José Antonio Pascual

University of Valladolid | UVA · Department of Business Organization and Marketing and Market Research

Soil supports and maintains all life systems on the planet, but society has used it in a way that depletes and degrades it, affecting soil quality. Based on a systemic review of publications appearing between 2000 and 2020, this article analyses the conceptual evolution of soil quality, addressing aspects such as management, sampling depth, methods...

Aims The lemon cultivation methods and techniques are crucial to ensure maximum productivity in the face of climate change. Mulching with plastic is commonly used in citrus production for saving water, but some side effects need to be investigated. In our study, we investigated different plastic and biological mulching on lemon trees determining gr...

In the beekeeping industry, “slumgum” is generated as a solid organic waste during the beeswax-rendering process from old scraped honeycombs. This bio-waste could be considered as a novel organic fertilizer due to its high content in organic matter and nutrients. As a novelty in this study, we analysed the effect of application of solid and liquid...

In the beekeeping industry, “slumgum” is generated as a solid organic waste during the beeswax-rendering process from old scraped honeycombs. This bio-waste could be considered as a novel organic fertilizer due to its high content in organic matter and nutrients. As a novelty in this study, we analysed the effect of application of solid and liquid...

Aims The lemon cultivation methods and techniques are crucial to ensure maximum productivity in the face of climate change. Mulching with plastic is commonly used in citrus production for saving water, but some side effects need to be investigated. In our study, we investigated different plastic and biological mulching on lemon trees determining gr...

Diversification of agricultural practices, including changes in crop rotation, intercropping or cover cropping, influence the soil microbiome. Here the impact of tillage and crop diversification on the soil microbiome is reported, being one of the few boreal studies. The field experiment consisted of four treatments with four replications all havin...

This work aimed to evaluate the growth of two species of microgreens (mizuna and pak choi), using agro-industrial compost as growing media in two different mixes versus one hundred percent peat, under two different LED illumination spectra (LED 1 and LED 2) in a 14 h photoperiod. The experiment was carried-out for two times. Biomass yield, glucosin...

Solar radiation and the incorporation of compost into soil is a practice for disinfecting soil that could have some other effects on spinach cultivation. The quality of spinach leaves after two types of soil disinfection, non-amended soil (NAS) and compost-amended soil (CAS), was compared in order to find biomarkers of both types of disinfection. T...

Intercropping can favour the yield of the main crop. However, because of the potential competition among woody crops, this system is rarely used by farmers. To increase knowledge about the intercropping system, we have explored three different combinations of alley cropping in rainfed olive groves compared to conventional management (CP): (i) Crocu...

Citation: Carrascosa, A.; Pascual, J.A.; López-García, A.; Romo-Vaquero, M.; Ros, M.; Petropoulos, S.A.; Alguacil, M.d.M. Different Functional and Taxonomic Composition of the Microbiome in the Rhizosphere of Two Purslane Genotypes. Agronomy 2023, 13, 1795. Abstract: Soil microbial communities have an important role in plant establishment and healt...

This study compares the effects of solarization combined with compost (72% vineyard prunings and 28% leek residues) (CAS) versus solarization (NAS) in soils used for intensive spinach cultivation in the Mediterranean area. The objective was to study the beneficial effects of the compost on the soil microbial community, soil fertility and soil funct...

Soil is an essential resource, and its degradation is challenging modern agriculture, while its impact is expected to increase in the near future. One of the strategies to address this issue is to incorporate new alternative crops able to tolerate arduous conditions, as well as for the use of sustainable agricultural practices in order to recover a...

The current pandemic situation caused by COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, has put the health sector in the spotlight. It has led to the emergence of new plans and strategies that can help society control and stop the spread of COVID-19. These strategies include the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan, led by the World Health Organization (...

Transport is a strategic sector of the European Union economy (about 5% of GDP) as it represents a significant source of jobs (5% of total employment), without forgetting its role in the proper implementation of the European single market. The volume of freight transport has grown in recent decades and is expected to continue to do so, with road fr...

The growing demands for food with high quality standards and high nutritional value have caused agriculture to evolve towards agricultural innovation go hand in hand with technological development, as is the case of vertical farming (VF) development. VF is a competitive system for sustainable food production, reducing space, and natural and human r...

The melon/cowpea intercropping system can be a specific and efficient cropping pattern in a horticultural field. Intercropping systems contribute to the optimization of land use, fostering sustainable and efficient agriculture. This study entails a first-year comparative intercropping assay using cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and melon (Cucumis melo)...

Significant differences in the microbial community and diversity in soil have been observed due to organic farming, but little research has been performed for exploring microbial functionality and the co-occurrence of patterns among microbial taxa. In this work, we study soil 16S rDNA amplicons from two long-term organic farming systems (Org_C and...

Traditionally, industries followed a linear process of resources consumption: taking raw materials from nature, transforming them into products, and selling them to consumers (who discarded them when they were no longer useful). Nowadays, due to the sustainable development concerns, there is an increasing awareness on the society for reuse, repair,...

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Composting is an advantageous and efficient process for recycling organic waste and producing organic fertilizers, and many kinds of microorganisms are involved in obtaining quality compost with suppressive activity against soil-borne pathogens. The aim of this work was to evaluate the main differences in the effects of three composting piles on th...

Many works highlight the importance and added value of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in companies, as well as the role of Knowledge Management (KM) for their revitalization, but even more important is to ensure that all efforts and resources are aligned with the organization’s strategic objectives (Balanced Scorecard, BSC). The aim of this...

Long-term organic farming aims to reduce synthetic fertilizer and pesticide use in order to sustainably produce and improve soil quality. To do this, there is a need for more information about the soil microbial community, which plays a key role in a sustainable agriculture. In this paper, we assessed the long-term effects of two organic and one co...

Microbial communities play a key role in sustainable agriculture. However, we still need more in-formation, to understand the complex response of the microbial community to long-term organic farming, which aims to reduce synthetic fertilizer and pesticide use in order to produce sustainably and improve soil quality. We have assessed the long-term e...

A greater understanding of the relationship between soil microorganisms and intercropping systems could contribute to the optimization of land use, fostering sustainable and efficient agriculture. This study entails a comparative intercropping assay using cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and melon (Cucumis melo) under organic management with different pa...

Alternative materials with added-value functions, such as phytopathogen suppression and biostimulant and/or biofertilising activity, have been proposed as peat substitutes in growing media. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of 23 agro-industrial composts as components of growing media for baby-leaf lettuce transplant production and th...

Composts of spent mushrooms substrates can be an alternative for the partial replacement of peat as growing media in horticulture. Three mature composts from Agaricus bisporus (Ag), Pleurotus ostreatus (Pl), and 70% Ag:30% Pl (AgPl) production were used as partial components of peat growing media, used at a 1:4 compost:peat ratio for growing red ba...

Strain SB0023/3 T, isolated from spores of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus iranicum var. tenuihypharum, was analysed to determine whether it represents a new species. It was studied for its applicability in the field of agriculture to reduce the input of nitrogen fertilizers. Comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence shows the str...

Collaboration between university and industry is essential in today’s changing environment, where limited resources must be used by as many users as possible in an efficient manner. At the University of Valladolid we have a Lean School equipped in collaboration with Renault-Nissan Consulting where training is given to students, workers and professi...

University-Industry collaboration is fundamental in today’s changing and competitive world, as it allows us to take advantage of the strengths of each of them. The University of Valladolid has been collaborating for more than 25 years with Renault-Nissan Consulting in different fields: scholarships, contract research and, more recently, a laborator...

In this field study, the fungicidal and nematicidal activity of two plant extracts (Larrea spp. (LR), Liquidambar spp. (LQ)), and an organosulfur soil fungicide metam sodium alone (MS), and a mix of LR and MS (LR + MS) was assayed under pepper cropping in southeastern Spain. Metam sodium treatments (MS and LR + MS) produced the highest crop yields...

In the recent past, a vibrant debate emerged about talent management and the set of skills and competencies the future employees must possess to meet current and future market needs. Moreover, the lack of engineering students’ professional competencies and their inability to correlate and apply the theoretical knowledge they acquire during their st...

Compost tea is a liquid fraction extracted from composts, and it is of great interest in sustainable agriculture because it reduces the unsustainable use of chemical-based pesticides and fertilizers. In this study, during two spinach field cycles, we evaluated the potential beneficial effect of the foliar application of a compost tea made from onio...

Resumen El acceso al mercado laboral de los estudiantes del área de Ingeniería en Organización, les exige disponer tanto de una buena for-mación técnica, como de un conjunto de habilidades complementarias de carácter transversal (soft skills). Para ello, es necesario utilizar nuevas metodologías de enseñanza/aprendizaje, y según los expertos, una d...

El acceso al mercado laboral de los estudiantes del área de Ingeniería en Organización, les exige disponer tanto de una buena formación técnica, como de un conjunto de habilidades complementarias de carácter transversal (soft skills). Para ello, es necesario utilizar nuevas metodologías de enseñanza/aprendizaje, y según los expertos, una de las más...

The study of soil suppressiveness is of great interest in the field of sustainable agriculture. In the current study, eight soils located in the Region of Murcia (Spain) were sampled, evaluated and categorized according to their suppressiveness against Pythium irregulare in baby-leaf lettuce plants. We analyzed the chemical and biological propertie...

This paper introduces the Lean School, a Learning Factory, along with a “game” of physical simulation that is developed in it. All this is focused on teaching-learning, both of students and professionals, of the potential advantages offered by the implementation of the Lean Production in the organizations. The participants gain a practical experien...

In the last few years, a group of teachers of the School of Engineering of the University of Valladolid, have been involved in an innovation and continuous improvement process in order to update our teaching activities. On the one hand, we aim to promote the learning process of the existing paradigms in the business organization field. On the other...

In recent years, developing experiential learning has fulfilled the requirement that engineering students fully understand the concept of Lean Manufacturing, or Lean Production, by demonstrating the advantages and disadvantages of some of their key principles. Learning Factories have been developed to provide students and industrial participants wi...

We have developed, in partnership with a consulting firm, a tool that provides two basic goals: (1) The integration of the planning of Social Responsibility (CSR) with the strategic and operational planning of the company (BSC), in our case based on a patented management model with 7 + 1 levels, and (2) Monitoring the management of the CSR accordin...

Palabras clave: mercados financieros artificiales, relaciones precio-volumen-volatilidad. Abstract. The relationship among trading volume, prices, returns, etc., of financial assets is complex, but its proper understanding may be of great influence on the development of financial theories.Throughout the last half century, many researchers have face...

The relationship among trading volume, prices, returns, etc., of financial assets is complex, but its proper understanding may be of great influence on the development of financial theories. Throughout the last half century, many researchers have faced the issue, but a general consensus has not been reached. In this paper, we propose to use agent b...

Este trabajo presenta una herramienta didáctica diseñada para facilitar la realización de prácticas participativas con alumnos vía Internet. La herramienta se centra en el aprendizaje de conceptos y problemas propios de las interacciones sociales. El programa desarrollado se ofrece gratuitamente a la comunidad académica en la direcciónhttp://www.i...

Experimental Economists have designed over the years a wide range of scientific experiments that can be usefully employed nowadays as teaching aids. The interactive and participatory nature of such experiments serves as a motivation to students, stimulates their own thinking, and enhances their insights into the forces that drive economic markets:...

La Economía Experimental ha desarrollado diferentes experimentos que pueden ser aprovechados como una actividad docente en la enseñanza de la Economía. Su naturaleza activa y participativa motiva a los alumnos y estimula la reflexión y la mejor comprensión de algunos fenómenos económicos como el funcionamiento de los mercados, donde los resultados...

In this chapter we show how agent based social simulation helps us to improve some of the traditional models and theories in financial economics. In particular, we explore the links between the microbehaviour of investors and the aggregated behaviour of stock markets. First, we build an agent based model of an artificial financial market, populated...

In this paper, we use an agent based artificial stock market to explore the relations between the heterogeneity of investors behaviour and the aggregated behaviour of financial markets. In particular, we want to recover the main statistical features of the Spanish Stock Market, as the high levels of kurtosis, excess volatility, non normality of pri...

Resumen En este artículo, analizamos la posibilidad de explicar el comportamiento a nivel agregado del mercado a partir de los micro-comportamientos de los inversores que en él intervienen. En primer lugar, implementamos un modelo basado en agentes de un mercado bursátil, poblado por inversores "fundamentales". Comprobamos que sus patrones estadíst...

The use of agent based simulation to get better understanding of financial markets is discussed. A complementary approach grounded on behavioural finance, evolutionary economics and the generative methodology was proposed. The generative approach allows to build stylised agent based models which can reproduce the behavior of real financial markets....

reacciones y excesos de volatilidad. Palabras Clave: Hipótesis de Mercados Eficientes (EMH), Modelos de Equilibrio Financiero, Behavioral Finance, Modelado Basado en Agentes (ABM).

1. Alcance y Objetivo Muchas son las posibles definiciones de logística que podemos encontrar, pero si tomamos por ejemplo la proporcionada por la Encyclopedia of Operations Management: ―la gestión de flujos de bienes entre instalaciones (proveedores, almacenes, fabricas, distribuidores y clientes), así como de los flujos de información y fondos fi...

1. Introducción Es universalmente reconocido que la industria del automóvil es una de las más progresivas y de más rápida transformación del mundo. Los avances tecnológicos, tanto en el producto final como en el proceso productivo, caracterizan una industria avanzada y de rápida evolución. Según datos del informe de competitividad del 2004 de la CE...

Burgos, C/ Villadiego, s/n-(Edificio La Milanera) 09001 Burgos. jisantos@ubu.es Palabras clave: microeconomía, problemas interactivos, Excel 1. Introducción. El trabajo que aquí presentamos * se enmarca dentro de los esfuerzos por parte de los autores de incorporar a la docencia las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC´s), en...

El objetivo fundamental del libro es el de facilitar al alumno una visión integral de la empresa que le permita analizar sus problemas, desde el punto de vista del directivo y orientado hacia el proceso de toma de decisiones. Este objetivo, debido a la subjetividad existente en el proceso de toma de decisiones, ha sido descompuesto en tres más espe...

El proyecto se ha realizado en el Departamento de Organización y Gestión de Empresas, con sede en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de la Universidad de Valladolid. Los cinco profesores implicados en el trabajo forman el denominado grupo de Ingeniería de los Sistemas Sociales (INSISOC). El objetivo principal es crear un documen...