Universidade de Vigo

Incidence, Causes, and Outcomes of Conversion to Open Surgery During Minimally Invasive Left Pancreatectomy: A Prospective Multicenter Study

ABSTRACT Background Minimally invasive left pancreatectomy (MILP) has become the preferred approach to treat lesions of the pancreatic body and tail. However, the procedure may require conversion to open surgery, with reported conversion rates varying widely in the literature. Th...

Streaming platform games: construction of the core

Abstract Streaming platforms offer subscribers unlimited access to content against a periodic subscription fee. To address the problem of dividing the revenues of the platform in a stable way among the content creators, we model these situations as cooperative streaming platform...

Evidence of a massive accretion event 1.8 billion years before the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus merger

Abstract The merger history of the Galaxy has been traced back firmly to a redshift of 2 (10 billion years ago). While evidence for the existence of at least one more substantial merger before this time has been presented, its interpretation is yet to be fully established. Here w...

Digitalization and regional ecosystems: Traditional and digital actors beyond global value chains

Different approaches focused on international issues have traditionally been used to analyze regional dynamics, especially the Global Value Chain approach. However, they do not capture the complexity of the new digital context, which includes new actors that do not participate di...

Rethinking Administrative Software Procurement in Medium-Sized Universities: A Socio-Technical Case Study of Embedded In-House Development

Universities increasingly rely on administrative information systems that combine proprietary third-party software, legacy applications, and in-house tools adapted over time to changing regulatory requirements. Such changes are frequent, cumulative, and cross-cutting, and may con...

Same formation, different styles: An exploratory study of clustering playing style of teams in 4-3-3 formation in elite soccer

This study examined whether teams using identical formations display similar playing styles by integrating Phase of Play (PoP) indicators with clustering and explainable machine learning. Ninety-three observations from teams employing a 4-3-3 formation in the FIFA World Cup 2022...

Musculoskeletal Pain and Satisfaction with an Injury-Prevention Workshop Among Young String and Wind Musicians: An Observational Study

Background/Objectives: Musculoskeletal injuries are highly prevalent among musicians, with the neck and shoulders being the most frequently reported areas of pain. Preventive education should be included to help understand and avoid health risks associated with musical performanc...

Thermophysical behavior of clinically relevant peloid formulations: a study using residual smectitic soils and mineralized waters

Abstract Thermotherapy is widely used in thermal centers and can be beneficial for certain pathologies. Peloids are mixtures of fine-grained clay materials and waters of different mineralization and are commonly applied in thermotherapy, where key performance parameters include s...

Flow boiling heat transfer of propane (R290) inside tubes. A review of experimental databases and correlations

Heat pumps will be central in the path towards decarbonizing the heating sector, highlighting the importance of low-GWP refrigerants to meet climate-neutrality targets by 2050, with propane (R290) representing one of the most promising long-term alternatives. The boiling heat tra...

Criterion A in developmental coordination disorder: Is motor competence efficiently assessed? A systematic review and meta-analysis of mixed evidence from standardized assessments

Background Standardized motor batteries are widely used to assess motor competence in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), although it remains unclear whether they consistently capture the domains most affected by the disorder . Aims This systematic review and...

The Impact of ICT on the Independent Living of Adolescents in Residential Child Protection Care

ABSTRACT In an increasingly digitalized social context, digital competences have become a fundamental resource for social participation, access to opportunities and independent living. Accordingly, this study examines the impact of digital competence on the lives of young people...

Flat Left-Invariant Lorentzian Metrics on Almost Abelian Lie Groups

Abstract Almost abelian Lie groups are those admitting a normal subgroup which is commutative and of codimension one. We determine all Lie algebras of almost abelian Lie groups admitting a left-invariant Lorentzian metric of vanishing curvature. For each of those algebras, we com...