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Bases del baile flamenco. La escuela bolera
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Responsabilidad social empresarial de la gerencia servicios pĂşblicos de la Municipalidad de San MartĂn de Porres, 2017
La presente investigaciĂłn tuvo como objetivo principal determinar la percepciĂłn
existente de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial de la gerencia de servicios
pĂşblicos de la Municipalidad de San MartĂn de Porres, 2017. La investigaciĂłn es
descriptiva, pues describe las propiedades y caracterĂsticas de procesos, objetos
o cualquier otro fenómeno que se someta a un análisis, esta investigación tiene
también un enfoque cuantitativo pues brinda datos exactos y medibles. Asimismo,
el estudio se enmarcó en la investigación básica, de la misma manera para la
ejecuciĂłn de la investigaciĂłn se trabajĂł con una poblaciĂłn de 110 personas, a
quienes se les aplicĂł el cuestionario para realizar la Prueba Piloto, el cual consta
de 27 preguntas elaborados para la variable Responsabilidad Social Empresarial.
Los resultados obtenidos determinaron la percepciĂłn de la Responsabilidad
Social Empresarial de la Gerencia de Servicios PĂşblicos de la Municipalidad de
San Martin de Porres, porque a través del resultado descriptivo del cuestionario
de preguntas se logrĂł apreciar que un 58.18% de los encuestados afirman que
Responsabilidad Social Empresarial tiene un nivel de percepciĂłn poco aceptable
NIVELES SÉRICOS DE VITAMINA E, VITAMINA A Y HIERRO EN CERDOS DESTETADOS DE GRANJAS PORCÍCOLAS DEL MUNICIPIO DE HERMOSILLO: ESTUDIO PILOTO
Se determinaron los niveles sĂ©ricos de vitamina A, E y hierro en cerdos de granjas porcĂcolas del Municipio de Hermosillo, Sonora, MĂ©xico, ya que actualmente se carece de informaciĂłn de estos micronutrientes en esta regiĂłn. Se muestrearon 4 granjas, en donde se tomaron muestras de sangre en base al 5 % la poblaciĂłn total de cerdos en etapa de destete (21 ± 5 dĂas de edad). Las vitaminas A y E se determinaron por HPLC. El hierro sĂ©rico y la capacidad total de fijaciĂłn de hierro se determinaron por espectrofotometrĂa. Las concentraciones de vitamina E mostraron variaciĂłn entre granjas, los cerdos de las granjas 1 (3,4 µg/mL) y 2 (3,2 µg/mL) mostraron valores más altos de vitamina E (
Three peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor isotypes from each of two species of marine fish
The cloning and characterization of cDNAs and genes encoding three peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) isotypes from two species of marine fish, the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), are reported for the first time. Although differences in the genomic organization of the fish PPAR genes compared with their mammalian counterparts are evident, sequence alignments and phylogenetic comparisons show the fish genes to be homologs of mammalian PPARα, PPARβ/δ, and PPARγ. Like their mammalian homologs, fish PPARs bind to a variety of natural PPAR response elements (PPREs) present in the promoters of mammalian or piscine genes. In contrast, the mRNA expression pattern of PPARs in the two fish species differs from that observed in other vertebrates. Thus, PPARγ is expressed more widely in fish tissues than in mammals, whereas PPARα and β are expressed similarly in profile to mammals. Furthermore, nutritional status strongly influences the expression of all three PPAR isotypes in liver, whereas it has no effect on PPAR expression in intestinal and adipose tissues. Fish PPARα and β exhibit an activation profile similar to that of the mammalian PPAR in response to a variety of activators/ligands, whereas PPARγ is not activated by mammalian PPARγ-specific ligands. Amino acid residues shown to be critical for ligand binding in mammalian PPARs are not conserved in fish PPARγ and therefore, together with the distinct tissue expression profile of this receptor, suggest potential differences in the function of PPARγ in fish compared with mammals
A semi-quantitative RT-PCR method to measure the in vivo effect of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on porcine muscle PPAR gene expression
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) can activate (in vitro) the nuclear transcription factors known as the peroxisome proliferators activated receptors (PPAR). CLA was fed at 11 g CLA/kg of feed for 45d to castrated male pigs (barrows) to better understand long term effects of PPAR activation in vivo. The barrows fed CLA had lean muscle increased by 3.5% and overall fat reduced by 9.2% but intramuscular fat (IMF %) was increased by 14% (P < 0.05). To measure the effect of long term feeding of CLA on porcine muscle gene expression, a semi-quantitative RT-PCR method was developed using cDNA normalized against the housekeeping genes cyclophilin and β-actin. This method does not require radioactivity or expensive PCR instruments with real-time fluorescent detection. PPARγ and the PPAR responsive gene AFABP but not PPARα were significantly increased (P < 0.05) in the CLA fed pig’s muscle. PPARα and PPARγ were also quantitatively tested for large differences in gene expression by western blot analysis but no significant difference was detected at this level. Although large differences in gene expression of the PPAR transcriptional factors could not be confirmed by western blotting techniques. The increased expression of AFABP gene, which is responsive to PPAR transcriptional factors, confirmed that dietary CLA can induce a detectable increase in basal PPAR transcriptional activity in the live animal
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Modulation of Cholesterol Homeostasis in THP-1 Macrophage-Derived Foam Cells
Transformation of macrophages to foam cells is determined by the rates of cholesterol uptake and efflux. This study uses a real time RT-PCR technique to investigate the role of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), α-linolenic acid (ALA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in the regulation of the ATP-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) and liver X receptor α (LXR) genes, which are involved in cholesterol homeostasis. Accordingly, these fatty acids significantly reduced the total, free and esterified cholesterols within the foam cells. While the expression of the ABCA1 and LXRα genes was increased in the presence of the pharmacological LXRα ligand, T0901317, their mRNA expression was not significantly affected by CLA, ALA and EPA. These results suggest that although polyunsaturated fatty acids have an effect on cholesterol homeostasis, they cannot change the expression of the ABCA1 and LXRα genes. Alternatively, several other genes and proteins may be involved
Influence of Dietary Oil Content and Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) on Lipid Metabolism Enzyme Activities and Gene Expression in Tissues of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.)
The overall objective is to test the hypothesis that conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) has beneficial effects in Atlantic salmon through affecting lipid and fatty acid metabolism. The specific aims of the present study were to determine the effects of CLA on some key pathways of fatty acid metabolism including fatty acid oxidation and highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) synthesis. Salmon smolts were fed diets containing two levels of fish oil (low, ~18% and high, ~34%) containing three levels of CLA (a 1:1 mixture of 9-cis,trans-11 and trans-10,cis-12 at 0, 1 and 2% of diet) for 3 months. The effects of dietary CLA on HUFA synthesis and β-oxidation were measured and the expression of key genes in the fatty acid oxidation and HUFA synthesis pathways, and potentially important transcription factors, peroxisome proliferators activated receptors (PPARs), determined in selected tissues. Liver HUFA synthesis and desaturase gene expression was increased by dietary CLA and decreased by high dietary oil content. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-I) activity and gene expression were generally increased by CLA in muscle tissues although dietary oil content had relatively little effect. In general CPT-I activity or gene expression was not correlated with β-oxidation. Dietary CLA tended to increase PPARα and β gene expression in both liver and muscle tissues, and PPARγ in liver. In summary, gene expression and activity of the fatty acid pathways were altered in response to dietary CLA and/or oil content, with data suggesting that PPARs are also regulated in response to CLA. Correlations were observed between dietary CLA, liver HUFA synthesis and desaturase gene expression, and liver PPARα expression, and also between dietary CLA, CPT-I expression and activity, and PPARα expression in muscle tissues. In conclusion, this study suggests that dietary CLA has effects on fatty acid metabolism in Atlantic salmon and on PPAR transcription factors. However, further work is required to assess the potential of CLA as a dietary supplement, and the role of PPARs in the regulation of lipid metabolism in fish
Conjugated linoleic acids: why the discrepancy between animal and human studies?
Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) are positional and geometric isomers of linoleic acid.
In animals, CLA consumption reduces body fat but results in humans are less
conclusive. This review of the literature on CLA and loss of body fat or body weight in
humans was conducted to explore the reasons for the discrepancy between animal
and clinical trials. It indicates that the incongruity between human and animal data
is largelyrelatedto methodological differences inthe experimental design, including
age and gender and, to a lesser extent, to CLA dose and isomers. The relatively
unknown metabolic fate of CLA in humans may also be a contributing factor that
helps explain the lack of consistency for CLA efficacy across studies
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