Universidad de Sevilla

Improvements of Relative Indicators of Trunk Diameter Fluctuations in Comparison to Discrete Indicators in the Regulated Deficit Irrigation Scheduling of Olive Trees

Daily cycles of trunk fluctuations are used to measure plant water status. However, the traditional indicators derived from these curves constrains the selection of thresholds. The aim of this work was to evaluate a new indicator based on maximum daily shrinkage (MDS). The experi...

When populism meets artificial intelligence: AI-generated multimedia content and far-right digital campaigning on Instagram and X in the 2024 European elections

Europe is witnessing an unprecedented rise in far-right populism. Since 2018, the growing political representation of populist leaders, parties, and governments in European institutions has intensified the circulation of disinformation, a phenomenon that became particularly visib...

The Rent-Capture Gap: Two Centuries of Commodity Cycles and Institutional Readiness in Chilean Economic Development

This working paper argues that natural-resource abundance is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for sustained economic development, and that the gap between resource endowment and institutional readiness — the fiscal, industrial, and legal-regulatory capacity to captu...

Technical Superiority Without Institutional Readiness: The War of the Currents as a Historical Precedent for AI Governance

This working paper argues that technical superiority is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for the diffusion of a new technology, and that the gap between technical capability and institutional readiness — the organizational, financial, and legal infrastructure requir...

Mules in the Antiquity of Southern Iberia revealed from proteomics

The management of equids in the Iberian Peninsula during the Iron Age (first millennium BCE) provides a key archaeological context for investigating the emerging stages of confluent breeding of horses ( Equus caballus ) and donkeys ( Equus asinus ). This scenario provided the ear...

Orange peel waste valorization: A comprehensive review of sustainable production and high-value resource recovery

Citrus processing generates large quantities of agro-industrial residues that pose environmental challenges but also offer valuable opportunities for sustainable valorization. Among them, orange peel waste (OPW), one of the most abundant citrus by-products, is rich in pectin, pol...

Making the Mediterranean region since the late nineteenth century: From aridity indices to synoptic oscillations and the ‘return of the sea’

This article reconstructs how climatic sciences contributed to making the Mediterranean region through successive systems of classification, climatic indices, and synoptic circulation metrics. It does not seek to establish a new definitive Mediterranean boundary. Instead, it exam...

An analysis of the dynamic structure and evolution of international rock phosphate trade

The significant increase in global demand for agricultural products and the shift in the global geopolitical balances have underscored the importance of access to reliable fertilizer markets to ensure global food security. In this paper the dynamic structure and evolutionary mech...

Incidence of Nd:YAG capsulotomy after implantation of Asqelio intraocular lenses: a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis

Abstract Purpose To evaluate the incidence of neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser capsulotomy following implantation of intraocular lenses (IOLs) from the Asqelio platform and to estimate the cumulative probability of remaining Nd:YAG-free over time using Kaplan–Meie...

Pre-Event-Reference-Free TLS-Based Geometric Condition Assessment of Post-Fire RC Flexural Members

Post-fire assessment of reinforced-concrete (RC) members is commonly based on concrete compressive strength measurements, a local property that may not fully represent the residual behaviour of flexure-governed members. This study addresses this limitation through a non-destructi...

Adenosine Deaminase-Mediated Purine Dysfunction Leads to DNA Repair Inhibition and Senescence in Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterised by the death of motor neurons leading to paralysis and death generally 3–5 years post-symptom onset. ALS is a cell- and non-cell-autonomous disease, with glia such as astrocytes influencing disease p...

A Flux-Vector Direct Torque Control Strategy Based on d,q-Axis Flux Closed-Loop Regulation for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives

In space-vector-modulation-based flux-linkage-loop-free direct torque control (SVM-FLLF-DTC) for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives, the open-loop d-axis voltage control causes an inherent magnetization effect, and the conventional single-axis flux-linkage limiting...

A Comprehensive Study of Hops (Humulus lupulus L.): Botany, Phytochemistry, Cultivation, and Industrial Uses—Brewing, Pharmaceuticals, and Cosmetics

Research on the multifaceted aspects of hops remains an active area of research with numerous publications appearing in recent years. In this article, we present a comprehensive review integrating foundational literature with contemporary studies, primarily those indexed in the W...

Following the contours of movement: Relational perspectives on early childhood literacy

In a posthuman view of literacy, the importance of the sensorial, affective, non-representational and more-than-human is highlighted. These elements become part of an understanding of literacy that is plural, more-than-human and not limited to reading and writing. In this field o...

Sense of Community, Intergenerational Interaction and Skill Development in Heritage Education: Evidence from Flamenco in Spain

Research on intangible cultural heritage in educational contexts has largely focused on symbolic, identity-related, and curricular values, paying limited attention to the social mechanisms that sustain its transmission as living heritage. In particular, empirical evidence on how...

Bridging 3D printing and passive evaporative cooling: Wind tunnel evaluation of parametric-based ceramic building screens under controlled thermal loads

Urban overheating demands innovative passive cooling strategies integrated into building envelopes. While 3D-printed ceramics offer unprecedented geometric control for architectural applications, their evaporative cooling potential under forced convection remains under-characteri...

From Trials to Treatment: Current Evidence Supporting Faricimab Use in nAMD and DME

Neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) are leading causes of visual impairment and require long-term intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy. However, treatment burden and suboptimal real-world outcomes rem...

Hybrid Metaheuristics for Equity-Oriented P-Center Facility Location in Health Surveillance Networks: Evidence from Andalusia

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical fragilities in health systems, particularly regarding the equitable distribution of resources and the logistical capacity of early warning systems. This study addresses the optimization of the Sentinel Surveillance Network in Andalusia, Spai...

Building predictive models from IF-THEN rules extracted from Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

In previous work, extraction algorithms have been used to obtain sets of causal IF-THEN rules that summarise and explain the dominant dynamics of systems modelled by means of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. This article explains how to turn those rules into predictive models that respond i...

A formal finite-size spectral-map hierarchy for free-fermion entanglement

This record contains the preprint and the complete reproducibility package for “A formal finite-size spectral-map hierarchy for free-fermion entanglement”. The work studies the finite-size deformation of the spectral relation between the discrete prolate (Slepian) eigenvalue and...