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Assessment of the consequences of caregiving in psychosis: a psychometric comparison of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (IEQ)
(Biomed Central, 2017-04-05)
Background: The Zarit Burden Interview ( ZBI) was originally developed to assess the level of subjective burden in caregivers of people with dementia. The Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire ( IEQ) is amongst the leading ...
Multioperation capacity of parallel manipulators basing on generic kinematic chain approach
(Elsevier, 2017-06-07)
The idea of designing multioperation mechanisms capable of performing different tasks has gained prominence in the last years. These mechanisms, commonly called reconfig- urable mechanisms, have the ability to change their ...
Parallel manipulators: practical applications and kinematic design criteria. Towards the modular reconfigurable robots
(Springer, 2017-06-10)
Modern robotic manipulators play an essential role in industry, developing several tasks in an easy way, enhancing the accuracy of the final product and reducing the executing time. Also they can be found in other fields ...
Impairment of Serotonergic Transmission by the Antiparkinsonian Drug L-DOPA: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications
(Frontiers Media, 2017-09-12)
The link between the anti-Parkinsonian drug L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) and the serotonergic (5-HT) system has been long established and has received increased attention during the last decade. Most studies have ...
Molecular and cellular responses of the pathogenic fungus Lomentospora prolificans to the antifungal drug voriconazole
(Public Library Science, 2017-03-31)
The filamentous fungus Lomentospora (Scedosporium) prolificans is an emerging opportunistic pathogen associated with fatal infections in patients with disturbed immune function. Unfortunately, conventional therapies are ...
Biological Evaluation of Both Enantiomers of Fluoro-Thalidomide Using Human Myeloma Cell Line H929 and Others
(Public Library Science, 2017-08-01)
Over the last few years, thalidomide has become one of the most important anti-tumour drugs for the treatment of relapsed-refractory multiple myeloma. However, besides its undesirable teratogenic side effect, its configurational ...
El impacto de la recesión económica sobre la situación y la discriminación de la mujer inmigrante trabajadora en España. Estudio de caso de la región del País Vasco
(Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios, 2017)
Este artículo tiene por objetivo dibujar la situación de las mujeres inmigrantes en la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco (CAPV) en el ámbito laboral, tomando como referencia dos periodos temporales distintos, en 2010 cuando ...
Desigualdades sociales en salud en población mayor: una aportación desde la salud pública al debate sobre el retraso de la edad de jubilación en Espa˜na
(Elsevier, 2017-12-30)
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the inequalities in life expectancy in the Spanish population over the age of 65 according to educational level.
METHOD: Cross sectional study on the Spanish population aged 65 years and over. Life ...
Empirical evidence on return migration from Spain to Ecuador. Discourse, myth or reality?
(Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2017)
Through this article we analyze in depth the issue of return in international migration. To do this, it has used different statistical sources and in-depth interviews in order to quantify the magnitude of the return of the ...
Microtechnologies for Cell Microenvironment Control and Monitoring
(MDPI, 2017-06)
A great breadth of questions remains in cellular biology. Some questions cannot be answered using traditional analytical techniques and so demand the development of new tools for research. In the near future, the development ...