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N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: An innovative strategy against obesity and related metabolic disorders, intestinal alteration and gut microbiota dys…
2019
Obesity is now widely recognized to be associated with low-grade systemic inflammation. It has been shown that high-fat feeding modulates gut microbiota which strongly increased intestinal permeability leading to lipopolysaccharide absorption causing metabolic endotoxemia that triggers inflammation and metabolic disorders. N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been shown associated with anti-obesity properties, but results still remain heterogeneous and very few studies underlined the metabolic pathways involved. Thus, the use of Fat-1 transgenic mice allows to better understanding whether endogenous n-3 PUFAs enrichment contributes to obesity and associated metabolic disorders preve…
Blastocystis subtypes and their association with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
2018
Blastocystis spp. is a common intestinal protozoan that affects humans and animals. The role of this parasite as a pathogen is still controversial and it is suspected to be linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a functional bowel disorder characterized by chronic or recurrent abdominal pain associated with altered intestinal habits. A broad search in electronic databases, libraries, portals of journals, etc. for reports on the association between the parasite and IBS without language restriction was performed. The selection was not restricted by date, but articles published in the last seven years were given preference. We investigated the evidence regarding Blastocystis and IBS coexist…
Protective effect of quercetin on high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in mice is mediated by modulating intestinal microbiota imb…
2016
Gut microbiota is involved in obesity, metabolic syndrome and the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It has been recently suggested that the flavonoid quercetin may have the ability to modulate the intestinal microbiota composition, suggesting a prebiotic capacity which highlights a great therapeutic potential in NAFLD. The present study aims to investigate benefits of experimental treatment with quercetin on gut microbial balance and related gut-liver axis activation in a nutritional animal model of NAFLD associated to obesity. C57BL/6J mice were challenged with high fat diet (HFD) supplemented or not with quercetin for 16 weeks. HFD induced obesity, metabolic syndrom…
Intestinal microbiota mediates the beneficial effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids during dietary obesity,
2021
Obesity, now considered as a real worldwide epidemic affecting more than 650 million people, is complex and mainly associated with excessive energy intake and changes in eating habits favoring the consumption of diets rich in saturated fat and sugar. This multifactorial pathology is linked to chronic low grade systemic inflammation. Indeed, a high fat diet (HFD) leads to intestinal microbiota dysbiosis increasing gut permeability (partly attributed to a downregulation of genes encoding tight junction proteins) leading to an increase in bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) levels so-called metabolic endotoxemia. Studies have shown that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are involved in t…
Spanish Validation of the Polymorphous Prejudice Scale in a Sample of University Students
2016
ABSTRACTThe shortened version of the Polymorphous Prejudice Scale (PPS) analyzes new manifestations of prejudice toward gay men and lesbian women. Specifically, this instrument consists of 16 items distributed in four subscales: values gay progress, positive beliefs about gay men, positive beliefs about lesbian women, and resistance to heteronormative expectations. The aim of the current study is to add new evidence about the reliability and validity of the scale. The scale is administrated to 348 heterosexual university students from Spain with a mean age of 22.62 years (SD = 7.63). Reliability and factorial validity estimates are presented. A four-factor structure is supported using confi…
Psychological predictors of homophobic bullying among adolescents and young adults: The role of parental psychological control and sensation seeking
2021
AbstractWe aimed to investigate the relationship between homophobic bullying, parental psychological control and sensation seeking among adolescents and young adults and to examine the mediating role of sensation seeking. The participants included 394 adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 20 years attending the 3rd, 4th and 5th years of two public high schools in Italian cities. Participants completed the Homophobic Bullying Scale, the Dependency—oriented and Achievement—oriented Parental Psychological Control, and the Sensation—Seeking Scale. The results showed that parental psychological control predicted bullying toward gay and lesbian people. However, the two dimensions of sensation s…
Logopēda un ģimenes sadarbība skaņu izrunas traucējumu mazināšanā piecgadīgiem bērniem
2015
Darba autore: Gunita Apšukrapša Darba tēma: LOGOPĒDA UN ĢIMENES SADARBĪBA SKAŅU IZRUNAS TRAUCĒJUMU MAZINĀŠANĀ PIECGADĪGIEM BĒRNIEM. Darba veids: Diplomdarbs. Studiju programma: Skolotājs – logopēds 204 CH. Darba zinātniskais vadītājs: Mg. paed. E. Laganovska. Darba apjoms: 38 lpp, ievads, 4 nodaļas, 1 nodaļa ar apakšnodaļām, empīriskā daļa, nobeigums, anotācija, literatūras saraksts, pielikumi. Atslēgas vārdi: logopēds, ģimene, sadarbība, piecgadnieks. Pētījuma mērķis: teorētiski un praktiski noskaidrot logopēda un ģimenes sadarbības iespējas skaņu izrunas traucējumu mazināšanā piecgadīgiem bērniem pirmskolās. Darba saturs: 1. piecgadnieka vecumposma raksturojums; 2. skaņu izrunas traucējum…
Lentes de contacto multifocales basadas en la visión simultánea para corrección de la presbicia
2013
En la actualidad, en España, hay 46.704.314 habitantes (INE, 2013) de los cuales un 49,79% aproximadamente son présbitas. Esta población de pacientes representa el segmento de crecimiento más grande. Aproximadamente en una plazo entre 5 y 7 años aparecerán más de 11 millones de nuevos présbitas (INE, 2013).La población présbita es un segmento relativamente inexplorado en lo que se refiere al mercado de la lente de contacto (LC), siendo una buena oportunidad para los fabricantes y laboratorio. Las adaptaciones de lente de contacto multifocal (LCM) y monovision representan sólo un 9% de las adaptaciones a nivel mundial, por ello es predecible que el mercado de la LC en este tipo de adaptacion…
Fremmede arter i Norge: resultater fra kvantitative økologiske risikovurderinger
2020
1. Due to globalisation, trade and transport, the spread of alien species is increasing dramatically. Some alien species become ecologically harmful by threatening native biota. This can lead to irreversible changes in local biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, and, ultimately, to biotic homogenisation. 2. We risk-assessed all alien plants, animals, fungi and algae, within certain delimitations, that are known to reproduce in Norway. Mainland Norway and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard plus Jan Mayen were treated as separate assessment areas. Assessments followed the Generic Ecological Impact Assessment of Alien Species (GEIAA) protocol, which uses a fully quantitative set of criteria.…
Visual simulation of different optical designs
2016
La presbicia es la pérdida irreversible de la capacidad de acomodar del ojo humano asociada a la edad, que afecta al rendimiento visual para con objetos cercanos. La presente Tesis Doctoral tiene como objetivo evaluar los aspectos ópticos y visuales de diferentes diseños multifocales para el tratamiento de la presbicia que se encuentran en lentes de contacto e intraoculares. En primer lugar, se implementó una métrica que facilita la evaluación in vitro de las lentes intraoculares. La idea de esta métrica se basa en la función de transferencia de modulación axial de las lentes intraoculares, la cual puede obtenerse con un instrumento de laboratorio adecuado. La métrica evalúa el volumen bajo…