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Economic analysis and game theory to improve cross-over kidney transplant programmes

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Cross-over kidney transplant increases the chances of finding compatible donors and the survival of patients. According to 2019 data, Spain, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are the countries in Europe with the most well-established programmes. However, there is room for improvement. That is what a team of economists and mathematicians has done. Using game theory, they have developed an algorithm to improve the allocation of donors and patients. Their work has earned them an award from the BBVA Foundation.

Men telecommuting are more involved in household tasks and childcare

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A research by IAE-CSIC and the University of Barcelona reveals that workers are ready to accept a reduction of up to 10% of their salary to work from home. The results also show that both men and women value telecommuting positively as it allows them to reconcile personal and family life.

The new asymmetry in policy interest rates

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R+D CSIC 30 years In 2009, researchers at the CSIC's Institute of Economic Analysis (IAE) explained to R+D CSIC the dynamics of banks and monetary policy in the context of the 2008 crisis. What has changed since then?

Researchers create a reference collection of cattle faeces for archaeological studies in Menorca

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A study carried out by archaeologists in the island of Menorca materialises in the creation of a reference collection of faeces from bovine, ovine and porcine cattle. It will serve as a modern reference to contrast and study faeces rests found in archaeological excavations.

Did transhumance exist during the Iron Age?

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During the Iron Age, between the 8th and the 1st centuries BC, materials such as ceramics, brooches and amphorae circulated widely through Europe, crossing hundreds of kilometers, mainly by sea. Recent research in Catalonia and Southern France suggests that cattle mobility was not linked to this commercial circuit, which was instead focused on luxury goods, as researchers Silvia Valenzuela and Ariadna Nieto explain.

The CSIC digitalizes and publishes more than 40 thousand centenarian documents of ethnographic interest

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Technicians of the CSIC have digitized in 2019 the old surveys of the Catalonian Folklore and Ethnographic Fond, which forms part of the Tomàs Carreras i Artau Fond, kept in the Milá y Fontanals Institution, the humanities center of the CSIC in Catalonia. There are more than 40 thousand documents, with very valuable information for ethnographic studies, which are available for consultation on the website.

Scientists study evolution of exchange networks and social interaction thousands of years ago

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An international team led by the CSIC is studying the evolution of exchange networks and social interaction in the Near East 10,000 years ago, during the transition from the last hunter-gatherer societies to the first farming communities. They will also assess some sophisticated analytical techniques, such as the ones used at the Louvre Museum, with the only particle accelerator in the world located in a museum and devoted to heritage an art study.

A book rescues the scientific culture in Barcelona between the two Universal Exhibitions

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18 authors reflect in a book the history of science, technology and medicine in the city of Barcelona, and how those influenced the development of the city. It is a result of a scientific project led by the CSIC and the autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).

Preservation and research of Spanish traditional music on both sides of the Atlantic

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A young scientist will compare the Spanish folk music collections of the CSIC in Barcelona and of the Library of Congress in Washington (EUA). The researcher, Ascension Mazuela-Anguita, has been granted the Alan Lomax Postdoctoral Fellowship to compare both collections.

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