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A decade later, reviewing floating marine debris in Northern Chilean Patagonia
(PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2021-07-07)Floating marine debris (FMD) were abundantly reported in the Northern Chilean Patagonia in 2009 where seabased activities (mussel and salmon aquaculture) are responsible for most of them. Identifying the sources of FMD is ... -
A decentralized route to the origins of scaling in human language
(IOP PUBLISHING LTD, 2019)Zipf's law establishes that if the words of a (large) text are ordered by decreasing frequency, the frequency versus the rank decreases as a power law with exponent close to -1. Previous work has stressed that this statistical ... -
A description of Chilean food and nutrition health policies
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2021-10)Background: Chile has implemented numerous successful food and nutrition initiatives since the early 20th century, aiming to address malnutrition in all its forms. Aim: To summarize the major nutrition and food-related ... -
A dual role for Integrin alpha 6 beta 4 in modulating hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies
(WILEY, 2018-05)Peripheral myelin protein 22 (PMP22) is a component of compact myelin in the peripheral nervous system. The amount of PMP22 in myelin is tightly regulated, and PMP22 over or under-expression cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A ... -
A dynamic portal for a community-driven, continuously updated classification of Fungi and fungus-like organisms: outlineoffungi.org
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)The website http://outlineoffungi.org, is launched to provide a continuous up-to-date classification of the kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi) and fungus-like taxa. This is based on recent publications and on the outline ... -
A functional ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein in the fish pathogen Piscirickettsia salmonis
(CIENCIAS, 2016)Piscirickettsia salmonis, a Gram-negative fastidious facultative intracellular pathogen, is the causative agent of the salmonid rickettsial septicemia (SRS). The P. salmonis iron acquisition mechanisms and its molecular ... -
A GIS-based framework to identify priority areas for urban environmental inequity mitigation and its application in Santiago de Chile
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2018)Environmental inequity is a common phenomenon of modern cities, particularly in the developing world where the high rates of urbanization often surpass the capacity of local governments to develop proper urban planning. ... -
A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems
(NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2021-01)The future challenges and potential opportunities of robotics and autonomous systems in urban ecosystems, and how they may impact biodiversity, are explored and prioritized via a global horizon scan of 170 experts. Technology ... -
A global metagenomic map of urban microbiomes and antimicrobial resistance
(CELL PRESS, 2021-06-24)We present a global atlas of 4,728 metagenomic samples from mass-transit systems in 60 cities over 3 years, representing the first systematic, worldwide catalog of the urban microbial ecosystem. This atlas provides an ... -
A HaloTag-TEV genetic cassette for mechanical phenotyping of proteins from tissues
(Nature Publishing Group, 2020-04-28)Single-molecule methods using recombinant proteins have generated transformative hypotheses on how mechanical forces are generated and sensed in biological tissues. However, testing these mechanical hypotheses on proteins ... -
A highly stable black phosphorene nanocomposite for voltammetric detection of clenbuterol
(SPRINGER WIEN, 2018)A nanocomposite was prepared from graphene-like two-dimensional black phosphorene (BP, an allotrope of phosphorus) and nafion (Nf) treated with isopropanol (IP). A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with this nanocomposite ... -
A mechanistic approach for the optimization of loperamide loaded nanocarriers characterization: Diafiltration and mathematical modeling advantages
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2018)Oral bioavailability of loperamide is restricted by its limited absorption in the gastrointestinal tract due to its poor aqueous solubility and its P-glycoprotein (Pgp) substrate characteristic. In addition, ammonium ... -
A Meta-Analytical Comparison of the Effects of Small-Sided Games vs. Running-Based High-Intensity Interval Training on Soccer Players' Repeated-Sprint Ability
(MDPI, 2021-04-01)This systematic review with a meta-analysis was conducted to compare the effects of small-sided games (SSGs)-based interventions with the effects of running-based high-intensity interval training (HIIT) interventions on ... -
A method to deconvolve stellar profiles The non-rotating line utilizing Gaussian sum approximation
(EDP SCIENCES S A, 2023-08-04)Context. Currently, one of the standard procedures used to determine stellar and wind parameters of massive stars involves to comparing the observed spectral lines with a grid of synthetic lines. These synthetic lines are ... -
A Metholodological Proposal for Using Poetry in the English as a Foreign Language Classroom
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2019)Abstract: The following essay aims to invite English as a foreign or second language teachers to include poetry in their classes as an alternative technique that might cause a positive impact in their students’ ... -
A Monte Carlo code for the collisional evolution of porous aggregates (CPA)
(EDP SCIENCES S A, 2023-03-29)Context. The collisional evolution of submillimeter-sized porous dust aggregates is important in many astrophysical fields.Aims. We have developed a Monte Carlo code to study the processes of collision between mass-asymmetric, ... -
A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Stages of Change in Food Consumption with Warning Labels among Chilean University Students
(HINDAWI LTD, 2020)Objective. To analyze the stage of change in food consumption with warning labels among Chilean university students. Materials and Methods. Cross-sectional study which applied surveys in universities from all over the ... -
A multiple-class distance-decaying approach for mapping temperature reduction ecosystem services provided by urban vegetation in Santiago de Chile
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2019)Mapping ecosystem services is a challenging task, particularly for regulating services presenting spatial mismatches between the areas providing the services and those benefiting from them, such as the temperature reduction ... -
A multispecies assessment of wildlife impacts on local community livelihoods
(Wiley, 2021-02)Conflicts between the interests of agriculture and wildlife conservation are a major threat to biodiversity and human well-being globally. Addressing such conflicts requires a thorough understanding of the impacts associated ...