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In Western societies, each year a huge amount of waste is generated. For a long time, its regular destination has been landfill or incineration. The UAB Composting Research Group (GICOM) focuses on transforming organic waste into value-added products, such as compost, which can be used as an...
In most Western nations one in four women are at risk of suffering intimate partner violence. In Mexico, this proportion is even higher. However, intimate partner violence affects not only women but also men. But when they suffer it, both...
After a peripheral nerve injury, neurons activate mechanisms that allow the regeneration of sensory axons, to try to restore their function. However, in most cases, functional recovery is insufficient and there are alterations in the processing of...
Although some of today’s armed conflicts seem unsolvable, the fact is that in the last three decades, four out of five of the armed conflicts have concluded with a peace agreement at a negotiating table. This book –written by Vicenç...
A team of researchers from the ‘Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont’ describes in the Science magazine the new genus and species, Pliobates cataloniae, based on a skeleton recovered...
This article explores and describes the association between social support perceived by children and young people diagnosed with cancer, and health-related quality of life once they overcome the oncological illness. Results showed how social support, specifically the...
A team from the Ethnoecology laboratory hosted by ICTA at the UAB has done a study with a community of semi-nomadic herders from Gujarat (India) to determine how traditional ecological knowledge is transmitted. The main finding of the study is that...
Nowadays, superficial bladder cancer is treated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG, which is effective in preventing tumour recurrence but can have several adverse effects in patients. The Mycobacteria Research Group at the UAB has discovered the...
The Eastern enlargement (2004) represented an important challenge for the European Union (EU). In this article, we analyze the changes incurred in the trade direction and composition inside the EU after 2004. Our...
