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Simple and effective sol-gel methodology to obtain a bactericidal coating for prostheses
A silica-based sol-gel antibacterial coating has been prepared, and its performance has been compared with an antibacterial hydroxyapatite-based coating when applied to Ti6Al4V alloy. The antibacterial functio...
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Open AccessScintillation light detection in the 6-m drift-length ProtoDUNE Dual Phase liquid argon TPC
DUNE is a dual-site experiment for long-baseline neutrino oscillation studies, neutrino astrophysics and nucleon decay searches. ProtoDUNE Dual Phase (DP) is a 6
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Open AccessSupernova neutrino burst detection with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a 40-kton underground liquid argon time projection chamber experiment, will be sensitive to the electron-neutrino flavor component of the burst of neutrinos exp...
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Open AccessProspects for beyond the Standard Model physics searches at the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment
The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will be a powerful tool for a variety of physics topics. The high-intensity proton beams provide a large neutrino flux, sampled by a near detector system consist...
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Open AccessLong-baseline neutrino oscillation physics potential of the DUNE experiment
The sensitivity of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) to neutrino oscillation is determined, based on a full simulation, reconstruction, and event selection of the far detector and a full simulati...
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Microencapsulation of cerium and its application in sol–gel coatings for the corrosion protection of aluminum alloy AA2024
Cerium-containing microcapsules were obtained by means of water/oil (W/O) emulsion technology using tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as the precursor. Synthesis parameters as water/ethanol molar ratio, surfacta...
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Open AccessDifferences between diabetic and non-diabetic patients with community-acquired pneumonia in primary care in Spain
Diabetes is one of the underlying risk factors for develo** community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The high prevalence of diabetes among population and the rising incidence of this illness, converts it as an im...
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Open AccessSMPDL3b modulates insulin receptor signaling in diabetic kidney disease
Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase acid-like 3b (SMPDL3b) is a lipid raft enzyme that regulates plasma membrane (PM) fluidity. Here we report that SMPDL3b excess, as observed in podocytes in diabetic kidney disea...
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A bi-objective study of the minimum latency problem
We study a bi-objective problem called the Minimum Latency-Distance Problem (mldp) that aims to minimise travel time and latency of a single-vehicle tour designed to serve a set of client requests. This tour is a...
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A Multi-start Algorithm with Intelligent Neighborhood Selection for solving multi-objective humanitarian vehicle routing problems
In this paper, a problem based on real-world situations in humanitarian logistics is considered, where the main characteristics are the lack of available vehicles and the imperative need of a quick evacuation ...
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Functionalization of Cotton by RGO/TiO2 to Enhance Photodegradation of Rhodamine B Under Simulated Solar Irradiation
Reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles were immobilized on cotton textile substrates to produce self-cleaning textiles. Varying number of layers of RGO and TiO2 nanoparticles were ...
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Open AccessErratum to: Incidence and risk factor prevalence of community-acquired pneumonia in adults in primary care in Spain (NEUMO-ES-RISK project)
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Metastatic neuroblastoma in infants: are survival rates excellent only within the stringent framework of clinical trials?
SIOPEN INES protocol yielded excellent 5-year survival rates for MYCN-non-amplified metastatic neuroblastoma. Patients deemed ineligible due to lack or delay of MYCN status or late registration were treated, but ...
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Applications of Multicriteria Techniques to Plan the Harvest of a Forest Taken into Account Different Kinds of Objectives
This chapter addresses of a forest bearing in mind that forest management involves a multiplicity of goods and services. The proposed model not only includes economic and objectives but also takes into acc...
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Microscale Characterization Techniques of Fibre-Reinforced Polymers
Polymer matrices reinforced with structural fibres as carbon, glass or aramid (fibre-reinforced polymers or FRPs) possess excellent specific mechanical properties as strength and stiffness. As a result, struct...
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Open AccessIncidence and risk factor prevalence of community-acquired pneumonia in adults in primary care in Spain (NEUMO-ES-RISK project)
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in adults even in developed countries. Several lifestyle factors and comorbidities have been linked to an increased risk, although...
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Open AccessInfluence of the temperature on the fracture energy of a methacrylate adhesive for mining applications
The effects of the increase in temperature are of great importance when evaluating the strength of an adhesive. Some processes in mining, such as copper electro-wining, produce thermal changes that modify the ...
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Does the COPD assessment test (CATTM) questionnaire produce similar results when self- or interviewer administered?
The COPD assessment test (CAT) is a questionnaire that assesses the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on health status, but some patients have difficulties filling it up by themselves. We...
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Open AccessConstraints on the pMSSM, AMSB model and on other models from the search for long-lived charged particles in proton–proton collisions at \(\sqrt{s} =8\,\text {TeV} \)
Stringent limits are set on the long-lived lepton-like sector of the phenomenological minimal supersymmetric standard model (pMSSM) and the anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking (AMSB) model. The limits are ...
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Open AccessSearch for the production of dark matter in association with top-quark pairs in the single-lepton final state in proton-proton collisions at \( \sqrt{s}=8 \) TeV
A search is presented for particle dark matter produced in association with a pair of top quarks in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of ...
