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Empathic diagnosis among medical students in the Dominican Republic: declination and gender
(Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2021)
Introduction: Empathic decline is characterized by a decrease in the levels of empathy. Objective: To diagnose empathic behavior in students of the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National University School of Medicine, Santo Domingo, ...
Food accessibility in Central America and the Dominican Republic
(nutrición clínica y Dietética Hospitalaria, 2021)
Food accessibility is linked to food insecurity. Likewise, poverty is the main underlying determinant of household food insecurity and increases the consumption of products of little nutritional value, which has consequences ...
The impact of SARS-CoV-2 in dementia across Latin America: A call for an urgent regional plan and coordinated response
(Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 2020)
The SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic will disproportionately impact countries with weak economies and vulnerable populations including people with dementia. Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACs) are burdened with unstable ...
Prediction of dementia risk in low-income and middleincome countries (the 10/66 Study): an independent external validation of existing models
(Elsevier Ltd., 2020-04)
To date, dementia prediction models have been exclusively developed and tested in high-income countries (HICs). However, most people with dementia live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where dementia risk ...
Loneliness among older adults in Latin America, China, and India: prevalence, correlates and association with mortality
(International Journal of Public Health, 2021-03)
This study was designed to explore prevalence and correlates of selfreported
loneliness and to investigate whether loneliness predicts mortality among
older adults (aged 65 or above) in Latin America, China and India.
The ...
Barrio de Santa Bárbara. Primer asentamiento informal del nuevo mundo
(Intus - Legere Historia, 2020-05)
En la Española se establecieron los primeros asentamientos europeos en el Nuevo Mundo entre ellos la ciudad de Santo Domingo en 1498, convirtiéndose en la más importante de las Indias y con la mayor población residente de ...
Surgical-orthodontic retreatment of a severe skeletal Class III malocclusion following an orthodontic camouflage
(Dental Press J. Orthod., 2021)
Class III malocclusions are some of the most difficult occlusal anomalies to be treated. Some patients with this condition may require orthognathic surgery, while others may be treated with dental camouflage. Proper patient ...
Patterns and effects of admission hyperglycemia and inflammatory response in trauma patients: a prospective clinical study
(World J Surg, 2021)
The constellation of the initial hyperglycemia, proinflammatory cytokines and severity of injury among
trauma patients is understudied. We aimed to evaluate the patterns and effects of on-admission hyperglycemia and ...
Autophagy: A Key Regulator of Homeostasis and Disease: An Overview of Molecular Mechanisms and Modulators
(Cells, 2022)
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 ...
Comparative analysis of bricks manufactured in the New World (1494–1544)
(CRC Press, 2021)
This paper makes a comparative analysis of the first bricks manufactured in the New World during the first 50 years of conquest and colonization (1494–1544). Samples of bricks and tiles were taken from the sites of the ...