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The importance of potassium in forest growth
Potassium is generally not considered in ecological studies of forest growth. Based on this, a group of researchers at the CREAF in the UAB has studied the role of this element in the growth of 2836 forests parcels in Catalonia. Thus, these researchers have highlighted the...
Reputation and trust in models
We all know the reputation and trust are essential elements for which our society works. Also, are crucial in the new virtual societies. UAB researchers have developed a computational model of cognitive reputation that uses units called agents with beliefs, desires and intentions to make decisions based...
Characterizing new allergic agents
Maria Basagaña Torrentó doctoral thesis, read at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, has studied and characterized proteins that produce two kinds of allergies in our area: on one hand, human seminal plasma allergy, or HSPA, a rare allergy with unknown agents that caused it. On the other, dog...
The impact of independent producers in television broadcasting
Television programmes we watch every day at home are broadcast by television channels but are mainly produced by independent producers. These firms are the result of a regulatory decision taken two decades ago at the European level: to impose television...
Increasing instability in labor trajectories
The Spanish labor market is characterized by its large number of temporary contracts. However, few investigations have analyzed the effect of this labor instability from a longitudinal perspective. UAB researchers have studied how this instability has a continued effect over time,...
