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  • The interannual variability of global burned area is mostly explained by climatic drivers 

    Gincheva, Andrina; Pausas, Juli G.; Torres Vázquez, Miguel Ángel; Bedia, Joaquín; Vicente Serrano, Sergio M.; Abatzoglou, Jhon Y.; Sánchez Espigares, Josep Anton; Chuvieco Salinero, Emilio; Jerez Rodriguez, Sonia; Provenzale, Antonello; Trigo, Ricardo M.; Turco, Marco (American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2024-07-01)
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    Better understanding how fires respond to climate variability is an issue of current interest in light of ongoing climate change. However, evaluating the global-scale temporal variability of fires in response to climate ...
  • The ENBIS-22 quality and reliability engineering international special issue 

    Gégout-Petit, Anne; Marco Almagro, Lluís (2023-12-17)
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  • Effectiveness of one and two doses of acellular pertussis vaccines against laboratory-confirmed pertussis requiring hospitalisation in infants: results of the PERTINENT sentinel surveillance system in six EU/EEA countries, December 2015 – December 2019 

    Merdrignac, Lore; Belghiti, Fatima Aït El; Pandolfi, Elisabetta; Acosta Argueta, Lesly María; Jané Checa, Mireia; Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen; Jordan Garcia, Iolanda (2024-03)
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    Background Monitoring effectiveness of pertussis vaccines is necessary to adapt vaccination strategies. PERTINENT, Pertussis in Infants European Network, is an active sentinel surveillance system implemented in 35 hospitals ...
  • Multidimensional scaling for big data 

    Delicado Useros, Pedro Francisco; Pachón García, Cristian (Springer, 2024-04-13)
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    We present a set of algorithms implementing multidimensional scaling (MDS) for large data sets. MDS is a family of dimensionality reduction techniques using a n x n distance matrix as input, where n is the number of ...
  • Microwave oven application for the preparation and sterilization of microbiological culture media: a feasible method with an adapted water bath and perforable cap 

    Terrones Fernández, Inés; Rodero de Lamo, Lourdes; López, Asunción; Peiró, Sara; Asensio, Daniel; Castilla López, Roberto; Gámez Montero, Pedro Javier; Piqué, Núria (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2024-03-11)
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    There is currently increased interest in the use of alternatives to autoclaved culture media, in order to maintain the properties of the media, while saving energy and time. In this study, we assess a new system for culture ...
  • When are they coming? Understanding and forecasting the timeline of arrivals at the FC Barcelona stadium on match days 

    Serra Burriel, Feliu; Delicado Useros, Pedro Francisco; Cucchietti, Fernando; Graells Garrido, Eduardo; Gil Julian, Alex; Eguskiza Martínez, Imanol (2024-05)
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    Futbol Club Barcelona operates the largest stadium in Europe (with a seating capacity of almost one hundred thousand people) and manages recurring sports events. These are influenced by multiple conditions (time and day ...
  • Effectiveness of influenza vaccination and early antiviral treatment in reducing pneumonia risk in severe influenza cases 

    Godoy Garcia, Pere; Soldevila, Nuria; Martínez Mateo, Ana; Godoy García, Sofia; Jané Checa, Mireia; Torner, Núria; Acosta Argueta, Lesly María; Rius Gibert, Cristina; Domínguez García, Ángela (2024-02-07)
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    Introduction: Influenza vaccination may be effective in preventing influenza infection and may reduce the risk of influenza-associated pneumonia. The study aim was to evaluate the effect of influenza vaccination in preventing ...
  • Comments on: shape-based functional data analysis 

    Delicado Useros, Pedro Francisco (Springer, 2023-12-11)
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    The paper under discussion proposes a non-standard way to approach functional data analysis based on the concept of shape-of-a-function. I congratulate the authors for such a stimulating piece of work. Among the most ...
  • Identifying and classifying aberrant response patterns through functional data analysis 

    Doval, Eduardo; Delicado Useros, Pedro Francisco (2020-12-01)
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    We propose new methods for identifying and classifying aberrant response patterns (ARPs) by means of functional data analysis. These methods take the person response function (PRF) of an individual and compare it with the ...
  • Kansei for the digital era 

    Schütte, Simon; Lokman, Anitawati Mohd; Marco Almagro, Lluís; Ishihara, Shigekazu; Yanagisawa, Hideyoshi; Yamanaka, Toshimasa; Valverde, Nuno; Coleman, Shirley (2023-11-28)
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    For over 40 years, Kansei-based research and development have been conducted in Japan and other East Asian countries and these decades of research have influenced Kansei interpretation. New methods and applications, including ...
  • SurvLIMEpy: a Python package implementing SurvLIME 

    Pachón García, Cristian; Hernández Pérez, Carlos; Delicado Useros, Pedro Francisco; Vilaplana Besler, Verónica (2024-03-01)
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    In this paper we present SurvLIMEpy, an open-source Python package that implements the SurvLIME algorithm. This method allows to compute local feature importance for machine learning algorithms designed for modelling ...
  • Design of pastes for direct ink writing of zirconia parts with medical applications 

    Buj Corral, Irene; Padilla Sanchez, Jose Antonio; Minguella Canela, Joaquim; Rodero de Lamo, Lourdes; Marco Almagro, Lluís; Xuriguera Martin, Elena (Scientific.Net, 2023-10-05)
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    Direct ink writing (DIW) is an extrusion additive manufacturing (AM) technique in which inks are extruded through a nozzle and then deposited layer-by-layer. This technology allows 3D printing many different materials such ...

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