• The Power of requests in a redistribution game: an experimental study

  Pedersini, Riccardo; Nagel, Rosemarie; Le Menestrel, Marc (MDPI, 2019)

  In most situations of voluntary contribution people are willing to give at the beginning, however contribution rates decay over time. In a new setup we introduce non-enforceable sharing rules, as requests, in a repeated ...
• Assessing the effects on health inequalities of differential exposure and differential susceptibility of air pollution and environmental noise in Barcelona, 2007–2014

  Sáez i Zafra, Marc; López i Casasnovas, Guillem (MDPI, 2019)

  The hypotheses we intended to contrast were, first, that the most deprived neighborhoods in Barcelona, Spain, present high exposure to environmental hazards (differential exposure) and, secondly, that the health effects ...
• Multivariate exploratory data analysis for large databases: An application to modelling firms’ innovation using CIS data

  Bou, Juan Carlos; Satorra, Albert (Elsevier, 2019)

  This paper argues that, when using a large database, organizational researchers would benefit from the use of specific multivariate exploratory data analysis (MEDA) before performing statistical modelling. Issues such as ...
• Unveiling pathways for the fissure among secessionists and unionists in Catalonia: identities, family language, and media influence

  Oller, José M.; Satorra, Albert; Tobeña, Adolf (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)

  Catalonian secessionism acquired prominence from 2010 onwards. During the last decade secessionist parties won three regional elections and sustained Governments by tiny majorities at the Autonomous Parliament. Two illegal ...
• Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Improving clinicians’ diagnostic and communication skills on antibiotic prescribing appropriateness in patients with acute cough in primary care in CATalonia (the ISAAC-CAT study): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

  Ruiz, Rafa; Moragas, Ana; Trapero-Bertran, Marta; Sisó, Antoni; Berenguera, Anna; Oliva, Glòria; Borràs Santos, Alícia; García Sangenís, Ana; Puig i Junoy, Jaume; Cots, Josep M.; Morros, Rosa; Mora, Toni; Lanau Roig, Anna; Monfà, Ramon; Troncoso, Amelia; Abellana, Rosa M.; Gálvez, Pau; Medina Perucha, Laura; Bjerrum, Lars; Amo, Isabel; Barragán, Nieves; Llor, Carl (BMC, 2019)

  Background Despite their marginal benefit, about 60% of acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) are currently treated with antibiotics in Catalonia. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency ...
• Operations research for transportation and sustainable development

  De Armas, Jésica; Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena (Hindawi, 2019)
• Impact of multi-drug resistant bacteria on economic and clinical outcomes of healthcare-associated infections in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis

  Serra Burriel, Miquel; Keys, Matthew; Campillo Artero, Carlos; Agodi, Antonella; Barchitta, Martina; Gikas, Achilleas; Palos, Carlos; López i Casasnovas, Guillem (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020)

  Background Infections with multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria in hospital settings have substantial implications in terms of clinical and economic outcomes. However, due to clinical and methodological heterogeneity, ...
• ¿Qué es una intervención sanitaria eficiente en España en 2020?

  Sacristán, José Antonio; Oliva Moreno, Juan; Campillo Artero, Carlos; Puig i Junoy, Jaume; Pinto, José Luis; Dilla, Tatiana; Rubio-Terrés, Carlos; Ortún Rubio, Vicente (Elsevier, 2020)

  Hace más de 15 años que en Gaceta Sanitaria se publicó el artículo titulado «¿Qué es una tecnología sanitaria eficiente en España?». El creciente interés por fijar el precio de las nuevas tecnologías en función del valor ...
• Pushing the analytical limits: new insights into complex mixtures using mass spectra segments of constant ultrahigh resolving power

  Palacio Lozano, Diana Catalina; Gavard, Remy; Arenas Diaz, Juan P.; Thomas, Mary J.; Stranz, David D.; Mejía Ospino, Enrique; Guzman, Alexander; Spencer, Simon E.F.; Rossell, David; Barrow, Mark P. (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019)

  A new strategy has been developed for characterization of the most challenging complex mixtures to date, using a combination of custom-designed experiments and a new data pre-processing algorithm. In contrast to traditional ...
• Impact of the great recession on self-perceived health in Spain: a longitudinal study with individual data

  Saez, Marc; Vidiella Martin, Joaquim; López Casasnovas, Guillem (BMJ Publishing Group, 2019)

  Objectives: Our objective in this study is to evaluate the impact the Great Recession (2008–2014) had on self-perceived health in Spain. Design: We use a longitudinal database (four waves of the Bank of Spain’s Survey ...
• MAMI: a birth cohort focused on maternal-infant microbiota during early life

  García Mantrana, Izaskun; Alcántara, Cristina; Selma Royo, Marta; Boix Amorós, Alba; Dzidic, Majda; Gimeno Alcañiz, Jose; Gimeno Alcañiz, Jose; Úbeda Sansano, Isabel; Sorribes Monrabal, Ignacio; Escuriet Peiró, Ramón, 1968-; Gil Raga, Fernando; Parra Llorca, Anna; Martínez Costa, Cecilia; Collado, María Carmen; MAMI team (BioMed Central, 2019)

  Early microbial colonization is a relevant aspect in human health. Altered microbial colonization patterns have been linked to an increased risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Advances in understanding host-microbe ...
• Maximum cut‐clique problem: ILS heuristics and a data analysis application

  Martins, Pedro; Ladrón de Guevara, Antonio; Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena (Wiley, 2014)

  This paper focuses on iterated local search heuristics for the maximum cut‐clique (MCC, or clique neighborhood) problem. Given an undirected graph G = (V,E) and a clique C of G, the cut‐clique is the set of edges running ...
• Biased randomization of heuristics using skewed probability distributions: a survey and some applications

  Grasas, Àlex; Juan, Angel A.; Faulin, Javier; De Armas, Jésica; Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena (Elsevier, 2017)

  Randomized heuristics are widely used to solve large scale combinatorial optimization problems. Among the plethora of randomized heuristics, this paper reviews those that contain biased-randomized procedures (BRPs). A BRP ...
• Designing e‐commerce supply chains: a stochastic facility–location approach

  Pagès Bernaus, Adela; Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena; Juan, Angel A.; Calvet, Laura (Wiley, 2017)

  E‐Commerce activity has been increasing during recent years, and this trend is expected to continue in the near future. e‐Commerce practices are subject to uncertainty conditions and high variability in customers’ demands. ...
• Generic Pareto local search metaheuristic for optimization of targeted offers in a bi-objective direct marketing campaign

  Coelho, Vitor Nazário; Oliveira, Thays A.; Coelho, Igor Machado; Coelho, Bruno N.; Fleming, Peter J.; Guimarães, Frederico G.; Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena; Souza, Marcone Jamilson Freitas; Talbi, El-Ghazali; Lust, Thibaut (Elsevier, 2016)

  Cross-selling campaigns seek to offer the right products to the set of customers with the goal of maximizing expected profit, while, at the same time, respecting the purchasing constraints set by investors. In this context, ...
• Teaching distribution planning: a problem-based learning approach

  Grasas, Àlex; Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena (Emerald, 2015)

  Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a problem-based learning (PBL) activity that uses a decision support system (DSS) to teach one of the most fundamental topics in distribution planning: vehicle routing. ...
• Gestió sanitària pública. Disseny de contractes entre administracions públiques i organitzacions sanitàries privades en Espanya

  Meneu, Ricardo; Urbanos Garrido, Rosa María; Ortún Rubio, Vicente (Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya, 2020)
• Profilaxi de la 'desamortització' del Sistema Nacional de Salut

  Ortún Rubio, Vicente; Bohigas i Santasusagna, Lluís (Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya, 2020)
• Los impuestos como instrumento de salud pública. A propósito de las bebidas azucaradas

  Ortún Rubio, Vicente (Elsevier, 2020)
• An ILS-based algorithm to solve a large-scale real heterogeneous fleet VRP with multi-trips and docking constraints

  Coelho, Vitor Nazário; Grasas, Àlex; Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena; Coelho, Igor Machado; Souza, Marcone Jamilson Freitas; Cruz, R. C. (Elsevier, 2016)

  Distribution planning is crucial for most companies since goods are rarely produced and consumed at the same place. Distribution costs, in addition, can be an important component of the final cost of the products. In this ...

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