Universidad de Murcia

Returns to Caring? Health and Well‐Being Effects of Subsidized Long‐Term Care

ABSTRACT We estimate the health and well‐being effects of subsidized access to long‐term care (LTC). Our analysis exploits the staggered implementation of Spain's 2007 System of Autonomy and Care for Dependent People (SAAD), which expanded publicly funded and universal LTC subsid...

Underprepared or competent? Pre-service teachers’ positions on approaching climate change in a systemic and critical way

These anonymized data describe the attitudinal profiles of 984 Spanish pre‑service preschool and primary teachers (Varela‑Losada et al., 2026), assessed with the validated Critical and Systemic Thinking Scale (Pérez-Rodríguez et al., 2026), and derived through hierarchical and k‑...

A system dynamics model of brain plasticity under the influence of stress

Introduction: Brain plasticity under stress emerges from coupled neuroendocrine, neurotrophic, inflammatory, cognitive–emotional, recovery, and allostatic processes. We present an eight-state system-dynamics model that is explicitly mechanistic–phenomenological rather than being...

Modeling L2 writing processes beyond pause thresholds: A window-level hidden Markov approach to keystroke-logging data

Keystroke logging has made second language (L2) writing visible as a sequence of pauses, production, cursor movement, and editing, yet much evidence is still analyzed through fixed pause cut-offs or isolated process measures. This study examined whether a window-level hidden Mark...

Influence of Particle Size Fractionation via Pulse Spray Drying on the Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Fruit Smoothie Powders

Fractionation of powders by Pulse Spray Drying (PSD) may improve drying behaviour in fruit smoothies prepared with apple, orange, banana, and whey protein. The objective of this study was to determine whether cyclone-based fractionation via PSD yields smoothie powder fractions wi...

Exploring EFL learners’ vocabulary learning in a longitudinal mobile-assisted context

Abstract Mobile-assisted vocabulary learning (MAVL) provides flexible, multimodal support for EFL vocabulary development, yet its effectiveness heavily depends on learners’ self-directed learning (SDL). Prior research has rarely examined learners’ longitudinal vocabulary learning...

The Stellar Death Clock: Thermodynamic Constrains on Civilizational Survival

This work proposes a thermodynamically constrained framework for interpreting the Fermi Paradox. Rather than attributing the absence of detectable extraterrestrial civilizations solely to sociological or self-destructive Great Filters, the study explores the possibility that stel...

Characterization of the fragmented mitogenome of the European badger louse Trichodectes melis reveals conserved organization in non-coding regions

Abstract Mitochondrial genome fragmentation is widespread in lice but remains poorly understood, with molecular data still scarce for many ectoparasitic species, particularly those associated with wild hosts. Here, we characterize the complete mitochondrial genome of Trichodectes...

Scaling of an evidence-based intervention program in older people with diabetes and frailty in Latin America. Diabfrail-Latam clinical trial protocol

Objectives Diabfrail-Latam is a project funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission (EC) and the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD). The main objective of this protocol is to describe the clinical validation of a multimodal intervention aimed at older p...

Frameworks, Modeling and Simulations of Misinformation and Disinformation: A Systematic Literature Review

Misinformation and disinformation pose a significant challenge in today’s digital landscape. To examine how these phenomena are conceptualized and evaluated, this systematic literature review analyzes frameworks, models, and simulations used to represent mis/disinformation proces...

Proteomic Profiling and Targeted Validation Reveal a More Extensive Salivary than Serum Response to a Feed-Deprivation Protocol in Horses with Gastric Lesions

Gastric ulceration is common in horses and remains challenging to diagnose, as gastroscopy is the gold standard. This study aimed to characterise the salivary and serum protein changes associated with a feed-deprivation protocol. Eight horses underwent this protocol, and gastric...

Longitudinal comparison of animal and environmental microbiota, Coxiella burnetii detection frequency, and seroconversion in two goat herds following a Q fever outbreak and whole-herd vaccination

Two goat herds were longitudinally monitored following the implementation of a whole-herd vaccination protocol after a Q fever outbreak. Faecal, milk, vaginal, preputial, nasopharyngeal, environmental (qPCR and 16 S rRNA ), and blood samples (serology) were analysed. Before vacci...

Introducing saliva as an analytical sample in higher education through an interdisciplinary blended-learning programme

Saliva is an emerging analytical sample increasingly supported by scientific evidence as a viable alternative or complement to serum or plasma in both human and veterinary medicine. Despite its demonstrated potential, its inclusion in higher education curricula within human and a...

Direct Decarboxylative Borylation

Abstract Decarboxylative borylation provides a powerful route for converting abundant aliphatic carboxylic acids to synthetically versatile alkyl boronates. However, existing radical approaches require substrate preactivation, typically as redox-active esters, which prevents thei...

Almond shells as a sustainable alternative to commercial insoluble fibre sources in piglets: effects on performance and digestive health

Abstract Nutritional strategies have been evaluated to alleviate the negative effects of weaning, including the incorporation of dietary fibre (DF). Dietary fibre comprises soluble and insoluble fractions, both important for intestinal health. This study evaluated the effects of...

Intelligence in Motion: Integrating Test Engineering and Longitudinal Modeling for Sustainable Cognitive Assessment

This study aims to contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 4 by addressing two urgent gaps in cognitive assessment practice: unequal access to assessment and to the information it can provide. Access remains constrained by unequal student-to-professional ratios, while the brea...

Multispecies Justice Through Interspecies Deliberation

In this paper, we argue that multispecies justice should be able to integrate diverse ontologies, especially relational ontologies that emphasize relationships between human and more-than-human beings. After reviewing three existing accounts, we develop an approach to interspecie...

Buy Smart: Introducing Responsible Consumption in Early Childhood Education: A Play-Based Didactic Sequence on Food, Waste, and Environmental Impact

Abstract This study reports on a design-based, game-based learning (GBL) intervention aimed at fostering early understandings of responsible consumption in early childhood education. Building on a previous pilot phase in which teachers provided feedback on the Buy Smart cooperati...

Operating risk and financing working capital strategies in SMEs

Purpose The objective of this study is to analyse the effects of operating risk on SMEs' working capital requirements (WCR) financing strategies. Since the literature has previously stated that operating and financial risk are compensated and that financial risk is related to deb...

Effects of perceived influencer autonomy from brands: The importance of a strong parasocial relationship

This study investigates the impact of perceived influencer autonomy from brands on consumer reactions to influencer recommendations. Drawing on expectancy violation theory, it examines how purchase intentions and brand attitudes are affected by individuals’ perceptions of influen...