Subjectivity plays an important role in the interpretation, validation and diagnosis of images obtained by different techniques such as X-rays or ultrasounds. For this reason, CAD programs have been developed. They are computer systems...
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the central nervous system, which causes the appearance of motor and non-motor symptoms. This article highlights the importance of non-motor...
Orexin-A and Orexin-B are a type of neuropeptides linked with many different functions, such as eating and drinking intake or certain cognitive processes. That is why it is suspected that they contribute in the clinical phenotype...
A study published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry by the Neuroscience Institute researchers Óscar Díaz, James Dalton and Jesús Giraldo, describes the potential activation mechanism of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1)....
According to the Thermodynamics laws, the behavior of systems in which gravity plays no role will reach a thermodynamic equilibrium and will not vary as long as it is not externally disturbed. This article questions whether these laws are still valid in large-scale systems or systems...
Researchers from the Bacterial Pathogenesis and Antimicrobials group of the Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB) and the Department of Genetics and Microbiology at UAB,...
The thesis of Xavier Delclòs aims to study daily travel time in the context of a city like Barcelona and how people perceives and manages it differently, based on empirical findings of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region. The results show an evident relationship between...
Dr Jason Hickel (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Prof Giorgos Kallis (ICTA, Autonomous University of Barcelona) have published a paper titled “Is Green Growth Possible?” in the journal New Political Economy. The paper examines green growth theory as articulated in major reports by the World...
The city has changed and urban tourism has gained importance. And this influences the tourist images that destinations produce and causes them to change over time. The Thesis by Raul Morais, analyzes how the...
Even though wild meat represents an important source of protein and income for local people in tropical forests, it is considered the main cause of population declines of many animal species. In this article, with the aim of improving the understanding of this type of trade and thus...
