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Carbon Nanomaterials Embedded in Conductive Polymers: A State of the Art
(MDPI, 2021-02-27)
Carbon nanomaterials are at the forefront of the newest technologies of the third millennium, and together with conductive polymers, represent a vast area of indispensable knowledge for developing the devices of tomorrow. ...
Cosmopolitan Distribution of Endozoicomonas-Like Organisms and Other Intracellular Microcolonies of Bacteria Causing Infection in Marine Mollusks
(Frontiers Media, 2020-10-30)
Intracellular microcolonies of bacteria (IMC), in some cases developing large extracellular cysts (bacterial aggregates), infecting primarily gill and digestive gland, have been historically reported in a wide diversity ...
Model-Driven Design and Development of Flexible Automated Production Control Configurations for Industry 4.0
(MDPI, 2021-03-05)
The continuous changes of the market and customer demands have forced modern automation systems to provide stricter Quality of service (QoS) requirements. This work is centered in automation production system flexibility, ...
Performance Analysis on the Use of Oscillating Water Column in Barge-Based Floating Offshore Wind Turbines
(MDPI, 2021-02-25)
Undesired motions in Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) lead to reduction of system efficiency, the system’s lifespan, wind and wave energy mitigation and increment of stress on the system and maintenance costs. In ...
Novel Hydrogels of Chitosan and Poly(vinyl alcohol) Reinforced with Inorganic Particles of Bioactive Glass
(MDPI, 2021-02-25)
Chitosan (CS) and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels, a polymeric system that shows a broad potential in biomedical applications, were developed. Despite the advantages they present, their mechanical properties are ...
Physical Aging Behavior of a Glassy Polyether
(MDPI, 2021-03-20)
The present work aims to provide insights on recent findings indicating the presence of multiple equilibration mechanisms in physical aging of glasses. To this aim, we have investigated a glass forming polyether, poly(1-4 ...
Naked Eye Y Amelogenin Gene Fragment Detection Using DNAzymes on a Paper-based Device
(Elsevier, 2020-05-07)
Nowadays, there are strong efforts in developing new technology for rapid detection of specific DNA sequences for environmental monitoring, forensic analysis and rapid biomedical diagnosis applications. That is where ...
Educational Inequalities in Life and Healthy Life Expectancies among the 50-Plus in Spain
(MDPI, 2020-05-19)
This study computes educational inequalities in life expectancy (LE), healthy life expectancy (HLE), and unhealthy life expectancy (ULE) by gender and education level in Spain in 2012. Death registrations and vital status ...
High-Voltage Stations for Electric Vehicle Fast-Charging: Trends, Standards, Charging Modes and Comparison of Unity Power-Factor Rectifiers
(IEEE, 2021-06-30)
Emission of greenhouse gases and scarcity of fossil fuels have put the focus of the scientific community, industry and society on the electric vehicle (EV). In order to reduce CO2 emissions, cutting-edge policies and ...
Silencing of Sinusoidal DDR1 Reduces Murine Liver Metastasis by Colon Carcinoma
(Nature, 2020-10-27)
Liver metastasis depends on the collagenous microenvironment generated by hepatic sinusoidal cells (SCs). DDR1 is an atypical collagen receptor linked to tumor progression, but whether SCs express DDR1 and its implication ...