El conocido como "miedo al delito" o inseguridad afecta a la calidad de vida, provocando que los ciudadanos eviten ciertos espacios públicos, influenciando la elección del modo de transporte e interfiriendo en la toma de ...

Within linear continuum theory, no magnetic texture can propagate faster than the maximum group velocity of the spin waves. Here, by atomistic spin dynamics simulations and supported by analytical theory, we report that a ...

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When listening to distorted speech, does one become a better listener by looking at the face of the speaker or by reading subtitles that are presented along with the speech signal? We examined this question in two experiments ...

On the eve of WWI Italy was among the less advanced European countries in terms of social policies. This was due both to the the frailty of the state building process, began in 1860, and to the relative weakness of the ...

Despite the proliferation of climate change plans and strategies, global emissions have accelerated over the last decade. *If the present trends continue, temperatures will have risen between 3.7 and 4.3ºC by the end of ...

Consensus was reached on the text on which the future global agreement in Paris 2015 on cutting emissions will be based. The countries will have to explain by means of biannual reports from 2014 onwards how they are going ...

[ES] Washington Irving es un clásico universal y lo es, sobre todo, por la difusión y repercusión que sus Cuentos de la Alhambra ha tenido a nivel mundial. Cada país y cada literatura han alojado esta obra de Irving y la ...

Where strategies to reduce and recycle urban solid waste are insufficient, waste incineration is proposed as second-best management. Waste-to-energy facilities often raise remarkable public controversy, which the ...

beta-dicalcium silicate (beta-Ca2SiO4 or beta-C2S in cement chemistry notation) is one of the most important minerals in cement. An improvement of its hydration rate would be the key point for developing environmentally-friendly ...