Publications by authors named "A Valls"
Background And Aims: An unanticipated difficult airway is one of the greatest challenges for anesthesiologists. Proper preoperative airway assessment is crucial to reducing complications. However, current screening tests based on anthropometric features are of uncertain benefit.
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- * Two handheld cameras—a smartphone and a smartscope—were compared for image quality against OCT, revealing the smartphone required dilation in all cases while the smartscope had a lower rate of ungradable images.
- * AI analysis showed that the smartscope outperformed the smartphone in detecting DR, with higher recall and F1 scores, suggesting that handheld devices and AI could improve DR screening if imaging for small pupils is refined.
Probiotics are living microorganisms recognized for conferring health benefits on the host by modulating the gut microbiota. They interact with various signaling pathways, including the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), which plays a crucial role in maintaining intestinal homeostasis and immune function. The activation of AhR by probiotics has been associated with benefits such as improved intestinal barrier function, reduced inflammation, and modulation of immune responses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn previous studies, using transcriptomic analysis, we observed higher levels of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) gene expression in the peripheral blood cells of centenarians compared to octogenarians. This suggests the potential significance of this receptor in maintaining physiological balance and promoting healthy aging, possibly linked to its critical role in detoxifying xenobiotics. In our current study, we confirmed that AHR expression is indeed higher in centenarians.
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