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Paradoxical EU agricultural policies on genetically engineered crops
(Elsevier, 2013)European Union (EU) agricultural policy has been developed in the pursuit of laudable goals such as a competitive economy and regulatory harmony across the union. However, what has emerged is a fragmented, contradictory, and ... -
Paricalcitol Inhibits Aldosterone-Induced Proinflammatory Factors by Modulating Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Pathway in Cultured Tubular Epithelial Cells
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015)Chronic kidney disease is characterized by Vitamin D deficiency and activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Increasing data show that vitamin D receptor agonists (VDRAs) exert beneficial effects in renal ... -
Passive cooling of buildings with phase change materials using whole-building energy simulation tools: A review
(Elsevier, 2017)Buildings contribute to climate change by consuming a considerable amount of energy to provide thermal comfort for occupants. Cooling energy demands are expected to increase substantially in the world. On this basis, ... -
Pathways to a European PhD for Thermal Energy Storage
(International Journal of Learning and Teaching; Xabier Basogain, 2017)Innovative Pathways to Thermal Energy Storage (INPATH- TES) is to create a network of academia, research institutes and small and medium enterprises that are cooperating in defining an innovative programme and in its ... -
Pathways to defense metabolites and evading fruit bitterness in genus Solanum evolved through 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases
(Springer Nature, 2019)The genus Solanum comprises three food crops (potato, tomato, and eggplant), which are consumed on daily basis worldwide and also producers of notorious anti-nutritional steroidal glycoalkaloids (SGAs). Hydroxylated SGAs ... -
Patterns of CRISPR/Cas9 activity in plants, animals and microbes
(Wiley, 2016)The CRISPR/Cas9 system and related RNA-guided endonucleases can introduce double-strand breaks (DSBs) at specific sites in the genome, allowing the generation of targeted mutations in one or more genes as well as more ... -
PCM incorporation in a concrete core slab as a thermal storage and supply system: proof of concept
(Elsevier, 2015)Phase change materials (PCM) have been widely implemented in buildings envelope as passive system as well as in storage tanks for active systems. A new promising technology has been designed to act as a hybrid system ... -
PCM thermal energy storage tanks in heat pump system for space cooling
(Elsevier, 2014)A heat pump coupled to thermal energy storage (TES) tanks is experimentally tested under simulated summer conditions and the results are presented in this paper. The cold TES tank is used for shifting the cooling load ... -
PCM/wood composite to store thermal energy in passive building envelopes
(IOP Publishing, 2017)The development of new materials to store thermal energy in a passive building system is a must to improve the thermal efficiency by thermal-regulating the indoor temperatures. This fact will deal with the reduction of the ... -
PEGASO e-Diary: User Engagement and Dietary Behavior Change of a Mobile Food Record for Adolescents
(Frontiers Media, 2022)Background: Obesity amongst children and adolescents is becoming a major health problem globally and mobile food records can play a crucial role in promoting healthy dietary habits. Objective: To describe the methodology ... -
Performance and environmental impact of biodegradable polymers as agricultural mulching films
(Elsevier, 2016)In the aim of resolving environmental key issues such as irreversible soil pollution by non-biodegradable and non-recoverable polyethylene (PE) fragments, a full-scale field experiment was set up to evaluate the suitability ... -
Performance and stability of semitransparent OPVs for building integration: A benchmarking analysis
(Elsevier, 2019)Semitransparent (ST) organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are demonstrating great potential for building integration applications, especially in windows. For that purpose, ST-OPVs should achieve adequate transparency and performance ... -
Performance comparison of a group of thermal conductivity enhancement methodology in phase change material for thermal storage application
(Elsevier, 2016)Phase change materials (PCM) are able to store thermal energy when becoming liquids and to release it when freezing. Recently the use of PCM materials for thermal energy storage (TES) at high temperature for Concentrated ... -
Performance study of direct integration of phase change material into an innovative evaporator of a simple vapour compression system
(MDPI, 2020)This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 768824 (HYBUILD). This work was partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación ... -
Pesticide dose adjustment in fruit and grapevine orchards by DOSA3D: Fundamentals of the system and on-farm validation
(Elsevier, 2022)Agricultural productivity cannot be sustained without the application of plant protection measures. Within the framework of integrated pest management (IPM), the use of chemical pesticides should be limited to the last ... -
La pérdida de biodiversidad por abandono rural en el LTER Montseny cuantificada a partir del monitoreo de aves
(Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, 2016)El abandono de las prácticas agro-ganaderas tradicionales en las áreas montañosas de la cuenca mediterránea está a menudo asociado a un incremento general de la masa vegetal y a una pérdida de ambientes abiertos. Los ... -
La pérdida de privacidad en la contratación electrónica (entre el Reglamento de protección de datos y la nueva Directiva de suministro de contenidos digitales)
(Universidad de Deusto, 2019)Los datos personales de los usuarios se ponen en circulación con ocasión de la contratación de un bien o un servicio en el mercado digital. El objetivo de estas páginas es analizar esta situación fáctica desde la perspectiva ... -
Pharmacological activation of CB2 receptors counteracts the deleterious effect of ethanol on cell proliferation in the main neurogenic zones of the adult rat brain
(Frontiers, 2015)Chronic alcohol exposure reduces endocannabinoid activity and disrupts adult neurogenesis in rodents, which results in structural and functional alterations. Cannabinoid receptor agonists promote adult neural progenitor ... -
Phase Change Material Selection for Thermal Energy Storage at High Temperature Range between 210 ºC and 270 ºC
(MDPI, 2018)The improvement of thermal energy storage systems implemented in solar technologies increases not only their performance but also their dispatchability and competitiveness in the energy market. Latent heat thermal energy ... -
Phase change material selection for thermal processes working under partial load operating conditions in the temperature range between 120 and 200 ºC
(MDPI, 2017)In some processes, latent heat thermal energy storage (TES) systems might work under partial load operating conditions (the available thermal energy source is discontinuous or insufficient to completely charge the phase ...