Recent Submissions
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Navigating the Technological Landscape in Hospitality: Added Values and Entry Barriers of Technologies 4.0
(SAGE Open. 2024;14(4), 2024-11-14)Technological advancements, particularly Technologies 4.0, have become pivotal in reshaping the hospitality industry thanks to a wide range of new opportunities but knowing when, and how their adoption ... -
The (de)motives for using food waste reduction apps among hospitality providers
(Sustainable Development. 2024;32:7262-7277, 2024-06-19)Digital technology can aid in redistributing surplus meals in hospitality organisations, but little is known about the (de)motives for its use among industry professionals. Yet, a better understanding ... -
Unpacking Stimuli and Barriers to Internationalization Across Export Stages: The Case of Spanish Wine Firms in China
(Thunderbird International Business Review. 2024;66:429-446, 2024-06-18)Firm internationalization has been analyzed from different angles based on various theories. However, qualitative research on the stability of the factors that motivate and hinder internationalization ... -
Loss of Cldn5 -and increase in Irf7-in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of diabetic mice at the early symptomatic stage
(Nutrition and Diabetes. 2024;14:64, 2024-08-15)Analyzing changes in gene expression within specific brain regions of individuals with Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) who do not exhibit significant cognitive deficits can yield valuable insights into the ... -
Effects of the 2014 European reform on audit activity, the audit outcome and the audit market: the auditors’ view
(Meditari Accountancy Research. 2024;32(7):88-119, 2024-06-10)Purpose This paper aims to examine the effects of the 2014 European regulatory reform on auditors’ activity, the audit outcome and the audit market, with a focus on the Spanish market. Design/meth ... -
When Unsuspected Crystallinity Ruins Biological Testing in Early Discovery: A Case Study
(Pharmaceuticals. 2024;17(3):284, 2024-02-22)The impact of the crystalline or amorphous structure of a solid on the solubility and pharmacokinetic properties of a drug candidate is always considered by the pharmaceutical industry during the ... -
PExM: polyplex expansion microscopy for cell trafficking studies
(Nanoscale. 2024;16:11969-11976, 2024-06-03)Nanomedicine is a field at the intersection of nanotechnology and medicine, promising due to its potential to revolutionize healthcare. Despite its long trajectory, there is still a long road ahead for ... -
Engineering of a chitin deacetylase to generate tailor-made chitosan polymers
(PLoS Biology. 2024;22(1):e3002459, 2024-01-18)Chitin deacetylases (CDAs) emerge as a valuable tool to produce chitosans with a nonrandom distribution of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and glucosamine (GlcN) units. We hypothesized before that CDAs ... -
My money—My problem: How fear-of-missing-out appeals can hinder sustainable investment decisions
(Psychology and Marketing. 2024;41:2677-2694, 2024-07-17)Cryptocurrencies (cryptos) have detrimental environmental effects due to their massive energy consumption. While several green crypto coins have been launched, the mainstream—environmentally unfriendly ... -
A novel solution for hydrogen monitoring in fusion processes: 3D printed BaCe0.6Zr0.3Y0.1O3-α sensors
(Nuclear Materials and Energy. 2024;39:101661, 2024-04-27)The control of tritium (3H) in liquid-based tritium breeding blankets (TBBs) is one of the key points to assure their correct performance to prove the 3H sufficiency. For that, electrochemical sensors ... -
3D printed polymeric stent design: Mechanical testing and computational modeling
(Materials & Design. 2024;247:113395, 2024-10-22)Polymer-based bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) aim to reduce the long-term issues associated with metal stents. Yet, first-generation BRS designs experienced a significantly higher rate of clinical failures ... -
MoCloro: an extension of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii modular cloning toolkit for microalgal chloroplast engineering
(Physiologia Plantarum 2025, 177 (1), 2025-02)Photosynthetic microalgae are promising green cell factories for the sustainable production of high-value chemicals and biopharmaceuticals. The chloroplast organelle is being developed as a chassis for ... -
Electrochemical response of Sr(Ce0.9Zr0.1)0.95Yb0.05O3-δ high-temperature hydrogen sensor
(Fusion Engineering and Design 2025, 212, 2025-03)Measuring tritium in fusion reactors like EU-DEMO is crucial for the functioning of the reactor and the helium-cooled lithium-lead (HCLL) breeding blanket breeding blanket. Electrochemical sensors can ... -
Three-Step Enzymatic Remodeling of Chitin into Bioactive Chitooligomers
(Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2024;72(40):22229-22236, 2024-07-08)Here we describe a complex enzymatic approach to the efficient transformation of abundant waste chitin, a byproduct of the food industry, into valuable chitooligomers with a degree of polymerization ... -
Stealth mRNA nanovaccines to control lymph node trafficking
(Journal of Controlled Release. 2024;374:325-336, 2024-08-22)mRNA-based vaccines symbolize a new paradigm shift in personalized medicine for the treatment of infectious and non-infectious diseases. However, the reactogenicity associated with the currently approved ... -
Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): from basic to advanced approaches
(Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 2024;13:e12404, 2024-02-07)Extracellular vesicles (EVs), through their complex cargo, can reflect the state of their cell of origin and change the functions and phenotypes of other cells. These features indicate strong biomarker ... -
Brain energy metabolism: A roadmap for future research
(Journal of Neurochemistry. 2024;168:910–954, 2024-01-06)Although we have learned much about how the brain fuels its functions over the last decades, there remains much still to discover in an organ that is so complex. This article lays out major gaps in our ... -
Eliciting Emotions: Investigating the Use of Generative AI and Facial Muscle Activation in Children’s Emotional Recognition
(Big Data Cognitive Computing 2025, 9(1), 15, 2025-01)This study explores children’s emotions through a novel approach of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Facial Muscle Activation (FMA). It examines GenAI’s effectiveness in creating facial ... -
Assessing the efficiency of zeolites in BTEX adsorption: Impact of pore structure and humidity in single and multicomponent systems
(Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2025, 384, 113462, 2025-02-15)Among volatile organic compounds (VOCs), benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and o-xylene (BTEX) have attracted global attention because of their high toxicity to the environment and human health. Adsorption ... -
Developing tuneable viscoelastic silicone gel-based inks for precise 3D printing of clinical phantoms
(Materials Advances. 2024;5(9):3706–3720, 2024-03-01)Tissue and organ phantoms with realistic anatomical features are becoming increasingly popular in the medical field due to their potential to revolutionize surgical planning and practice. Despite ...