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  1. Book ; Online: MarIA

    Gutiérrez-Fandiño, Asier / Armengol-Estapé, Jordi / Pàmies, Marc / Llop-Palao, Joan / Silveira-Ocampo, Joaquín / Carrino, Casimiro Pio / Gonzalez-Agirre, Aitor / Armentano-Oller, Carme / Rodriguez-Penagos, Carlos / Villegas, Marta

    Spanish Language Models

    2021  

    Abstract: This work presents MarIA, a family of Spanish language models and associated resources made ... available to the industry and the research community. Currently, MarIA includes RoBERTa-base, RoBERTa-large ... Overall, MarIA models outperform the existing Spanish models across a variety of NLU tasks and training ...

    Abstract This work presents MarIA, a family of Spanish language models and associated resources made available to the industry and the research community. Currently, MarIA includes RoBERTa-base, RoBERTa-large, GPT2 and GPT2-large Spanish language models, which can arguably be presented as the largest and most proficient language models in Spanish. The models were pretrained using a massive corpus of 570GB of clean and deduplicated texts with 135 billion words extracted from the Spanish Web Archive crawled by the National Library of Spain between 2009 and 2019. We assessed the performance of the models with nine existing evaluation datasets and with a novel extractive Question Answering dataset created ex novo. Overall, MarIA models outperform the existing Spanish models across a variety of NLU tasks and training settings.
    Keywords Computer Science - Computation and Language ; Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
    Publishing date 2021-07-15
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  2. Article ; Online: Maria M. Mota: Bringing

    Portugal, Sílvia / Rodriguez, Ana / Prudêncio, Miguel

    Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

    2022  Volume 12, Page(s) 851484

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Liver ; Malaria ; Plasmodium
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-08
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2619676-1
    ISSN 2235-2988 ; 2235-2988
    ISSN (online) 2235-2988
    ISSN 2235-2988
    DOI 10.3389/fcimb.2022.851484
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  3. Article: The impact of hurricane trauma and cultural stress on posttraumatic stress among hurricane Maria survivors relocated to the U.S. mainland.

    Hodges, James C / Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M / Schwartz, Seth J / García, María F / Pineros-Leano, María F / Bates, Melissa M / Montero-Zamora, Pablo / Calderón, Ivonne / Rodríguez, José / Salas-Wright, Christopher P

    Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology

    2023  

    Abstract: Objectives: Following Hurricane Maria, scores of Puerto Rican "Maria migrants" fled the island ... that many Maria migrants are exposed to migration-related cultural stressors, including discrimination, negative ... Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria survivors on the U.S. mainland. Data were collected virtually between August 2020 ...

    Abstract Objectives: Following Hurricane Maria, scores of Puerto Rican "Maria migrants" fled the island with thousands permanently resettling on the United States (U.S.) mainland. Emerging evidence suggests that many Maria migrants are exposed to migration-related cultural stressors, including discrimination, negative context of reception, and language stress. The present study examines the associations of premigration hurricane trauma and postmigration cultural stress with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom severity and positive PTSD screens.
    Method: Participants were 319 adult (age 18+, 71% female) Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria survivors on the U.S. mainland. Data were collected virtually between August 2020 and October 2021. Participants completed Spanish-language measures of hurricane-related trauma, postmigration cultural stress exposure, PTSD symptoms, and positive screens.
    Results: One in five (20.5%) Maria migrants reported PTSD scores in the range indicating a likely PTSD diagnosis (i.e., positive screen of 50+). Both hurricane trauma and migration-related cultural stressors independently predicted posttraumatic stress and positive PTSD screens. Additionally, controlling for the effect of hurricane trauma, discrimination and language stress were strongly linked with PTSD. Further, hurricane trauma and cultural stressors interact such that cultural stress predicts PTSD-positive screens at low-to-moderate levels of hurricane trauma exposure but not at high-to-very-high levels.
    Conclusion: Findings underscore the importance of providing mental health and other psychosocial supports to hurricane survivors and evacuees beyond the immediate aftermath of the disaster, and the need to consider both premigration trauma and postmigration experiences in terms of the mental health of crisis migrant populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1463411-9
    ISSN 1939-0106 ; 1099-9809
    ISSN (online) 1939-0106
    ISSN 1099-9809
    DOI 10.1037/cdp0000623
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  4. Article ; Online: Hurricane stress, cultural stress, and mental health among hurricane Maria migrants in the U.S. mainland.

    Montero-Zamora, Pablo / Salas-Wright, Christopher P / Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M / Brown, Eric C / Vos, Saskia R / Garcia, Maria Fernanda / Scaramutti, Carolina / Rodriguez, José / Bates, Melissa M / Schwartz, Seth J

    The American journal of orthopsychiatry

    2023  Volume 93, Issue 3, Page(s) 211–224

    Abstract: Hurricane Maria (2017) caused great damage to Puerto Rico, undermining people's quality of life and ... postdisaster) with 319 adult Hurricane Maria survivors on the U.S. mainland. We aimed to (a) identify latent ...

    Abstract Hurricane Maria (2017) caused great damage to Puerto Rico, undermining people's quality of life and forcing thousands to migrate to the U.S. mainland. Identifying individuals at elevated risk of suffering mental health problems as a function of being exposed to hurricane and cultural stress is crucial to reducing the burden of such health outcomes. The present study was conducted in 2020-2021 (3-4 years postdisaster) with 319 adult Hurricane Maria survivors on the U.S. mainland. We aimed to (a) identify latent stress subgroups, as defined by hurricane stress and cultural stress, and (b) map these latent stress subgroups or classes onto sociodemographic characteristics and mental health indicators (i.e., symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety). We used latent profile analysis and multinomial regression modeling to accomplish the study aims. We extracted four latent classes: (a) low hurricane stress/low cultural stress (44.7%), (b) low hurricane stress/moderate cultural stress (38.7%), (c) high hurricane stress/moderate cultural stress (6.3%), and (d) moderate hurricane stress/high cultural stress (10.4%). Individuals in the low hurricane stress/low cultural stress class reported the highest household incomes and levels of English-language proficiency. The moderate hurricane stress/high cultural stress class reported the worst mental health outcomes. While postmigration cultural stress, as a chronic stressor, emerged as the most important predictor of poor mental health, hurricane stress, as an acute stressor that occurred several years earlier, emerged as less influential. Our findings might be used to inform mental health prevention experts who work with natural disaster survivors forced to migrate. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Mental Health ; Cyclonic Storms ; Quality of Life ; Transients and Migrants ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-20
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 280031-7
    ISSN 1939-0025 ; 0002-9432
    ISSN (online) 1939-0025
    ISSN 0002-9432
    DOI 10.1037/ort0000669
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  5. Article ; Online: After Hurricane Maria: Effects of disaster trauma on Puerto Rican survivors on the U.S. mainland.

    Schwartz, Seth J / Montero-Zamora, Pablo / Salas-Wright, Christopher P / Brown, Eric C / Garcia, Maria Fernanda / Scaramutti, Carolina / Rodríguez, José / Piñeros-Leaño, Maria / Bates, Melissa M / Maldonado-Molina, Mildred M

    Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy

    2022  

    Abstract: Purpose: In September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Houses were destroyed ... who moved to the U.S. mainland after Hurricane Maria.: Method: Participants were 319 adult Puerto Rican ... Hurricane Maria survivors on the U.S. mainland. Women comprised 71.2% of the sample. Data were collected ...

    Abstract Purpose: In September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Houses were destroyed, millions of people lost power and access to clean water, and many roads were flooded and blocked. In the years following the storm, hundreds of thousands of people have left Puerto Rico and settled on the U.S. mainland. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of disaster trauma among Puerto Rican adults who moved to the U.S. mainland after Hurricane Maria.
    Method: Participants were 319 adult Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria survivors on the U.S. mainland. Women comprised 71.2% of the sample. Data were collected between August 2020 and October 2021. Participants completed Spanish-language measures of hurricane-related trauma, perceived ethnic discrimination and negative context of reception on the U.S. mainland, language stress, depressive symptoms, anxiety, optimism, life satisfaction, and problem drinking.
    Results: We estimated a structural equation model where hurricane trauma predicted cultural stress, which in turn predicted internalizing symptoms, optimism, and life satisfaction. Internalizing symptoms, optimism, and life satisfaction were specified as predictors of problem drinking. Results indicated that hurricane trauma predicted cultural stress. Cultural stress predicted internalizing symptoms, optimism, and life satisfaction. Internalizing symptoms predicted problem drinking. Hurricane trauma indirectly predicted internalizing symptoms through cultural stress and indirectly predicted problem drinking through cultural stress and internalizing symptoms.
    Conclusions: Traumatic experiences from the storm may predispose Puerto Rican Hurricane Maria survivors to perceive cultural stress on the U.S. mainland. In turn, cultural stressors may be associated with internalizing symptoms and alcohol problems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2497028-1
    ISSN 1942-969X ; 1942-9681
    ISSN (online) 1942-969X
    ISSN 1942-9681
    DOI 10.1037/tra0001371
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  6. Article ; Online: Avoiding contrast-enhanced sequences does not compromise the precision of the simplified MaRIA for the assessment of non-penetrating Crohn's disease activity.

    Fernàndez-Clotet, Agnès / Sapena, Víctor / Capozzi, Nunzia / Rodríguez, Sonia / Masamunt, Maria-Carme / Ricart, Elena / Ordás, Ingrid / Panés, Julian / Rimola, Jordi

    European radiology

    2022  Volume 32, Issue 5, Page(s) 3334–3345

    Abstract: Objectives: Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) require multiple assessments with magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) from a young age. Standard MRE protocols for CD include contrast-enhanced sequences. Gadolinium deposits in brain tissue suggest ... ...

    Abstract Objectives: Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) require multiple assessments with magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) from a young age. Standard MRE protocols for CD include contrast-enhanced sequences. Gadolinium deposits in brain tissue suggest avoiding gadolinium could benefit patients with CD. This study aimed to compare the accuracy of the simplified Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity (sMaRIA) calculated with and without contrast-enhanced sequences in determining the response to biologic drugs in patients with CD.
    Methods: This post hoc analysis of a prospective study included patients with CD with endoscopic ulceration in ≥ 1 intestinal segment starting biologic drug therapy. Two blinded radiologists used the sMaRIA to score images obtained at baseline and week 46 of treatment first using only unenhanced sequences (T2-sMaRIA) and 1 month later using both unenhanced and enhanced images (CE-sMaRIA). We calculated the rates of agreement between T2-sMaRIA, CE-sMaRIA, and ileocolonoscopy for different conceptualizations of therapeutic response.
    Results: A total of 46 patients (median age, 36 years [IQR: 28-47]) were included. Agreement with ileocolonoscopy was similar for CE-sMaRIA and T2-sMaRIA in identifying ulcer healing (kappa = 0.74 [0.55-0.93] and 0.70 [0.5-0.9], respectively), treatment response (kappa = 0.53 [0.28-0.79] and 0.44 [0.17 - 0.71]), and remission (kappa = 0.48 [0.22-0.73] and 0.43 [0.17-0.69]). The standardized effect size was moderate for both CE-sMaRIA = 0.63 [0.41-0.85] p < 0.001 and T2-sMaRIA = 0.58 [0.36-0.80] p < 0.001.
    Conclusions: sMaRIA with and without contrast-enhanced images accurately classified the response according to different therapeutic endpoints determined by ileocolonoscopy.
    Key points: • The simplified Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity is accurate for the assessment of Crohn's disease activity, severity, and therapeutic response, using four dichotomic components that can be evaluated without the need of using contrast-enhanced sequences, representing a practical and safety advantage, but concerns have been expressed as to whether the lack of contrast sequences may compromise precision. • The simplified Magnetic Resonance Index of Activity can assess the response to biologic therapy in patients with Crohn's disease without the need for intravenous contrast agents obtaining comparable results without and with contrast-enhanced sequences. • Avoiding intravenous contrast agents could reduce the duration of the MRE examination and its cost and would increase the acceptance and safety of MRE in clinical research in patients with Crohn's disease.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Contrast Media/pharmacology ; Crohn Disease/diagnosis ; Gadolinium/pharmacology ; Humans ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods ; Prospective Studies
    Chemical Substances Contrast Media ; Gadolinium (AU0V1LM3JT)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-15
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1085366-2
    ISSN 1432-1084 ; 0938-7994 ; 1613-3749
    ISSN (online) 1432-1084
    ISSN 0938-7994 ; 1613-3749
    DOI 10.1007/s00330-021-08392-w
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  7. Article ; Online: Orthopaedic trauma epidemiology after Hurricane Maria in the Puerto Rico Trauma Centre.

    Rodríguez-Alejandro, Omar / Torres-Lugo, Norberto J / Mangual-Pérez, Danny / Colón-Miranda, Roberto / Sánchez-Fernández, Héctor / López-Ventosa, José / Pagán-Molderhauer, Calé / Ramírez, Norman / Otero-López, Antonio

    International orthopaedics

    2022  Volume 46, Issue 7, Page(s) 1447–1453

    Abstract: Purpose: Hurricane Maria is the most devastating natural phenomenon in the recent history ... diagnoses for two months after the impact of Hurricane Maria (HM) on September 20, 2017 ...

    Abstract Purpose: Hurricane Maria is the most devastating natural phenomenon in the recent history of Puerto Rico. Due to its destructive path through the island, the Puerto Rico Trauma Center (PRTC) remained the only hospital managing orthopaedic trauma in the immediate post-disaster period. We investigated the impact of this hurricane on the orthopaedic trauma epidemiology in the PRTC.
    Methods: We evaluated the admissions by the orthopaedic surgery service in terms of demographics, mechanisms of injury, and orthopaedic diagnoses for two months after the impact of Hurricane Maria (HM) on September 20, 2017. We compared our study group with the same two month period for two years prior (2015 and 2016) and after (2018 and 2019) as control periods. A p value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
    Results: We included 384 admissions from September 20 to November 20, 2017. The majority were males (63%) and had an average age of 54 years. The most-reported mechanism of injury was fall from standing height (FFSH), showing a significant increment compared with the control periods. Contrarily, motor vehicle accidents (MVA) showed a significant reduction. Among the orthopaedic diagnoses, the hip + pelvis category showed a significant decline within the study group.
    Conclusions: This study highlighted the impact of HM on the orthopaedic trauma epidemiology at the PRTC. Our findings provide valuable evidence to healthcare institutions to better prepare to manage the potential changes in the orthopaedic trauma epidemiology after a major atmospheric event.
    MeSH term(s) Cyclonic Storms ; Female ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Orthopedics ; Puerto Rico/epidemiology ; Trauma Centers
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-23
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 80384-4
    ISSN 1432-5195 ; 0341-2695
    ISSN (online) 1432-5195
    ISSN 0341-2695
    DOI 10.1007/s00264-022-05409-x
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  8. Article ; Online: The Impact of Natural Hazards on Older Adult Health: Lessons Learned From Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

    Andrade, Elizabeth L / Jula, Megan / Rodriguez-Diaz, Carlos E / Lapointe, Lauren / Edberg, Mark C / Rivera, Maria I / Santos-Burgoa, Carlos

    Disaster medicine and public health preparedness

    2021  Volume 17, Page(s) e52

    Abstract: ... contributors to the elevated older adult mortality risk following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico ...

    Abstract Objective: With natural hazards increasing in frequency and severity and global population aging, preparedness efforts must evolve to address older adults' risks in disasters. This study elucidates potential contributors to the elevated older adult mortality risk following Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico through an examination of community stakeholder preparedness, response, and recovery experiences.
    Methods: In April 2018, qualitative interviews (n = 22) were conducted with stakeholders in 7 Puerto Rican municipalities. Interview transcripts were deductively and inductively coded and analyzed to identify salient topics and themes representing participant response patterns.
    Results: The hurricane's detrimental impact on older adult health emerged as a prominent finding. Through 6 months post-hurricane, many older adults experienced unmet needs that contributed to declining physical and emotional health, inadequate non-communicable disease management, social isolation, financial strain, and excess morbidity and mortality. These needs were predominantly consequences of lengthy public service gaps, unsafe living conditions, interrupted health care, and the incongruence between preparedness and event severity.
    Conclusions: In a landscape of increasing natural hazard frequency and magnitude, a pattern of older adult risk has become increasingly clear. Study findings compel practitioners to engage in natural hazard preparedness planning, research, and policy-making that considers the multiple facets of older adult well-being.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Aged ; Cyclonic Storms ; Puerto Rico/epidemiology ; Disasters ; Delivery of Health Care ; Mental Health
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2375268-3
    ISSN 1938-744X ; 1935-7893
    ISSN (online) 1938-744X
    ISSN 1935-7893
    DOI 10.1017/dmp.2021.305
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  9. Article ; Online: Impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria on

    Barrera, Roberto / Felix, Gilberto / Acevedo, Veronica / Amador, Manuel / Rodriguez, Damaris / Rivera, Luis / Gonzalez, Orlando / Nazario, Nicole / Ortiz, Marianyoly / Muñoz-Jordan, Jorge L / Waterman, Stephen H / Hemme, Ryan R

    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

    2019  Volume 100, Issue 6, Page(s) 1413–1420

    Abstract: Puerto Rico was severely impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017. The island has ...

    Abstract Puerto Rico was severely impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017. The island has been endemic for dengue viruses (DENV) and recently suffered epidemics of chikungunya (CHIKV 2014) and Zika (ZIKV 2016) viruses. Although severe storms tend to increase the number of vector and nuisance mosquitoes, we do not know how they influence
    MeSH term(s) Aedes/physiology ; Aedes/virology ; Animals ; Chikungunya virus/physiology ; Cities ; Cyclonic Storms ; Dengue Virus/physiology ; Ecosystem ; Female ; Mosquito Vectors/physiology ; Mosquito Vectors/virology ; Puerto Rico ; Pupa ; RNA, Viral/isolation & purification ; Zika Virus/physiology
    Chemical Substances RNA, Viral
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-04-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2942-7
    ISSN 1476-1645 ; 0002-9637
    ISSN (online) 1476-1645
    ISSN 0002-9637
    DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0015
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  10. Article: Obtaining and evaluating of enzymatic extracts from hairless canary seed (CDC Maria) as gluten-free bread-improving agents.

    Dios Sanz, E / Sanmartino, T / Campderrós, M E / Rodriguez Furlán, L T

    Journal of food science and technology

    2023  Volume 61, Issue 3, Page(s) 539–550

    Abstract: In this study, enzyme extracts were obtained from hairless canary seeds (CDC Maria) and used ...

    Abstract In this study, enzyme extracts were obtained from hairless canary seeds (CDC Maria) and used as gluten-free bread improvers. The enzyme extraction was done with a specific protein buffer solution and subsequent centrifugation. The supernatant was called crude enzyme extract, a fraction of this extract was refrigerated (CE) and another fraction was lyophilized (CEL). The lyoprotective effect of corn fiber (CEL + CF), maltodextrin (CEL + M), and inulin (CEL + I) was evaluated. Each enzyme extract was added to a gluten-free bread at 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75% and 1% (w/w). The quality of the gluten-free bread was determined by external and internal characteristically, physical and sensory analysis: analysis of the lamella thickness, the shape factor of pores, the final volume, the aeration percentage, the texture profile analysis, the pore size distribution and shelf-life time. The results showed that the formulation with CEL at 0.5% (w/w) significantly improved the gluten-free bread quality properties, generating an increase of the final volume and aeration percentage, a reduction of the firmness, chewiness and sample aging, and a finer and more uniform crumb structure when compared to a control sample (
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-13
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 242498-8
    ISSN 0975-8402 ; 0022-1155
    ISSN (online) 0975-8402
    ISSN 0022-1155
    DOI 10.1007/s13197-023-05862-5
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