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Tuning the Properties of a UV-Polymerized, Cross-Linked Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries
(MDPI, 2020-03-05)
Lithium metal anodes have been pursued for decades as a way to significantly increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. However, safety risks caused by flammable liquid electrolytes and short circuits due to ...
SUMOylation in the control of cholesterol homeostasis
(The Royal Society, 2020-05)
SUMOylation-protein modification by the small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO)-affects several cellular processes by modulating the activity, stability, interactions or subcellular localization of a variety of substrates. ...
How do Sportswomen Perceive the Way they are Treated in the Media
(Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Catalunia, 2020-01)
This study sets out to examine how elite sportswomen perceive the way that their professional careers and women's sports in general are portrayed in the media. These athletes want to debunk gender stereotypes and have ...
Effectiveness of a Structured Group Intervention Based on Pain Neuroscience Education for Patients with Fibromyalgia in Primary Care: a Multicentre Randomized Open-Label Controlled Trial
(Wiley, 2021-05)
Background There has been increased interest in pain neuroscience education (PNE) as a therapeutic approach for the management of fibromyalgia (FM).
Methods A multicentre randomized, open-label, controlled trial was ...
Sensors Data Analysis in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems to Foresee Failures with an Undetermined Origin
(MDPI, 2021-04-14)
This paper presents the design and implementation of a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for automatic fault detection. The proposed system offers advantages in three areas: the prognostic capacity ...
Social Inequalities in Health Determinants in Spanish Children during the COVID-19 Lockdown
(MDPI, 2021-04-13)
The COVID-19 lockdown was imposed in a context of notable inequalities in the distribution of the social determinants of health. It is possible that the housing conditions in which children and their families experienced ...
Statin Treatment-Induced Development of Type 2 Diabetes: From Clinical Evidence to Mechanistic Insights
(MDPI, 2020-07-02)
Statins are the gold-standard treatment for the prevention of primary and secondary cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Despite the safety and relative tolerability of statins, ...
Self-Adaptive Global-Best Harmony Search Algorithm-Based Airflow Control of a Wells-Turbine-Based Oscillating-Water Column
(MDPI, 2020-07-03)
The Harmony Search algorithm has attracted a lot of interest in the past years because of its simplicity and efficiency. This led many scientists to develop various variants for many applications. In this paper, four ...
Simulation and Thermo-Energy Analysis of Building Types in the Dominican Republic to Evaluate and Introduce Energy Efficiency in the Envelope
(MDPI, 2020-07-20)
The improvement of the energy performance in buildings is key for sustainable development, even more so in the case of the Dominican Republic (DR), which is committed to this goal but which has neither regulation nor ...
Environmental Assessment of University Campuses: The Case of the University of Navarra in Pamplona (Spain)
(MDPI, 2021-08-01)
Current European environmental sustainability standards call for achieving a reduction in energy consumption and CO2 emissions for a horizon set in the year 2050. It has been verified that buildings and cities have a higher ...