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An airborne campaign was performed during August, 2014 in an agricultural area in the Duero basin (Spain) in order to appraise the synergy between very different sources of Earth Observation imagery, and very different instruments for soil moisture retrieval. During the flight, an intensive field campaign comprising soil, plant and spectral measurements was carried out. An innovative sensor based on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) was on board the manned vehicle, the Light Airborne Reflectometer for GNSS-R Observations (LARGO) engineered by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. While the synergy between thermal, optical and passive microwave spectra observations is well known for vegetation parameters and soil moisture retrievals, the experiment aimed to evaluate the synergy of GNSS-R reflectivity with a time-collocated Landsat 8 imagery for soil moisture retrieval under semiarid climatic conditions. LARGO estimates, field measurements, and optical, NIR, SWIR and thermal bands from Landsat 8 were compared. Results showed that the joint use of GNSS-R reflectivity with vegetation and water indices together with thermal maps from Landsat 8 thoroughly improved the soil moisture estimation.

The gender perspective is important for a better diagnosis and treatment of diseases, especially in the field of oncology. This study aimed to analyse the gender approach in scientific articles in the field of oncology by studying the gender composition of the authorship of papers and the gender inclusion in the research carried out. A bibliographic search of articles and reviews signed by at least one Spanish institution published between 2010 and 2019 was carried out using the Science Citation Index Expanded database in the Oncology category. A total of 7523 studies were classified according to the gender composition determined by the author's name and a randomised sample was used to evaluate the inclusion of gender perspectives using a checklist. This study revealed a lack of gender parity in the authorship of oncology publications involving Spanish participation. Papers without author gender parity were eight times higher than papers with parity and showed a greater presence of male than female authorship (58 % versus 31 %). Regarding the introduction of the gender perspective, a negative response of 68 % referring to compliance with the entire checklist was obtained, and only a fifth of the articles presented gender balance in the study sample. Moreover, there is a positive correlation between gender parity in authorship and gender perspective integration in published research. In conclusion, there is a great need to advance the inclusion of gender perspectives in cancer research to overcome gender bias and promote better prevention, detection, and intervention for cancer.

Introducción. El artículo ofrece algunas características de la colaboración científica en la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV). El estudio se ha llevado a cabo mediante un análisis cienciométrico de la circulación de artículos de revistas y comunicaciones a congresos producidos por esta universidad, entre 1973-2001. Concretamente, se pretende conocer el grado de cooperación entre los autores, las entidades y los países que colaboran con la UPV. Método. El estudio comprende la consulta a un total de 213 bases de datos nacionales e internacionales, el tratamiento de 5464 artículos de revistas y 1111 comunicaciones a congresos, obtenidos de la busqueda, y el análisis de la colaboración científica en ese período de tiempo. Análisis. Se ha realizado un análisis cuantitativo de los datos obtenidos, después de ser tratados con el programa gestor de bibliografía 'Reference Manager'.Resultados. Los resultados muestran un alto porcentaje de colaboración científica de la UPV. Indican que la colaboración científica y la visibilidad están directamente relacionadas. Y se obtienen similares resultados en el caso de la cooperación internacional. Conclusion. s. La UPV presenta una tasa de colaboración superior al 86%, en general, y más del 40% internacional. Ha colaborado con 576 instituciones de 51 países diferentes.

The use of games in education represents a promising tool to motivate and engage students in their learning process. Most of previous research on the topic has focused to develop theoretical frameworks or to conduct experiments as a means to analyse learning outcomes such as knowledge retention, problem-solving skills gains or attitudes toward game-based learning. Nevertheless, little research has focused on providing a comprehensive literature review, which will help researchers to better understand how this stream of research has evolved over the last years. In this study, we use a bibliometric, social network and text mining analysis in order to provide useful up-to-date information to picture the state of the art about current research and evolution of the topic. Analysis on a sample of 139 articles published in top journals over the last 5 years (2010-2014) allowed identifying relevant authors and institutions, key constructs and themes involved, and trends of knowledge development. Main findings suggest an increasing academic interest on the topic over the last 5 years and a wide variety of constructs that were clustered in four main themes that we named: (i) "effectiveness," (ii) "acceptance," (iii) "engagement" and (iv) "social interactions." Future research lines are also addressed.