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Judgmental-analytical procedures for adapting tests: Adaptation to Spanish of the Reasoning Tests Battery
(Foundation Advancement Psychology, 2014-11)
Adapting a test between cultures or languages requires taking into account legal, linguistic, metric, and use-related considerations. Significantly more attention has been paid to the methodological aspects involved in the ...
Advantages and Versatility of Fluorescence-Based Methodology to Characterize the Functionality of LDLR and Class Mutation Assignment
(Public Library Science, 2014-11-11)
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common autosomal codominant disease with a frequency of 1:500 individuals in its heterozygous form. The genetic basis of FH is most commonly mutations within the LDLR gene. Assessing ...
Changes in social inequalities in disability-free life expectancy in Southern Europe: the case of the Basque Country
(Biomed Central, 2014-09-20)
Background: Health expectancy is a useful tool to monitor health inequalities. The evidence about the recent changes in social inequalities in healthy expectancy is relatively scarce and inconclusive, and most studies have ...
Ionic Liquids and Cellulose: Dissolution, Chemical Modification and Preparation of New Cellulosic Materials
(MDPI, 2014-07)
Due to its abundance and a wide range of beneficial physical and chemical properties, cellulose has become very popular in order to produce materials for various applications. This review summarizes the recent advances in ...
Human LDL Structural Diversity Studied by IR Spectroscopy
(Public Library Science, 2014-03-18)
Lipoproteins are responsible for cholesterol traffic in humans. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) delivers cholesterol from liver to peripheral tissues. A misleading delivery can lead to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. ...
Supramolecular Structure and Renaturation of a (1→3)-β-D-Glucan Compared with Curdlan and Scleroglucan
(MDPI, 2014-09-22)
A (1→3)-β-D-Glucan produced by Lactobacillus suebicus CUPV221 strain was
investigated by tapping mode atomic force microscopy (TM-AFM), to compare its
supramolecular structure and conformation with two commercial ...
TWEAK/Fn14 Signaling Is Required for Liver Regeneration after Partial Hepatectomy in Mice
(Public Library Science, 2014-01-09)
Background & Aims: Pro-inflammatory cytokines are important for liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy (PH). Expression of Fibroblast growth factor-inducible 14 (Fn14), the receptor for TNF-like weak inducer of ...
Mechanisms involved in Escherichia coli and Serratia marcescens removal during activated sludge wastewater treatment
(Wiley, 2014-10)
Wastewater treatment reduces environmental contamination by removing gross solids and mitigating the effects of pollution. Treatment also reduces the number of indicator organisms and pathogens. In this work, the fates of ...
The E2F2 Transcription Factor Sustains Hepatic Glycerophospholipid Homeostasis in Mice
(Public Library Science, 2014-11-14)
Increasing evidence links metabolic signals to cell proliferation, but the molecular wiring that connects the two core machineries remains largely unknown. E2Fs are master regulators of cellular proliferation. We have ...
Physico-chemical interactions between compartment-forming lipids and other prebiotically relevant biomolecules
(EDP Sciences, 2014)
Lipids are essential constituents of contemporary living cells, serving as structural molecules that are necessary to form membranous compartments. Amphiphilic lipid-like molecules may also have contributed to prebiotic ...