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Autoimmunity and molecular mimicry in tropical spastic paraparesis/human T-lymphotropic virus-associated myelopathy
(Associacao Brasileira de Divulgacao Cientifica, 2005-02-01)
Viruses share antigenic sites with normal host cell components, a phenomenon known as molecular mimicry. It has long been suggested that viral infections might trigger an autoimmune response by several mechanisms including ...
Prevalence and characteristics of tabacco consumption among adolescents from the Santiago de Cali University secondary school
(Revista Facultad de Medicina, 2009-01)
Antecedentes. El consumo de tabaco es responsable del 90 por ciento de los cánceres de pulmón; su uso está en los primeros lugares de América Latina y el Caribe. Objetivo. Identificar la prevalencia del consumo de tabaco, ...
Application of a model established on a basis of love with pregnant teenagers at the healthcare Center Centro de Salud Cristóbal Colón, Cali, Colombia
(Colombia Medica, 2005)
Introducción: Este estudio se hizo para aplicar un modelo teórico, cuyo concepto central es el amor y sus componentes; y los subconceptos la sensibilidad, la percepción, la interacción y la comunicación a fin de vislumbrar ...
Apoptosis of gingival fibroblasts in periodontitis
(Colombia Medica, 2009-11-24)
Introduction: Human gingival fibroblasts (HGF) have an important role in the periodontal immune response. The fibroblasts alter their normal behavior in response to pro-inflammatory cytokines. It is believed that HGF can ...
Predictive factors acting on health promotion behavior of menopausic women at Cali, Colombia
(Colombia Medica, 2009-11-25)
Introduction: Women have raised life hope in last decades; this coincides with their vital cycle of peri- post-menopausal apparition. This period present complex changes in it’s by a psycho, sociocultural dimension that ...
Vacunal cover in children 12 to 47 months old of social and economic 1 and 2 layers in the urban zone of Cali, year 2002
(Colombia Medica, 2008)
Objective: To estimate prevalence of complete vaccination sketch in children of ages of 12 to 47 months old in strata 1 and 2 into urbane zone of Cali in the year of 2002 according to biologics and the categories of ...
Prevalence of smoking habit in university students at Universidad Santiago de Cali
(Colombia Medica, 2006-04)
Introduction: It is important to study the smoking habit epidemiology in those of humans, which are in the process of academic formation. Those groups will be in the future agents of change in our community and in the case ...
A note on the use of dolphins as bait in the artisanal fisheries off Bahía Solano, Chocó, Colombia
(Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 2008)
We evaluated dolphin hunting for bait in Bahía Solano, Chocó, Colombia, from July 2005 to April 2006. We interviewed 122 fishermen (18.2% of the registered fishermen in the zone) and obtained data from landings at a fishing ...
Frequency and variability of the dental morphology in African-Colombian children of a school institution of Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Colombia
(Colombia Medica, 2009-11-24)
Objectives: To assess the frequency and variability of eleven non-metric dental crown traits (winging, shovel-shape, double shovel shape, Carabelli trait, deflecting wrinkle, protostylid, groove pattern, cusp number, sixth ...
Mechanical and chemical behavior of sintered 6061 powder Aluminium Alloy reinforced with CuAl2 particles
(Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics, 2007-10-25)
A 75 μm 6061 powder Aluminum Alloy (A.A) plus 5, 10 and 15 wt% CuAl2 particles were prepared by mixing the powders in a small milling tumbler during 4 hours at 58 rpm. The samples were compacted at room temperature and at ...