Systems for the collection, processing and statistical treatment of data. Advanced database management applications. DWH design and implementation. Re-engineering of systems and client/server architectures. Data modelling. Document management. Multimodal systems. Hospital management.
Study of the relationship between air pollution and health effects, with multi-centre studies being carried out. Studies are also carried out to evaluate the impact of pollution on the health of populations.
Analytical applications of capillary electrophoresis and related techniques, including other capillary electroseparation techniques such as capillary electrokinetic chromatography, capillary electrophoresis on ice and capillary electrochromatography (CIEGO).
Development of analytical applications of liquid chromatography (HPLC).
Study of amphibian and reptile parasites from different aspects: taxonomy, morphology, ecology, phylogeography, evolution.
Microvertebrates are distributed according to a few bioclimatic variables, and these conditions can be characterised according to the area occupied by their populations. GIS makes it possible to relate the area of distribution and the bioclimatic variables, which allows us to know the real conditions of the past.
Analysis of results and evaluation through the design and application of rubrics in relation to the objectives and skills expected to be developed.
Characterisation of atmospheric aerosols from extinction measurements of solar irradiance and sky radiance. Dependence of atmospheric aerosols on the origin of air masses. Inversion methods to determine aerosol size distributions. Atmospheric correction. Study of the interrelationship of aerosols and clouds.
Development of correction methods for atmospheric disturbance in the data provided by artificial satellites.
Technical audits of ITS and ICT systems. Secretariat and management of European projects. Representation of the administration in standardisation and normalisation committees. Translation and evaluation of standards. Traffic and transport, ITS and ICT consultancy studies.
Behavioural ecology in birds.
Analysis of the spatial distribution of aquatic organisms in relation to the environment and dispersal processes.
Study of the bryophyte flora of Mediterranean environments. Biogeography of mosses and liverworts. Systematics and phylogeny of bryophytes. Assessment of the conservation status of bryophyte species.
Calibration of remote sensing satellites by carrying out in situ measurements simultaneously with passing satellites. Implementation of in situ measurement stations in different parts of Spain (Doñana Natural Area, Almería, Barrax, etc.) and the world (Peru, Chile, etc.). Validation of algorithms.
The calibration and validation of products allows quantifying the accuracy and quality of the satellite derived products in order to provide us a temporal and spatial consistency against reference values and existing satellite products.
The main purpose is to take full advantage of remotely sensed data to map Essential Climate Variables (ECVs): LAI, FAPAR, PAR, canopy water content, biomass and land cover and/or ecosystem functional type. Maps of ECVs are produced from EO reflectance and other auxiliary data.
Describe the level of exposure and pollution during gestation and early childhood, assess the role of common environmental pollutants and protective dietary factors on foetal growth and neuro-endocrine-immune development to develop health indicators.
Research on the value of teaching-learning literacy and visual and aesthetic literacy (educating the gaze) and the development of critical and creative thinking in contemporary childhood.
Classical methods to characterise chromatographic columns are based on the measure of retention and the use of a selected group of compounds. The validity of these approaches is investigated and new, more reliable strategies based on retention, selectivity and peak shape are proposed.
This line of research aims to study the spatio-temporal variability of temperature and precipitation, as well as other climatic elements, in the context of the theory of climate change in a vulnerable area such as the Mediterranean, with special emphasis on the Valencian territory.
Application of remote sensing techniques in the study of climatic processes, especially those related to radiation, energy and water balances on the Earth's Surface.
The combination of HPLC separation mechanisms allows unreachable selectivities with individual columns to be obtained. Several strategies are proposed, including the use of parallel columns, sequential column coupling and two-dimensional HPLC.
The use of image analysis tools and GIS makes it possible to recognise the shape of vertebrate cranial and postcranial skeletal remains. Vector analysis of shape, direct or based on statistical analysis, allows a novel approach to the theoretical study of shape.
Identification and policy development of the values pursued by the UN. Legal protection (at an international, European and national level) of these values. Identification and policy development of the values pursued by the European Union. Legal protection (at an European and national level) of these values.
Educate in and through the arts using the Arts in Education Approach/AiE. Explore the benefits of art and illustrated literature (illustration/multimodal storytelling).
This group is made up of lecturers from the Departments of Microbiology and Ecology and Analytical Chemistry at the Universitat de València. Its research activity is of a multidisciplinary nature and has been developed in applied areas in the fields of health, science and environmental quality control.
Starting from the four components established by the Pedagogy of Multiliteracies for the development of knowledge (experience, conceptualise, analyse and apply), design and evaluate proposals in relation to literature, art and foreign languages.
WEB systems for access to databases. Semantic WEB, Ontologies and metadata. RDS dissemination systems and DATEX protocol data exchange systems. Development of WEB services. Mobile applications. Electronic forms, payment services and secure information processing.
The addition of additives to the mobile phase allows the volume of organic solvent to be reduced in conventional reversed-phase HPLC. When the additive is biodegradable, a clean method (classified as Green Chemistry) is achieved. In particular, by using microemulsions, water and soap separations are developed.
Development of monolithic stationary phases through capillary liquid chromatography, nano and electrochromatography.
Due to the increasing number of analyses performed in laboratories, there is an interest in reducing the analysis time. For this purpose, instrumental techniques and rapid columns, as well as direct injection strategies of the analysed samples, are used.
The development of the Yeast Surface Display methodology is addressed, not only in Sacchomyces cerevisiae but also in other non-Saccharomyces years. In addition, the aim is to develop applications in biocatalysis, bioremediation and health through the exposure of specific proteins and peptides.
Impact of the concept of sustainable development on the various sectors of international law (international economic law, international environmental law, international human rights law, etc.). International and European conceptual and normative developments.
Ecology of cave-dwelling bats.
Ecology of micromammals in crop fields, orange groves.
To explore the potential of the use of multimodal narration (visual-lexical-sound...) through the illustrated album as an innovative pedagogical resource in the field of art museums and in different regulated and non-regulated educational spaces (schools, art galleries, foundations, organisations...).
The current analytic chemistry and the adaptation of the new available instrumentation to research, allows the detection and characterisation of compounds at very low concentration levels, allowing the study of emerging pollulants, which only a few years ago was not possible to detect.
Study of predatory and parasitoid insects as natural enemies of pests caused by other insects from different aspects: systematics, morphology, anatomy, ecology and conservation. Methodologies for biological and integrated control of insect pests in agricultural, forestry and urban environments. Faunistics and conservation of diplurans, odonates and hymenopterans.
Study of the origin and early evolution of the large groups of basal vertebrates, as well as the time and form of the appearance of the different types of skeletal tissues and structures, key to delimit their evolutionary scenario.
Spectral characterization of natural surfaces is carried out by measuring the irradiance and radiance in the field by means of spectrorradiometers to obtain the bidirectional reflectance factor. It is used to better understand the nature of the interaction of solar radiation with Earth surface.
Use of molecular markers based on DNA polymorphisms for the detection of food fraud of plant origin (food stabilisers, vegetable oils, spices).
Fundamental and applied limnology: Dynamics and functioning of epicontinental aquatic ecosystems. Community structure and functional diversity. Assessment of environmental and conservation status. Microbial ecology in lentic ecosystems: Study of the composition and functionality of the microbial community by molecular techniques. Metagenomics. Metabarcoding and e-DNA Biogeochemistry and carbon balances in Mediterranean wetlands, fluxes of carbonate greenhouse gases. Effects of environmental properties and conservation status on the climate change mitigation capacity of lentic ecosystems. Ecotoxicology. Geographic information systems (GIS). Remote-sensing. Polar limnology.
Evolutionary and functional genomics.
GEOPORTAL (http://ceosspain.lpi.uv.es/) providing historical (since 2007) and real-time (less than 5 hours) products of the SEVIRI and MODIS sensors.
Evolution of the institutional framework for sustainable development, both globally (United Nations system) and regionally (America, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Arctic), with particular emphasis on the European Union and the Council of Europe.
Study of amphibians and reptiles, their chorology, their parasites, the conservation state of their populations, their threats and the introduction of invasive species.
Security analysis of computer systems, vulnerability detection, cryptography and secure communications. Mechanisms for the protection of personal data, traceability of information, privacy and security-oriented design. Data anonymization. Security audits. International regulations.
In a scenario of reduced precipitation in the Mediterranean expected for the 21st century, this pioneering line of research studies other water inputs to the hydrological system. The group is working on the analysis of hidden precipitation from fog water and its potential applications.
The goal is to combine different satellite data, particularly to exploit a synergistic use of actual remotely sensing programs. This offers a great potential for updating the production of vegetation parameters in quasi-real-time for applications.
Ecology of aquatic interactions and their applications.
Bones and teeth are the only remains located in palaeontological contexts. The analysis of their chemical composition allows us to understand the palaeobiology, palaeoecology and habitat use of these organisms, reflecting environmental parameters and palaeoclimatic conditions.
Electronic toll collection systems and mobile vehicles. Satellite and telephony location systems. GPS and GSM applications. V2V, V2I and I2V communication systems. Bluetooth, RFID and WIFI detection systems. Cooperative systems. Dynamic navigation.
The Taphonomy, Systematics, Biostratigraphy and Biogeography of large vertebrates are studied. Work is currently being carried out at different localities ranging from the Upper Miocene to the Pleistocene (Crevillent 2, Alicante; Venta del Moro, Valencia; Puerto de la Cadena and Quibas, Murcia).
This line covers the analysis, using numerical modelling, remote sensing and climate data, of the dynamic factors and processes that trigger meteorological hazards (torrential rains, forest fires and extreme temperatures) in the Mediterranean, in order to improve their prediction.
Based on the fundamental advances in HPLC made by the research group, analytical methods for several samples in the pharmaceutical, clinical and food fields are designed. Method development is accompanied by an extensive validation.
Aimed at developing the validation strategies for the analytical parameters of a procedure.
New analysis strategies in miniaturised chromatographic techniques which incorporate solid phase microextraction in tubes with new (nano)materials.
The main purpose is to take full advantage of remotely sensed data to map Essential Climate Variables (ECVs): LAI, FAPAR, PAR, canopy water content, biomass and land cover and/or ecosystem functional type. Maps of ECVs are produced from EO reflectance and other auxiliary data.
Reliable optimisation of chromatographic separation conditions requires tools that use retention and peak shape models. Diverse tools and new strategies for the analysis of complex samples are developed, which consider one to three experimental factors.
Karyological and molecular study of the nuclear ribosomal 45S and 5S families, including their genomic location, molecular evolution, mechanisms of concerted evolution and phylogeographic and phylogenetic significance.
Traffic monitoring, vehicle magnetic fingerprint identification systems, DAI systems, applications for route and/or time optimisation, travel times, O/D matrices, GIS applications, geographic data representation and virtual simulation. Emergency management plans.
Use of time series of satellite images from 1981 to the present to study the Earth's surface dynamics.
Systematics and identification of lichens (both fungus and lichenised algae) and non-lichenised fungi (including mushroom-forming fungi) of the Mediterranean area, as well as the identification of their secondary metabolism products. Conservation of species and their habitats. Biodeterioration of monuments.
This group is composed of professors from the Departments of Microbiology and Ecology and Analytical Chemistry of the Universitat de València. Its research activity is of a multidisciplinary nature and has been developed in applied areas in the fields of health, science and quality control.
This group is composed of professors from the Departments of Microbiology and Ecology and Analytical Chemistry of the Universitat de València. Its research activity is of a multidisciplinary nature and has been developed in applied areas in the fields of health, science and quality control.
The research is planned in two directions: nanomaterials characterisation including strategies for its detection and/or analytic determination and the study of its characteristics and its influence in the improvement of analytic parameters.
Study of soil- and arthropod-associated nematodes taking into account their taxonomy, the trophic groups to which they belong to and the community indices derived from these.
To analyse the characteristics of the multimodal mind in the 21st century and the need to establish new coordinates of cohesion and develop new forms of discourse and narrative.
Persigue desarrollar conocimiento científico que genere nuevas herramientas que se adapten a las necesidades actuales de la sociedad. Los beneficios que pueden aportar son: bajo coste, no consumen energía, versatilidad del emplazamiento, uso puntual, evaluación de grandes áreas con resolución específica.
Development of algorithms to estimate physical and biophysical parameters from satellite data, such as temperature, albedo, reflectivity, land surface emissivity, thermal inertia, evapotranspiration, atmospheric water-vapour content.
Molecular basis controlling the seasonal response in aphids or how short photoperiod induces the emergence of the sexual phase.
Study of the biodiversity, systematics and nomenclature of Mediterranean benthic seaweeds and marine phanerogams. Conservation of species and their habitats.
Plant ecology (dune vegetation, nitrophilous vegetation, scrubland, forest fires, bioclimatology and biogeography); plant taxonomy (cariology, phenology, phylogeography, nomenclature); conservation biology.
Population ecology of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Effects of UVB radiation on humans. Prediction of the UVI (UltraViolet Index). Modelling of solar UV radiation on inclined planes. Measurements of solar UVB radiation and prediction of erythematic solar UV radiation under clear, cloudless skies.
Development of remote sensing and remote sensing techniques to improve the observational capacity of the climate system.
Improvement and adaptation of LST algorithms for various satellites, mainly MSG-SEVIRI, EOS-MODIS, and ENVISAT-AATSR. Design and development of angular field radiometry systems.
Remote sensing applications to environment, agriculture and water quality. Development of new sensors and Earth observation missions.
Use of remote, satellite or airborne sensors to measure the values of environmental variables related to the environmental properties, quality and ecological status of inland aquatic ecosystems.
Orange grove bird community, breeding ecology of great tit, breeding ecology of marsh passerines.
Fundamental studies are carried out to explain the shape of chromatographic peaks which continue or question historical studies by other authors on this subject. Peak models and peak prediction strategies are developed to optimise separation conditions.
Several outcrops are studied in CV containing palaeontological deposits from the Upper Miocene-Lower Pliocene (5-6 Ma), which record the so-called Messinian Salinity Crisis, which involved the drying of the Mediterranean and a faunal exchange between Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
A very limited number of Neogene sites in Ecuador host a rich and spectacular micro- and macrovertebrate fauna (Eocene cetaceans, Pleistocene megafauna). The data from these sites should allow us to delve deeper into the origins of cetaceans and the extinction of the South American megafauna.
Many compounds of pharmaceutical interest have an acid-base character, therefore the nature and concentration of the dominant species depend on pH. Models of mobile phase behaviour are developed in the absence and presence of additives, and with conventional or extended pH columns.
In the area of Morteral (Magro) and Araia (Ribesalbes-Alcora), micromammals from the Aragonian period have been studied in high-resolution series. The results provide evidence of hitherto unknown paleontological information of great interest in the temporal context under study.
To propose and assess collaborative tasks that allow future teachers to progress gradually from the mere instrumental use of TACs (Learning and Knowledge Technologies) to the development of a more critical awareness of them.
Studies of the biological diversity of bryophytes, with special attention to their evolutionary relationships and biogeographical patterns.
Legal nature of the concept of sustainable development; content of the notion of development in its economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects; basic characteristics of the criterion of sustainability; disparities in the development of towns; common but differentiated responsibilities, etc.
To establish a list of essential literary and artistic contents to improve the competence of teachers when working with multimodal resources. To create a framework of basic theoretical concepts that can be used in primary, secondary and university education.
Commercially available RPLC columns do not allow the analysis of charged or highly polar compounds. A line is developed to improve chromatographic performance using secondary equilibria, with special emphasis on the addition of surfactants and ionic liquids to the mobile phase.
The aim is to analyse the capacity of different yeasts species and strains to carry out the synthesis of chiral synthons of pharmaceutical and industrial interest. The possibility of genetic manipulations leading to an improvement of their capacity in this aspect is also contemplated.
Methodologies for the processing and analysis of time series using biophysical parameters and vegetation indices are developed to quantify changes. Vegetation dynamics is analyzed in terms of the intra-annual and inter-annual variability, which are related with vegetation phenology and trends.
Design of new vegetation indices relying on the use of canopy reflectance models as well as on field and laboratory spectroscopy. Vegetation indices are the most used parameters to study vegetation from remotely sensed data.
Evaluation of the relationship between climatic factors and weather variables, especially ambient temperature and health, as well as public health measures that can minimise the impact of foreseeable future climate changes.
Ecology of wetland birds.
