Substance abuse, compulsive gambling and obesity show to have a very similar cognitive profile when it comes to the decision making process. This process drives individuals to choose determinate actions, over others, after...
Human activity has caused an increase in nitrogen emissions. The use of resin-based rain collectors will allow a less frequent sampling of nitrogen deposition than with conventional collectors. This will...
Researchers from the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy at the UAB and from the Department of Animal Production at the University of Lleida observed that the infection in laboratory of the N. caninum...
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...
