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Biosurfactant Production From Waste Frying Oil: Process Optimization and Physicochemical Characterization of Surface Properties

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the development of a cost‐effective bioprocess for biosurfactant production, encompassing process optimization and physicochemical characterization. Surface tension reduction and oil dispersion activity were evaluated, highlighting its strong potential for applications in food, pharmaceuticals, and bioremediation. In this
Nihed Tellili, Emna Moujehed, Slim Cherif, Inès Mnif   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Components of Sustainable Leadership in Universities: Systematic Review of the Literature and Proposal of a Taxonomy

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Universities play a pivotal role in promoting sustainable development by adopting sustainable management practices and preparing future leaders with a focus on sustainability. This study investigates the interplay between sustainable leadership, pro‐environmental behaviour and organisational commitment at universities, with a particular focus ...
Greice Kely Aragão Ribeiro, João Carlos Correia Leitão   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hospitaller Revenues, Bourbon Regalism: The Financial Administration of the Grand Priory of Castile and León under an American Parvenu

History, EarlyView.
Abstract After the vicissitudes of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), the consolidation of the Bourbon Monarchy in early eighteenth‐century Spain allowed Philip V's ministry to implement the so‐called Nueva Planta in his various kingdoms and lordships of the Crown of Aragon, but also in Castile.
Roberto Quirós Rosado
wiley   +1 more source

Teoría y praxis de la penitencia en la Segovia bajomedieval

Estudios de Historia de España, 2016
The following study deals with the subject of the sacrament of penance in the Segovian Diocese during the Lower Middle Ages. It considers its doctrinal aspects, the instructions followed by the priests to correctly administer it and its correct practice ...
Esteban Herrera
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Framings of Intervention in Spain: From the Civil War to the Franco Dictatorship

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the role of foreign intervention in the Spanish Civil War, the word intervención rarely appeared in contemporary media and official discourse. This article examines the expressions that Republican and rebel authorities used to represent the presence of outside forces in Spain.
Marta Costa Costa
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a role for cannabidiol in obesity, metabolic syndrome and binge eating?

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of the most abundant phytocannabinoids isolated from the Cannabis sativa plant. CBD is a lipophilic, non‐intoxicating substance that differently from Δ9‐tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9‐THC) does not present the typical profile of a drug of abuse.
Luca Botticelli, Emanuela Micioni Di Bonaventura, Giacomo Einaudi, Gustavo Provensi, Alessia Costa, Claudio D'Addario, Carlo Cifani, Maria Vittoria Micioni Di Bonaventura   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

UBVH: Unified Bounding Volume and Scene Geometry Representation for Ray Tracing

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract Bounding volume hierarchies (BVHs) are currently the most common data structure used to accelerate ray tracing. The existing BVH methods distinguish between the bounding volume representation associated with the interior BVH nodes and the scene geometry representation associated with leaf nodes.
M. Káčerik, J. Bittner
wiley   +1 more source

The bread of Toledo: Prices and political economy, 1535–1800

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We study the market for common white bread in the city of Toledo through a new 266‐year‐long series of bread prices, obtained from the cash purchases and wholesale bread‐for‐wheat contracts of large institutions. Our data are strongly consistent with fragmentary evidence on retail price regulation, as well as with shorter series from other ...
Mauricio Drelichman, David González Agudo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

DNA barcoding reveals the presence of Whitson's grenadier, Macrourus whitsoni, in sub‐Antarctic waters of South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Macrourid species constitute the main bycatch in Southern Ocean toothfish longline fisheries. We report the first confirmed record of Whitson's grenadier, Macrourus whitsoni, in the South Georgia toothfish fishery. Mitochondrial cox1 DNA barcoding confirmed its presence in bycatch samples collected around South Georgia and the northern South ...
M. L. Romero Martínez, J. Abreu, J. P. Queirós, J. C. Xavier, P. R. Hollyman, E. Fitzcharles, M. A. Collins   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Social Policy and Political Regime Change in Central America

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Does democracy deliver more inclusive and transparent social policy in low‐capacity states? And how does democratic backsliding reshape social policy? Drawing on a comparative analysis of El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, we examine how regime change and political ideology are associated with patterns of social policy access and ...
Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Diego Sánchez‐Ancochea   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source