Transition metal oxides are an essential material for many industrial processes. Electrodeposition, which consists in the growth of a material on a substrate through the reduction (gain of electrons) of an ion present in an electrolyte (dissolution), allows preparing...
A study has explored how 32 students of elementary education perceive Education for Sustainable Development. The results show which are the most important aspects in EDS as judged by future teachers, who barely appreciate...
Biodiversity conservation policies based on the use of economic incentives are spreading around the world, especially in developing countries, but there is a lack of studies on their effectiveness. This paper has evaluated the forest cover protected...
The brain is one of the organs that generate most research, especially because there is still a lack of understanding of its operating mechanisms. Two examples are the cause and development of neurodegenerative diseases, widespread in Western countries, which cause a significant loss of quality of...
Selenium is an essential element for human beings. One of the most important sources of selenium is wheat, which obtains selenium from the soil. A study in hydroponics explains how the two main inorganic forms behave and shows that low concentrations of selenium act as a...
The vast majority of children aged 5 to 10 years do some extracurricular activity. Sporting activities entail benefits like increased self-esteem...
Sostenipra research group (ICTA-UAB) has studied the sewer networks of 68 Spanish cities to perform an environmental and economic analysis of the urban water cycle. The results show differences in electricity consumption between Atlantic and Mediterranean...
This doctoral thesis describes socio-residential patterns in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona and studies residential mobility flows in order to determine the migrant spaces within the metropolitan area. The sources are the Census of Population and...
Comparison of occupation between parents and descendants has traditionally been made using only the male population, thus obscuring women. From INE data for 2011, this article compares the results obtained when taking into account only fathers and sons,...
This doctoral thesis analyses internal migration in Colombia during the period 1964-2005, together with residential mobility, individual sociodemographic and contextual factors associated with this phenomenon, and spatial components...
