Above-ground perennial phytomass of Andalusian alfa grass steppes (7755·6 ± 1482 kg of dry matter ha (95% C.I.)) is clearly higher than phytomass density measured today in most alfa grass communities of the Maghreb because of low or inexistant present-day human-induced alterations and relatively favourable annual precipitation (370 mm) existing in these Spanish steppes. Total carbon storage mea...

Owing to the information overload we are faced with nowadays, personalization approaches are becoming almost a must, in order to provide relevant information for users. These personalization techniques retrieve results closer to the user interests and preferences, by using the information stored in the user profile. We have carried out a comparative study between six different user profile repr...

This article reports the results of a series of experiments (acceptability rating tasks) on a group of speakers of Andalusian Spanish. The main result is that, contrary to previous claims in the literature (cf. Jaeggli 1982 et seq), Spanish does exhibit a Superiority effect in multiple whquestions. However, this effect can be subsumed under a generalized mild penalty on object whfronting, also ...

Research on innovation in the tourism industry has gained relevance, and in recent years knowledge of this complex phenomenon has increased. The article proposes a two-stage interactive model based on innovative capability, environment and other contextual factors of firms, in order to explain first, the innovative outcomes in products and processes and, subsequently, the influence of these out...

NanoSpain2009 09-12 March, 2009 Zaragoza-Spain CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE (VIP) SILVER-PROTECTED NANOPARTICLES David Pozo, Paula M Castillo, Rebecca Klippstein, Rafael Fernandez-Montesinos, Ana P Zaderenko CABIMER-Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CSICUniversity of Seville-UPO-Junta de Andalucia), Americo ...

The karyotypes of three species of Timarcha Latreille, 1829 have been analysed. Timarcha (Metallotimarcha) metallica (Laicharting, 1781), has 18 + Xyp male meioformula and 2n = 38 chromosomes, similar to those found in the two species of subgenus Americanotimarcha Jolivet, 1948, in agreement with morphological and molecular phylogenetic grounds. Timarcha (Timarcha) carmelenae Petitpierre, 2013 ...