Seasonal Variations in Antibiotic Resistance Gene Transport in the Almendares River, Havana, Cuba [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012 Numerous studies have quantified antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in rivers and streams around the world, and significant relationships have been shown that relate different pollutant outputs and increased local ARG levels.
Charles W Knapp +2 more
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Policosanol (sugarcane wax alcohols) 20 mg/day in Cuban Patients With Grade I Hypertension: A Randomized, Double‐Blind, Multicenter Study [PDF]
The Journal of Clinical HypertensionThis study aimed to report the effects of policosanol (20 mg/day) on blood pressure values in Cuban patients with grade I hypertension. A double‐blind multicenter trial randomized 400 eligible patients divided into two strata of patients with either ...
Moura Revueltas Aguero +15 more
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The Lancet Regional Health Americas, 2022 Summary: Background: COVID-19 vaccines have proven safe and efficacious in reducing severe illness and death. Cuban protein subunit vaccine Abdala has shown safety, tolerability and efficacy (92·3% [95% CI: 85·7‒95·8]) against SARS-CoV-2 in clinical ...
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First-in-human evaluation of a no-alpha interleukin–2 mutein: safety and preliminary pharmacodynamic and clinical effect [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionInterleukin 2 (IL-2) is essential for immune system activation. To reduce toxicity and prevent the activation of regulatory T cells (T-regs), a novel IL-2 variant containing 4-point mutations that prevent its interaction with the alpha chain ...
Iraida Caballero Aguirrechu +22 more
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Comparative Study of the Efficacy and Tolerability of Palmex® (Roystonea regia Lipid Extract), Saw Palmetto, Finasteride and Tamsulosin in Patients with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia [PDF]
Urology Research and PracticeObjective: Evaluate and compare the efficacy and tolerability of the treatment with Palmex®, saw palmetto, finasteride, or tamsulosin administered for 6 months to patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Raúl Guzmán Mederos +16 more
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Renovación de La Habana: ¿un nuevo espacio para los habitantes? [PDF]
Ciudades, 2020 This paper aims to provide a brief overview of the relationship between the renovation of the city of Havana and the inclusion of its inhabitants in a political process, which also implies social inclusion.
Janice Argaillot
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“Emancipatory Circuits of Knowledge” for Urban Equality: Experiences From Havana, Freetown, and Asia
Urban Planning, 2022 Feminist, Southern, and decolonial thinkers have long argued that epistemological questions about how knowledge is produced and whose knowledge is valued and actioned are crucial in addressing inequalities, and a key challenge for planning.
Stephanie Butcher +8 more
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 2020 Latin America is a continent where for centuries various walls of ethnic, class, and political divisions were erected and demolished. Cubans, for whom the once paradise island became a cage, are a society which painfully experienced what those walls are ...
Ewelina Szymoniak
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Equity and the Cuban National Health System's response to COVID-19
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 Cuba’s National Health System has managed to guarantee an effective and equitable response to COVID-19. Universal and free health coverage, based on primary care, follows the principle of equity and the greatest resources are allocated to areas of the ...
Pedro Mas Bermejo +8 more
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Oxidative stress in diverse clinical conditions of SARS-CoV-2 Cuban hospitalized patients [PDF]
Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2023 Context: COVID-19 related to SARS-CoV-2 infection generates inflammation with increased reactive oxygen species production. Drug treatment and others factors could influence systemic oxidative stress during pathogenic insult.
Lizette Gil-del Valle +13 more
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