Appendix 1. Bibliographical details of the comparable RAs drawn from the social science (SSC) component of the EXEMPRAES Corpus.

This compilation consists of 20 empirical research articles, 10 in English and 10 in Spanish, which are highly comparable. They have been drawn from the EXEMPRAES Corpus (Author, 2013, June). The RAs belong to the following SSC disciplines: Pedagogy, Psychology, Sociology, Business, and Economics. Reference: Moreno, A. I. (2013, June). Compiling comparable corpora of research articles for writing teaching purposes through interdisciplinary collaboration. Paper presentation at the 7th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing. Central European University, Budapest, Hungar

Appendix 2. Extract 1 from the ENEIDA Interview (Phase 2)

This document contains Appendix 2 to Moreno's (2022) research article. It consists of the selected questions from the ENEIDA Interview (Phase 2) on which her study was based. The interview was held by email among a sample of the authors of the Social Science (SSC) component of research articles in the EXEMPRAES Corpus, whose Discussion and/or Closing sections the author analysed. The same interview was carried out in English or in Spanish depending on the language of publication of the article. This interview should be cited as Moreno, Ana I. (2022). “To be, or not to be, self-critical? Writing Discussion and/or Closing sections in English and Spanish social science research articles”. ESP Today. Volume 10 (2), Appendix 2

Access to public transport and labor informality

Public transport infrastructure has not kept up with the demands of growing populations in cities in developing countries. Infrastructure provision has historically been biased against less affluent areas, so access to formal jobs is often difficult and costly for a large part of the lower-income population. As a result, low-income workers may be discouraged from commuting to formal jobs, lack information on job opportunities, and face discrimination. Through these channels, constrained accessibility can result in higher rates of job informality. Reducing informality can be a target for well-designed transport policies

Income segregation in monocentric and polycentric cities: Does urban form really matter?

We estimate the effect of urban spatial structure on income segregation in Brazilian cities between 2000 and 2010. Our results show that, first, local density conditions increase income segregation: the effect is higher in monocentric cities and smaller in polycentric ones. Second, the degree of monocentricity-polycentricity also affects segregation: while a higher concentration of jobs in and around the CBD decreases segregation in monocentric cities, a higher employment concentration in and around subcenters located far from the CBD decreases segregation in polycentric cities. Third, results are heterogeneous according to city size: local density does not increase segregation in small (monocentric) cities, it increases segregation in medium size cities, and it decreases segregation in large (polycentric) cities. Finally, results also differ between income groups: while local density conditions increase the segregation of the poor, a more polycentric configuration reduces the segregation of the rich

Oral presentations assessment rubric (CEFR level C1) and grade calculators

[ES] Las presentes rúbrica de evaluación y calculadoras de calificaciones para presentaciones orales fueron desarrolladas por Ana I. Moreno (2023) en el marco de la asignatura de Lengua Inglesa VII del Grado en Filología Moderna: Inglés. Han sido producto del proyecto de innovación docente titulado 'Intercambio de competencias entre alumnos avanzados de diferentes grados: Fomentando la mejora continua del aprendizaje en la ULE (INTERCOMP)', financiado por el Plan de Apoyo a La Innovación Docente de La ULE (PAID). Convocatoria 2023[EN] The present assessment rubric and grade calculators for oral presentations were developed by Ana I. Moreno (2023) within the framework of the subject English Language VII of the Degree in Modern Philology: English. They have been a product of the teaching innovation project titled 'Skill exchange among advanced students from different degrees: Fostering continuous improvement of learning at ULE (INTERCOMP),' funded by the Teaching Innovation Support Plan of The ULE (PAID). Call 202

FTIR characterization of isolated fruit cuticles from tomato species

La comunicación arriba reseñada ha sido presentado como póster.The plant cuticle is a lipid extracellular membrane which covers the outer surface of leaves, stems and fruits of higher plants acting as a real interphase between the plant and the environment. The cuticle plays a pivotal role in epidermal development, control of water loss, fruit integrity, firmness and resistance to various disorders [1]. From a morphological point of view, the cuticle (Figure 1) can be described as acutinizedepidermal cell wall [2]. Based on its structural and chemical composition, the cuticle is mainly constituted by a polyester matrix of long chainpolyhydroxy fatty acids named cutin. Additionally, a significant amount of polysaccharides (mainly cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin) is also present. Cuticular waxes, a mixture of different very long chain aliphatic compounds, can be either embedded into the cutin matrix (intracuticular waxes) or deposited on the outer surface of the cuticle (epicuticular waxes) [3]. Finally, phenolic compounds (cinnamic acid derivatives and flavonoids) are also present. In tomato, cuticular flavonoids participate in fruit coloration and their presence is influenced by environmental conditions and the stage of development.As it can be observed in Figure 1, the cuticle has an asymmetrical distribution of its components. In its outer surface waxes and aliphatic compounds are very abundant, while the inner surface is rich in polysaccharides from epidermal cell wall. Two parameters have been studied, the esterification index (the ratio between the intensities of the stretching vibration band related to ester functional groups (1730 cm-1) and the stretching vibration associated with methylene groups (2918 cm-1)), which isa relative measure of the cross-linking degree of the cutin matrix, and the amount of flavonoids, calculated as the sum of 1606 cm-1and 1624 cm-1 band areas.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Reseña: La realidad aumentada y su aplicación en el patrimonio cultural

La trascendencia del discurso de las nuevas tecnologías en el mundo actual es un tema delicado, habiendo posiciones encontradas en cuanto a su utilización y hegemonía. Sin embargo, la investigación de David Ruiz Torres nos lleva por otros derroteros. Más allá de ningún posicionamiento, el autor expone e ilustra con clarificadores ejemplos el concepto de realidad aumentada (AR), facilitándonos una definición propia: «tecnología que combina el mundo real con información generada por ordenador, obteniendo una percepción mejorada o aumentada del mismo, en la que esa información debe tener un registro tridimensional e insertarse en el entorno real del usuario de forma que ofrezca una impresión realista en la fusión de ambos mundos, de modo que pueda interactuar como si se tratase de elementos físicos reales».Y desde luego, logra el objetivo de ubicarla en el contexto de la disciplina humanística, apuntando una serie de posibilidades prometedoras en el ámbito cultural, patrimonial y museístico. Su texto es el resultado de una profunda lectura de selectos documentos consagrados a esta materia, pero sobre todo, es un compendio descriptivo de experiencias producto de esta novedosa tecnología

The Interplay between cancer biology and the endocannabinoid system - significance for cancer risk, prognosis and response to treatment

The various components of the endocannabinoid system (ECS), such as the cannabinoid receptors (CBRs), cannabinoid ligands, and the signalling network behind it, are implicated in several tumour-related states, both as favourable and unfavourable factors. This review analyses the ECS's complex involvement in the susceptibility to cancer, prognosis, and response to treatment, focusing on its relationship with cancer biology in selected solid cancers (breast, gastrointestinal, gynaecological, prostate cancer, thoracic, thyroid, CNS tumours, and melanoma). Changes in the expression and activation of CBRs, as well as their ability to form distinct functional heteromers a ect the cell's tumourigenic potential and their signalling properties, leading to pharmacologically di erent outcomes. Thus, the same ECS component can exert both protective and pathogenic e ects in di erent tumour subtypes, which are often pathologically driven by di erent biological factors. The use of endogenous and exogenous cannabinoids as anti-cancer agents, and the range of e ects they might induce (cell death, regulation of angiogenesis, and invasion or anticancer immunity), depend in great deal on the tumour type and the specific ECS component that they target. Although an attractive target, the use of ECS components in anti-cancer treatment is still interlinked with many legal and ethical issues that need to be considered

The C form of n-hexadecanoic acid

3 pages, 2 tables, 2 figures.In the crystal structure of the title compound, C16H32O2, the molecules are arranged into dimers through O-HO hydrogen bonds. These dimers are packed in bilayers with terminal methyl groups at both external faces, and these layers are parallel to the crystallographic (100) plane. All C-C bonds of the alkyl chain show an antiperiplanar (trans) conformation, with slight deviations from the ideal value in the C-C bonds close to the intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The similarity between the carboxyl C-O bond distances is consistent with the existence of cis-trans tautomerism.This research was supported through CICYT grant No. MAT2001±3352 and DGICYT grant No. BQU2002±1729.Peer reviewe