University of the Basque Country

Differential regulation of ribogenesis genes throughout oogenesis in thicklip grey mullets, Chelon labrosus, preparing the maternal contribution to embryo development

Oocytes in teleosts undergo complex changes during oogenesis, including the accumulation of ribosomal RNAs and tRNAs needed to support protein synthesis during early embryogenesis. Previous studies show that high levels of 5S rRNA and tRNAs in perinucleolar previtellogenic (PV) o...

Buying beyond the binary: self-centeredness, need for uniqueness, and modular gender-neutral fashion purchasing

Purpose Gender-neutral (GN) apparel has moved from a niche proposition to a more visible retail strategy, yet fashion managers still have limited evidence on who buys modular GN apparel and why. Modular GN apparel is defined here as garments that are marketed independently of bin...

CNS distribution and preclinical activity of the PI3K/AKT inhibitors inavolisib and ipatasertib in pediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas

Abstract Purpose Pediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas (pHGG) are aggressive, largely incurable malignancies often characterized by PI3K/AKT pathway activation. This study investigated whether the PI3K inhibitor inavolisib and the AKT inhibitor ipatasertib could achieve thera...

Carbon Dioxide Derived Polycarbonate Nanocomposites With Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes: Conductive and Piezoresistive Materials Towards Sustainable Electronics

ABSTRACT Bisphenol A polycarbonates are widely employed material among others, in electronics but their synthesis entails healthy concerns. Polycarbonates (PCs), thanks to their carbonate moiety, are the ideal candidates to substitute fossil feedstock by carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in...

Dynamic coordination engineering of gallium biomaterials: A biological accessibility framework for therapeutic biofunction

Gallium (Ga)-based biomaterials have emerged as versatile therapeutic platforms owing to the iron-mimicking properties and broad biological activities of gallium. Coordination engineering regulates Ga speciation, stability, transport, and therapeutic activation; however, optimizi...

International Protocol for the Study of Amorphous Charred Objects in Archaeology (IPSACO 1.0)

Abstract Archaeobotanists around the world increasingly recognise that, alongside commonly studied materials such as seeds, fruits, wood charcoal, and chaff, archaeobotanical samples also contain fragments of carbonised organic (and sometimes inorganic) matter that vary in shape...

Supramolecular Biopolymer/Prussian Blue Hydrogels as Injectable Semisolid Electrodes for Shape-Conformable Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices

Abstract The transition toward electrified transport, renewable energy integration, and wearable electronics demands sustainable, deformable energy storage systems capable of conforming to complex geometries while maintaining mechanical and electrochemical functionality at ambien...

The last‐step integrator thesis: Heterarchical control of the mammalian gastrointestinal tract

To perform the work necessary to maintain themselves in diverse situations, organisms orchestrate the operations of a host of production mechanisms that individually perform specific physiological and behavioural activities. Effective orchestration depends upon control mechanisms...

Scale-dependent biases in systematic land cover maps undermine freshwater ecological assessment

Abstract Land cover is a key determinant of landscape structure and ecological processes across spatial and temporal scales. In freshwater ecosystems, where riparian and catchment land cover regulate hydrology, nutrient inputs, and habitat quality, most ecological assessments rel...

Ultra-Stable Zinc Nitroprusside Cathode Operating at High Potentials for Inexpensive, Simpler-to-Scale Sodium-Ion Batteries

Abstract Driven by the demand for low-cost and environmentally sustainable energy storage technologies, sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) have emerged as a promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries. Among the various cathode candidates, Prussian blue analogs (PBAs) stand out due t...

Noncarbohydrate Inhibitors of Sialic Acid-Binding Immunomodulatory-Type Lectin-7 (Siglec-7) Discovered from Genetically Encoded Bicyclic Peptide Libraries

ABSTRACT Glycan-binding proteins (GBP) are among the most difficult to drug targets. This deficiency delays clinical progress for therapeutically important GBPs. We employed bicyclic genetically encoded libraries (BiGELs), produced by chemical modification of phage-displayed libr...

Axis-Constrained Fine Registration for Industrial Inspection Using a Closed-Form Quaternion Solver

Industrial dimensional inspection relies on accurate registration between scanned point clouds and nominal CAD models to evaluate geometric deviations with respect to engineering datums. Conventional fine registration methods, such as the Iterative Closest Point (ICP) algorithm,...

Introducing relative pollen productivity estimates for Iberian taxa: methodological insights and implications for landscape modelling in the Western Mediterranean

Abstract. Understanding the impact of ongoing global change on plant communities requires long-term quantitative reconstructions of past vegetation dynamics. Fossil pollen records offer one of the most powerful tools to reconstruct past landscapes, yet for their accurate interpre...

The role of the support in catalyzing the gas-phase H2 production onto Pd-C3N4/TiO2 assisted by light

H 2 production through gas-phase photocatalysis remains limited by the poor light-harvesting ability and insufficient thermal activity of many conventional photocatalysts. In this work, Pd-loaded TiO 2 /C 3 N 4 composites were prepared to investigate the complementary role of bot...

Radon-induced backgrounds in the NEXT-100 experiment

A bstract The NEXT-100 detector at the LSC aims at the first competitive search for the 0 νββ decay using a high-pressure 136 Xe electroluminescent time projection chamber. The first low-background run of NEXT-100 at 3.95 bar has been devoted to the measurement of the radon-induc...

Is DNA metabarcoding an option for formaldehyde‐preserved zooplankton time series?

Abstract The recovery of amplifiable DNA from formaldehyde‐fixed (FF) zooplankton samples has long been considered problematic, but advances in degraded‐DNA retrieval have renewed interest in FF samples. To access the information stored in long‐term zooplankton time series, we ev...

Outdoor Environmental Comfort, Public-Space Use and Perceived Sociability Among Ageing Populations: Integrating Field Surveys and Microclimatic Simulations

Outdoor environmental comfort is increasingly relevant amid climate change and population ageing because it affects well-being, behaviour and public-space use. However, the relationship between microclimatic conditions, environmental perception, and public-space use among older a...

A decagon wave around Saturn’s south pole

Saturn has a unique long-lived, nearly stationary hexagon wave close to its north pole that is coupled to an intense eastward jet. Despite decades of observation, no similar wave has been reported so far in the southern hemisphere or elsewhere on Saturn. Ground-based and Hubble S...

Toward reliable solid-solid phase change materials for thermal energy storage: Polymer Fibrillar network-reinforced organic plastic crystals

Solid-solid phase change materials (PCMs) offer attractive advantages for thermal energy storage (TES), including leakage-free operation, reduced encapsulation requirements, and design flexibility. Among them, organic plastic crystals (OPCs) such as pentaglycerine (PG) and pentae...

High‐Polarization‐Extinction Raman Conversion in Gas‐Filled Polarization‐Maintaining Hollow‐Core Fibers

ABSTRACT Gas‐filled hollow‐core fibers (HCFs) are versatile platforms for high‐power nonlinear optics, yet integrating robust polarization control remains crucial for advanced practical applications. Here, we demonstrate the generation of highly polarized Stokes light via stimula...