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The effect of the exit of an insurer, due to government liquidation, on access to health care: evidence from Colombia
Our study evaluates the liquidation effect of a health insurer from a subsidized scheme, with the largest number of members in Colombia, on restrictions to future access to user care. Based on the information ...
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Open AccessA strategic sustainability model for global luxury companies in the management of CO2 emissions
Luxury brands are at the forefront of sustainability efforts and carbon emission reductions to fight climate change. The goal of this paper is to analyze such climate change challenges in terms of cost efforts...
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Open AccessPatterns in climate and seedling establishment at a dry tropical treeline
In some internal valleys of the northern Andes, precipitation at treeline elevation is seasonal, with one or two dry periods that could exert a strong control on tree seedling survival. However, little is know...
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Software to obtain spatially localized functions from different radial functions
We have developed an algorithm that enables simplified box orbital functions (SBO) to be obtained with optimized coefficients by fitting them to functions of many types. SBOs are a linear combination of radial...
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Poincaré Compactification for Non-polynomial Vector Fields
In this work a theorical framework to apply the Poincaré compactification technique to locally Lipschitz continuous vector fields is developed. It is proved that these vectors fields are compactifiable in the n-d...
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Smart care home system: a platform for eAssistance
In response to the increasing need of assistance services for people with disabilities and elderly, eAssistance focuses on the development of tools to increase their autonomy and self-sufficiency. In this pape...
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Myocardial MIBG scintigraphy in genetic Parkinson’s disease as a model for Lewy body disorders
To identify myocardial sympathetic denervation patterns suggestive of Lewy body (LB) pathology in patients with genetic and idiopathic parkinsonisms by 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
\(\mathsf {dL}_{\iota }\) : Definite Descriptions in Differential Dynamic Logic
We introduce , which extends differential dynamic logic ( ) for hybrid system...
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Introducing a new bond reactivity index: Philicities for natural bond orbitals
In the present work, a new methodology defined for obtaining reactivity indices (philicities) is proposed. This is based on reactivity functions such as the Fukui function or the dual descriptor, and makes it ...
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Tree patch distribution drives spatial heterogeneity of soil traits in cork oak woodlands
Spatial heterogeneity of soil resources is linked to tree patch distribution in Mediterranean cork oak woodlands. Tree patch distribution modifies soil traits by varying litterfall inputs due t...
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Trade-off between stem growth and acorn production in holm oak
There were trade-offs between acorn production and stem growth in individuals of Quercus ilex , and these occurred with annual and intra-annual periods. The ...
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Effect of ecological factors on intra-annual stem girth increment of holm oak
The intra-annual stem girth increment of Quercus ilex is mainly driven by water availability and secondly by temperature. Tree size and competition modulate...
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Semantic enhancement for media asset management systems
The socio-economic development of the World Wide Web gathered a large momentum through Web 2.0 and currently, the Web of Data is adding a further technological driver to this. The tremendous growth of media da...
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Assessing the effect of late-season fertilization on Holm oak plant quality: insights from morpho–nutritional characterizations and water relations parameters
Forest restoration projects with Holm oak (Quercus ilex) have had limited success, mostly due to water stress after planting and poor plant quality. Recent studies indicated that large and nutrient rich plants pe...
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Litter production in Holm oak trees subjected to different pruning intensities in Mediterranean dehesas
Litterfall is a key process in forests which is sensitive to climatic conditions like precipitation and temperature, and management practices. Therefore, knowledge about litterfall patterns and its associated ...
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Small-angle scattering study of structural changes in the microfibril network of nanocellulose during enzymatic hydrolysis
The hydrolysis of nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC), consisting of individual cellulose fibrils, was followed using small-angle scattering techniques in order to reveal changes in the substrate structure caused ...
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Seasonal evolution of water status after outplanting of two provenances of Holm oak nursery seedlings
Forest restoration programs using Holm oak (Quercus ilex ssp. ballota [Desf.] Samp.) have had limited success. The effect of plant provenance on plantation success is uncertain, although some previous studies sug...
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Two provenances of Quercus ilex ssp. ballota (Desf) Samp. nursery seedlings have different response to frost tolerance and autumn fertilization
Despite evidences that Holm oak has a high plasticity and great adaptability, there is limited or contradictory knowledge of the morphological and physiological variability of this species. Holm oak has been w...
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Autumn fertilization with nitrogen improves nutritional status, cold hardiness and the oxidative stress response of Holm oak (Quercus ilex ssp. ballota [Desf.] Samp) nursery seedlings
Holm oak (Quercus ilex ssp. ballota [Desf.] Samp) is one of the most important species in forest communities of the western Mediterranean Basin, but is very vulnerable to environmental stress during the first yea...
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A phase I study of the vitamin D3 analogue ILX23-7553 administered orally to patients with advanced solid tumors
Purpose ILX23-7553 (1,25-dihydroxy-16-ene-23-yne vitamin D3) is a vitamin D analogue that was developed to avoid the hypercalcemia that may limit the use of vitamin D as an anti-cancer agent. We performed a phase...
