The results of a study which has examined the relationship between blood concentrations or levels of several persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and self-rated health (SRH) show that people with higher...
Pioneering research conducted by the INMIX Research Group at the UAB sheds light on one of the topics that has preoccupied social scientists for over a century: the relationship between...
In contemporary politics, friendship is associated with malpractices and corruption. This research examines the ethical and political work of Aristotle, who, contrary to current perceptions, considered that civic friendship could help to reach greater stability and a...
How many times have we heard about the difficulty of reconciling work and family life? Ethnographic research (funded by the EOI) carried out before and during the economic crisis of 2008 in 20 Spanish SMEs in the new economy sector analyses...
A comparative study of the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of a group of adolescent survivors of a Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumour, with a survivor group of other neoplasms has shown that having had a CNS Tumour has a negative impact on HRQoL issues. These...
A new study from the UAB has identified the most ancient case of isolated bilateral macrodontia of mandibular second premolars reported to date. It is a relatively uncommon dental malformation that has been found in...
We have developed novel hybrid microrobots for wastewater treatment. These microrobots consist of a ferromagnetic piece stacked onto a porous semiconducting segment containing photocatalytic properties. These microstructures were found to be...
Through the study of the vegetation succession and sedimentological, geochemical and geomorphological data from the Lake of Banyoles (Girona, Spain), one study has shown that the Middle Holocene was marked by drying and cooling oscillations and by...
Specialists in oceanography and the study of climate change have studied fossil remains of planktonic foraminifera from the Gulf of Mexico with the aim of investigating temperature, salinity and oceanic productivity during...
A study onstorage systems of drinking water in 147 municipal deposits confirms that the material characteristics of these are the main contributors to their environmental impact, rather than transportation or the installation system. The storage capacity,...
