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The September 19th, 2017 M7.1 Puebla-Mexico City earthquake introduced strong ground motions into the Mexico City basin, which contains very soft lacustrine soils, dense urban infrastructure, and millions of inhabitants. As a result, 38 mid-rise structures collapsed and several hundred more were ...

A new computational platform for seismic hazard assessment is presented. The platform, named SeismicHazard, allows characterizing the intensity, uncertainty, and likelihood of ground motions from subduction-zone (shallow interface and intraslab) and crustal-zone earthquakes, considering site-spec...

Several code-conforming reinforced concrete buildings were severely damaged during the 2010 moment magnitude (Mw) 8.8 Chile earthquake, raising concerns about their real collapse margin. Although critical updates were introduced into the Chilean design codes after 2010, guidelines for collapse ri...

Background: The Functional Status Score for the Intensive Care Unit (FSS-ICU) is a valid and reliable instrument to measure physical functioning in the intensive care unit setting. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation in Chile has not been published for the FSS-ICU. Aim: To translate and cro...

Es una de las profesionales chilenas con mayor experiencia en conservación del patrimonio en Chile. Su trabajo ha estado concentrado en el ámbito público, intentando crear conciencia política y ciudadana de la importancia de preservar la historia. sin embargo, ante la actual ola “patrimonializado...

En tiempos en que una cultura internacional y cosmopolita domina el escenario biempensante, frente a un nacionalismo xenofóbico y racista, las identidades nacionales corren el riesgo de volverse modas étnicas, apenas útiles para el marketing turístico. Lo patrimonial queda sometido a juicio, ya n...

A través de la creación de espacios y propuestas de difusión, el equipo de Brügmann, se encarga de mantener viva la memoria del patrimonio chileno.

Nuclear factor kappa-B subunit 2 (NF-κB2/p100/p52), encoded by NFKB2 (MIM: 164012) belongs to the NF-κB family of transcription factors that play a critical role in inflammation, immunity, cell proliferation, differentiation and survival. Heterozygous C-terminal mutations in NFKB2 have been assoc...

BACKGROUND: Hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) has a mortality up to 35-40% and its treatment is mainly supportive. A variable to predict progression from mild to severe disease is unavailable. This study was performed in patients with documented infection by Andes orthohantavirus, and t...

INTRODUCTION Population aging is a worldwide phenomenon. It is estimated that by 2050, one of five persons will be aged ≥60 years. In Chile, 15.8% of the population is now aged ≥60 years, and this figure will reach 30.7% by 2050. In 2006, a national program was implemented to provide assistive d...