Publications by authors named "L Naranjo"
Early studies attempting interspecies communication with great apes trained to use sign language and Augmented Interspecies Communication (AIC) devices were limited by methodological and technological constraints, as well as restrictive sample sizes. Evidence for animals' intentional production of symbols was met with considerable criticisms which could not be easily deflected with existing data. More recently, thousands of pet dogs have been trained with AIC devices comprising soundboards of buttons that can be pressed to produce prerecorded human words or phrases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPast research on interspecies communication has shown that animals can be trained to use Augmentative Interspecies Communication (AIC) devices, such as soundboards, to make simple requests of their caretakers. The recent uptake in AIC devices by hundreds of pet owners around the world offers a novel opportunity to investigate whether AIC is possible with owner-trained family dogs. To answer this question, we carried out two studies to test pet dogs' ability to recognise and respond appropriately to food-related, play-related, and outside-related words on their soundboards.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: The 2023 criteria for myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) perform well in adults but have not been assessed in children.
Methods: This prospective observational nationwide study includes children and adults with demyelinating syndromes or encephalitis, whose serum or CSF was found MOG-immunoglobulin G (IgG) positive at Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer-Hospital Clínic of Barcelona (Spain). Exclusion criteria were lack of clinical information and follow-up <1 year, and serum unavailable for antibody testing.
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- Influenza virus infection can lead to severe outcomes like respiratory failure and death, but the mechanisms behind these effects are not well understood.
- A study was conducted on hospitalized patients during the 2017/18 and 2018/19 flu seasons, measuring immune markers and other relevant factors to assess their impact on disease progression.
- Findings revealed that patients with poor outcomes had lower levels of Apolipoprotein-H and higher levels of inflammatory markers, indicating that a dysregulated immune response contributes to worse prognoses in influenza cases.