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Inventarios municipales de GEI: una base para la acción climática en Cataluña. Primera parte: Sector Transporte y Residuos 

Antonucci Hidalgo, Macarena; Alcaraz Sendra, Olga; Lazzarini, Boris (Publication date: 2025-12)

El cambio climático representa uno de los principales desafíos globales, pero afrontarlo requiere acciones efectivas adaptadas a las necesidades y capacidades de cada territorio. Los gobiernos locales son actores clave ...

Diseño de una metodología para cálculo de energía hidrocinética en estuarios: ejemplo de aplicación con el software IBER 

Amezqueta García, Andone; Fernández Pacheco, Víctor Manuel; Álvarez Álvarez, Eduardo (Publication date: 2021-10-29)

En el contexto actual de una creciente demanda energética, la energía hidrocinética provocada por la interacción de mareas y caudales de agua en estuarios de los ríos es una de las fuentes con mayor potencial por explotar. ...

Supersurfaces for grasping, scene generation and contact modeling 

Badia Torres, Joan; Garrido Reus, Lidia; Pérez Gracia, Alba (Publication date: 2025-10-15)

In this work we study the use of superquadrics and superquartics for grasping and contact detection. We include an overview of the different formulations that have been derived from the superquadrics, and we group all these ...

Simulation of the burning and dripping cables in fire using the particle finite element method 

Martí, Julio Marcelo; Schartel, Bernhard; Oñate Ibáñez de Navarra, Eugenio (Publication date: 2022-01)

The behavior of the cable jacket in fire characterized by the tendency to melt and drip constitutes a major source of fire hazard. The reason is that the melted material may convey the flame from one point to another, ...

Linking the pressure dependence of the structure and thermal stability to a- and ß-relaxations in metallic glasses 

Shen, Jie; Cornet, Antoine; Ronca, Alberto; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Yang, Fan; Garden, Jean Luc; Morioux, Gael; Vaughan, Gavin; di Michiel, Marco; Garbarino, Gaston; Westermeier, Fabian; Goujon, Celine; Legendre, Murielle; Liu, Jiliang; Cangialosi, Daniele; Ruta, Beatrice (Publication date: 2025-10-03)

Glasses derive their functional properties from complex relaxation dynamics that remain enigmatic under extreme conditions. Although the temperature dependence of these relaxation processes is well established, their ...

Minimalist and nanoparticle-free selenium-based photocathodes for record performance solar-driven hydrogen evolution 

Maggi, Edoardo; Segura Blanch, Oriol; Caño Prades, Ivan; Torrens Dinarès, Arnau; Jiménez Arguijo, Alex; Estarlich Gil, Pau; Calvo Barrio, Lorenzo; Zhe Chun, Hao; Garcia Sanchez, Mario Fidel; Placidi, Marcel Jose; Puigdollers i González, Joaquim; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Wong, Lydia H.; Soler Turu, Lluís; Saucedo Silva, Edgardo Ademar (Publication date: 2026-01-01)

This work reports the highest photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance for selenium (Se)-based photocathodes, achieved through a simple, sustainable, and nanoparticle-free design. A half-cell solar-to-hydrogen (HC-STH) ...

Análisis de la matriz interconexión en un convertidor multifase con control en modo deslizante 

Montero Miranda, Pedro; Biel Solé, Domingo; Repecho del Corral, Víctor (Publication date: 2025)

En este artículo se presenta un convertidor buck síncrono multifase controlado por un control en modo deslizante (Sliding Mode Control, SMC). Las funciones de conmutación propuestas se componen de un lazo de tensi´ on, que ...

Enhanced selective recovery of rare earth elements from treated acidic mine water as oxalates: experimental optimization on the crystallization stage 

Crespo Villegas, Óscar; Hermassi, Mehrez; Gibert Agulló, Oriol; Cama Robert, Jordi; Cortina Pallás, José Luis (Publication date: 2026-02-15)

Treatment of acid mine water (AMW) from mining activities is an environmental challenge due to the large volumes generated. At the same time, rare earth elements (REEs), classified as Critical Raw Materials by the European ...

Assessing flood hazards and evacuation safety in metro stations: insights from Paral·lel station (Barcelona) 

Martínez Gomariz, Eduardo; Russo, Beniamino; Guadamud Calderón, Maria Stefania; Tellez Alvarez, Jackson David; Aparicio Uribe, Carlos Humberto; Forero Ortíz, Edwar (Publication date: 2026-02-25)

The increasing frequency of extreme rainfall events due to climate change has heightened flood risks in underground transport systems. Metro stations, particularly concourses and staircases, are highly vulnerable, posing ...

Self-assembled charge-complementary hydrogel with sustained release of antimicrobial peptides for periodontitis treatment 

Chen, Wener; Zhan, Chaoning; Zhang, Chengfei; Aparicio Bádenas, Conrado José; Peng, Simin; Ye, Zhou; Lin, Yifan (Publication date: 2026-01-01)

Periodontitis is a pathogenic microbial-infected disease where immune dysregulation promotes chronic inflammation and excessive osteoclast activity, causing progressive tissue destruction. Current therapeutic approaches ...

The effect of silk fibroin additive on the properties of tannic acid-based bioadhesives 

Alishiri, Romina; Zeinali, Reza; Pourtaghi, Kimia; Heshmatipour, Zoheir; Rahimi, Azam; Heidari Keshel, Saeed; Zaeifi, Davood; Sefat, Farshid; Biazar, Esmaeil (Publication date: 2026-02-08)

Hydrogel adhesives have attracted significant attention for diverse biomedical applications, including tissue engineering, wound dressings, crack propagation prevention, and hemorrhage control. In this study, a tissue ...

Gas migration in low-permeability clay-based barriers 

González Blanco, Laura; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar (Publication date: 2025)

Gas migration in low-permeability materials has become a critical focus in energy and environmental geotechnics, particularly for managing the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. Such waste can release radionuclides ...

How and why false denial constraints are discovered 

Martin Garcia, Albert; Cunha de Almeida, Eduardo; Romero Moral, Óscar; Queralt Calafat, Anna (Publication date: 2025)

Denial Constraints (DCs) are a flexible formalism to express many types of data rules, making them a widely adopted tool for many applications. This flexibility led to the development of numerous algorithms to automatically ...

Comparison of image-based direct numerical simulations of right ventricle against 4D flow 

Yildiran, Ibrahim; Loke, Yue Hin; Capuano, Francesco; Balaras, Elias; Olivieri, Laura Jean (Publication date: 2025)

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Informe i dictamen sobre les anomalies apreciades a part de l'estructura de l'edifici d'Av. Meridiana, 614 (Barcelona) 

Zamora i Mestre, Joan-Lluís; Gimferrer Vilaplana, Xavier (Publication date: 2025-12-17)

Es tracta d'un extens informe-dictamen sobre les anomalies estructurals en un edifici. S'hi van aplicar diverses tècniques d'auscultació i d'anàlisi.

Meteotsunamis in the Western mediterranean: a regional analysis from high-frequency sea level observations 

Villalonga Llauger, Joan; Pascual, Josep; Puigdefàbregas Sagristà, Joan; Gomis Bosch, Damià; Jordà Sánchez, Gabriel (Publication date: 2026-02-01)

Ciutadella harbor, in Menorca (Balearic Islands), is a well-known hotspot for the occurrence of meteotsunamis, i.e., tsunami-like sea level oscillations generated by atmospheric disturbances. This phenomenon represents a ...

Ongoing study on a scaled steel framed structure in a shaking table: preliminary results on the relation between fundamental period variations and damage 

Pujades Beneit, Lluís; Martín Balet, Alejo; Caselles Magallón, Josep Oriol; Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe; González Drigo, José Ramón (Publication date: 2023)

The feasibility of the use of fundamental period variations in buildings as damage indicators is analysed by means of a scaled steel framed structure mounted on a lab shaking table. The structure is a five-floor rectangular ...

Scaling ground motion records by considering the inelastic response of soils 

Vargas Alzate, Yeudy Felipe; Zapata Franco, Ana Maria; Tirado Gutiérrez, Rodolfo Javier; González Drigo, José Ramón; Vaunat, Jean (Publication date: 2023)

One of the main shortcomings of several seismic databases is the lack of ground motion records exhibiting high-intensity values. Consequently, when characterizing seismic risk, or in the design process of a civil infrastructure, ...

Measurement of the 244Cm neutron capture cross section at the n_TOF facility at CERN 

Alcayne Aicua, Víctor; Kimura, Atsushi; Mendoza Cembranos, Emilio; Cano Ott, Daniel; Aberle, Oliver; Alvarez Velarde, Francisco; Calviño Tavares, Francisco; Casanovas Hoste, Adrià; Cortés Rossell, Guillem Pere; Tarifeño Saldivia, Ariel Esteban (Publication date: 2026-02-01)

Accurate neutron capture cross section data for minor actinides are essential for the safe and efficient management of high level radioactive waste produced during the operation of nuclear reactors. In particular, 244Cm, ...

Machine learning investigation of marangoni convection in hybrid nanofluids with Darcy-Forchheimer 

Quershi, Hamid; Altmeyer, Sebastian Andreas; Zubair, Muhammad (Publication date: 2025-11-12)

This research utilizes machine learning to investigate Marangoni convection in a hybrid nanofluid (MnZnFe2O4 +NiZnFe2 O4/H2 O) within a Darcy-Forchheimer porous framework. We conduct both qualitative and quantitative ...

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