Ruano García, María Victoria; Ribes Bertomeu, Jose; FERRER, J.; Sin, G(IWA Publishing, 2011)
In this paper,we evaluate the application of a sensitivity analysis to help fine-tuning a fuzzy controller for a biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal (BNPR) plant. TheMorris Screeningmethod is proposed and evaluated ...
Fortes, A.; Costa, J.; Santos, F.; Seguí-Simarro, Jose M.; Palme, K.; Altabella, T.; Tiburcio, A.F.; Pais, M.A.(Taylor & Francis, 2011-02)
Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) is an economically important plant species used in beer production and as a health-promoting medicine. hop internodes develop upon stress treatments organogenic nodules which can be used for genetic ...
Apart from the paradigm that cell-biomaterials interaction depends on the adsorption of soluble adhesive proteins we anticipate that upon distinct conditions also other, less soluble ECM proteins such as collagens, associate ...
The implementation of the Water Framework Directive implies the determination of an environmental flow (E-flow) in each running water body. In Spain, many of the minimum flow assessments were determined with the physical ...
The standard electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most common non-invasive way to study atrial fibrillation (AF). In this respect, previous works have shown that the surface lead V 1 reflects mainly the dominant atrial frequency ...
Martí Guerola, Amparo; Cobos Serrano, Máximo; López Monfort, José Javier(Acoustical Society of America, 2012-02)
Automatic speech recognition (ASR) refers to the task of extracting a transcription of the linguistic content of an acoustical speech signal automatically. Despite several decades of research in this important area of ...
Finding fluoride: An azo dye functionalized with tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether has been synthesized and used as a selective chromogenic fluoride sensor in the acetonitrile/water mixtures. The chromogenic response arises ...
García Barreda, Sergi; Reyna Domenech, Santiago(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2012-07)
[EN] The ectomycorrhizal fungus Tuber melanosporum fruits in association with Quercus in natural forests of Spain. Some of these stands are managed to keep an open canopy and meet the habitat requirements of the fungus. ...
Sanza, F.J.; Holgado, M.; Ortega Higueruelo, Francisco José; Casquel Del Campo, Rafael; López-Romero, D.; Bañuls Polo, Mª José; Laguna, Mari Fe; Barrios, C.A.; Puchades Pla, Rosa; Maquieira Catala, Ángel(Elsevier, 2011)
[EN] In a previous work we introduced the term Bio-Photonic Sensing Cells (BICELLs), referred to periodic networks of nano-pillar suitable for biosensing when are vertically interrogated. In this article, we demonstrate ...
Armenteros Cuesta, Mónica; Aristoy Albert, Mª Concepcion; Barat Baviera, José Manuel; Toldrá Vilardell, Fidel(Elsevier, 2012-02)
[EN] The reduction of the content of sodium chloride in dry-cured ham was studied in to prevent the problems related to high sodium intake (i.e. the hypertension). One of the possibilities to reduce the sodium content is ...
Succu, Sara; Berlinguer, Fiammetta; Leoni, Giovanni G.; Bebbere, Daniela; Satta, Valentina; Marco Jiménez, Francisco; Pasciu, Valeria; Naitana, Salvatore(Elsevier, 2011-03-01)
[EN] The present study was designed to determine whether different calcium concentrations in the vitrification solutions could improve the developmental competence of in vitro matured ovine oocytes after cryopreservation. ...
Noguera Murray, Patricia Silvestre; Posthuma-Trumpie, G.A.; van Tuil, M.; van der Wal, F.J.; de Boer, A.; Moers, A.P.H.A.; van Amerongen, A.(Springer Verlag, 2011)
The use of carbon nanoparticles is shown for the detection and identification of different Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli virulence factors (vt1, vt2, eae and ehxA) and a 16S control (specific for E. coli) based ...
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) extracts (RE) are natural antioxidants that are used in food, food supplements and cosmetic applications; exert anti-inflammatory and anti-hyperglycaemic effects; and promote weight ...
Sanz-Barrio, R.; Fernández-San Millán, A.; Carballeda, J.; Corral Martínez, Patricia; Seguí-Simarro, Jose M.; Farran, I.(Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy B - Oxford Open Option A, 2012)
Thioredoxins (Trxs) are ubiquitous disulphide reductases that play important roles in the redox regulation of many cellular processes. However, some redox-independent functions, such as chaperone activity, have also been ...
[EN] Gas emissions from broiler production have been the subject of intensive research. However, little experimental information exists for farms under the particular management and environmental conditions of the European ...
Ballesteros García, Guillem; Matres Abril, Joaquín; Martí Sendra, Javier; Oton Nieto, Claudio José(Optical Society of America, 2011)
We present an experimental technique to characterize back-scattering in silicon microring resonators, together with a simple analytical model that reproduces the experimental results. The model can extract all the key ...
[EN] The essential oil composition of Cistus ladanifer grown in central Spain was analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, revealing it to be rich in oxygenated compounds, with trans-pinocarveol ...
Quintás, Guillermo; Portillo Poblador, Nuria; García Cañaveras, Juan Carlos; Castell, José Vicente; Ferrer, Alberto; Lahoz, Agustín(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2012-02)
An MS-based metabolomics strategy including variable selection and PLSDA analysis has been assessed as a tool to discriminate between non-steatotic and steatotic human liver profiles. Different chemometric approaches for ...
[EN] Background: Platinum doublets are standard chemotherapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The aim of this study was to assess whether neutropenia is: (1) an indicator for treatment efficacy, or (2) ...
Sirera Pérez, Rafael; Bremnes, Roy M.; Cabrera, Andrea; Jantus Lewintre, Eloisa; Sanmartin, Elena; Blasco, Ana; del Pozo, Nieves; Rosell, Rafael; Guijarro, Ricardo; Galbis, Jose; Sanchez, Jose Javier; Camps, Carlos(Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2011-02)
Background: Circulating DNA is observed at higher concentrations in patients with lung cancer than in controls. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of circulating DNA is a promising noninvasive tool. Our aim was to ...