Fingerprints printed in ceramic pieces from Bronze Ages allow creating the profile of its manufacturer. A team of investigators from the Biologic Anthropology Unity of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has applied forensic techniques to...
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...
Sofia Tipaldou’s PhD dissertation deals with the factors that influence the emergence of contemporary far right organizations in Russia and underlines the key role of leadership in those organizations. The research addresses two questions:...
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...
Inmigración y Diversidad en España. Crisis econòmica y gestión municipal (Immigration and Diversity in Spain: Economic Crisis and Municipal Management), which was recently published by...
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...
The detection and diagnose of improper uses of the internet and ICTs among youngsters help prevent and act in time against their potential negative effects. With this aim, the Organitzational Development Team (EDO) carried out a research in 2014 in several Spanish localities, with the...
The TRITON network, funded by the CYTED program, aims to promote the treatment and recycling of wastewater from the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Latin American region by using...
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...
