A newly identified “metabolic signature” can evaluate an individual’s adherence and metabolic response to the Mediterranean diet and help predict future risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to new research led by Harvard University with collaborators from the Broad Institute and Universitat Rovira i Virgili
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The move online and the opportunity to study part-time help students as they prepare for their professional careers
The results of the PREDIMED study suggest that the most up-to-date recommendations of the international organisation World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research to maintain a healthy lifestyle reduce the risk of colorectal in older people with a high cardiovascular risk. The results of the study have been published in the “Journal of Clinical Medicine”
It is made with a hybrid material consisting of graphene and perovskite nanocrystals and has proved to be more cost-effective, reliable and sustainable than the alternatives existing today
The aim is to develop a serological test within 3 months that takes only 15 minutes to differentiate between patients that have the virus and those who have already has it
Researchers from the URV, the Universidad de Navarra and the CIBEROBN have analysed more than 90,000 patients over 30years
Led by the research staff of the Department of Chemical Engineering, the research has been carried out with lemon essential oil, a product that is extensively used in the food industry
02/04/2020
Tourist cities: from benefits to threats
Mass tourism has transformed the nature of many cities to the detriment of their inhabitants. A European project led by the URV is seeking solutions to prevent the social exclusion of the most vulnerable groups living in these destinations
Genetic material from an 800,000-year-old human fossil has been retrieved for the first time
The dean of the Faculty of Nursing, María Jiménez, explains the importance of distributive justice in triage and calls for the mental health of health professionals to be protected given the ethical decisions that they have to take
Half of the URV’s 55 university masters offered in 2020-21 will be taught online or combination of online and classroom-based learning (blended) or will allow students to decide if they want to study in the classroom or online. Pre-registration is now open on the University’s website
Seven 3D printers from different departments at the University have started to produce equipment, in particular face masks, which will be distributed to healthcare staff throughout the Tarragona region
The researcher from the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics, Àlex Arenas, is one of the signatories of the document alongside Oriol Mitjà
This is not just a health crisis. It is a social and universal crisis
This estimation has just been made using the mathematical model designed by URV researchers and Unizar if current mobility is maintained. Portugal, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay have already got in touch with the research group to request data on the spread of the virus in these countries
In his design of the 20 chimneys that crown the rooftop of the Palau Güell, Gaudí combined ornamentation with smoke extraction. However, the results of combining these two functions were by no means optimal in all of them. URV researchers have examined not the decorative function of these chimneys but their draft
Researchers from the NFOC-Salut group at the URV have analysed the results of the latest studies carried out in the frame of the AppleCOR project, which examines the effect of consuming anthocyanin-rich apple flesh on reducing cholesterol
The researcher has also joined the International Evaluation Committee of WordCall, the international association of teachers and researchers in the field of computer-assisted language learning
Researchers at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Universidad de Zaragoza have developed the tool, which provides its results on a website that is updated daily
It is an environmental distribution method that aims to prevent the more influential countries from conditioning the climate change negotiations