Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Anisakid biodiversity in the pygmy sperm whale ( Kogia breviceps ) stranded along the Spanish Atlantic coast

Abstract Anisakid nematodes are widespread parasites of marine mammals, characterized by complex life cycles involving invertebrate and fish hosts. While these parasites generally exhibit low specificity for intermediate hosts, they often show distinct associations with definitiv...

Virtual laboratories in STEM and health higher education: A European scoping review of transferable practices

Virtual laboratories (VLs) are increasingly used to support practical learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and health higher education, yet evidence on how they are implemented, and what makes their use effective and transferable, remains fragmente...

National health survey data as a resource for nursing education: a comparative study of nursing students’ and young adults’ perceptions of the health system

Preparing nursing students to critically appraise healthcare systems is a key educational priority. National health opinion surveys, although widely used by policymakers, remain underexplored in nursing education as tools to foster critical thinking and systems-level awareness. T...

Volatile Compound Profile as a Biomarker of the Ripening Stage of Cornelian Cherry Fruits

This study aims to evaluate, for the first time, the profile of volatile compounds (VCs) at four different ripening stages of cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L. cultivar ‘Bolestraszycki’) fruits: unripe (green), semi-ripe (pale orange and light red), and fully ripe (dark red), to in...

Long-Term Aesthetic Performance of Freehand Direct Anterior Composite Resin Restorations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Colour Alteration, Marginal Discolouration, and Surface-Quality Deterioration

Background: Freehand direct composite resin veneers offer a minimally invasive approach for managing aesthetic alterations in anterior teeth; however, their long-term colour alteration and surface performance remain uncertain. This systematic review evaluated colour alteration, m...

Asymptotic quantum dynamics of ghost fields

A bstract The dressed propagator of a ghost coupled to ordinary fields develops a pair of complex conjugate poles in the first Riemann sheet above the multi-particle threshold. We study the implications of this pole structure for the asymptotic field and its negative-norm one-par...

The Human Labial Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System (SMAS): Anatomy, Imaging, and Biomechanical and Sensory Implications—A Narrative Review

The superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) is a fundamental concept in facial anatomy and surgery, but its organization within the human lips remains incompletely defined. This narrative review critically reassesses the anatomical evidence for a labial SMAS and its regional...

Selectivity in Tip-Induced Skeletal Editing via Heteroatom Substitution

Abstract Skeletal editing enables precise structural modifications of molecules at late stages of a synthetic sequence. We recently demonstrated skeletal editing on a single-molecule scale. Voltage pulses applied by the tip of a scanning probe microscope to an oxygen-containing s...

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...

Unpacking the pathways from green intellectual capital to green recovery performance: The power of employee voice and intrinsic motivation

Our paper proposes and tests a moderated mediation model that examines how green intellectual capital relates to green recovery performance, highlighting green promotive and prohibitive voice behaviors as mediators and intrinsic motivation to share knowledge as a moderator. Resul...

Urinary Hypaphorine as a Candidate Marker of FFQ-Derived Legume Intake Within the EAT-Lancet Framework in Free-Living Adults

Dietary assessment is affected by recall, reporting, portion-size error, and food-composition inconsistencies. Hypaphorine, a tryptophan-derived betaine alkaloid found in pulses and other foods, has been proposed as a marker of legume exposure, but its performance in free-living...

Population genomics unravel structural variation of venom-encoding genes across the desert viper genus Cerastes

Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic differentiation is central to evolutionary biology. Yet most traits are shaped by complex, polygenic architectures, making links between genomic change and phenotype difficult to resolve. Venom provides an advantageous...

Phytochemical Characterization of Schinus terebinthifolia Leaf Phytobiotics and Their Potential as Natural Antibiotic Adjuvants Against Carbapenem-Resistant Bacteria

The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria has intensified the search for natural compounds capable of restoring antibiotic efficacy by targeting β-lactamase-mediated resistance. This study investigated the antibacterial, β-lactamase inhibitory, and in silico po...

Spatial Variability and Magnitude of Soil Erosion in Vineyards Across Spain: Insights from Standardized ISUM Measurements

Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in vineyards often exceed tolerable thresholds, but comparative field measurements across regions remain limited because studies use different methods and sampling designs. This study assesses soil redistribution in vineyards using a commo...

From immunity to jurisdictional territories: the evolution of cotos in the Kingdom of Galicia

In the Kingdom of León, cotos were spaces endowed with immunity by royal privilege. The Early Modern jurisdictional map reveals the major importance that cotos held in the territorial division of Galicia. Nevertheless, the surviving privileges of immunity are scarce, and many of...

Classifier congruency effects in Spanish–Chinese noun phrase production: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence

Abstract Mandarin Chinese employs a classifier system requiring classifiers obligatorily positioned between demonstratives or numerals and nouns in noun phrases (NPs; e.g., 一张桌子 , [one specific-classifier-zhang1 table] , ‘one table’). While classifier congruency effects have...

Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia

Abstract Amazonia is highly sensitive to climate extremes, yet we lack an Amazon-wide assessment that examines the spatial-temporal changes in these extreme conditions. We address this within seasons and across the hydrological year, using a quantiles approach that integrates the...

Management of Acute Periodontal Conditions—The EFP S2k Level Clinical Practice Guideline

BACKGROUND: The European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) has developed Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) for the treatment of periodontitis and for the management of peri-implant diseases. In accordance with the 2018 Classification, acute periodontal conditions are character...

Rehabilitation and the post-intensive care syndrome across the recovery continuum: a narrative review

Purpose Improved survival from critical illness has produced a growing population of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors with new or worsened physical, cognitive, and mental-health impairment, defined as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), and frequent distress among families/ca...

Environment-Conditioned Design of α-Helical Peptides

Abstract Peptides at biological interfaces often encode function through preferential compatibility with chemical environments rather than through binding to a single molecular target. We report a physically motivated, knowledge-based Hamiltonian for programming such preferences...