Publications by authors named "G del Rio"
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- A 37-year-old woman with spinal cord infarction experienced improved motor, sensory, and autonomic functions after undergoing transcutaneous spinal cord electrical stimulation (tSCS) for 20 months.
- Over the duration of the treatment, her motor and sensory scores increased significantly, and autonomic function related to bladder control showed notable improvement.
- The study also demonstrated partial recovery of muscle activity during voluntary movements, highlighting the potential of tSCS in spinal cord injury cases, suggesting the need for further research.
Background: Worldwide, vaccine-preventable diseases have been a significant cause of mortality in the under-5 age group. To reduce the disease burden, new vaccines are being introduced in every country's immunization programmes. For this to happen, high vaccination coverage is necessary.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClams, razor clams and cockle are intertidal bivalve species collected on foot in the shellfish grounds of the Rías Altas (NW Spain). Spatio-temporal distribution of these bivalves are typically at the expenses of the environmental conditions of the region; however, the responses to the abiotic conditions are poorly understood. Using data from 6 species (Ruditapes decussatus, Venerupis corrugata, Ruditapes philippinarum, Cerastoderam edule, Donax trunculus and Solen marginatus) sampled in 51 intertidal shellfish grounds during 2007 and 2008, we characterized the influence of the environment (temperature, salinity, nutrient salts, suspended organic matter, or sediment granulometry and composition) on the distribution and size of these species through a comparative statistical analysis.
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- The study investigates how understanding genome architecture can enhance insights into evolutionary history and population differentiation, particularly in species like the Amazonian antbird, Thamnophilus aethiops.
- Researchers found that different genealogical patterns are associated with chromosome size, with smaller chromosomes showing more gene flow, while larger chromosomes tend to reflect geographic isolation events.
- Using advanced genomic data and machine learning techniques, they constructed chromosome-level phylogenies that revealed distinct evolutionary patterns correlating with past geophysical events, such as the formation of the Madeira River Basin.
Cell-Penetrating Peptides (CPP) are emerging as an alternative to small-molecule drugs to expand the range of biomolecules that can be targeted for therapeutic purposes. Due to the importance of identifying and designing new CPP, a great variety of predictors have been developed to achieve these goals. To establish a ranking for these predictors, a couple of recent studies compared their performances on specific datasets, yet their conclusions cannot determine if the ranking obtained is due to the model, the set of descriptors or the datasets used to test the predictors.
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