Repositorio Universidad Católica del Maule: Envíos recientes
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A proposed methodology for the determination of seed sources for tree native species based on environmental variables: the case of Quillaja saponaria Mol
(2024)There is an increasing interest in planting native tree species for commercialization and restoration purposes. However, the seed provenance zones of plant material to complete these activities successfully are not always ...
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Ultra-processed food consumption and the incidence of obesity in two cohorts of latin-american young children: a longitudinal study
(2023)Purpose We evaluated the potential associations between the consumption of ultra-processed food (UPF) and the incidence of obesity among Uruguayan and Brazilian preschoolers. Design and methods We conducted a longitudinal ...
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Notes on marriage markets with weak externalities
(2023)We consider marriage markets with externalities. We focus on weak externalities, that is, markets in which each agent is primarily concerned about her partner. We formalize and prove the claim that weak externalities are ...
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Healthy lifestyle habits in latin american university students during COVID-19 pandemic: a multi-center study
(2023)Background: Deterioration in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and healthy eating behavior due to the effect of COVID-19 lockdown has been reported. The aim of this study was to associate eating habits and HRQoL ...
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The negative effects of internalized homonegativity on sexual satisfaction: dyadic effects and gender-based differences in Chile
(2023)Heterosexism is not only expressed through sexual prejudice as an external stressor, but also as an internalized rejection toward one’s own (and others’) sexually diverse identity. That is, lesbian women and gay men ...
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Network analysis of the relationships between conspiracy beliefs towards COVID-19 vaccine and symptoms of fear of COVID-19 in a sample of latin american countries
(2024)The present study examined how conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines specifically relate to symptoms of fear of COVID-19 in a sample of four South American countries. A total of 1785 people from Bolivia, Colombia, ...
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Native bees with floral sonication behaviour can achieve high-performance pollination of highbush blueberry in Chile
(2023)Blueberry is one of the most relevant buzz-pollinated crops worldwide and Chile is the most important global producer of fresh blueberries during wintertime in the Northern Hemisphere. Thousands of exotic Bombus terrestris ...
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The prevalence and predictors of problematic mobile phone use: a 14-country empirical survey
(2024)This study examined (a) differences in estimates of Problematic Mobile Phone Use (PMPU) in adults across 14 countries worldwide and (b) whether personality and psychopathology variables predict PMPU. A sample of 7531 adults ...
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Suicide classification for news media using convolutional neural networks
(2023)Currently, the process of evaluating suicide is highly subjective, which limits the efficacy and accuracy of prevention efforts. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a mean of investigating large datasets to identify ...
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Job satisfaction as a mediator between family-to-work conflict and satisfaction with family life: a dyadic analysis in dual-earner parents
(2023)Family-to-work conflict has received less attention in the literature compared to work-to-family conflict. This gap in knowledge is more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the documented increase in family ...
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Cross-cultural measurement invariance of the purpose in life test - Short form (PIL-SF) in seven Latin American countries
(2023)The aim was to test the cross-cultural measurement invariance of the PIL-SF in a sample of people from seven Latin American countries. Additionally, the characteristics of the PIL-SF items were evaluated and to assess the ...
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Taxonomic and ecogeographic predictors of resistance against Phthorimaea operculella Zeller in wild potato tubers
(2023)Taxonomic and ecogeographic information are potentially useful to select plants with beneficial traits for crop breeding. We tested the predictability of taxonomic and geoclimatic information in identifying wild potatoes ...
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Association between diabetes and cancer. current mechanistic insights into the association and future challenges
Rojas, Armando
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Compelling pieces of epidemiological, clinical, and experimental research have demonstrated that Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major risk factor associated with increased cancer incidence and mortality in many human neoplasms. ...
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The use of capping agents in the stabilization and functionalization of metallic nanoparticles for biomedical applications
(2023)The study of nanoparticles (NPs) and their application in different areas of research, including biomedicine, is attracting the attention of researchers worldwide. Numerous investigations published during the last 20 years ...
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What seems to explain suicidality in Yucatan Mexican young adults? Findings from an app-based mental health screening test using the SMART-SCREEN protocol
(2023)The relationship between suicidality, depression, anxiety, and well-being was explored in young adults (median age 20.7 years) from the State of Yucatan (Mexico), which has a suicide rate double that of other Mexican states. ...
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Metal(oid)s content in high-andean aquatic systems of the Atacama desert, Chile: environmental assessment of extreme ecosystems
(2023)The high-Andean mountain of northern Chile host numerous water systems that is in risk due to increased mining activities. Total and dissolved Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se, and Zn in water, and Cd, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Zn, As, ...
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Into the role of unsaturated trinuclear metal carbonyls in the formation of [M3(2,3-bpp)(CO)10] with M=Ru, Os: A DFT stability analysis and electronic structure
(2023)The metal carbonyl clusters have been recognized as one of the most successful organometallic complexes with extensive catalytic applications. In this paper, we carried out a DFT study of the stability, electronic structure ...
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Seed fungal endophytes promote the establishment of invasive Poa annua in maritime Antarctica
(2022)Background Invasive plants may displace native species. This is the case for Poa annua, the only non-native plant species successfully established in Maritime Antarctica. Nonetheless, it is uncertain which factors drive ...
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Unraveling the morphological patterns of a subantarctic eelpout: a geometric morphometric approach
(2023)Phenotypic variation in organisms depends on the genotype and the environmental constraints of the habitat that they exploit. Therefore, for marine species inhabiting contrasting aquatic conditions, it is expected to find ...
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Florence: asistente digital de salud de la OMS
(2024)Recientemente, Gaceta Médica de México publicó tres contribuciones vinculadas a los desafíos que implica la inteligencia artificial (IA) en el campo de la atención de la salud pública, en particular en procesos de enseñanza, ...