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The association between PhD holders’ experiences of professional support and work engagement and burnout
(Higher Education Research & Development, 1–18., 2025-10)Most new PhD graduates are going to have non-academic careers,but research on their work experience has so far been limited,particularly regarding the quality of professional interactions andhow they ... -
Weighted Implication Grid: a graph-theoretical approach to modeling psychological change construction
(Frontiers in Physiology, 2025, Vol. 16 (1630920), 2025-10)Introduction: Anticipation and meaning-making are foundational processes in Personal Construct Psychology. Over the years, methodologies such as the Repertory Grid and Implication Grid have provided ... -
A cross cultural investigation of individuals’ acceptance of Smart Home Technology: The role of needs satisfaction
(Aloma: Revista de Psicologia, Ciències de l’Educació i de l’Esport, 40(2), 2022-09)Smart Home Technology manufacturers currently face significant issues with regard to the acceptance and intention to use their products. Evidence suggests that specific products have the lion’s share ... -
Evaluación del impacto del Programa CaixaProinfancia en España en el curso 2023-2024
(2025-12)Presentamos un informe de la evaluación del impacto social que en Espanya ha desarrollado el Programa CaixaProinfancia durante curso académico 2023-2024. El estudio ha sido realizado por la Dirección ... -
“Seré maestra de Infantil y no canto bien, pero no importa”. Análisis del autoconcepto y uso de la voz cantada en estudiantes del grado de Educación Infantil
(Revista Electrónica de LEEME, (52) (pág.38-pág.52), 2023-12)Cantar en el aula es importante para el desarrollo de niños y niñas y para que esto suceda el profesorado debe ser competente en dicha actividad. En este estudio transversal,se analiza el uso ... -
Social transformation for an inclusive architecture
(2025)In times of growing social, environmental, and spatial inequality, architecture plays a crucial role in doing more than just shaping spaces, assuming responsibility for fostering communities. The built ... -
Efficient 3D acoustic simulation of the vocal tract by combining the multimodal ,method and finite elements
(IEEE Access, 2022, Vol. 10, pp. 69922-69938, 2022-07-07)Acoustic simulation of sound propagation inside the vocal tract is a key element of speech research, especially for articulatory synthesis, which allows one to relate the physics of speech production ... -
Evaluating airborne sound insulation in dwellings constructed with hollow ceramic blocks under Brazilian housing policies
(Buildings, 2024, Vol. 14, Nº 3, 2024-03-16)In Brazil, there is a shortage of approximately 5.80 million residences, a challenge that intensified during the pandemic. Since 2013, there has been a mandate to implement specific performance criteria ... -
B–N axis as a facilitating agent for the synthesis of 3D structures: the paradigmatic case of BN-[4.4.4]propellane
(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
(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 ... -
Indoor plant health monitoring system using NDVI imaging, PMFC sensing and soil moisture data
(IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 & IoT (MetroInd4.0 & IoT), 2025, 2025-08)Monitoring plant health is essential for ecosystem stability and sustainable environments. While satellite-based systems like Copernicus support large-scale outdoor vegetation analysis, indoor plants ... -
Enhancing connectivity with leaf-based ground planes for IoT devices embedding antenna boosters
(IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 & IoT (MetroInd4.0 & IoT), 2025, 2025-08)The increasing prevalence of Internet of Things (IoT) devices necessitates energy-efficient innovations to prolong battery life and reduce environmental impact. This study explores the potential of using ... -
Wake-up radio with plant-microbial fuel cells power budget
(IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 & IoT (MetroInd4.0 & IoT), 2025, 2025-08)This paper introduces a sustainable IoT framework combining Plant-Microbial Fuel Cells (P-MFCs) and wakeup radio technology within the EcoSentinel project. P-MFCs generate renewable energy from ... -
Stand-alone green twin for plant microbial fuel cell (PMFC) monitoring and optimization
(IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 & IoT (MetroInd4.0 & IoT), 2025, 2025-08)In the current context of energy transition and sustainability, the need for natural systems capable of generating and managing their own energy is increasingly relevant. This work presents the development ... -
EcoSentinel: Towards a techno natural internet of things approach for large scale sustainable remote monitoring of soil and wilderness
(10th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech). 2025, 2025-07)Monitoring soil and wilderness is essential for environmental sustainability, biodiversity conservation, and climate resilience. Healthy soils support carbon sequestration, regulate water cycles, and ... -
Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
(Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2016), Vol. 140, Nº3, pp 1707-1718, 2016-09-15)For many years, the vocal tract shape has been approximated by one-dimensional (1D) area functions to study the production of voice. More recently, 3D approaches allow one to deal with the complex 3D ... -
Influence of lips on the production of vowels based on finite element simulations and experiments
(Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2016), Vol. 139, Nº5, pp 2858-2859, 2016-05-19)Three-dimensional (3-D) numerical approaches for voice production are currently being investigated and developed. Radiation losses produced when sound waves emanate from the mouth aperture are one of ... -
Effects of higher order propagation modes in vocal tract like geometries
(Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2015), Vol. 137, Nº2, pp 832-843, 2015-02-01)In this paper, a multimodal theory accounting for higher order acoustical propagation modes is presented as an extension to the classical plane wave theory. This theoretical development is validated ... -
Two-dimensional vocal tracts with three-dimensional behavior in the numerical generation of vowels
(Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2014), Vol. 135, Nº1, pp 369-379, 2014-01-01)Two-dimensional (2D) numerical simulations of vocal tract acoustics may provide a good balance between the high quality of three-dimensional (3D) finite element approaches and the low computational cost ... -
Effects of head geometry simplifications on acoustic radiation of vowel sounds based on time-domain finite-element simulations
(Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2013), Vol. 134, Nº4, pp 2946-2954, 2013-10-01)One of the key effects to model in voice production is that of acoustic radiation of sound waves emanating from the mouth. The use of three-dimensional numerical simulations allows to naturally account ...