Impacto de la Atención Farmacéutica en la adherencia de los pacientes con VIH en el Hospital San Pablo de Coquimbo, Chile.

Introducción: Garantizar la sostenibilidad de un sistema de salud requiere que los esfuerzos multidisciplinarios estén enfocados en contribuir con el éxito de los tratamientos farmacológicos, siendo la falta de adherencia a los tratamientos un problema a nivel mundial. La Atención Farmacéutica está enfocada en optimizar la adherencia a la farmacoterapia. Objetivos: Determinar el impacto de la Atención Farmacéutica en la adherencia de los pacientes con VIH en el Hospital San Pablo de Coquimbo de Chile. Método: Estudio epidemiológico, sin grupo control, prospectivo y longitudinal. Medición de las variables antes y después en un periodo de 6 meses. Se evalúa el impacto de la Atención Farmacéutica en la adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico, carga viral, CD4 y grado de conocimiento de los medicamentos y enfermedad por parte de los pacientes. Los resultados obtenidos se procesaron en el programa estadístico SPSS V.21. Resultados: El 45,46% de los Resultados Negativos asociados a la Medicación (RNM) encontrados estuvieron relacionados a la efectividad. Se consiguió un incremento de 13% en el puntaje de la encuesta de adherencia CEAT-VIH. Se logró un aumento del promedio de CDL desde 210.3 a 249.3 y una disminución de la carga viral promedio de 60660 a 291.2. Los pacientes con > 50 de carga viral pasaron de 11 a 3 mientras que los pacientes con < 50 de carga viral pasaron de 7 a 14. Finalmente, hubo un aumento del 60% en los valores del cuestionario de conocimientos. Conclusión: La Atención Farmacéutica en pacientes con VIH es efectiva en la mejora de la adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico, en mejores resultados de CD4 y carga viral así como el conocimiento de la enfermedad y los medicamentos

Impacto de la Atención Farmacéutica en la adherencia de los pacientes con VIH en el Hospital San Pablo de Coquimbo, Chile.

Introducción: Garantizar la sostenibilidad de un sistema de salud requiere que los esfuerzos multidisciplinarios estén enfocados en contribuir con el éxito de los tratamientos farmacológicos, siendo la falta de adherencia a los tratamientos un problema a nivel mundial. La Atención Farmacéutica está enfocada en optimizar la adherencia a la farmacoterapia. Objetivos: Determinar el impacto de la Atención Farmacéutica en la adherencia de los pacientes con VIH en el Hospital San Pablo de Coquimbo de Chile. Método: Estudio epidemiológico, sin grupo control, prospectivo y longitudinal. Medición de las variables antes y después en un periodo de 6 meses. Se evalúa el impacto de la Atención Farmacéutica en la adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico, carga viral, CD4 y grado de conocimiento de los medicamentos y enfermedad por parte de los pacientes. Los resultados obtenidos se procesaron en el programa estadístico SPSS V.21. Resultados: El 45,46% de los Resultados Negativos asociados a la Medicación (RNM) encontrados estuvieron relacionados a la efectividad. Se consiguió un incremento de 13% en el puntaje de la encuesta de adherencia CEAT-VIH. Se logró un aumento del promedio de CDL desde 210.3 a 249.3 y una disminución de la carga viral promedio de 60660 a 291.2. Los pacientes con > 50 de carga viral pasaron de 11 a 3 mientras que los pacientes con < 50 de carga viral pasaron de 7 a 14. Finalmente, hubo un aumento del 60% en los valores del cuestionario de conocimientos. Conclusión: La Atención Farmacéutica en pacientes con VIH es efectiva en la mejora de la adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico, en mejores resultados de CD4 y carga viral así como el conocimiento de la enfermedad y los medicamentos

GEMINI 3D spectroscopy of BAL+IR+Fe II QSOs: II. IRAS 04505-2958 an explosive QSO with hypershell and a new scenario for galaxy formation and galaxy end

From a study of BAL + IR + Fe II QSOs (using deep Gemini GMOS-IFU spectroscopy) new results are presented: for IRAS 04505-2958. Specifically, we have studied in detail the out flow (OF) process and their associated structures, mainly at two large galactic scales: (i) two blobs/shells (S1, S2) at radius r = 1.1 and 2.2 kpc; and (ii) an external hypergiant shell (S3) at r = 11 kpc. In addition, the presence of two very extended hypergiant shells (S4, S5) at r = 80 kpc is discussed. From this GMOS study the following main results were obtained: (i) For the external hypergiant shell S3 the kinematics GMOS maps of the ionized gas show very similar features to those observed for the prototype of exploding external supergiant shell: in NGC 5514. (ii) The main knots K1, K2 and K3 -of this hypergiant shell S3- show a stellar population and emission line ratios associated with the presence of a starburst + OF/shocks. (iii) The internal shells S1 and S2 show structures, OF components and properties very similar to those detected in the nuclear shells of Mrk 231. (iv) The shells S1+S2 and S3 are aligned at PA = 131: i.e. suggesting that the OF process is in the blow-out phase with bipolar structure. In addition, the shells S4 and S5 (at 80-100 kpc scale) are aligned at PA = 40, i.e.: a bipolar OF perpendicular to the internal OF. Finally, the generation of UHE cosmic rays and neutrino/ dark-matter -associated with HyNe in BAL + IR + Fe II QSOs- is discussed.Comment: Submitted MNRAS, 81 pages, 25 Figure

Magnetic properties of X-Pt (X=Fe,Co,Ni) alloy systems

We have studied the electronic and magnetic properties of Fe-Pt, Co-Pt and Ni-Pt alloy systems in ordered and disordered phases. The influence of various exchange-correlation functionals on values of equilibrium lattice parameters and magnetic moments in ordered Fe-Pt, Co-Pt and Ni-Pt alloys have been studied using linearized muffin-tin orbital method. The electronic structure calculations for the disordered alloys have been carried out using augmented space recursion technique in the framework of tight binding linearized muffin-tin orbital method. The effect of short range order has also been studied in the disordered phase of these systems. The results show good agreements with available experimental values.Comment: 21 pages, 4 eps figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Physics Condensed Matte

Integrated Analysis of Germline and Tumor DNA Identifies New Candidate Genes Involved in Familial Colorectal Cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC) shows aggregation in some families but no alterations in the known hereditary CRC genes. We aimed to identify new candidate genes which are potentially involved in germline predisposition to familial CRC. An integrated analysis of germline and tumor whole-exome sequencing data was performed in 18 unrelated CRC families. Deleterious single nucleotide variants (SNV), short insertions and deletions (indels), copy number variants (CNVs) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) were assessed as candidates for first germline or second somatic hits. Candidate tumor suppressor genes were selected when alterations were detected in both germline and somatic DNA, fulfilling Knudson's two-hit hypothesis. Somatic mutational profiling and signature analysis were also performed. A series of germline-somatic variant pairs were detected. In all cases, the first hit was presented as a rare SNV/indel, whereas the second hit was either a different SNV (3 genes) or LOH affecting the same gene (141 genes). BRCA2, BLM, ERCC2, RECQL, REV3L and RIF1 were among the most promising candidate genes for germline CRC predisposition. The identification of new candidate genes involved in familial CRC could be achieved by our integrated analysis. Further functional studies and replication in additional cohorts are required to confirm the selected candidates

Measurements of fiducial and differential cross sections for Higgs boson production in the diphoton decay channel at s√=8 TeV with ATLAS

Measurements of fiducial and differential cross sections are presented for Higgs boson production in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of s√=8 TeV. The analysis is performed in the H → γγ decay channel using 20.3 fb−1 of data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The signal is extracted using a fit to the diphoton invariant mass spectrum assuming that the width of the resonance is much smaller than the experimental resolution. The signal yields are corrected for the effects of detector inefficiency and resolution. The pp → H → γγ fiducial cross section is measured to be 43.2 ±9.4(stat.) − 2.9 + 3.2 (syst.) ±1.2(lumi)fb for a Higgs boson of mass 125.4GeV decaying to two isolated photons that have transverse momentum greater than 35% and 25% of the diphoton invariant mass and each with absolute pseudorapidity less than 2.37. Four additional fiducial cross sections and two cross-section limits are presented in phase space regions that test the theoretical modelling of different Higgs boson production mechanisms, or are sensitive to physics beyond the Standard Model. Differential cross sections are also presented, as a function of variables related to the diphoton kinematics and the jet activity produced in the Higgs boson events. The observed spectra are statistically limited but broadly in line with the theoretical expectations

Measurement of the production of a W boson in association with a charm quark in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The production of a W boson in association with a single charm quark is studied using 4.6 fb−1 of pp collision data at s√ = 7 TeV collected with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. In events in which a W boson decays to an electron or muon, the charm quark is tagged either by its semileptonic decay to a muon or by the presence of a charmed meson. The integrated and differential cross sections as a function of the pseudorapidity of the lepton from the W-boson decay are measured. Results are compared to the predictions of next-to-leading-order QCD calculations obtained from various parton distribution function parameterisations. The ratio of the strange-to-down sea-quark distributions is determined to be 0.96+0.26−0.30 at Q 2 = 1.9 GeV2, which supports the hypothesis of an SU(3)-symmetric composition of the light-quark sea. Additionally, the cross-section ratio σ(W + +c¯¯)/σ(W − + c) is compared to the predictions obtained using parton distribution function parameterisations with different assumptions about the s−s¯¯¯ quark asymmetry

Measurement of χ c1 and χ c2 production with s√ = 7 TeV pp collisions at ATLAS

The prompt and non-prompt production cross-sections for the χ c1 and χ c2 charmonium states are measured in pp collisions at s√ = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the LHC using 4.5 fb−1 of integrated luminosity. The χ c states are reconstructed through the radiative decay χ c → J/ψγ (with J/ψ → μ + μ −) where photons are reconstructed from γ → e + e − conversions. The production rate of the χ c2 state relative to the χ c1 state is measured for prompt and non-prompt χ c as a function of J/ψ transverse momentum. The prompt χ c cross-sections are combined with existing measurements of prompt J/ψ production to derive the fraction of prompt J/ψ produced in feed-down from χ c decays. The fractions of χ c1 and χ c2 produced in b-hadron decays are also measured

Search for squarks and gluinos in events with isolated leptons, jets and missing transverse momentum at s√=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

The results of a search for supersymmetry in final states containing at least one isolated lepton (electron or muon), jets and large missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider are reported. The search is based on proton-proton collision data at a centre-of-mass energy s√=8 TeV collected in 2012, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20 fb−1. No significant excess above the Standard Model expectation is observed. Limits are set on supersymmetric particle masses for various supersymmetric models. Depending on the model, the search excludes gluino masses up to 1.32 TeV and squark masses up to 840 GeV. Limits are also set on the parameters of a minimal universal extra dimension model, excluding a compactification radius of 1/R c = 950 GeV for a cut-off scale times radius (ΛR c) of approximately 30

Evidence for the Higgs-boson Yukawa coupling to tau leptons with the ATLAS detector

Results of a search for H → τ τ decays are presented, based on the full set of proton-proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at the LHC during 2011 and 2012. The data correspond to integrated luminosities of 4.5 fb−1 and 20.3 fb−1 at centre-of-mass energies of √s = 7 TeV and √s = 8 TeV respectively. All combinations of leptonic (τ → `νν¯ with ` = e, µ) and hadronic (τ → hadrons ν) tau decays are considered. An excess of events over the expected background from other Standard Model processes is found with an observed (expected) significance of 4.5 (3.4) standard deviations. This excess provides evidence for the direct coupling of the recently discovered Higgs boson to fermions. The measured signal strength, normalised to the Standard Model expectation, of µ = 1.43 +0.43 −0.37 is consistent with the predicted Yukawa coupling strength in the Standard Model