Analysis of the evaluation process of the research performance: An empirical case

In this paper we analyze the objectivity of the peer review process of research performance by research groups in the scientific and technological Valencian system, over the period 1998–2002. For that purpose, we use qualitative and quantitative indicators to assess which of them are the most important to determine a research group as excellent one, based on peer review evaluation methodology. The results show that excellence appears to be driven only by publications in SCI/SSCI and the number of sexenios, and suggest that the peer review process is not as objective as we expected.Peer reviewe

Assessment of the excellent research group performance

13 pages, 7 tablesIn this paper we assessed the evaluation process of research groups’ performance in the region of Valencia over the period 1998-2002, and the efficiency of such groups. The efficiency is assessed through the method of data envelopment analysis (DEA). Our findings show that publications in SCI/SSCI and the number of sexenios are the most determinant indicators of excellence in a research group. In terms of efficiency, we find that excellent research groups belonging to universities, in particular those in natural science, and R&D public organizations are the most efficiency.Peer reviewe

Características de la demanda de I+D de las universidades de la Comunidad Valenciana

9 pages, 7 tables, 1 figurePeer reviewe

Esculturas pétreas halladas en el subsuelo de la cripta de la Capilla de San Miguel de la Seo de Zaragoza

Presentamos un grupo de esculturas atribuibles a Pedro Moragues (siglo XIV) halladas enterradas en el subsuelo de la cripta de la capilla de San Miguel de la catedral de San Salvador, conocida popularmente como la parroquieta de La Seo de Zaragoza

Interaction with universities and firm's innovative performance: evidence from the Spanish innovation survey

3 tables, 29 pagesThis paper analyses the effect of interaction with universities on firms’ innovation output, measured as the degree of novelty of product innovation. The analysis is based on a sample of 3,257 manufacturing firms, active in innovation, and located in Spain. We distinguish between two types of interaction mechanisms: cooperation in innovation activities and outsourcing of research and development (R&D) services. Using data from two waves of the Spanish innovation survey (2004 and 2007), we examine the effect of interaction in 2004 on subsequent product innovation in 2005-2007. The results show that neither cooperation with universities nor outsourcing of R&D services to these agents has a significant effect on product innovation. In other words, for Spanish manufacturing firms the acquisition of knowledge from universities does not represent an important strategy to introduce new products into the market. In contrast, cooperation with customers and acquisition of external R&D from other firms seem to be important for innovation, especially for firms pursuing more radical innovation.Peer reviewe

Una visión crítica de las relaciones universidad-empresa: el papel de la estructuras de interrelación

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Bilateral anterior ischemic optic neuropathy after bilateral neck dissection

María J Suárez-Fernández, Antonio Clariana-Martín, Enrique Mencía-Gutiérrez, Esperanza Gutiérrez-Díaz, Teresa Gracia-García-MiguelOphthalmology Department, 12 de Octubre Hospital, Complutense University, Madrid, SpainPurpose: The risk of visual loss after nonocular surgeries is very low, between 0.2% and 4.5%. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, ischemic optic neuropathy has been reported mostly after spinal surgery (54.2%), followed by cardiac surgery and radical neck dissection (13.3%). It may occur in association with some conditions that include systemic hypotension, acute blood loss and hypovolemia.Case report: A 46-year-old woman, whose diagnosis was laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, complained of visual loss in her right eye two days after surgery (laryngectomy with bilateral radical neck dissection and left jugular ligature) and one day later in her left eye. The diagnosis was nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.Conclusion: Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy related to nonocular surgery is usually bilateral and its prognosis is very poor, resulting in blindness or severe visual loss. Although rare, patients should be warned about this complication, which has a profound impact on quality of life, since no therapeutic measure, including correction of hypotension and anemia, seems to improve the prognosis of this complication.Keywords: ischemic optic neuropathy, visual loss, radical neck dissection, blood los

CDDA: extension and analysis of the discrete dipole approximation for chiral systems

Discrete dipole approximation (DDA) is a computational method broadly used to solve light scattering problems. In this work, we propose an extension of DDA that we call Chiral-DDA (CDDA), to study light-chiral matter interactions with the capability of describing the underlying physics behind. Here, CDDA is used to solve and analyze the interaction of a nanoantenna (either metallic or dielectric) with a chiral molecule located in its near field at different positions. Our method allowed to relate near field interactions with far field spectral response of the system, elucidating the role that the nanoantenna electric and magnetic polarizabilities play in the coupling with a chiral molecule. In general, this is not straightforward with other methods. We believe that CDDA has the potential to help researchers revealing some of the still unclear mechanisms responsible for the chiral signal enhancements induced by nanoantennas.Ramon y Cajal Fellowship (RYC-2016- 20831); Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (PGC2018-096649-B-I); Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (899598)

Sex Differences in Comorbidity, Therapy, and Health Services' Use of Heart Failure in Spain: Evidence from Real-World Data

Heart failure (HF) is becoming increasingly prevalent and affects both men and women. However, women have traditionally been underrepresented in HF clinical trials. In this study, we aimed to analyze sex differences in the comorbidity, therapy, and health services'' use of HF patients. We conducted a cross-sectional study in Aragón (Spain) and described the characteristics of 17, 516 patients with HF. Women were more frequent (57.4 vs. 42.6%, p < 0.001) and older (83 vs. 80 years, p < 0.001) than men, and presented a 33% lower risk of 1-year mortality (p < 0.001). Both sexes showed similar disease burdens, and 80% suffered six or more diseases. Some comorbidities were clearly sex-specific, such as arthritis, depression, and hypothyroidism in women, and arrhythmias, ischemic heart disease, and COPD in men. Men were more frequently anti-aggregated and anti-coagulated and received more angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and beta-blockers, whereas women had more angiotensin II antagonists, antiinflammatories, antidepressants, and thyroid hormones dispensed. Men were admitted to specialists (79.0 vs. 70.6%, p < 0.001), hospital (47.0 vs. 38.1%, p < 0.001), and emergency services (57.6 vs. 52.7%, p < 0.001) more frequently than women. Our results highlight the need to conduct future studies to confirm the existence of these differences and of developing separate HF management guidelines for men and women that take into account their sex-specific comorbidity

Estrategias de adquisición de conocimiento en los procesos de innovación empresarial

The recognition of external agents as an important knowledge source to innovation processes means that the firms must face a key decision: generate in-house or acquire externally the required technological knowledge. Owing to its implications, this decision has become a very important topic between academics and practitioners of innovation, promoting the development of a body of theoretical and empirical literature about the factors and motivations which influence it. This paper provides a review of this literature via the analysis of three innovation strategies (make, buy, and cooperate) and considers the contributions coming from transaction cost theory and the firms’ capabilities viewpoint.El reconocimiento de los agentes externos como una fuente importante de conocimiento para el desarrollo de los procesos de innovación ha hecho que las empresas tengan que hacer frente a una decisión importante: generar o adquirir externamente el conocimiento tecnológico que precisan. Debido a sus implicaciones, esta decisión se ha convertido en un tema de creciente interés entre los académicos y estudiosos de la innovación, propiciando el desarrollo de toda una literatura, teórica y empírica, sobre los factores y motivaciones que inciden en la misma. En este artículo se presenta una revisión de esta literatura, a partir del análisis de tres estrategias de innovación (hacer, comprar y cooperar) y considerando las aportaciones derivadas de la teoría económica de los costes de transacción y de los enfoques basados en las capacidades de la empresa