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Large-scale genotyping identifies 41 new loci associated with breast cancer risk
2013
Journal article Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Common variants at 27 loci have been identified as associated with susceptibility to breast cancer, and these account for ~9% of the familial risk of the disease. We report here a meta-analysis of 9 genome-wide association studies, including 10,052 breast cancer cases and 12,575 controls of European ancestry, from which we selected 29,807 SNPs for further genotyping. These SNPs were genotyped in 45,290 cases and 41,880 controls of European ancestry from 41 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). The SNPs were genotyped as part of a collaborative genotyping experiment involving four consortia (Collaborat…
La politique éolienne et ses effets sur le développement local. Une analyse basée sur le système des acteurs (Loja, Equateur)
2020
La política energética ecuatoriana pretende que las centrales eléctricas contribuyan al desarrollo local en las áreas en las que se implantan. A partir del caso de estudio del Parque Eólico Villonaco (PEV), la pregunta de investigación que se plantea es si el Plan de Desarrollo Territorial Comunitario (PDTC) que se está implementando en la zona de influencia del Parque, está teniendo efectos socio-territoriales positivos. Se utiliza una metodología cualitativa, a partir de entrevistas semiestructuradas a actores clave. Los resultados obtenidos indican que la central eólica ha empezado a tener efectos positivos en el ámbito de los equipamientos educativos, la infraestructura vial, o en el al…
La viabilidad de las pensiones en una economía global en crisis
2015
La tesis pretende estudiar la situación de los sistemas de pensiones desde un punto de vista global y comparativo. Para ello hace un estudio histórico, social, económico y sobre todo jurídico de los principales países europeos y de latinoamericanos. Se analiza asimismo el papel de determinadas entidades en materia de pensiones como el FMI, el Banco Mundial o la Troika, el funcionamiento del mercado laboral en distintos países y el papel de las pensiones complementarias en sus distintos ámbitos.
MVU ekonomiskās izaugsmes noteicēji Vācijā un Latvijā, fokuss uz ražošanas MVU
2021
Šis darbs ir veltīts mazo un vidējo uzņēmumu (MVU) un to izaugsmes faktoru analīzei. Tajā izklāstīti dažādi faktori, kas ietekmē MVU attīstību, kā arī izaicinājumi un perspektīvas, ar ko tie sastopas mūsdienu globalizētajā un digitalizētajā ekonomikā. Darbā plaši iztirzāta MVU būtiskā loma ekonomikas un sociālās dimensijas iekļaujošā izaugsmē. Šajā darbā arī iekļautas dažādas stratēģijas un valsts programmas, kam ir labvēlīgs iespaids uz uzņēmumu produktivitāti un attīstību. Padziļinātas izpratnes radīšanai kā piemērs ir izvēlēts mazo un vidējo uzņēmumu sektors Latvijā un Vācijā, identificējot abu sektoru trūkumus un priekšrocības.
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients Treated With Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: Data From the European Sleep Apnea…
2021
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a symptom of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that resolves under treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). In some patients, sleepiness persists despite CPAP treatment. We retrospectively analyzed data on subjective residual EDS, assessed as an Epworth Sleepiness Scale score (ESS) >10, in patients from the European Sleep Apnea Database (n = 4,853, mean age +/- SD 54.8 +/- 11.8 years, 26.1% females), at baseline and at the first visit (median follow-up: 5 months, interquartile range 3-13). An ESS > 10 occurred in 56% of patients at baseline and in 28.2% of patients at follow-up. Residual EDS was analyzed in 2,190 patients (age: 55.1 +/- 12…
Implementation of IT applications in small and middle size enterprises : controlling the critical success factors
2002
Atherosclerosis Development and Progression: The Role of Atherogenic Small, Dense LDL.
2022
Atherosclerosis is responsible for large cardiovascular mortality in many countries globally. It has been shown over the last decades that the reduction of atherosclerotic progression is a critical factor for preventing future cardiovascular events. Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) have been successfully targeted, and their reduction is one of the key preventing measures in patients with atherosclerotic disease. LDL particles are pivotal for the formation and progression of atherosclerotic plaques; yet, they are quite heterogeneous, and smaller, denser LDL species are the most atherogenic. These particles have greater arterial entry and retention, higher susceptibility to oxidation, as well a…
Antennal lobe representations are optimized when olfactory stimuli are periodically structured to simulate natural wing beat effects
2014
Animals use behaviors to actively sample the environment across a broad spectrum of sensory domains. These behaviors discretize the sensory experience into unique spatiotemporal moments, minimize sensory adaptation, and enhance perception. In olfaction, behaviors such as sniffing, antennal flicking, and wing beating all act to periodically expose olfactory epithelium. In mammals, it is thought that sniffing enhances neural representations; however, the effects of insect wing beating on representations remain unknown. To determine how well the antennal lobe produces odor-dependent representations when wing beating effects are simulated, we used extracellular methods to record neural units an…
Bezpieczeństwo państwa — czynniki miękkie
2019
This article is divided into three parts, in the fi rst part it is explained what social capital is, and its role in national security is depicted. In the second part, the problem of the importance of social rules in the construction of social capital is discussed. The third part of the article is the culmination of the analysis and shows the role of soft factors in the process of building national security. The quality of social capital depends on how the society works. It is strongly related to other pillars of state security, including the armed forces. The most important message from the content of this article is the statement: a strong society means a safe state.
Social aspects of the power of the state on the example of the visegrad group countries
2018
The article presents the social dimension of the power of the state. A comparative analysis of the dynamics of social progress of the Visegrad Group countries and a statistical analysis of social power-building factors have been carried out. The results presented in the article are the next stage of the author’s work on developing an analytical sub-model of the power of the state in the social area