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Tendon tissue engineering: Cells, growth factors, scaffolds and production techniques
(Elsevier, 2021-05)
Tendon injuries are a global health problem that affects millions of people annually. The properties of tendons make their natural rehabilitation a very complex and long-lasting process. Thanks to the development of the ...
Drilling of CFRP-Ti6Al4V stacks using CO2-cryogenic cooling
(Elsevier, 2021-04)
In the work here presented, liquefied CO2 is used as cutting fluid for drilling CFRP-Ti6Al4V stacks as alternative to dry-drilling. Several tests were performed using dry-drilling technique, to compare this with the ...
Child involvement in choosing a recipe, purchasing ingredients, and cooking at school increases willingness to try new foods and reduces food neophobia
(Elsevier, 2021-04)
Objective
To investigate the effect of involving children in their feeding process (choosing a recipe, purchasing the ingredients, and cooking) on their lunch food choice in a school environment.
Design
Quasi-expe ...
Plasma and serum alpha-synuclein as a biomarker in Parkinson's disease: A meta-analysis
(Elsevier, 2022-06)
Background
Reliable biomarkers for Parkinson's disease (PD) diagnosis are urgently needed. Alpha-synuclein (α-syn) and its proteoforms play a key role in PD pathology but in vivo measurements have raised conflicting ...
Energy savings using sunspaces to preheat ventilation intake air: Experimental and simulation study
(Elsevier, 2021-08)
This paper investigates the potential benefits of sunspaces to preheat the ventilation intake air to reduce the energy consumption of buildings. When sunspaces are combined with a mechanical ventilation system, it is ...
Beach management policy analysis concerning safety flag systems in Northern Spain
(Elsevier, 2022-10)
The aim of this paper is to analyse the meaning of beach safety flags and their management along the Northern Spanish coast. There are more than 1000 small beaches, which are often in high demand by tourism during the ...
Evaluation of passive strategies, natural ventilation and shading systems, to reduce overheating risk in a passive house tower in the north of Spain during the warm season
(Elsevier, 2021-11)
During the last decade in the European Union, some targets have been set to reduce energy consumption in buildings, promoting the construction of nearly Zero Energy Buildings and under certificates as Passivhaus.
Different ...
Looking into English-medium instruction teachers’ metadiscourse: An ELF perspective
(Elsevier, 2022-04)
Metadiscourse plays a key role in teachers’ attempts to ease and maximize knowledge transmission. This role is particularly important in the context of English-medium instruction (EMI), where teachers face the challenge ...
Contribution of chest compressions to end-tidal carbon dioxide levels generated during out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(Elsevier, 2022-10)
Aim
Characterise how changes in chest compression depth and rate affect variations in end-tidal CO2 (ETCO2) during manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Methods
Retrospective ...
Leading smart city projects: Government dynamic capabilities and public value creation
(Elsevier, 2022-06)
This research studied the effect of different combinations of government capabilities (innovation capability mix) on public value in smart city-framed innovation projects. The study drew on the public value theory, the ...