Publications by authors named "M Pardos de la Gandara"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to determine the necessary spatial resolution for effectively detecting and locating rotors in human right ventricular tachyarrhythmias, addressing a common issue with standard cardiac mapping catheters.
- High-resolution data from human donor hearts was downsampled to mimic the spatial resolutions of clinical devices, revealing that a resolution of 4.2 mm resulted in detection and localization accuracies of 57% and 61%, respectively.
- The findings indicate that to achieve an 80% accuracy in rotor detection, a spatial resolution of at least 1.4 mm is required, with variances in accuracy linked to arrhythmia type but not to factors like donor sex or anatomical region.
Electrochemical Performance of Niobium MXenes with Lanthanum.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
October 2024
MXenes are the newest class of two-dimensional nanomaterials characterized by large surface area, high conductivity, and hydrophilicity. To further improve their performance for use in energy storage devices, heteroatoms or functional groups can be inserted into the Mxenes' structure increasing their stability. This work proposes insertion of lanthanum atoms into niobium-MXene (Nb-MX/La) that was characterized in terms of morphogy, structure, and electrochemical behavior.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn search for novel materials to replace noble metal-based electrocatalysts in electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices, special attention is given to a distinct class of materials, MAX phase that combines advantages of ceramic and metallic properties. Herein, NbAlC MAX phase is prepared by a solid-state mixing reaction and characterized morphologically and structurally by transmission and scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, nitrogen-sorption, X-ray diffraction analysis, X-ray photoelectron and Raman spectroscopy. Electrochemical performance of NbAlC in terms of capacitance as well as for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is evaluated in different electrolytes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To analyse the histological structure and histomorphometric characteristics of human hard palatal mucosa in order to determine the donor site of choice for connective tissue grafts from a histological point of view.
Materials And Methods: Palatal mucosa samples from six cadaver heads were harvested at four sites: incisal, premolar, molar and tuberosity. Histological and immunohistochemical techniques were performed, as was histomorphometric analysis.
Objective: Our study aimed to measure the effectiveness of using HA in reducing the disturbance caused by tinnitus.
Methods: Study was designed as a within-subjects clinical trial. Nineteen patients with chronic tinnitus and untreated sensorineural hearing loss were under counseling, HA fitting and 6 months follow-up.