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Effects of the 2014 European reform on audit activity, the audit outcome and the audit market: the auditors’ view
Purpose This paper aims to examine the effects of the 2014 European regulatory reform on auditors’ activity, the audit outcome and the audit market, with a focus on the Spanish market. Design/methodology/approach The ...
Computer-assisted assessment in open-ended activities through the analysis of traces: a proof of concept in statistics with R commander
Open-ended tasks are common in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. However, as far as we know, no tools have been developed to assist in the assessment of the solution process of open-ended ...
PET Imaging of Self-Assembled 18F-Labelled Pd2L4 Metallacages for Anticancer Drug Delivery
To advance the design of self-assembled metallosupramolecular architectures as new generation theranostic agents, the synthesis of 18F-labelled [Pd2L4]4+ metallacages is reported. Different spectroscopic and bio-analytical ...
Comparison Between Modal Analysis and Impedance-based Methods for Analysing Stability of Unbalanced Microgrids with Grid-forming Electronic Power Converters
Stability in unbalanced power systems has deserved little attention in the literature. Given the importance of this scenario in distribution systems with distributed generation, this paper revisits modal analysis techniques ...
Role of Survivin in Bladder Cancer: Issues to Be Overcome When Designing an Efficient Dual Nano-Therapy
Bladder cancer is the 10th most diagnosed cancer, with almost 10 M cancer deaths last year worldwide. Currently, chemotherapy is widely used as adjuvant therapy after surgical transurethral resection. Paclitaxel (PTX) is ...
From Fukushima to fossil fuels: Carbon emissions, climate narratives, and grassroots movements in Japan's energy transition
The Fukushima Nuclear Accident triggered an energy predicament in Japan, necessitating initiatives to decarbonise and denuclearise its energy landscape. This shift has intensified reliance on fossil fuels, notably coal, ...
Empirical analysis of the relationship between labour cost stickiness and labour reforms in Spain
This study performs an empirical analysis on the relationship between labour cost stickiness and the decrease in employment protection in the Spanish labour reforms in 2010 and 2012. Following these reforms, the sticky ...
Modelos no lineales de previsión para series temporales de interés farmacéutico. Aplicación al caso de la escarlatina.
En este trabajo se presentan los resultados obtenidos tras el ajuste de un modelo no lineal y un modelo robusto de predicción a la serie temporal correspondiente a la incidencia de la escarlatina en Catalunya desde el año ...
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition in human endocrine islet cells
Background β-cells undergo an epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) when expanded in monolayer culture and give rise to highly proliferative mesenchymal cells that retain the potential to re-differentiate into ...
Protease-Resistant Peptides for Targeting and Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutics
Peptides show high promise in the targeting and intracellular delivery of next-generation bio- and nano-therapeutics. However, the proteolytic susceptibility of peptides is one of the major limitations of their activity ...
Exploring the gendered tourism entrepreneurial ecosystem in Barcelona and responses required: a feminist ethic of care
Barcelona is an attractive location in Spain for tourism entrepreneurship; however, women are significantly under-represented. This study adopts a locally based perspective and a feminist ethic of care theoretical lens to ...
La crisis del progreso como promesa secular. Una lectura teológico-política del giro reaccionario en la segunda década del siglo XXI
A través del examen de fenómenos políticos recientes en Estados Unidos y Rusia, junto con los discursos ideológicos y filosóficos que los respaldan (QAnon, Dugin), el actual artículo analiza el resurgir de un discurso ...
The online pricing practices of up-market Barcelona hotels - an international comparision
The number and variety of web based distribution channels over which the customer can purchase the hotel product continues to grow, which has resulted in increased price transparency. Customers can use the web to easily ...
Glyphosate targets fish monoaminergic systems leading to oxidative stress and anxiety
Glyphosate is the active ingredient of some of the most highly produced and used herbicides worldwide. The intensive applications of glyphosate-based herbicides and its half-life in water lead to its presence in many aquatic ...
Developing tuneable viscoelastic silicone gel-based inks for precise 3D printing of clinical phantoms
Tissue and organ phantoms with realistic anatomical features are becoming increasingly popular in the medical field due to their potential to revolutionize surgical planning and practice. Despite advancements in the ...
Mechanical strengthening in S235JR steel sheets through vibration-assisted ball burnishing
The superficial effect of hardening caused after vibration-assisted ball burnishing and its consequences in the tensile behavior of a carbon steel material are studied in this paper. As ball burnishing affects the material ...
CRYPTO-MANIA: How fear-of-missing-out drives consumers’ (risky) investment decisions
The cryptocurrencies (cryptos) market has undergone rapid development in the last years. Although this market is highly volatile and has frequently crashed, consumers show continued interest as well as widespread possession ...
European Mega Deals During the Sixth Merger Wave. Is the Legal Origin of the Bidder and the Target a Determinant of Short-Term Investor Reaction?
In the context of the mega merger and acquisition announcements during the sixth merger wave in Continental Europe, this paper presents an analysis of the influence of the bidder and target legal origins in the short-term ...
“Barcelona foradada”, 1937-1939: projecte d'accessibilitat al patrimoni de la ciutat
L’article està estructurat en dues parts. En la primera es fa una descripció d’un projecte concret d’accessibilitat al patrimoni i en la segona es presenta una explicació sobre patrimoni i recurs turístic i de lleure i ...
