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Calidad de servicio en la industria hotelera desde la perspectiva académica
el propósito de esta investigación es determinar el avance en la investigación sobre la medición de la calidad de servicio en la hotelerfa.Para la realización del trabajo1 se ha realizado una revisión de la literatura ...
Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes Containing COUBPY Ligands as Potent Photosensitizers for the Efficient Phototherapy of Hypoxic Tumors
Hypoxia, a hallmark of many solid tumors, is linked to increased cancer aggressiveness, metastasis, and resistance to conventional therapies, leading to poor patient outcomes. This challenges the efficiency of photodynamic ...
Antimicrobial efficacy of solar disinfection in cellulose fiber supported photoactive materials
According to the World Health Organization, antimicrobial resistance is one of the emerging threats to global health. Therefore, the development of new strategies to mitigate resistant bacterial strains is highly desirable. ...
A POCIS-based approach for the monitoring of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants: Calibration and deployment challenges
The impact of pharmaceuticals in aquatic environments requires complementary monitoring techniques to the more conventional grab sampling approach for an improved sample representativity. This study explores the application ...
The Masking Game: Design of Activatable Antibodies and Mimetics for Selective Therapeutics and Cell Control
The high selectivity and affinity of antibody binding havemade antibodies all-pervasive tools in therapy, diagnosis, and basic science.A plethora of chemogenetic approaches has been devised to makeantibodies responsive to ...
QUICKSERV: a service quality assessment tool for the quick-service restaurant industry
Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically develop and validate a practical, consistent and specific scale to assess perceived service quality at the service encounter at quick-service restaurants (QSRs). De ...
Measuring the provincial supply of higher education institutions in China
This paper proposes and estimates three novel higher education indices for 31 Chinese provinces: i) the Chinese Higher Education Density Index (CHEDI) to analyze the evolution of the quantitative distribution of higher ...
Simulaciones para aprender sobre el enlace, la geometría de las moléculas y la estructura de las sustancias
Las herramientas de modelización molecular son de uso común en investigación ypermiten explorar las estructuras de las entidades químicas y predecir las propiedades de las mismas. Del mismo modo, estos recursos son cada ...
Tourism-environment analysis: the case study of Glyfada
This exploratory work aims to further the study of the interdependent bonds which characterize the relationship between tourism and the environment, promoting wider perspectives and a more holistic approach to environmental ...
Neuropsychopharmacology of Emerging Drugs of Abuse: meta- and para-Halogen-Ring-Substituted α-PVP (“flakka”) Derivatives
Changes in the molecular structure of synthetic cathinones has led to an increase in the number of novel emerging drugs in the illicit drug market at an unprecedented rate. Unfortunately, little is known about the ...
Versatile, elastomeric and degradable polyHIPEs of poly(glycerol sebacate)-methacrylate and their application in vascular graft tissue-engineering
Polymer scaffolds are an important enabling technology in tissue engineering. A wide range of manufacturing techniques have been developed to produce these scaffolds, including porogen leaching, phase separation, gas ...
Biomineralization in Three-Dimensional Scaffolds Based on Bacterial Nanocellulose for Bone Tissue Engineering: Feature Characterization and Stem Cell Differentiation
Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) has a negative surface charge in physiological environments, which allows the adsorption of calcium ions to initiate the nucleation of different calcium phosphate phases. The aim of this study ...
Residues of Deltamethrin in Pine Needles and Pine Nuts of Catalonia (Spain)
In recent years, recurrent droughts have weakened stone pine (Pinus pinea) forests and facilitated the emergence of harmful pests and diseases, including the Leptoglossus occidentalis. The production of stone pine nuts has ...
Auditor-provided tax services and tax avoidance: evidence from Spain
We investigate the relationship between auditor-provided tax services (APTS) and tax avoidance in Spain. As a result of a recently enacted EU legislation, APTS is seriously restricted within the EU. The evidence available ...
Tourist destinations and sustainable tourism development facing the challenge
The aim of this paper is to promote knowledge about tourism phenomena while studying its evolution and convergence towards sustainability taking into account its role and capacities in achieving global and sustainable ...
In Vitro Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles Conjugated with Amikacin and Combined with Hyperthermia against Drug-Resistant and Biofilm-Producing Strains
In view of the current increase and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), there is an urgent need to find new strategies to combat it. This study had two aims. First, we synthesized highly monodispersed silver nanoparticles ...
Multiscale modeling for complex chemical systems: highlights about the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 was awarded jointly to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems. From the simplest approximation of molecular ...
Additively manufactured three-dimensional lightweight cellular solids: Experimental and numerical analysis
The development of cellular solids is one of the research fields in which additive manufacturing has made relevant progress in producing lightweight components and enhancing their performance. This work presents comprehensive ...
Evaluation of the biodegradability of hazardous industrial solid waste: Study of key parameters
The biological stability of solid waste is one of the main problems related to the environmental impact of landfills and their long-term emission potential. Current European legislation (European Landfill Directive, EC/99/31) ...
Comprehensive Characterization of 76 Pharmaceuticals and Metabolites in Wastewater by LC-MS/MS
Wastewaters are considered one of the main sources of pollution in the aquatic environment as release a large number of contaminants every day. Emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals have special interest due to the ...
