Xylotrechus arvicola (Olivier) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), a new impacting pest on Spanish vineyards

Research NoteInfestation caused by Xylotrechus arvicola (Olivier) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) is becoming a new sanitary problem in some Spanish vine-producing areas. Symptoms caused by the pest, the identification of 7 associated wood fungal species living in galleries excavated by larvae, some data about the evolution of the infestation during 8 years in the same plot and the different levels of susceptibility exhibited by three grape varieties are presented in this paper

Diversity and relationships in key traits for functional and apparent quality in a collection of eggplant: fruit phenolics content, antioxidant activity, polyphenol oxidase activity, and browning

This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work seehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf402429kEggplant (Solanum melongena) varieties with increased levels of phenolics in the fruit present enhanced functional quality, but may display greater fruit flesh browning. We evaluated 18 eggplant accessions for fruit total phenolics content, chlorogenic acid content, DPPH scavenging activity, polyphenol oxidase (PPO) activity, liquid extract browning, and fruit flesh browning. For all the traits we found a high diversity, with differences among accessions of up to 3.36-fold for fruit flesh browning. Variation in total content in phenolics and in chlorogenic acid content accounted only for 18.9% and 6.0% in the variation in fruit flesh browning, and PPO activity was not significantly correlated with fruit flesh browning. Liquid extract browning was highly correlated with chlorogenic acid content (r = 0.852). Principal components analysis (PCA) identified four groups of accessions with different profiles for the traits studied. Results suggest that it is possible to develop new eggplant varieties with improved functional and apparent quality.This project has been funded by Universitat Politecnica de Valencia through the grants SP20120681 and PAID-06-11 Nr. 2082, and by Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad Grant AGL2012-34213 (jointly funded by FEDER).Plazas Ávila, MDLO.; López Gresa, MP.; Vilanova Navarro, S.; Torres Vidal, C.; Hurtado Ricart, M.; Gramazio, P.; Andújar Pérez, I.... (2013). Diversity and relationships in key traits for functional and apparent quality in a collection of eggplant: fruit phenolics content, antioxidant activity, polyphenol oxidase activity, and browning. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61(37):8871-8879. https://doi.org/10.1021/jf402429kS88718879613

Left hepatectomy accompanied by a resection of the whole caudate lobe using the dorsally fixed liver-hanging maneuver.

A resection of the caudate lobe often needs to be combined with a hemi-hepatectomy for hilar cholangiocarcinoma or a liver tumor in segment 1. To achieve complete resection of the whole caudate lobe, the cut line between the right edge of the paracaval portion and the right lateral sector should be precisely controlled. The liver-hanging maneuver (LHM) is a useful anterior approach that does not require mobilization of the remnant liver. However, the precise set-up of the cut line of the right edge has not been optimized in previous reports. We herein introduce a new modification of LHM that we named the "dorsally fixed liver-hanging maneuver" (DF-LHM) based on the results in five patients who underwent left hepatectomy combined with a total resection of segment 1. This technique provided adequate cut planes along the right edge of the caudate lobe, shortening the transection time and reducing intraoperative blood loss. The DF-LHM may represent a new key technique for this type of hepatectomy, and further applications for other anatomical resections can be modeled on the strategy

Actas de las V Jornadas ScienCity 2022. Fomento de la Cultura Científica, Tecnológica y de Innovación en Ciudades Inteligentes

ScienCity es una actividad que viene siendo continuada desde 2018 con el objetivo de dar a conocer los conocimientos y tecnologías emergentes siendo investigados en las universidades, informar de experiencias, servicios e iniciativas puestas ya en marcha por instituciones y empresas, llegar hasta decisores políticos que podrían crear sinergias, incentivar la creación de ideas y posibilidades de desarrollo conjuntas, implicar y provocar la participación ciudadana, así como gestar una red internacional multidisciplinar de investigadores que garantice la continuación de futuras ediciones. En 2022 se recibieron un total de 48 trabajos repartidos en 25 ponencias y 24 pósteres pertenecientes a 98 autores de 14 instituciones distintas de España, Portugal, Polonia y Países Bajos.Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología-Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades; Consejería de la Presidencia, Administración Pública e Interior de la Junta de Andalucía; Estrategia de Política de Investigación y Transferencia de la Universidad de Huelva; Cátedra de Innovación Social de Aguas de Huelva; Cátedra de la Provincia; Grupo de investigación TEP-192 de Control y Robótica; Centro de Investigación en Tecnología, Energía y Sostenibilidad (CITES

Estudio del tiempo de demora asistencial en urgencias hospitalarias. Estudio multicéntrico en los servicios de urgencias hospitalarias de la Comunidad Valenciana

Objetivos: Definir dos indicadores de calidad: demora asistencial y demora diagnóstica, comparar dichas demoras en relación con la gravedad de las patologías, y comprobar si sirven para valorar la calidad asistencial de los diferentes servicios de urgencias hospitalarias (SUH). Método: Estudio observacional, multicéntrico y prospectivo realizado entre diciembre de 2002 y junio de 2003 mediante la recogida de datos semanal, en un día determinado, a los pacientes atendidos de 8 h a 15 h en los SUH. Los episodios se recopilan y gestionan en una base de datos Access, y se procesan con el programa SPSS 11.05. Se miden los diferentes tiempos de demora y se valora la gravedad de la consulta. Se obtienen los siguientes tiempos reales: Tiempo medio de primera asistencia, Tiempo medio de diagnóstico, Tiempo medio de permanencia en Urgencias y Porcentaje de pacientes atendidos por centro; posteriormente los comparamos con los indicadores de calidad establecidos. La muestra n fue de 703 pacientes, correspondiendo: 36,1% al SUH1 (254 pacientes), 30,9% al SUH2 (217), 18,1% al SUH3 (127) y 14,9%(105) al SUH4. Resultados: Tiempo medio de primera asistencia: 27¿. Tiempo medio de diagnóstico: 46¿. Media de tiempo de permanencia: 74¿. Porcentaje según gravedad: Crítico 1%, Grave 7%, Gravedad moderada 42%, Leve 50%. Demora global: 21,6%. Cumplimiento de estándar de oro: 78,4%. Conclusiones: Relacionar demora asistencial con gravedad es un buen método para el control de calidad de los SUH. Hay que tender a cero en la demora de los pacientes U1 y U2. Podemos llegar a un consenso de buena asistencia e incidir en los problemas que derivan en una mayor demora según la gravedad de la patología

Parameter optimization of the liver tissue mechanical properties by means of FE modeling of the respiratory liver motion and similarity coefficients

This work has been partially supported by CDTI (ref. IDI-20101153) and by MICINN (ref. TIN2010-20999-C04-01) and by GVA (ref. ACOMP/2012/181). The work of Francisco Martı´nez-Martı´nez has been supported by the Spanish Government under the FPI Grant BES2011-046495. We would also like to express our deep gratitude to the Hospital Clı´nica Benidorm for its participation in this project.Martínez Martínez, F.; Rupérez Moreno, MJ.; Martín-Guerrero, J.; Monserrat Aranda, C.; Pareja, E.; López-Andújar, R.; Brugger, S. (2013). Parameter optimization of the liver tissue mechanical properties by means of FE modeling of the respiratory liver motion and similarity coefficients. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 8(1 Supplement):159-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-013-0864-0S15916081 Supplemen

Estimation of the elastic parameters of human liver biomechanical models by means of medical images and evolutionary computation

This paper presents a method to computationally estimate the elastic parameters of two biomechanical models proposed for the human liver. The method is aimed at avoiding the invasive measurement of its mechanical response. The chosen models are a second order Mooney–Rivlin model and an Ogden model. A novel error function, the geometric similarity function (GSF), is formulated using similarity coefficients widely applied in the field of medical imaging (Jaccard coefficient and Hausdorff coefficient). This function is used to compare two 3D images. One of them corresponds to a reference deformation carried out over a finite element (FE) mesh of a human liver from a computer tomography image, whilst the other one corresponds to the FE simulation of that deformation in which variations in the values of the model parameters are introduced. Several search strategies, based on GSF as cost function, are developed to accurately find the elastics parameters of the models, namely: two evolutionary algorithms (scatter search and genetic algorithm) and an iterative local optimization. The results show that GSF is a very appropriate function to estimate the elastic parameters of the biomechanical models since the mean of the relative mean absolute errors committed by the three algorithms is lower than 4%. © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.This project has been partially funded by CDTI (reference IDI-20101153) and by MICINN (reference TIN2010-20999-C04-01). The work of Francisco Martinez-Martinez has been supported by the Spanish Government under the FPI Grant BES-2011-046495. We would also like to express our gratitude to the Hospital Clinica Benidorm.Martínez Martínez, F.; Rupérez Moreno, MJ.; Martín Guerrero, JD.; Monserrat Aranda, C.; Lago, MA.; Pareja, E.; Brugger, S.... (2013). Estimation of the elastic parameters of human liver biomechanical models by means of medical images and evolutionary computation. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 111(3):537-549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.05.005S537549111

Molecular Epidemiology of Caliciviruses Causing Outbreaks and Sporadic Cases of Acute Gastroenteritis in Spain

The molecular epidemiology of human caliciviruses (HuCVs) causing sporadic cases and outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis around eastern Spain (Catalonia and the Valencian Community) was studied by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) and by sequencing part of the RNA polymerase gene in open reading frame 1. HuCVs were detected in 44 of 310 stool specimens (14.19%) negative for other enteric pathogens obtained from children with acute gastroenteritis. Norwalk-like viruses (NLVs) were the most common cause of the gastroenteritis outbreaks investigated here. They were detected in 14 out of 25 (56%) outbreaks with an identified pathogen. Genotypes producing both sporadic cases and outbreaks were diverse, with a predominance of GGII strains related to genotypes Melksham and Lordsdale. Five strains clustered with a “new variant” designated GGIIb, which was detected circulating throughout quite a few European countries in the years 2000 and 2001. The emergence mechanism of these strains might be the occurrence of intertypic recombinations between different viruses. The nucleotide sequence of part of the capsid gene (ORF2) from three of these strains demonstrated their relationship with Mexico virus