Sistema centralitzat de control de despesa pública dels parlaments europeus

L'objectiu d'aquest escrit és el de fer una proposta de disseny i implementació d'un sistema de control de despesa per als parlaments europeus.

Restrenyiment i teràpies alternatives i complementàries en persones grans

Restrenyiment i teràpies alternatives i complementàries és la base de la intervenció en persones grans, sent el grup de població amb més incidència de patir restrenyiment. En elles s’hi atribueixen factors de risc força recurrents: immobilitat, polifarmàcia, dieta pobra en fibra, ingesta hídrica inadequada, etc. L’objectiu de la realització del treball és millorar el restrenyiment a través de l’aplicació de les teràpies alternatives i complementàries en persones grans institucionalitzades per tal d’aconseguir una millora del problema de salut i de la qualitat de vida mitjançant un tractament no farmacològic. El/la professional d’infermeria durà a terme la intervenció a partir d’un canvi en la dieta de la persona gran tot augment el seu contingut en fibra, potenciant la ingesta hídrica, l’aplicació de la fitoteràpia, la recomanació de la reflexologia podal, incrementar l’activitat física i la realització de tècniques de relaxació i de massatges abdominals per disminuir l’angoixa que aquest problema de salut genera a la persona i millorar el dolor abdominal que li comporta. El pla de cures d’infermeria es desenvoluparà en 12 setmanes consecutives en les quals s’aplicaran i s’avaluaran les diferents teràpies naturals de forma setmanal per poder observar l’evolució de la persona respecte a les activitats programades. Per últim, esmentar que durant tot el treball s’ha contrastat l’evidència científica de diversos autors especialitzats en el restrenyiment i en les teràpies alternatives i complementàries. La cerca de tota la informació s’ha realitzat a partir de diverses bases de dades tot aplicant els criteris d’inclusió i exclusió que m’han permès l’obtenció d’articles, llibres, guies i protocols vàlids per utilitzar-los i plasmar-los en el treball.

Evaluación del estándar SQL:1999 respecto a las características orientadas al objeto que soporta y su implementación a los SGBD object-relational

Memoria de TFC en el que se analiza el estándar SQL:1999 y se compara con PostgreeSQL y Oracle.

Diseño e implementación de una base de datos de un sistema centralizado de control de gasto público de los parlamentos europeos

Peer-reviewed

Recursos electrònics amb accés des de dispositius mòbils a les Biblioteques UPC

Infografia que recull recursos d'informació d'interès per a la recerca accessibles des de dispositius mòbils

Concentrations of resveratrol and derivatives in foods and estimation of dietary intake in a Spanish population: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Spain cohort

Resveratrol has been shown to have beneficial effects on diseases related to oxidant and/or inflammatory processes and extends the lifespan of simple organisms including rodents. The objective of the present study was to estimate the dietary intake of resveratrol and piceid (R&P) present in foods, and to identify the principal dietary sources of these compounds in the Spanish adult population. For this purpose, a food composition database (FCDB) of R&P in Spanish foods was compiled. The study included 40 685 subjects aged 3564 years from northern and southern regions of Spain who were included in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Spain cohort. Usual food intake was assessed by personal interviews using a computerised version of a validated diet history method. An FCDB with 160 items was compiled. The estimated median and mean of R&P intake were 100 and 933 mg/d respectively. Approximately, 32% of the population did not consume RΠ The most abundant of the four stilbenes studied was trans-piceid (53·6 %), followed by trans-resveratrol (20·9 %), cis-piceid (19·3 %) and cis-resveratrol (6·2 %). The most important source of R&P was wines (98·4 %) and grape and grape juices (1·6 %), whereas peanuts, pistachios and berries contributed to less than 0·01 %. For this reason the pattern of intake of R&P was similar to the wine pattern. This is the first time that R&P intake has been estimated in a Mediterranean country.

Diseño e implementación de la base de datos de un sistema centralizado de control del gasto público de los parlamentos europeos

Diseño e implementación de la base de datos de un sistema centralizado de control del gasto público de los parlamentos europeos.

Diseño e implementación de una base de datos para la gestión de regalos en grupo de una red social

Trabajo final de carrera del área de bases de datos relacionales en el que se realiza el análisis, diseño y implementación de una base de datos para gestionar un sistema de regalos en grupos de una red social.

Diseño e implementación de la base de datos para la gestión de regalos grupales en una red social

Este proyecto consiste en la implementación de un sistema de base de datos que permite gestionar un sistema de regalos grupales entre los miembros de una red.

Diseño e implementación de una base de datos relacional para la gestión de apuestas de fútbol

Implementación de un sistema de base de datos relacional que almacena la información relativa a ligas de fútbol en diferentes países, para diferentes temporadas, con el objetivo de tener disponible información de los diferentes equipos, jugadores y resultados a lo largo de las diferentes temporadas. Asimismo, el sistema debe almacenar información de apuestas deportivas de diferentes tipos y de los usuarios que las realizan.

A design for an advanced architecture of satellite ground segments

This project proposes a preliminary architectural design for a control and data processing center, also known as 'ground segment', for Earth observation satellites.

Reporting of methodologic information on trial registries for quality assessment: a study of trial records retrieved from the WHO search portal

Background: Although randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard of evidence, their reporting is often suboptimal. Trial registries have the potential to contribute important methodologic information for critical appraisal of study results. Methods and Findings: The objective of the study was to evaluate the reporting of key methodologic study characteristics in trial registries. We identified a random sample (n = 265) of actively recruiting RCTs using the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) search portal in 2008. We assessed the reporting of relevant domains from the Cochrane Collaboration’s ‘Risk of bias’ tool and other key methodological aspects. Our primary outcomes were the proportion of registry records with adequate reporting of random sequence generation, allocation concealment, blinding, and trial outcomes. Two reviewers independently assessed each record. Weighted overall proportions in the ICTRP search portal for adequate reporting of sequence generation, allocation concealment, blinding (including and excluding open label RCT) and primary outcomes were 5.7% (95% CI 3.0–8.4%), 1.4% (0–2.8%), 41% (35–47%), 8.4% (4.1–13%), and 66% (60–72%), respectively. The proportion of adequately reported RCTs was higher for registries that used specific methodological fields for describing methods of randomization and allocation concealment compared to registries that did not. Concerning other key methodological aspects, weighted overall proportions of RCTs with adequately reported items were as follows: eligibility criteria (81%), secondary outcomes (46%), harm (5%) follow-up duration (62%), description of the interventions (53%) and sample size calculation (1%). Conclusions: Trial registries currently contain limited methodologic information about registered RCTs. In order to permit adequate critical appraisal of trial results reported in journals and registries, trial registries should consider requesting details on key RCT methods to complement journal publications. Full protocols remain the most comprehensive source of methodologic information and should be made publicly available.

Biblio-MetReS: A bibliometric network reconstruction application and server

Background: Reconstruction of genes and/or protein networks from automated analysis of the literature is one of the current targets of text mining in biomedical research. Some user-friendly tools already perform this analysis on precompiled databases of abstracts of scientific papers. Other tools allow expert users to elaborate and analyze the full content of a corpus of scientific documents. However, to our knowledge, no user friendly tool that simultaneously analyzes the latest set of scientific documents available on line and reconstructs the set of genes referenced in those documents is available. Results: This article presents such a tool, Biblio-MetReS, and compares its functioning and results to those of other user-friendly applications (iHOP, STRING) that are widely used. Under similar conditions, Biblio-MetReS creates networks that are comparable to those of other user friendly tools. Furthermore, analysis of full text documents provides more complete reconstructions than those that result from using only the abstract of the document. Conclusions: Literature-based automated network reconstruction is still far from providing complete reconstructions of molecular networks. However, its value as an auxiliary tool is high and it will increase as standards for reporting biological entities and relationships become more widely accepted and enforced. Biblio- MetReS is an application that can be downloaded from http://metres.udl.cat/. It provides an easy to use environment for researchers to reconstruct their networks of interest from an always up to date set of scientific documents.

Concentrations of resveratrol and derivatives in foods and estimation of dietary intake in a Spanish population: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Spain cohort

Resveratrol has been shown to have beneficial effects on diseases related to oxidant and/or inflammatory processes and extends the lifespan of simple organisms including rodents. The objective of the present study was to estimate the dietary intake of resveratrol and piceid (R&P) present in foods, and to identify the principal dietary sources of these compounds in the Spanish adult population. For this purpose, a food composition database (FCDB) of R&P in Spanish foods was compiled. The study included 40 685 subjects aged 35-64 years from northern and southern regions of Spain who were included in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Spain cohort. Usual food intake was assessed by personal interviews using a computerised version of a validated diet history method. An FCDB with 160 items was compiled. The estimated median and mean of R&P intake were 100 and 933 mg/d respectively. Approximately, 32% of the population did not consume RΠ The most abundant of the four stilbenes studied was trans-piceid (53·6 %), followed by trans-resveratrol (20·9 %), cis-piceid (19·3 %) and cis-resveratrol (6·2 %). The most important source of R&P was wines (98·4 %) and grape and grape juices (1·6 %), whereas peanuts, pistachios and berries contributed to less than 0·01 %. For this reason the pattern of intake of R&P was similar to the wine pattern. This is the first time that R&P intake has been estimated in a Mediterranean country.

Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content

Polyphenols are a major class of bioactive phytochemicals whose consumption may play a role in the prevention of a number of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes and cancers. Phenol-Explorer, launched in 2009, is the only freely available web-based database on the content of polyphenols in food and their in vivo metabolism and pharmacokinetics. Here we report the third release of the database (Phenol-Explorer 3.0), which adds data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol contents in foods. Data on >100 foods, covering 161 polyphenols or groups of polyphenols before and after processing, were collected from 129 peer-reviewed publications and entered into new tables linked to the existing relational design. The effect of processing on polyphenol content is expressed in the form of retention factor coefficients, or the proportion of a given polyphenol retained after processing, adjusted for change in water content. The result is the first database on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content and, following the model initially defined for Phenol-Explorer, all data may be traced back to original sources. The new update will allow polyphenol scientists to more accurately estimate polyphenol exposure from dietary surveys. Database URL: http://www.phenol-explorer.eu