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Slow Magnetic Relaxation in a Co (II)–Y (III) Single‐Ion Magnet with Positive Axial Zero‐Field Splitting
2013
This work was supported by the MINECO (Spain) (Project CTQ2011-24478), the Junta de Andalucía (FQM-195 and Project of excellence P08-FQM-03705), and the University of Granada. E.R. and E.Cr. thank MINECO grant No. CTQ2011-23862-C02-01 and Generalitat de Catalunya grant No. 2009SGR-1459, for financial support. We would like to thank Prof. Liviu Chibotaru for providing us the SINGLE_ANISO program and Dr. Andrew Ozarowski for the EPR simulation software. E.K.B. thanks the EPSRC and Leverhulme Trust for financial support. The NHMFL is funded by the NSF, DoE, and the state of Florida. J.C. acknowledges financial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación through projects CTQ2010-1…
Change in weight and central obesity by positive airway pressure treatment in obstructive sleep apnea patients: longitudinal data from the ESADA coho…
2018
The effect of positive airway pressure treatment on weight and markers of central obesity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea remains unclear. We studied the change in body weight and anthropometric measures following positive airway pressure treatment in a large clinical cohort. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea with positive airway pressure treatment from the European Sleep Apnea Database registry (n = 1, 415, 77% male, age 54 ± 11 [mean ± SD] years, body mass index 31.7 ± 6.4 kg/m2, apnea–hypopnea index 37 ± 24 n per hr, Epworth Sleepiness Scale 10.2 ± 5.0) were selected. Changes in body mass index and neck/waist/hip circumferences at baseline and at follow-up visit were analyse…
Change in weight and central obesity by positive airway pressure treatment in obstructive sleep apnea patients: Longitudinal data from the European S…
2017
Introduction: The effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on body weight and central obesity in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients is still unclear. Objectives: We aimed to study body composition change during CPAP treatment in the European Sleep Apnea Database (ESADA). Methods: OSA patients with a CPAP treatment follow-up time of more than 30 days in the ESADA registry were selected (n=2015). Body mass index (BMI), body weight, waist-, hip- and neck-circumferences were assessed at baseline and follow-up (median [interquartile range], 242 [380] days). Predictors for body composition changes with CPAP were analyzed adjusting for confounders. Results: Overall, there…
Exudate-based diabetic macular edema detection in fundus images using publicly available datasets
2010
International audience; Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a common vision threatening complication of diabetic retinopathy. In a large scale screening environment DME can be assessed by detecting exudates (a type of bright lesions) in fundus images. In this work, we introduce a new methodology for diagnosis of DME using a novel set of features based on colour, wavelet decomposition and automatic lesion segmentation. These features are employed to train a classifier able to automatically diagnose DME through the presence of exudation. We present a new publicly available dataset with ground-truth data containing 169 patients from various ethnic groups and levels of DME. This and other two publi…
Genomic determinants of speciation and spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
2019
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Global capitalism guided by desire- Solvang, CA, as a “real” place
2021
Abstract How to deal with the transformation of place in the face of global capitalism is marked by many active debates. This paper dives into the transformation of the city of Solvang in California, from an agricultural village to a tourist destination. One way to analyse the process is to treat it as commodification, where values produced in places are being turned into exchangeable commodities. What results from such critical studies of capitalism too often result in apathy rather than positive action, it tends to deal less with ‘the real world’ than thought experiments about possible worlds. Another approach connects to the relational turn and the application of assemblage theory in stu…
Long-term outcomes of oral rehabilitation with dental implants in HIV-positive patients: A retrospective case series
2016
Background: The existing information on oral rehabilitations with dental implants in VIH-positive patients is scarce and of poor quality. Moreover, no long-term follow-up studies are available. Hence, the aims of this study were to describe the long-term survival and success rates of dental implants in a group of HIV-positive patients and to identify the most common postoperative complications, including peri-implant diseases. Material and Methods: A retrospective case series of HIV-positive subjects treated with dental implants at the School of Dentistry of the University of Barcelona (Spain) was studied. Several clinical parameters were registered, including CD4 cell count, viral load and…
El hipotético derecho a la reproducción
2011
RESUMENEsta comunicación analiza porqué no existe en nuestro ordenamiento ningún derecho a la maternidad o derecho a la paternidad, y cómo cuesta llegar a un consenso sobre si nuestro ordenamiento jurídico protege los derechos sexuales y reproductivos, y si lo hace, cuál es el contenido de estos derechos. Este análisis se contrasta con el debate doctrinal que si se ha producido sobre la existencia de un hipotético derecho a la reproducción, una autonomía procreativa en positivo, y la correspondiente discusión sobre su respaldo en nuestro actual ordenamiento jurídico. Debate que no se aplica en los mismos términos cuando se trata de la autonomía reproductiva en negativo, por ejemplo, en el c…
Exploring theoretical frameworks for the analysis of fertility fluctuations
1988
The Easterlin theory, popular during the 1970s, explained population fluctuations in terms of maximization of choice, based on the evaluation of previously acquired information. Fluctuations in procreational patterns were seen as responses to conflict between 2 consecutive generations in which the propensity to procreate is inversely related to cohort size. However, the number of demographic trends not directly explainable by the hypothesis imply that either the model must be extended over a longer time frame or that there has been a drastic change of regime, i.e., a basic change in popular attitudes which determine decision making behavior. 4 strategic principles underlie reproductive deci…
In Revision: Theoretical Frameworks
2018
A central ambition in the first section is to establish an understanding of the music industries—the field of study—as well as change—the different dynamics within and around the music industries. I consider the latter understanding to be dependent on the former—that if we don’t have a proper concept of the field of study, then it becomes difficult to define and assess the changes happening to it. The music industries have indeed been impacted by digital change and innovation. It has become a reference point for the difficulties some industries have faced, adapting to a new digital economy. However, many of the accounts on the music industries’ difficult digital transitions tend to diminish…