(1) Background: This study provides novel insights into the elemental content and biomineralization processes of two halophytic species of the genus Moq. ( and ). (2) Methods: Elemental content was analyzed using ICP-MS, while biominerals were detected through electron microscopy (SEM and TEM) and X-ray diffraction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Seed germination and seedling growth constitute the first stage of a plant's life cycle for crop establishment. Arthrocnemum Moq. is a halophyte of the subfamily Salicornioideae (Amaranthaceae), which could be recognized in the foreseeable future as an emerging candidate in applied biosaline agricultural programs, mainly due to the large biomass it represents in coastal and inland saltmarshes, in addition to its interesting nutritional and pharmacological properties.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMany halophytes have great nutritional and functional potential, providing chemical compounds with biological properties. Duval-Jouve is a common euhalophyte from saline Mediterranean territories (Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy). In the present work we quantified for the first time the bioactive compounds in (total phenolic compounds and fatty acids), from Iberian Peninsula localities: littoral-coastal Tinto River basin areas (southwest Spain, the Huelva province), and mainland continental territories (northwest and central Spain, the Valladolid and Madrid provinces).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDistinct from tests used in diagnostics, tests used in surveillance must provide for detection while avoiding false alarms, i.e., acceptable diagnostic sensitivity but high diagnostic specificity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFScaffolds that recapitulate the spatial complexity of orthopedic interfacial tissues are essential to their regeneration. This requires a method to readily and flexibly produce scaffolds with spatial control over physical and chemical properties, without resulting in hard interfaces. Herein, we produced hydrogel scaffolds with spatially tunable arrangements and chemistries (SSTACs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn a material-guided approach, instructive scaffolds that leverage potent chemistries may efficiently promote bone regeneration. A siloxane macromer has been previously shown to impart osteoinductivity and bioactivity when included in poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEG-DA) hydrogel scaffolds. Herein, phosphonated-siloxane macromers were evaluated for enhancing the osteogenic potential of siloxane-containing PEG-DA scaffolds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: This computational modelling work illustrates the influence of hyperkalaemia and electrical uncoupling induced by defined ischaemia on action potential (AP) propagation and the incidence of reentry at the Purkinje-ventricle interface in mammalian hearts.
Methods And Results: Unidimensional and bidimensional models of the Purkinje-ventricle subsystem, including ischaemic conditions (defined as phase 1B) in the ventricle and an ischaemic border zone, were developed by altering several important electrophysiological parameters of the Luo-Rudy AP model of the ventricular myocyte. Purkinje electrical activity was modelled using the equations of DiFrancesco and Noble.
Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis is clinically very heterogeneous and variable in its progression, and no one treatment works the same for all patients, as this will depend on the clinical course and specific situations.
Objective: To describe the treatment with DMARDs established for the first time in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or persistent arthritis (PA) in routine clinical practice in Spain.
Material And Methods: Epidemiological, cross-sectional, uncontrolled, multicenter study in 15 regions of Spain during a period of five months (July to November 2006).