Search Results - "VALVERDE, J"
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A worldview of root traits: the influence of ancestry, growth form, climate and mycorrhizal association on the functional trait variation of fine-root tissues in seed plants
Published in The New phytologist (01-09-2017)“…Fine-root traits play key roles in ecosystem processes, but the drivers of fine-root trait diversity remain poorly understood. The plant economic spectrum…”
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Solar combined cycle with high-temperature thermochemical energy storage
Published in Energy conversion and management (01-08-2021)“…•The proposed SCC-TCES allows boost the solar share in combined cycles above 70%.•Receiver thermal-to-electric efficiency are in the range 45–50%.•Annual…”
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A global Fine-Root Ecology Database to address below-ground challenges in plant ecology
Published in The New phytologist (01-07-2017)“…Summary Variation and tradeoffs within and among plant traits are increasingly being harnessed by empiricists and modelers to understand and predict ecosystem…”
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A framework to assess the carbon supply–consumption balance in plant roots
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Increasing the solar share in combined cycles through thermochemical energy storage
Published in Energy conversion and management (01-02-2021)“…•A fully novel High Temperature Storage Solar Combined Cycle (HTSSCC) is proposed.•Thermochemical energy storage allows a 24 h operation without fuel…”
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Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs
Published in The New phytologist (01-11-2021)“…Summary The effects of plants on the biosphere, atmosphere and geosphere are key determinants of terrestrial ecosystem functioning. However, despite…”
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Coordination between compound‐specific chemistry and morphology in plant roots aligns with ancestral mycorrhizal association in woody angiosperms
Published in The New phytologist (01-11-2021)“…Summary Recent studies on fine root functional traits proposed a root economics hypothesis where adaptations associated with mycorrhizal dependency strongly…”
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Automatic glaucoma classification using color fundus images based on convolutional neural networks and transfer learning
Published in Biomedical optics express (01-02-2019)“…Glaucoma detection in color fundus images is a challenging task that requires expertise and years of practice. In this study we exploited the application of…”
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An integrated framework of plant form and function: the belowground perspective
Published in The New phytologist (01-10-2021)“…Summary Plant trait variation drives plant function, community composition and ecosystem processes. However, our current understanding of trait variation…”
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Thermogravimetric-mass spectrometric analysis on combustion of lignocellulosic biomass
Published in Bioresource technology (01-09-2013)“…Combustion characteristics of biomass main components and three lignocellulosic biomass (fir wood, eucalyptus wood and pine bark) were investigated by…”
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Enhancement of Fast CO2 Capture by a Nano-SiO2/CaO Composite at Ca-Looping Conditions
Published in Environmental science & technology (05-06-2012)“…In this paper we show the performance of a new CO2 sorbent consisting of a dry physical mixture of a Ca-based sorbent and a SiO2 nanostructured powder…”
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Limestone Calcination Nearby Equilibrium: Kinetics, CaO Crystal Structure, Sintering and Reactivity
Published in Journal of physical chemistry. C (29-01-2015)“…In this work, we analyze limestone calcination kinetics at environmental conditions involving a CO2 partial pressure P close to the equilibrium pressure P eq…”
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Nonlinearity of root trait relationships and the root economics spectrum
Published in Nature communications (17-05-2019)“…The root economics spectrum (RES), a common hypothesis postulating a tradeoff between resource acquisition and conservation traits, is being challenged by…”
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Dissecting how fine roots function
Published in The New phytologist (01-02-2022)“…This article is a Commentary on Colombi et al. (2022), 233: 1542–1547…”
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Independent evolutionary changes in fine-root traits among main clades during the diversification of seed plants
Published in The New phytologist (01-10-2020)“…• Changes in fine-root morphology are typically associated with transitions from the ancestral arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) to the alternative ectomycorrhizal…”
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Pyrolysis, combustion and gasification characteristics of Nannochloropsis gaditana microalgae
Published in Bioresource technology (01-02-2013)“…► Pyrolysis, combustion and gasification of marine biomass were evaluated. ► Oxygen concentration enhanced the oxidation stage of the NG microalgae. ►…”
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First Step Towards a Devil's Staircase in Spin-Crossover Materials
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (18-07-2016)“…The unprecedented bimetallic 2D coordination polymer {Fe[(Hg(SCN)3)2](4,4′‐bipy)2}n exhibits a thermal high‐spin (HS)↔low‐spin (LS) staircase‐like conversion…”
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Carbonation of Limestone Derived CaO for Thermochemical Energy Storage: From Kinetics to Process Integration in Concentrating Solar Plants
Published in ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering (07-05-2018)“…Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) is considered as a promising technology to accomplish high energy storage efficiency in concentrating solar power (CSP)…”
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100% classification accuracy considered harmful: the normalized information transfer factor explains the accuracy paradox
Published in PloS one (10-01-2014)“…The most widely spread measure of performance, accuracy, suffers from a paradox: predictive models with a given level of accuracy may have greater predictive…”
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A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements
Published in The New phytologist (01-11-2021)“…Summary In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face…”
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