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Maslinic acid provides a natural defense against colon cancer
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Barcelona have shown that treatment with maslinic acid, a triterpenoid compound isolated from olive-skin pomace, results in a significant inhibition of cell ...
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Sexist jokes favor the mental mechanisms that justify violence against women
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Sexist jokes (and all the variants of this kind of humour) favour the mental mechanisms which urge to violence and battering against women in individuals with macho attitudes. Those are the conclusions of a study carried ...
Software that permits tourists to customize their visits according to their preferences
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Luis Castillo Vidal, computer engineer of the University of Granada and one of the authors of the study, points out that, in order to design the customized visit plans, they have used Artificial Intelligence techniques, “a ...
Social class, gender and ethnic group determine adolescents' sexual-affective education
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 24, 2009 |
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The social class, the gender and the ethnic group are three essential dimensions, not only in the social differentiation, but also in the affective sexual education of the adolescents, where it is necessary to take part in ...
Consumption of certain fish during pregnancy associated with poorer cognitive performance
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalised delay in ...
Archaeologists reconstruct life in the Bronze Age through the site of La Motilla
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Researchers of the Group of Recent Prehistory Studies (GEPRAN) of the University of Granada, from the department of Prehistory and Archaeology, have taken an important step to determine how life was in the ...
Melatonin, a hormone segregated by human body, regulates sleep better than somniferous
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Melatonin, a natural hormone segregated by the own human body, is an excellent sleep regulator expected to replace somniferous, which are much more aggressive, to correct the sleep/wakefulness pace when human biological clock ...
Spanish scientists confirm extra virgin olive oil helps to combat breast cancer
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Researchers of the Catalonian Institute of Oncology (Spain) and the University of Granada (Spain) have discovered that extra virgin olive oil may help to combat breast cancer, according to a paper published in the last issue ...
Alcohol abuse is in the genes
Jun 29, 2007 |
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According to a study by the research group "Alcoholism and drug addiction", of the University of Granada (Universidad de Granada), although there are no specific reasons to become an alcoholic, many social, family, environmental, ...
Proof that men and women activate stereotypes of competence and sociability respectively
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 24, 2008 |
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Are stereotypes and prejudices automatically activated when we notice someone? How do women react when they are faced with the traditional gender roles?
A new computer simulator allows to design military strategies based on ants' movements
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 06, 2009 |
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A researcher of the University of Granada, Spain, has designed a new system for the mobility of military troops within a battlefield based on the mechanisms used by ant colonies to move using a commercial ...
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