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Lantero Bringas, Esther ; Matallanas Peñas, Beatriz ; Pascual, Susana ; Callejas Hervás, Carmen | MDPI | 2018-06-28The European Union (EU) is facing the recent arrival of the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Its fast spread has caused great alarm because of the economic impact it implies for the agroeconomy of European countries. Among its insect vectors, Phila[...]![]()
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Velasco Bucheli, Rodrigo ; Hormigo, Daniel ; Fernández-Lucas, Jesús ; Torres Ayuso, Pedro ; Alfaro Ureña, Yohana ; Saborido Modia, Ana ; Serrano Aguirre, Lara ; García, José Luis ; Ramón, Fernando ; Acebal Sarabia, Carmen ; Santos de la Sen, Antonio ; Arroyo Sánchez, Miguel ; Mata Riesco, Isabel de la | MDPI | 2020-07-01Many Gram-negative bacteria produce N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs), quorum sensing (QS) molecules that can be enzymatically inactivated by quorum quenching (QQ) processes; this approach is considered an emerging antimicrobial alternative. In [...]![]()
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Aragonés Tapia, Juan Ignacio ; Tapia-Fonllem, César ; Poggio Lagares, Lucía ; Fraijo-Sing, Blanca | MDPI | 2017-02-13This study applies the “psychometric paradigm” of risk perception to the heavy mineral spill in the Sonora River (Mexico). A total of 241 inhabitants of the polluted area with a mean age of 46.3 years participated in the study, completing an int[...]![]()
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Yacamán Ochoa, Carolina ; Matarán Ruiz, Alberto ; Mata Olmo, Rafael ; Macías Figueroa, Álvaro ; Torres Rodríguez, Adolfo | MDPI | 2020-06-20Discussions on food security in the Global North have raised questions about the capacity of peri-urban organic agriculture to provide sufficient healthy food for the urban market. Dealing with food security requires more attention to how to pro[...]![]()
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Adversarial classification (AC) is a major subfield within the increasingly important domain of adversarial machine learning (AML). So far, most approaches to AC have followed a classical game-theoretic framework. This requires unrealistic commo[...]![]()
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Fernández Trapero, María ; Pérez Díaz, Carmen ; Espejo Porras, Francisco ; Lago Femia, Eva de ; Fernández Ruiz, Javier | MDPI | 2020-02-11The phytocannabinoid-based medicine Sativex® is currently marketed for the treatment of spasticity and pain in multiple sclerosis patients and is being investigated for other central and peripheral pathological conditions. It may also serve in V[...]![]()
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Hübbers, Anna ; Hennings, Julia ; Lambertz, Daniela ; Haas, Ute ; Trautwein, Christian ; Nevzorova, Yulia A. ; Sonntag, Roland ; Liedtke, Christian | MDPI | 2020-05-05Liver fibrosis is a wound healing process in response to chronic liver injury, which is characterized by the accumulation of extracellular collagen produced by Hepatic Stellate Cells (HSCs). This process involves cell cycle re-entry and prolifer[...]![]()
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Lantero Bringas, Esther ; Matallanas Peñas, Beatriz ; Pascual, Susana ; Ochando González, María Dolores ; Callejas Hervás, Carmen | MDPI | 2020-06-26The olive fruit fly (olf) Bactrocera oleae is the most damaging olive pest. The intensive use of organophosphates (OPs) to control it, led to an increase in resistance in field populations. This study assesses the presence and distribution of th[...]![]()
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Phytoestrogens are plant-derived polyphenols with a structure similar to human estrogens. The three main groups of phytoestrogens, isoflavones, ellagitannins, and lignans, are transformed into equol, urolithins, and enterolignans, respectively, [...]![]()
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Aldas, Miguel ; Pavon, Cristina ; López-Martínez, Juan ; Arrieta Dillon, Marina Patricia | MDPI | 2020Fully bio-based materials based on thermoplastic starch (TPS) were developed starting from corn starch plasticized with glycerol. The obtained TPS was further blended with five pine resin derivatives: gum rosin (GR), disproportionated gum rosin [...]![]()
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Bats have an important role in the ecosystem, and therefore an effective detection of their prevalence can contribute to their conservation. At present, the most commonly methodology used in the study of bats is the analysis of echolocation call[...]![]()
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Stivers, Nicole S. ; Islam, Ashraful ; Reyes-Reyes, Elsa M. ; Casson, Lavona K. ; Aponte, José C. ; Vaisberg, Abraham J. ; Hammond, Gerald B. ; Bates, Paula J. | MDPI | 2018-11-30T22:50:35ZWe previously reported on the isolation and biological activities of plagiochiline A (1), a 2,3-secoaromadendrane-type sesquiterpenoid from the Peruvian medicinal plant, Plagiochila disticha. This compound was found to have antiproliferative eff[...]![]()
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González Cano, Agustín ; Navarrete Fernández, María Cruz ; Esteban, Óscar ; Díaz Herrera, Natalia | MDPI | 2014A review of the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) transducers based on tapered fibers that have been developed in the last years is presented. The devices have proved their good performance (specifically, in terms of sensitivity) and their versati[...]![]()
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Vázquez Gómez, Marta ; Heras-Molina, Ana ; García-Contreras, Consolación ; Pesántez-Pacheco, José Luis ; Torres-Rovira, Laura ; Martinez-Fernandez, Beatriz ; González, Jorge ; Encinas Cerezo, Teresa ; Astiz, Susana ; Ovilo, Cristina ; Isabel Redondo, Beatriz ; González Bulnes, Antonio | MDPI | 2019-11-08Maternal supplementation with the polyphenol hydroxytyrosol in a swine model of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) improves the fetal oxidative status, decreases the appearance of low birth-weight neonates and favors growth during early post[...]![]()
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Rivera de la Torre, Esperanza ; Palacios Ortega, Juan ; Gavilanes, José G. ; Martínez del Pozo, Álvaro ; García Linares, Sara | MDPI | 2019Animal venoms are complex mixtures of highly specialized toxic molecules. Cnidarians and arachnids produce pore-forming proteins (PFPs) directed against the plasma membrane of their target cells. Among PFPs from cnidarians, actinoporins stand ou[...]![]()
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Capote-Moreno, Ana ; Ramos Alonso, Eva ; Egea, Javier ; López-Muñoz, Francisco ; Gil-Martín, Emilio ; Romero Martinez, Manuel Alejandro | MDPI | 2019-11-02The wide variety of epigenetic controls available is rapidly expanding the knowledge of molecular biology even overflowing it. At the same time, it can illuminate unsuspected ways of understanding the etiology of cancer. New emerging therapeutic[...]![]()
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Cuesta Mayorga, Iris ; Astilleros García-Monge, José Manuel ; Fernández-Díaz, Lourdes | MDPI | 2019-03-13In this work, we aimed to experimentally study the nucleation and growth of CaCO3 phases precipitated from supersaturated aqueous solutions in the presence of varying concentrations of sulphate oxyanion. The experiments were conducted under pH c[...]![]()
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Bizhani, Hasti ; Katbab, Ali Asghar ; López Hernández, Emil ; Miranda Pantoja, José Miguel ; López Manchado, Miguel A. ; Verdejo, Raquel | MDPI | 2020-10Hybrid ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer (EPDM) nanocomposite foams were produced via compression molding with enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption efficiency. The hybrid filler, consisting of 20 phr ferroelectric barium titanate (BT) and var[...]![]()
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Ausín Benito, Berta ; Muñoz López, Manuel ; Castellanos López, Miguel Ángel ; García, Sara | MDPI | 2020-03-15The prevalence of anxiety disorders over the last year among seniors ranged from 3.6% to 17.2%. The most prevalent disorders are specific phobias. Data are needed concerning the consequences of specific phobia disorder on the level of functionin[...]![]()
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A recent concern in the field of dyslexia studies is the lack of awareness and attention to university students suffering from this condition. If this problem is serious in countries where the relative opacity of the writing system allows for an[...]![]()
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In wireless body sensor network (WBSNs), the human body has an important effect on the performance of the communication due to the temporal variations caused and the attenuation and fluctuation of the path loss. This fact suggests that the trans[...]![]()
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Castillo Romero, Rafael ; Torre, Lorena de la ; García Ochoa, Félix ; Ladero Galán, Miguel ; Vallet Regí, María | MDPI | 2020-10-24The synthesis of MCM-41mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) of controlled sizes and porous structure has been performed at laboratory and pilot plant scales. Firstly, the effects of the main operating conditions (TEOS addition rate, nanopartic[...]![]()
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Pérez García, Selene ; Carrión Caballo, Mar ; Gutiérrez-Cañas, Irene ; Villanueva-Romero, Raúl ; Castro Moreno, David ; Martínez, Carmen ; González-Álvaro, Isidoro ; Blanco, Francisco J. ; Juarranz Moratilla, Yasmina ; Gomáriz, Rosa P. | MDPI | 2019-12-22The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex and specialized three-dimensional macromolecular network, present in nearly all tissues, that also interacts with cell surface receptors on joint resident cells. Changes in the composition and physical[...]![]()
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Úbeda Palenque, José ; Bonshoms, Martí ; Iparraguirre, Joshua ; Sáez, Lucía ; de la Fuente, Ramón ; Janssen, Lila ; Concha, Ronald ; Vásquez, Pool ; Masías, Pablo | MDPI | 2018This work investigates the timing, paleoclimatic framework and inter-hemispheric teleconnections inferred from the glaciers last maximum extension and the deglaciation onset in the Arid Tropical Andes. A study area was selected to the northeastw[...]