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Collection of scientific papers written by UAB teachers and researchers or published in the university journals.

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2023-09-22
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11 p, 353.9 KB Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Psychometric Validation of the Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale (PBIAS) into Spanish and Catalan / Tort-Nasarre, Glòria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Artigues-Barbera, Eva (Institut Català de la Salut) ; Pollina-Pocallet, Mercè (Institut Català de la Salut) ; Espart, Anna (Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Infermeria i Fisioteràpia) ; Roca, Judith (Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Infermeria i Fisioteràpia) ; Vidal-Alaball, Josep (Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya. Departament de Medicina)
The Positive Body Image among Adolescents Scale (PBIAS) explores the factors that bolster and interfere with developing and maintaining a positive body image during adolescence. The aim of this study was to translate, adapt, and validate the PBIAS into Spanish and Catalan. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/ijerph20054017
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 20 (february 2023)  
2023-09-22
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11 p, 1.3 MB Investigating livestock management in the early Neolithic archaeological site of Cabecicos Negros (Almería, Spain) from the organic residue analysis in pottery / Tarifa-Mateo, Nadia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria) ; Saña Seguí, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria) ; Clop i Garcia, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria) ; Rosell Melé, Antoni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Camalich-Massieu, M. D. (Universidad de La Laguna. Departament de Geografía e Història) ; Martín-Socas, D. (Universidad de La Laguna. Departament de Geografía e Història)
This paper seeks to reconstruct the management of food resources in the early Neolithic site of Cabecicos Negros in southeastern Spain. For this purpose, we have studied 29 potsherds from Cabecicos Negros (Andalusia, Spain). [...]
2023 - 10.1038/s41598-023-31036-6
Scientific reports, Vol. 13 (march 2023)  
2023-09-22
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16 p, 5.1 MB Diverse Populations of Colonize the Skin of Healthy Dogs / Fábregas, Norma (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Vetgenomics) ; Pérez, Daniel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Viñes, Joaquim (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Vetgenomics) ; Cuscó, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Vetgenomics) ; Migura-Garcia, Lourdes (Unitat mixta d'investigació IRTA-UAB en Sanitat Animal. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ; Ferrer i Caubet, Lluís (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ; Francino, Olga (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei Veterinari de Genètica Molecular (SVGM))
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is a commensal bacterium of the canine skin but is also a key opportunistic pathogen that is responsible for most cases of pyoderma in dogs. The current paradigm indicates that infection arises when predisposing factors alter the healthy skin barrier. [...]
2023 - 10.1128/spectrum.03393-22
Microbiology Spectrum, Vol. 11 (february 2023)  
2023-09-21
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18 p, 657.6 KB Concerning the Epistemology of Design : The Role of the Eco-Cognitive Model of Abduction in Pragmatism / Sans Pinillos, Alger (University of Pavia. Department of Humanities) ; Estany, Anna (Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona. Departament de Filosofia)
Design has usually been linked to art and applied in scenarios related to everyday life. Even when design has, on occasion, made its way into the world of academia, it has always been closely linked to art and scenarios related everyday life. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/philosophies8020033
Philosophies, Vol. 8 Núm. 2 (april 2023) , p. 33  
2023-09-21
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16 p, 1.2 MB Civic Solidarity and Public Health Ethics / Farrés Juste, Oriol (Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona. Departament de Filosofia)
Is solidarity in bioethics or public health ethics necessary? If so, why? Is there room for a principle of obligatory solidarity in bioethics or in public health ethics? In the first part of this paper, I assess the meaning of the value of solidarity in ethics. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/philosophies8010011
Philosophies, Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (february 2023) , p. 11  
2023-09-21
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3 p, 429.5 KB What if plants compute? / Vallverdú, Jordi 1973- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
The unexpended cognitive capacities of plants suggest the possibility of combining them with advances in computation. It is important to explore such a new field of research despite the incompleteness of the empirical support for it.
2023 - 10.51291/2377-7478.1793
Animal Sentience, Vol. 8 Núm. 33 (2023) , p. 17  
2023-09-21
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9 p, 415.6 KB ¿A qué filosofías ha afectado la Neurociencia? / Vallverdú, Jordi 1973- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Parece obvio pensar que los avances neurocientíficos, una revolución de finales del siglo XX, han impactado en la Filosofía Contemporánea. Sin embargo, este no es el caso. Como disciplina compuesta de numerosas áreas, todavía está anclada en modelos antropológicos, culturales, epistemológicos y cognitivos propios de siglos (e incluso milenios) anteriores. [...]
It seems obvious to think that neuroscientific advances, a revolution at the end of the 20th century, have had an impact on Contemporary Philosophy. However, this is not the case. As a discipline composed of numerous areas, it is still anchored in anthropological, cultural, epistemological and cognitive models of previous centuries (and even millennia). [...]

2022 - 10.22370/rhv2022iss20pp47-55
Revista de Humanidades de Valparaiso, Núm. 20 (2022) , p. 47-55  
2023-09-21
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13 p, 2.1 MB Magnetic Bead Handling Using a Paper-Based Device for Quantitative Point-of-Care Testing / Arias-Alpízar, Kevin (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Sánchez-Cano, Ana (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Prat-Trunas, Judit (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Sulleiro Igual, Elena (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Bosch-Nicolau, Pau (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Salvador, Fernando (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Oliveira, Inés (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Molina Romero, Israel (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Sánchez-Montalvá, Adrián (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Baldrich, Eva (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) have been extensively proposed as ideal tools for point-of-care (POC) testing with minimal user training and technical requirements. However, most μPADs use dried bioreagents, which complicate production, reduce device reproducibility and stability, and require transport and storage under temperature and humidity-controlled conditions. [...]
2022 - 10.3390/bios12090680
Biosensors, Vol. 12 (august 2022)  
2023-09-21
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13 p, 3.5 MB Electrophysiological effects of adipose graft transposition procedure (AGTP) on the post-myocardial infarction scar : A multimodal characterization of arrhythmogenic substrate / Adeliño, Raquel (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Martínez-Falguera, Daina (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Curiel, Carolina (Delegació de Barcelona) ; Teis, Albert (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Marsal, Roger (Delegació de Barcelona) ; Rodríguez-Leor, Oriol (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Prat-Vidal, Cristina (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Fadeuilhe, Edgar (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Aranyó, Júlia (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Revuelta-López, Elena (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Sarrias, Axel (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Bazan, Víctor (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Andrés-Cordón, Joan Francesc (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Roura, Santiago (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Villuendas-Sabaté, Roger (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Lupón, Josep (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Bayés-Genís, A (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Gálvez-Montón, Carolina (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Bisbal, Felipe (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
To assess the arrhythmic safety profile of the adipose graft transposition procedure (AGTP) and its electrophysiological effects on post-myocardial infarction (MI) scar. Myocardial repair is a promising treatment for patients with MI. [...]
2022 - 10.3389/fcvm.2022.983001
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol. 9 (september 2022)  
2023-09-21
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17 p, 981.5 KB Study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial : Community-based occupational therapy intervention on mental health for people with acquired brain injury (COT-MHABI) / Raya-Ruiz, Marco Antonio (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut Guttmann) ; Rodríguez-Bailón, María (Universidad de Málaga) ; Castaño-Monsalve, Beatriz (Institut Germans Trias i Pujol. Institut Guttmann) ; Vidaña-Moya, Laura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Fernández-Solano, Ana Judit (Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia) ; Merchán-Baeza, Jose Antonio (Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya)
The sequelae of moderate-severe acquired brain injury (ABI) encompass motor, cognitive, sensory, emotional and behavioural areas that affect meaningful occupational participation and quality of life, with a high prevalence of associated mental disorders. [...]
2022 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0274193
PloS one, Vol. 17 (october 2022)