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Answering questions concisely: analysis of a Twitter activity in a management course
(Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences vol.182 (2015) p.179 – 186, 2015-05-13)This paper summarizes the results of an activity conducted on a management course using the Twitter microblogging service. Students were required to answer a question by sending a tweet and to favor ... -
Application of flow cytometry analysis to elucidate the impact of scale-down conditions in Escherichia coli cultivations
(Afinidad. Vol.73, n.573 (2016), p.7-15, 2016-01)In homogeneities appear in large-scale fed-batch bioprocesses; especially when the distribution of the feeding solution and of the oxygen is uneven. In order to study the consequences of these heterogenic ... -
Aqueous stability and degradation of psychiatric and neuroactive compounds and its biological activity in Daphnia magna
(Science of the Total Environment, 2021-07-28)Pharmaceuticals and other emerging contaminants are continuously released into the aquatic environment, considered as ‘pseudo-persistent’ pollutants. Many compounds degrade fast in the environment, but ... -
Are Investors Concerned by Annual Corporate Governance Reports? Some Evidence from the Spanish Stock Market
(European management review, 2017-03-01)While prior research has generally shown a positive price reaction to voluntary declarations of compliance with codes of corporate governance, this is the first paper to examine how investors react to ... -
Arterial pulse attenuation prediction using the decaying rate of a pressure wave in a viscoelastic material model
(Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2017-11-22)The present study examines the possibility of attenuating blood pulses by means of introducing prosthetic viscoelastic materials able to absorb energy and damp such pulses. Vascular prostheses made of ... -
Assessing amphiphilic ABAB Zn(II) Phthalocyanines with enhanced photosensitization abilities in In Vitro photodynamic therapy studies against cancer
(Molecules. Vol.25, n.1 (2020), 213, 2020-01)We have previously demonstrated that singlet oxygen photosensitization abilities of Zn(II) phthalocyanines (Zn(II)Pcs) are enhanced through α-functionalization with bulky fluorinated substituents (i.e., ... -
Assessing the potential of photosensitizing flavoproteins as tags for correlative microscopy
(Chemical Communications. Vol.52, n.54 (2016), p.8405-8408, 2016-06)Photosensitizing flavoproteins have great potential as tags for correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM). We examine the photostability of miniSOG mutants and their ability to photooxidize ... -
Assessment of the angiogenic potential of 2-deoxy-D-ribose using a novel in vitro 3D dynamic model in comparison with established in vitro assays
(Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Vol.7 (2020), 451, 2020-01)Angiogenesis is a highly ordered physiological process regulated by the interaction of endothelial cells with an extensive variety of growth factors, extracellular matrix components and mechanical ... -
Audit firm tenure and independence: a comprehensive investigation of audit qualifications in Spain
(Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. Vol. 24, n.1 (2015), p.82-93, 2015-03)The European Commission's Green Paper on Audit Policy has raised serious concerns about external auditor independence and also encouraged further research about the implications of long audit firm ... -
Audit firm tenure and qualified opinions: new evidence from Spain
(Revista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review. Vol. 16, nº 2 (2013), pág. 118-125, 2013-06)The 2010 Green Paper on Audit Policy by the European Commission has explicitly questioned the sufficiency of audit rotation rules established by European Union Members to guarantee auditor independence. ... -
Audit partner industry specialization and audit quality: evidence from Spain
(International Journal of Auditing. Vol.22, n.1 (2018), p.98-108, 2017-11)We investigate the impact of the industry specialization of individual auditors on audit quality. We aim to contribute to a quickly growing line of research examining the importance of audit partners ... -
Audit partner tenure and independence in a low litigation risk setting
(Accounting in Europe. Vol. 13, n. 3 (2016), p. 405-424, 2016-10)We investigate whether long audit partner tenures impair auditor independence, as proxied by the opinion of the audit report, with a sample of Spanish companies for the period: 2002–2010. The Spanish ... -
Audit tenure and audit qualifications in a low litigation risk setting: an analysis of the spanish market
(Estudios de Economía. Vol. 40, No. 2 (2013), pág. 133-156, 2013-12)The main role of the external auditor in the classical corporate governance scheme is to verify the accounting information provided by the firms’ managers. Lengthy audit engagements are viewed as a main ... -
Auditor Independence, Current and Future NAS Fees and Audit Quality: Were European Regulators Right?
(European Accounting Review, 2019-02-19)European Union adopted the Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, which in practice prohibits the joint provision of audit and most types of non-audit services (NAS). Regulators presume that NAS fees weaken auditor ... -
Auditor-provided tax services and tax avoidance: evidence from Spain
(Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting / Revista Española de Financiacion y Contabilidad, 2020-03-05)We investigate the relationship between auditor-provided tax services (APTS) and tax avoidance in Spain. As a result of a recently enacted EU legislation, APTS is seriously restricted within the EU. The ... -
Bactericidal effect of photodynamic therapy, alone or in combination with mupirocin or linezolid, on Staphylococcus aureus
(Frontiers in Microbiology. Vol. 8 (2017), 1002, 2017-05)Antibiotic treatments frequently fail due to the development of antibiotic resistance, underscoring the need for new treatment strategies. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) could constitute an ... -
Ball-burnishing effect on deep residual stress on AISI 1038 and AA2017-T4
(Materials and Manufacturing Processes. Vol. 32, No.11 (2017), p.1279-1289, 2017-05)Ball-burnishing induces compressive residual stresses on treated materials by the effect of plastic deformation. The result is an increase in the fatigue life of the treated part, retarding the initiation ... -
Big data in multi-block data analysis: An approach to parallelizing Partial Least Squares Mode B algorithm
(Heliyon, 2019-04-29)Partial Least Squares (PLS) Mode B is a multi-block method and a tightly coupled algorithm for estimating structural equation models (SEMs). Describing key aspects of parallel computing, we approach the ... -
Bioactivity evaluation of commercial calcium phosphate-based bioceramics for bone regeneration
(Afinidad. Vol.73, n.575 (2016), p.170-174, 2016-07)Calcium phosphate-based bioceramics constitute a great promise for bone tissue engineering as they chemically resemble to mammalian bone and teeth. Their use is a viable alternative for bone regeneration ... -
Board gender quotas, female directors and corporate tax aggressiveness: A causal approach
(International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021-12-17)As a result of a mandatory board gender quota regulation, the percentage of female directors in Norway increased from around 5% in 2001 to over 40% in 2007, while it remained stable in neighbouring ...