Juan Felipe García Sierra

Dr. Juan Felipe García Sierra


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 April 2024 in Nutrients
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Jesús Seco-CalvoJesús Seco-Calvo
Jesús Seco-Calvo
MAMaría Soledad Arribalzaga
María Soledad Arribalzaga
RDRaquel Díez
Raquel Díez
CCCristina López Cadenas
Cristina López Cadenas
Ana M. SahagunAna M. Sahagun
Ana M. Sahagun
Dietary supplements are commonly used among athletes, and the Internet may be an easy source of these products. Tribulus terrestris is an herbal supplement with multiple properties. Of interest to athletes are reports that its consumption can lead to muscle mass gain and a faster recovery process. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to determine the availability of Tribulus terrestris via the Internet in six countries (Canada, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, and the United States of America) via a specifically designed computer program. The characteristics of the websites selling this substance, the country from which it can be purchased, the route of administration, and recommendations for its use were analyzed. The results of the study show that this supplement is marketed mainly in Russia, Ukraine, and Spain on many websites that are mostly dedicated to sports products. Just over half of the webpages (59.14%) identified only distribute this supplement within the same country. The main claims for its consumption refer to sports performance benefits, but there are also claims that it may improve male hormone levels and sexual function. Athletes should be encouraged to seek professional advice prior to ingesting this supplement to ensure that it is suitable for their specific training and sports objectives.

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JFJESÚS FERNÁNDEZ
JESÚS FERNÁNDEZ
Diego Fernández LázaroDiego Fernández Lázaro
Diego Fernández Lázaro
ÁGÁngel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras
Ángel Manuel Guerrero-Higueras
VCVirginia Riego del Castillo
Virginia Riego del Castillo
LSLidia Sánchez-González
Lidia Sánchez-González
Governments are focusing on citizen participation in the energy transition, e.g., with dynamic electricity tariffs, which pass part of the wholesale price volatility to end users. While often the cheapest alternative, these tariffs require micromanagement for optimization. In this research, an automated system capable of supplying electricity for home use at minimal cost called Smart Relays and Controller (SRC) is presented. SRC scrapes prices online, charges a battery system during the cheapest time slots and supplies electricity to the home energy system from the cheapest source, either the battery or the grid, while optimizing battery life. To validate the system, a comparison is made between SRC, a programmable scheduler and PVPC (Spain’s dynamic tariff) using twenty-eight months of hourly historical data. SRC is shown to be superior to both the scheduler and PVPC, with the scheduler performing worse than SRC but better than PVPC (T.T., p < 0.001). SRC achieves a 36.16% discount over PVPC, 13.89% when factoring in battery life. The savings are 44.24% higher with SRC than with a scheduler. Neither inflation nor incentives to reduce costs are considered. While we studied Spain’s tariff, SRC would work in any country offering dynamic electricity tariffs, with benefit margins dependent on their particularities.