The evolution of cities, whose pattern is all but regular, is sometimes marked by rare events that may disrupt the normal development.Throughout history, cities grow and shrink, flourish and perish, in a slow and somehow predictable way, but sometimes they suffer sudden and unexpected changes.Those breakages that profoundly modify their urban schem
The Impact of Radiotherapy Boost Dose Delivery in Breast Cancer Treatment on Acute Skin Reactions and Cosmetic Outcome: A Randomized Trial of Sequential and Concomitant Schedules Boost
Background: Minimizing the overall treatment time is an issue of great importance in cancer management.Concomitant boost is a way of decreasing the overall treatment time in breast cancer.The present prospective randomized study aimed to evaluate the Mascaras feasibility and toxicity and cosmetic outcome of concomitant weekly boost in patients with
Effects of Plant Age and Root Damage on Internalization of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Leafy Vegetables and Herbs
Our previous study reported that fresh produce grown in aquaponic and hydroponic systems can pose potential food safety hazards due to an accidental introduction of contaminated fish and cross-contamination between the systems.In this study, we examined the effects of plant species and age on the likelihood and level of internalization of Shiga tox
Characterization of ambient aerosols in Mexico City during the MCMA-2003 campaign with Aerosol Mass Spectrometry: results from the CENICA Supersite
An Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) was deployed at the CENICA Supersite, during the Mexico City Metropolitan Area field study (MCMA-2003) from 31 March-4 May 2003 to investigate particle concentrations, sources, and processes.The AMS provides real time information on mass concentration and composition of the non-refractory species in parti
Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Is Associated with Altered Bile Acid Metabolism in Infantile Cholestasis
ABSTRACT The co-occurrence of gut microbiota dysbiosis and bile acid (BA) metabolism alteration has been reported in several human liver diseases.However, the gut microbiota dysbiosis in infantile cholestatic jaundice (CJ) and the linkage between gut bacterial changes and alterations of BA metabolism have not been determined.To address this questio