In Europe, pork is the most widely consumed meat with an annual average of almost 32 kg per capita, and it is also responsible for around 26 per cent of total CO2 emissions by the farming sector. This study...
This research analyses how university dropout is addressed in America and Europe in order to design actions aimed at increasing student retention and achievement. The results show the difficulty in creating a unified approach to this...
Created in 1966, ELIZA was a computer programme which simulated conversations with users. Since then, other chat bots have been created, and are more advanced. This study comparatively analyses five chat bots highly valued in the Turing Test and...
Scots pine is the tree species with the greatest latitudinal distribution between Siberia and the Iberian Peninsula. A study carried out by researchers from the National Museum...
Gold nanoparticles have attracted much interest because of their size-related properties and applications in the fields of biomedicine, as sensors and catalysts. The potential for nanoparticle...
This study based on information from Catalan university students has found several profiles of students who drop out of university and later return. The results suggest, among other things, the need to establish plans for the transition to college,...
A multidisciplinary international team has advanced in the understanding of the terrestrial and ocean responses to climate variability in the western Mediterranean during the past millennium including the industrial era. Two high-resolution...
Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of organisms to change their phenotype according to the environment. While plasticity is important to cope with environmental changes, it may also be costly and be lost during evolution in a constant, non-challenging environment. In this study, we analyzed...
A study on the development of future energy has shown the need to consider the ultimate consequences of these. For this, it addresses three possible scenarios: business-as-usual, developing cheap...
A study on indigenous hunter-gatherer populations located in Congo, Borneo and Bolivia has spotlighted the difference between ways of acquiring knowledge of schooled people and people who...
