Search Results - "Mercedes Fernández-Fernández"

Interplay Between Macrophages and Angiogenesis: A Double-Edged Sword in Liver Disease by Ramirez-Pedraza, Marta, Fernández, Mercedes

“…During chronic liver disease, macrophages support angiogenesis, not only by secreting proangiogenic growth factors and matrix-remodeling proteases, but also by…”
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Cytokine and chemokine alterations in tissue, CSF, and plasma in early presymptomatic phase of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), in a rat model of multiple sclerosis by Borjini, Nozha, Fernández, Mercedes, Giardino, Luciana, Calzà, Laura

“…Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the most commonly used experimental animal model for human multiple sclerosis (MS) that has been used so far…”
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'They think you belong to them': migrant workers' perspectives on labour exploitation in Spain by Fernández García, Mercedes, Molinero-Gerbeau, Yoan, Sajir, Zakaria

“…Labour exploitation has long been considered from two opposing perspectives, either as an omnipresent feature in the employment market or as an extreme…”
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Impact of educational games on academic outcomes of students in the Degree in Nursing by Castro, María-José, López, María, Cao, María-José, Fernández-Castro, Mercedes, García, Sara, Frutos, Manuel, Jiménez, José-María

“…The aim of using the game-based tool Kahoot! was to evaluate and reinforce the contents taught in the subject of Management and Administration of Nursing,…”
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Structural Relationships Between Procrastination, Academic Motivation, and Academic Achievement Within University Students: A Self-determination Theory Approach by Tisocco, Franco, Liporace, Mercedes Fernández

“…This study aimed to analyze the influence of academic motivation on procrastination and, in turn, to examine the impact of procrastination on academic…”
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Advancing the Knowledge of Spaniards’ Attitudes Towards Immigration by Caro-Carretero, Raquel, Fernández, Mercedes, Valbuena, Consuelo

“…This study aims to assist Spanish authorities in enhancing the prevention of negative attitudes towards immigrants by addressing two key questions derived from…”
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Wearable Technology to Detect Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson's Disease Patients: Current State and Challenges by Barrachina-Fernández, Mercedes, Maitín, Ana María, Sánchez-Ávila, Carmen, Romero, Juan Pablo

“…Monitoring of motor symptom fluctuations in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients is currently performed through the subjective self-assessment of patients…”
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Hepatic endothelial dysfunction and abnormal angiogenesis: New targets in the treatment of portal hypertension by Bosch, Jaume, Abraldes, Juan G, Fernández, Mercedes, García-Pagán, Juan Carlos

“…Portal hypertension is the main cause of complications in patients with chronic liver disease. Over the past 25 years, progress in the understanding of the…”
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The peer mental health stigmatization scale‐revised (PMHSS‐R): Psychometric properties and cross‐cultural factorial invariance in university students in Ireland and Argentina by Tisocco, Franco, Nearchou, Finiki, Hennessy, Eilis, Fernández Liporace, Mercedes

“…Introduction The study aimed to assess the psychometric quality of the Peer Mental Health Stigmatization Scale – Revised (PMHSS‐R), by examining its factorial…”
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Native Parasitoids Recruitment as Potential Controllers of Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera; Cynipidae) in Recently Colonised Areas by Vinagrero‐Conde, Juan Carlos, Muñoz‐Adalia, E. Jordán, Pujade‐Villar, Juli, Fernández‐Fernández, M. Mercedes

“…ABSTRACT In this work, we investigate the native parasitoid community colonising galls by an invasive pest: the oriental chestnut gall wasp (OCGW), Dryocosmus…”
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Late-Holocene stability and recent changes in small mammal communities in north-central Andean forests of Patagonia by Andrade, Analia, Teta, Pablo, Fernández, Mercedes Grisel, Fernández, Pablo Marcelo

“…Past and current climatic and environmental changes have contributed to configure actual species distributions and abundances. Knowing their evolution over…”
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Model of Organizational Commitment Applied to Health Management Systems by Rodríguez-Fernández, Mercedes, Herrera, Juan, de Las Heras-Rosas, Carlos

“…In this paper, we try to build on the problems surrounding the management of human resources in health care organizations worldwide. After the analysis of the…”
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Flow-induced crystallization of piezoelectric poly(L-lactide) fibers by a one-step melt-spinning process by Schönlein, Richard, Fernández, Mercedes, Calafel, Itxaso, Azkune, Mikel, Liu, Guoming, Müller, Alejandro J., Ugartemendia, Jone M., Aguirresarobe, Robert

“…Piezoelectric poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) fibers, exhibiting high molecular chain orientation, are promising for biomedical applications. Chain orientation…”
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Machine Learning Classification of Event-Related Brain Potentials during a Visual Go/NoGo Task by Bryniarska, Anna, Ramos, José A, Fernández, Mercedes

“…Machine learning (ML) methods are increasingly being applied to analyze biological signals. For example, ML methods have been successfully applied to the human…”
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Toxoplasma gondii Genotyping: A Closer Look Into Europe by Fernández-Escobar, Mercedes, Schares, Gereon, Maksimov, Pavlo, Joeres, Maike, Ortega-Mora, Luis Miguel, Calero-Bernal, Rafael

“…is a major zoonotic agent which may cause harmful effects mainly in pregnant and immunocompromised hosts. Despite many efforts on its genetic characterization,…”
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Organisational Commitment in Healthcare Systems: A Bibliometric Analysis by de Las Heras-Rosas, Carlos, Herrera, Juan, Rodríguez-Fernández, Mercedes

“…Business organisations are subject to high pressure to ensure their sustainability and competitiveness. In the case of healthcare institutions, moreover, there…”
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ISG15 governs mitochondrial function in macrophages following vaccinia virus infection by Baldanta, Sara, Fernández-Escobar, Mercedes, Acín-Perez, Rebeca, Albert, Manuel, Camafeita, Emilio, Jorge, Inmaculada, Vázquez, Jesús, Enríquez, José Antonio, Guerra, Susana

“…The interferon (IFN)-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) encodes one of the most abundant proteins induced by interferon, and its expression is associated with…”
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Early CSF Biomarkers and Late Functional Outcomes in Spinal Cord Injury. A Pilot Study by Capirossi, Rita, Piunti, Beatrice, Fernández, Mercedes, Maietti, Elisa, Rucci, Paola, Negrini, Stefano, Giovannini, Tiziana, Kiekens, Carlotte, Calzà, Laura

“…Although, biomarkers are regarded as an important tool for monitoring injury severity and treatment efficacy, and for predicting clinical evolution in many…”
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Practical Implications of the Organizational Commitment Model in Healthcare: The Case of Nurses by Rodríguez-Fernández, Mercedes, Herrera, Juan, de las Heras-Rosas, Carlos, Ciruela-Lorenzo, Antonio Manuel

“…Background. In addition to the usual difficulty of managing human capital in any organization, healthcare institutions have other problems to solve arising…”
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The hotel industry in Spain during the first half of the twentieth century, 1900-1959 by Fernández-Paradas, Mercedes, Larrinaga, Carlos

“…The objective of this article is to analyse the evolution of the hotel sector in Spain in the first half of the twentieth century. More specifically, it seeks…”
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