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Fresco Taboada, Alba ; Fernández Lucas, Jesús ; Acebal Sarabia, Carmen ; Arroyo Sánchez, Miguel ; Ramón, Fernando ; Mata Riesco, Isabel de la ; Mancheño, José | MDPI | 2018-01-03Structure-function relationships of a novel 20-deoxyribosyltransferase from the psychrotolerant bacterium Bacillus psychrosaccharolyticus (BpNDT) have been exhaustively studied by biochemical and high resolution crystallographic analyses. Despit[...]texto impreso
Ruiz Roso, Jesús ; García Lorenzo, Mari Luz ; Castiñeiras García, Pedro ; Muñoz Martín, Alfonso ; Crespo Feo, Elena | MDPI | 2020-12-14Abandoned mine wastes, containing high sulfide contents, are of particular concern because of the formation of acid mine drainage (AMD), becoming an active and harmful point source of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) to the environment. A detai[...]texto impreso
Gonzales-Arimborgo, Carla ; Yupanqui, Irma ; Montero, Elsa ; Alarcon-Yaquetto, Dulce-E. ; Zevallos-Concha, Alisson ; Caballero, Lidia ; Gasco, Manuel ; Zhao, Jianping ; Khan, Ikhlas-A. ; Gonzales, Gustavo-F. | MDPI | 2019-02-06T14:45:34ZThe plant maca, grown at 4000 m altitude in the Peruvian Central Andes, contains hypocotyls that have been used as food and in traditional medicine for centuries. The aim of this research was to provide results on some health effects of oral ad[...]texto impreso
Torres-Slimming, Paola A. ; Wright, Carlee ; Carcamo, Cesar P. ; García, Patricia J. ; Research Team, Ihacc ; Harper, Sherilee L. | MDPI | 2019-12-06T20:57:42ZSustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG-6) addresses poor water quality, inadequate sanitation, and improper hygiene, all of which negatively impact health and disproportionately impact Indigenous Peoples' health. Understanding and responding to loc[...]texto impreso
Torres-Slimming, Paola A. ; Wright, Carlee ; Carcamo, Cesar P. ; García, Patricia J. ; Research Team, Ihacc ; Harper, Sherilee L. | MDPI | 2019-08-08T15:23:46ZSustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG-6) addresses poor water quality, inadequate sanitation, and improper hygiene, all of which negatively impact health and disproportionately impact Indigenous Peoples' health. Understanding and responding to loc[...]texto impreso
Martínez Jiménez, Eva María ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena ; Díaz-Velázquez, José Ignacio ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Palomo-López, Patricia ; Calvo-Lobo, César ; López-López, Daniel ; Rodríguez Sanz, David | MDPI | 2019-01-07Background: Postural balance and fall efficacy (self-perceived confidence in performing daily physical activities) have been found to be risk factors associated with falls in older adults. Stretching is one intervention that has been investigate[...]texto impreso
De-La-Cruz-Torres, Blanca ; Abuín-Porras, Vanesa ; Blanco-Morales, María ; de-la-Cueva-Reguera, Mónica ; Calvo Lobo, César ; López-López, Daniel ; Romero-Morales, Carlos | MDPI | 2020-05-10Background and Objectives: The repetitive loading forces generated during football activities may induce alterations in the hip rotation range of motion (ROM) in players. The objective of this study was to evaluate the acute effects of a trainin[...]texto impreso
Nanomaterials have unique properties and characteristics derived from their shape and small size that are not present in bulk materials. If size and shape are decisive, the synthesis method used, which determines the above parameters, is equally[...]texto impreso
Valdueza-Felip, Sirona ; Blasco, Rodrigo ; Olea Ariza, Javier ; Diaz-Lobo, Alba ; Braña, Alejandro F. ; Naranjo, Fernando B. | MDPI | 2020-05-19We investigate the photovoltaic performance of solar cells based on n-AlxIn1texto impreso
Ambient Noise Measurements to Constrain the Geological Structure of the Güevéjar Landslide (S Spain)
Delgado, José ; Galiana Merino, Juan José ; García-Tortosa, Francisco J. ; Garrido, Jesús ; Lenti, Luca ; Martino, Salvatore ; Peláez, José A. ; Rodríguez Peces, Martín Jesús ; Sanz De Galdeano-Equiza, Carlos ; Soler Llorens, Juan L. | MDPI | 2021The reactivation of very large landslides may cause severe damage to society. Its prevention and management requires detailed information on the geometry and structure of these landslides, but the use of standard techniques (boreholes) may be pr[...]texto impreso
The decrease in the proliferative response of lymphocytes is one of the most evident among the age-related changes of the immune system. This has been linked to a higher risk of mortality in both humans and experimental animals. However, long-li[...]texto impreso
An electronic charge compensation device (ECCD) is a passive device that carries electrical currents away, on time, to the electrical Earth field. It prevents lightning’s impacts, derivative electric current pulses, and reduces the radiofrequenc[...]texto impreso
Using elementary techniques, an algorithmic procedure to construct skew-symmetric matrices realizing the real irreducible representations of so(3) is developed. We further give a simple criterion that enables one to deduce the decomposition of a[...]texto impreso
Evolution of an individual within another individual is known as within-host dynamics (WHD). The most common modeling technique to study WHD involves ordinary differential equations (ODEs). In the field of biology, models of this kind assume, fo[...]texto impreso
Evolution of an individual within another individual is known as within-host dynamics (WHD). The most common modeling technique to study WHD involves ordinary differential equations (ODEs). In the field of biology, models of this kind assume, fo[...]texto impreso
Montes-Casado, María ; Sanvicente, Adrián ; Casarrubios Molina, Laura ; Feito Castellano, María José ; Rojo, J.M. ; Vallet Regí, María ; Arcos Navarrete, Daniel ; Portoles, Pilar ; Portolés Pérez, María Teresa | MDPI | 2020-11-05Mesoporous bioactive glass nanospheres (NanoMBGs) have high potential for clinicalapplications. However, the impact of nanoparticles on the immune system needs to be addressed. In this study, the biocompatibility of SiO2-CaO NanoMBGs was evalua[...]texto impreso
Rizzo, Giovanna ; Dichicco, Maria Carmela ; Castiñeiras García, Pedro ; Grassa, Fausto ; Laurita, Salvatore ; Paternoster, Michele ; Sinisi, Rosa ; Mongelli, Giovanni | MDPI | 2020A comprehensive study of the serpentinite and associated veins belonging to the Frido Unit in the Pollino Massif (southern Italy) is presented here with the aim to provide new constraints about the hydrothermal system hosted by the accretionary [...]texto impreso
Clay authigenesis mostly concerns: (a) the formation of clays by direct precipitation from solution, called “neoformation” and (b) development of clays by transformation of precursor minerals. Precipitation from solution implies that a new miner[...]texto impreso
Fernández-Cervantes, Marcos ; Pérez Alonso, M. José ; Blanco-Salas, José ; Soria, Ana Crsitina ; Ruiz-Téllez, Trinidad | MDPI | 2019-06Chamaemelum fuscatum (Brot.) Vasc. is a south west Iberian chamomile that has been traditionally used as folk medicine in its natural distribution area but currently it is underestimated regarding its biological activities. For this reason, it i[...]texto impreso
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Palomo-López, Patricia ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; López-López, Daniel ; Calvo-Lobo, César ; Herrera Lara, Manuel Eugenio ; Murillo González, Jorge Alfonso ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta | MDPI | 2018-11-22Background: Extensor tendon disorders may cause severe functional impairments, and there is a lack of knowledge about their anatomic associations with the proximal fingernail matrix. Objective: To delineate the association between the distal ext[...]texto impreso
Romero-Morales, Carlos ; López-Nuevo, Carlos ; Fort-Novoa, Carlos ; Palomo-López, Patricia ; Rodríguez Sanz, David ; López-López, Daniel ; Calvo Lobo, César ; De-La-Cruz-Torres, Blanca | MDPI | 2020-05-28Ankle sprains have been defined as the most common injury in sports. The aim of the present study was to investigate the ankle taping for the reduction of ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM) and inter-limb in elite soccer and basketball pla[...]texto impreso
In an earlier paper, we proved that Smarandache’s definition of neutrosophic paraconsistent topology is neither a generalization of Çoker’s intuitionistic fuzzy topology nor a generalization of Smarandache’s neutrosophic topology. Recently, Sala[...]texto impreso
Guzman, J. ; Téné, N. ; Touchard, A. ; Castillo, D. ; Belkhelfa, H. ; Haddioui-Hbabi, L. ; Treilhou, M. ; Sauvain, M. | MDPI | 2018-11-30T23:41:31ZThe venom peptide bicarinalin, previously isolated from the ant Tetramorium bicarinatum, is an antimicrobial agent with a broad spectrum of activity. In this study, we investigate the potential of bicarinalin as a novel agent against Helicobacte[...]texto impreso
Álvarez, Rafael ; Muñoz-Piña, Sandra ; González, Maria U. ; Izquierdo-Barba, Isabel ; Fernández-Martín, Iván ; Rico, Victor J. ; Arcos Navarrete, Daniel ; García-Valenzuela, Aurelio ; Palmero, Alberto ; Vallet Regí, María ; González-Elipe, Agustín R. ; García-Martín, José R. | MDPI | 2019-08-28Based on an already tested laboratory procedure, a new magnetron sputtering methodology to simultaneously coat two-sides of large area implants (up to ~15 cm2) with Ti nanocolumns in industrial reactors has been developed. By analyzing the requi[...]texto impreso
Merino, José Joaquín ; Roncero Romero, César ; Oset Gasque, María Jesús ; Naddaf, Ahmad ; González Prieto, María Pilar | MDPI | 2014-02-12In the present work, we have studied whether cell death could be induced in cortical neurons from rats subjected to different period of O2 deprivation and low glucose (ODLG). This “in vitro” model is designed to emulate the penumbra area under i[...]texto impreso
Erami, Roghayeh Sadeghi ; Ovejero, Karina ; Meghdadi, Soraia ; Filice, Marco ; Amirnasr, Mehdi ; Rodríguez Diéguez, Antonio ; Orden, María Ulagares de la ; Gómez Ruiz, Santiago | MDPI | 2018-06-14Functionalized magnetite nanoparticles (FMNPs) and functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles (FMSNs) were synthesized by the conjugation of magnetite and mesoporous silica with the small and fluorogenic benzothiazole ligand, that is, 2(2-hy[...]texto impreso
Mathematical groundwater modelling with homogeneous permeability zones has been used for decades to manage water resources in the Almonte-Marismas aquifer (southwest Spain). This is a highly heterogeneous detrital aquifer which supports valuable[...]texto impreso
We review recent advances in the understanding of the Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) transition and its nature, paying special attention to the analysis of chiral symmetry restoration within different approaches based on effective theories. After [...]texto impreso
Humbert, Magali ; Morán, María ; de la Cruz-Ojeda, Patricia ; Muntané, Jordi ; Wiedmer, Tabea ; Apostolova, Nadezda ; McKenna, Sharon L. ; Velasco Díez, Guillermo ; Balduini, Walter ; Eckhart, Leopold ; Janji, Bassam ; Sampaio-Marques, Belém ; Ludovico, Paula ; Žerovnik, Eva ; Langer, Rupert ; Perren, Aurel ; Engedal, Nikolai ; Tschan, Mario P. | MDPI | 2020-03-21Autophagy is a highly conserved degradation mechanism that is essential for maintaining cellular homeostasis. In human disease, autophagy pathways are frequently deregulated and there is immense interest in targeting autophagy for therapeutic ap[...]texto impreso
López-Pintor Alcón, Antonio ; Sanz-Cañada, Javier ; Salas, Ernesto ; Rescia Perazzo, Alejandro Javier | MDPI | 2018-07-27Traditional agricultural systems and their spatial context constitute socio-ecological landscapes for their long co-evolutionary history. However, these systems not only generate positive but also negative agri-environmental externalities, such [...]texto impreso
García Lorenzo, Mari Luz ; Crespo Feo, Elena ; Esbrí Victor, José María ; Higueras, Pablo ; Grau, Patricia ; Crespo, Isabel ; Sánchez Donoso, Ramón | MDPI | 2019-06-05This work presents an integral methodological approach to assess the environmental potential hazards posed by metals and metalloids hosted by spolic technosols derived from old tailings from a mining operation for galena (PbS, with high Ag conte[...]texto impreso
García-Díaz, Marta ; Gil-Serna, Jessica ; Patiño Álvarez, Belén ; García Cela, Esther ; Magan, Naresh ; Medina, Ángel | MDPI | 2020-02-25Aflatoxin contamination of foodstuffs poses a serious risk to food security, and it is essential to search for new control methods to prevent these toxins entering the food chain. Several essential oils are able to reduce the growth and mycotoxi[...]texto impreso
Wrent, Petra ; Rivas, Eva María ; Gil de Prado, Elena ; Martínez Peinado, José ; Siloniz Jiménez, María Isabel de | MDPI | 2015-09In this work we analyze the spoiling potential of Meyerozyma guilliermondii in yogurt. The analysis was based on contaminated samples sent to us by an industrial laboratory over two years. All the plain and fruit yogurt packages were heavily con[...]texto impreso
Underhill, Lindsay J. ; Bose, Sonali ; Williams, D'Ann L. ; Romero, Karina M. ; Malpartida, Gary ; Breysse, Patrick N. ; Klasen, Elizabeth M. ; Combe, Juan M. ; Checkley, William ; Hansel, Nadia N. | MDPI | 2019-02-06T14:52:36ZThe influence of traffic-related air pollution on indoor residential exposure is not well characterized in homes with high natural ventilation in low-income countries. Additionally, domestic allergen exposure is unknown in such populations. We [...]texto impreso
García Villalba, Luis Javier ; García Matesanz, Julián ; Sandoval Orozco, Ana Lucila ; Márquez Díaz, José Duván | MDPI | 2011The TCP/IP protocol allows the different nodes in a network to communicate by associating a different IP address to each node. In wired or wireless networks with infrastructure, we have a server or node acting as such which correctly assigns IP [...]texto impreso
Bankruptcy Risk, Its Financial Determinants and Reporting Delays: Do Managers Have Anything to Hide?
The aim of this study was to investigate whether firms’ reporting delays are interconnected with bankruptcy risk and its financial determinants. This study was based on 698,189 firm-year observations from Estonia. Annual report submission delay,[...]texto impreso
Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) influences the perception of taste and texture, features both relevant in acquiring food liking and, with time, food preference. However, no studies have yet investigated the relationship between basal activity level[...]texto impreso
We propose addressing an organization’s adoption of an environmental certification as a multicriteria problem considering environmental sustainability as well as economic and strategic aspects. Our methodological approach uses the Analytical Hie[...]texto impreso
Rhodes, Evelyn L. ; Dreibelbis, Robert ; Klasen, Elizabeth M. ; Naithani, Neha ; Baliddawa, Joyce ; Menya, Diana ; Khatry, Subarna ; Levy, Stephanie ; Tielsch, James M. ; Miranda, J. Jaime ; Kennedy, Caitlin ; Checkley, William | MDPI | 2020-06-10T18:11:35ZGlobal efforts are underway to develop and promote improved cookstoves which may reduce the negative health and environmental effects of burning solid fuels on health and the environment. Behavioral studies have considered cookstove user practi[...]texto impreso
Martínez Herrero, Rosario ; Piquero Sanz, Gemma María ; González de Sande, Juan Carlos ; Santarsiero, Massimo ; Gori, Franco | MDPI | 2019-07-01Partially coherent sources with non-conventional coherence properties present unusual behaviors during propagation, which have potential application in fields like optical trapping and microscopy. Recently, partially coherent sources exhibiting [...]texto impreso
González-Nieto, Daniel ; Fernández-Serra, Rocío ; Pérez-Rigueiro, José ; Panetsos Petrova, Fivos ; Martinez-Murillo, Ricardo ; Guinea, Gustavo V. | MDPI | 2020-04-26Ischemic stroke represents one of the most prevalent pathologies in humans and is a leading cause of death and disability. Anti-thrombolytic therapy with tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and surgical thrombectomy are the primary treatments to[...]texto impreso
Greiner, Martina ; Fernández Díaz, Lurdes ; Griesshaber, Erika ; Zenkert, Moritz N. ; Yin, Xiaofei ; Ziegler, Andreas ; Veintemillas Verdaguer, Sabino ; Schmahl, Wolfgang W. | MDPI | 2018We present results of bioaragonite to apatite conversion in bivalve, coral and cuttlebone skeletons, biological hard materials distinguished by specific microstructures, skeletal densities, original porosities and biopolymer contents. The most p[...]texto impreso
Pérez-Monserrat, Elena Mercedes ; Varas Muriel, María José ; Álvarez de Buergo, Mónica ; Fort González, Rafael | MDPI | 2016Air pollution induces the development of black crusts on the surface of built heritage materials. Black layers on the limestone used on an emblematic Madrilenian building dating from the early twentieth century, mainly built up in the 20 years l[...]texto impreso
Over 35 years ago, c-MYC, a highly pleiotropic transcription factor that regulates hepatic cell function, was identified. In recent years, a considerable increment in the number of publications has significantly shifted the way that the c-MYC fu[...]texto impreso
Calibration and validation of flood risk maps at a national or a supra-national level remains a problematic aspect due to the limited information available to carry out these tasks. However, this validation is essential to define the representat[...]texto impreso
Miguela Villoldo, Pedro ; Hernández, Marta ; Moreno Romo, Miguel Ángel ; Rodríguez-Lázaro, David ; Quesada, Alberto ; Domínguez Rodríguez, Lucas ; Ugarte Ruiz, María | MDPI | 2019-09-11Carbapenems are considered last-resort antimicrobials, especially for treating infections involving multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. In recent years, extended-spectrum ?-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacte[...]texto impreso
Rey Muñoz, Ana Isabel ; De-Cara, Almudena ; Calvo, Luis ; Puig, Patricia ; Hechavarría, Teresa | MDPI | 2020-01-08Olive tree leaves are characterized for having not only a potent antioxidant power but also effects on glucose and lipid metabolism. The impact of the individual oleuropein (OLE), vitamin E + Se (VE), or a combined supplementation of oleuropein,[...]texto impreso
Cuadrado Hoyos, Carmen ; Sanchiz, Africa ; Vicente, Fátima ; Ballesteros, Isabel ; Linacero de la Fuente, Rosario | MDPI | 2020-02-20Tree nuts confer many health benefits due to their high content of vitamins and antioxidants, and they are increasingly consumed in the last few years. Food processing is an important industrial tool to modify allergenic properties of foods, in [...]texto impreso
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can occur at any time of life, but its incidence and risk of death are linked to increasing age. CAP in the elderly is a major health problem associated with high rates of readmission, morbidity, and mortality.[...]