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Hugo Alves-Figueiredo, PhD
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, NL, México
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute for Obesity Research, Monterrey, NL, México
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Hospital Zambrano Hellion, TecSalud, San Pedro Garza García, NL, México
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Christian Silva-Platas, PhD
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, NL, México
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Manuel Estrada, PhD
Programa de Fisiología y Biofísica, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM), Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Yuriana Oropeza-Almazán, PhD
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, NL, México
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Martin Ramos-González, MD, PhD
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, NL, México
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Judith Bernal-Ramírez, PhD
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, NL, México
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Institute for Obesity Research, Monterrey, NL, México
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Eduardo Vázquez-Garza, MD, PhD
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Cátedra de Cardiología y Medicina Vascular, Monterrey, NL, México
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Prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity and factors associated with BMI in indigenous yaqui people: a probabilistic cross-sectional survey
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Background
The Yaquis are an Indigenous group who inhabit in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. This group has experienced changes in their lifestyle, moving from a traditional lifestyle to a more modern one, resulting in an increase of obesity and its comorbidities. However, few studies have been done in this group. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity and to identify the factors associated with body mass index (BMI) in a representative sample of Indigenous Yaqui people from Sonora, Mexico.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey with multistage sampling was conducted among adults (N = 351) with residence in Yaqui traditional villages (Vícam, Pótam, Loma de Guamúchil, Loma de Bácum, Tórim, Ráhum, Huiribis or Belem). Anthropometric measurements were taken to diagnose overweight, obesity and central obesity. Food frequency and physical activity (PA) questionnaires designed for the Yaqui population were applied, as well as sociodemographic and clinical history questionnaires. The factors associated with BMI were assessed using multiple linear regression considering the complex design of the sampling.
Results
The prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity in the population were 36.5%, 35.0% and 76.0%, respectively. Having higher values of the modernization index (β = 0.20, p = 0.049) was associated with a higher BMI, while having a higher consumption of a “prudent” dietary pattern (traditional dishes, fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy) (β = -0.58, p = 0.009) and performing a greater number of hours per week of vigorous PA (β = -0.14, p = 0.017)
Abstract
Noncoding RNAs represent a high proportion of the human genome and regulate gene expression by means of innumerable and unimaginable modes of action. Particularly, long noncoding RNAs have emerged as central regulators of gene expression and alterations on their function have been associated with many types of cancer, such as astrocytomas. Astrocytomas are the most common type of gliomas in the central nervous system, and glioblastoma multiforme is their most aggressive form. Although adult and pediatric astrocytomas exhibit certain molecular similarities, they are considered as distinct molecular entities. Since to date there is no effective treatments for these tumors, different efforts are being made to find molecular tools useful for this purpose. Studies have shown that both tumor and circulating expression of lncRNAs were altered in astrocytoma, which was useful to distinguish the patients with this neoplasia from those without cancer, as well as to determine different prognostic factors related to the disease. According to these studies, different “molecular signatures” of specific lncRNAs were established, and they have a potential use in the medical practice. From a system biological perspective, complex interaction networks, conformed by lncRNAs, microRNAs, mRNAs, and proteins, were elucidated and predicted to control many oncogenic processes.
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- astrocytoma
- biomarker
- interacting network
- lncRNA
- microRNA
Ruth Ruiz Esparza-Garrido
- Functional Genomics Laboratory, Unit of Medical Research on Human Genomics, Children’s Hospital “Silvestre Frenk Freund”, National Medical Center Century XXI, Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Mexico
Alicia Siordia-Reyes
- Pediatric Pathology Service, Children’s Hospital “Silvestre Frenk Freund”, National Medical Center Century XXI, Institute of Social Security (IMSS), Mexico
Gerardo Sánchez
- Pediatric Neurosurgery Service, Children’s Hospital “Silvestre Frenk Freund”, Nationa
TILOS Software | Linear Infrastructure Investment Project News | June, 2017
Jared Taylor has been a project scheduler since 2004 and has 11 years of experience working on linear infrastructure projects.
He’s spent his career with leading infrastructure companies such as Henkels and McCoy, HDR, Enbridge and consultations with Worley Parsons.
Currently, Jared is a Senior Scheduler with Tutor Perini, one of the largest general contractors in the Unites States. At Tutor Perini, Jared is working on the Central Subway Project in San Francisco. Valued at just under a billion dollars, the Central Subway Project is considered a very complex linear project, due to the factors present in a dense urban environment.
Tutor Perini is contracted to lay 1.6 miles of track and build underground stations at Chinatown, Union Market Square and the Moscone Centre.
Workers install waterproofing at the northeast corner of the station box, sealing the edges with tar before installing rebar for the invert slab. Image Copyright SFMTA https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/central-subway-project
Question: Jared, what challenges do you find are unique to linear projects?
Jared: “Linear projects are unique in that you typically do not have full control of the project site with outside limitations of operation, whereas, in other projects like building construction, you typically have full control over the site. Linear projects create the need to work in multiple work places and optimize your resources for a smooth work flow.”
Question: Can you give us an example of the limitations that may occur with a linear infrastructure project?
Jared: “Sure, I was on a highway project where we had started construction and yet, there were still parcels of land in the right of way that had to be acquired and transferred over to the Department of Transportation.
There were a lot of moving parts and a lot of key information from scheduling,
- Pediatric Neurosurgery Service, Children’s Hospital “Silvestre Frenk Freund”, Nationa