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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.[...]texto impreso
Quasicrystals are a class of ordered solids made of typical metallic atoms but they do not exhibit the physical properties that usually signal the presence of metallic bonding, and their electrical and thermal transport properties resemble a mor[...]texto impreso
Background: Modern Elekta Neuromag MEG devices include 102 sensor triplets containing one magnetometer and two planar gradiometers. The first processing step is often a signal space separation (SSS), which provides a powerful noise reduction. A [...]texto impreso
Mediavilla López, Rosa María ; Santisteban Navarro, Juan Ignacio ; López Cilla, Ignacio ; Galán de Frutos, Luis ; Hera Portillo, África de la | MDPI | 2020Wetlands are environments whose water balance is highly sensitive to climate change and human action. This sensitivity has allowed us to explore the relationships between surface water and groundwater in the long term as their sediments record a[...]texto impreso
Gomez-Lucia, Esperanza ; Collado Alcalá, Victorio Manuel ; Miró Corrales, Guadalupe ; Martín Iniesta, Sonsoles ; Benítez Rico, Laura ; Doménech, Ana | MDPI | 2020-08-20Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), two of the most important pathogens of cats, produce chronic systemic diseases with progressive death of cells involved in the immune response, ultimately leading to death. Im[...]texto impreso
Sanz González, Silvia María ; García Medina, José Javier ; Zanón Moreno, Vicente ; López Gálvez, María Isabel ; Galarreta Mira, David ; Duarte, Lilianne ; Valero Velló, Mar ; Ramírez Sebastián, Ana Isabel ; Arévalo, J. Fernando ; Pinazo Durán, Mª Dolores | MDPI | 2020-11-09Reactive oxygen species (ROS) overproduction and ROS-signaling pathways activation attack the eyes. We evaluated the oxidative stress (OS) and the effects of a daily, core nutritional supplement regimen containing antioxidants and omega 3 fatty [...]texto impreso
Martínez, Carmen ; Juarranz Moratilla, Yasmina ; Gutiérrez Cañas, Irene ; Carrión Caballo, Mar ; Pérez García, Selene ; Villanueva Romero, Raúl ; Castro Moreno, David ; Lamana, Amalia ; Mellado, Mario ; González Álvaro, Isidoro ; Gomáriz, Rosa P. | MDPI | 2019-12-20The neuroendocrine and immune systems are coordinated to maintain the homeostasis of the organism, generating bidirectional communication through shared mediators and receptors. Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) is the paradigm of an endogenou[...]texto impreso
López-López, Daniel ; Grela-Fariña, Marta ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta ; Calvo Lobo, César ; Rodríguez Sanz, David ; Palomo-López, Patricia ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo | MDPI | 2018-02-07Alzheimer’s disease (AD) shows a marked presence of physiologic changes and the start or aggravation of underlying diseases such as physical frailty in diverse anatomical regions. It is believed to have a particularly harmful effect on the healt[...]texto impreso
Naranjo Fernández, Nuria ; Guardiola-Albert, Carolina ; Aguilera Alonso, Héctor ; Serrano Hidalgo, Carolina ; Montero González, Esperanza | MDPI | 2020Groundwater resources are regularly the principal water supply in semiarid and arid climate areas. However, groundwater levels (GWL) in semiarid aquifers are suffering a general decrease because of anthropic exploitation of aquifers and the repe[...]texto impreso
Groundwater represents an essential resource in sub-Saharan Africa, where several hundred million people rely on aquifers for domestic supply. This paper presents a method to map groundwater potential in the Republic of Mali based on a spatially[...]texto impreso
Jiménez, Felipe ; Naranjo, José ; Sánchez, Sofía ; Serradilla, Francisco ; Pérez Moreno, Elisa ; Hernández Lloreda, María José ; Ruiz Gallego-Largo, Trinidad | MDPI | 2018Road vehicles include more and more assistance systems that perform tasks to facilitate driving and make it safer and more efficient. However, the automated vehicles currently on the market do not exceed SAE level 2 and only in some cases reach [...]texto impreso
Truchado, Daniel A. ; Llanos Garrido, Alejandro ; Oropesa Olmedo, David A. ; Cerrada, Belén ; Cea, Pablo ; Moens, Michaël André Jean ; Gomez-Lucia, Esperanza ; Doménech, Ana ; Milá, Borja ; Pérez Tris, Javier ; Cadar, Daniel ; Benítez Rico, Laura | MDPI | 2020-11-26Our understanding about viruses carried by wild animals is still scarce. The viral diversity of wildlife may be best described with discovery-driven approaches to the study of viral diversity that broaden research efforts towards non-canonical h[...]texto impreso
Abuín-Porras, Vanesa ; Maldonado-Tello, Paula ; de la Cueva-Reguera, Mónica ; Rodríguez Sanz, David ; Calvo Lobo, César ; López-López, Daniel ; Navarro-Flores, Emmanuel ; Romero-Morales, Carlos | MDPI | 2020-02-19Background and Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to quantify and compare lateral abdominal musculature thickness, including the transverse abdominis (TrA), internal oblique (IO), and external oblique (EO) muscles, via rehabilitati[...]texto impreso
The microstructure of the rostrum solidum of Jurassic belemnites is compared with that of Sepia cuttlebones, in order to examine possible convergences in their style of growth. For this study, transmitted and polarized light, cathodoluminescence[...]texto impreso
Costa, Filipe ; Traoré-Dubuis, Ali ; Álvarez, Lidia ; Lozano, Ana I. ; Ren, Xueguang ; Dorn, Alexander ; Limão-Vieira, Paulo ; Blanco Ramos, Francisco ; Oller, Juan C. ; Muñoz, Antonio ; García-Abenza, Adrián ; Gorfinkiel, Jimena D. ; Barbosa, Alessandra S. ; Bettega, Marcio H. F. ; Stokes, Peter ; White, Ronald D. ; Jones, Darryl B. ; Brunger, Michael J. ; García, Gustavo | MDPI | 2020-09-22Electron scattering cross sections for pyridine in the energy range 0-100 eV, which we previously measured or calculated, have been critically compiled and complemented here with new measurements of electron energy loss spectra and double differ[...]texto impreso
Salete, Eduardo ; Vargas, A. M. ; García, Ángel ; Negreanu, Mihaela ; Benito, Juan J. ; Ureña, Francisco | MDPI | 2020-12-20In this paper we obtain a novel implementation for irregular clouds of nodes of the meshless method called Generalized Finite Difference Method for solving the complex Ginzburg–Landau equation. We derive the explicit formulae for the spatial der[...]texto impreso
García-Díaz, Marta ; Gil-Serna, Jessica ; Vázquez, Covadonga ; Botia, María Nieves ; Patiño Álvarez, Belén | MDPI | 2020-01-20Mycotoxin contamination is one of the main problems affecting corn production, due to its significant risk to human and animal health. The Fusarium and Aspergillus species are the main producers of mycotoxins in maize, infecting both pre-harvest[...]texto impreso
The current debate about a possible change of paradigm from a single universe to a multiverse scenario could have deep implications on our view of cosmology and of science in general. These implications therefore deserve to be analyzed from a fu[...]texto impreso
Palomo-López, Patricia ; López-López, Daniel ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena ; Rodríguez Sanz, David ; Fernández-Carnero, Josué ; Martiniano, João ; Calvo Lobo, César | MDPI | 2019-11-19Background and Objectives: Foot problems may be considered to be a prevalent condition and impact the health-related quality of life (QoL). Considering these Spanish-validated tools, the Foot Health Status questionnaire (FHSQ) may provide a heal[...]texto impreso
Chulluncuy, Roberto ; Espiche, Carlos ; Nakamoto, Jose-Alberto ; Fabbretti, Attilio ; Milon, Pohl | MDPI | 2019-02-06T14:45:12ZAminoglycoside antibiotics are widely used to treat infectious diseases. Among them, streptomycin and kanamycin (and derivatives) are of importance to battle multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Both drugs bind the small ribosom[...]texto impreso
Peral Cerdá, Assumpta ; Martínez Águila, Alejandro ; Pastrana, Cristina ; Huete Toral, Fernando ; Carpena Torres, Carlos ; Carracedo Rodríguez, Juan Gonzalo | MDPI | 2020-07-27Glaucoma is an optical neuropathy associated to a progressive degeneration of retinal ganglion cells with visual field loss and is the main cause of irreversible blindness in the world. The treatment has the aim to reduce intraocular pressure. T[...]texto impreso
Souza, Wellington Silva de ; Iranfar, Arman ; Braulio, Anderson ; Zapater, Marina ; Souza, Samuel Xavier de ; Olcoz Herrero, Katzalin ; Atienza, David | MDPI | 2020-05Run-time profiling of software applications is key to energy efficiency. Even the most optimized hardware combined to an optimally designed software may become inefficient if operated poorly. Moreover, the diversification of modern computing pla[...]texto impreso
Cucumis metuliferus Fruit Extract Loaded Acetate Cellulose Coatings for Antioxidant Active Packaging
Arrieta Dillon, Marina Patricia ; Garrido, Luan ; Faba, Simón ; Guarda, Abel ; Galotto, María José ; López de Dicastillo, Carol | MDPI | 2020A new active coating was developed by using Cucumis metuliferus fruit extract as antioxidant additive with the aim of obtaining an easy way to functionalize low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films for food packaging applications. Thus, an extracti[...]texto impreso
Historic city centres of European cities are one of the most important elements of the European cultural heritage. They are places that attract many visitors due to their relevance in terms of heritage, but the recent growth of tourist flows con[...]texto impreso
Drilling is one of the most common machining operations in the aeronautic and aerospace industries. For assembling parts, a large number of holes are usually drilled into the parts so that they can be joined later by rivets. As these holes are s[...]texto impreso
Kolosovas Machuca, Eleazar Samuel ; Cuadrado Conde, Alexander ; Ojeda Galván, Hiram Joazet ; Ortiz Dosal, Luis Carlos ; Hernández Arteaga, Aida Catalina ; Rodríguez Aranda, María del Carmen ; Navarro Contreras, Hugo Ricardo ; Alda, Javier ; González Contreras, Francisco Javier | MDPI | 2019-02-06In this paper, we report a fast and easy method to detect histamine dihydrochloride using gold nanostars in colloidal aqueous solution as a highly active SERS platform with potential applications in biomedicine and food science. This colloid was[...]texto impreso
Vu, B.N. ; Sánchez, O. ; Bi, J. ; Xiao, Q. ; Hansel, N.N. ; Checkley, W. ; Gonzales, G.F. ; Steenland, K. ; Liu, Y. | MDPI | 2019-07-04T16:59:28ZIt is well recognized that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) affects health adversely, yet few studies from South America have documented such associations due to the sparsity of PM 2.5 measurements. Lima's topography and aging vehic[...]texto impreso
Vu, B.N. ; Sánchez, O. ; Bi, J. ; Xiao, Q. ; Hansel, N.N. ; Checkley, W. ; Gonzales, G.F. ; Steenland, K. ; Liu, Y. | MDPI | 2019-12-06T21:02:55ZIt is well recognized that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) affects health adversely, yet few studies from South America have documented such associations due to the sparsity of PM2.5 measurements. Lima's topography and aging vehicula[...]texto impreso
Casado-Hernández, Israel ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena ; Soriano-Medrano, Alfredo ; Morales-Ponce, Ángel ; Martiniano, João ; López-López, Daniel ; Calvo-Lobo, César | MDPI | 2020-03-26Objectives: Our primary aim was to develop a transcultural adaptation of a cycling questionnaire using the Borg CR-10 scale as a tool to describe the discomfort among motorcyclists during the riding process in two trial sessions. Design: A trans[...]texto impreso
Herrero Fernández, María Josefa ; Marfil, Rafaela ; Escavy Fernández, José Ignacio ; Al-Aasm, Ihsan ; Scherer, Michael | MDPI | 2020Within the Upper Triassic successions in the Iberian Basin (Spain), the occurrence of both idiomorphic bipyramidal quartz crystals as well as pseudohexagonal aragonite crystals are related to mudstone and evaporite bearing sequences. Bipyramidal[...]texto impreso
This contribution, based on the DICONALE ON LINE (FFI2012-32658) and COMBIDIGILEX (FFI2015-64476-P) research projects, aims to create an onomasiological bilingual dictionary with online access for German and Spanish verbal lexemes. The objective[...]texto impreso
Lavado-Garcia, Jesus ; Puerto-Parejo, Luis ; Roncero-Martin, Raul ; Moran, Jose ; Pedrera-Zamorano, Juan ; Aliaga Vera, Ignacio ; Leal-Hernández, Olga ; Canal-Macias, Maria | MDPI | 2017The bone is one of the relevant target organs of heavy metals, and heavy metal toxicity is associated with several degenerative processes, such osteoporosis and bone mineral alterations, that could lead to fractures. We aimed to study a presumed[...]texto impreso
García-Oliveira, Ana Luisa ; Martíns-Lópes, Paula ; Tolrà, Roser ; Poschenrieder, Charlotte ; Guedes-Pinto, Henrique ; Benito Jiménez, Cesar | MDPI | 2016-12-07The major limitation of cereal production in acidic soils is aluminium (Al) phytotoxicity which inhibits root growth. Recent evidence indicates that different genotypes within the same species have evolved different mechanisms to cope with this [...]texto impreso
Suárez-Canto, Julián ; Suárez-Sánchez, Faustino ; Domínguez-Iglesias, Francisco ; Hernández Vallejo, Gonzalo ; García Pedrero, Juana ; de Vicente, Juan | MDPI | 2018Zinc finger AN1-type containing 4 (ZFAND4) has emerged as a promising prognostic marker and predictor of metastasis for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). However, further validation is fundamental before clinical implementation.[...]texto impreso
Lan-Chow-Wing, Olivier ; Confente, Francesca ; Herrera-Pérez, Patricia ; Isorna Alonso, Esther ; Chereguini, Olvido ; Rendón, Maria ; Falcón, Jack ; Muñoz-Cueto, José | MDPI | 2014-11-13Melatonin actions are mediated through G protein-coupled transmembrane receptors. Recently, mt1, mt2, and mel1c melatonin receptors were cloned in the Senegalese sole. Here, their day-night and developmental expressions were analyzed by quantita[...]texto impreso
Alcaraz, Lorena ; Escudero, María Esther ; Alguacil, Francisco José ; Llorente, Irene ; Urbieta Quiroga, Ana Irene ; Fernández Sánchez, Paloma ; López, Félix Antonio | MDPI | 2019-10This paper describes the physicochemical study of the adsorption of dysprosium (Dy^(3+)) in aqueous solution onto two types of activated carbons synthesized from spent coffee ground. Potassium hydroxide (KOH)-activated carbon is a microporous ma[...]texto impreso
A vocabulary is a linguistic resource that helps manage, query and retrieve information and/or knowledge via words. If vocabularies are built and used in electronic format, they are referred as e-vocabularies. E-vocabularies have been used in Ed[...]texto impreso
Rodríguez Sousa, Antonio Alberto ; Barandica Fernández, Jesús María ; Rescia Perazzo, Alejandro Javier | MDPI | 2019-08-28In the last 50 years, both the agricultural labour force and irrigated land area have increased almost eightfold in Spain. The main objective of irrigation, in the short term, is to increase agricultural production. However, in the long term, th[...]texto impreso
Ramírez-Soto, Max C. ; Aguilar-Ancori, Elsa G. ; Tirado-Sánchez, Andrés ; Bonifaz, Alexandro | MDPI | 2018-11-30T03:10:44ZEcological determinants of sporotrichosis etiological agents remain poorly understood. For this reason, we performed explorations using local climate estimates to determine the temperature and humidity ranges of the environment where clinically [...]texto impreso
Education in Sustainable Development Goals is a basic step in attaining its objectives, and, therefore, it has been undertaken by broad sectors of the teaching community. Nevertheless, the “sustainability curriculum” derived from the Sustainable[...]texto impreso
Beltrán González, Freddys ; Arrieta Dillon, Marina Patricia ; Gaspar Roa, Gerald Manuel ; Orden Hernández, María Ulagares de la ; Martínez Urreaga, Joaquín | MDPI | 2020-07-29In this work, yerba mate nanoparticles (YMNs) were extracted from Ilex paraguairiencis yerba mate wastes and further used to improve the overall performance of mechanically recycled PLA (PLAR). Recycled PLA was obtained by melt reprocessing PLA [...]texto impreso
Sanchiz, Africa ; Cuadrado, Carmen ; Haddad, Joseph ; Linacero de la Fuente, Rosario | MDPI | 2020-06-03Tree nuts show nutritional properties and human health benefits. However, they contain allergenic proteins, which make them harmful to the sensitised population. The presence of tree nuts on food labelling is mandatory and, consequently, the dev[...]texto impreso
Sanchiz Giraldo, África ; Cuadrado, Carmen ; Haddad, Joseph ; Linacero de la Fuente, Rosario | MDPI | 2020-06-03Tree nuts show nutritional properties and human health benefits. However, they contain allergenic proteins, which make them harmful to the sensitised population. The presence of tree nuts on food labelling is mandatory and, consequently, the dev[...]texto impreso
Benito de Pedro, María ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena ; Rodríguez Sanz, David ; López-López, Daniel ; Cosín Matamoros, Julia María ; Martínez Jiménez, Eva ; Calvo Lobo, César | MDPI | 2019-10-05Background: Deep dry needling (DDN) and ischemic compression technic (ICT) may be considered as interventions used for the treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) in latent myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). The immediate effectiveness of bo[...]texto impreso
Garrido-Castells, Xavier ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Calvo Lobo, César ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena ; Palomo-López, Patricia ; Navarro-Flores, Emmanuel ; López-López, Daniel | MDPI | 2019-09-27Background: Leukocyte and platelet-rich fibrin (L-PRF) may be considered a co-adjuvant intervention that may play a key role in blood coagulation and tissue repair after nail surgeries. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of[...]texto impreso
Moreno-Gutierrez, Diamantina ; Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro ; Luis Barboza, Jose ; Contreras-Mancilla, Juan ; Gamboa, Dionicia ; Rodriguez, Hugo ; Carrasco-Escobar, Gabriel ; Boreux, Raphael ; Hayette, Marie-Pierre ; Beutels, Philippe ; Speybroeck, Niko ; Rosas-Aguirre, Angel | MDPI | 2019-03-05T15:23:27ZBackground: Faced with the resurgence of malaria, malaria surveillance in the Peruvian Amazon incorporated consecutive active case detection (ACD) interventions using light microscopy (LM) as reactive measure in communities with an unusual high [...]texto impreso
Rodríguez Sanz, David ; Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo, Ricardo ; Losa-Iglesias, Marta ; Martínez Jiménez, Eva ; Muñoz-García, Daniel ; Pérez-Boal, Eduardo ; Calvo-Lobo, César ; López-López, Daniel | MDPI | 2018-11-21Objective: To assess clinical differences in the Achilles tendons of runners with ankle equinus wearing either compressive or standard stockings. Design: Case–control study. Methods: In this study, we conducted clinical examinations of 98 sports[...]texto impreso
Moran, Jose ; Roncero-Martin, Raul ; Rodriguez-Velasco, Francisco ; Calderon-Garcia, Julian ; Rey-Sanchez, Purificacion ; Vera González, Vicente ; Canal-Macias, Maria ; Pedrera-Zamorano, Juan | MDPI | 2012Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is found in the rhizomes of the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa L.) and has been used for centuries as a dietary spice and as a traditional Indian medicine used to treat different conditions. At the cellular level, cur[...]texto impreso
García-Caparrós, Pedro ; Llanderal, Alfonso ; Hegarat, Elodie ; Jiménez-Lao, María ; Lao, María Teresa | MDPI | 2020-01-15We evaluated two osmotic adjustment substances (glycine betaine (GB) and glycine (G) and a combination of both glycine + glycine betaine (G + GB) using two modes of application; irrigation and foliar sprays with Dracaena sanderiana plants. The p[...]texto impreso
Haro, Andrés ; Gonzalez, Javier ; Evan, Trinidad de ; Fuente Vázquez, Jesús de la ; Carro, María Dolores | MDPI | 2019-07-04The objective of this study was to analyze the efficacy of a treatment (MAH) of sunflower seed (SS) and meal (SM) with a malic acid solution (1 M; 400 mL/kg) and heating (150 ?C, 2 h) to protect protein against rumen degradation and to improve t[...]texto impreso
Rebollada Merino, Agustín ; Bárcena Asensio, Carmen ; Ugarte Ruiz, María ; Porras González, Néstor ; Mayoral Alegre, Francisco Jesús ; Tomé Sánchez, Irene ; Domínguez Rodríguez, Lucas ; Rodríguez Bertos, Antonio Manuel | MDPI | 2019-11-09The olive oil sector is currently adapting its traditional function to also become a supplier of high-value by-products that possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the ferme[...]