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    Physiological and public health basis for assessing micronutrient requirements in children and adolescents. The EURRECA network

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    This paper provides an overview of the current knowledge relating to the nutritional requirements and corresponding recommended nutrient intake values of children and adolescents for micronutrients and specificities related to these requirements in the course of childhood and adolescence in Europe. Aspects that can influence micronutrient requirements, such as physiological requirements and bioavailability of the nutrients in the organism, are discussed. The methodology used to obtain the data and also the main knowledge gaps regarding these concepts are emphasized. Methodological critical points in achieving the data and physiological aspects of children and adolescents are important in order to standardize the reference values for micronutrients among Europe for these stages of life

    Higher COVID-19 pneumonia risk associated with anti-IFN-α than with anti-IFN-ω auto-Abs in children

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    We found that 19 (10.4%) of 183 unvaccinated children hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia had autoantibodies (auto-Abs) neutralizing type I IFNs (IFN-alpha 2 in 10 patients: IFN-alpha 2 only in three, IFN-alpha 2 plus IFN-omega in five, and IFN-alpha 2, IFN-omega plus IFN-beta in two; IFN-omega only in nine patients). Seven children (3.8%) had Abs neutralizing at least 10 ng/ml of one IFN, whereas the other 12 (6.6%) had Abs neutralizing only 100 pg/ml. The auto-Abs neutralized both unglycosylated and glycosylated IFNs. We also detected auto-Abs neutralizing 100 pg/ml IFN-alpha 2 in 4 of 2,267 uninfected children (0.2%) and auto-Abs neutralizing IFN-omega in 45 children (2%). The odds ratios (ORs) for life-threatening COVID-19 pneumonia were, therefore, higher for auto-Abs neutralizing IFN-alpha 2 only (OR [95% CI] = 67.6 [5.7-9,196.6]) than for auto-Abs neutralizing IFN-. only (OR [95% CI] = 2.6 [1.2-5.3]). ORs were also higher for auto-Abs neutralizing high concentrations (OR [95% CI] = 12.9 [4.6-35.9]) than for those neutralizing low concentrations (OR [95% CI] = 5.5 [3.1-9.6]) of IFN-omega and/or IFN-alpha 2

    Asociación entre Artritis Reumatoidea y otras enfermedades autoinmunes

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    Objetivos: determinar la frecuencia de enfermedades autoinmunes (EAI) en pacientes con Artritis Reumatoidea (AR) y comparar la frecuencia de EAI entre pacientes con AR y sin AR ni otra EAI reumatológica. Material y Métodos: estudio multicéntrico, observacional, analítico, retrospectivo. Se incluyeron pacientes consecutivos con AR (ACR/EULAR 2010) y como grupo control pacientes con diagnóstico inicial de Osteoartritis primaria (OA).

    Guía de accesibilidad al teatro a través del subtitulado y la audiodescripción

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    Aunque es de vital importancia que todos los ciudadanos tengan acceso a las expresiones artísticas con el fin de potenciar el desarrollo personal, la comunicación y el enriquecimiento sociales, a día de hoy la marginación y la exclusión en el ámbito cultural es una realidad en el sector con discapacidad sensorial. Según la encuesta del INE de 2008, más de un 5% de personas tienen algún tipo de discapacidad sensorial auditiva o visual lo que les impide acceder a la cultura, en igualdad de condiciones que el resto de personas. La accesibilidad al teatro resulta una tarea compleja ya que en la asimilación de una representación teatral intervienen distintas dimensiones de las aptitudes humanas, para las que resulta obvio el papel significativo que juegan los elementos visuales y auditivos. El CESyA, como centro técnico de referencia en materia de accesibilidad audiovisual, se ha ocupado de proporcionar, definir, impulsar y promover la accesibilidad a los medios, la cultura y las situaciones en las que intervengan elementos audiovisuales para personas con discapacidad sensorial, mediante servicios y dispositivos accesibles a través del subtitulado y la audiodescripción. En cuanto al teatro, sus actividades están enfocadas a la sensibilización y promoción de sesiones regulares, formación e investigación en tecnologías de apoyo al subtitulado y la audiodescripción. Esta guía pretende ser un instrumento de sensibilización para todos los ciudadanos y para los profesionales de la industria del teatro así como un marco de referencia de buenas prácticas que abarque todo el proceso de elaboración de una obra de teatro accesible tanto a nivel técnico, como de elaboración de contenidos y hoja de ruta a seguir por los teatros y compañías teatrales. Recoge así la información necesaria, detallada y explícita que facilite a los todos los agentes que intervienen en la industria cultural del teatro la intervención en sus producciones teatrales para hacer que sus contenidos sean accesibles a todos los ciudadanos a través del subtitulado y la audiodescripción

    Omega-3 LCPUFA supplement: a nutritional strategy to prevent maternal and neonatal oxidative stress

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    There is controversy about fish-oil supplementation and oxidative damage. This ambiguity should be explored to elucidate its role as modulator of oxidative stress, especially during gestation and postnatal life. This is the objective of this study. One hundred ten pregnant women were divided in two groups: control group CT (400mL/day of the control dairy drink); supplemented group FO (400mL/day of the fish oil-enriched dairy drink (+/- 400-mg EPA-DHA/day)). Different biomarkers of oxidative damage were determined in the mother's at enrolment, at delivery and at 2.5 and 4months postpartum and newborns at delivery and at 2.5months postpartum. Omega-3 LC-PUFA supplementation during pregnancy and lactation decreased plasma hydroperoxides especially in newborn at delivery (P=0.001) and 2.5months (P=0.006), increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in mothers at delivery (P=0.024 (SOD)) and after 2.5months (P=0.040 (CAT)) and in newborns at 2.5months (P=0.035 (SOD); P=0.021 (CAT)). Also, supplementation increased -tocoferol in mothers at 2.5months (P=0.030) and in umbilical cord artery (P=0.039). Higher levels of CoQ10 were found in mothers at delivery (P=0.039) as well as in umbilical cord vein (P=0.024) and artery (P=0.036). Our supplementation prevents the oxidative stress in the mother and neonate during the first months of postnatal life, being a potential preventive nutritional strategy to prevent functional alterations associated with oxidative stress that have an important repercussion for the neonate development in the early postnatal life

    The p.T191M mutation of the CBS gene is highly prevalent among homocystinuric patients from Spain, Portugal and South America (vol 51, pg 305, 2007)

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    Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, Dept Genet, E-08028 Barcelona, SpainUniv Nacl Cordoba, Ctr Estudio Metab Congenitas, RA-5000 Cordoba, ArgentinaPontificia Univ Javeriana, Inst Genet Humana, Bogota, ColombiaUniv Antioquia, Fac Med, Dept Fisiol & Bioquim, Medellin, ColombiaFdn Estudio Enfermedades Neurometab, Buenos Aires, DF, ArgentinaInst Genet Med Jacinto Magalhaes, Oporto, PortugalUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM, UNIFESP, Dept Pediat, São Paulo, BrazilHosp Ramon & Cajal, Serv Pediat, Unidad Enfermedades Metab, E-28034 Madrid, SpainHosp Univ Materno Infantil, Unidad Gastroenterol & Nutr, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, SpainHosp Infantil La Fe, Unidad Nutr & Metab, Valencia, SpainHosp Clin Univ Santiago, Dept Pediat, Santiago de Compostela, SpainCorp Sanitaria Clin, Inst Bioquim Clin, Barcelona, SpainHosp St Joan Deu, Serv Bioquim, Barcelona, SpainUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, EPM, UNIFESP, Dept Pediat, São Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc
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