140 research outputs found

    Estoy aquí, soy parte de tu familia, campaña de comunicación visual educativa de protección animal en residencial Bello San Juan, San Salvador, año 2021.

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    En el presente proyecto del Curso de especialización “El arte en la gestión cultural”, se observan las estrategias y objetivos que se trazaron para poder realizar la campaña de comunicación visual y educativa de la protección animal ocurrida en la Residencial Bello San Juan, en San Salvador, El Salvador, además de conocer el contexto actual de la comunidad en especial los casos de maltrato animal ocurridos recientemente, se realizaron encuestas a habitantes de la comunidad y entrevistas a miembros activos de Junta Directiva y en base a resultados de los datos recabados se creó alternativas para el implemento de los diseños y su uso en redes sociales como medio de comunicación efectiva y de gran interacción por parte de los habitantes, se hizo mucho énfasis en el cuido y respeto a los animales tanto domésticos, silvestres y en estado de abandono para reflejar esos temas se optó por realizar una estrategia de artes impresos y artes digitales, en los materiales impresos fueron los seleccionados banners, afiches y flyers, se establecieron esos porque muestran un mensaje directo y conciso, se sensibilizo y educo a los residentes y no residentes en evitar que siga la problemática dentro de la comunidad, en la estrategia digital, se crearon artes digitales para la plataforma Facebook en las cuentas oficiales de Junta Directiva como herramienta de difusión, lo cual fue efectivo para que la información de la campaña educara y evitar en un futuro más casos de maltrato animal. Palabras claves: Diseño ; Campaña ; Educación ; Maltrato ; Proyecto ; Digita

    The paleobotany: a preferred tool on the Earth Sciences Teaching.

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    Los restos vegetales constituyen unos documentos de origen biótico muy interesantes ya que tienen un registro fósil muy amplio, desde los ambientes marinos del Precámbrico llegando hasta la actualidad. Los plantas fósiles son de un enorme valor para conocer la historia de la Vida en la Tierra lo más completa posible. El binomio animales-plantas no es posible separarlo en las actividades didácticas de las Ciencias de la Tierra si se pretende una imagen real y coherente de cada paso en la historia de nuestro Planeta.The plant remains are a very interesting biotic document owing to the wide fossil record since the Precambrien time until now alowing to know the live history in the earth. The animals-plant relationship is necessary for have a true image of the past times and consequenly is a very important tool on the educational activities in earth sciences.Depto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y PaleontologíaFac. de Ciencias GeológicasTRUEpu

    Safety and Efficacy of a Beverage Containing Lupine Protein Hydrolysates on the Immune, Oxidative and Lipid Status in Healthy Subjects: An Intervention Study (the Lupine-1 Trial)

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    Scope: We have previously demonstrated the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of in vitro administered Lupinus angustifolius protein hydrolysates (LPHs) on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a beverage containing LPHs (LPHb) on the immune, oxidative and metabolic status of healthy subjects. Methods and Results: In this open-label intervention, 33 participants daily ingest a LPHb containing 1 g LPHs for 28 days. Biochemical parameters are assayed in fasting peripheral blood and urine samples before, during (14 days) and after LPHb ingestion. Participants’ health status and the immune and antioxidant responses of PBMCs are also evaluated throughout the trial. The LPHb ingestion is safe and effective in both increasing the anti-/pro-inflammatory response of PBMCs and improving the cellular anti-oxidant capacity. LPHb also reduces the low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C)/high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) atherogenic index. LPHb effect is particularly beneficial on decreasing not only the LDL-C/HDL-C index but also serum total cholesterol levels in the male cohort that shows the highest baseline levels of well-known cardiovascular risk factors. Conclusion: This is the first study to show the pleiotropic actions of a lupine bioactive peptides-based functional food on key steps of atherosclerosis including inflammation, oxidative stress, and cholesterol metabolism.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad AGL2012-40247-C02-01, AGL2012-40247- C02-02Junta de Andalucía PC-0111-2016- 0111, CTS160Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RD06/0013/0001, RD12/0043/001

    Anxiolytic-like effects of Lupinus angustifolious protein hydrolysates in alzheimer model mice

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    Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which is characterized by a devastating and progressive loss of memory, is the principal neurodegenerative disease in the elderly population worldwide. As a consequence, AD patients present neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety, causing sleeping difficulty, irritability, agitation, or aggressiveness. Previous studies have demonstrated that a high-fat diet, in addition to exacerbating AD, aggravates anxiety. We have demonstrated that Lupinus angustifolius protein hydrolysates (LPHs) have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, key factors for AD and anxiety. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the potential effects of LPHs on spatial memory and anxiety of a preclinical model of AD. ApoE−/− mice fed with a western diet were intragastrically treated with LPHs (or a vehicle) for 14 weeks. Spatial memory and anxiety were then assessed through the Morris water maze and elevated plus maze, respectively. The results did not show significant differences in spatial memory between groups. However, a significant increase (p < 0.05) in time in open arms, center time, the number of crossings, and a reduction of anxiety behavior were observed in LPH-treated mice. This is the first study showing that an LPH treatment causes anxiolytic effects, pointing to LPHs as a potential component of future nutritional therapies.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad AGL2012-40247-C02-01Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad AGL2012-40247-C02-02Ministerio de Salud del Gobierno Andaluz PC-0111-2016-0111Gobierno Andaluz CTS160Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte FPU16/02339Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte FPU13/01210Universidad de Sevilla VI PPIT-U

    Vitamin D treatment prevents uremia-induced reductions in aortic microRNA-145 attenuating osteogenic differentiation despite hyperphosphatemia

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    In chronic kidney disease, systemic inflammation and high serum phosphate (P) promote the de-differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) to osteoblast-like cells, increasing the propensity for medial calcification and cardiovascular mortality. Vascular microRNA-145 (miR-145) content is essential to maintain VSMC contractile phenotype. Because vitamin D induces aortic miR-145, uremia and high serum P reduce it and miR-145 directly targets osteogenic osterix in osteoblasts, this study evaluated a potential causal link between vascular miR-145 reductions and osterix-driven osteogenic differentiation and its counter-regulation by vitamin D. Studies in aortic rings from normal rats and in the rat aortic VSMC line A7r5 exposed to calcifying conditions corroborated that miR-145 reductions were associated with decreases in contractile markers and increases in osteogenic differentiation and calcium (Ca) deposition. Furthermore, miR-145 silencing enhanced Ca deposition in A7r5 cells exposed to calcifying conditions, while miR-145 overexpression attenuated it, partly through increasing α-actin levels and reducing osterix-driven osteogenic differentiation. In mice, 14 weeks after the induction of renal mass reduction, both aortic miR-145 and α-actin mRNA decreased by 80% without significant elevations in osterix or Ca deposition. Vitamin D treatment from week 8 to 14 fully prevented the reductions in aortic miR-145 and attenuated by 50% the decreases in α-actin, despite uremia-induced hyperphosphatemia. In conclusion, vitamin D was able to prevent the reductions in aortic miR-145 and α-actin content induced by uremia, reducing the alterations in vascular contractility and osteogenic differentiation despite hyperphosphatemia

    Experiencia en la ETS de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial en la implantación del Doble Grado en Ingeniería en Diseño Industrial y Desarrollo de Producto y en Ingeniería Mecánica por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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    (SPA) En este trabajo se plantea el desarrollo curricular del Doble Grado en Ingeniería en Diseño Industrial y Desarrollo de Producto y en Ingeniería Mecánica. Se exponen los motivos por los que se decidió implantar, se ofrecen datos de demanda, oferta, notas de corte y se presenta un avance de los resultados académicos del primer curso correspondiente a la primera promoción. (ENG) In this work the study plan of the doble degree in Industrial Desing an Product development and in Mechanical Engineering. The reasons why the double dergree was implanted, the demand, the offer and the students academic results of the first class

    Prognostic significance of FLT3-ITD length in AML patients treated with intensive regimens

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    FLT3-ITD mutations are detected in approximately 25% of newly diagnosed adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients and confer an adverse prognosis. The FLT3-ITD allelic ratio has clear prognostic value. Nevertheless, there are numerous manuscripts with contradictory results regarding the prognostic relevance of the length and insertion site (IS) of the FLT3-ITD fragment. We aimed to assess the prognostic impact of these variables on the complete remission (CR) rates, overall survival (OS) and relapse-free survival (RFS) of AML patients with FLT3-ITDmutations. We studied the FLT3-ITD length of 362 adult AML patients included in the PETHEMA AML registry. We tried to validate the thresholds of ITD length previously published (i.e., 39 bp and 70 bp) in intensively treated AML patients (n = 161). We also analyzed the mutational profile of 118 FLT3-ITD AML patients with an NGS panel of 39 genes and correlated mutational status with the length and IS of ITD. The AUC of the ROC curve of the ITD length for OS prediction was 0.504, and no differences were found when applying any of the thresholds for OS, RFS or CR rate. Only four out of 106 patients had ITD IS in the TKD1 domain. Our results, alongside previous publications, confirm that FLT3-ITD length lacks prognostic value and clinical applicability. © 2021, The Author(s)

    Bioactive Peptides from Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) Prevent the Early Stages of Atherosclerosis in Western Diet-Fed ApoE-/- Mice

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    11 Páginas.-- 5 Figuras.-- 2 TablasWe have previously reported the in vitro hypocholesterolemic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects of Alcalase-generated lupin protein hydrolysate (LPH). Given that lipoprotein deposition, oxidative stress, and inflammation are the main components of atherogenesis, we characterized the LPH composition, in silico identified LPH-peptides with activities related to atherosclerosis, and evaluated the in vivo LPH effects on atherosclerosis risk factors in a mouse model of atherosclerosis. After 15 min of Alcalase hydrolysis, peptides smaller than 8 kDa were obtained, and 259 peptides out of 278 peptides found showed biological activities related to atherosclerosis risk factors. Furthermore, LPH administration for 12 weeks reduced the plasma lipids, as well as the cardiovascular and atherogenic risk indexes. LPH also increased the total antioxidant capacity, decreased endothelial permeability, inflammatory response, and atherogenic markers. Therefore, this study describes for the first time that LPH prevents the early stages of atherosclerosis.Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Gobierno de España [AGL2012-40247-C02-01 and AGL2012-40247-C02-02], Consejería de Salud, Junta de Andalucía [PC-0111-2016-0111 and PEMP-0085-2020], and the Programa PAIDI from the Junta de Andalucía [CTS160]. G.S.-S. was supported by Formación Profesorado Universitario grants from the Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Gobierno de España [FPU16/02339]. I.C.-C. was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Consejería de Economía, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad, Junta de Andalucía [DOC_00587/2020]. N.Á.-S. was supported by a fellowship from the Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Envejecimiento y Fragilidad (RETICEF) [RD12/0043/0012 from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Gobierno de España]. B.R.-O. was supported by a grant from the Programa de Empleo Juvenil of Ministerio de Empleo y Seguridad Social, Gobierno de España [EJ-086]. A.I.Á.-L. was funded by the Consejería de Salud, Junta de Andalucía [PI-0136-2019]. I.B. was supported by the VI Plan Propio de Investigación y Transferencia of Universidad de Sevilla [VI PPIT-US].Peer reviewe

    Efficacy of Boswellia serrata Extract and/or an Omega-3-Based Product for Improving Pain and Function in People Older Than 40 Years with Persistent Knee Pain: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Clinical Trial

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    A single-center, randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial with four arms was conducted in healthy subjects with persistent knee discomfort (pain intensity on 1–10 cm visual analog scale (VAS) > 3) aged 40 years and older treated with a dietary supplement for 8 weeks. The study groups were Boswellia serrata extract (n = 29), an omega-3-based product (AvailOm® 50 High EPA) (n = 31), Boswellia + AvailOm® (n = 30), and placebo (n = 30). The intake of Boswellia + AvailOm® improved the quality of life (QoL) (WOMAC index) and some variables of muscle strength. Statistically significant differences between the AvailOm® and the placebo groups in the decrease of pain intensity were found. Weekly VAS scores showed a significant decrease in pain perception when comparing the AvailOm® product to the placebo, with the lowest VAS scores at week 8. Consumption of Boswellia improved sleep latency. The time to perform the Up and Go test decreased after the intake of AvailOm®. There was an increase in the omega-3 fatty acids, with the greatest increase in the Boswellia + AvailOm® group. AvailOm® was safe and effective in reducing pain and improving the QoL and functionality of subjects over 40 years with persistent knee pain.Ciencias de la Alimentació
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