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Influence of COVID-19 confinement on students' performance in higher education by Gonzalez, T, de la Rubia, M A, Hincz, K P, Comas-Lopez, M, Subirats, Laia, Fort, Santi, Sacha, G M

“…This study analyzes the effects of COVID-19 confinement on the autonomous learning performance of students in higher education. Using a field experiment with…”
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Potential Use of Waste Activated Sludge Hydrothermally Treated as a Renewable Fuel or Activated Carbon Precursor by Villamil, J A, Diaz, E, de la Rubia, M A, F Mohedano, A

“…In this work, dewatered waste activated sludge (DWAS) was subjected to hydrothermal carbonization to obtain hydrochars that can be used as renewable solid…”
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Full-Scale Digesters: An Online Model Parameter Identification Strategy by Cortés, Luis G., Barbancho, J., Larios, D. F., Marin-Batista, J. D., Mohedano, A. F., Portilla, C., de la Rubia, M. A.

“…This work presents a new standard in the model, identification, and control of monitoring purposes over anaerobic reactors. One requirement that guarantees a…”
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Full-Scale Digesters: Model Predictive Control with Online Kinetic Parameter Identification Strategy by Cortés, Luis G., Barbancho, J., Larios, D. F., Marin-Batista, J. D., Mohedano, A. F., Portilla, C., de la Rubia, M. A.

“…This work presents a nonlinear model predictive control scheme with a novel structure of observers aiming to create a methodology that allows feasible…”
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Temperature conversion (mesophilic to thermophilic) of municipal sludge digestion by de la Rubia, M. A., Romero, L. I., Sales, D., Perez, M.

“…A protocol proposed is described here to characterize for the conversion from mesophilic to thermophilic conditions in a pilot‐scale anaerobic digester that…”
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Thermal evolution of ZnO-Bi2O3-Sb2O3 system in the region of interest for varistors by Peiteado, M., De La Rubia, M. A., Fernández, J. F., Caballero, A. C.

“…In facing the design of new processing strategies for ZnO based ceramic varistors, a precise control of its microstructural development during sintering is…”
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Thermophilic anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: focus on the influence of the start-up. A review by De la Rubia, M A, Riau, V, Raposo, F, Borja, R

“…The thermophilic anaerobic digestion (TAD) of sewage sludge has often been found to be less stable than mesophilic treatment. In comparison to mesophilic…”
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Methylene blue number as useful indicator to evaluate the adsorptive capacity of granular activated carbon in batch mode: Influence of adsorbate/adsorbent mass ratio and particle size by Raposo, F., De La Rubia, M.A., Borja, R.

“…The adsorption of methylene blue (MB) on three commercial granular activated carbons (GACs), 12 × 40 mesh size, namely Filtrasorb 400, Norit and Picacarb has…”
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Pilot-scale anaerobic thermophilic digester treating municipal sludge by de la Rubia, M. A., Romero, L. I., Sales, D., Perez, M.

“…The work reported concerns anaerobic thermophilic municipal sludge digestion (55°C) in a completely mixed anaerobic digester on a pilot‐plant scale (850 L)…”
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Evaluation of the hydrolytic–acidogenic step of a two-stage mesophilic anaerobic digestion process of sunflower oil cake by De La Rubia, M.A., Raposo, F., Rincón, B., Borja, R.

“…The influence of the hydraulic retention time (HRT) and organic loading rate (OLR) on the performance of the hydrolytic–acidogenic step of a two-stage…”
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Bi2O3 vaporization from ZnO-based varistors by PEITEADO, M, DE LA RUBIA, M. A, VELASCO, M. J, VALLE, F. J, CABALLERO, A. C

“…Bi2O3--doped ZnO ceramic varistors are usually sintered at temperatures near to 1200 deg C in the presence of a Bi--rich liquid phase, which is partially…”
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An interlaboratory study as useful tool for proficiency testing of chemical oxygen demand measurements using solid substrates and liquid samples with high suspended solid content by Raposo, F., de la Rubia, M.A., Borja, R., Alaiz, M., Beltrán, J., Cavinato, C., Clinckspoor, M., Demirer, G., Diamadopoulos, E., Helmreich, B., Jenicek, P., Martí, N., Méndez, R., Noguerol, J., Pereira, F., Picard, S., Torrijos, M.

“…In 2008, the first Proficiency Testing Scheme of Chemical Oxygen Demand ( 1 st COD-PT ADG ) was conducted to assess the results obtained for different research…”
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Assessment of a modified and optimised method for determining chemical oxygen demand of solid substrates and solutions with high suspended solid content by Raposo, F., de la Rubia, M.A., Borja, R., Alaiz, M.

“…A modified approach to determine the chemical oxygen demand (COD) of solid substrates based on the DIN 38414-S9 standard method is proposed. The adapted…”
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Effects of grain boundary width and crystallite size on conductivity and magnetic properties of magnetite nanoparticles by Lopez Maldonado, K. L., de la Presa, P., de la Rubia, M. A., Crespo, P., de Frutos, J., Hernando, A., Matutes Aquino, J. A., Elizalde Galindo, J. T.

“…The structural, electrical, and magnetic properties of magnetite nanoparticles, with crystallite sizes 30, 40, and 50 nm, are studied. These crystallite sizes…”
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Swine manure management by hydrothermal carbonization: Comparative study of batch and continuous operation by Ipiales, R.P., Sarrion, A., Diaz, E., de la Rubia, M.A., Diaz-Portuondo, E., Coronella, Charles J., Mohedano, A.F.

“…Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is considered a promising technology for biomass waste management without pre-drying. This study explores the potential for…”
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Anaerobic digestion of solid organic substrates in batch mode: An overview relating to methane yields and experimental procedures by Raposo, F., De la Rubia, M.A., Fernández-Cegrí, V., Borja, R.

“…Anaerobic digestion is considered a competitive source for the production of renewable energy as far as efficiency and cost are concerned. To evaluate the…”
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Anaerobic digestion of sunflower oil cake: a current overview by DE LA RUBIA, M. A, FERNANDEZ-CEGRI, V, RAPOSO, F, BORJA, R

“…Due to the chemical and physical structure of a lignocellulosic biomass, its anaerobic digestion (AD) is a slow and difficult process. In this paper, the…”
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Kinetic evaluation of the psychrophylic anaerobic digestion of synthetic domestic sewage using an upflow filter by Martín, M.A., De la Rubia, M.A., Martín, A., Borja, R., Montalvo, S., Sánchez, E.

“…A study of the anaerobic digestion process of synthetic domestic sewage (total COD: 705 mg/L) was carried out. The digestion was conducted in an upflow…”
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Quinine doped hybrid sol–gel coatings for wave guiding and optical applications by Enríquez, E., Garcia, M. A., Carmona, N., Fernández, J. F., de la Rubia, M. A.

“…Pure and quinine doped silica coatings have been prepared over sodalime glasses. The coatings were consolidated at low temperature (range 60–180 °C) preserving…”
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Integration of Hydrothermal Carbonization and Anaerobic Digestion for Energy Recovery of Biomass Waste: An Overview by Ipiales, R. P, de la Rubia, M. A, Diaz, E, Mohedano, A. F, Rodriguez, Juan J

“…Hydrothermal carbonization is emerging as a promising eco-friendly technology for the management of wet biomass wastes through energy recovery. It avoids…”
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