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Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands
Recent research
- Health & MedicineOpen access
ABSTRACT We aimed to evaluate the effects of maternal diet and betaine supplementation during the suckling period on Fgf21 expression and metabolic pathways related to FGF21 signaling and metabolic programming. Offspring of Wistar rats fed either a chow diet (CD) or a Western die...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background/Objectives: Hypercholesterolemia is characterized by alterations in lipid metabolism, oxidative stress, and inflammatory status. Nuts have been shown to mitigate these alterations; however, limited evidence is available regarding their effects in the Chilean population...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Phytate and L-methionine for preventing recurrence of infection renal stones
BACKGROUND: Urine acidification and inhibition of crystallization are strategies that can be employed to prevent recurrent infection stones and calcium phosphate stones. METHODS: A series of cases demonstrating the beneficial effects of treatment with phytate and L-methionine in...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Diet quality and environmental sustainability: integrating dietary indices and planetary impacts
Dietary patterns are major determinants of nutritional status and environmental sustainability. Despite growing interest in sustainable diets, limited research has examined how dietary carbon footprints differ across age groups and how age-specific dietary behaviors interact with...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Background Lifestyle interventions can reduce treatment-related side effects, promote health and improve quality of life (QoL) in people living with and beyond cancer (PLWBC). However, few studies focus on diet, physical activity (PA) and mental health (MH) as an integra...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) are highly prevalent among older adults and associated with adverse outcomes, including hospitalisations and mortality. Numerous interventions have been evaluated and synthesised in reviews, but the review-level evidence remains hete...
- Health & Medicine
Abstract Background: The World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) Cancer Prevention Recommendations provide evidence-based guidance on modifiable lifestyle factors associated with cancer risk. While a standardized scoring system exists to asse...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Background: Technostress has emerged as a growing occupational health concern in increasingly digitalized workplaces. Although its psychological consequences have been extensively investigated, little is known about its potential association with metabolic health and insulin resi...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Closing the Objectivity Loophole in Bell Tests on a Public Quantum Computer
ABSTRACT We have constructed and run a Bell test of local realism focusing on the objectivity criterion. Objectivity means that the outcomes are macroscopically confirmed by a few observers at each party. The IBM Quantum and IonQ devices turn out to be sufficiently accurate to pa...
- BiologyOpen access
Function Words Production and Williams Syndrome in Catalan and Spanish
This study examines the use of function words in adult individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) compared to typically developing (TD) speakers, focusing on spontaneous speech in Catalan and Spanish. The aim is to assess both quantitative and qualitative aspects of function word pr...