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About: University of Valencia is a education organization based out in Valencia, Spain. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Neutrino. The organization has 27096 authors who have published 65669 publications receiving 1765689 citations. The organization is also known as: Universitat de València & UV.
Topics: Population, Neutrino, European union, Higgs boson, Lepton
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TL;DR: The hypothesis that a Mediterranean diet that emphasizes olive oil, fiber, fruits, vegetables, fish and alcohol and reduces meat/meat products can be an effective measure for reducing the risk of myocardial infarction is supported.
Abstract: Background: Although an important secondary prevention trial reported an impressive protection by a Mediterranean dietary pattern on reinfarction and cardiovascular death, scarce direct epidemiologic evidence is currently available regarding the role of the Mediterranean diet in the aetiology of coronary heart disease. Aims: The aim of the study was to quantify the risk reduction of incident myocardial infarction provided by a Mediterranean dietary pattern. Methods: We included 342 subjects (171 patients who suffered their first acute myocardial infarction and 171 matched controls) in a case-control study. A validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (136 items) was used. We defined an a priori Mediterranean dietary pattern. We assessed six food items that we considered protective: 1) olive oil, 2) fiber, 3) fruits, 4)vegetables, 5) fish and 6) alcohol. For each of these six dietary factors, we calculated the distribution according to quintiles within the study and assigned each participant a score of 1 to 5 corresponding to the quintile of intake, with 1 representing the lowest and 5 representing the highest quintile. We also estimated the quintiles of two other elements assumed to be associated with a higher risk: 7) meat/meat products and 8) some items with high glycaemic load (white bread, pasta and rice). For these two elements we inversely ranked the score, with 1 representing the highest and 5 representing the lowest quintile. Finally, we summed up the eight quintile values for each participant. A second score (post hoc pattern) was built using only a single cut-off point for these eight elements. The cut-off points for each element in this post hoc pattern were decided according to the dose-response relationships between the consumption of each food item and the risk of myocardial infarction observed in the analyses that used quintiles of each food item. Results: For both patterns, we found that the higher the score, the lower the odds ratio of myocardial infarction. A significant linear trend was apparent after adjustment for the main cardiovascular risk factors. For each additional point in the a priori Mediterranean pattern (observed range: 9–38) the odds ratio (95 % confidence intervals) was 0.92 (0.86–0.98). This estimate was 0.55 (0.42–0.73) when we used the post hoc pattern (range: 0–8). Conclusions: Our data support the hypothesis that a Mediterranean diet (that emphasizes olive oil, fiber, fruits, vegetables, fish and alcohol and reduces meat/meat products) can be an effective measure for reducing the risk of myocardial infarction. However, our results support the exclusion of refined cereals with a high glycaemic load as healthy elements of this pattern.
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TL;DR: The hydrogenation activity of Pt supported on two mesoporous MCM-41 samples differing in their chemical composition has been studied by following the kinetics of the hydrogenation of naphthalene at 225-275°C reaction temperature and 5.0 MPa total pressure.
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TL;DR: The data suggest that H. osmophila 1471 is a good candidate for mixed starters, although the possible interactions with S. cerevisiae deserve further research.
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TL;DR: The high variety of debris found and the large differences in ingestion among turtles indicated low feeding discrimination of this species that makes it specially prone to debris ingestion, which suggests that more severe control of litter spills and greater promotion of environmental educational programmes are needed in the Western Mediterranean.
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TL;DR: This study clearly demonstrates that populations of A. pisum on pea, clover and alfalfa in France are genetically divergent, which indicates that they constitute distinct host races, and stresses the need for phylogeographic studies to shed light on the process of host–race formation and acquisition of facultative symbionts in this aphid.
Abstract: In North America, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum encompasses ecologically and genetically distinct host races that offer an ideal biological system for studies on sympatric speciation. In addition to its obligate symbiont Buchnera, pea aphids harbour several facultative and phylogenetically distant symbionts. We explored the relationships between host races of A. pisum and their symbiotic microbiota to gain insights into the historical process of ecological specialization and symbiotic acquisition in this aphid. We used allozyme and microsatellite markers to analyse the extent of genetic differentiation between populations of A. pisum on pea, alfalfa and clover in France. In parallel, we examined: (i) the distribution of four facultative symbionts; and (ii) the genetic variation in the Buchnera genome across host-associated populations of A. pisum. Our study clearly demonstrates that populations of A. pisum on pea, clover and alfalfa in France are genetically divergent, which indicates that they constitute distinct host races. We also found a very strong association between host races of A. pisum and their symbiotic microbiota. We stress the need for phylogeographic studies to shed light on the process of host-race formation and acquisition of facultative symbionts in A. pisum. We also question the effects of these symbionts on aphid host fitness, including their role in adaptation to a host plant.
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H. S. Chen | 179 | 2401 | 178529 |
Alvaro Pascual-Leone | 165 | 969 | 98251 |
Sabino Matarrese | 155 | 775 | 123278 |
Subir Sarkar | 149 | 1542 | 144614 |
Carlos Escobar | 148 | 1184 | 95346 |
Marco Costa | 146 | 1458 | 105096 |
Carmen García | 139 | 1503 | 96925 |
Javier Cuevas | 138 | 1689 | 103604 |
M. I. Martínez | 134 | 1251 | 79885 |
Marco Aurelio Diaz | 134 | 1015 | 93580 |
Avelino Corma | 134 | 1049 | 89095 |
Kevin Lannon | 133 | 1652 | 95436 |
Marina Cobal | 132 | 1078 | 85437 |
Mogens Dam | 131 | 1109 | 83717 |
Marcel Vos | 131 | 993 | 85194 |