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UK and Spanish banks performances before, during and after the financial crisis: consumer behavior and attitudes to personal risk
(Journal of Applied Economics and Business, 2014-12)This paper analyzes and compares the UK and Spanish banks performances before, during and after the financial crisis with a focus on the trend of ATMs, payment cards and accepted devices, ROA and ROE. ... -
Ultrasensitive photonic microsystem enabling sub-micrometric monitoring of arterial oscillations for advanced cardiovascular studies
(Frontiers in Physiology, 2019-07-23)Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death globally. Their early diagnosis requires ultrasensitive tools enabling the detection of minor structural and functional alterations in small arteries. ... -
Un modelo racional de organización territorial. Aplicación a Cataluña
(2011-04-12)La divisió, organització i gestió del territori sobre el qual s'assenten i desenvolupen les activitats humanes són, segons el parer de l'autor, un clar exponent de mòbils transcendentals d'atenció per ... -
Unas cortes fuera de cortes. La conferencia de los tres comunes de Cataluña (s. XVII-XVIII)
(eHumanista, 2021)El 9 de febrero de 1705 llegaba a Barcelona el decreto de Felipe V por el cual suprimía las Conferencias de los Tres Comunes debido a “los absurdos que han resultado y resultan de dichas conferencias ... -
Understanding cyber victimization: digital architectures and the disinhibition effect
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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"
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...