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Rovira i Virgili University
Education•Tarragona, Spain•
About: Rovira i Virgili University is a education organization based out in Tarragona, Spain. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Catalysis. The organization has 4247 authors who have published 9141 publications receiving 236256 citations.
Topics: Population, Catalysis, Laser, Context (language use), Slope efficiency
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TL;DR: Serum zinc and copper levels and urine copper concentrations in men were significantly lower than in women, while there were no differences in serum or urinary zinc and Copper levels with age, and the consumption of alcohol significantly reduced the levels in serum, whereas blood pressure had no influence on these values.
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TL;DR: E elite sportsmen and sportswomen showed a higher intake of Cd, Hg, Pb, HCB, PCNs, PCDD/Fs and PAHs than the general population, while it was lower for PCDEs, PCBs, and PBDEs (women).
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TL;DR: It is shown that trace-level reuse is more effective than instruction- level reuse because the former can avoid fetching the instructions of reused traces, and this has two important benefits: it reduces the fetch bandwidth requirements, and it increases the effective instruction window size.
Abstract: Trace-level reuse is based on the observation that some traces (dynamic sequences of instructions) are frequently repeated during the execution of a program, and in many cases, the instructions that make up such traces have the same source operand values. The execution of such traces will obviously produce the same outcome and thus, their execution can be skipped if the processor records the outcome of previous executions. This paper presents an analysis of the performance potential of trace-level reuse and discusses a preliminary realistic implementation. Like instruction-level reuse, trace-level reuse can improve performance by decreasing resource contention and the latency of some instructions. However, we show that trace-level reuse is more effective than instruction-level reuse because the former can avoid fetching the instructions of reused traces. This has two important benefits: it reduces the fetch bandwidth requirements, and it increases the effective instruction window size since these instructions do not occupy window entries. Moreover, trace-level reuse can compute all at once the result of a chain of dependent instructions, which may allow the processor to avoid the serialization caused by data dependences and thus, to potentially exceed the dataflow limit.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the impact of different sources of finance on the growth of Spanish manufacturing firms and found that low-growth firms are sensitive to cash flow and short-term bank debt, while high-growth companies are more sensitive to long-term debt.
Abstract: This paper analyses the impact of different sources of finance on the growth of firms. Using panel data from Spanish manufacturing firms for the period 2000-2006, we investigate the effects of internal and external financial sources on firm growth. In particular, we examine three dimensions of these financial sources: a) the performance of the firms’ capital structure in relation to firm size; b) the effects of internal and external financial sources on growth performance; c) the combined effect of equity, external debt and cash flow on firm growth. We find that low-growth firms are sensitive to cash flow and short-term bank debt, while high-growth firms are more sensitive to long-term debt. Furthermore, equity capital seems to reduce barriers to external finance. Our main conclusion is that during the start-up phase, firms are unable to increase their financial leverage and so their capital structure fails to promote correct investment strategies. However, as their equity capital increases, alternative financial mechanisms, in particular long-term debt, become available, which have a positive impact on firm growth.
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TL;DR: Results indicated that roasting process results in the development of characteristics and pleasant aroma of pistachio samples due to the Maillard reaction.
Abstract: The pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) nut is one of the most widely consumed edible nuts in the world. However, it is the roasting process that makes the pistachio commercially viable and valuable as it serves as the key step to improving the nut's hallmark sensory characteristics including flavor, color, and texture. Consequently, the present study explores the effects of the single-roasting and double-roasting process on the pistachio's chemical composition, specifically aroma-active compounds, polyphenols, and lipids. Results showed the total polyphenol content of increased with the roasting treatment; however, not all phenolic compounds demonstrated this behavior. With regard to the aroma and aroma-active compounds, the results indicated that roasting process results in the development of characteristics and pleasant aroma of pistachio samples due to the Maillard reaction. With regard to lipids, the pistachio roasting treatment reduced the concentration of CN38 diacylglycerides while increasing the amount of elaidic acid.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Steven P. Nolan | 110 | 744 | 47671 |
Jordi Rello | 103 | 694 | 35994 |
Jordi Salas-Salvadó | 90 | 624 | 33980 |
Vikas Kumar | 89 | 859 | 39185 |
José L. Domingo | 83 | 715 | 27914 |
Josep Guarro | 78 | 687 | 24875 |
Lei Zhang | 78 | 1485 | 30058 |
Josep Font | 78 | 355 | 24356 |
Richard G. Wunderink | 72 | 368 | 26892 |
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose | 68 | 296 | 16331 |
Alex Arenas | 67 | 325 | 28262 |
Rosa Maria Marcé | 66 | 250 | 12665 |
Antonio M. Echavarren | 65 | 370 | 20141 |
Gheorghe Paun | 65 | 399 | 18513 |
Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla | 63 | 199 | 13457 |