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Laser-deposited beta type Ti-42Nb alloy with anisotropic mechanical properties for pioneering biomedical implants with a very low elastic modulus
(MDPI, 2022)
Present commercial titanium alloy implants have an elastic modulus higher than 100 GPa, whereas that of the cortical bone is much smaller (17–28 GPa). This elastic modulus mismatch produces a stress ...
Interexaminer reliability and validity of quantity of cervical mobility during online dynamic inspection
(MDPI, 2022)
Background: Physical therapists routinely measure range of motion (ROM) of cervical spine. The reliability of the cervical range of motion (CROM) device has been demonstrated in several studies, but ...
Fostering resilience in adolescents at risk: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial within the resilience school-based intervention
(Frontiers Media, 2023)
Introduction: Resilience is considered of high relevance when developing interventions to cope with stressful situations. Schools are one of the key settings to promote resilience among adolescents. The ...
Indirect structural crosslinguistic influence in early Catalan–Spanish bilinguals in adulthood: predicate selection in Catalan existential constructions
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-11)
This study reports an oral production experiment investigating the expression of existentiality in the Catalan of adult Catalan–Spanish early bilinguals (N = 58) with comparable proficiencies but different ...
Differential costs for the non-adult ADHD population in Catalonia
(Springer Nature, 2023)
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is young children’s most common mental health disorder. We aim to provide causal estimates of the differential costs for the non-adult population with ...
The role of universities in shaping the evolution of Silicon Valley’s ecosystem of innovation
(Brill, 2020)
Universities play a unique role in ecosystems of innovation. They interact with the other agents of the Triple Helix model, developing their functions in relation to each other and together with industry ...
Real-world epidemiology of potassium derangements among chronic cardiovascular, metabolic and renal conditions: a population-based analysis
(Dovepress, 2020)
Background: The aims of the present analysis are to estimate the prevalence of five key chronic cardiovascular, metabolic and renal conditions at the population level, the prevalence of renin–angioten ...
Secondary school teachers’ learning: environments, specificities and considerations for educational practice
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2022)
This article is based on the research project APREN-DO aimed at exploring how secondary school teachers learn. Using an inclusive research approach and visual and narrative methods, we conducted the ...
Psychopathological aspects of sexting and IBSA perpetrators: a brief research report
(Frontiers Media, 2022)
Introduction: IBSA has been defined as taking, distributing, and/or making threats to distribute, a sexual image without a person's consent, and up to date there is still limited research on IBSA ...
Current and future perspectives in lung cancer prevention
(AME Publishing Company, 2020)
Smoking is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Tobacco smoke contains thousands of different heterogeneous substances, dozens of them classified as carcinogenic for humans, ...