Search Results - "Herrera, Victor M."

A review of Holocene solar-linked climatic variation on centennial to millennial timescales: Physical processes, interpretative frameworks and a new multiple cross-wavelet transform algorithm by Soon, Willie, Velasco Herrera, Victor M., Selvaraj, Kandasamy, Traversi, Rita, Usoskin, Ilya, Chen, Chen-Tung Arthur, Lou, Jiann-Yuh, Kao, Shuh-Ji, Carter, Robert M., Pipin, Valery, Severi, Mirko, Becagli, Silvia

“…We report on the existence and nature of Holocene solar and climatic variations on centennial to millennial timescales. We introduce a new solar activity…”
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Lipid profile, plasma apolipoproteins, and pre-eclampsia risk in the GenPE case-control study by Serrano, Norma C., Guio-Mahecha, Elizabeth, Quintero-Lesmes, Doris Cristina, Becerra- Bayona, Silvia, Paez, María C., Beltran, Mónica, Herrera, Víctor M., Leon, Lydia J., Williams, David, Casas, Juan P.

“…Pre-eclampsia constitutes a leading cause of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Pre-eclampsia susceptibility is believed to be associated with…”
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Dietary Patterns and Anti-Flavivirus IgG Seroconversion in Colombian Children by Arjomand, Tina, Herrán, Oscar F, Mantilla, Laura C, Estupiñán, María Isabel, Lozano-Parra, Anyela, Gelvez, Rosa Margarita, Herrera, Víctor M, Villar, Luis A, Villamor, Eduardo

“…The burden of flaviviral infections, especially dengue and Zika, is high in the Americas. Malnutrition affects the risk and response to infections, but the…”
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Impact of hydrocolloid dressings in the prevention of pressure ulcers in high-risk patients: a randomized controlled trial (PENFUP) by Cortés, Olga L., Herrera, Victor M., Salazar, Luz D., Rojas, Yudy A., Esparza, Maribel, Taborda, Alejandra, Dennis, Rodolfo José

“…It is uncertain whether hydrocolloid dressings, a more costly intervention than offering standard care with petrolatum, is superior to prevent pressure ulcers…”
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Random forest implementation and optimization for Big Data analytics on LexisNexis’s high performance computing cluster platform by Herrera, Victor M., Khoshgoftaar, Taghi M., Villanustre, Flavio, Furht, Borko

“…In this paper, we comprehensively explain how we built a novel implementation of the Random Forest algorithm on the High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC)…”
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Major cardiovascular risk factors in Latin America: a comparison with the United States. The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO) by Miranda, J Jaime, Herrera, Victor M, Chirinos, Julio A, Gómez, Luis F, Perel, Pablo, Pichardo, Rafael, González, Angel, Sánchez, José R, Ferreccio, Catterina, Aguilera, Ximena, Silva, Eglé, Oróstegui, Myriam, Medina-Lezama, Josefina, Pérez, Cynthia M, Suárez, Erick, Ortiz, Ana P, Rosero, Luis, Schapochnik, Noberto, Ortiz, Zulma, Ferrante, Daniel, Casas, Juan P, Bautista, Leonelo E

“…Limited knowledge on the prevalence and distribution of risk factors impairs the planning and implementation of cardiovascular prevention programs in the Latin…”
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Early warning signal for dengue outbreaks and identification of high risk areas for dengue fever in Colombia using climate and non-climate datasets by Lee, Jung-Seok, Carabali, Mabel, Lim, Jacqueline K, Herrera, Victor M, Park, Il-Yeon, Villar, Luis, Farlow, Andrew

“…Dengue has been prevalent in Colombia with high risk of outbreaks in various locations. While the prediction of dengue epidemics will bring significant…”
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A 'polypill' aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease could prove highly cost-effective for use in Latin America by Bautista, Leonelo E, Vera-Cala, Lina M, Ferrante, Daniel, Herrera, Víctor M, Miranda, J Jaime, Pichardo, Rafael, Sánchez Abanto, José R, Ferreccio, Catterina, Silva, Eglé, Oróstegui Arenas, Myriam, Chirinos, Julio A, Medina-Lezama, Josefina, Pérez, Cynthia M, Schapochnik, Norberto, Casas, Juan P

“…We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of administering a daily "polypill" consisting of three antihypertensive drugs, a statin, and aspirin to prevent…”
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Analysis of ground penetrating radar data from the tunnel beneath the Temple of the Feathered Serpent in Teotihuacan, Mexico, using new multi-cross algorithms by López-Rodríguez, Flor, Velasco-Herrera, Víctor M., Álvarez-Béjar, Román, Gómez-Chávez, Sergio, Gazzola, Julie

“…The ground penetrating radar (GPR) —a non-invasive method based on the emission of electromagnetic waves and the reception of their reflections at the…”
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Evidence for Solar Modulation on the Millennial-Scale Climate Change of Earth by Zhao, Xinhua, Soon, Willie, Velasco Herrera, Victor M.

“…In this study, we use available reconstructed data to investigate periodicities of solar activity (i.e., sunspot number) and the Earth’s climate change…”
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Northern Hemisphere Snow-Cover Trends (1967–2018): A Comparison between Climate Models and Observations by Connolly, Ronan, Connolly, Michael, Soon, Willie, Legates, David, Cionco, Rodolfo, Velasco Herrera, Víctor

“…Observed changes in Northern Hemisphere snow cover from satellite records were compared to those predicted by all available Coupled Model Intercomparison…”
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Seismic forecasting by gapped wavelet transform for the Río de la Plata craton and adjacent continental platform by Arioni, Lucas, Velasco Herrera, Victor M., Cappellotto, Luiggina, Orgeira, Maria J., Prezzi, Claudia, Rossello, Eduardo A.

“…Historical and instrumental seismicity from 1845 to the present was compiled for the Pampean regions of Argentina and Uruguay and the adjacent continental…”
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Predicting Within-City Spatial Variations in Outdoor Ultrafine Particle and Black Carbon Concentrations in Bucaramanga, Colombia: A Hybrid Approach Using Open-Source Geographic Data and Digital Images by Lloyd, Marshall, Carter, Ellison, Diaz, Florencio Guzman, Magara-Gomez, Kento Taro, Hong, Kris Y, Baumgartner, Jill, Herrera G, Víctor M, Weichenthal, Scott

“…Outdoor ultrafine particles (UFP, <0.1 μm) and black carbon (BC) vary greatly within cities and may have adverse impacts on human health. In this study, we…”
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Multiple New or Updated Satellite Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) Composites (1978–2023) by Connolly, Ronan, Soon, Willie, Connolly, Michael, Cionco, Rodolfo Gustavo, Elias, Ana G., Henry, Gregory W., Scafetta, Nicola, Velasco Herrera, Víctor M.

“…Several total solar irradiance (TSI) satellite missions have been carried out since 1978. None of these missions have lasted more than one to two solar cycles…”
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An assessment of public health surveillance of Zika virus infection and potentially associated outcomes in Latin America by Bautista, Leonelo E, Herrera, Víctor M

“…We evaluated whether outbreaks of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, newborn microcephaly, and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Latin America may be detected through…”
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Do North American Migratory Barren-Ground Caribou Subpopulations Cycle? by Bongelli, Eric, Dowsley, Martha, Velasco-Herrera, Victor M., Taylor, Mitchell

“…Unlike all other members of the deer family, subpopulations of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) are typically sine-cyclic. We used…”
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Serum fatty acids and progression from dengue fever to dengue haemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome by Villamor, Eduardo, Villar, Luis A., Lozano-Parra, Anyela, Herrera, Víctor M., Herrán, Oscar F.

“…PUFA might modulate inflammatory responses involved in the development of severe dengue. We aimed to examine whether serum PUFA concentrations in patients…”
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Association between gross motor function and nutritional status in children with cerebral palsy: a cross‐sectional study from Colombia by Herrera‐Anaya, Elizabeth, Angarita‐Fonseca, Adriana, Herrera‐Galindo, Víctor M, Martínez‐Marín, Rocío D P, Rodríguez‐Bayona, Cindy N

“…Aim To determine the association between gross motor function and nutritional status in children with cerebral palsy (CP) residing in an urban area in a…”
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The Risk Atlas of Mexico City, Mexico: a tool for decision-making and disaster prevention by Novelo-Casanova, David A., Suárez, Gerardo, Cabral-Cano, Enrique, Fernández-Torres, Enrique A., Fuentes-Mariles, Oscar A., Havazli, Emre, Jaimes, Miguel Á., López-Espinoza, Erika D., Martin-Del Pozzo, Ana Lillian, Morales-Barrera, Wendy V., Morales-Rodríguez, Hipólito L., Nieto-Torres, Amiel, Rodríguez-Elizarrarás, Sergio R., Solano-Rojas, Darío, Velasco-Herrera, Victor M.

“…We present a Risk Atlas of Mexico City based on a Geographical Information System (RA-GIS). We identified the prevalent social risk to the more relevant…”
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The trajectory of IGF-1 across age and duration of type 1 diabetes by Palta, Mari, LeCaire, Tamara J., Sadek-Badawi, Mona, Herrera, Victor M., Danielson, Kirstie K.

“…Background Individuals with type 1 diabetes may have low IGF‐1, related to insulinopenia and insulin resistance. There are few longitudinal studies of IGF‐1…”
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