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  • Effect of genetically predicted sclerostin on cardiovascular biomarkers, risk factors, and disease outcomes 

    Alcalde-Herraiz, Marta; Xie, JunQing; Newby, Danielle; Prats Soler, Clara; Gill, Dipender; Gordillo-Marañón, María; Prieto Alhambra, Daniel; Català Sabaté, Martí; Prats-Uribe, Albert (2024-11-13)
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    Sclerostin inhibitors protect against osteoporotic fractures, but their cardiovascular safety remains unclear. We conducted a cis-Mendelian randomisation analysis to estimate the causal effect of sclerostin levels on ...
  • Effectiveness of nirsevimab immunoprophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus-related outcomes in hospital and primary care settings: a retrospective cohort study in infants in Catalonia (Spain) 

    Coma Redon, Ermengol; Martinez Marcos, Montserrat; Hermosilla, Eduardo; Mendioroz, Jacobo; Reñé, Anna; Fina, Francesc; Perramon Malavez, Aida; Prats Soler, Clara; Cereza García, María Gloria; Ciruela, Pilar; Pineda Solas, Valentin; Antón, Andrés; Ricós Furió, Gemma; Soriano Arandes, Antoni; Cabezas Peña, Carmen (2024-01-01)
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    Background In Catalonia, infants under 6¿months old were eligible to receive nirsevimab, a novel monoclonal antibody against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). We aimed to analyse nirsevimab’s effectiveness across primary ...
  • Introduction of nirsevimab in Catalonia, Spain: description of the incidence of bronchiolitis and respiratory syncytial virus in the 2023/2024 season 

    Perramon Malavez, Aida; López de Rioja, Víctor; Coma, Ermengol; Hermosilla, Eduardo; Fina, Francesc; Martínez-Marcos, Montserrat; Mendioroz Peña, Jacobo; Cabezas Peña, Carmen; Montañola Sales, Cristina; Prats Soler, Clara; Soriano-Arandes, Antoni (Springer, 2024-09-28)
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    Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes most of the cases of bronchiolitis and thousands of deaths annually, particularly in infants less than 6 months old. In Catalonia (Spain), infants born between April 2023 and March ...
  • Development of a low-cost robotized 3D-prototype for automated optical microscopy diagnosis: an open-source system 

    Oliveira, Allisson Dantas de; Rubio Maturana, Carles; Zarzuela Serrat, Francesc; Carvalho, Bruno; Sulleiro Igual, Elena; Prats Soler, Clara; Veiga, Anna; Bosch, Mercedes; Zulueta Taboada, Javier; Abelló Gamazo, Alberto; Sayrol Clos, Elisa; Joseph Munné, Joan; López Codina, Daniel (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2024-06-21)
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    In a clinical context, conventional optical microscopy is commonly used for the visualization of biological samples for diagnosis. However, the availability of molecular techniques and rapid diagnostic tests are reducing ...
  • Overview on cognitive impairment in psychotic disorders: from impaired microcircuits to dysconnectivity 

    Mana, Ludovica; Schwartz Pallejà, Marc; Vila Vidal, Manel; Deco, Gustavo (Elsevier, 2024-07-01)
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    Schizophrenia's cognitive deficits, often overshadowed by positive symptoms, significantly contribute to the disorder's morbidity. Increasing attention highlights these deficits as reflections of neural circuit dysfunction ...
  • A comparative study between a power and a connectivity sEEG biomarker for seizure-onset zone identification in temporal lobe epilepsy 

    Vila Vidal, Manel; Craven-Bartle Corominas, Ferran; Gilson, Matthieu; Zucca, Riccardo; Principe, Alessandro; Rocamora, Rodrigo; Deco, Gustavo; Tauste Campo, Adrián Francisco (2024-11)
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    Background: Ictal stereo-encephalography (sEEG) biomarkers for seizure onset zone (SOZ) localization can be classified depending on whether they target abnormalities in signal power or functional connectivity between ...
  • Thalamocortical interactions shape hierarchical neural variability during stimulus perception 

    Tauste Campo, Adrián Francisco; Zainos Rosales, Antonio Paulino; Vázquez, Yuriria; Segarra, Raul Adell; Álvarez López, Jesús Manuel; Deco, Gustavo; Díaz Osornio, Jaime Héctor; Parra Sanchez, Sergio; Romo, Ranulfo; Rossi Pool, Roman (Elsevier, 2024-07-19)
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    The brain is organized hierarchically to process sensory signals. But, how do functional connections within and across areas contribute to this hierarchical order? We addressed this problem in the thalamocortical network, ...
  • Mathematical modeling of SARS-CoV-2 variant substitutions in European countries: transmission dynamics and epidemiological insights 

    López de Rioja, Víctor; Perramon Malavez, Aida; Alonso Muñoz, Sergio; Andrés, Cristina; Antón, Andrés; Bordoy, Antoni E.; Càmara, Jordi; Cardona, Pere-Joan; Català Sabaté, Martí; López Codina, Daniel; Martí, Sara; Martró Català, Elisa; Saludes, Verónica; Prats Soler, Clara; Álvarez Lacalle, Enrique (Frontiers Media SA, 2024-05-15)
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    Background: Countries across Europe have faced similar evolutions of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, including the Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants.Materials and methods: We used data from GISAID and applied a robust, ...
  • Severity of Omicron subvariants and vaccine impact in Catalonia, Spain 

    López de Rioja, Víctor; Basile, Luca; Perramon Malavez, Aida; Martinez Solanas, Èrica; López Codina, Daniel; Medina-Maestro, Sergio; Coma Redon, Ermengol; Fina Avilés, Francesc; Prats Soler, Clara; Mendioroz, Jacobo; Álvarez Lacalle, Enrique (2024-04-27)
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    In the current COVID-19 landscape dominated by Omicron subvariants, understanding the timing and efficacy of vaccination against emergent lineages is crucial for planning future vaccination campaigns, yet detailed studies ...
  • Country-report pattern corrections of new cases allow accurate 2-week predictions of COVID-19 evolution with the Gompertz model 

    Villanueva Baxarias, Maria Inmaculada; Conesa Ortega, David; Català Sabaté, Martí; Perramon Malavez, Aida; López de Rioja, Víctor; López Codina, Daniel; Alonso Muñoz, Sergio; Cardona Iglesias, Pere Joan; Prats Soler, Clara; Álvarez Lacalle, Enrique; López Cano, M. Cayetana; Molinuevo Gómez, Daniel; Montañola Sales, Cristina (Springer, 2024-05-11)
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    Accurate short-term predictions of COVID-19 cases with empirical models allow Health Officials to prepare for hospital contingencies in a two–three week window given the delay between case reporting and the admission of ...
  • Subconductance states in a semimicroscopic model for a tetrameric pore 

    Ramírez de la Piscina Millán, Laureano; Sancho, Jose María (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2024-04-02)
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    A physical model for a structured tetrameric pore is studied. The pore is modeled as a device composed of four subunits, each one exhibiting two possible states (open and closed). The pore is located within a membrane that ...
  • A mixture of mobility and meteorological data provides a high correlation with COVID-19 growth in an infection-naive population: a study for Spanish provinces 

    Conesa Ortega, David; López de Rioja, Víctor; Gullón Muñoz Repiso, Tania; Tauste Campo, Adrián Francisco; Prats Soler, Clara; Álvarez Lacalle, Enrique; Echebarría Domínguez, Blas (Frontiers Media SA, 2024-03-07)
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    Introduction: We use Spanish data from August 2020 to March 2021 as a natural experiment to analyze how a standardized measure of COVID-19 growth correlates with asymmetric meteorological and mobility situations in 48 ...

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