Publications by authors named "Herrero A"

Five types of frankfurters were formulated: a control without tamarind (T0) and four samples using 5% tamarind pulp paste (PT5), seeds (ST5), peel (CT5), and a blend of all of them (PSCT5), replacing the same portion of meat. The inclusion of tamarind components led to a reduction in the moisture and protein content of the reformulated frankfurters. In terms of mineral composition, CT5 showed the highest ( < 0.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to design and use a headache diary in patients with frequent tension-type headaches (TTH). Another aim was to assess the relationship among oral behaviors, range of motion, and tenderness to palpation of the craniomandibular muscles.

Methods: Thirty-four patients participated in this prospective observational study for a 3-month period at the Adavall Clinic for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (Valladolid, Spain) in 2019.

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Herein, we report the design, synthesis, and characterisation of a new library of enantiopure aminoalcohol fluorenes, as well as their in vitro evaluation for biological properties, including activity against two strains of P. falciparum (3D7 and W2) and cytotoxicity on the HepG2 cell line. All tested compounds exhibited good to excellent antimalarial potency with IC values ranging from 0.

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Cyanobacteria developed oxygenic photosynthesis and represent the phylogenetic ancestors of chloroplasts. The model strain Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 grows as filaments of communicating cells and can form heterocysts, cells specialized for N fixation.

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  • An observational study involving 71 participants revealed that those with certain personality traits—like antisocial and obsessive-compulsive tendencies—are more active physically, suggesting that personality may influence coping strategies through exercise.
  • Results show that individuals in the study had significantly lower scores in various personality traits compared to the general population, indicating unique psychological profiles associated with problem gambling and their potential impact on engagement in physical activities.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a wide variety of symptoms, including frequent neurological and psychiatric symptomatology. Psychiatric symptoms encountered in SLE are frequent, between 37 and 95% of SLE patients present them, can appear at any point in the course of the disease and may include almost any type of disorder. We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who presented an SLE debut with catatonic symptoms without previous psychiatric history, representing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge given that the diagnosis was initially wrongly filtered out and required up to three hospital admissions in a row to reach a proper diagnosis and treatment.

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The Ovarian Cancer Retrospective European (O'CaRE) study assessed the cumulative impact of high-risk factors on progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) following first-line treatment in patients diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. Medical records were collected from five European countries (2014 and 2015). Patients were grouped by number of high-risk factors: stage IV diagnosis, no known , interval debulking surgery or no surgery, or visible residual disease.

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Non-contact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) offers a unique experimental framework for topographical imaging of surfaces with atomic and/or sub-molecular resolution. The technique also permits to perform frequency shift spectroscopy to quantitatively evaluate the tip-sample interaction forces and potentials above individual atoms or molecules. The stiffness of the probe, , is then required to perform the frequency shift-to-force conversion.

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Background: Appropriate risk stratification for the difficulty of liver transplantation (LT) is essential to guide the selection and acceptance of grafts and avoid morbidity and mortality.

Methods: Based on 987 LTs collected from 5 centers, perioperative outcomes were analyzed across the 3 difficulty levels. Each LT was retrospectively scored from 0 to 10.

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Background: Cancer is a global health problem accounting for nearly one in six deaths worldwide. Conventional treatments together with new therapies have increased survival to this devastating disease. However, the persistent challenges of treatment resistance and the limited therapeutic arsenal available for specific cancer types still make research in new therapeutic strategies an urgent need.

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  • RAD51C and RAD51D genes play a crucial role in DNA repair, and mutations in these genes significantly increase the risk of developing ovarian and breast cancer.
  • This study analyzed the clinical characteristics of 91 patients and 90 relatives with pathogenic variants in RAD51C/D across multiple Spanish hospitals, focusing on their tumors' homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) status.
  • Findings showed that a substantial portion of the carriers were women, with a high incidence of breast and ovarian cancer; the study also determined the prevalence of HRD in untreated tumors from these patients.
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Purpose: The impact of age on optimal management of glioblastoma remains unclear. A recent combined analysis of two randomised trials, GEINO14-01 and EX-TEM, found no benefit from extending post-radiation temozolomide in newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Here, we explore the impact of age.

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Deletions of chromosome 1p (del(1p)) are a recurrent genomic aberration associated with poor outcome in Multiple myeloma (MM.) TRIM33, an E3 ligase and transcriptional co-repressor, is located within a commonly deleted region at 1p13.2.

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Self-immolative (SI) spacers are degradable chemical connectors widely used in prodrugs and drug conjugates to release pharmaceutical ingredients in response to specific stimuli. Amine-carbamate SI spacers are particularly versatile, as they have been used to release different hydroxy cargos, ranging from 2° and 3° alcohols to phenols and oximes. In this work, we describe the ability of three amine-carbamate SI spacers to release three structurally similar imidazoquinoline payloads, bearing either a 1°, a 2° or a 3° alcohol as the leaving group.

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Background: There are no data to evaluate the difference in populations and impact of centers with liver transplant programs in performing laparoscopic liver resection (LLR).

Methods: This was a multicenter study including patients undergoing LLR for benign and malignant tumors at 27 French centers from 1996 to 2018. The main outcomes were postoperative severe morbidity and mortality.

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Despite the improvements in surgical and medical therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), recurrence still represents a major issue. Up to 70% of patients can experience HCC recurrence after liver resection (LR), as well as 20% of them even after liver transplantation (LT). The patterns of recurrence are different according to both the time and the location.

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Purpose: The optimal duration of post-radiation temozolomide in newly diagnosed glioblastoma remains unclear, with no published phase III randomised trials. Standard-of-care stipulates 6 months. However, in routine care, it is often extended to 12 months, despite lacking robust supporting data.

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  • Primary liver cancer can originate from two cell types, leading to different types of tumors: hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICCA), with combined tumors (cHCC-CCA) displaying mixed characteristics.
  • Researchers utilized deep learning to categorize tumors in a study involving 405 cHCC-CCA patients, successfully distinguishing between HCC and ICCA types.
  • This deep learning method showed potential for enhancing treatment strategies and improving patient outcomes for those with complex liver cancers.
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Circadian clock arrays in multicellular filaments of the heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium sp. strain PCC 7120 display remarkable spatio-temporal coherence under nitrogen-replete conditions. To shed light on the interplay between circadian clocks and the formation of developmental patterns, we followed the expression of a clock-controlled gene under nitrogen deprivation, at the level of individual cells.

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The tourism sector after COVID-19 has raised different concerns that have lead to a development towards a more sustainable model of tourism. After the health crisis, the increase in environmental awareness of tourists has become evident. In this context, the great paradigm of 'small-scale' tourism has been developed as opposed to traditional tourism.

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  • Combined hepatocholangiocarcinoma is a rare and aggressive type of cancer combining features of both hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, leading to a poor prognosis.
  • A multicenter international study analyzed the surgery outcomes for patients with combined hepatocholangiocarcinoma and compared them with those having either hepatocellular carcinoma or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma from 2000 to 2021.
  • The results showed significant differences in overall survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years among the groups, with combined hepatocholangiocarcinoma having the lowest survival rates, while disease-free survival rates were similar across groups, suggesting that combined hepatochol
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Background: Older adults with cognitive impairment (CI) have higher multimorbidity and frailty prevalence, lower functional status and an increased likelihood to develop dementia, non-cognitive deficits, and adverse health-related events. +AGIL, a real-world program for frail older adults in a primary care area of Barcelona, is a pragmatic, multi-component and integrated intervention implemented since 2016. It includes physical activity, nutrition, sleep hygiene, revision and adequacy of pharmacological treatment, detection of undesired loneliness and screening for CI; to improve physical function in community-dwelling older adults.

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Precision medicine is a major achievement that has impacted on management of patients diagnosed with advanced cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) over the last decade. Molecular profiling of CCA has identified targetable alterations, such as fibroblast growth factor receptor-2 (FGFR-2) fusions, and has thus led to the development of a wide spectrum of compounds. Despite favourable response rates, especially with the latest generation FGFRi, there are still a proportion of patients who will not achieve a radiological response to treatment, or who will have disease progression as the best response.

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