A review of the scientific literature finds results suggesting that suicide prevention interventions using telephone contact appear to be feasible and effective in reducing suicidal ideation...
A major effort is currently being made in the implementation of municipal waste selective collection systems. Bioproducts of commercial interest can be obtained from the organic fraction of...
In Catalonia, information is scarce about the in-hospital burden of diseases involving viral lower respiratory tract infections (bronchiolitis, bronchitis, asthma exacerbation and pneumonia) in paediatric population. A...
Crystal engineering plays an essential role in understanding how organic ligands and metal ions are assembled when synthesizing materials with special properties. Researchers from the Department of Chemistry have synthesized four zinc and cadmium compounds with 2-furoic...
On April 27th, the RETINDE network, composed of 16 entities representing more than 6000 researchers from all over the State, published a position paper in which they present the current situation of educational research in Spain. The document highlights the ten issues affecting...
Investigators of the TUDISTAR group (UAB), the Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands) and the University of the Balearic Islands, all specialized in the study of tourism, have published an article where they analyse the...
Anthropogenic fertilization of the Earth, with increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen in-puts, has enhanced plant photosynthesis and carbon sinks of terrestrial ecosystems. Several signals now suggest, however, that this carbon-sink activity is slowing its rate of...
Researchers of the Institut Català de Paleontologia, the UAB, the Naturhistorisches Museum Bern and the Université de Lyon has conducted a paleobiological study on the locomotor diversity of the first euprimates. This work,...
A study with the participation of the Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology of the UAB highlights how important crocodiles are in the ecosystems they inhabit and proposes a new conservation protocol that prioritizes the components...
Recently published research centered on the fossil hippopotamus populations from Europe highlighted the importance of the dispersion and ecological requirements of these forms in relation with fossil hominin dispersals into Europe. The authors...
