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AC and DC technology in microgrids: a review
(Elsevier, 2014-12-05)
Microgrids are a suitable, reliable and clean solution to integrate distributed generation into the mains grid. Microgrids can present both AC and DC distribution lines. The type of distribution conditions the performance ...
Animal-assisted psychotherapy for young people with behavioural problems in residential care
(Wiley, 2017)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an animal-assisted psychotherapy (AAP) programme on clinical symptoms, personal adjustment and adaptive skills in a group of adolescents in residential care who had ...
Promoting psychosocial adaptation of youths in residential care through animal-assisted psychotherapy
(Elsevier, 2015-10-09)
The goal of this study was to examine the influence of animal-assisted psychotherapy (AAP) on the psychosocial adaptation of a group of adolescents in residential care who had suffered traumatic childhood experiences and ...
Linguistic Accessibility for Small Language Cinema
(IGI Global, 2016)
Audiovisual accessibility is considered as a basic right. In a world where audiovisual material is more and more present, several measures have been taken in order to facilitate the access to it by people living with sensory ...
Velocity and power–load association of bench-press exercise in wheelchair basketball players and their relationships with field-test performance
(Human Kinetics, 2019-07)
Purpose: To analyze the relationship between mean propulsive velocity (MPV) of the bar and relative load (percentage of the 1-repetition maximum [%1RM]) in the bench-press (BP) exercise and to determine the relationship ...
Modelling the wear evolution of a single alumina abrasive grain: analyzing the influence of crystalline structure
(Elsevier, 2019-10-17)
The grinding process is continuously adapting to industrial requirements. New advanced materials have beendeveloped, which have been ground. In this regard, new abrasive grains have emerged to respond to the demands of ...
Potential relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms used in forensic genetics and diseases or other traits in European population
(Springer, 2015-03-13)
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are an interesting option to facilitate the analysis of highly degraded DNA by allowing the reduction of the size of the DNA amplicons. The SNPforID 52-plex panel is a clear example ...
Impact of polymorphisms in apoptosis-related genes on the outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
(Wiley, 2018-05-29)
Despite intensification of therapy, 20% of children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) relapse (Ceppi et al, 2015). The different response to chemotherapy may be partially explained by inherited genetic variants, ...
Failure-Analysis Based Redesign of Furnace Conveyor System Components: A Case Study
(MDPI, 2019-08)
Any manufacturing equipment designed from scratch requires a detailed follow-up of the performance for the first units placed in service during the production ramp-up, so that lessons learned are immediately implemented ...
An archaeology of “small worlds”: social inequality in early medieval Iberian rural communities
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-10-17)
This paper uses the archaeological record to analyse the forms of social inequality that existed within early medieval rural communities. The paper takes as its case study Álava, where there is a significant density of ...