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Legacy and novel flame retardants from indoor dust in Antarctica: Sources and human exposure
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)The air humidity in Antarctica is very low and this peculiar weather parameter make the use of flame retardants in research facilities highly needed for safety reasons, as fires are a major risk. Legacy and novel flame ... -
Legalism and creativity: tax non-compliance in the eyes of the economic elite
(ROUTLEDGE, 2019-01)This paper analyzes elite tax compliance from a sociological perspective in order to examine how different tax behaviors are justified or how they embody different taxpayers' subjectivities. Drawing from the case of Chile ... -
Legalism and creativity: tax non-compliance in the eyes of the economic elite
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2019)This paper analyzes elite tax compliance from a sociological perspective in order to examine how different tax behaviors are justified or how they embody different taxpayers' subjectivities. Drawing from the case of Chile ... -
LeishDB: a database of coding gene annotation and non-coding RNAs in Leishmania braziliensis
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Leishmania braziliensis is the etiological agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease with high public health importance, affecting 12 million people worldwide. Although its genome sequence was originally published in ... -
Levels of low-molecular-weight hyaluronan in periodontitis-treated patients and its immunostimulatory effects on CD4+ T lymphocytes
(SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2021-02-26)Objectives During periodontitis, chronic inflammation triggers soft tissue breakdown, and hyaluronan is degraded into fragments of low molecular weight (LMW-HA). This investigation aimed to elucidate whether LMW-HA fragments ... -
Levels of physical activity and excess body weight in university students
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2018)Background: University students are considered a vulnerable group due to their adoption of unhealthy diets and lifestyles. Aim: To determine the main risk factors associated with low level of physical activity and excess ... -
Liderazgo en docentes beneficiarios del programa de postitulos en matematicas: un estudio evaluativo de la formación permanente de profesores
(Facultad de Humanidades, 2017)Por más de una década la Universidad Mayor (UM) ha realizado diversos procesos de autoevaluación y acreditación, que han comprometido tanto a la institución, como a un número importante de carreras y programas. Esto ha ... -
Life without Food and the Implications for Neurodegeneration
(CIENCIAS, 2015)Food availability determines developmental rate, behavior, and survival of animals. Animals that enter diapause or hibernate in response to lack of food have a double advantage: they are able to adapt to environmental and ... -
Life-history dimensions indicate non-random assembly processes in tropical island tree communities
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2021-03)Community assembly processes on islands are often non-random. The mechanisms behind non-random assembly, however, are generally difficult to disentangle. Functional diversity in combination with a null model approach that ... -
Lifestyles of Chilean housewives. Analysis of the 2009-2010 Chilean Health Survey
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2019)Background: Housewives represent a important proportion of the Chilean population. However, there is limited evidence about their lifestyles. Aim: To characterize lifestyles and determine the level of compliance with healthy ... -
Limitación cinética de hidrógeno de un reactor autotrófico de reducción de sulfato
(Facultad de Ciencias, 2012)El uso de sustratos inorgánicos podría reducir los costos y simplificar la operación de sistemas de tratamiento de aguas que utilizan bacterias reductoras de sulfato. Sin embargo, el uso de H2 como sustrato energético y ... -
Limited improvement of incorporating primary circulating prostate cells with the CAPRA score to predict biochemical failure-free outcome of radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer
(CIENCIAS, 2016)OBJECTIVE: To establish a prediction model for early biochemical failure based on the Cancer of the Prostate Risk Assessment (CAPRA) score, the presence or absence of primary circulating prostate cells (CPC) and the number ... -
Limiting Alcohol Outlet Density to Prevent Alcohol Use and Violence: Estimating Policy Interventions Through Agent-Based Modeling
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2019)Increasing alcohol outlet density is well-documented to be associated with increased alcohol use and problems, leading to the policy recommendation that limiting outlet density will decrease alcohol problems. Yet few studies ... -
Linear Versus Nonlinear Acoustic Probing of Plasticity in Metals: A Quantitative Assessment
(MDPI, 2018)The relative dislocation density of aluminum and copper samples is quantitatively measured using linear Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS). For each metallic group, four samples were prepared with different thermomechanical ... -
Linked homozygous BMPR1B and PDHA2 variants in a consanguineous family with complex digit malformation and male infertility
(NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2018)In affected members of a consanguineous family, a syndrome, which is concurrence of set of medical signs, is often observed and commonly assumed to have arisen from pleiotropy, i.e., the phenomenon of a single gene variant ... -
Linoleic acid and stearic acid are biosynthetic precursors of (7Z,10Z)-7,10-hexadecadienal, the major component of the sex pheromone of Chilecomadia valdiviana (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
(PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2019)The main pheromone compound of Chilecomadia valdiviana (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) has been recently identified as (7Z,10Z)-7,10-hexadecadienal. The biosynthesis of this pheromone compound showing attributes of both Type I and ... -
Lipoma Cervicofacial Gigante: Reporte de un caso
(Sociedad de Periodoncia de Chile, 2021-08)Los lipomas son neoplasias benignas formadas por tejido adiposo maduro y que representan los tumores mesenquimales más frecuentes. Los lipomas gigantes se definen en relación a un tamaño mayor de 10 centímetros o un peso ... -
Living on the move, dwelling between temporality and permanence in Syria
(SPRINGER, 2019)Although the international displacement of people caused by the Syrian conflict has dominated the media for the past several years, an inside story that is less visible requires more attention: that of internal displacement. ...