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The Impact of Fiber Source on Digestive Function, Fecal Microbiota, and Immune Response in Adult Dogs
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Montserrat-Malagarriga, Miquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Castillejos, Lorena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Salas-Mani, Anna (Affinity Pet Care (Hospitalet de Llobregat)) ;
Torre, Celina (Affinity Pet Care (Hospitalet de Llobregat)) ;
Martín Orúe, Susana M (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
Dietary fiber has been widely recognized to have a profound impact on gut microbiota and health. However, the ideal fiber intake in dogs still needs to be determined. Fiber is not a single kind of molecule, but a plethora of compounds that are diverse in chemical composition and properties, including solubility, viscosity, and fermentability. [...]
2024 - 10.3390/ani14020196
Animals, Vol. 14 (january 2024)
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Rare Earth Elements' particles in road dust : A mineralogical perspective for source identification
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Navarro Ciurana, Didac (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ;
Corbella i Cordomí, Mercè (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ;
Farré-de-Pablo, Júlia (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Mineralogia) ;
Corral, Isaac (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ;
Buixadera, Elisabeth (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ;
Morera-Valverde, Robert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia) ;
Proenza, Joaquín A. (Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Mineralogia)
Roadside dust contains many mineral grains and, among them, some of REEs (Rare Earth Elements) which have an uncertain origin. This paper characterizes and illustrates for the first time the occurrence of such REEs' particles from four locations near Barcelona (Spain), by means of mineralogical studies, with the aim of identifying their source and understanding their accumulation. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119927
Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 309 (September 2023) , art. 119927
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Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires' Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers
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Politi, Julieta (Parc de Salut MAR de Barcelona) ;
Queralt, Andreu (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona) ;
Valero, Natalia (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona) ;
Martín-Gómez, Maria T. (Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron) ;
Durán, Raquel González (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona) ;
Parra, Elena (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona) ;
Sabaté Camps, Sara (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Avellanés, Ingrid (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Hernández-Pineda, Anna (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Masdeu, Eva (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Rius i Gibert, Maria Cristina (Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona) ;
Álamo-Junquera, Dolores (Universitat de Barcelona) ;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Sporadic Legionnaires' disease is frequently detected in commercial truck drivers. We report 2 sporadic cases of this disease in Barcelona, Spain, that occurred during December 2019 and September 2020. [...]
2022 - 10.3201/eid2804.210814
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 28 Núm. 4 (april 2022) , p. 841-843
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Weed Species from Tea Gardens as a Source of Novel Aluminum Hyperaccumulators
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Hajiboland, Roghieh (University of Tabriz) ;
Moradi, Aiuob (Guilan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization) ;
Kahneh, Ehsan (Tea Research Center, Iran Horticultural Science Research Institute) ;
Poschenrieder, Charlotte (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia) ;
Nazari, Fatemeh (University of Tabriz) ;
Pavlovic, Jelena (University of Belgrade) ;
Tolrà Pérez, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia) ;
Salehi-Lisar, Seyed-Yahya (University of Tabriz) ;
Nikolic, Miroslav (University of Belgrade)
Increased availability of toxic Al 3+ is the main constraint limiting plant growth on acid soils. Plants adapted to acid soils, however, tolerate toxic Al 3+, and some can accumulate Al in their aerial parts to a significant degree. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/plants12112129
Plants, Vol. 12, Issue 11 (May 2023) , art. 2129
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Oort cloud perturbations as a source of hyperbolic Earth impactors
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Peña-Asensio, Eloy (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ;
Visuri, Jaakko (Ursa Astronomical Association) ;
Trigo Rodríguez, Josep Maria (Institut de Ciències de l'Espai) ;
Socas-Navarro, Hector (Universidad de La Laguna. Departamento de Astrofísica) ;
Gritsevich, Maria (University of Helsinki) ;
Siljama, Markku (Ursa Astronomical Association) ;
Rimola, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química)
The observation of interstellar objects 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov suggests the existence of a larger population of smaller projectiles that impact our planet with unbound orbits. We analyze an asteroidal grazing meteor (FH1) recorded by the Finnish Fireball Network on October 23, 2022. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115844
Icarus, Vol. 408 (January 2024) , art. 115844
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One Health Approach : Invasive California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae) as an Important Source of Antimicrobial Drug-Resistant Salmonella Clones on Gran Canaria Island
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Santana-Hernández, Kevin M. (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Departamento de Patología Animal) ;
Rodríguez-Ponce, Eligia (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Departamento de Patología Animal) ;
Medina, Inmaculada Rosario (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Instituto Universitario de Sanidad Animal) ;
Acosta-Hernández, Begoña (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Instituto Universitario de Sanidad Animal) ;
Priestnall, Simon L. (University of London. Royal Veterinary College (Hatfield, Regne Unit)) ;
Vega, Santiago (Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU. Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas) ;
Marín Orenga, Clara (Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU. Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas) ;
Cerdà-Cuéllar, Marta (Unitat mixta d'investigació IRTA-UAB en Sanitat Animal. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ;
Marco-Fuertes, Ana (Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU. Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas) ;
Ayats, Teresa (Unitat mixta d'investigació IRTA-UAB en Sanitat Animal. Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal) ;
García Beltrán, Teresa (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Instituto Universitario de Sanidad Animal) ;
Lupiola-Gómez, Pablo A. (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Departamento de Ciencias Clínicas)
The aim of this study was to investigate the invasive species Lampropeltis californiae (California kingsnake) as a reservoir of Salmonella and its ability to spread different clones of the bacterium with zoonotic potential into the environment, as well as study its antimicrobial resistance patterns in Gran Canaria (Spain). [...]
2023 - 10.3390/ani13111790
Animals, Vol. 13 (may 2023)
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In-plane thermal diffusivity determination using beam-offset frequency-domain thermoreflectance with a one-dimensional optical heat source
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Xu, Kai (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ;
Guo, Jiali (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ;
Raciti, Grazia (University of Basel. Physics Department) ;
Goñi, Alejandro (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ;
Alonso Carmona, Maria Isabel (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ;
Borrisé, Xavier (Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia) ;
Zardo, Ilaria (University of Basel. Physics Department) ;
Campoy-Quiles, Mariano (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona) ;
Reparaz, Juan Sebastian (Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona)
We present an innovative contactless method suitable to study in-plane thermal transport based on beam-offset frequency-domain thermoreflectance using a one-dimensional heat source with uniform power distribution. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.124376
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 214 (November 2023) , art. 124376
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Industrial By-Products As a Novel Circular Source of Biocompatible Extracellular Vesicles
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Lorca, Cristina (Proteored. Instituto de Salud Carlos III) ;
Laparra, Moisés (Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados. Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Espanya). Antiguo Hospital Cantoblanco) ;
Céspedes, María Virtudes (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau) ;
Casaní, Laura (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ;
Florit, Sergi (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya)) ;
Jové, Mariona (Universitat de Lleida. Departament de Medicina Experimental) ;
Mota-Martorell, Natàlia (Universitat de Lleida. Departament de Medicina Experimental) ;
Vilella, Elisabet (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental) ;
Gallart-Palau, Xavier (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental) ;
Serra, Aida (Proteored. Instituto de Salud Carlos III)
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) constitute an intricate system of molecular exchange that has recently gained tremendous interest. However, sustainable sources of safe biological EVs remain scarce and elusive. [...]
2022 - 10.1002/adfm.202202700
Advanced functional materials, Vol. 32 Núm. 29 (july 2022) , p. 2202700
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Marine Invertebrates : A Promissory Still Unexplored Source of Inhibitors of Biomedically Relevant Metallo Aminopeptidases Belonging to the M1 and M17 Families
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Pascual Alonso, Isel (University of Havana. Center for Protein Studies) ;
Almeida García, Fabiola (University of Havana. Center for Protein Studies) ;
Valdés Tresanco, Mario Ernesto (University of Calgary. Department of Biological Sciences) ;
Arrebola Sánchez, Yarini (University of Havana. Center for Protein Studies) ;
Ojeda del Sol, Daniel (University of Havana. Center for Protein Studies) ;
Sánchez Ramírez, Belinda (Centro de Inmunología Molecular) ;
Florent, Isabelle (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle) ;
Schmitt, Marjorie (Université de Strasbourg) ;
Avilés, Francesc X. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina "Vicent Villar Palasí") ;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular
Proteolytic enzymes, also known as peptidases, are critical in all living organisms. Peptidases control the cleavage, activation, turnover, and synthesis of proteins and regulate many biochemical and physiological processes. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/md21050279
Marine drugs, Vol. 21, Issue 5 (April 2023) , art. 279
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