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Transcription Factors in the Fungus Aspergillus nidulans: Markers of Genetic Innovation, Network Rewiring and Conflict between Genomics and Transcriptomics
(MDPI, 2021-07-25)
Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are shaped by the democratic/hierarchical relationships among transcription factors (TFs) and associated proteins, together with the cis-regulatory sequences (CRSs) bound by these TFs at ...
Exploring the Social and Emotional Representations Used by the Elderly to Deal With the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Frontiers Media, 2021-01-27)
Spain has become one of the European epicenters of coronavirus (COVID-19), a virus that particularly affects the elderly, since this group accounts for the majority of hospitalized cases and has the highest mortality rates. ...
Size-Based Routing Policies: Non-Asymptotic Analysis and Design of Decentralized Systems
(MDPI, 2021-04-12)
Size-based routing policies are known to perform well when the variance of the distribution of the job size is very high. We consider two size-based policies in this paper: Task Assignment with Guessing Size (TAGS) and ...
A Fair and Scalable Mechanism for Resource Allocation: The Multilevel QPQ Approach
(IEEE, 2020-12-29)
In this paper the problem of distributing resources among a collection of users (or players) is explored. These players have independent preferences to get these resources and can be dishonest about their preferences in ...
What Do Students Know about Rivers and Their Management? Analysis by Educational Stages and Territories
(MDPI, 2020-10-21)
The overall purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge that students have about the ecosystem concept of rivers and their sustainable management. A survey of nine questions gathered responses from 3447 students at ...
Interactive Virtual Representation of the Disappeared Convent of El Carmen (Logroño) Generated from a Paper Craft Model
(Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 2021-01)
The concept of mock-up, which share with the drawing the expressive synthesis for the analysis of the architectural form and evolution, is an invaluable asset for the preservation of the heritage. To mark the 175th anniversary ...
Validation of an Online Version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) for Alcohol Screening in Spanish University Students
(MDPI, 2021-05-14)
Online alcohol screening may be helpful in preventing alcohol use disorders. We assessed psychometric properties of an online version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) among Spanish university students. ...
Validation of a Football Competence Observation System (FOCOS), Linked to Procedural Tactical Knowledge
(MDPI, 2021-06-15)
The use of instruments for the evaluation of a player’s procedural tactical knowledge (PTK) in sociomotor sports, such as football, is a line of research of growing interest since it allows a pertinent description of the ...
Design of a Waterborne Polyurethane-Urea Ink for Direct Ink Writing 3D Printing
(MDPI, 2021-06-14)
In this work, polycaprolactone–polyethylene glycol (PCL–PEG) based waterborne polyurethane–urea (WBPUU) inks have been developed for an extrusion-based 3D printing technology. The WBPUU, synthesized from an optimized ratio ...
Information-Seeking Question Intonation in Basque Spanish and Its Correlation with Degree of Contact and Language Attitudes
(MDPI, 2020-12-14)
The present study analyzes the prosodic characteristics of the variety of Spanish in contact with Basque (in the Basque Country, Spain). We focus on information-seeking yes/no questions, which present different intonation ...