A total of 91% of teenagers have smartphones and the majority use them to connect to social networks such as Facebook. Research reveals that they give much importance to the feedback they receive on their profiles, and that traditional stereotypes arise when presenting...
Spain has one of the highest incidence rates of bladder cancer in the world. Recently, olive oil has been discovered as a very helpful tool in its treatment. Investigators of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcolona in charge of this research, that hasn’t been...
Iris Crespo and Eugenia Resmini, in the 747 group at CIBERER, have researched the relation between emotional alterations such as anxiety and depression and cognitive problems in persons suffering from acromegaly, a disease characterised by...
Q Fever is a disease that can be severe for humans. It is caused by Coxiella burnetii infection and cattle, goats and sheep are considered its main reservoir, but it and can also be found in wild ruminants. Jorge Ramón López Olvera, from the Servicio...
Debates on identity and citizenship in Catalonia and England have many things in common. A study to compare the perceptions of secondary school students in both countries was conducted, and the results suggest that curricular reforms do not contribute to the creation of more inclusive models of...
Some nematodes that parasite on insects can cause their hosts to look halfway between a male and a female. In the case of Culicoides mosquitoes, males are feminized. Francesc...
This study aims to stimulate the discussion on the effect of working time on environmental pressures. By distinguishing between different time periods for developed and developing country groups respectively, we confirmed the significant relationship between...
Personality disorders are mental health problem whose prevalence in the general population is 10%, a much higher percentage compared to other mental disorders. The authors of this paper have conducted a study of nearly a thousand people whose...
Overweight and obesity continue to rise due to unhealthy diets, especially in adolescences. A recent study on the effects of a cafeteria diet with regard to coping strategies in female rats has shown, on the one hand, that this type of diet is not only metabolically harmful but...
The brain can be conceptualized as a thermodynamic system and as an information processor. Consequently, brain activity can be modelled in terms of thermodynamics and cognitive activity in information theoretic terms. The...
