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Strategies to Improve Hazardous Waste Management at the Faculty of Engineering Vitoria-Gasteiz UPV/EHU
(2020-10-01)
[EN] Universities, considered as agents of social change, are essential for providing knowledge, innovations and solutions to the community, in order to nurture future leaders towards sustainable development. Therefore, ...
Influence of Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) on the Attachment Representations of Youth in Residential Care
(Elsevier, 2014-04-18)
This study evaluates the influence of Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) on the attachment representations of a group of adolescents in residential care who suffered traumatic childhood experiences and exhibited mental health ...
Validation of the Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire AF5 in Brazil: Testing Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Language (Brazilian and Spanish), Gender, and Age
(Frontiers Media, 2018-11-20)
Self-concept is widely conceptualized as multidimensional (Shavelson et al., 1976). The Five-Factor Self-Concept Questionnaire (AF5, Garcia and Musitu, 2009) assesses five specific dimensions (i.e., academic, social, ...
Parenting Styles and Internalizing Symptoms in Adolescence: A Systematic Literature Review
(MDPI, 2019-09-01)
A growing body of recent research has identified associations between various parenting practices and styles and internalizing problems among adolescents. However, the reported findings are inconsistent and the studies in ...
Social cognition in myotonic dystrophy type 1: Specific or secondary impairment?
(Public Library Science, 2018-09-24)
Aims
The cognitive profile of Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) has been described in recent decades. Moreover, DM1 patients show lowered social engagement and difficulties in social-cognitive functions. The aim of the ...
SNPs in microRNAs and susceptibility to Late-Onset Alzheimer´s disease
(2014-06-24)
Case-control association study of SNPs in microRNAs and susceptibility to Late-Onset Alzheimer´s disease.
miRNA polymorphisms are associated with risk of developing chronic lymphocytic leukemia
(2015-04-01)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) is the most frequent leukemia of adults in
Western countries and shows a ~8.5-fold increased relative risk in first-degree relatives.
Up to date several studies have identified ...
Genetic Variants in MiRNA Processing Genes and Pre-MiRNAs Are Associated with the Risk of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
(Public Library Science, 2015-03-20)
Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several low-penetrance susceptibility alleles in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Nevertheless, these studies scarcely study regions that are implicated in non-coding ...
MTHFR polymorphisms in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: influence on methotrexate therapy
(Dove Medical Press, 2017-03-27)
Methotrexate (MTX) is an important component in the therapy used to treat childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia ( ALL). Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase ( MTHFR) is a key enzyme for MTX pharmacokinetics. Two single-nucleotide ...
Pharmacogenetics of MicroRNAs and MicroRNAs Biogenesis Machinery in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
(Public Library Science, 2014-03-10)
Despite the clinical success of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) therapy, toxicity is frequent. Therefore, it would be useful to identify predictors of adverse effects. In the last years, several studies have investigated ...