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Ecuaciones de referencia para informe de espirometrías. ¿Será tiempo de adoptar las ecuaciones de la Global Initiative for Lung Function?

Las guías ATS/ERS recomiendan utilizar valores de referencia nacionales para la interpretación de la espirometría. En 2014 se publicaron valores de referencia en población general chilena adulta, que difieren de los de Knudson actualmente en uso. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los laboratorios de funciÃ...

Stages of Behavior Change for Physical Activity in Airport Staff: a quasi-experimental study

Invest. educ. enferm; 38 (1), 2020
Objective. This work sought to determine the effect of an educational intervention based on the stages of change in promoting physical activity in employees in the Mashhad airport in Iran. Methods. This was a quasi-experimental study conducted with the participation of 60 volunteers (30 in the interventi...

Evaluation of performance and perception of learning in teaching human anatomy: traditional method vs constructivist method

Int. j. morphol; 38 (1), 2020
The aim of the present study was to analyze the performance and perception of learning in relation to the Traditional Method (TM) and Constructivist Method (CM) in the teaching of Human Anatomy. The sample consisted of 76 students of the Physical Education course of the State University of Londrina, rand...

Estratégias metodológicas para elaboração de material educativo: em foco a promoção do desenvolvimento de prematuros

Resumo O objetivo deste estudo foi descrever e analisar o processo de elaboração de um material educativo para a promoção do desenvolvimento da criança nascida prematura. Os procedimentos incluíram: pesquisa exploratória participativa com o público destinatário, revisões integrativas de literat...

Modelo computacional interactivo, semi-automatizado y de código abierto aplicado a la vigilancia de virus respiratorios

Rev. chil. infectol; 37 (1), 2020
Resumen Las infecciones respiratorias agudas (IRA) causadas por virus son una importante causa de morbilidad y mortalidad en el mundo, afectando principalmente a niños y adultos mayores. Se asocian a un alto número de consultas y hospitalizaciones, a una significativa sobrecarga del sistema de salud y ...

Sepsis and cirrhosis in growing animals: description of a new experimental model and its pathological and immunological reliability

Clinics; 75 (), 2020
OBJECTIVES: In cirrhotic children, infection events and sepsis are more frequent and more severe due to immune dysfunction. The objectives of the current study were therefore to develop an experimental model of infection and sepsis in cirrhotic weaning growing rats, by the use of bile duct ligation (BDL)...

Proyección epidemiológica de COVID-19 en Chile basado en el modelo SEIR generalizado y el concepto de recuperado

Medwave; 20 (4), 2020
La pandemia de COVID-19 declarada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha generado un amplio debate respecto de las proyecciones epidemiológicas que tendrá a nivel global en nuestro planeta. Con los datos obtenidos del Ministerio de Salud de Chile (MINSAL), se efectuó un estudio prospectivo ...

Forecasting the rate of cumulative cases of COVID-19 infection in Northeast Brazil: a Boltzmann function-based modeling study

Abstract: The COVID-19 death rate in Northeast Brazil is much higher when compared to the national average, demanding a study into the prognosis of the region for planning control measures and preventing the collapse of the health care system. We estimated the potential total cumulative cases of COVID-19...

Escalas de Cultura de Dorfman y Howell. Análisis de Invarianza Factorial Progresiva

Uno de los modelos teóricos más influyentes en la investigación transcultural es el desarrollado por Geert Hofstede, que originalmente consideraba cuatro dimensiones con las cuales se podía comparar diferentes culturas nacionales. Este modelo se basaba en las atribuciones y percepciones de los sujeto...

Modeling the Growth of Bacteria Streptococcus sobrinus Using Exponential Regression

Abstract Objective: To build an exponential regression model based on parameter estimation. Material and Methods: We developed a simple mathematical model to simulate the growth of bacteria and the exponential growth is often used to model population growth as such cell growth while the exponential de...