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Realidades interculturales, miradas hacia el género y la educación
Este texto contribuye al anĂĄlisis cientĂfico de varias ĂĄreas del conocimiento como la filosofĂa social, la patologĂa, la educaciĂłn para el cuidado del medio ambiente y la sustentabilidad que inciden en diversas unidades de aprendizaje de la Licenciatura en EducaciĂłn para la Salud y de la MaestrĂa en SociologĂa de la SaludLa presente obra, es la reuniĂłn de varias investigaciones que se han dado cita para construir un libro que representa el horizonte de autores y lectores en la pasiĂłn del dialogo. Se trata de experiencias de los observadores e interpretes de la realidad de los observadores e interpretes de la realidad social quienes se aventuraron a reunir las voces de los informantes que resguardan los secretos de sus comunidades acerca de su cultura, organizaciĂłn simbĂłlica, y de sus practicas y rituales engarzados en la vida cotidiana
Angiocrine polyamine production regulates adiposity.
Reciprocal interactions between endothelial cells (ECs) and adipocytes are fundamental to maintain white adipose tissue (WAT) homeostasis, as illustrated by the activation of angiogenesis upon WAT expansion, a process that is impaired in obesity. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the crosstalk between ECs and adipocytes remain poorly understood. Here, we show that local production of polyamines in ECs stimulates adipocyte lipolysis and regulates WAT homeostasis in mice. We promote enhanced cell-autonomous angiogenesis by deleting Pten in the murine endothelium. Endothelial Pten loss leads to a WAT-selective phenotype, characterized by reduced body weight and adiposity in pathophysiological conditions. This phenotype stems from enhanced fatty acid ÎČ-oxidation in ECs concomitant with a paracrine lipolytic action on adipocytes, accounting for reduced adiposity. Combined analysis of murine models, isolated ECs and human specimens reveals that WAT lipolysis is mediated by mTORC1-dependent production of polyamines by ECs. Our results indicate that angiocrine metabolic signals are important for WAT homeostasis and organismal metabolism.We thank members of the Endothelial Pathobiology and Microenvironment Group for
helpful discussions. We thank the CERCA Program/Generalitat de Catalunya and the
Josep Carreras Foundation for institutional support. The research leading to these results
has received funding from la FundaciĂłn BBVA (Ayuda Fundacion BBVA a Equipos de
InvestigaciĂłn CientĂfica 2019, PR19BIOMET0061) and from SAF2017-82072-ERC from
Ministerio de Ciencia, InnovaciĂłn y Universidades (MCIU) (Spain). The laboratory
of M.G. is also supported by the research grants SAF2017-89116R-P (FEDER/EU)
co-funded by European Regional Developmental Fund (ERDF), a Way to Build Europe
and PID2020-116184RB-I00 from MCEI; by the Catalan Government through the
project 2017-SGR; PTEN Research Foundation (BRR-17-001); La Caixa Foundation
(HR19-00120 and HR21-00046); by la Asociación Española contra el Cancer-Grupos
Traslacionales (GCTRA18006CARR, also to A.C.); European Foundation for the Study
of Diabetes/Lilly research grant, also to M.C.); and by the People Programme (Marie
Curie Actions; grant agreement 317250) of the European Unionâs Seventh Framework
Programme FP7/2007-2013 and the Marie SkĆodowska-Curie (grant agreement 675392)
of the European Unionâs Horizon 2020 research. The laboratory of A.C. is supported by
the Basque Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade (Elkartek) and the department
of education (IKERTALDE IT1106-16), the MCIU (PID2019-108787RB-I00 (FEDER/
EU); Severo Ochoa Excellence Accreditation SEV-2016-0644; Excellence Networks
SAF2016-81975-REDT), La Caixa Foundation (ID 100010434), under the agreement
LCF/PR/HR17, the Vencer el Cancer foundation and the European Research Council
(ERC) (consolidator grant 819242). CIBERONC was co-funded with FEDER funds and
funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). The laboratory of M.C. is supported by
the ERC under the European Unionâs Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
(grant agreement 725004) and CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya (M.C.).
The laboratory of D.S. is supported by research grants from MINECO (SAF2017-
83813-C3-1-R, also to L.H., cofounded by the ERDF), CIBEROBN (CB06/03/0001),
Government of Catalonia (2017SGR278) and FundaciĂł La MaratĂł de TV3 (201627-
30). The laboratory of R.N. is supported by FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, InnovaciĂłn
y Universidades-Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciĂłn (RTI2018-099413-B-I00 and and
RED2018-102379-T), Xunta de Galicia (2016-PG057 and 2020-PG015), ERC under the
European Unionâs Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement
810331), FundaciĂłn BBVA, Fundacion Atresmedia and CIBEROBN, which is an
initiative of the ISCIII of Spain, which is supported by FEDER funds. The laboratory
of J.A.V. is supported by research grants from MICINN (RTI2018-099250-B100) and
by La Caixa Foundation (ID 100010434, LCF/PR/HR17/52150009). P.M.G.-R. is
supported by ISCIII grant PI15/00701 cofinanced by the ERDF, A Way to Build
Europe. Personal support was from Marie Curie ITN Actions (E.M.), Juan de la Cierva
(IJCI-2015-23455, P.V.), CONICYT fellowship from Chile (S.Z.), Vetenskapsradet
(Swedish Research Council, 2018-06591, L.G.) and NCI K99/R00 Pathway to
Independence Award (K99CA245122, P. Castel).S
REALIDADES INTERCULTURALES
EL LIBRO FOMENTA LA LĂNEA DE INVESTIGACIĂN DEL CUERPO ACADĂMICO DE GĂNERO, SUSTENTABILIDAD, EDUCACIĂN Y SALUDSE RETOMAN EXPERIENCIAS DE LOS INTERPRETES DE LA REALIDAD SOCIAL QUIENES GUARDAN LOS SECRETOS DE SUS COMUNIDADES ACERCA DE LA CULTURA, ORGANIZACIĂN SIMBĂLICA DE LA VIDA COTIDIANANINGUNO ES PERSONA
Maternal outcomes and risk factors for COVID-19 severity among pregnant women.
Pregnant women may be at higher risk of severe complications associated with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which may lead to obstetrical complications. We performed a case control study comparing pregnant women with severe coronavirus disease 19 (cases) to pregnant women with a milder form (controls) enrolled in the COVI-Preg international registry cohort between March 24 and July 26, 2020. Risk factors for severity, obstetrical and immediate neonatal outcomes were assessed. A total of 926 pregnant women with a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 were included, among which 92 (9.9%) presented with severe COVID-19 disease. Risk factors for severe maternal outcomes were pulmonary comorbidities [aOR 4.3, 95% CI 1.9-9.5], hypertensive disorders [aOR 2.7, 95% CI 1.0-7.0] and diabetes [aOR2.2, 95% CI 1.1-4.5]. Pregnant women with severe maternal outcomes were at higher risk of caesarean section [70.7% (nâ=â53/75)], preterm delivery [62.7% (nâ=â32/51)] and newborns requiring admission to the neonatal intensive care unit [41.3% (nâ=â31/75)]. In this study, several risk factors for developing severe complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection among pregnant women were identified including pulmonary comorbidities, hypertensive disorders and diabetes. Obstetrical and neonatal outcomes appear to be influenced by the severity of maternal disease
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), through their complex cargo, can reflect the state of their cell of origin and change the functions and phenotypes of other cells. These features indicate strong biomarker and therapeutic potential and have generated broad interest, as evidenced by the steady year-on-year increase in the numbers of scientific publications about EVs. Important advances have been made in EV metrology and in understanding and applying EV biology. However, hurdles remain to realising the potential of EVs in domains ranging from basic biology to clinical applications due to challenges in EV nomenclature, separation from non-vesicular extracellular particles, characterisation and functional studies. To address the challenges and opportunities in this rapidly evolving field, the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) updates its 'Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles', which was first published in 2014 and then in 2018 as MISEV2014 and MISEV2018, respectively. The goal of the current document, MISEV2023, is to provide researchers with an updated snapshot of available approaches and their advantages and limitations for production, separation and characterisation of EVs from multiple sources, including cell culture, body fluids and solid tissues. In addition to presenting the latest state of the art in basic principles of EV research, this document also covers advanced techniques and approaches that are currently expanding the boundaries of the field. MISEV2023 also includes new sections on EV release and uptake and a brief discussion of in vivo approaches to study EVs. Compiling feedback from ISEV expert task forces and more than 1000 researchers, this document conveys the current state of EV research to facilitate robust scientific discoveries and move the field forward even more rapidly
Observation of the B0 â Ï0Ï0 decay from an amplitude analysis of B0 â (Ï+Ïâ)(Ï+Ïâ) decays
Protonâproton collision data recorded in 2011 and 2012 by the LHCb experiment, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fbâ1 , are analysed to search for the charmless B0âÏ0Ï0 decay. More than 600 B0â(Ï+Ïâ)(Ï+Ïâ) signal decays are selected and used to perform an amplitude analysis, under the assumption of no CP violation in the decay, from which the B0âÏ0Ï0 decay is observed for the first time with 7.1 standard deviations significance. The fraction of B0âÏ0Ï0 decays yielding a longitudinally polarised final state is measured to be fL=0.745â0.058+0.048(stat)±0.034(syst) . The B0âÏ0Ï0 branching fraction, using the B0âÏKâ(892)0 decay as reference, is also reported as B(B0âÏ0Ï0)=(0.94±0.17(stat)±0.09(syst)±0.06(BF))Ă10â6
Study of the rare B-s(0) and B-0 decays into the pi(+) pi(-) mu(+) mu(-) final state
A search for the rare decays and is performed in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb collected by the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. Decay candidates with pion pairs that have invariant mass in the range 0.5-1.3 GeV/ and with muon pairs that do not originate from a resonance are considered. The first observation of the decay and the first evidence of the decay are obtained and the branching fractions are measured to be and , where the third uncertainty is due to the branching fraction of the decay , used as a normalisation.A search for the rare decays Bs0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ and B0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ is performed in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fbâ1 collected by the LHCb detector in protonâproton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV . Decay candidates with pion pairs that have invariant mass in the range 0.5â1.3 GeV/c2 and with muon pairs that do not originate from a resonance are considered. The first observation of the decay Bs0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ and the first evidence of the decay B0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ are obtained and the branching fractions, restricted to the dipion-mass range considered, are measured to be B(Bs0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ)=(8.6±1.5 (stat)±0.7 (syst)±0.7(norm))Ă10â8 and B(B0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ)=(2.11±0.51(stat)±0.15(syst)±0.16(norm))Ă10â8 , where the third uncertainty is due to the branching fraction of the decay B0âJ/Ï(âÎŒ+ÎŒâ)Kâ(892)0(âK+Ïâ) , used as a normalisation.A search for the rare decays Bs0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ and B0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ is performed in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fbâ1 collected by the LHCb detector in protonâproton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV . Decay candidates with pion pairs that have invariant mass in the range 0.5â1.3 GeV/c2 and with muon pairs that do not originate from a resonance are considered. The first observation of the decay Bs0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ and the first evidence of the decay B0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ are obtained and the branching fractions, restricted to the dipion-mass range considered, are measured to be B(Bs0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ)=(8.6±1.5 (stat)±0.7 (syst)±0.7(norm))Ă10â8 and B(B0âÏ+ÏâÎŒ+ÎŒâ)=(2.11±0.51(stat)±0.15(syst)±0.16(norm))Ă10â8 , where the third uncertainty is due to the branching fraction of the decay B0âJ/Ï(âÎŒ+ÎŒâ)Kâ(892)0(âK+Ïâ) , used as a normalisation.A search for the rare decays and is performed in a data set corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb collected by the LHCb detector in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. Decay candidates with pion pairs that have invariant mass in the range 0.5-1.3 GeV/ and with muon pairs that do not originate from a resonance are considered. The first observation of the decay and the first evidence of the decay are obtained and the branching fractions, restricted to the dipion-mass range considered, are measured to be and , where the third uncertainty is due to the branching fraction of the decay , used as a normalisation
Angular analysis of the B-0 -> K*(0) e(+) e(-) decay in the low-q(2) region
An angular analysis of the decay is performed using a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 {\mbox{fb}^{-1}}, collected by the LHCb experiment in collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV during 2011 and 2012. For the first time several observables are measured in the dielectron mass squared () interval between 0.002 and 1.120. The angular observables and which are related to the polarisation and to the lepton forward-backward asymmetry, are measured to be and , where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The angular observables and which are sensitive to the photon polarisation in this range, are found to be and . The results are consistent with Standard Model predictions.An angular analysis of the B â K^{*}^{0} e e decay is performed using a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb, collected by the LHCb experiment in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV during 2011 and 2012. For the first time several observables are measured in the dielectron mass squared (q) interval between 0.002 and 1.120 GeV /c. The angular observables F and A which are related to the K^{*}^{0} polarisation and to the lepton forward-backward asymmetry, are measured to be F = 0.16 ± 0.06 ± 0.03 and A â=â0.10â±â0.18â±â0.05, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The angular observables A and A which are sensitive to the photon polarisation in this q range, are found to be A â=âââ0.23â±â0.23â±â0.05 and A â=â0.14â±â0.22â±â0.05. The results are consistent with Standard Model predictions.An angular analysis of the decay is performed using a data sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 {\mbox{fb}^{-1}}, collected by the LHCb experiment in collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV during 2011 and 2012. For the first time several observables are measured in the dielectron mass squared () interval between 0.002 and 1.120. The angular observables and which are related to the polarisation and to the lepton forward-backward asymmetry, are measured to be and , where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The angular observables and which are sensitive to the photon polarisation in this range, are found to be and . The results are consistent with Standard Model predictions
Measurement of the Z plus b-jet cross-section in pp collisions at root s=7 TeV in the forward region
The associated production of a Z boson or an off-shell photon with a bottom quark in the forward region is studied using proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of . The Z bosons are reconstructed in the final state from muons with a transverse momentum larger than , while two transverse momentum thresholds are considered for jets ( and ). Both muons and jets are reconstructed in the pseudorapidity range , and \sigma(\text{\text{Z}/\gamma^*(\mu^{+}\mu^{-})+b-jet}) = 167 \pm 47 (\text{stat}) \pm 29 (\text{syst}) \pm 6 (\text{lumi}) {\,{fb}} for {p_{\rm T}}(jet)
Precise measurements of the properties of the B-1(5721)(0,+) and B-2*(5747)(0,+) states and observation of B-+,B-0 pi(-,+) mass structures
Invariant mass distributions of and combinations are investigated in order to study excited B mesons. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to of collision data, recorded by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. Precise measurements of the masses and widths of the and states are reported. Clear enhancements, particularly prominent at high pion transverse momentum, are seen over background in the mass range - MeV in both and combinations. The structures are consistent with the presence of four excited B mesons, labelled and , whose masses and widths are obtained under different hypotheses for their quantum numbers.Invariant mass distributions of B Ï and B Ï combinations are investigated in order to study excited B mesons. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to 3.0 fb of pp collision data, recorded by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. Precise measurements of the masses and widths of the B(5721) and B(5747) states are reported. Clear enhancements, particularly prominent at high pion transverse momentum, are seen over background in the mass range 5850-6000 MeV in both B Ï and B Ï combinations. The structures are consistent with the presence of four excited B mesons, labelled B (5840) and B (5960), whose masses and widths are obtained under different hypotheses for their quantum numbers.Invariant mass distributions of B+pi- and B0pi+ combinations are investigated in order to study excited B mesons. The analysis is based on a data sample corresponding to 3.0 fb-1 of pp collision data, recorded by the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. Precise measurements of the masses and widths of the B_1(5721)^(0,+) and B_2*(5747)^(0,+) states are reported. Clear enhancements, particularly prominent at high pion transverse momentum, are seen over background in the mass range 5850--6000 MeV in both B+pi- and B0pi+ combinations. The structures are consistent with the presence of four excited B mesons, labelled B_J(5840)^(0,+) and B_J(5960)^(0,+), whose masses and widths are obtained under different hypotheses for their quantum numbers
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