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  • What makes hybrid companies attractive to potential employees? Insights from a cross-country analysis 

    Riviere, Monica; Garcia Pereyra, Jose Facundo; MION, Giorgio (The International Journal of Human Resource Management 2025, 36 (15), 2688-2716, 2025-09)
    While hybrid companies (HCs)—businesses that pursue both economic and social goals—are gaining prominence, little is known about what makes them attractive to potential employees. This study addresses ...
  • Copper Coils as Efficient and Inexpensive Reactors for the Synthesis of Tetrazoles in Flow Chemistry 

    Molins Colomer, Maite; Roig, Natàlia; FERNANDEZ, JAVIER; Berzosa, Xavier (EurJOC (European Journal of Organic Chemistry) 2025, 28 (36), e202500774, 2025-09-29)
    Sartans are an important family of drugs used to treat hypertension. A common characteristic of most of them is a biphenyl moiety with a tetrazole ring in the ortho position of the phenyl–phenyl bond. ...
  • Food waste in group dining: the interplay of shame and conflict aversion in the “last piece of food” dilemma 

    Filimonau, Viachaslau; Matute, Jorge; Sezerel, Hakan; ÖZOĞUL BALYALI, TUĞÇE (Journal of Sustainable Tourism 2026, 4 (1), 60-85, 2026-01)
    Group dining at social or business occasions frequently encounters the “last piece of food” dilemma, where a single item remains uneaten when food is served to event guests on a shared plate. Despite ...
  • Advanced Skin Models for Nanomaterials Safety Assessment 

    Ribeiro, Ana; Costa, S.; Nogueira, S.; González-Durruthy, M.; Colley, H.; Oliva-Jorge, Nuria; De Vecchi, R.; Alfaro-Moreno, Ernesto (Nanosafety, 2025-08-18)
    The human skin acts as a biological shield against prolonged exposure to nanomaterials (NMs) and nanoparticles (NPs) coming from cosmetics, textiles, and environmental pollutants that are known to lead ...
  • Emergent and growing entrepreneurial ecosystems: How do institutional logics shape fields of entrepreneurship? 

    Alterskye, Alex; Cuvero, Marco; Hernandez-Vivanco, Alfonso; Belitski, Maksim; Bortnovskaya, Maria (International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 2025, 43 (8), 2025-11)
    This article explores two different types of entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) – emergent and growing – using the institutional logics perspective. Fields of entrepreneurship within EEs are analysed ...
  • Silver-coated silicone stents as an approach to prevent bacterial colonization of central airways after tracheobronchial stenting 

    Lopez-Lisbona, Rosa; Calatayud, Laura; Gilabert Porres, Joan; Díez Ferrer, Marta; Borrós, Salvador; Ardanuy, Carmen; Santos, Salud; Rosell, Antoni; Martí, Sara (Frontiers in Microbiology 2025, 16, 2025-12)
    Rationale: Tracheobronchial stents are used to treat central airway obstruction but frequently develop bacterial colonization that can lead to infection. Objectives: To identify the microorganisms ...
  • Anti-Aging Evaluation of Cosmetics on a Tri-Layered Chitosan Membrane: An Alternative to Animal Testing 

    GUERLE, ROCIO; Balfagon, Alberto (Cosmetics 2025, 12 (6), 277, 2025-12)
    The search for alternatives to animal testing in cosmetics has encouraged the development of in vitro systems capable of evaluating formulation-driven biophysical parameters assessed on human skin. This ...
  • In Tech We Trust? On Salvation through Technology 

    Menacho, Joaquin; Puig Puig, Llorenç (Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 2025, 60 (3), 677–99, 2025-09)
    With its accelerated progress, technology has become the main source of hope for humanity, and so-called human enhancement technologies are the exponent of this trend. Technological progress has not ...
  • A narrative review of vascular conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting 

    Iraola, Georgina; Berastegui, Elisabet; Castells-Sala, Cristina; Martorell, Jordi; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Muñoz-Guijosa, Christian; Gálvez-Montón, Carolina (Cell Transplantation 2025, 34, 2025-12-23)
    Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) involves creating new conduits to restore blood flow to the heart. Using autologous vascular grafts presents challenges, including infection risk after vein ...
  • De Novo Design of Peptide Masks Enables Rapid Generation of Conditionally-Active Miniprotein Binders 

    Escobar Rosales, Montserrat; Montaner, Cristina; Expòsit, Marc; Lucchi, Roberta; Díaz-Perlas, Cristina; Baker, David; Oller-Salvia, Benjamí (Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147 (49), 45495–45505, 2025-12-10)
    The widespread expression of therapeutic targets in both diseased and healthy tissues poses a major challenge for protein-based therapeutics, often leading to dose-limiting side effects. One promising ...
  • Concurrence of FGFR1 mutations modulates oncogenesis in glioneuronal tumors 

    Boni, Jacopo; Fernández-González, Míriam; Han, HyeRim; Roca, Carla; Wong, Cassandra; Rioja, Cristina; Nogué i Ansón, Clara; MANEN-FREIXA, LETICIA; Boulais, Jonathan; Torres-Urtizberea, Endika; Gomez Moruno, Antonio; Hasselblatt, Martin; Estrada-Tejedor, Roger; Antolin, Albert A.; Elkholi, Islam; Jabado, Nada; Côté, Jean-François; Gingras, Anne-Claude; Rivera, Barbara (The EMBO Journal 2025, 44, 7513-7540, 2025-12-15)
    FGFR1 genetic alterations are associated with brain malignancies, including FGFR1 mutations in familial and sporadic cases of low-grade glioneuronal tumors, suggesting intrinsic mechanisms of selective ...
  • Navigating the Nexus: Blockchain technology, social Innovation, and complementary digital currencies 

    Raffaelli, Paola; Nowak, Vicky (ARBOR Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura 2025, 201 (813), 2025-06)
    This paper explores the tensions between democratic and technocratic forms of social innovation in the context of complementary digital currencies. Through an in-depth ethnographic case study of Moneda ...
  • Breaking barriers: assessing the influence of female directors on financial performance beyond the boardroom 

    Garcia-Blandon, Josep; Argilés-Bosch, J.M.; Ravenda, Diego; Castillo-Merino, David (Review of Managerial Science 2025, 19, 2025-10)
    The persistent under representation of women in executive committees continues to challenge gender equality in corporate leadership. Legislative interventions promoting gender quotas have led to ...
  • Reimagining Tourism Education for a Sustainable and Regenerative Future 

    Ramírez García, Itziar; Teixidó-Navarro, Francesc; Moukalled, Lara; Freund, Daniela; Fornells Herrera, Albert; Hernandez-Maskivker, Gilda; Derqui, Belén; Pliatsika, Fenia; Kanteler, Despoina; TOPALOGLOU, Lefteris; Cerjak, Marija; Hadelan, Lari; Mesic, Zeljka; Zrakić Sušac, Magdalena; Subaşı kaplan, Hatice (Social Responsibility in Hospitality and Tourism Bridging Education and Practice Transitions. Bridging Education and Practice Transitions, 2026-06-05)
    This chapter reports findings from ERASMUS+ EcoHarmony (Ecoharmony project, 2024), a multinational initiative co-funded by the European Union that advances a comprehensive strategy to embed sustainable—and ...
  • B–N axis as a facilitating agent for the synthesis of 3D structures: the paradigmatic case of BN-[4.4.4]propellane 

    Sanz-Liarte, Guillem; Saurí, Josep; Nolis, Pau; Cuenca, Ana Belén; Shafir, Alexandr (Chemical Science 2025, 16 (48), 22970-22975, 2025-12-28)
    Flat aromatic compounds containing a boron–nitrogen (BN) fragment have gained significant attention in the field of organic optoelectronics. Unsurprisingly, therefore, an increasing number of synthetic ...
  • Quantitative and qualitative comparison of mRNA loading techniques into extracellular vesicles 

    Guarro, Monica; van Veen, Stijn; Borrós, Salvador; Albertazzi, Lorenzo; Lecina, Martí; Fornaguera, Cristina (Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2025, 193, 2025-12)
    Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly recognized as natural therapeutic delivery systems (DDS). A critical challenge in realizing this potential is the loading of nucleic acids, particularly ...
  • Analysis of the relationship between ESG and labor costs: the moderating effect of the legal tradition 

    Argilés-Bosch, J.M.; Garcia-Blandon, Josep; Ravenda, Diego (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Journals, 2025-11)
    This study examines the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores and labor costs per employee (LCE) in firms operating under different legal traditions, specifically ...
  • Programmable Shape-Directed Optical Binding of Plasmonic Nanoparticles 

    Chen, Jui-Kai; Kar, Ashish ; Yu, Pengfei; Sánchez Iglesias, Ana; Huang, Chih-Hao; Satpathy, Jagannath; Wang, Jianfang; Liz-Marzán, Luis M.; Masuhara, Hiroshi; Bresolí-Obach, Roger; Seth, Sudipta; Rocha, Susana; Louis, Boris; Hofkens, Johan (Advanced Optical Materials 2025, 13 (34), 2025-12-02)
    Controlling the organization of plasmonic nanoparticles with optical forces is essential for designing reconfigurable light-responsive materials. However, the role of particle shape in determining optical ...
  • Highly potent dipeptidyl peptidase 8/9 (DPP8/9) inhibitors designed via relative binding free energy calculations 

    NOZAL GARCÍA, VANESA; Beyens, Olivier; Peeters, Sarah; Fabisiak, Adrian; Augustyns, Koen; De Meester, Ingrid; Van der Veken, Pieter; De Winter, Hans (European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2025, 297, 2025-11-05)
    Dipeptidyl peptidases (DPP) 8 and 9 are emerging enzymatic drug targets with suggested applications in acute myeloid leukaemia and HIV infection, among others. In this work, we optimised a well-known ...
  • Exploring How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Can Enable Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry 

    Filimonau, Viachaslau; Ashton, Mark; Derqui, Belén; Hernandez-Maskivker, Gilda (Sustainable Development 2025, 33 (6), 7915-9487, 2025-12)
    The hospitality industry, encompassing operations from hotels and resorts to restaurants and event venues, faces increasing pressure to integrate sustainability into its core business practices. The ...

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