Publications by authors named "J L A Bilbao"
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- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be influenced by genetic factors and may stem from reduced lung growth during childhood, leading to lower lung function throughout life.
- A polygenic risk score (PRS) was calculated using data from a large genome-wide association study and tested for its correlation with lung function in individuals aged 4-50 from multiple research cohorts.
- Results indicated that higher PRS scores were associated with significantly lower lung function, measured by key indicators, starting from childhood and continuing into adulthood, regardless of smoking, sex, or asthma diagnosis.
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- A recent study evaluated the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) in hospitalized adults aged 75 and older across 16 hospitals in Spain.
- The study included 4,183 patients and found that 23.5% were prescribed PIMs, with a notable variation in prevalence between hospitals (10% to 42.5%).
- Benzodiazepines were the most common PIMs, and many patients continued their PIMs from pre-admission into the hospital; however, few were still prescribed at discharge, highlighting the need for better medication management for older adults.
Risk for progression to type 1 diabetes in first-degree relatives under 50 years of age.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
August 2024
Introduction: The detection of pancreatic autoantibodies in first-degree relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) is considered a risk factor for disease. Novel available immunotherapies to delay T1D progression highlight the importance of identifying individuals at risk who might benefit from emerging treatments. The objective was to assess the autoimmunity in first-degree relatives of patients with T1D, estimate the time from autoimmunity detection to the onset of clinical diabetes, and identify the associated risk factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhytoplankton responds rapidly to nutrient availability variations, becoming a useful indicator for eutrophication and/or management actions to reduce it. The present study evaluated the medium-term response of the phytoplankton community of a temperate estuary (Urdaibai estuary) to the cessation of discharges from a wastewater treatment-plant (WWTP), comparing the physicochemical conditions and the phytoplankton community before (2020) and after (2022) the sewerage works. The cessation led to a decrease of ammonium and phosphate, causing decreases of phytoplankton biomass in the outer and middle estuary and increases in the surroundings of the WWTP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study evaluates the potential of several biomasses differing in nature and composition for their valorization by pyrolysis and in line oxidative steam reforming. The first task involved the fast pyrolysis of the biomasses in a conical spouted bed reactor (CSBR) at 500 °C, in which product yields were analyzed in detail. Then, the oxidative steam reforming (OSR) of pyrolysis volatiles (gases and bio-oil) was approached in a fluidized bed reactor (FBR).
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