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Biomarkers for dementia in Latin American countries: Gaps and opportunities
(Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 2022-01-15)
Limited knowledge on dementia biomarkers in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC)
countries remains a serious barrier. Here, we reported a survey to explore the ongoing
work, needs, interests, potential barriers, and ...
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence, cumulative infections, and immunity to symptomatic infection – A multistage national household survey and modelling study, Dominican Republic, June–October 2021
(Elsevier Ltd., 2022-11-08)
Background Population-level SARS-CoV-2 immunological protection is poorly understood but can guide vaccination and non-pharmaceutical intervention priorities. Our objective was to characterise cumulative infections and ...
Evaluation of Plasma Biomarkers for A/T/N Classification of Alzheimer Disease Among Adults of Caribbean Hispanic Ethnicity
(JAMA Netw Open., 2023)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma biomarkers can detect biological evidence of Alzheimer disease (AD), but their use in low-resource environments and among minority ethnic groups is limited. To assess validated plasma ...
Development of computational thinking through STEM activities for the promotion of gender equality
(Sustainability, 2023-08-14)
In the article the authors evaluate the computational thinking skills according to gender
of a group of male and female students of industrial engineering and systems engineering from
universities located in the Andean ...
Consumo de alcohol y otras sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes dominicanos
(Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación, 2022-05-02)
El consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en adolescentes representa un problema de salud pública, pero República Dominicana no monitorea su evolución. Información sobre patrones de consumo, edad de inicio, contextos de riesgo ...
Estudio de los materiales constructivos de la catedral de Santo Domingo, Primada de América
(REHABEND 2016, 2016-05)
Todos los materiales, incluyendo los de construcción, sufren con el tiempo procesos de envejecimiento
que se presentan como degradación y/o deterioro, especialmente los que están a la intemperie o en
contacto con el ...
Working Group recommendations for the practice of teleneuropsychology in Latin America
(Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 2021-09-20)
eleneuropsychology (teleNP) could potentially expand access to services for patientswho are confined, have limited
personal access to healthcare, or live in remote areas. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has ...
Autophagy: A key regulator of homeostasis and disease: an overview of molecular mechanisms and modulators
(Cells., 2022-08-22)
Autophagy is a highly conserved lysosomal degradation pathway active at basal levels
in all cells. However, under stress conditions, such as a lack of nutrients or trophic factors, it
works as a survival mechanism that ...
Biomarker Candidates for Alzheimer’s Disease Unraveled through In Silico Differential Gene Expression Analysis
(Basel, 2022-05-07)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is neurodegeneration that accounts for 60–70% of dementia cases.
Symptoms begin with mild memory difficulties and evolve towards cognitive impairment. The
underlying risk factors remain primarily ...
A Novel Automatic Quantification Protocol for Biomarkers of Tauopathies in the Hippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex of Post-Mortem Samples Using an Extended Semi-Siamese U-Net
(Biology., 2022-07-28)
Efforts have been made to diagnose and predict the course of different neurodegenerative
diseases through various imaging techniques. Particularly tauopathies, where the tau polypeptide
is a key participant in molecular ...