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2. Comparative Study of Metaheuristic Methods Inspired by the Prey House Mechanism
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Carmona-Frausto, Jesus C., Mexicano-Santoyo, Adriana, Montes-Dorantes, Pascual N., Cervantes-Alvarez, Jose A., Alvarez-Vergara, Deysi Y., Xhafa, Fatos, Series Editor, and Barolli, Leonard, editor
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- 2024
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3. Simulated Annealing and Tabu Search for Solving the Single Machine Scheduling Problem
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Mexicano, Adriana, Carmona-Frausto, Jesús C., Montes-Dorantes, Pascual N., Cervantes, Salvador, Cervantes, José-Antonio, Rodríguez, Ricardo, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Gomide, Fernando, Advisory Editor, Kaynak, Okyay, Advisory Editor, Liu, Derong, Advisory Editor, Pedrycz, Witold, Advisory Editor, Polycarpou, Marios M., Advisory Editor, Rudas, Imre J., Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, and Barolli, Leonard, editor
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- 2023
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4. Simulated Annealing and Tabu Search for Solving the Single Machine Scheduling Problem
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Mexicano, Adriana, primary, Carmona-Frausto, Jesús C., additional, Montes-Dorantes, Pascual N., additional, Cervantes, Salvador, additional, Cervantes, José-Antonio, additional, and Rodríguez, Ricardo, additional
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- 2022
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5. The far-infrared behaviour of Herbig Ae/Be discs: Herschel PACS photometry
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Pascual, N., Montesinos, B., Meeus, G., Marshall, J. P., Mendigutía, I., and Sandell, G.
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Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics - Abstract
Herbig Ae/Be objects are pre-main sequence stars surrounded by gas- and dust-rich circumstellar discs. These objects are in the throes of star and planet formation, and their characterisation informs us of the processes and outcomes of planet formation processes around intermediate mass stars. Here we analyse the spectral energy distributions of disc host stars observed by the Herschel Open Time Key Programme `Gas in Protoplanetary Systems'. We present Herschel/PACS far-infrared imaging observations of 22 Herbig Ae/Bes and 5 debris discs, combined with ancillary photometry spanning ultraviolet to sub-millimetre wavelengths. From these measurements we determine the diagnostics of disc evolution, along with the total excess, in three regimes spanning near-, mid-, and far-infrared wavelengths. Using appropriate statistical tests, these diagnostics are examined for correlations. We find that the far-infrared flux, where the disc becomes optically thin, is correlated with the millimetre flux, which provides a measure of the total dust mass. The ratio of far-infrared to sub-millimetre flux is found to be greater for targets with discs that are brighter at millimetre wavelengths and that have steeper sub-millimetre slopes. Furthermore, discs with flared geometry have, on average, larger excesses than flat geometry discs. Finally, we estimate the extents of these discs (or provide upper limits) from the observations., Comment: 18 pages, 12 figures main text, 32 figure in Appendix
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- 2015
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6. A scenario-guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions
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Roura-Pascual, N., Saul, W.-C., Pérez-Granados, C., Rutting, L., Peterson, G.D., Latombe, G., Essl, F., Adriaens, T., Aldridge, D.C., Bacher, S., Bernardo-Madrid, R., Brotons, L., Diaz, F., Gallardo, B., Genovesi, P., Golivets, Maryna, González-Moreno, P., Hall, M., Kutlesa, P., Lenzner, B., Liu, C., Pagitz, K., Pastor, T., Rabitsch, W., Robertson, P., Roy, H.E., Seebens, H., Solarz, W., Starfinger, U., Tanner, R., Vilà, M., Leung, B., Garcia-Lozano, C., Jeschke, J.M., Roura-Pascual, N., Saul, W.-C., Pérez-Granados, C., Rutting, L., Peterson, G.D., Latombe, G., Essl, F., Adriaens, T., Aldridge, D.C., Bacher, S., Bernardo-Madrid, R., Brotons, L., Diaz, F., Gallardo, B., Genovesi, P., Golivets, Maryna, González-Moreno, P., Hall, M., Kutlesa, P., Lenzner, B., Liu, C., Pagitz, K., Pastor, T., Rabitsch, W., Robertson, P., Roy, H.E., Seebens, H., Solarz, W., Starfinger, U., Tanner, R., Vilà, M., Leung, B., Garcia-Lozano, C., and Jeschke, J.M.
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Future dynamics of biological invasions are highly uncertain because they depend on multiple social–ecological drivers. We used a scenario-based approach to explore potential management options for invasive species in Europe. During two workshops involving a multidisciplinary team of experts, we developed a management strategy arranged into 19 goals relating to policy, research, public awareness, and biosecurity. We conceived solutions for achieving these goals under different plausible future scenarios, and identified four interrelated recommendations around which any long-term strategy for managing invasive species can be structured: (1) a European biosecurity regime, (2) a dedicated communication strategy, (3) data standardization and management tools, and (4) a monitoring and assessment system. Finally, we assessed the feasibility of the management strategy and found substantial differences among scenarios. Collectively, our results indicate that it is time for a new strategy for managing biological invasions in Europe, one that is based on a more integrative approach across socioeconomic sectors and countries.
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- 2024
7. A scenario-guided strategy for the future management of biological invasions
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Environmental Governance, Roura-Pascual, N, Saul, WC, Pérez-Granados, C, Rutting, L, Peterson, GD, Latombe, G, Essl, F, Adriaens, T, Aldridge, DC, Bacher, S, Bernardo-Madrid, R, Brotons, L, Diaz, F, Gallardo, B, Genovesi, P, Golivets, M, González-Moreno, P, Hall, M, Kutlesa, P, Lenzner, B, Liu, CL, Pagitz, K, Pastor, T, Rabitsch, W, Robertson, P, Roy, HE, Seebens, H, Solarz, W, Starfinger, U, Tanner, R, Vilà, M, Leung, B, Garcia-Lozano, C, Jeschke, JM, Environmental Governance, Roura-Pascual, N, Saul, WC, Pérez-Granados, C, Rutting, L, Peterson, GD, Latombe, G, Essl, F, Adriaens, T, Aldridge, DC, Bacher, S, Bernardo-Madrid, R, Brotons, L, Diaz, F, Gallardo, B, Genovesi, P, Golivets, M, González-Moreno, P, Hall, M, Kutlesa, P, Lenzner, B, Liu, CL, Pagitz, K, Pastor, T, Rabitsch, W, Robertson, P, Roy, HE, Seebens, H, Solarz, W, Starfinger, U, Tanner, R, Vilà, M, Leung, B, Garcia-Lozano, C, and Jeschke, JM
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- 2024
8. A review of the combination among global change factors in forests, shrublands and pastures of the Mediterranean Region: Beyond drought effects
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Doblas-Miranda, E., Alonso, R., Arnan, X., Bermejo, V., Brotons, L., de las Heras, J., Estiarte, M., Hódar, J.A., Llorens, P., Lloret, F., López-Serrano, F.R., Martínez-Vilalta, J., Moya, D., Peñuelas, J., Pino, J., Rodrigo, A., Roura-Pascual, N., Valladares, F., Vilà, M., Zamora, R., and Retana, J.
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- 2017
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9. 4CPS-066 Biological treatments used to treat hidradenitis suppurativa in a tertiary hospital
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Mestre Ribot, MM, primary, González García, R, additional, Martín Conde, MT, additional, Roma Mora, JR, additional, Arranz Pascual, N, additional, and Soy Muner, D, additional
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- 2023
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10. European scenarios for future biological invasions
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Pérez-Granados, C., Lenzner, B., Golivets, Maryna, Saul, W.-C., Jeschke, J.M., Essl, F., Peterson, G.D., Rutting, L., Latombe, G., Adriaens, T., Aldridge, D.C., Bacher, S., Bernardo-Madrid, R., Brotons, L., Díaz, F., Gallardo, B., Genovesi, P., González-Moreno, P., Kühn, Ingolf, Kutleša, P., Leung, B., Liu, C., Pagitz, K., Pastor, T., Pauchard, A., Rabitsch, W., Robertson, P., Roy, H.E., Seebens, H., Solarz, W., Starfinger, U., Tanner, R., Vilà, M., Roura-Pascual, N., Pérez-Granados, C., Lenzner, B., Golivets, Maryna, Saul, W.-C., Jeschke, J.M., Essl, F., Peterson, G.D., Rutting, L., Latombe, G., Adriaens, T., Aldridge, D.C., Bacher, S., Bernardo-Madrid, R., Brotons, L., Díaz, F., Gallardo, B., Genovesi, P., González-Moreno, P., Kühn, Ingolf, Kutleša, P., Leung, B., Liu, C., Pagitz, K., Pastor, T., Pauchard, A., Rabitsch, W., Robertson, P., Roy, H.E., Seebens, H., Solarz, W., Starfinger, U., Tanner, R., Vilà, M., and Roura-Pascual, N.
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Invasive alien species are one of the major threats to global biodiversity, ecosystem integrity, nature's contributions to people and human health. While scenarios about potential future developments have been available for other global change drivers for quite some time, we largely lack an understanding of how biological invasions might unfold in the future across spatial scales.Based on previous work on global invasion scenarios, we developed a workflow to downscale global scenarios to a regional and policy-relevant context. We applied this workflow at the European scale to create four European scenarios of biological invasions until 2050 that consider different environmental, socio-economic and socio-cultural trajectories, namely the European Alien Species Narratives (Eur-ASNs).We compared the Eur-ASNs with their previously published global counterparts (Global-ASNs), assessing changes in 26 scenario variables. This assessment showed a high consistency between global and European scenarios in the logic and assumptions of the scenario variables. However, several discrepancies in scenario variable trends were detected that could be attributed to scale differences. This suggests that the workflow is able to capture scale-dependent differences across scenarios.We also compared the Global- and Eur-ASNs with the widely used Global and European Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs), a set of scenarios developed in the context of climate change to capture different future socio-economic trends. Our comparison showed considerable divergences in the scenario space occupied by the different scenarios, with overall larger differences between the ASNs and SSPs than across scales (global vs. European) within the scenario initiatives.Given the differences between the ASNs and SSPs, it seems that the SSPs do not adequately capture the scenario space relevant to understanding the complex future of biological invasions. This underlines the importance of developing independent but c
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- 2023
11. Simple and efficient hydrolysis procedure for full utilization of the seaweed Mastocarpus stellatus to produce antioxidant films
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Alemán, A., Blanco-Pascual, N., Montero, M.P., and Gómez-Guillén, M.C.
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- 2016
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12. Simulated Annealing and Tabu Search for Solving the Single Machine Scheduling Problem
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Adriana Mexicano, Jesús C. Carmona-Frausto, Pascual N. Montes-Dorantes, Salvador Cervantes, José-Antonio Cervantes, and Ricardo Rodríguez
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- 2022
13. Weed suppression capacity of camelina (Camelina sativa) against winter weeds: The example of corn-poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
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Codina-Pascual, N., primary, Torra, J., additional, Baraibar, B., additional, and Royo-Esnal, A., additional
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- 2022
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14. Integral Mastocarpus stellatus use for antioxidant edible film development
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Blanco-Pascual, N., Gómez-Guillén, M.C., and Montero, M.P.
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- 2014
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15. Antioxidant film development from unrefined extracts of brown seaweeds Laminaria digitata and Ascophyllum nodosum
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Blanco-Pascual, N., Montero, M.P., and Gómez-Guillén, M.C.
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- 2014
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16. Effect of different protein extracts from Dosidicus gigas muscle co-products on edible films development
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Blanco-Pascual, N., Fernández-Martín, F., and Montero, M.P.
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- 2013
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17. Capacity of countries to reduce biological invasions
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Latombe, G., Seebens, H., Lenzner, B., Courchamp, F., Dullinger, S., Golivets, Maryna, Kühn, Ingolf, Leung, B., Roura‑Pascual, N., Cebrian, E., Dawson, W., Diagne, C., Jeschke, J.M., Pérez‑Granados, C., Moser, D., Turbelin, A., Visconti, P., Essl, F., Latombe, G., Seebens, H., Lenzner, B., Courchamp, F., Dullinger, S., Golivets, Maryna, Kühn, Ingolf, Leung, B., Roura‑Pascual, N., Cebrian, E., Dawson, W., Diagne, C., Jeschke, J.M., Pérez‑Granados, C., Moser, D., Turbelin, A., Visconti, P., and Essl, F.
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The extent and impacts of biological invasions on biodiversity are largely shaped by an array of socio-economic and environmental factors, which exhibit high variation among countries. Yet, a global analysis of how these factors vary across countries is currently lacking. Here, we investigate how five broad, country-specific socio-economic and environmental indices (Governance, Trade, Environmental Performance, Lifestyle and Education, Innovation) explain country-level (1) established alien species (EAS) richness of eight taxonomic groups, and (2) proactive or reactive capacity to prevent and manage biological invasions and their impacts. These indices underpin many aspects of the invasion process, including the introduction, establishment, spread and management of alien species. They are also general enough to enable a global comparison across countries, and are therefore essential for defining future scenarios for biological invasions. Models including Trade, Governance, Lifestyle and Education, or a combination of these, best explained EAS richness across taxonomic groups and national proactive or reactive capacity. Historical (1996 or averaged over 1996–2015) levels of Governance and Trade better explained both EAS richness and the capacity of countries to manage invasions than more recent (2015) levels, revealing a historical legacy with important implications for the future of biological invasions. Using Governance and Trade to define a two-dimensional socio-economic space in which the position of a country captures its capacity to address issues of biological invasions, we identified four main clusters of countries in 2015. Most countries had an increase in Trade over the past 25 years, but trajectories were more geographically heterogeneous for Governance. Declines in levels of Governance are concerning as they may be responsible for larger levels of invasions in the future. By identifying the factors influencing EAS richness and the regions most su
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- 2022
18. 4CPS-108 Biomarkers evolution in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia treated with baricitinib
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Escolà Rodríguez, A, primary, Alonso Navarro, R, additional, Albanell Fernández, M, additional, Arranz Pascual, N, additional, Roma Mora, JR, additional, Soy Muner, D, additional, Tuset Creus, M, additional, and Soriano Viladomiu, A, additional
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- 2022
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19. Peptide Microencapsulation by Core–Shell Printing Technology for Edible Film Application
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Blanco-Pascual, N., Koldeweij, R. B. J., Stevens, R. S. A., Montero, M. P., Gómez-Guillén, M. C., and Cate, A. T. Ten
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- 2014
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20. Identificación y clasificación de desprendimientos de roca con LIDAR y machine learning en Montserrat y Castellfollit de la Roca (Cataluña)
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Blanco Núñez, Laura, García Sellés, David, Pascual, N., Puig Puig, Anna, Salamó Llorente, Maria, Guinau Sellés, Marta, Gratacós Torrà, Òscar, Muñoz, J.A., Janeras Casanova, Marc, and Pedraza, Oriol
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Esllavissades ,Moviments de massa ,Vigilància electrònica ,Mass-wasting ,Electronic surveillance ,Castellfollit de la Roca (Catalonia) ,Montserrat Mountain (Catalonia) ,Landslides ,Massís) [Montserrat (Catalunya] ,Castellfollit de la Roca (Catalunya) - Abstract
Las metodologías de monitoreo para la detección de cambios en las superficies de los escarpes están basadas en la comparación de campañas adquiridas generalmente con técnicas de teledetección terrestre como el láser scanner terrestre o la fotogrametría digital. El volumen de datos a procesar es muy elevado y por tanto requiere de tratamientos automatizados o semiautomatizados. Independientemente de la resolución temporal y espacial del monitoreo, los resultados de la comparación de campañas se pueden clasificar en a) desprendimientos reales del material rocoso, b) variaciones de la masa vegetal, c) imprecisiones en la técnica de comparación o d) cambios antrópicos.
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- 2021
21. Detection of pathogenic Bacteria by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy: Influence of the immobilization strategies on the sensor performance
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Barreiros dos Santos, M., Sporer, C., Sanvicens, N., Pascual, N., Errachid, A., Martinez, E., Marco, M.-P., Teixeira, V., and Samiter, J.
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- 2009
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22. Desarrollo de un software de gestión de color para la industria cerámica
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Martín, A., Luque, J., Pla, O., Selvi, S., Clausell, J., Pascual, N. J., and Luque, D.
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Clay industries. Ceramics. Glass ,TP785-869 - Abstract
Not availableHoy en día contamos con una gran variedad de dispositivos para crear e imprimir imágenes, por eso es tan difícil ver un documento creado con un dispositivo, en otro diferente. La forma más eficaz de responder a este problema, es usar un Sistema de Gestión del Color (CMS). Cada dispositivo posee un modo particular de procesar el color. Con un Sistema de Gestión de Color, es posible controlar la reproducción de una imagen en diferentes dispositivos. Por lo tanto, la Gestión del Color describe todo el sistema que se utiliza para una comunicación cromática precisa entre un dispositivo y otro, y está basado en un software.
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- 2014
23. El cultiu de camelina
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Royo-Esnal, Aritz and Codina-Pascual, N.
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Conreus de llavors ,Sistemes de conreu - Abstract
La camelina (Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz) és un cultiu oleaginós conegut i cultivat des de l'Edat de Bronze que va ser reemplaçat per altres cultius més productius cap al segle XVI. Des de fa uns anys, però, i a causa de la necessitat de trobar cultius alternatius que aportin matèria primera per diversos usos, la camelina ha tornat a sobresortir. A més el seu cultiu presenta un interès per formar part de les rotacions de cultius herbacis de secà. Aquest interès no és en va, ja que, per un costat, l'oli produït per aquesta planta es pot utilitzar amb diferents finalitats, des del consum humà i animal fins a la producció de biodièsel, passant per altres usos industrials com la fabricació de pintures i vernissos o, fins i tot, en la indústria cosmètica. Altrament, el tortó de camelina, ric en proteïna, antioxidants i àcid grassos saludables s'utilitza en l'alimentació de truites i gallines (entre altres bestiars), per enriquir la carn dels primers i els ous dels segons amb omega-3. A més, les llavors tenen un contingut de mucílag d'entre un 7% i un 15%, essent una potencial font d'aquest producte per l'ús medicinal i alimentari.
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- 2021
24. Alternative futures for global biological invasions
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Roura-Pascual, N, Leung, B, Rabitsch, W, Rutting, L, Vervoort, J, Bacher, S, Dullinger, S, Erb, KH, Jeschke, JM, Katsanevakis, S, Kühn, I, Lenzner, B, Liebhold, AM, Obersteiner, M, Pauchard, A, Peterson, GD, Roy, HE, Seebens, H, Winter, M, Burgman, MA, Genovesi, P, Hulme, PE, Keller, RP, Latombe, G, McGeoch, MA, Ruiz, GM, Scalera, R, Springborn, MR, von Holle, B, Essl, F, Roura-Pascual, N, Leung, B, Rabitsch, W, Rutting, L, Vervoort, J, Bacher, S, Dullinger, S, Erb, KH, Jeschke, JM, Katsanevakis, S, Kühn, I, Lenzner, B, Liebhold, AM, Obersteiner, M, Pauchard, A, Peterson, GD, Roy, HE, Seebens, H, Winter, M, Burgman, MA, Genovesi, P, Hulme, PE, Keller, RP, Latombe, G, McGeoch, MA, Ruiz, GM, Scalera, R, Springborn, MR, von Holle, B, and Essl, F
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Scenario analysis has emerged as a key tool to analyze complex and uncertain future socio-ecological developments. However, currently existing global scenarios (narratives of how the world may develop) have neglected biological invasions, a major threat to biodiversity and the economy. Here, we use a novel participatory process to develop a diverse set of global biological invasion scenarios spanning a wide range of plausible global futures through to 2050. We adapted the widely used “two axes” scenario analysis approach to develop four families of four scenarios each, resulting in 16 scenarios that were later clustered into four contrasting sets of futures. Our analysis highlights that socioeconomic developments and technological innovation have the potential to shape biological invasions, in addition to well-known drivers, such as climate and human land use change and global trade. Our scenarios partially align with the shared socioeconomic pathways created by the climate change research community. Several factors that drive differences in biological invasions were underrepresented in the shared socioeconomic pathways; in particular, the implementation of biosecurity policies. We argue that including factors related to public environmental awareness and technological and trade development in global scenarios and models is essential to adequately consider biological invasions in global environmental assessments and thereby obtain a more integrative picture of future social–ecological developments.
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- 2021
25. Alternative futures for global biological invasions
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Roura-Pascual, N., Leung, B., Rabitsch, W., Rutting, L., Vervoort, J., Bacher, S., Dullinger, S., Erb, K.-H., Jeschke, J.M., Katsanevakis, S., Kühn, Ingolf, Lenzner, B., Liebhold, A.M., Obersteiner, M., Pauchard, A., Peterson, G.D., Roy, H.E., Seebens, H., Winter, M., Burgman, M.A., Genovesi, P., Hulme, P.E., Keller, R.P., Latombe, G., McGeoch, M.A., Ruiz, G.M., Scalera, R., Springborn, M.R., von Holle, B., Essl, F., Roura-Pascual, N., Leung, B., Rabitsch, W., Rutting, L., Vervoort, J., Bacher, S., Dullinger, S., Erb, K.-H., Jeschke, J.M., Katsanevakis, S., Kühn, Ingolf, Lenzner, B., Liebhold, A.M., Obersteiner, M., Pauchard, A., Peterson, G.D., Roy, H.E., Seebens, H., Winter, M., Burgman, M.A., Genovesi, P., Hulme, P.E., Keller, R.P., Latombe, G., McGeoch, M.A., Ruiz, G.M., Scalera, R., Springborn, M.R., von Holle, B., and Essl, F.
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Scenario analysis has emerged as a key tool to analyze complex and uncertain future socio-ecological developments. However, currently existing global scenarios (narratives of how the world may develop) have neglected biological invasions, a major threat to biodiversity and the economy. Here, we use a novel participatory process to develop a diverse set of global biological invasion scenarios spanning a wide range of plausible global futures through to 2050. We adapted the widely used “two axes” scenario analysis approach to develop four families of four scenarios each, resulting in 16 scenarios that were later clustered into four contrasting sets of futures. Our analysis highlights that socioeconomic developments and technological innovation have the potential to shape biological invasions, in addition to well-known drivers, such as climate and human land use change and global trade. Our scenarios partially align with the shared socioeconomic pathways created by the climate change research community. Several factors that drive differences in biological invasions were underrepresented in the shared socioeconomic pathways; in particular, the implementation of biosecurity policies. We argue that including factors related to public environmental awareness and technological and trade development in global scenarios and models is essential to adequately consider biological invasions in global environmental assessments and thereby obtain a more integrative picture of future social–ecological developments.
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- 2021
26. Respiratory support in COPD patients after acute exacerbation with monitoring the quality of support (Rescue2-monitor): an open-label, prospective randomized, controlled, superiority clinical trial comparing hospital- versus home-based acute non-invasive ventilation for patients with hypercapnic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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Gonzalez-Bermejo J, Hajage D, Durand-Zaleski I, Arnal J, Cuvelier A, Grassion L, Jaffre S, Lamia B, Pontier S, Prigent A, Rabec C, Raherison-Semjen C, Saint Raymond C, Soler J, Trzepizur W, Winck J, Aguiar M, Chaves H, Conde B, Guimaraes M, Lopes P, Mineiro A, Moreira S, Pamplona P, Rodrigues C, Sousa S, Anton A, Cordoba-Izquierdo A, Embid C, Gonzalez C, Ezzine F, Garcia P, Gonzalez M, Guerassimova I, Lopez D, Lujan M, Beltran S, Martinez J, Masa F, Pascual N, Penacoba N, Resano P, Rey L, Jerez F, Roncero A, Chinesta J, Catalan J, and On behalf of the Rescue2
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Targeted treatment ,Hypercapnic respiratory failure ,Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ,Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) ,Hypoventilation - Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is expected to be the 3(rd)leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. Despite improvements in survival by using acute non-invasive ventilation (NIV) to treat patients with exacerbations of COPD complicated by acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF), these patients are at high risk of readmission and further life-threatening events, including death. Recent studies suggested that NIV at home can reduce readmissions, but in a small proportion of patients, and with a high level of expertise. Other studies, however, do not show any benefit of home NIV. This could be related to the fact that respiratory failure in patients with stable COPD and their response to mechanical ventilation are influenced by several pathophysiological factors which frequently coexist in the same patient to varying degrees. These pathophysiological factors might influence the success of home NIV in stable COPD, thus long-term NIV specifically adapted to a patient's "phenotype" is likely to improve prognosis, reduce readmission to hospital, and prevent death. In view of this conundrum, Rescue2-monitor (R2M), an open-label, prospective randomized, controlled study performed in patients with hypercapnic COPD post-AHRF, will investigate the impact of the quality of nocturnal NIV on the readmission-free survival. The primary objective is to show that any of 3 home NIV strategies ("rescue," "non-targeted," and "targeted") will improve readmission-free survival in comparison to no-home NIV. The "targeted" group of patients will receive a treatment with personalized (targeted) ventilation settings and extensive monitoring. Furthermore, the influence of comorbidities typical for COPD patients, such as cardiac insufficiency, OSA, or associated asthma, on ventilation outcomes will be taken into consideration and reasons for non-inclusion of patients will be recorded in order to evaluate the percentage of ventilated COPD patients that are screening failures. ClinicalTrials.gov. Registered on March 26, 2019.
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- 2020
27. What will the future bring for biological invasions on islands? An expert-based assessment
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Lenzner, B., Latombe, G., Capinha, C., Bellard, C., Courchamp, F., Diagne, C., Dullinger, S., Golivets, Maryna, Irl, S.D.H., Kühn, Ingolf, Leung, B., Liu, C., Moser, D., Roura‐Pascual, N., Seebens, H., Turbelin, A., Weigelt, P., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Latombe, G., Capinha, C., Bellard, C., Courchamp, F., Diagne, C., Dullinger, S., Golivets, Maryna, Irl, S.D.H., Kühn, Ingolf, Leung, B., Liu, C., Moser, D., Roura‐Pascual, N., Seebens, H., Turbelin, A., Weigelt, P., and Essl, F.
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Biological invasions are a major threat to global biodiversity with particularly strong implications for island biodiversity. Much research has been dedicated towards understanding historic and current changes in alien species distribution and impacts on islands and potential changes under future climate change. However, projections of how alien species richness and impacts on islands might develop in the future are still lacking. In the absence of reliable projections, expert-based assessments are a valuable tool to investigate the importance of different drivers and pathways and the distributions of potential impacts of future biological invasions. These insights can guide subsequent quantification efforts and inform invasive species management and policy. In this study, we performed a survey among 126 experts in invasion science ranging from scientists to managers and decision makers with a focus on island systems until the mid-21st century. The survey revealed that out of 15 drivers, six were considered important by almost all respondents (>90%). Of these, trade and transport was identified as most important at the introduction stage (99.2%) and land use/cover change as most important at the establishment (96.8%) and spread (95.2%) stage. Additionally, the experts considered that alien species were more likely to be introduced (93.7%) and spread (78.6%) as stowaways than through any other pathway. In general, respondents agreed that the impacts of alien species will increase on all types of islands, particularly on oceanic islands, followed by atolls and continental islands. Within islands, terrestrial ecosystems were assumed to be impacted more severely than marine ecosystems. Finally, the survey hints toward the potential for effective communication, scientific research and increased pro-active management of alien species on islands to reduce their future consequences. Given the major threat represented by invasive alien species on islands, these result
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28. Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment
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Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Bacher, S., Bailey, S., Capinha, C., Daehler, C., Dullinger, S., Genovesi, P., Hui, C., Hulme, P.E., Jeschke, J.M., Katsanevakis, S., Kühn, Ingolf, Leung, B., Liebhold, A., Liu, C., MacIsaac, H.J., Meyerson, L.A., Nuñez, M.A., Pauchard, A., Pyšek, P., Rabitsch, W., Richardson, D.M., Roy, H.E., Ruiz, G.M., Russell, J.C., Sanders, N.J., Sax, D.F., Scalera, R., Seebens, H., Springborn, M., Turbelin, A., van Kleunen, M., von Holle, B., Winter, M., Zenni, R.D., Mattsson, B.J., Roura‐Pascual, N., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Bacher, S., Bailey, S., Capinha, C., Daehler, C., Dullinger, S., Genovesi, P., Hui, C., Hulme, P.E., Jeschke, J.M., Katsanevakis, S., Kühn, Ingolf, Leung, B., Liebhold, A., Liu, C., MacIsaac, H.J., Meyerson, L.A., Nuñez, M.A., Pauchard, A., Pyšek, P., Rabitsch, W., Richardson, D.M., Roy, H.E., Ruiz, G.M., Russell, J.C., Sanders, N.J., Sax, D.F., Scalera, R., Seebens, H., Springborn, M., Turbelin, A., van Kleunen, M., von Holle, B., Winter, M., Zenni, R.D., Mattsson, B.J., and Roura‐Pascual, N.
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Understanding the likely future impacts of biological invasions is crucial yet highly challenging given the multiple relevant environmental, socio‐economic and societal contexts and drivers. In the absence of quantitative models, methods based on expert knowledge are the best option for assessing future invasion trajectories. Here, we present an expert assessment of the drivers of potential alien species impacts under contrasting scenarios and socioecological contexts through the mid‐21st century. Based on responses from 36 experts in biological invasions, moderate (20%–30%) increases in invasions, compared to the current conditions, are expected to cause major impacts on biodiversity in most socioecological contexts. Three main drivers of biological invasions—transport, climate change and socio‐economic change—were predicted to significantly affect future impacts of alien species on biodiversity even under a best‐case scenario. Other drivers (e.g. human demography and migration in tropical and subtropical regions) were also of high importance in specific global contexts (e.g. for individual taxonomic groups or biomes). We show that some best‐case scenarios can substantially reduce potential future impacts of biological invasions. However, rapid and comprehensive actions are necessary to use this potential and achieve the goals of the Post‐2020 Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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29. Dermolipoma conjuntival
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Iglesias Gordo, J., primary and Arbelaiz Pascual, N., additional
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30. Respiratory Disorders and Quality of Sleep in Patients on the Waiting List for Lung Transplantation
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Pascual, N., Jurado, B., Rubio, J.M., Santos, F., Lama, R., and Cosano, A.
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31. Insights into real-time chemical processes in a calcium sensor protein-directed dynamic library
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Canal-Martín A, Sastre J, Sánchez-Barrena MJ, Canales A, Baldominos S, Pascual N, Martínez-González L, Molero D, Fernández-Valle ME, Sáez E, Blanco-Gabella P, Gómez-Rubio E, Martín-Santamaría S, Sáiz A, Mansilla A, Cañada FJ, Jiménez-Barbero J, Martínez A, and Pérez-Fernández R
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DYNAMIC COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY ,fungi ,ULTRA FAST NMR ,NMR - Abstract
Here we report a catalyzed protein-directed DCC working at low temperatures that allows the calcium sensor NCS-1 tofind the best ligands in situ.
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32. Parameter Prediction with Novel Enhanced Wagner Hagras Interval Type-3 Takagi–Sugeno–Kang Fuzzy System with Type-1 Non-Singleton Inputs
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Gerardo Armando Hernández Castorena, Gerardo Maximiliano Méndez, Ismael López-Juárez, María Aracelia Alcorta García, Dulce Citlalli Martinez-Peon, and Pascual Noradino Montes-Dorantes
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backpropagation algorithm ,gradient descent algorithm ,GMAW ,HSM ,interval type-3 fuzzy systems ,robotic gas metal arc welding ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
This paper presents the novel enhanced Wagner–Hagras interval type-3 Takagi–Sugeno–Kang fuzzy logic system with type-1 non-singleton inputs (EWH IT3 TSK NSFLS-1) that uses the backpropagation (BP) algorithm to train the antecedent and consequent parameters. The proposed methodology dynamically changes the parameters of only the alpha-0 level, minimizing some criterion functions as the current information becomes available for each alpha-k level. The novel fuzzy system was applied in two industrial processes and several fuzzy models were used to make comparisons. The experiments demonstrated that the proposed fuzzy system has a superior ability to predict the critical variables of the tested processes with lower prediction errors than those produced by the benchmark fuzzy systems.
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33. Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: Do not replace one problem with another
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Peterson, AT, Anderson, RP, Beger, M, Bolliger, J, Brotons, L, Burridge, CP, Cobos, ME, Cuervo-Robayo, AP, Di Minin, E, Diez, J, Elith, J, Embling, CB, Escobar, LE, Essl, F, Feeley, KJ, Hawkes, L, Jiménez-García, D, Jimenez, L, Green, DM, Knop, E, Kühn, I, Lahoz-Monfort, JJ, Lira-Noriega, A, Lobo, JM, Loyola, R, Mac Nally, R, Machado-Stredel, F, Martínez-Meyer, E, McCarthy, M, Merow, C, Nori, J, Nuñez-Penichet, C, Osorio-Olvera, L, Pyšek, P, Rejmánek, M, Ricciardi, A, Robertson, M, Rojas Soto, O, Romero-Alvarez, D, Roura-Pascual, N, Santini, L, Schoeman, DS, Schröder, B, Soberon, J, Strubbe, D, Thuiller, W, Traveset, A, Treml, Eric, Václavík, T, Varela, S, Watson, JEM, Wiersma, Y, Wintle, B, Yanez-Arenas, C, Zurell, D, Peterson, AT, Anderson, RP, Beger, M, Bolliger, J, Brotons, L, Burridge, CP, Cobos, ME, Cuervo-Robayo, AP, Di Minin, E, Diez, J, Elith, J, Embling, CB, Escobar, LE, Essl, F, Feeley, KJ, Hawkes, L, Jiménez-García, D, Jimenez, L, Green, DM, Knop, E, Kühn, I, Lahoz-Monfort, JJ, Lira-Noriega, A, Lobo, JM, Loyola, R, Mac Nally, R, Machado-Stredel, F, Martínez-Meyer, E, McCarthy, M, Merow, C, Nori, J, Nuñez-Penichet, C, Osorio-Olvera, L, Pyšek, P, Rejmánek, M, Ricciardi, A, Robertson, M, Rojas Soto, O, Romero-Alvarez, D, Roura-Pascual, N, Santini, L, Schoeman, DS, Schröder, B, Soberon, J, Strubbe, D, Thuiller, W, Traveset, A, Treml, Eric, Václavík, T, Varela, S, Watson, JEM, Wiersma, Y, Wintle, B, Yanez-Arenas, C, and Zurell, D
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34. Introducing AlienScenarios: a project to develop scenarios and models of biological invasions for the 21st century
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Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Courchamp, F., Dullinger, S., Jeschke, J.M., Kühn, Ingolf, Leung, B., Moser, D., Roura‐Pascual, N., Seebens, H., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Courchamp, F., Dullinger, S., Jeschke, J.M., Kühn, Ingolf, Leung, B., Moser, D., Roura‐Pascual, N., and Seebens, H.
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AlienScenarios, a three-year project starting in March 2019, will evaluate for the first time the range of plausible futures of biological invasions for the 21st century. AlienScenarios consists of seven project partners and seven integrated complementary subprojects. We will develop the qualitative narratives for plausible futures of global alien species richness and impacts in the 21st century – the Alien Species Narratives (ASNs). The ASNs further serve as overarching concept to parameterize quantitative models of global, continental and regional futures of biological invasions. We will also establish the first global mechanistic invasion model considering major processes of biological invasions such as source pools, driver dynamics and establishment rates. Further, we will assess the impacts of invasive alien species (IAS) in terms of economic costs according to the different ASNs. In addition, we will assess the consequences of different levels of implementation of the European Union Regulation on IAS. Providing some more detailed regional information, we will analyse changes of the functional composition of communities in mountain regions under different scenario storylines and will extend the analyses to the Global South using Panama as a country-level case study. Finally, the results of the other WPs will be synthesized, and the approach and results of AlienScenarios will be discussed with and communicated to stakeholders and the wider community. AlienScenarios will provide crucially needed insights for pro-active alien species management and policy. It will thus make an important contribution to global assessments and projections of biodiversity and ecosystem services, as well as regional policies (e.g. EU regulation on IAS).
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35. Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: Do not replace one problem with another
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Townsend Peterson, A., Anderson, R.P., Beger, M., Bolliger, J., Brotons, L., Burridge, C.P., Cobos, M.E., Cuervo‐Robayo, A.P., Di Minin, E., Diez, J., Elith, J., Embling, C.B., Escobar, L.E., Essl, F., Feeley, K.J., Hawkes, L., Jiménez‐García, D., Jimenez, L., Green, D.M., Knop, E., Kühn, Ingolf, Lahoz‐Monfort, J.J., Lira‐Noriega, A., Lobo, J.M., Loyola, R., Mac Nally, R., Machado‐Stredel, F., Martínez‐Meyer, E., McCarthy, M., Merow, C., Nori, J., Nuñez‐Penichet, C., Osorio-Olvera, L., Pyšek, P., Rejmánek, M., Ricciardi, A., Robertson, M., Rojas Soto, O., Romero‐Alvarez, D., Roura‐Pascual, N., Santini, L., Schoeman, D.S., Schröder, B., Soberon, J., Strubbe, D., Thuiller, W., Traveset, A., Treml, E.A., Václavík, Tomas, Varela, S., Watson, J.E.M., Wiersma, Y., Wintle, B., Yanez‐Arenas, C., Zurell, D., Townsend Peterson, A., Anderson, R.P., Beger, M., Bolliger, J., Brotons, L., Burridge, C.P., Cobos, M.E., Cuervo‐Robayo, A.P., Di Minin, E., Diez, J., Elith, J., Embling, C.B., Escobar, L.E., Essl, F., Feeley, K.J., Hawkes, L., Jiménez‐García, D., Jimenez, L., Green, D.M., Knop, E., Kühn, Ingolf, Lahoz‐Monfort, J.J., Lira‐Noriega, A., Lobo, J.M., Loyola, R., Mac Nally, R., Machado‐Stredel, F., Martínez‐Meyer, E., McCarthy, M., Merow, C., Nori, J., Nuñez‐Penichet, C., Osorio-Olvera, L., Pyšek, P., Rejmánek, M., Ricciardi, A., Robertson, M., Rojas Soto, O., Romero‐Alvarez, D., Roura‐Pascual, N., Santini, L., Schoeman, D.S., Schröder, B., Soberon, J., Strubbe, D., Thuiller, W., Traveset, A., Treml, E.A., Václavík, Tomas, Varela, S., Watson, J.E.M., Wiersma, Y., Wintle, B., Yanez‐Arenas, C., and Zurell, D.
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36. A Framework for Global Twenty-First Century Scenarios and Models of Biological Invasions
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Lenzner, B., Leclere, D., Franklin, O., Seebens, H., Roura-Pascual, N., Obersteiner, M., Dullinger, S., Essl, F., Lenzner, B., Leclere, D., Franklin, O., Seebens, H., Roura-Pascual, N., Obersteiner, M., Dullinger, S., and Essl, F.
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Biological invasions have emerged as an eminent feature of global change, with substantial impacts on the environment and human livelihoods. Current research demonstrates that the numbers and impacts of alien species are rising unabatedly. At the same time, we lack a thorough understanding of potential future trajectories for the decades to come. With the recent establishment of comprehensive global databases, it is, for the first time, feasible to develop and quantify future scenarios of biological invasions. Therefore, we propose a conceptual framework for how to develop alien species scenarios for the twenty-first century and how to identify relevant steps and challenges along the way. The concept will be important to inform research, policy, stakeholders, and the general public. Furthermore, we call for the scientific community to join forces and to operationalize the framework for scenarios and models of biological invasions to develop an important baseline for understanding and managing future biological invasions.
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37. Catchment based hydrology under post farmland abandonment scenarios [Hidrología a escala de cuenca en escenarios posteriores al abandono de tierras]
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Lana-Renault, N., López-Vicente, M., Nadal-Romero, E., Ojanguren, R., Llorente, J.A., Errea, P., Regüés, D., Ruiz-Flaño, P., Khorchani, M., Arnáez, J., and Pascual, N.
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Vegetation expansion following farmland abandonment is a complex process that depends on multiple natural and human-induced factors, resulting in differences in the evolution of land cover on former cultivated fields, with various environmental implications. To assess the complexity of the hydrogeomorphological consequences of farmland abandonment, the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC) and the University of La Rioja monitored three small catchments, representative of different post land abandonment scenarios, in the Pyrenees and Iberian Range respectively. In the Pyrenees, a fourth small catchment, covered by natural forest, was monitored as a reference for an undisturbed environment. This study describes the evolution of land use in the abandoned catchments and examines its implications on catchment hydrological connectivity. It also analyses the hydrological responses of the three abandoned scenarios to similar rainfall events, and compares them to that of natural forested areas. Vegetation tended to increase in the three catchments, but there were important differences in the characteristics of the current land cover. Arnás, the catchment left to a process of natural revegetation, contained a mosaic of shrubs (64%) and forest (27%) at different stages of succession, largely conditioned by the topography and soil properties. Araguás_afforestation was extensively afforested in the 1960s, with 75% of this catchment currently covered by forest, most of it planted artificially. In Munilla, occupied by terraced fields, vegetation recovery was partly restrained by the introduction of cattle, and 80% of the catchment was covered by sparse shrubs. Land abandonment resulted in a general reduction in computed hydrological connectivity in the three studied catchments, except in localized areas close to the main channel, new forest roads and trails, and upstream of terrace wall collapses, all areas of increased hydrological connectivity. The decrease in hydrological connectivity was much lower in Munilla, characterized by an absence of dense vegetation and still dominated by a terraced topography. The hydrological responses of the catchments to similar rainfall events differed significantly, showing the influence of not only vegetation cover but of the properties of soil remaining after previous agricultural activities. Significant storm-flow discharge was observed in Arnás, even under dry conditions, with high peakflows and fast responses. Lower streamflow response was observed in Araguás_Afforestation under dry conditions; however, once the soils were wet the hydrological response was notable and was characterized by high peakflow. The response under afforested trees differed greatly from that of a catchment covered by natural forest, with the latter characterized by gentler hydrographs. The hydrological response in Munilla was the lowest, with long response times and recessions, associated with the thick soils of the terraced fields. These results demonstrated the large variability of post land abandonment scenarios and associated hydrological implications, and highlighted the need to consider these differences to reduce future uncertainties in forecasting water resources and soil conservation.
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38. Applications of NMR to the development of novel protein ligands using dynamic combinatorial chemistry
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Sastre Martinez J, Martínez-González L, Roca Carlos Pascual N, Baldominos S, Sánchez-Barrena, María José, Canales, Ángeles, Cañada, F. Javier, Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús, Martínez A, and Pérez-Fernández R
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XXXVI Reunión Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Química, Sitges (Barcelona), del 25 al 29 de junio de 2017 ; http://geqo.es/xxxvi-reunion-bienal-de-la-real-sociedad-espanola-de-quimica/
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39. Catchment based hydrology under post farmland abandonment scenarios
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Lana-Renault, N., primary, López-Vicente, M., additional, Nadal-Romero, E., additional, Ojanguren, R., additional, Llorente, J.A., additional, Errea, P., additional, Regués, D., additional, Ruiz-Flaño, P., additional, Khorchani, M., additional, Arnáez, J., additional, and Pascual, N., additional
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40. Applications of NMR to the development of novel protein ligands using dynamic combinatorial chemistry
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Sastre Martinez J., Martínez-González L., Roca Carlos Pascual N., Baldominos S., Sánchez-Barrena, María José, Canales, Ángeles, Cañada, F. Javier, Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús, Martínez, A., Pérez-Fernández, Ruth, Sastre Martinez J., Martínez-González L., Roca Carlos Pascual N., Baldominos S., Sánchez-Barrena, María José, Canales, Ángeles, Cañada, F. Javier, Jiménez-Barbero, Jesús, Martínez, A., and Pérez-Fernández, Ruth
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41. A review of the combination among global change factors in forests, shrublands and pastures of the Mediterranean Region: Beyond drought effects
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Doblas-Miranda, E., Alonso, R., Arnan, X., Bermejo, V., Brotons, Lluís, de las Heras, J., Estiarte, Marc, Hódar, José Antonio, Llorens, Pilar, Lloret, Francisco, López-Serrano, Francisco R., Martínez-Vilalta, Jordi, Moya, D., Peñuelas, Josep, Pino, Joan, Rodrigo, A., Roura-Pascual, N., Valladares Ros, Fernando, Vilà, Montserrat, Zamora, R., Retana, J., Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Doblas-Miranda, E., Alonso, R., Arnan, X., Bermejo, V., Brotons, Lluís, de las Heras, J., Estiarte, Marc, Hódar, José Antonio, Llorens, Pilar, Lloret, Francisco, López-Serrano, Francisco R., Martínez-Vilalta, Jordi, Moya, D., Peñuelas, Josep, Pino, Joan, Rodrigo, A., Roura-Pascual, N., Valladares Ros, Fernando, Vilà, Montserrat, Zamora, R., and Retana, J.
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Climate change, alteration of atmospheric composition, land abandonment in some areas and land use intensification in others, wildfires and biological invasions threaten forests, shrublands and pastures all over the world. However, the impacts of the combinations between global change factors are not well understood despite its pressing importance. Here we posit that reviewing global change factors combination in an exemplary region can highlight the necessary aspects in order to better understand the challenges we face, warning about the consequences, and showing the challenges ahead of us. The forests, shrublands and pastures of the Mediterranean Basin are an ideal scenario for the study of these combinations due to its spatial and temporal heterogeneity, increasing and diverse human population and the historical legacy of land use transformations. The combination of multiple global change factors in the Basin shows different ecological effects. Some interactions alter the effects of a single factor, as drought enhances or decreases the effects of atmospheric components on plant ecophysiology. Several interactions generate new impacts: drought and land use changes, among others, alter water resources and lead to land degradation, vegetation regeneration decline, and expansion of forest diseases. Finally, different factors can occur alone or simultaneously leading to further increases in the risk of fires and biological invasions. The transitional nature of the Basin between temperate and arid climates involves a risk of irreversible ecosystem change towards more arid states. However, combinations between factors lead to unpredictable ecosystem alteration that goes beyond the particular consequences of drought. Complex global change scenarios should be studied in the Mediterranean and other regions of the world, including interregional studies. Here we show the inherent uncertainty of this complexity, which should be included in any management strategy.
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42. The Enhanced Wagner–Hagras OLS–BP Hybrid Algorithm for Training IT3 NSFLS-1 for Temperature Prediction in HSM Processes
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Gerardo Maximiliano Méndez, Ismael López-Juárez, María Aracelia Alcorta García, Dulce Citlalli Martinez-Peon, and Pascual Noradino Montes-Dorantes
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interval type-3 fuzzy logic systems ,hybrid learning ,backpropagation method ,orthogonal least square method ,general type-2 fuzzy logic systems ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
This paper presents (a) a novel hybrid learning method to train interval type-1 non-singleton type-3 fuzzy logic systems (IT3 NSFLS-1), (b) a novel method, named enhanced Wagner–Hagras (EWH) applied to IT3 NSFLS-1 fuzzy systems, which includes the level alpha 0 output to calculate the output y alpha using the average of the outputs y alpha k instead of their weighted average, and (c) the novel application of the proposed methodology to solve the problem of transfer bar surface temperature prediction in a hot strip mill. The development of the proposed methodology uses the orthogonal least square (OLS) method to train the consequent parameters and the backpropagation (BP) method to train the antecedent parameters. This methodology dynamically changes the parameters of only the level alpha 0, minimizing some criterion functions as new information becomes available to each level alpha k. The precursor sets are type-2 fuzzy sets, the consequent sets are fuzzy centroids, the inputs are type-1 non-singleton fuzzy numbers with uncertain standard deviations, and the secondary membership functions are modeled as two Gaussians with uncertain standard deviation and the same mean. Based on the firing set of the level alpha 0, the proposed methodology calculates each firing set of each level alpha k to dynamically construct and update the proposed EWH IT3 NSFLS-1 (OLS–BP) system. The proposed enhanced fuzzy system and the proposed hybrid learning algorithm were applied in a hot strip mill facility to predict the transfer bar surface temperature at the finishing mill entry zone using, as inputs, (1) the surface temperature measured by the pyrometer located at the roughing mill exit and (2) the time taken to translate the transfer bar from the exit of the roughing mill to the entry of the descale breaker of the finishing mill. Several fuzzy tools were used to make the benchmarking compositions: type-1 singleton fuzzy logic systems (T1 SFLS), type-1 adaptive network fuzzy inference systems (T1 ANFIS), type-1 radial basis function neural networks (T1 RBFNN), interval singleton type-2 fuzzy logic systems (IT2 SFLS), interval type-1 non-singleton type-2 fuzzy logic systems (IT2 NSFLS-1), type-2 ANFIS (IT2 ANFIS), IT2 RBFNN, general singleton type-2 fuzzy logic systems (GT2 SFLS), general type-1 non-singleton type-2 fuzzy logic systems (GT2 NSFLS-1), interval singleton type-3 fuzzy logic systems (IT3 SFLS), and interval type-1 non-singleton type-3 fuzzy systems (IT3 NSFLS-1). The experiments show that the proposed EWH IT3 NSFLS-1 (OLS–BP) system presented superior capability to learn the knowledge and to predict the surface temperature with the lower prediction error.
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43. Mass soil movement on terraced landscapes of the Mediterranean mountain areas: a case study of the Iberian Range, Spain
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Arnáez, J., primary, Lana-Renault, N., additional, Ruiz-Flaño, P., additional, Pascual, N., additional, and Lasanta, T., additional
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44. Space–time process and drivers of land abandonment in Europe
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Lasanta, T., primary, Arnáez, J., additional, Pascual, N., additional, Ruiz-Flaño, P., additional, Errea, M.P., additional, and Lana-Renault, N., additional
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45. The European antibody network's practical guide to finding and validating suitable antibodies for research
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Roncador, G., Engel, P., Maestre, L., Anderson, A.P., Cordell, J.L., Cragg, M.S., Serbec, V.C., Jones, M., Lisnic, V.J., Kremer, L., Li, D., Koch-Nolte, F., Pascual, N., Rodriguez-Barbosa, J.I., Torensma, R., Turley, H., Pulford, K., Banham, A.H., Roncador, G., Engel, P., Maestre, L., Anderson, A.P., Cordell, J.L., Cragg, M.S., Serbec, V.C., Jones, M., Lisnic, V.J., Kremer, L., Li, D., Koch-Nolte, F., Pascual, N., Rodriguez-Barbosa, J.I., Torensma, R., Turley, H., Pulford, K., and Banham, A.H.
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Contains fulltext : 171662.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access), Antibodies are widely exploited as research/diagnostic tools and therapeutics. Despite providing exciting research opportunities, the multitude of available antibodies also offers a bewildering array of choice. Importantly, not all companies comply with the highest standards, and thus many reagents fail basic validation tests. The responsibility for antibodies being fit for purpose rests, surprisingly, with their user. This paper condenses the extensive experience of the European Monoclonal Antibody Network to help researchers identify antibodies specific for their target antigen. A stepwise strategy is provided for prioritising antibodies and making informed decisions regarding further essential validation requirements. Web-based antibody validation guides provide practical approaches for testing antibody activity and specificity. We aim to enable researchers with little or no prior experience of antibody characterization to understand how to determine the suitability of their antibody for its intended purpose, enabling both time and cost effective generation of high quality antibody-based data fit for publication.
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46. The far-infrared behaviour of Herbig Ae/Be discs:HerschelPACS photometry
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Pascual, N., primary, Montesinos, B., additional, Meeus, G., additional, Marshall, J. P., additional, Mendigutía, I., additional, and Sandell, G., additional
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47. Local and landscape-scale biotic correlates of mistletoe distribution in Mediterranean pine forests
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Roura-Pascual, N., Brotons, L., García, D., Zamora, R., de Càceres, M., Spanish Ministry of Research, Science and Innovation (MICINN), and Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (Generalitat de Catalunya)
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The study of the spatial patterns of species allows the examination of hypotheses on the most plausible ecological processes and factors determining their distribution. To investigate the determinants of parasite species on Mediterranean forests at regional scales, occurrence data of the European Misletoe (Viscum album) in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula) were extracted from forest inventory data and combined with different types of explanatory variables by means of generalized linear mixed models. The presence of mistletoes in stands of Pinus halepensis seems to be determined by multiple factors (climatic conditions, and characteristics of the host tree and landscape structure) operating at different spatial scales, with the availability of orchards of Olea europaea in the surroundings playing a relevant role. These results suggest that host quality and landscape structure are important mediators of plant-plant and plant-animal interactions and, therefore, management of mistletoe populations should be conducted at both local (i.e. clearing of infected host trees) and landscape scales (e.g. controlling the availability of nutrient-rich food sources that attract bird dispersers). Research and management at landscape-scales are necessary to anticipate the negative consequence of land-use changes in Mediterranean forests., El estudio de los patrones espaciales de las especies permite examinar hipótesis sobre los procesos ecológicos y factores más plausibles que determinan su distribución. Para investigar los determinantes de una especie parásita en bosques mediterráneos a escala regional, se combinaron datos sobre la presencia de muérdago (Viscum album) en Cataluña (NE de la Península Ibérica) extraídos del inventario forestal con diferentes variables explicativas por medio de modelos mixtos generalizados. La presencia de muérdago en masas de Pinus halepensis parece estar determinada por múltiples factores (condiciones climáticas, características del árbol hospedante, y estructura del paisaje) que operan a diferentes escalas espaciales, jugando los cultivos de Olea europaea un papel relevante. Los resultados sugieren que la calidad de los árboles hospedantes y la estructura del paisaje son importantes mediadores de las interacciones planta-planta y planta- animal y, por tanto, la gestión de las poblaciones de muérdago debería llevarse a cabo tanto a nivel local (es decir, cortando árboles hospedantes infectados) como de paisaje (por ejemplo, controlando la disponibilidad de hábitats ricos en nutrientes que atraen a las aves dispersantes). La investigación y gestión a escala de paisaje son necesarias para prevenir las consecuencias negativas de los cambios de uso del suelo en los bosques mediterráneos.
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- 2012
48. Are interstellar ices porous, and how do the pores collapse?
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Hill, C. R., primary, Mitterdorfer, C., additional, Youngs, T. G. A., additional, Bowron, D. T., additional, Pascual, N., additional, Auriacombe, O., additional, Loerting, T., additional, Fraser, H. J., additional, and Höfner, Susanne, additional
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- 2015
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49. Produção e avaliação de microfibras de celulose para aplicação em filmes de amido de mandioca produzidos por tape-casting
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da SILVA SIMÃO, R., additional, de ALMEIDA, P. P., additional, PASCUAL, N. B., additional, and LAURINDO, J. B., additional
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- 2015
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50. MASS SOIL MOVEMENT ON TERRACED LANDSCAPES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAIN AREAS: A CASE STUDY IN THE IBERIAN RANGE, SPAIN.
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ARNÁEZ, J., LANA-RENAULT, N., RUIZ-FLAÑO, P., PASCUAL, N., and LASANTA, T.
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TERRACES (Geology) ,AGRICULTURAL landscape management - Abstract
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- 2017
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