Recently added articles from Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal:
Microarray data analysis for differential expression: a tutorial.
Jun 01, 2009; ... Bioinformatics is a growing branch of biology and is highly interdisciplinary, using techniques and concepts from different fields, such as informatics, biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, mathematics, chemistry, biochemistry, and physics. Bioinformatics grew as a field of study to ...
Use of an enhanced surveillance system for encephalitis and aseptic meningitis for the detection of neurologic manifestations of dengue in Puerto Rico, 2003.(Perspectiva general de la enfermedad/trastorno)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Although dengue fever (DF) (fever, myalgia, arthralgia, retro-orbital pain, and rash) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) (fever, hemorrhage, thrombocytopenia, and excessive vascular permeability) are well-known presentations of an acute dengue infection, the clinical manifestations of ...
Clinical conditions associated with environmental exposures: an epidemiologic study in two communities in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.(Perspectiva general de la enfermedad/trastorno)
Jun 01, 2009; ... It is widely known that particulate matter pollutes the air and it is also associated with a variety of adverse health effects in humans (1-2). These particulates can originate from stationary, mobile, or natural sources and its effects on human health vary depending on its size (3-4) ....
Implementation of different initiatives to develop a culture of professionalism in the medical school.(EDUCATION)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Professionalism involves attributes that characterize the medical doctor, which include being altruistic, knowledgeable, skillful and dutiful, behaviors which are applied in service to patients and community (1-3). There is an eminent threat to professionalism today due to the clash that ...
From document to monument: the school of Tropical Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico.(HISTORICAL NOTES)
Jun 01, 2009; ... It is not often that one can identify the conception and birth of an institution. The original creative spark is usually forgotten, eclipsed by subsequent events that were never documented, or maintained only in the memories of those who took part in the events, to be lost to history ....