Activating inclusive growth in railway SMEs by workplace innovation

The digital revolution is happening, transforming the way we move and produce. Success in the digital revolution means that the rail industries need to use the best available technologies focusing on people. The managerial and organizational practices adopted by railway entities have considerable significance for Railway's ability to succeed in global competition. One of the challenges for railway entities is to deliver innovative products, offering quickness and flexibility to respond to changing demands from their customers. Non-technological innovations and especially Workplace innovation, have a key role to play in the digitalization and acceleration of technological developments, therefore in the railway sector competitiveness. This draws attention to the importance of innovation climate and employees' commitment aiming at improving staff motivation and working conditions, thereby enhancing labor productivity, organizational performance, innovation capability, reactivity to market change, and consequently business competitiveness. As with any emerging opportunity, there is no established path to follow to activate inclusive growth in railway SMEs to uptake Workplace innovation. To address these issues, this paper develops and tests a research model that covers individual behavior, organizational practices, and process practices of innovation among employees, analyzing the impact of Workplace Innovation on firm performance.This Project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 86188

Effect of surface modifiers on the nanoparticles electro-driven assembly

Understanding the colloidal behavior of particles is mandatory to prepare stable and disperse suspensions suitable for EPD. Up today, most of the proposed models for the EPD kinetics have been formulated considering the electrophoresis process, where depositing features are quantified by the sticking factor, a probabilistic and empiric parameter. Proposed models have demonstrated that interparticles forces are also the clue to understand the way in which particles compact on the electrode under the influence of an electric field in an electrostatically stabilized suspension. Please click on the link below for the full content

Manufacturing Tin Films Through A One‐Step Processing Method: Shaping and Sintering by EPD

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Chromosomal transformation in Bacillus subtilis is a non-polar recombination reaction

Natural chromosomal transformation is one of the primary driving forces of bacterial evolution. This reaction involves the recombination of the internalized linear single-stranded (ss) DNA with the homologous resident duplex via RecA-mediated integration in concert with SsbA and DprA or RecO. We show that sequence divergence prevents Bacillus subtilis chromosomal transformation in a log-linear fashion, but it exerts a minor effect when the divergence is localized at a discrete end. In the nucleotide bound form, RecA shows no apparent preference to initiate recombination at the 3′- or 5′-complementary end of the linear duplex with circular ssDNA, but nucleotide hydrolysis is required when heterology is present at both ends. RecA·dATP initiates pairing of the linear 5′ and 3′ complementary ends, but only initiation at the 5′-end remains stably paired in the absence of SsbA. Our results suggest that during gene transfer RecA·ATP, in concert with SsbA and DprA or RecO, shows a moderate preference for the 3′-end of the duplex. We show that RecA-mediated recombination initiated at the 3′- or 5′-complementary end might have significant implication on the ecological diversification of bacterial species with natural transformation

Innovation Methodologies to Activate Inclusive Growth in the Organization

Digitalization is transforming the way we move and produce, encouraging the industry to use the best available technologies focusing on people. Non technological innovations, especially, Workplace Innovation (WI) will play a key role in the digital revolution and acceleration of the technological advances, improving the competitiveness of the companies. This draws attention to the importance of the innovation culture and employee engagement focused on improving employee motivation and working conditions, thereby improving labor productivity, organizational efficiency, innovation capacity, market reactivity, and, as a result, business competitiveness. WI is a combination of structural and cultural practices that boosts employees’ participation, improving the quality of work and organizational performance. These strategies aim to promote innovative work behavior to create, introduce and apply new ideas, processes and products. To address these issues this chapter analyses WI in rail sector and defines WI Scheme for rail sector. A theoretical background is presented based on a sample of 203 railway entities across European Union (EU). Then, data analysis and results are examined and the guide to implement WI scheme is defined. Finally, the results of the research, including limitations and concluding remarks are discussed

Compartment modelling in drying of gamma irradiated chestnut fruits

The main objective of this work was to understand how irradiation processing influences the drying of chestnut fruits. Herein, based on the fruit characteristcs and Computed Tomography (CT) images, we proposed a compartment-model for the kinetic drying curves. The preliminary results seemed to indicate that one-compartment modelling gives good fitting results for the modelization of the drying curves. In this way, this model could be a good approach to the drying process.ON.2-QREN-EU Project nº 13198/2010 for financial support; A.L. Antonio grant SFRH/PROTEC/67398/2010. Dr. Carlos Vaz, General Director of Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, for allowing CT images

In Situ Synthesis and Electrophoretic Deposition of NiO/Ni Core-Shell Nanoparticles and Its Application as Pseudocapacitor

A simple, low cost and transferable colloidal processing method and the subsequent heat treatmenthasbeenoptimizedtopreparebinder-freeelectrodesfortheirapplicationinsupercapacitors. NiO/Ni core–shell hybrid nanostructures have been synthetized by heterogeneous precipitation of metallic Ni nanospheres onto NiO nanoplatelets as seed surfaces. The electrophoretic deposition (EPD) has been used to shape the electroactive material onto 3D substrates such as Ni foams. The method has allowed us to control the growth and the homogeneity of the NiO/Ni coatings. The presence of metallic Nickel in the microstructure and the optimization of the thermal treatment have brought several improvements in the electrochemical response due to the connectivity of the final microstructure. The highest specific capacitance value has been obtained using a thermal treatment of 325◦C during 1 h in Argon. At this temperature, necks formed among ceramic-metallic nanoparticles preserve the structural integrity of the microstructure avoiding the employment of binders to enhance their connectivity. Thus, a compromise between porosity and connectivity should be established to improve electrochemical performance

Proyecto de investigación: conciencia de la ocupación en el estudiantado y profesorado de la facultad de ciencias de la salud de Zaragoza desde la pandemia del coronavirus

Este trabajo consiste en la elaboración de un protocolo de investigación con el objetivo de verificar si la conciencia de la ocupación, a raíz de la pandemia mundial por la Covid-19, ha sufrido modificaciones en los profesores y alumnos de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de Zaragoza. Se diseña por lo tanto un estudio descriptivo transversal, donde la recopilación de los datos será a través de un cuestionario online y dicha información se completará con un máximo de dos entrevistas en profundidad.<br /

SEOM clinical guideline on heritable TP53-related cancer syndrome (2022)

Li-Fraumeni syndrome; Cancer; Pathogenic variantsSíndrome de Li-Fraumeni; Cáncer; Variantes patogénicasSíndrome de Li-Fraumeni; Càncer; Variants patogèniquesLi-Fraumeni syndrome is caused by heterozygous germline pathogenic variants in the TP53 gene. It involves a high risk of a variety of malignant tumors in childhood and adulthood, the main ones being premenopausal breast cancer, soft tissue sarcomas and osteosarcomas, central nervous system tumors, and adrenocortical carcinomas. The variability of the associated clinical manifestations, which do not always fit the classic criteria of Li-Fraumeni syndrome, has led the concept of SLF to extend to a more overarching cancer predisposition syndrome, termed hereditable TP53-related cancer syndrome (hTP53rc). However, prospective studies are needed to assess genotype–phenotype characteristics, as well as to evaluate and validate risk-adjusted recommendations. This guideline aims to establish the basis for interpreting pathogenic variants in the TP53 gene and provide recommendations for effective screening and prevention of associated cancers in carrier individuals

Herramientas de comunicación en el aprendizaje de la Bioquímica

Sección Deptal. de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular (Biológicas)Depto. de Bioquímica y Biología MolecularFac. de Ciencias BiológicasFac. de Ciencias QuímicasFALSEsubmitte