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Clinical validation demonstrates concordance of qSOFA and POC lactate Bayesian model: Results from the ACDC Phase-2 program
(American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020-10-01)
La sepsis es un problema médico común y letal. El objetivo de este estudio fue validar un Modelo
Bayesiano que integra qSOFA y Lactato prehospitalario, con un análisis comparativo a partir de
datos clínicos reales de ...
The impact of COVID19 on Mental Health in the Hispanic Caribbean Region 2020
(International Psychogeriatric, 2020)
The recent global severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic will leave its shadow over mental health in our society, especially among the most vulnerable such as elderly populations and those ...
Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells Display a Potential for Modeling Alzheimer Disease-Related Tau Modifications
(Frontiers Media S. A., 2021)
We present here the first description of tau in human dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) evidenced by RT-PCR data on expression of the gene MAPT and by immunocytochemical detection of epitopes by 12 anti-tau antibodies. The ...
Dementia Research in the Caribbean Hispanic Islands: Present Findings and Future Trends
(Front. Public Health, 2021-01-18)
During the last decade, the Caribbean Hispanic islands experienced accelerated demographic aging, representing the fastest aging region within Latin America. Age-related non-communicable diseases, including dementia, are ...
Cuba’s cardiovascular risk factors: international comparison of levels and education gradients
(PLOS ONE, 2021-03)
Cuba’s life expectancy at 79 is third highest in Latin America. Many attribute this to social investments in health and education, but comparative research is sparse, thus we compare Cuba with neighboring Dominican Republic, ...
Tau protein phosphorylated at threonine-231 is expressed abundantly in the cerebellum in prion encephalopathies.
(Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2021-04-02)
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are rare neurodegenerative disorders that affect animals
and humans. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle, and Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) in humans belong
to ...
Identifying Users’ Requirements for Emergency Mapping Team Operations in Small Island Developing States: Caribbean Perspective
(International Journal o f Geo-Information, 2021-05-06)
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) increasingly face natural hazards that overwhelm their capacity to generate and share spatial-information to reduce human–economic losses. Under such circumstances, the emergency mapping ...
Accesibilidad alimentaria en Centroamérica y República Dominicana
(Nutr Clín Diet Hosp, 2021-04-21)
La accesibilidad a los alimentos está vincu lada con la inseguridad alimentaria. Asimismo, la pobreza es
el principal determinante subyacente de la inseguridad ali mentaria del hogar, e incrementa el consumo de productos ...
The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being and cognition of older adults living in the United States and Latin America
(EClinicalMedicine, 2021-03-29)
In the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults from vulnerable ethnoracial groups are at high risk of infection, hospitalization, and death. We aimed to explore the pandemic's impact on the well-being and cognition of older adults ...