Politecnico di Milano

Stress reduces loss aversion without increasing reward-cue attentional salience

Abstract Attentional and evaluative decision biases both shape motivated behavior, yet their interplay under acute stress remains unclear. We tested whether acute psychosocial stress affects loss aversion and reward-cue attentional salience. Sixty-one healthy adults completed the...

Design and development of a test bench for railway coupler testing

Accurate modelling and experimental characterization of railway coupling devices are essential to reliably estimate the maximum longitudinal compressive and tensile forces to which a trainset is subjected. These estimates are paramount to ensure safe and efficient operations, par...

Children, Robots, and Reproducibility: A review of recent reproducibility challenges in child-robot interaction

Given the rapid advancements and shifting requirements in the field of Child-Robot Interaction (CRI), it is crucial to understand how the field is evolving and if and how researchers are adhering to current best practices. We present a review of five years (2020-2024) of CRI rese...

Towards an Integrated Threefold Maturity Model for Manufacturing SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review of Lean, Digital, and Sustainability Maturity Models

In light of the ongoing twin digital and green transitions, small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises’ (SMEs’) performance and development should be reassessed using more holistic approaches, which include the use of (i) productivity (lean), (ii) digitalisation, and (iii)...

Dual‐Function Cosubstrates Enable Threonine Dehydrogenase‐Driven Chemoenzymatic Pyrrole Synthesis

ABSTRACT Preparative biocatalytic synthesis of substituted pyrroles remains challenging despite recent advances in enzymatic α‐aminoketone generation. In this study, we report a concurrent chemoenzymatic cascade to disubstituted pyrroles based on threonine dehydrogenase (ThrDH)‐c...

Unveiling the Molecular Driving Forces of Pollutant Extraction by Hydrophobic Eutectic Solvents

Abstract Hydrophobic eutectic solvents (HES) are emerging as sustainable alternatives to conventional organic solvents for the extraction of molecular pollutants from water. Yet, their selectivity remains poorly understood, hindering the predictive design of eutectic solvents bey...

Non-local Fourier Laws for Heat Propagation via Fractional Powers of Vector Operators

Abstract The present work is devoted to the study of fractional powers of vector operators, with particular emphasis on the gradient operator with non-constant coefficients. Within the setting of the Clifford algebra $$\mathbb {R}_n$$ R n , this operator turns out to have bisecto...

Optimal Velocity Control of a Brinkman–Cahn–Hilliard System with Curvature Effects

Abstract We address an optimal control problem governed by a system coupling a Brinkman-type momentum equation for the velocity field with a sixth-order Cahn–Hilliard equation for the phase variable, incorporating curvature effects in the free energy. The control acts as a distri...

Value of Innovation as a metric to drive technology development

Innovation characterizes industrial, economic, and societal development. Within the domain of the built environment, technological advancements are continuously pursued to enhance structural safety, functionality, and cost efficiency. At the same time, the challenges associated w...

Amphiphilic Motif Triggers Microheterogeneity in Low‐Melting Mixtures

Microheterogeneity in low‐melting mixtures of ethylene glycol and chemically modified choline derivatives synthesized on purpose is here proposed. Novel cholinium ions with one or two N ‐butyl substituents or an N ‐hydroxybutyl chain are synthesized for the first time. Synthesis...

Response of the Carbonate System to Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: A Mesocosm-Scale Experiment

Abstract We present the results of a mesocosm-scale experiment conducted in 2023 in the eastern Mediterranean Sea (Crete, Greece) to evaluate the effects of ocean liming via the addition of calcium hydroxide. We assessed two dosage regimes through repeated additions─low (20 μmol...

Multidisciplinary strategies for the sustainable development of community farms in remote areas

This paper presents the research activities and findings of “Intelligent Infrastructure Design for Multifunctional Efficient Farm”, which is a multidisciplinary project aimed at mitigating poverty and malnutrition by upgrading farms located in isolated areas. Through improvements...

Improved formulation for long-duration storage in capacity expansion models using representative periods

With the increasing complexity and size of capacity expansion models, temporal aggregation has emerged as a common method to improve computational tractability. However, this approach inherently complicates the inclusion of long-duration storage (LDS) systems, whose operation inv...

Ergothioneine-Associated Transcription Opposes Conserved Mitochondrial Injury Programs in Proximal Tubules

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by tubular epithelial stress, inflammation, and metabolic dysfunction, yet the transcriptional programs associated with effective metabolic recovery remain poorly defined. Ergothioneine (EGT) has demonstrated renal and mitochondrial prot...

Italian Fluvial Sediment Transport Database: a comprehensive hub for archiving and analyzing hydrological data

Fluvial sediment transport plays a key role in geomorphological and hydrological processes, influencing river morphology, watershed and coastal sediment balances, and the environmental response to climatic and anthropogenic changes. In Italy, the availability of homogeneous and l...

Multiscale Modeling of Hole Damage Evolution During Dynamic Installation of Interference Bushings in CFRP

ABSTRACT The dynamic installation of metal interference bushings has demonstrated significant potential for improving the mechanical performance of carbon fiber‐reinforced polymer (CFRP) joints. However, the underlying mechanisms governing the remaining life enhancement remain in...

Estimating the production volume of durable consumer goods as an input to manufacturing process selection

Abstract Estimating production volume is a critical task in product development, as it directly affects key engineering decisions such as manufacturing process selection and product architecture. However, production volume is often treated as an exogenous assumption, while existi...

Effects of Chemical Fixation on Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy

Abstract Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy enables label-free imaging of cells and tissues in their native state with chemical specificity. However, there are often experimental advantages of chemical fixation of samples prior to imaging, which can introduce perturbati...

Highly Efficient Exciton Modulation in MoSe2/PdSe2 Heterostructures

Abstract We report a pronounced ∼6-fold enhancement of room-temperature A-exciton emission in a type-I MoSe2/PdSe2 van der Waals heterostructure, yielding a photoluminescence quantum yield of 6%, as compared to ∼1% for as-exfoliated monolayer MoSe2. This unusual enhancement is ac...

Estimating vehicular emissions by applying deep learning on video camera scenes

Despite advances in electrification, urban traffic remains a substantial source of air pollution and poses a major threat to public health. Addressing the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of vehicular emissions requires scalable methodologies. Here, we present a deep learning-b...