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  • Large eddy simulations (LES) of a three-element high-lift wing: Exploring the active flow control (AFC) capabilities 

    Montalà Sales, Ricard; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María (Elsevier, 2024-08-05)
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    This study presents an aerodynamic analysis of the 30P30N high-lift three-element wing under varying the angle of attack (a = 5¿, 9¿, and 23¿) at a constant Reynolds number (Rec = 750, 000) by means of large eddy simulations ...
  • Enhancement of swimmer diffusion through regular kicks: analytic mapping of a scale-independent parameter space 

    Jurado Romero, Arnau; Calero, Carles; Rey Oriol, Rosendo (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2024-06-21)
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    Depending on their mechanism of self-propulsion, active particles can exhibit time-dependent, often periodic, propulsion velocity. The precise propulsion velocity profile determines their mean square displacement and their ...
  • Structure and mechanisms of transport of human Asc1/CD98hc amino acid transporter 

    Puch Giner, Ignasi; Arias, Ángela; Saen-oon, Suwipa; Artuch, Rafael; Guallar, Víctor (2024-04-06)
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    Recent cryoEM studies elucidated details of the structural basis for the substrate selectivity and translocation of heteromeric amino acid transporters. However, Asc1/CD98hc is the only neutral heteromeric amino acid ...
  • On the flow past a three-element wing: mean flow and turbulent statistics 

    Montalà Sales, Ricard; Lehmkuhl Barba, Oriol; Rodríguez Pérez, Ivette María (Springer, 2024-07-04)
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    Large eddy simulations (LES) on the flow past the 30P30N three-element high-lift wing at a moderate Reynolds number Rec = 750, 000 and three different angles of attack α = 5, 9 and 23° are conducted. The main focus is on ...
  • Proof of concept for a new sensor to monitor marine litter from space 

    Cózar, Andrés; Arias Ballesteros, Manuel; Suaria, Giuseppe; Viejo Marín, Josué; Aliani, Stefano; Koutroulis, Aristeidis; Delaney, James; Bonnery, Guillaume; Macias, Diego; de Vries, Robin; Sumerot, Romain; Morales Caselles, Carmen; Turiel, Antonio; González Fernández, Daniel; Corradi, Paolo (2024-06-14)
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    Worldwide, governments are implementing strategies to combat marine litter. However, their effectiveness is largely unknown because we lack tools to systematically monitor marine litter over broad spatio-temporal scales. ...
  • Mathematical modeling of SARS-CoV-2 variant substitutions in European countries: transmission dynamics and epidemiological insights 

    López de Rioja, Víctor; Perramon Malavez, Aida; Alonso Muñoz, Sergio; Andrés, Cristina; Antón, Andrés; Bordoy, Antoni E.; Càmara, Jordi; Cardona, Pere-Joan; Català Sabaté, Martí; López Codina, Daniel; Martí, Sara; Martró Català, Elisa; Saludes, Verónica; Prats Soler, Clara; Álvarez Lacalle, Enrique (Frontiers Media SA, 2024-05-15)
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    Background: Countries across Europe have faced similar evolutions of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, including the Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variants.Materials and methods: We used data from GISAID and applied a robust, ...
  • Severity of Omicron subvariants and vaccine impact in Catalonia, Spain 

    López de Rioja, Víctor; Basile, Luca; Perramon Malavez, Aida; Martinez Solanas, Èrica; López Codina, Daniel; Medina-Maestro, Sergio; Coma Redon, Ermengol; Fina Avilés, Francesc; Prats Soler, Clara; Mendioroz, Jacobo; Álvarez Lacalle, Enrique (2024-04-27)
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    In the current COVID-19 landscape dominated by Omicron subvariants, understanding the timing and efficacy of vaccination against emergent lineages is crucial for planning future vaccination campaigns, yet detailed studies ...
  • Creep and recovery behavior of metallic glasses: a short review 

    Nabahat, Mehran; Duan, Yajuan; Xu, Zongrui; Qiao, Jichao; Pineda Soler, Eloi (2024-01)
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    Due to the disordered structure of amorphous alloys, the complex structural dynamics involves the particle rearrangements with a large span in time and size scales. The characterization and mechanism of structural dynamics ...
  • Isomer-sourced structure iteration methods for in silico development of inhibitors: Inducing GTP-bound NRAS-Q61 oncogenic mutations to an “off-like” state 

    Hu, Zheyao; Martí Rabassa, Jordi (Elsevier, 2024-05-24)
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    The NRAS-mutant subset of melanoma represent some of the most aggressive and deadliest types associated with poor overall survival. Unfortunately, for more than 40 years, no therapeutic agent directly targeting NRAS mutations ...
  • Colossal reversible barocaloric effects in a plastic crystal mediated by lattice vibrations and ion diffusion 

    Zeng, Ming; Escorihuela Sayalero, Carlos; Ikeshoji, Tamio; Takagi, Shigeyuki; Kim, Sangryun; Orimo, Shin-ichi; Barrio Casado, María del; Tamarit Mur, José Luis; Lloveras Muntané, Pol Marcel; Cazorla Silva, Claudio; Sau, Kartik (John Wiley & sons, 2024-07-10)
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    Solid-state methods for cooling and heating promise a sustainable alternative to current compression cycles of greenhouse gases and inefficient fuel-burning heaters. Barocaloric effects (BCE) driven by hydrostatic pressure ...
  • Country-report pattern corrections of new cases allow accurate 2-week predictions of COVID-19 evolution with the Gompertz model 

    Villanueva Baxarias, Maria Inmaculada; Conesa Ortega, David; Català Sabaté, Martí; Perramon Malavez, Aida; López de Rioja, Víctor; López Codina, Daniel; Alonso Muñoz, Sergio; Cardona Iglesias, Pere Joan; Prats Soler, Clara; Álvarez Lacalle, Enrique; López Cano, M. Cayetana; Molinuevo Gómez, Daniel; Montañola Sales, Cristina (Springer, 2024-05-11)
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    Accurate short-term predictions of COVID-19 cases with empirical models allow Health Officials to prepare for hospital contingencies in a two–three week window given the delay between case reporting and the admission of ...
  • Permutation entropy analysis of EEG signals for distinguishing eyes-open and eyes-closed brain states: Comparison of different approaches 

    Gancio Vázquez, Juan; Masoller Alonso, Cristina; Tirabassi, Giulio (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2024-04-10)
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    Developing reliable methodologies to decode brain state information from electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is an open challenge, crucial to implementing EEG-based brain–computer interfaces (BCIs). For example, signal ...

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