Thus, mCA and LOY underlie at least part of the sex-biased severity and mortality of COVID-19 in aging patients. Given its potential therapeutic and prognostic relevance, evaluation of clonal mosaicism should be implemented as biomarker of COVID-19 severity in elderly people. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, individuals with clonal mosaic events (clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations and/or loss of chromosome Y) showed an increased risk of COVID-19 lethality

    A new aggressive xenograft model of human colon cancer using cancer-associated fibroblasts.

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    Background Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death. Almost half of the patients present recurrence within 5 years after the treatment of the primary tumor, the majority, with metastasis. On the other hand, in the search for new animal models that simulate metastatic cancer, it has been suggested that fibroblasts immersed in the peritumoral stroma (cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs)), play a relevant role in the development of cancer. The objective of this study was to identify an adequate animal model to study metastatic colon cancer and the application of new treatments. Methods Human CAFs and normal fibroblasts (NF) for transplant and culture were obtained from surgical fresh samples of patients with adenocarcinoma of sigmoid colon. Stromal cell purity was evaluated by morphology and immunostaining with vimentin (VIM) as a fibroblast marker and anti-proColXIα1 as a specific human CAF marker. Phenotypic characterization of cultured stromal cells was performed by co-staining with mesenchymal and epithelial cell markers. For identification in mice, human CAFs were labeled with the PKH26 red fluorescence dye. Cell line HT-29 was used as tumor cells. Transplant in the head of the pancreas of 34 SCID mice was performed in four different groups, as follows: I. 150,000 CAFS (n = 12), IIa. 1.5 million HT29 cells (n = 7), IIb. 150,000 NF+1.5 million HT29 cells (n = 5), III. 150,000 CAFS+1.5 million HT29 cells (n = 10). After euthanasia performed one month later, histological analysis was made using hematoxylin-eosin and anti-proColXIα1. A histopathological score system based on three features (tumor volume, desmoplasia and number of metastasized organs) was established to compare the tumor severity. Results The CAFs and NF cultured were proColXIα1+/VIM+, proColXIα1/alphaSMA+ and proColXIα1+/CK19+ in different proportions without differences among them, but the CAFs growth curve was significantly larger than that of the NF (p < 0.05). No tumor developed in those animals that only received CAFs. When comparing group II (a + b) vs. group III, both groups showed 100% hepatic metastases. Median hepatic nodules, tumor burden, lung metastases and severity score were bigger in group III vs group II (a + b), although without being significant, except in the case of the median tumor volume, that was significantly higher in group III (154.8 (76.9-563.2) mm3) vs group II (46.7 (3.7-239.6) mm3), p = 0.04. A correlation was observed between the size of the tumor developed in the pancreas and the metastatic tumor burden in the liver and with the severity score. Conclusion Our experiments demonstrate that cultured CAFs have a higher growth than NF and that when human CAFs are associated to human tumor cells, larger tumors with liver and lung metastases are generated than if only colon cancer cells with/without NF are transplanted. This emphasizes the importance of the tumor stroma, and especially the CAFs, in the development of cancer

    Zotracos surveys: basic hydrographic and chemical data

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    Este dataset estĂĄ compuesto por 2 archivos, de los cuales el primero es el conjunto de datos con 371 anĂĄlisis de muestras de agua de temperatura, salinidad, oxĂ­geno, nutrientes, pH, alcalinidad, clorofila y materia orgĂĄnica, y el otro (Readme.txt) incluye una pequeña descripciĂłn de las variables calculadasLa zona costera de transiciĂłn del noroeste de la PenĂ­nsula IbĂ©rica fue objeto de muestreo en tres cruceros realizados del 4 al 2 de diciembre de 2004, del 7 al 14 de febrero y del 23 al 30 de octubre de 2005 a bordo del buque oceanogrĂĄfico "Cornide de Saavedra". Se muestreo a lo largo de un transecto latitudinal centrado a 41.92°N, cerca de la desembocadura del rĂ­o Miño y otro frente a la RĂ­a de Vigo. Un total de 5 a 7 estaciones fueron ocupadas durante cada crucero. La salinidad y la temperatura se registraron con una sonda de profundidad de conductividad-temperatura SBE 9/11 conectada al muestreador de roseta con doce botellas de PVC Niskin de 10 L con muelles internos de acero inoxidable. Las mediciones de la conductividad se convirtieron en valores prĂĄcticos de la escala de salinidad con la ecuaciĂłn de la UNESCO (1986). La precisiĂłn de las mediciones de CTD para temperatura y salinidad fueron de 0,004 DEG-C y 0,005, respectivamente. Las muestras para los anĂĄlisis de oxĂ­geno disuelto, pH, alcalinidad total, sales de nutrientes, carbono orgĂĄnico disuelto y particulado y nitrĂłgeno fueron recogidas semanalmente con la roseta de 12 botellas Niskin. Para la determinaciĂłn de nutrientes, las muestras de agua se recogieron en botellas de polietileno de 50 ml y se mantuvieron frĂ­as (4ÂșC) hasta su anĂĄlisis en el laboratorio utilizando procedimientos estĂĄndar de anĂĄlisis de flujo segmentado. Las precisiones fueron 0,02 micromol/kg para nitrito, 0,1 micromol/kg para nitrato, 0,05 microM para amonio, 0,02 micromol/kg para fosfato y 0,05 micromol/kg para silicato. El oxĂ­geno se determinĂł por titulaciĂłn potenciomĂ©trica de Winkler utilizando un analizador Titrino 720 con una precisiĂłn de ±0,5 micromol/kg. Las muestras de alcalinidad total (TA) y pH (escala de concentraciĂłn total de hidrĂłgeno, 25°C) se recogieron en frascos de vidrio de 500 ml y se analizaron en pocas horas en el laboratorio base. El pH del agua de mar se midiĂł espectrofotomĂ©tricamente siguiendo a Clayton y Byrne (1993) aplicĂĄndose una adiciĂłn de 0,0047 (DelValls & Dickson, 1998). La precisiĂłn fue 0,003 unidades de pH. El TA se determinĂł por titulaciĂłn a pH 4,4 con HCl, segĂșn el mĂ©todo potenciomĂ©trico de PĂ©rez y Fraga (1987) con una precisiĂłn de ±2 micromol/kg. La materia orgĂĄnica suspendida se recolectĂł bajo vacĂ­o en filtros precombustionados (450ÂșC, 4 horas) Whatman GF/F de 25 mm de diĂĄmetro y 0,7 micrĂłmetros de tamaño nominal de poro (POC/PON, 0,5-1,5 L de agua de mar). Todos los filtros se secaron durante la noche y se congelaron (-20ÂșC) antes del anĂĄlisis. Las mediciones de POC y PON se realizaron con un analizador Perkin Elmer 2400 CHN. Se utilizĂł un estĂĄndar de acetanilida diariamente. La precisiĂłn del mĂ©todo es de 0,3 micromol C/L y 0,1 micromol N/LCSIC y Plan Nacional de I+D del Gobierno de España1 data csv ‘29CS20041004_hy1.csv’ file and 1 readme.txt filePeer reviewe

    Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

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    As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved
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