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Expanding the Frontiers of Innovation
(CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, 2024)The papers in this issue offer novel insights and tools to recraft and extend innovation beyond its traditional domains to focus on complex global challenges, driving innovation frontiers toward ... -
Determinants and outcomes of physical activity in patients with COPD: a systematic review
(Thorax, 2014, 69: 731-739, 2014-02)Background The relationship between physical activity, disease severity, health status and prognosis in patients with COPD has not been systematically assessed. Our aim was to identify and summarise ... -
La educación mediática en el EEES
(Historia y comunicación social, vol. 18, 2013, 2013)La presente investigación observa entre estudiantes su competencia en la interpretación de la represen-tación de las relaciones amorosas en la ficción seriada televisiva. El marco teórico está en el ... -
Criterios de contratación y perfiles profesionales emergentes en los medios. Universidad y empresas informativas en época de crisis en Cataluña
(Ámbitos. Revista Internacional De Comunicación, núm. 21, 2012, 2012)El presente trabajo analiza qué criterios siguen los medios de Cataluña para contratar a periodistas en el actual contexto de crisis. Igualmente se interesa por descubrir qué ámbitos y perfiles son ... -
La publicidad y sus complejas relaciones con el discurso científico
(Questiones publicitarias, núm. 12, 2007, 2007)Este artículo se aproxima desde un punto de vista teórico a la compleja relación que se establece a menudo entre publicidad y ciencia. Se denuncia la utilización de una idea estereotipada ... -
El jugador implicado en el cine. Adaptaciones de videojuegos a películas
(Quaderns de cine, núm. 12, 2017, 2017)La figura teórica del jugador implicado indica una característica fundamental de los videojuegos: su jugabilidad o relato dinámico. A partir de este concepto, se analiza distintos tipos de adaptación ... -
Young users and the digital divide: readers, participants or creators on Internet?
(Communication & Society, vol. 27, núm. 4, 2014, 2014)This article analyses how young people, parents and teachers perceive the uses of digital tools and environments made by those known as digital natives. The research combines analysis of an extensive ... -
Motor and Non-Motor Effects of Acute MPTP in Adult Zebrafish: Insights into Parkinson’s Disease
(International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025, 26(4), 2025-02-02)Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, is characterized by the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta, leading to motor and ... -
Bioelectric stimulation outperforms brain derived neurotrophic factor in promoting neuronal maturation
(Scientific Reports 2025, 15, 2025-02)Neuronal differentiation and maturation are crucial for developing research models and therapeutic applications. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a widely used biochemical stimulus for promoting ... -
BrainBike peptidomimetic enables efficient transport of proteins across brain endothelium
(RSC Chemical Biology. 2024;5(1):7-11, 2023-12-11)Protein therapeutics cannot reach the brain in sufficient amounts because of their low permeability across the blood–brain barrier. Here we report a new family of bicyclic peptide shuttles, BrainBikes, ... -
Characterisation and prognosis of undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at their first hospitalisation
(BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2015, 15: 4, 2015-01)Background Under-diagnosis of COPD is an important unmet medical need. We investigated the characteristics and prognosis of hospitalised patients with undiagnosed COPD. Methods The PAC-COPD cohort ... -
Long-term efficacy and effectiveness of a behavioural and community-based exercise intervention (Urban Training) to increase physical activity in patients with COPD: a randomised controlled trial
(European respiratory journal, 2018, 52(4):1800063, 2018-12)There is a need to increase and maintain physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We assessed 12-month efficacy and effectiveness of the Urban Training intervention ... -
Validation of walking trails for the urban training of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
(PLoS One, 2016, 11(1): e0146705, 2016-01)Purpose Accessible interventions to train patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are needed. We designed urban trails of different intensities (low, moderate and high) in different ... -
The PROactive instruments to measure physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(European respiratory journal, 2015, 46(4):988-1000, 2015-06)No current patient-centred instrument captures all dimensions of physical activity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our objective was item reduction and initial validation of two instruments ... -
Preference trials: An underexplored design in musculoskeletal research
(JOSPT Methods, 2025, 1(2): 1-12, 2025-03)BACKGROUND: Incorporating patients’ preferences into randomized controlled trials (RCTs) enhances the relevance and applicability of research findings to clinical practice. Person- and patient-centered ... -
Relation between length of exposure to epidural analgesia during labour and birth mode
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019, 16(16): 2928, 2019-08)Objective: To appraise the relationship between the length of exposure to epidural analgesia and the risk of non-spontaneous birth, and to identify additional risk factors. This study is framed within ... -
The Chester step test is a reproducible tool to assess exercise capacity and exertional desaturation in post-COVID-19 patients
(Healthcare, 2023, 11(1), 51, 2022-12)Many people recovering from an acute episode of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) experience prolonged symptoms. Exercise testing is a feasible and cost-effective option for assessing exercise tolerance, ... -
Drug-drug interactions in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC): practical considerations for treating men with androgen receptor pathway inhibitors and common medications in this stage
(Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology, 2025, 19 març, 2025-03)Introduction New androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) are an essential part of the treatment strategy for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). Despite the good ... -
Validity of prognostic models of critical COVID-19 is variable. A systematic review with external validation
(Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2023, 159: 274-288, 2023-07)Objectives To identify prognostic models which estimate the risk of critical COVID-19 in hospitalized patients and to assess their validation properties. Study Design and Setting We conducted a ... -
Actos de administración de la herencia yacente por los “herederos llamados”: un análisis del art. 411-9 del Código Civil Catalán
(InDret: Revista para el Análisis del Derecho, 2018)En estas páginas se realiza una propuesta de interpretación del ámbito de gestión que el art. 411-9 del Código civil catalán reconoce al llamado a heredar sobre los bienes relictos: qué actos de ...