Publications by authors named "M Jimenez-Martinez"
The parasitoid wasp (Howard) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) has the potential for biological control against insect pests in stored grains, mainly of the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNA fragments of importance in the regulation of gene translation in most physiological processes, and the study of miRNAs in wasps can be useful for understanding the physiology of these insects. The objective of this study was to evaluate for the first time the miRNomic profile of and to determine its conservation in five species of the order Hymenoptera (, , , and ).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSexual desire is a complex construct with important implications for sexual functioning and well-being. In this research, we translated the Sexual Desire Inventory (SDI-2), a widely used scale for assessing sexual (desire), into 25 languages from English and used data from the International Sex Survey (ISS) to (a) investigate its psychometric properties (i.e.
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- Thirty-nine clinical isolates from 11 cystic fibrosis patients were analyzed over a 10-year period using whole genome sequencing (WGS) to study their genomic and phenotypic characteristics.
- A single, persistent strain was identified in a long-term patient, showing reduced elastase activity and growth rate, which suggests adaptive changes over time, with no instances of transmission between patients or centers.
- The study highlights unique genomic traits of the isolates, such as the conservation of biofilm and phenazine-related genes, and emphasizes the importance of integrating both genomic and virulence-related phenotypic testing in cystic fibrosis research.
The UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Model and the various psychometric instruments developed and validated based on this model are well established in clinical and research settings. However, evidence regarding the psychometric validity, reliability, and equivalence across multiple countries of residence, languages, or gender identities, including gender-diverse individuals, is lacking to date. Using data from the International Sex Survey ( = 82,243), confirmatory factor analyses and measurement invariance analyses were performed on the preestablished five-factor structure of the 20-item short version of the UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale to examine whether (a) psychometric validity and reliability and (b) psychometric equivalence hold across 34 country-of-residence-related, 22 language-related, and three gender-identity-related groups.
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