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Spin-texture inversion in the giant Rashba semiconductor BiTeI
(Nature Publishing, 2016-05)
Semiconductors with strong spin-orbit interaction as the underlying mechanism for the generation of spin-polarized electrons are showing potential for applications in spintronic devices. Unveiling the full spin texture in ...
Martha A. Finemanand legal equality: Vulnerability vs. Subordiscrimination?
(Universidad de Valencia. Publicaciones, 2016-12-19)
This article analyzes (and argues) the American legal scholar Martha A. Fineman's thesis about vulnerability. It is divided into five sections in which Fineman's paradigm is successively contextualized, projected to the ...
Prussian Blue and Prussian White as electrode materials for Na-ion batteries: AxM{Fe(CN)6] (A=Na, K; M=Fe, Ti; 0<x<2)
(2016-12-19)
Con el advenimiento de fuentes renovables intermitentes, los dispositivos de almacenamiento energético están siendo cada vez más demandados. Las baterías de ion litio son actualmente la tecnología preferida para alimentar ...
Looking Beyond the Veil of the European Crisis - the Need to Uncover the Structural Causes of Health Inequalities
(Biomed Central, 2016-03-01)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Subtypes. Transitions over Time
(Public Library Science, 2016-09-09)
Background
Although subtypes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are recognized, it is unknown what happens to these subtypes over time. Our objectives were to assess the stability of cluster-based subtypes in ...
Evaluation of 10 AMD Associated Polymorphisms as a Cause of Choroidal Neovascularization in Highly Myopic Eyes
(Public Library Science, 2016-09-19)
Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) commonly occurs in age related macular degeneration and pathological myopia patients. In this study we conducted a case-control prospective study including 431 participants. The aim of ...
Histone deacetylase inhibitors induce invasion of human melanoma cells in vitro via differential regulation of N-cadherin expression and RhoA activity
(Biomed Central, 2016-08-22)
Background: Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) exert multiple cytotoxic actions on cancer cells. Currently, different synthetic HDACi are in clinical use or clinical trials; nevertheless, since both pro-invasive and ...
Prevalence and determinants of diabetes among older adults in Ghana
(Biomed Central, 2016-11-21)
Background: Diabetes is one of the leading non-communicable diseases in Africa, contributing to the increasing disease burden among the old adults. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and determinants ...
Mutations in LRRK2 impair NF-κB pathway in iPSC-derived neurons
(Biomed Central, 2016-11-18)
Background: Mutations in leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) contribute to both familial and idiopathic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Neuroinflammation is a key event in neurodegeneration and aging, and there is ...
Grammaticalization in Bopp
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2016)
En muchos análisis diacrónicos, Franz Bopp apuntaló lo que llegó a conocerse como teoría de la aglutinación. En ella, recogió la opinión anterior y la contemporánea sobre evolución lingüística y contribuyó al desarrollo ...