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Knowledge discovery for higher education student retention based on data mining: Machine learning algorithms and case study in Chile
(2021)Data mining is employed to extract useful information and to detect patterns from often large data sets, closely related to knowledge discovery in databases and data science. In this investigation, we formulate models based ...
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Genetic variants in the SLC16A11 gene are associated with increased BMI and insulin levels in nondiabetic Chilean population
(2021)Objective: To study the association of SLC16A11 gene variants with obesity and metabolic markers in nondiabetic Chilean adults. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included 263 non-diabetic adults. The ...
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Combined association of general and central obesity with incidence and mortality of cancers in 22 sites
(2021)Background: Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are measures of general and central obesity, respectively, and both have been shown to be associated with cancer. However, there is insufficient evidence of ...
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Vegetarians, fish, poultry, and meat-eaters: Who has higher risk of cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality? A prospective study from UK Biobank
(2021)Aims: To compare the incidence and mortality risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) [CVD and also ischaemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and heart failure (HF)] among people with different types ...
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Genistein activates transcription factor EB and corrects Niemann–Pick C phenotype
(2021)Niemann–Pick type C disease (NPCD) is a lysosomal storage disease (LSD) characterized by abnormal cholesterol accumulation in lysosomes, impaired autophagy flux, and lysosomal dysfunction. The activation of transcription ...
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Evidence of population structuring following population genetic analyses of Fasciola hepatica from Argentina
(2021)Fasciola hepatica, the liver fluke, is a trematode parasite that causes disease of economic importance in livestock. As a zoonosis this parasite also poses a risk to human health in areas where it is endemic. Population ...
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Factores asociados a una baja calidad de vida en adultos chilenos durante la cuarentena por COVID-19
(2020)Background: The quarantine and social distancing implemented during COVID 19 pandemic may hamper the quality of life of the population. Aim: To determine the factors associated with a low quality of life during COVID 19 ...
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Effects of therapeutic alliance on clinical outcomes in patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis undergoing an exercise program: A randomized clinical trial protocol
(2021)Background: Previous evidence has shown that seniors physical therapists applying electrotherapy and an enhanced therapeutic alliance in their sessions can positively influence the levels of analgesia of patients with ...
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Integrating morphological and genetic data at different spatial scales in a cosmopolitan marine turtle species: Challenges for management and conservation
(2021)Patterns of genetic structure in highly mobile marine vertebrates may be accompanied by phenotypic variation. Most studies in marine turtles focused on population genetic structure have been performed at rookeries. We ...
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Analysis of future teachers’ perceptions on the evaluation of learning: A case study of Chile
(2021)Practising teachers and future Chilean teachers show weaknesses in developing learning evaluation processes efficiently. The polysemic concept of evaluation in Initial Teacher Training (FID, Spanish acronym for Initial ...
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A positive relationship between exposure to heavy metals and development of chronic diseases: A case study from Chile
(2021)Chile is a mining country, where waste mining is frequently found in the vicinity of inhabited areas. To explore the association between metal exposure and alterations in glucose metabolism, inflammatory status, and oxidative ...
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Movement assessment battery for children-second edition: Theoretical adequacy of motor assessment instrument
(2022)Objective: To investigate the adequacy of the theoretical model of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (MABC-2) instrument. Methods: 582 children, of both sexes, aged between 3 and 5 years and ...
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Stem borers revisited: Host resistance, tolerance, and vulnerability determine levels of field damage from a complex of Asian rice stemborers
(2021)Yield losses from rice stem borers depend on the nature of the rice variety, the timing of attack, and the composition of the stem borer species assemblage. This study uses a range of phenotyping methods to distinguish ...
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Teaching and learning of mathematics and criteria for its improvement from the perspective of future teachers: A view from the ontosemiotic approach
(2021)The objective of this article is to identify the meaning attributed to the didactics of mathematics and what are the criteria with which an improvement in the teaching and learning process of mathematics is based, future ...
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Education for sustainable development in primary education textbooks: An educational approach from statistical and probabilistic literacy
(2021)Based on the Stochastic Education Approach to Sustainability Education, the statistical and probability tasks for sustainability education in a collection of primary school mathematics textbooks in Chile (6–14 years old) ...
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Responsabilidad personal docente y motivación escolar
(2021)El artículo tiene como propósito analizar las representaciones acerca de la responsabilidad personal docente en la motivación escolar. Participaron del estudio profesores en formación y en ejercicio de Educación primaria ...
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Social skills of students from educational sciences: Validity, reliability, and percentiles for evaluation
(2021)The development of social skills (SS) at various stages of life provides the basis for social and academic success throughout life. This cross-sectional study validates and verifies the reliability of the SS checklist ...
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Regulation data for the horizontal jump of children and adolescents
(2021)The Horizontal Jump (HJ) is a daily tool that could be used to categorize the level of muscle fitness performance of the lower limbs. The goal was to compare the muscle fitness with those of international studies and to ...
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Reproductibilidad de pruebas de competencia motriz y percentiles para niños y adolescentes que viven a altitud moderada del Perú
(2021)Objetivo. Evaluar la reproductibilidad de las pruebas de competencia motriz (CM) de transposición lateral y salto lateral, y estimar percentiles por edad y sexo para niños que viven a altitud modera del Perú. Método. Se ...
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Elevated temperatures diminish the effects of a highly resistant rice variety on the brown planthopper
(2021)This study compares the effects of temperature (constant at 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 °C) on adult longevity, oviposition, and nymph development of the brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, on susceptible and resistant rice ...