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Javier Llorca

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Javier Llorca

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[PDF][PDF] Epidemiology of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica

MA Gonzalez‐Gay, TR Vazquez‐Rodriguez… - Arthritis Care & …, 2009 - academia.edu
Giant cell arteritis (GCA), also called Horton or granulomatous arteritis, is a large-and
medium-sized blood vessel systemic vasculitis characterized by the granulomatous …

Directionally solidified eutectic ceramic oxides

J LLorca, VM Orera - Progress in materials science, 2006 - Elsevier
The processing, structure and properties (mechanical and functional) of directionally
solidified eutectic ceramic oxides are reviewed with particular attention to the developments …

Multiscale modeling of composite materials: a roadmap towards virtual testing

J LLorca, C González… - Advanced …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A bottom‐up, multiscale modeling approach is presented to carry out high‐fidelity virtual
mechanical tests of composite materials and structures. The strategy begins with the in situ …

Bias

M Delgado-Rodriguez, J Llorca - Journal of Epidemiology & …, 2004 - jech.bmj.com
The concept of bias is the lack of internal validity or incorrect assessment of the association
between an exposure and an effect in the target population in which the statistic estimated …

A numerical approximation to the elastic properties of sphere-reinforced composites

J Segurado, J Llorca - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2002 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional cubic unit cells containing 30 non-overlapping identical spheres
randomly distributed were generated using a new, modified random sequential adsortion …

Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

FR Schumacher, AA Al Olama, SI Berndt, S Benlloch… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and fine-mapping efforts to date have identified
more than 100 prostate cancer (PrCa)-susceptibility loci. We meta-analyzed genotype data …

HLA–DRB1 and persistent chronic inflammation contribute to cardiovascular events and cardiovascular mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

MA Gonzalez‐Gay… - Arthritis Care & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the most common cause of mortality in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We assessed the contribution of epidemiologic features …

Mechanical behavior of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymers under transverse compression: Microscopic mechanisms and modeling

C González, J LLorca - Composites Science and Technology, 2007 - Elsevier
The mechanical behavior of polymer–matrix composites unidirectionally reinforced with
carbon or glass fibers subjected to compression perpendicular to the fibers was studied …

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

DV Conti, BF Darst, LC Moss, EJ Saunders, X Sheng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a highly heritable disease with large disparities in incidence rates across
ancestry populations. We conducted a multiancestry meta-analysis of prostate cancer …

A numerical investigation of the effect of particle clustering on the mechanical properties of composites

J Segurado, C Gonzalez, J Llorca - Acta materialia, 2003 - Elsevier
The effect of the reinforcement spatial distribution on the mechanical behavior was
investigated in model metal-matrix composites. Homogeneous microstructures were made …