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Alique, Matilde ; Ramírez-Carracedo, Rafael ; Bodega, Guillermo ; Carracedo Añón, Julia María ; Ramírez, Rafael | MDPI | 2018-07-09Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease that causes the most heart attacks and strokes in humans, is the leading cause of death in the developing world; its principal clinical manifestation is coronary artery disease. The development of [...]texto impreso
A wetland that does not comply with the ecological standards of EU Directive 2000/60/EC cannot properly provide its services. This paper presents a review of the criteria for wetland assessment based on the Spanish experience in two specific Ram[...]texto impreso
Ruiz Fernández, María José ; Jiménez, Sara ; Fernández Valle, Encarnación ; García Real, María Isabel ; Castejón Ferrer, David ; Moreno García, Nerea ; Ardiaca García, María ; Montesinos, Andrés ; Ariza, Salvador ; González Soriano, Juncal | MDPI | 2020-11-20The objective of the present study was to evaluate whether gender determination in two amphibian species (Kaloula pulchra and Xenopus laevis) can be reliably carried out by means of magnetic resonance imaging (benchtop magnetic resonance imaging[...]texto impreso
Martínez Jiménez, Eva ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena ; Díaz-Velázquez, José Ignacio ; Casado-Hernández, Israel ; Calvo Lobo, César ; López-López, Daniel ; Rodríguez Sanz, David | MDPI | 2019-09-02Some studies suggest that gender is related to gait. Females show significantly higher ankle motion and vertical ground reaction forces. Males have significantly larger plantar contact surface areas in all regions of the foot than females in mos[...]texto impreso
This article reports on the elements of adaptation to climate change in European Smart City initiatives in order to understand to what extent Smart Cities can be the answer in the fight against climate change. On the grounds of innovative effort[...]texto impreso
The use of nanomaterials for the treatment of solid tumours is receiving increasing attention by the scientific community. Among them, mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) exhibit unique features that make them suitable nanocarriers to host, t[...]texto impreso
This paper develops a social insurance accounting model for a notional defined contribution (NDC) scheme combining retirement and long-term care (LTC) contingencies. The procedure relies on standard double-entry bookkeeping and enables us to com[...]texto impreso
Historic centers have suffered different processes of neglect, occupation, segregation, gentrification, and touristification as a result of changes in demand and policies. Currently, they are going through a homogenization process motivated by t[...]texto impreso
Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M. ; Saavedra-Garcia, Lorena ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Sacksteder, Katherine A. ; Diez-Canseco, Francisco ; Gilman, Robert H. ; Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio | MDPI | 2018-11-30T22:50:37ZDespite the negative effects of high sodium and low potassium consumption on cardiovascular health, their consumption has not been quantified in sites undergoing urbanization. We aimed to determine the sodium and potassium consumption in a semi-[...]texto impreso
Sodium/salt consumption is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Although global targets to reduce salt intake have been established, current levels and trends of sodium consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are unknown. We c[...]texto impreso
The generic structure and some peculiarities of real rank one solvable Lie algebras possessing a maximal torus of derivations with the eigenvalue spectrum spec(t) = (1, k, k +1, ..., n + k-3, n +2k -3) for k [mayor o igual] 2 are analyzed, with [...]texto impreso
A review and a synthesis of the geological, mineralogical, and crystal chemical data available in the literature on active Spanish bentonitic exploitations were done, and at the same time, new data are provided from a set of representative sampl[...]texto impreso
Valencia Delfa, José ; Tarquis, Ana ; Saa, Antonio ; Villeta López, María del Carmen ; Gascó, José | MDPI | 2015Rainfall, one of the most important climate variables, is commonly studied due to its great heterogeneity, which occasionally causes negative economic, social, and environmental consequences. Modeling the spatial distributions of rainfall patter[...]texto impreso
Sierra, Miguel A. ; Sánchez, David ; Gutiérrez, Rafael ; Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ; Domínguez-Adame Acosta, Francisco ; Díaz García, Elena | MDPI | 2020-01The helical distribution of the electronic density in chiral molecules, such as DNA and bacteriorhodopsin, has been suggested to induce a spin-orbit coupling interaction that may lead to the so-called chirality-induced spin selectivity (CISS) ef[...]texto impreso
Sánchez-Sáez, José Manuel ; Palomo-López, Patricia ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Calvo-Lobo, César ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena ; López-del-Amo-Lorente, Andrés ; López-López, Daniel | MDPI | 2019-06-19Background: The main purpose of this research was to determine the stability of three different sanitary shoes on nurses with eyes open and closed with respect to barefoot condition. In addition, the secondary aim was to determine the reliabilit[...]texto impreso
Matei, Ana ; Swagemakers, Paul ; Domínguez García, María Dolores ; da Silva, Leonardo ; Ventura, Flaminia ; Milone, Pierluigi | MDPI | 2017-01-16The local turn to food is often claimed to be a way to increase the value-added component retained by primary producers and to provide healthy, fresh and affordable food to consumers. Rio do Grande do Sul in Brazil has several governmental suppo[...]texto impreso
Jiménez Holguín, Javier ; López Hidalgo, Álvaro ; Sánchez Salcedo, Sandra ; Peña Martínez, Juan ; Vallet Regí, María ; Salinas Sánchez, Antonio J. | MDPI | 2020-12-03In the search of a new biomaterial for the treatment of bone defects resulting from traumatic events, an osteoporosis scenario with bone fractures, tumor removal, congenital pathologies or implant revisions for infection, we developed 3D scaffol[...]texto impreso
Chitosan powder irradiated by electron beam at different doses, up to 250 kGy, was used to prepare membranes for drug release applications. The irradiation effect on the molecular weight of powder chitosan, the characteristics of the prepared me[...]texto impreso
Flores, Inmaculada ; Ortuño, M. T. ; Tirado Domínguez, Gregorio ; Vitoriano, Begoña | MDPI | 2020-04-22Disasters have been striking human-beings from the beginning of history and their management is a global concern of the international community. Minimizing the impact and consequences of these disasters, both natural and human-made, involves man[...]texto impreso
Aguilar Pujol, Montserrat X. ; Ramírez Jiménez, Rafael ; Xifre Pérez, Elisabet ; Cortijo Campos, Sandra ; Bartolomé Vílchez, Javier ; Marsal, Lluís F. ; Andrés, Alicia de | MDPI | 2020-05The detection of Raman signals from diluted molecules or biomaterials in complex media is still a challenge. Besides the widely studied Raman enhancement by nanoparticle plasmons, interference mechanisms provide an interesting option. A novel ap[...]texto impreso
Navarro-Flores, Emmanuel ; López-López, Daniel ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena ; Romero-Morales, Carlos ; San Antolín-Gil, Marta ; Calvo Lobo, César ; Bautista-Casasnovas, Adolfo Laureano | MDPI | 2020-04-14Subungual osteochondroma (SO) is an infrequent and non-malignant bone tumour of the distal phalanx, especially prominent in paediatric populations. The aim of this research was to describe a case series of paediatric feet with SO which received [...]texto impreso
This paper assesses the sustainability, efficiency and equity of water use in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by means of a geographic Water Footprint Assessment (WFA). It aims to provide understanding of water use from both a production a[...]texto impreso
Vázquez López, Antonio ; Yaseen, Anisa ; Maestre Varea, David ; Ramírez Castellanos, Julio ; Marstein, Erik S ; Karazhanov, Smagul Zh ; Cremades Rodríguez, Ana Isabel | MDPI | 2020-02-06In this work, layered hybrid composites formed by tin oxide (SnO) nanoparticles synthesized by hydrolysis and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) have been analyzed. Prior to the composite study, both SnO and PEDO[...]texto impreso
The rise of antibiotic resistance and the growing number of biofilm-related infectionsmake bacterial infections a serious threat f or global human health. Nanomedicine has entered into this scenario by bringing new alternatives to design and dev[...]texto impreso
Calvo-Lobo, César ; Painceira-Villar, Roi ; López-López, Daniel ; García-Paz, Vanesa ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta ; Palomo-López, Patricia | MDPI | 2018-12-12Background: Based on changes in lung function and musculoskeletal disorders in patients with asthma, this study aimed to compare the tarsal tunnel and fibular bone pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) of patients with asthma and healthy matched-paire[...]