Publications by authors named "N Montoya"

The Beagle Channel is a Subantarctic semi-estuarine environment at the southern tip of South America, where intoxication events associated with harmful algal blooms have been reported since 1886, including a world record in toxicity due to Alexandrium catenella in 1992. Toxic algae affect public health and ecosystem services, particularly mussel aquaculture and fisheries management. During the austral summer of 2022, an intense bloom of A.

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Background: Care plans documented by nurses in electronic health records (EHR) are a rich source of data to generate knowledge and measure the impact of nursing care. Unfortunately, there is a lack of integration of these data in clinical data research networks (CDRN) data trusts, due in large part to nursing care being documented with local vocabulary, resulting in non-standardized data. The absence of high-quality nursing care plan data in data trusts limits the investigation of interdisciplinary care aimed at improving patient outcomes.

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  • The study investigates how the immune responses (antibodies and CD4 T cells) to SARS-CoV-2 from natural infection and vaccination change over time, focusing on variants like Mu, Gamma, and Delta.
  • It found that antibody levels decline after 6 months, particularly in mildly infected individuals, while those severely infected maintain higher levels; vaccination boosts antibody production but they also decrease over time.
  • The cross-recognition of variants showed varying effectiveness, and prior exposure to the virus influenced the immune response, suggesting important considerations for future vaccine development against emerging variants.
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The bioimpedances of tissues beyond the stratum corneum, which is the outermost layer of skin, contain crucial clinical information. Nevertheless, bioimpedance measurements of both the viable skin and the adipose tissue are not widely used, mainly because of the complex multilayered skin structure and the electrically insulating nature of the stratum corneum. Here, a theoretical framework is established for analyzing the impedances of multilayered tissues and, in particular, of skin.

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