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Polysaccharide-Based In Situ Self-Healing Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications
(MDPI, 2020-10-01)
In situ hydrogels have attracted increasing interest in recent years due to the need to develop effective and practical implantable platforms. Traditional hydrogels require surgical interventions to be implanted and are ...
Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour in Spanish University Students: Role of Gender
(MDPI, 2021-01-06)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, entire populations were instructed to live in home-confinement to prevent the expansion of the disease. Spain was one of the countries with the strictest conditions, as outdoor physical activity ...
Evidence of Paraoxonases 1, 2, and 3 Expression in Human Ovarian Granulosa Cells
(MDPI, 2021-08-22)
Increasing evidence suggests that the antioxidant paraoxonase proteins, PON1, PON2, and PON3, have a role in reproduction and may be synthesized by ovarian cells. The aim of this work was to investigate whether human ovarian ...
Load-Velocity Relationship in Bench Press and Effects of a Strength-Training Program in Wheelchair Basketball Players: A Team Study
(MDPI, 2021-10-24)
Performance in wheelchair basketball is determined by capabilities, such as strength and power. The study has two aims: first, to analyze the association between speed and acceleration variables (collected in the bench ...
The role of social support in school adjustment during secondary education
(Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias, 2020)
[EN] Background: During secondary education, a stage with a high risk of
failure and school dropout, social support is an important contextual
variable for the prevention of school maladjustment. The aim of this study
is ...
Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles for Soil and Groundwater Remediation
(MDPI, 2020-08-11)
Zero-valent iron has been reported as a successful remediation agent for environmental issues, being extensively used in soil and groundwater remediation. The use of zero-valent nanoparticles have been arisen as a highly ...
Health and Wellness Status Perception of Half-Marathon Runners: Influence of Age, Sex, Injury, and Training with Qualified Staff
(MDPI, 2020-08-05)
The aim of this study was to analyze the health and wellness status perception in amateur half-marathon runners according to sex, age, being injured or not during the two months prior to the race, and having the support ...
Screening of Natural Stilbene Oligomers from Vitis vinifera for Anticancer Activity on Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells
(MDPI, 2020-06-01)
The characterization of bioactive resveratrol oligomers extracted from Vitis vinifera canes has been recently reported. Here, we screened six of these compounds (ampelopsin A, trans-ε-viniferin, hopeaphenol, isohopeaphenol, ...
What are the Topics You Care about Making Trials in Lupus More Effective? Results of an Open Space Meeting of International Lupus Experts
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-05-20)
Despite promising candidates for new therapeutic options in the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), many clinical trials have failed in the past few years. The disappointing results have been at least partly ...
Unraveling the Effect of Singlet Oxygen on Metal-O2 Batteries: Strategies Toward Deactivation
(Frontiers Media, 2020-07-22)
Aprotic metal-O(2)batteries have attracted the interest of the research community due to their high theoretical energy density that target them as potential energy storage systems for automotive applications. At present, ...