171 resultados para Dino De Laurentiis


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Apoptosis plays an important role in intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Overwhelming evidence indicates that RASSF7 is essential for cell growth and apoptosis. Recently, it has been noted that the JNK signaling can be negatively regulated by suppressing phosphorylated-MKK7 activation during pro-apoptosis. We aimed to investigate the RASSF7 expression level in human degenerative nucleus pulposus (NP) cells and non-degenerative NP cells and the link between RASSF7-JNK with NP cells apoptosis. We harvested NP tissues from 20 IDD patients as disease group and 8 cadaveric donors as normal controls. We detected RASSF7 expression by Real-time-PCR and western blotting. Consequently, we found that the expression of RASSF7 was higher in non-degenerative group than in degenerative group (P<0.05). Overexpression of RASSF7 in degenerative NP cells led to decreased apoptosis rate than that in scramble group (P<0.05). Collectively, our findings suggest that RASSF7 plays an important role in human IDD and RASSF7 might be potentially developed as a curative agent.

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Background Malabsorptive bariatric surgery requires lifelongmicronutrientsupplementation.Basedontherecommendations, we assessed the number of adjustments of micronutrientsupplementationandtheprevalenceofvitaminandmineral deficiencies at a minimum follow-up of 5 years after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD-DS). Methods Between October 2010 and December 2013, a total of 51 patients at a minimum follow-up of 5 years after BPDDS were invited for a clinical check-up with a nutritional blood screening test for vitamins and minerals. Results Forty-three of fifty-one patients (84.3 %) completed the blood sampling with a median follow-up of 71.2 (range 60–102) monthsafter BPD-DS. At that time,all patientswere supplemented with at least one multivitamin. However, 35 patients (81.4 %) showed either a vitamin or a mineral deficiencyoracombinationofit.Nineteenpatients(44.1%)were anemic,and17patients(39.5%)hadanirondeficiency.High deficiency rates for fat-soluble vitamins were also present in 23.2 % for vitamin A, in 76.7 % for vitamin D, in 7.0 % for vitamin E, and in 11.6 % for vitamin K. Conclusions Theresultsofourstudyshowthattheprevalence ofvitaminandmineraldeficienciesafterBPD-DSis81.4%at a minimum follow-up of 5 years. The initial prescription of micronutrientsupplementationandfurtheradjustmentsduring thefirstfollow-upwereinsufficient toavoidlong-term micronutrient deficiencies. Life-long monitoring of micronutrients at a specialized bariatric center and possibly a better micronutrient supplementation, is crucial to avoid a deficient micronutrient status at every stage after malabsorptive bariatric surgery

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Diatoms are the major marine primary producers on the global scale and, recently, several methods have been developed to retrieve their abundance or dominance from satellite remote sensing data. In this work, we highlight the importance of the Southern Ocean (SO) in developing a global algorithm for diatom using an Abundance Based Approach (ABA). A large global in situ data set of phytoplankton pigments was compiled, particularly with more samples collected in the SO. We revised the ABA to take account of the information on the penetration depth (Zpd) and to improve the relationship between diatoms and total chlorophyll-a (TChla). The results showed that there is a distinct relationship between diatoms and TChla in the SO, and a new global model (ABAZpd) improved the estimation of diatoms abundance by 28% in the SO compared with the original ABA model. In addition, we developed a regional model for the SO which further improved the retrieval of diatoms by 17% compared with the global ABAZpd model. As a result, we found that diatom may be more abundant in the SO than previously thought. Linear trend analysis of diatom abundance using the regional model for the SO showed that there are statistically significant trends, both increasing and decreasing, in diatom abundance over the past eleven years in the region.

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Esta ponencia expondrá la reflexión teórica y metodológica sobre la memoria y los procesos de recuperación de memorias sociales de etapas dictatoriales o represivas, producidas en diferentes actividades de investigación, formación, asistencia técnica, transferencia y divulgación social y científica, hechas desde la Universidad de Barcelona y con diferentes actores sociales (como asociaciones, entidades memorialísticas, espacios socioeducativos de gente mayor y o investigadores/ras universitarios/as) de América latina y España. Para esta tarea, se realizan un conjunto de acciones que se relacionan y retroalimentan de forma permanente, y que se encuentran organizadas y desarrolladas en tres programas marcos: a) ?Comunidad y Memoria?. Programa de extensión universitaria para la recuperación de las memorias sociales, con entidades de la sociedad civil. b) ?Hacer presente la memoria?. Programa de investigación y divulgación para hacer presentes las vivencias, las trayectorias y las experiencias de los protagonistas de procesos dictatoriales, con la participación y el testimonio de gente mayor. c) ?Razonando la Memoria?. Programa de formación y análisis crítico de les metodologías y los debates sobre la memoria, con las universidades y centros científicos y sociales.Se pretende así, acercar la universidad a la sociedad y potenciar la transferencia de conocimientos y tecnologías sociales de especialistas en procesos de recuperación de la memoria para el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos, procedentes de diferentes disciplinas sociales. Asimismo, se pretende asumir con plenitud el irrenunciable compromiso y servicio social que como investigadores/as de nuestro tiempo le debemos a la sociedad a la que pertenecemos, incidiendo en la recuperación de las luchas por los valores democráticos y la justicia social

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En el siguiente trabajo nos proponemos indagar sobre las transformaciones en el uso del suelo urbano a partir de la ley 2972, mediante la cual el Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico, crea el Distrito Tecnológico en la zona sur. El mismo estará ubicado en los barrios de Parque Patricios y Nueva Pompeya, en el polígono conformado por las avenidas Sáenz, Boedo, Chiclana, Sánchez de Loria, Brasil, las calles Alberti y Manuel García y la Av. Amancio Alcorta. Este Distrito contará con una serie de beneficios y exenciones para las empresas que allí se radiquen, además de la ventaja que implica la concentración geográfica de recursos y el aprovechamiento de economías de escala. En este sentido, a partir del caso concreto de Parque Patricio problematizaremos las formas de accionar del Estado a nivel local para promover cambios en los usos del suelo urbano, centrando la atención en las posibles consecuencias socio habitacionales para los residentes de aquel barrio

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Esta ponencia expondrá la reflexión teórica y metodológica sobre la memoria y los procesos de recuperación de memorias sociales de etapas dictatoriales o represivas, producidas en diferentes actividades de investigación, formación, asistencia técnica, transferencia y divulgación social y científica, hechas desde la Universidad de Barcelona y con diferentes actores sociales (como asociaciones, entidades memorialísticas, espacios socioeducativos de gente mayor y o investigadores/ras universitarios/as) de América latina y España. Para esta tarea, se realizan un conjunto de acciones que se relacionan y retroalimentan de forma permanente, y que se encuentran organizadas y desarrolladas en tres programas marcos: a) ?Comunidad y Memoria?. Programa de extensión universitaria para la recuperación de las memorias sociales, con entidades de la sociedad civil. b) ?Hacer presente la memoria?. Programa de investigación y divulgación para hacer presentes las vivencias, las trayectorias y las experiencias de los protagonistas de procesos dictatoriales, con la participación y el testimonio de gente mayor. c) ?Razonando la Memoria?. Programa de formación y análisis crítico de les metodologías y los debates sobre la memoria, con las universidades y centros científicos y sociales.Se pretende así, acercar la universidad a la sociedad y potenciar la transferencia de conocimientos y tecnologías sociales de especialistas en procesos de recuperación de la memoria para el cumplimiento de los derechos humanos, procedentes de diferentes disciplinas sociales. Asimismo, se pretende asumir con plenitud el irrenunciable compromiso y servicio social que como investigadores/as de nuestro tiempo le debemos a la sociedad a la que pertenecemos, incidiendo en la recuperación de las luchas por los valores democráticos y la justicia social

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En el siguiente trabajo nos proponemos indagar sobre las transformaciones en el uso del suelo urbano a partir de la ley 2972, mediante la cual el Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico, crea el Distrito Tecnológico en la zona sur. El mismo estará ubicado en los barrios de Parque Patricios y Nueva Pompeya, en el polígono conformado por las avenidas Sáenz, Boedo, Chiclana, Sánchez de Loria, Brasil, las calles Alberti y Manuel García y la Av. Amancio Alcorta. Este Distrito contará con una serie de beneficios y exenciones para las empresas que allí se radiquen, además de la ventaja que implica la concentración geográfica de recursos y el aprovechamiento de economías de escala. En este sentido, a partir del caso concreto de Parque Patricio problematizaremos las formas de accionar del Estado a nivel local para promover cambios en los usos del suelo urbano, centrando la atención en las posibles consecuencias socio habitacionales para los residentes de aquel barrio

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In order to investigate a possible connection between tropical northeast (NE) Atlantic primary productivity, Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), and drought in the Sahel region during Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1), we used dinoflagellate cyst (dinocyst) assemblages, Mg/Ca based reconstructed temperatures, stable carbon isotopes (d13C) and geochemical parameters of a marine sediment core (GeoB 9508-5) from the continental slope offshore Senegal. Our results show a two-phase productivity pattern within HS1 that progressed from an interval of low marine productivity between ~ 19 and 16 kyr BP to a phase with an abrupt and large productivity increase from ~ 16 to 15 kyr BP. The second phase is characterized by distinct heavy planktonic d13C values and high concentrations of heterotrophic dinocysts in addition to a significant cooling signal based on reconstructions of past sea surface temperatures (SST). We conclude that productivity variations within HS1 can be attributed to a substantial shift of West African atmospheric processes. Taken together our results indicate a significant intensification of the North East (NE) trade winds over West Africa leading to more intense upwelling during the last millennium of HS1 between ~ 16 and 15 kyr BP, thus leaving a strong imprint on the dinocyst assemblages and sea surface conditions. Therefore, the two-phase productivity pattern indicates a complex hydrographic setting suggesting that HS1 cannot be regarded as uniform as previously thought.

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This Atlas summarises the global distribution of extant organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts in the form of 61 maps illustrated by the relative abundance of individual cyst taxa in recent marine sediments from the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent basins, the Antarctic region (South Atlantic, southwestern Pacific and southern Indian Ocean sections), the Arabian Sea and the northwestern Pacific. This synthesis is based on the integration of literature sources together with data from 835 marine surface sediments prepared on a comparable methodology and taxonomy. The relationships between distribution patterns of cyst species and the surface-water parameters (temperature, salinity, phosphate and nitrate concentrations) are documented with graphs depicting the relative abundance of species in relation to seasonal and annual values of the above mentioned parameters at the sample sites. Two ordination techniques (detrended correspondence analysis and canonical correspondence analysis) have been carried out to statistically illustrate the relationships between species distribution and sea-surface conditions. Results have been compared with previously published records and an overview of the ecological significance of each individual species is presented. Characterisations of selected environments as well as a discussion about how additional processes such as preservation and transport could have affected the present dataset are included.

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Pollen and organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst assemblages from core GeoB 9503-5 retrieved from the mud-belt ( 50 m water depth) off the Senegal River mouth have been analyzed to reconstruct short-term palaeoceanographic and palaeoenvironmental changes in subtropical NW Africa during the time interval from ca. 4200 to 1200 cal yr BP. Our study emphasizes significant coeval changes in continental and oceanic environments in and off Senegal and shows that initial dry conditions were followed by a strong and rapid increase in humidity between ca. 2900 and 2500 cal yr BP. After ca. 2500 cal yr BP, the environment slowly became drier again as indicated by slight increases in Sahelian savannah and desert elements in the pollen record. Around ca. 2200 cal yr BP, this relatively dry period ended with periodic pulses of high terrigenous contributions and strong fluctuations in fern spore and river plume dinoflagellate cyst percentages as well as in the fluxes of pollen, dinoflagellate cysts, fresh-water algae and plant cuticles, suggesting "episodic flash flood" events of the Senegal River. The driest phase developed after about 2100 cal yr BP.