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  • Boletín de calidad 

    Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña. Vicerrectoría de Desarrollo Institucional, Aseguramiento de la Calidad y Proyectos (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2023-12)
    Enfoque de la mejora continua en los servicios institucionales -- Pasos para la mejora continua de los servicios -- Beneficios de la mejora continua -- ¿Sabías qué? – Calendario de actividades.
  • La formación universitaria en tiempos de COVID – 19. Caso de estudio: República Dominicana 

    Puentes Puente, Angel; Martins Pestana, Feliberto; Parada Leal, Hugo (Editora Artemis, 2023-10-10)
    La sociedad ha pasado un momento de ruptura en todas sus esferas: social, económica, política, educativa, etc. generado por la pandemia del COVID – 19. Para la educación significó un cierre total y un cambio en la forma ...
  • Tobacco use and dementia: evidence from the 1066 dementia population-based surveys in Latin America, China and India 

    Ferri, Cleusa P; West, Robert; Moriyama, Tais S.; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K. S.; Ribeiro, Wagner; Llibre de Rodriguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph; Acosta, Isaac; Liu, Zhaouri; Guerra Hernández, Milagros A.; J Prince, Martin (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2011-02-09)
    To assess the association between tobacco consumption and dementia using the same methodology in seven developing countries, testing the specific hypotheses that higher exposure to tobacco is associated with a higher ...
  • Chronic diseases among older people and co-resident psychological morbidity: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based survey 

    Honyashiki, Mina; Ferri, Cleusa P; Acosta, Daisy; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K S; Llibre-Rodrigues, Juan J; Aquiles Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph; Prince, Martin J (Int Psychogeriatr ., 2011-11)
    This is the first study to investigate the associations between chronic health conditions of older people and their impact on co-resident psychological morbidity using population-based samples in low and middle income ...
  • Piper umbellatum L.: A comparative cross-cultural analysis of its medicinal uses and an ethnopharmacological evaluation 

    Roersch, Carles M. (Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2010-10)
    This review assesses the botany, traditional medicinal uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of P. umbellatum. Information on P. umbellatum was gathered via the internet (using Scirus, Google Scholar, CAB-Abstracts, ...
  • Viticulture and enology in the Dominican Republic: situation, limitations, and possibilities 

    Morales-Payan, J.P.; Morales-Payan, M.O. (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2004)
    Commercial grapes were introduced in the 1490s and early 1500s in what is today the Dominican Republic. Since then, grapes of Spanish origin and rudimentary wines have been produced in the country. In spite of excellent ...
  • Care arrangements for people with dementia in developing countries 

    Acosta, Daisy (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2004-01-28)
    Rapid demographic ageing will soon lead to large increases in the numbers of persons with dementia in developing countries. This study is the first comprehensive assessment of care arrangements for people with dementia in ...
  • Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control among older people in Latin America, India and China: a 10/66 cross-sectional population-based survey 

    Prince, Martin J; Ebrahim, Shah; Acosta, Daisy; P Ferri, Cleusa; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, K S; Jimenez-Velazquez, Ivonne Z; Rodriguez, Juan L; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana L; Williams, Joseph D; Gonzalez-Viruet, Maribella; Jotheeswaran, Amuthavilli T; Liu, Zhaorui (J Hypertens ., 2012)
    To estimate the prevalence, social patterning, treatment and control of hypertension among older people in the 10/66 Dementia Research Group developing country sites. Cross-sectional surveys of SBP, hypertension, and ...
  • Mutations in CYP11B1 gene: phenotype-genotype correlations 

    Zhu, Yuan-Shan; Cordero, Juan J; Can, Selcuk; Cai, Li-Qun; You, Xueke; Herrera, Cecilia; Defilló-Ricart, Mariano; Shackleton, Cedric; Imperato-McGinley, Julianne (Am J Med Genet A ., 2003-10)
    11beta-hydroxylase deficiency, an autosomal recessive disorder, is the second most common cause of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. We studied four subjects with classic 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency and severe hypertension: ...
  • Altmetric Original Articles Remote Sensing of Spatial and Temporal Vegetation Dynamics in Hispaniola: A Comparison of Haiti and the Dominican Republic 

    Wilson, Jeffrey S.; Brothers, Timothy S.; Marcano, Eugenio J. (Geocarto International, 2001)
    Spatial and temporal vegetation contrasts between the nations of Haiti and the Dominican are analyzed using NDVI data derived from 30m resolution Landsat imagery and 8km resolution AVHRR imagery from the NOAA / NASA ...
  • Correction of malpositioned lower lateral incisors in a two-phase nonextraction case. 

    Rodríguez, Héctor Luis (J Clin Orthod, 2013-08)
    This report describes a mixed-dentition patient with bilateral malposition mandibular lateral incisors who was treated in two phases without extractions. Early treatment of a mandibular canine-lateral transposition increases ...
  • Exsanguination: reliable models to indicate damage control 

    Asensio, Juan A; Dabestani, Parinaz J.; Kessler, John J; Miljkovic, Stephanie S; Peralta, Ruben; Lim, Robert; Galvagno, Samuel; Cancio, Leopoldo (Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 2023-01-01)
    Exsanguination is a syndrome defined as extreme form of hemorrhage that if not surgically controlled will lead to death. This chapter defines the syndrome and describes the injuries prone to cause this most extreme form ...
  • Validation of the short version (TLS-15) of the triangular love scale (TLS-45) across 37 languages 

    Kowal, Marta; Sorokowski, Piotr; Dinić, Bojana M.; Pisanski, Katarzyna; Gjoneska, Biljana; Frederick, David A.; Pfuhl, Gerit; Milfont, Taciano L.; Bode, Adam; Aguilar, Leonardo; García, Felipe E.; Craig Roberts, S.; Abad-Villaverde, Beatriz; Kavčič, Tina; Miroshnik, Kirill G.; Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu L. G.; Šafárová, Katarína; Aavik, Toivo; Blackburn, Angélique M.; Çetinkaya, Hakan; Duyar, Izzet; Guemaz, Farida; Ishii, Tatsunori; Kačmár, Pavol; Natividade, Jean C.; Nussinson, Ravit; Omar-Fauzee, Mohd Sofian B.; T. Pacquing, Ma. Criselda; Ponnet, Koen; Wang, Austin H.; Yoo, Gyesook; Amin, Rizwana; Pirtskhalava, Ekaterine; Afhami, Reza; Arvanitis, Alexios; Atamturk Duyar, Derya; Besson, Théo; Boussena, Mahmoud; Can, Seda; Can, Ali R.; Carneiro, João; Castro, Rita; Chubinidze, Dimitri; Čunichin, Ksenija; Don, Yahya; Dural, Seda; Etchezahar, Edgardo; Fekih-Romdhane, Feten; Frackowiak, Tomasz; Ghahraman Moharrampour, Nasim; Gómez Yepes, Talía; Grassini, Simone; Jovic, Marija; . Kertechian, Kevin S; Khan, Farah; Kobylarek, Aleksander; Križanić, Valerija; Lins, Samuel; Mandzyk, Tetyana; Manunta, Efisio; Martinac Dorčić, Tamara; N. Muthu, Kavitha; Najmussaqib, Arooj; Otterbring, Tobias; Hee Park, Ju; Pavela Banai, Irena; Perun, Mariia; S. Reyes, Marc Eric; Röer, Jan P.; Şahin, Ayşegül; Zahra Sahli, Fatima; Šakan, Dušana; Singh, Sangeeta; Smojver-Azic, Sanja; Söylemez, Sinem; Spasovski, Ognen; Studzinska, Anna; Toplu-Demirtas, Ezgi; Urbanek, Arkadiusz; Volkodav, Tatiana; Wlodarczyk, Anna; Mohd Y. Yaakob, Mohd Faiz; Yusof, Mat Rahimi; Zumárraga-Espinosa, Marcos; Zupančič, Maja; Sternberg, Robert J. (Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2023)
    Love is a phenomenon that occurs across the world and affects many aspects of human life, including the choice of, and process of bonding with, a romantic partner. Thus, developing a reliable and valid measure of love ...
  • Tracking immune correlates of protection foremerging SARSCoV- 2 variants 

    Nilles, Eric J; Then Paulino, Cecilia; de St Aubin, Michael; Duke, William; Jarolim, Petr; Sanchez, Isaac Miguel; Murray, Kristy O; L Lau, Colleen; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Skewes Ramm, Ronald; Vasquez, Marietta; Kucharski, Adam (www.thelancet.com/infection, 2023-02-23)
    Here we report a proof of concept for monitoring variant-specific SARS-CoV-2 COP using existing surveillance infrastructure in the Dominican Republic. However, global networks of acute febrile illness, influenza-like ...
  • Burden of Parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease on health service use and outcomes in Latin America 

    Kim, Dani J.; Rodriguez-Salgado, Ana M; Llibre-Rodriguez, Juan J.; Acosta, Isaac; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Acosta, Daisy; Jimenez-Velasquez, Ivonne Z.; Guerra, Mariella; Salas, Aquiles; Jeyachandran, Christine; López-Contreras, Ricardo; Hesse, Heike (Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 2023-11-03)
    Little is known about the burden of parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease (PD) in Latin America. Better understanding of health service use and clinical outcomes in PD is needed to improve its prognosis. The aim of the ...
  • Trauma quality improvement program: a retrospective analysis from a middle eastern National Trauma Center 

    Al-Thani, Hassan; El-Menyar, Ayman; Ahmad Khan, Naushad; Consu, Rafael; Peralta, Ruben; Abdelrahman, Husham; Rizoli, Sandro (Healthcare, 2023-10-31)
    The Trauma Quality Improvement Program (American College of Surgery (ACS-TQIP)) uses the existing infrastructure of the Committee on Trauma programs and provides feedback to participating hospitals on risk-adjusted ...
  • Physical and Chemical Characterisation of the Pigments of a 17th-Century Mural Painting in the Spanish Caribbean 

    Flores-Sasso, Virginia; Pérez, Gloria; Ruiz-Valero, Letzai; Martínez-Ramírez, Sagrario; Guerrero, Ana; Prieto-Vicioso, Esteban (MDPI, 2021)
    The arrival of Spaniards in the Caribbean islands introduced to the region the practice of applying pigments onto buildings. The pigments that remain on these buildings may provide data on their historical evolution and ...
  • What trauma patients need: the European dilemma 

    Hietbrink, Falco; Mohseni, Shahin; Mariani, Diego; Naess, Päl Aksel; Rey-Valcárcel, Cristina; Biloslavo, Alan; Bass, Gary A.; Brundage, Susan I.; Alexandrino, Henrique; Peralta, Ruben; Leenen, Luke P. H.; Gaarder, Tina (European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2022)
    There is a need for implementation and maturation of an inclusive trauma system in every country in Europe, with patient centered care by dedicated surgeons. This process should be initiated by physicians and medical ...
  • Mechanistic Insight from Preclinical Models of Parkinson’s Disease Could Help Redirect Clinical Trial Efforts in GDNF Therapy 

    Delgado-Minjares, Karen M.; Martinez-Fong, Daniel; Martínez-Dávila, Irma A.; Bañuelos, Cecilia; Gutierrez-Castillo, M. E.; Blanco-Alvarez, Víctor Manuel; Cardenas-Aguayo, Maria-del-Carmen; Luna-Muñoz, José; Pacheco-Herrero, Mar; Soto-Rojas, Luis O. (Int. J. Mol. Sci, 2021)
    Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by four pathognomonic hallmarks: (1) motor and non-motor deficits; (2) neuroinflammation and oxidative stress; (3) pathological aggregates of the α-synuclein (α-syn) protein; (4) ...
  • Ingol diterpene ester from the latex of Euphorbia lactea 

    Ahmed, Ahmed A; Couladis, Maria; Mahmoud, Ahmed A; de Adams, Alicia; Mabry, Tom J (Fitoterapia, 1999-04)
    The stereochemistry of the ingol diterpene 3,12-di-O-acetyl-8-O-tigloyl-ingol (1), isolated from the latex of Euphorbia lactea, was determined by one- and two-dimensional NMR analysis.

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