Obtainment of bactericidal inkjet inks based on Ag-nanocomposites

In this study, ceramic inks were formulated that are able to develop bactericidal properties and are appropriate for application by inkjet printing. These inks contain silver nanocomposites and are applied on to unfired glazed ceramic bodies, yielding single-fired tiles. Silver nanocomposites were obtained from different precursors, which were made to react in order to obtain more stable structures that, in addition to incorporating bactericidal components, were able to reduce their reactivity and dissolution in the glassy matrix during the ceramic tile firing stage, avoiding the ensuing loss of properties. The study also examined how the nature of the base glaze affected the reactivity of the resulting nanocomposites. The base glaze that enabled the bactericidal compounds to remain at the ceramic tile surface was selected as the optimum base glaze for the study

Real-life experience with 4 years of golimumab persistence in ulcerative colitis patients

Golimumab has demonstrated its long-term efficacy and safety in ulcerative colitis in clinical trials, but no data of long-term persistence has been published from real world. To estimate long-term persistence of golimumab, as well as factors associated with longer persistence, in patients with ulcerative colitis in real life. Observational multicentre study including adult patients with ulcerative colitis treated with golimumab and with at least twelve months of follow-up. We included 190 patients, 105 (55.26%) naive to anti-TNF, with mean disease duration of 9.32 ± 8.09 years. Probability of persistence was 63%, 46%, 39% and 27% at 1, 2, 3 and 4 years, respectively. Persistence was lower in patients with primary failure to previous anti-TNF. Eighty-two (43.16%) patients needed dose intensification during follow-up, with a mean time until intensification of 8.03 ± 8.64 months. Dose intensification and lower disease duration predicted higher persistence with golimumab (p = 0.037 and p = 0.008, respectively). During a follow-up of 17.25 ± 15.83 months, 32 (16.5%) patients needed hospitalisation and 11 (6%) underwent colectomy. No unexpected adverse events were reported. Golimumab has demonstrated good persistence and safety profile for long treatment in ulcerative colitis patients

State of Fisheries in Catalonia 2020. Part 1: Methods and Results (ICATMAR, 21-02)

513 pages, 416 figures, 77 tablesThis document presents the State of Fisheries in Catalonia between October 2019 and December 2020, both inclusive. It was produced by the Catalan Institute for Ocean Governance Research (ICATMAR), which is a cooperation organism between the Directorate-General of Maritime Policy & sustainable fisheries of the Government of Catalonia and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)Peer reviewe

Fishing for litter, accidental catch in bottom trawl nets along the Catalan coast, Northwestern Mediterranean

8 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, supplementary material https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2023.05.021.-- Data availability: Data will be made available on requestThe seafloor of the Mediterranean Sea accumulates marine litter (ML), an area where bottom trawlers operate and can accidentally catch the litter from the seafloor. This study aims to describe and quantify the ML caught by bottom trawlers along the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean Sea) and estimate the potential of the bottom trawl fleet to extract ML from the area as a Fishing for Litter (FFL) initiative to tackle the ML issue. Marine litter was collected from commercial trawlers and was classified as metal, plastic, rubber, textile, wood, and other waste and weighed (kg) from 305 hauls performed during three years (2019–2021) from 9 different ports at 3 different depths. ML was present in 97 % of the hauls, with plastic being the most abundant material. The composition varied according to zone, port and depth, with the highest densities found in highly urbanized areas (13.75 ± 3.25 kg km−2), which mainly contained plastics (74.3 %). The port of Barcelona had the highest presence of plastics (23.62 ± 6.49 kg km−2), mainly wet wipes. Regarding depth, the continental shelf had the highest density of ML, with 12.24 ± 2.40 kg km−2. The potential ML removal (t year−1) was calculated using fishing effort (hours). It is estimated that the bottom trawlers may potentially remove 237 ± 36 t year−1 of ML in the Catalan coast. FFL initiatives should be part of a multidisciplinary approach to tackle marine litter, which must include prevention, monitoring, and cleaning actionsThis work was supported by the Catalan Institute for Ocean Governance Research (ICATMAR), trawl surveys were financed by European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) and the Catalan General Directorate of Marine Policy and Sustainable Fisheries by projects PESCAT (ARP029/18/00003) and CGCAT (ARP140/20/000006)With the institutional support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S)Peer reviewe

Evolució de les Captures i els Preus de Venda del Sector Pesquer a Catalunya: Comparativa 2018-2019 (ICATMAR, 20-06)

92 pages, figures, tablesEn aquest informe es presenten les dades de captura i venda del sector pesquer català, classificades en les principals modalitats de pesca i espècies, així com una anàlisi en funció de les llotges; entre gener del 2018 i desembre del 2019 ambdós inclosos i ha estat realitzat per l’Institut Català de Recerca per a la Governança del Mar (ICATMAR), un òrgan de cooperació entre la Direcció General de Pesca i Afers Marítims del Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació (DARP) de la Generalitat de Catalunya i l’Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Peer reviewe

Estudi Socioeconòmic sobre la flota pesquera catalana. Descripció del mostreig i les dades obtingudes en l’estudi pilot efectuat sobre la flota del port de Vilanova i la Geltrú (ICATMAR 20-01)

63 pages, 28 figures, 4 tables, 5 annexesEn aquest informe es presenten els resultats de l’estudi pilot socioeconòmic efectuat al port de Vilanova i la Geltrú i ha estat realitzat per l’Institut Català de Recerca per a la Governança del Mar (ICATMAR), un òrgan de cooperació entre la Direcció General de Pesca i Afers Marítims del Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació (DARP) de la Generalitat de Catalunya i l’Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Peer reviewe

Estudi Socioeconòmic sobre la flota pesquera catalana. Descripció del mostreig i les dades obtingudes en l’estudi efectuat sobre la flota del port de Palamós (ICATMAR 23-12)

52 pages, 30 figures, 1 table, 5 annexesEn el marc de la recopilació de dades sobre la pesca a Catalunya realitzat per l’Institut Català de Recerca per a la Governança del Mar (ICATMAR), l’any 2020 es va començar la recollida sistemàtica de dades socioeconòmiques sobre la flota pesquera comercial catalana a través d’una prova pilot al port de Vilanova i la Geltrú (ICATMAR 20-01). L’objectiu d’aquesta línia és obtenir dades perquè l’administració disposi de la informació necessària per tal de gestionar els recursos tenint en compte els interessos, a vegades contraposats, de tota la comunitat pesquera. La Direcció General de Política Marítima i Pesca Sostenible (DGPMPS) de la Generalitat de Catalunya disposa de les dades d’ingressos per vendes en euros, preu mitjà de les espècies comercials i captures en pes de tota la flota que ven a les llotges de Catalunya, però no té encara informació sobre les despeses de l’activitat econòmica pesquera ni sobre l’estructura social del sector. Seguint l’estructuració de la costa catalana en 3 zones (Nord, Centre i Sud, ICATMAR 22-04), el pla d’acció contempla realitzar un estudi socioeconòmic al llarg del territori, per a poder dur a terme una anàlisi comparativa entre zones. Per a aquesta segona fase de l’estudi socioeconòmic de la flota pesquera catalana, es va escollir el port de Palamós perquè la seva mida és comparable a la del port de Vilanova i la Geltrú, on es va realitzar la prova pilot, està situat a la zona Nord del litoral català i també hi són ben representades les diferents pesqueres practicades a Catalunya (Figura 1). Actualment la flota pesquera de Palamós consta de 3 barques d’encerclament, 23 barques d’arrossegament i 16 barques d’arts menors (sonseres, tresmalls, soltes, nanses i palangre de fons), totes elles en actiu i amb horaris de sortida, arribada i venda a llotja diferents en funció de cada modalitat de pesca. A més, la Confraria d’aquest port compta amb 2 mariscadors que, en funció de l’època de l’any, es dediquen a les modalitats de línies de mà i canya, poteres i marisqueig (Figura 2). Tant l’art d’arrossegament com el d’encerclament fan parades temporals per veda (2 i 1 mesos a l’hivern respectivament), les sonseres fan parada per “veda biològica” (2,5 mesos també a l’hivern) per tal de contribuir a la regeneració dels caladors que exploten i preservar la seva espècie objectiu i, per últim, els mariscadors fan veda de l’eriçó (Paracentrotus lividus) durant 5 mesos entre primavera i estiu. Les vedes estan regulades per la Unió Europea per garantir la sostenibilitat de les activitats pesqueres i que aquestes tinguin el mínim impacte en l’ecosistema marí. [...]With the institutional support of the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S)Peer reviewe

Distribució Geogràfica de l’Esforç Pesquer i Captures de la Flota d’Encerclament Catalana (ICATMAR, 20-02)

23 pages, 15 figuresEn aquest informe es presenta la metodologia d’anàlisi i primers resultats de la distribució geogràfica de l’esforç i captures de la flota d’encerclament catalana a partir de dades VMS (Vessel Monitoring System) i ha estat realitzat per l’Institut Català de Recerca per a la Governança del Mar (ICATMAR), un òrgan de cooperació entre la Direcció General de Pesca i Afers Marítims del Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació (DARP) de la Generalitat de Catalunya i l’Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Peer reviewe

Scientific Report Supporting the Management Plan for Boat Seine (MPBS) (ICATMAR, 20-04)

77 pages, figures, tablesThis document presents the Scientific Report Supporting the Management Plan for Boat Seine between August 2012 and December 2019, both inclusive and it was produced by the Catalan Institute for Ocean Governance Research (ICATMAR), which is a cooperation organism between the Directorate-General of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs (DGPAM) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (DARP) of the Government of Catalonia and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)Peer reviewe

The Budget Constraint in the Governance of Organizations

The paper suggests a partial solution to the disjunction between the institutional environment and the institutions of governance by considering the budget constraint. This approach is put in the perspective of the comparative analysis of economic organizations as discrete structural alternatives. The budget constraint presents a whole range of alternative values that are distinct by different transaction costs that organizations meet. Following different values of budget constraint, bounded rationality and opportunism are allocated to alternative uses and asset specificity takes different forms. This approach requires that the discriminating alignment solution considers the prevailing value of the budget constraint, which opens the need for a comparative perspective on efficacious organizational governance. A second level of governance is corporate governance. The debate over corporate governance is centered around decision-making power and the existence of quasi-rents that organizations produce. Given different values of the budget constraint, the definition of what are efficacious systems of decision-making power and appropriation of quasi-rents are distinct in the shareholder value and the stakeholder interest paradigms