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    • Understanding cyber victimization: digital architectures and the disinhibition effect 

      Agustina, José R. (International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 2015)
      Researchers in the fields of sociology, psychology, behavioural sciences and law are trying to comprehend the radical rise of a new relational paradigm derived from the current proliferation of ICT. ...

    • Understanding patients’ experiences of the wish to hasten death: an updated and expanded systematic review and meta-ethnography 

      Rodríguez-Prat, Andrea; Balaguer Santamaría, Albert; Booth, Andrew; Monforte Royo, Cristina (BMJ Open, 2017)
      Objectives: Patients with advanced disease sometimes express a wish to hasten death (WTHD). In 2012, we published a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies examining the experience ...

    • Understanding peace, conflict and security through alternative narratives 

      Mateos, Oscar; Rodríguez, Ana Isabel (Tripodos, 2021)
      We do not need alternatives so much as we need an alternative thinking of alternatives” (Santos, 2014: 70). In recent years, critical peace and security studies have called into question the conflict ...

    • Understanding perceived availability and importance of tobacco control interventions to inform European adoption of a UK economic model: a cross-sectional study 

      Kulchaitanaroaj, Puttarin; Kaló, Zoltán; West, Robert; Cheung, Kei Long; Evers, Silvia; Vokó, Zoltán; Hiligsmann, Mickael; de Vries, Hein; Owen, Lesley; Trapero-Bertran, Marta; Leidl, Reiner; Pokhrel, Subhash (BMC Health Services Research, 2018-02-14)
      Background: The evidence on the extent to which stakeholders in different European countries agree with availability and importance of tobacco-control interventions is limited. This study assessed and ...

    • Unemployment in Japan: a look at the lost decade 

      Agnese, Pablo; Sala, Hector (Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business, 2008)
      The ‘lost decade’ in Japan was a period of steep surge in unemployment. It started in 1991 with the unemployment rate at 2.1%, and ended in 2002 when it reached a historical maximum of 5.5%. To assess ...

    • Unha nova base de datos para a romanística a partir do "Atlas Linguistique Roman" 

      Valls, Esteve; GONZÁLEZ-GONZÁLEZ, MANUEL (Verba: Anuario Galego de Filoloxía, 2014)
      O Centro Ramón Piñeiro para a Investigación en Humanidades (CRPIH) está a elaborar, a partir da explotación do "Atlas Linguistique Roman" (ALiR), unha gran base de datos informatizada con información ...

    • Unilateral hypertrophy of the inner lip 

      Cutrone, Mario; Valerio, Enrico; Grimalt Santacana, Ramon (Journal of Biomedical and Allied Research, 2019-09-30)
      Variations on normality on the vulvar aspect have generated many difficulties among general pediatricians.The great amount of aesthetical perfection has led to an increasing number of adolescents seeking ...

    • El universo metatextual de Fariña: cuatro medios, una historia 

      García Avis, Isadora; Narberhaus, Marta (Palabra Clave, 2024)
      En 1948 André Bazin profetizó el advenimiento de un “reinado de la adaptación” en el que un crítico del año 2050 se encontraría “no con una novela de la que se habrían ‘obtenido’ una obra de teatro y ...

    • UnivQual: a holistic scale to assess student perceptions of service quality at universities 

      Marimon, Frederic; Mas-Machuca, Marta; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina; Llach Pagès, Josep (Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 2017-03-20)
      The aim of this study is twofold. First, we validate a scale to assess the quality of the university experienced by students (UnivQual). Three main dimensions are envisioned: (i) “curriculum”, which ...

    • Unliganded progesterone receptor governs estrogen receptor gene expression by regulating DNA methylation in breast cancer cells 

      Verde, Gaetano; Lara, de Llobet; Wright, Roni; Quilez, Javier; Peiró, Sandra; Le Dily, François; Beato, Miguel (Cancers, 2018)
      Breast cancer prognosis and response to endocrine therapy strongly depends on the expression of the estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER and PR, respectively). Although much is known about ERα gene ...

    • Unmasking the barriers to financing social enterprises 

      Magomedova, Nina; Bastida-Vialcanet, Ramon (VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2022)
      The institutional complexity of social enterprises (SEs) often hinders their access to financing from conventional investors. To align the interests of SEs and their investors, innovative investment ...

    • Unmet needs in Cushing’s syndrome: the patients’ perspective 

      Valassi, Elena; Chiodini, Iacopo; Feelders, Richard A.; Andela, Cornelie D.; Abou-Hanna, Margueritta; Idres, Sarah; Tabarin, Antoine (Endocrine Connections, 2022)
      Background: Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a rare condition of chronically elevated cortisol levels resulting in diverse comorbidities, many of which endure beyond successful treatment affecting the quality ...

    • Unravelling the encapsulation of DNA and other biomolecules in HAp microcalcifications of human breast cancer tissues by raman imaging 

      Marro, Monica; Rodríguez-Rivero, Anna M.; Araujo-Andrade, Cuauhtémoc; Fernández-Figueras, María-Teresa; Pérez-Roca, Laia; Castellà, Eva; Navinés, Jordi; Mariscal, Antonio; Julián, Joan Francesc; Turon, Pau; Loza-Alvarez, Pablo (Cancers, 2021)
      Microcalcifications are detected through mammography screening and, depending on their morphology and distribution (BI-RADS classification), they can be considered one of the first indicators of suspicious ...

    • Up-regulation of PARP1 expression significantly correlated with poor survival in mucosal melanomas 

      Donizy, Piotr; Wu, Cheng-Lin; Mull, Jason; Fujimoto, Masakazu; Chłopik, Agata; Peng, Yan; Shalin, Sara C.; Selim, M. Angelica; Puig, Susana; Fernandez Figueras, Maria-Teresa; Shea, Christopher R.; Biernat, Wojciech; Rys, Janusz; Marszalek, Andrzej; Hoang, Mai P. (Cells, 2020)
      Introduction: Mucosal melanoma is rare and associated with poorer prognosis in comparison to conventional melanoma subtypes. Little is known about the prognostic significance as well as possible ...

    • Urban environment and physical activity and capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 

      Koreny, Maria; Arbillaga-Etxarri, Ane; Bosch de Basea, Magda; Foraster, Maria; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Cirach, Marta; Gimeno-Santos, Elena; Barberan-Garcia, Anael; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark; Vall-Casas, Pere; Rodriguez-Roisín, Robert; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith (Environmental Research, 2022)
      Background: Physical activity and exercise capacity are key prognostic factors in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but their environmental determinants are unknown. Objectives: To test the ...

    • Urban-tissue optimization through evolutionary computation 

      Navarro-Mateu, Diego; Makki, Mohammed; cocho-bermejo, ana (Mathematics, 2018-10-02)
      The experiments analyzed in this paper focus their research on the use of Evolutionary Computation (EC) applied to a parametrized urban tissue. Through the application of EC, it is possible to develop ...

    • Uridine 5'-triphosphate promotes in vitro Schwannoma cell migration through matrix metalloproteinase-2 activation 

      Lamarca Dams, Aloa; Gella Concustell, Alejandro; Martiáñez Canales, Tània; Segura Castell, Mónica; Figueiro-Silva, Joana; Grijota Martínez, Maria del Carmen; Trullás, Ramón; Casals i Farré, Núria (PLoS One, 2014-06-06)
      In response to peripheral nerve injury, Schwann cells adopt a migratory phenotype and modify the extracellular matrix to make it permissive for cell migration and axonal re-growth. Uridine 5′-triphosphate ...

    • Use and misuse of PRP clinical trial proposal to help find PRP’s true efficacy 

      Mirallas, Oriol; Farelo, Javier; Grimalt Santacana, Ramon (Journal of Dermatological Research, 2018-04)
      Introduction: Since the early 1970s, Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been used in many fields as a potential remedy for having regenerative properties. In dermatology, its use is extended to different ...

    • The use of next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of rare inherited anaemias: a joint BSH/EHA good practice paper 

      Roy, Noémi B. A.; Da Costa, Lydie; Russo, Roberta; Bianchi, Paola; Mañú-Pereira, Maria del Mar; Fermo, Elisa; Andolfo, Immacolata; Clark, Barnaby; Proven, Melanie; Sanchez-Fernandez, Mayka; Van Wijk, Richard; Van der Zwaag, Bert; Layton, Mark; Rees, David; Iolascon, Achille; British Society for Haematology/ European Hematology Association (British Journal of Haematology, 2022)
      The British Society for Haematology (BSH) produces Good Practice Papers to recommend good practice in areas where there is a limited evidence base but for which a degree of consensus or uniformity is ...

    • The use of PEEK in implantology: a narrative review 

      Hamdi, Zeineb; Cedeño Salazar, Rosario de María; Arregui Gambús, María; Ortega-Martínez, Jordi (British Journal of Healthcare and Medical Research, 2022)
      The present paper reviewed the literature on PEEK and its applications in implant dentistry. Materials and Methods: In vivo in human and animal models, in vitro studies, case reports and cases series ...