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Information and affective valence influence judgments of complexity, liking and understanding

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Visual complexity is a key factor in perceptual and evaluative judgments. People's representation of visual complexity is constructed from quantitative and structural image features, but it is also influenced by familiarity and expertise. We examined how people represent visual complexity and its impact on perception and evaluation, focusing ...
Xiaolei Sun, Jiajia Che, Marcos Nadal, Helmut Leder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weight self-regulation process in adolescence: the relationship between control weight attitudes, behaviors and body weight status

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2015
Adolescents’ self-control weight behaviors were assessed (n= 1961; 12-17 years old; 2007-2008) in the Balearic Islands, Spain. The study analyzed the relationships between body weight status, body image and self-weight concern, and actual attempts to ...
Jordi ePich, Maria del Mar eBibiloni, Antoni ePons, Josep A Tur   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mapping Mediterranean bentho‐demersal communities to better inform marine conservation

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Marine protected areas are one of the most common conservation tools being implemented worldwide to reach conservation targets, but their implementation does not usually take the heterogeneous distribution of bentho‐demersal communities into account.
Miguel López, Morane Clavel‐Henry, Joan B. Company, Nixon Bahamón, Otso Ovaskainen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetic appreciation: from time-frequency analysis to synchronization

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2012
Improvements in neuroimaging methods have afforded significant advances in our knowledge of the cognitive and neural foundations of aesthetic appreciation.
Enric eMunar, Marcos eNadal, Nazareth P Castellanos, Albert eFlexas, Fernando eMaestú, Claudio eMirasso, Camilo J Cela-Conde   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The contribution of citizens to threatened plant conservation

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract There is growing recognition of the importance of citizens in biodiversity conservation, particularly in the Mediterranean Basin—a global biodiversity hotspot and cradle of several civilizations—where human actions have influenced the introduction, extinction, and relocation of plant species, determining their current distribution.
Giuseppe Fenu, Giulia Calderisi, Donatella Cogoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Moral Judgment Reloaded: A Moral Dilemma validation study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
We propose a revised set of moral dilemmas for studies on moral judgment. We selected a total of 46 moral dilemmas available in the literature and fine-tuned them in terms of four conceptual factors (Personal Force, Benefit Recipient, Evitability and ...
Julia F. Christensen, Albert eFlexas, Margareta eCalabrese, Nadine K. Gut, Nadine K. Gut, Nadine K. Gut, Antoni eGomila   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hydro-meteorological reconstruction and geomorphological impact assessment of the October 2018 catastrophic flash flood at Sant Llorenç, Mallorca (Spain) [PDF]

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2019
An extraordinary convective rainfall event, unforeseen by most numerical weather prediction models, generated a devastating flash flood (305 m3 s−1) in the town of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, Mallorca, on 9 October 2018.
J. Lorenzo-Lacruz, A. Amengual, C. Garcia, E. Morán-Tejeda, V. Homar, A. Maimó-Far, A. Hermoso, C. Ramis, R. Romero   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Classification of European Illex coindetii and Loligo forbesii Squid Stocks by Trace Element Analysis of Statoliths

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigated whether statolith microchemistry analysis could classify ommastrephid and loliginid squid species into fishery stocks. Statolith nucleus (early life stage) and edge (life stage at time before catch) of Illex coindetii (Verany, 1839) and Loligo forbesii (Steenstrup, 1856) from various areas of the North East Atlantic Ocean and ...
Bianca T. C. Bobowski, Anne Marie Power, Finlay Burns, Pierluigi Carbonara, Danila Cuccu, Maria Cristina Follesa, Klaus Peter Jochum, Ana Moreno, Inna M. Sokolova, Maria Valls, Daniel Oesterwind   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and plasma lipidome analysis reveals a specific impact of Clostridioides difficile infection on intestinal bacterial communities and sterol metabolism

mBio
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) causes alterations in the intestinal microbiota, frequently associated with changes in the gut metabolism of bile acids and cholesterol.
Ricardo Arcay, Maria Barceló-Nicolau, Loreto Suárez, Luisa Martín, Rebeca Reigada, Marcus Höring, Gerhard Liebisch, Carmen Garrido, Gabriel Cabot, Helem Vílchez, Sara Cortés-Lara, Elisa González de Herrero, Carla López-Causapé, Antonio Oliver, Gwendolyn Barceló-Coblijn, Ana Mena   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

The first recorded occurrences of the invasive crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) in coastal lagoons of the Balearic Islands (Spain)

, 2018
The introduction of species is a major threat to biodiversity conservation. Island biodiversity is especially sensitive to the arrival of new species, and species introductions are one of the major concerns of conservation management policies.
L. Garcia, Samuel Pinya, V. Colomar, Tomás París, M. Puig, Maties Rebassa, J. Mayol   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source