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Study of Elastin, Hydrolyzed Collagen and Collagen-like Products in a Tri-Layered Chitosan Membrane to Test Anti-Aging Skin Properties
(International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24(13), 11016, 2023-07-01)The use of animal testing in the cosmetic industry is already prohibited in more than 40 countries, including those of the EU. The pressure for it to be banned worldwide in the future is increasing, so ... -
A machine learning approach to predict cellular uptake of pBAE polyplexes
(Biomaterials Science 2023, 12(17), 5697-6002, 2023-09)The delivery of genetic material (DNA and RNA) to cells can cure a wide range of diseases but is limited by the delivery efficiency of the carrier system. Poly β-amino esters (pBAEs) are promising ... -
High-consistency silicone rubber with reduced Young's modulus. An industrial option to dielectric silicone rubber
(Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 140(37), e54405, 2023-10-05)Flexible capacitive sensors based on silicone rubber have gained importance inboth academic and industrial fields due to their advantages, including lowpower consumption and high stability to temperature, ... -
Tejiendo alianzas en y desde la universidad. El caso de la Facultad de Educación Blanquerna (URL)
(Revista de Educación a Distancia (RED), 23(74)., 2023-02)La institución universitaria se ha caracterizado habitualmente por un distanciamiento del mundo real, una tendencia a los compartimentos estancos y una considerable rigidez. El artículo ... -
Presentación del número especial de RED: “Nuevos retos, nuevas alianzas: universidades y ecosistemas educativos presenciales y virtuales”
(Revista de Educación a Distancia (RED), 23(74), 2023-02)Vivimos en una época compleja, intensa y convulsa, caracterizada por la desigualdad generalizada y la necesidad de la educación para avanzar en un mundo incierto y cambiante. En este contexto, ... -
Parental exposure to antidepressants has lasting effects on offspring? A case study with zebrafish
(Chemosphere. 2024;355:141851, 2024-04-09)Fish have common neurotransmitter pathways with humans, exhibiting a significant degree of conservation and homology. Thus, exposure to fluoxetine makes fish potentially susceptible to biochemical and ... -
From propenolysis to enyne metathesis: tools for expedited assembly of 4a,8a-azaboranaphthalene and extended polycycles with embedded BN
(Chemical Science. 2024;15(15):5674-5680, 2024-03-07)The synthesis of BN-containing molecules, which have an interesting isosteric relationship to their parent all-C cores, has drawn a great deal of attention as an avenue to alter and tune molecular ... -
Karl Löwith i el natural transcendent: una proposta per fer front als perills de la fe en el progrés
(Compàs d'amalgama. 2024(9): 47-50, 2024-05-26)Segons el pensador alemany Karl Löwith, la fe en el progrés històric deriva de l’escatologia cristiana i la seva promesa de salvació. El progrés no ens diu res de cap a on ens encaminem com a humanitat ... -
Identification of critical process parameters for expansion of clinical grade human Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in stirred-tank bioreactors
(Biotechnology Journal. 2024;19:2300381, 2024-02-25)Cell therapies based on multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are traditionally produced using 2D culture systems and platelet lysate- or serum-containing media (SCM). Although cost-effective for ... -
Muscle activation during rehabilitation on artificial turf vs. sand after cruciate ligament surgery: A case series
(Apunts Sports Medicine, Vol. 55, Núm. 206, Abr.-Juny 2020, pp. 63-70, 2020-07)Performing the rehabilitation of a player on a surface different from the normally used by the athlete in her/his sport is beneficial. By recruiting more muscle fibers in the new surface, the rehabilitation ... -
Developmental Items of Human Figure Drawing: Dance/Movement Therapy for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
(American Journal of Dance Therapy, V. 37, p. 135-149 (2015), 2015-10)The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the characteristics of human figure drawing in adults with intellectual disabilities, and to evaluate the developmental items after a 3-month ... -
Formation of a Covalent Adduct in Retaining β-Kdo Glycosyl-Transferase WbbB via Substrate-Mediated Proton Relay
(ChemCatChem. 2024;16:e202400769, 2024-07-22)The GT99 domain of the membrane-anchored WbbB glycosyltransferase (WbbBGT99) catalyzes the transfer of 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-acid (β-Kdo) to an O-antigen saccharide acceptor with retention of stereochemistry. ... -
Biomonitoring emerging hazards of pharmaceuticals in river water using gut microbiome and behavioural Daphnia magna responses
(Chemosphere. 2024;367:143612, 2024-11-05)A cost-effective Daphnia magna testing framework was applied to identify emerging hazards such as neurological and cardiovascular defects as well as antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs), related to ... -
Unconventional Optical Matter of Hybrid Metal–Dielectric Nanoparticles at Interfaces
(ACS Nano 2024;18(47):32746-32758, 2024-11-18)Optical matter, a transient arrangement formed by the interaction of light with micro/nanoscale objects, provides responsive and highly tunable materials that allow for controlling and manipulating light ... -
Liver-targeted nanoparticles delivering nitric oxide reduce portal hypertension in cirrhotic rats
(2024-01-13)Nitric oxide (NO) is a small vasodilator playing a key role in the pathogenesis of portal hypertension. Here, we assessed the potential therapeutic effect of a NO donor targeted to the liver by ... -
Emotional eating and cognitive restraint mediate the association between sleep quality and BMI in young adults
(Appetite, 2022, 170: 105899, 2022-03)This cross-sectional study was designed to investigate whether diet quality and eating behaviors could mediate the association between sleep quality and body mass index (BMI) in young adults. For all ... -
Comparison Between Modal Analysis and Impedance-based Methods for Analysing Stability of Unbalanced Microgrids with Grid-forming Electronic Power Converters
(Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy 2023, 11(4), 1269 - 1281, 2023-07)Stability in unbalanced power systems has deserved little attention in the literature. Given the importance of this scenario in distribution systems with distributed generation, this paper revisits modal ... -
Nanostructured AABB Zn (II) Phthalocyanines as Photodynamic Agents for Bacterial Inactivation
(Advanced Therapeutics 2023, 6 (11), 2300116, 2023-11)In this work, the ability of amphiphilic Phthalocyanine (Pc) photosensitizers (PS) (Zn(II)Pcs PS1, PS2, and PS3) to assemble into cationic nanoparticles in water and to photo-inactivate bacterial strains ... -
Site-specific antibody masking enables conditional activation with different stimuli
(New Biotechnology 2023, 78, 2023-12)Antibody therapeutics show great potential to treat a variety of diseases. Often, the dose that can be safely administered is limited by side effects that arise from the interaction with the target ... -
Tunable Architecture for Multiple Form Factors With an Antenna Booster Element for Multiband Operation
(IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 23, núm. 11, 2024-11-11)Wearables, trackers, and sensors all fall under the category of IoT (Internet of Things) devices. Despite their differences in size, the efficiency of their antennas is crucial, especially considering ...