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National University of La Plata
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About: National University of La Plata is a education organization based out in La Plata, Argentina. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 12993 authors who have published 30013 publications receiving 495118 citations. The organization is also known as: UNLP & Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Topics: Population, Large Hadron Collider, Stars, White dwarf, Catalysis
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TL;DR: Exposure to particulate matter and volatile organic compounds arising from petrochemical plants but not from high traffic density was associated with worse respiratory health in children.
Abstract: Background Epidemiologic studies show statistical associations between levels of air pollutants and respiratory outcomes. Objective We sought to determine the effects of exposure to petrochemical pollution on the respiratory health of children. Methods Children aged 6 to 12 years living close to the petrochemical plants in La Plata, Argentina (n = 282), were compared with those living in a region with exposure to heavy traffic (n = 270) or in 2 relatively nonpolluted areas (n = 639). Parents answered a validated questionnaire providing health and demographic data. A random sample (n = 181) had lung function measured. Particulate matter and outdoor and indoor volatile organic compound levels were measured during 4-week study periods and reported as overall means for each study area. Results Children living near the petrochemical plant had more asthma (24.8% vs 10.1% to 11.5%), more asthma exacerbations (6.7 vs 2.9-3.6 per year), more respiratory symptoms (current wheeze, dyspnea, nocturnal cough, and rhinitis), and lower lung function (>13% decrease in FEV 1 percent predicted) than those living in other regions. Length of residence in the area was a significant risk factor, but age, sex, body mass index, proximity to busy roads and other nonpetrochemical industries, length of breast-feeding, and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of children or their families were not. Conclusion Exposure to particulate matter and volatile organic compounds arising from petrochemical plants but not from high traffic density was associated ith worse respiratory health in children.
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TL;DR: The role of the mammalian faunas in age inference is discussed in this article, where the authors show that the presence of non-therian mammals in the Peligran is of little consequence to the bio- chronological evaluation, reflecting instead a relict Mesozoic distribution.
Abstract: The oldest Cenozoic mammalian assemblages in South America have been recovered from levels of the Han- sen Member of the Salamanca Formation, Punta Peligro locality in Argentina, and from the Santa Lucia Formation in Tiupampa, Bolivia. These faunas led to the recognition of the Peligran and Tiupampan South American Land Mammal Ages (SALMAs), each alternatively regarded as the oldest Paleocene SALMA. Due to the lack of radioisotopic dates for mammals bearing levels at these localities, no agreement has been reached yet about their relative ages. In this paper, the role of mammal faunas in age inference is discussed. Analysis of the SALMAs shows that the presence of non-therian mammals in the Peligran is of little consequence to the bio- chronological evaluation, reflecting instead a relict Mesozoic distribution. In contrast, therian mammals are particularly important in that (1) they were Lauraisan immigrants and (2) they support direct comparisons between the Tiupampa and Punta Peligro faunas. Parsimony and cluster analysis were used to quantitatively test hypotheses concerning the relative age of the Peligran and Tiupampan SALMAs. Our results support the hypothesis that the Tiupampan SALMA (early Danian) is older than the Peligran SALMA (early Selandian). This alignment results in an interpretation of the evolutionary history of South American land mammals that is more straightforward than the alternative.
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TL;DR: Different starch derivatives could be obtained by adjusting the ultrasound treatment conditions depending on their potential applications by establishing the interrelationships between microstructural and techno-functional properties.
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TL;DR: In this article, the ability of a glucogalactan to form polysaccharide grains and the effect of glycerol addition at different concentrations on their properties was evaluated.
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TL;DR: Ramallo et al. the authors presented Ramallo, Laura Ana, et al., the authors, a paper on the evolution of the human brain. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Quimicas y Naturales; Argentina
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David Cameron | 154 | 1586 | 126067 |
Subir Sarkar | 149 | 1542 | 144614 |
Mayda Velasco | 137 | 1309 | 87579 |
Diego F. Torres | 137 | 948 | 72180 |
Heidi Sandaker | 128 | 999 | 76517 |
Vincent Garonne | 128 | 921 | 76980 |
Farid Ould-Saada | 128 | 931 | 76394 |
Ole Røhne | 128 | 1038 | 75752 |
Peter Hansen | 128 | 1271 | 86210 |
Maria-Teresa Dova | 127 | 778 | 73558 |
Vladimir Sulin | 127 | 884 | 75329 |
Andrei Snesarev | 127 | 875 | 74907 |
James Catmore | 127 | 892 | 75086 |
Ruslan Mashinistov | 126 | 860 | 73897 |
Fernando Monticelli | 126 | 843 | 73385 |