Sapienza University of Rome

Assessing noise perceptions in Italian adolescents: validation of the Italian youth attitude to noise scale (YANS-it)

OBJECTIVE: To translate, culturally adapt, and validate the Italian version of the Youth Attitude to Noise Scale (YANS-It) and to assess Italian adolescents' attitudes towards noise exposure. DESIGN: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation study using forward-backward translatio...

Intentional Semantic Geometry: Statements as Grammar-Mediated References into Determinable Spectra

Non-trivial scientific meaning is not, in general, a proposition in a fixed logic-space. A statement is a pointer into a semantic geometry - a spectrum - and its interpretation is grammar-mediated: a grammar decides how the statement names regions or positions in the spectrum. Bo...

Intentional Semantic Geometry: Statements as Grammar-Mediated References into Determinable Spectra

Non-trivial scientific meaning is not, in general, a proposition in a fixed logic-space. A statement is a pointer into a semantic geometry - a spectrum - and its interpretation is grammar-mediated: a grammar decides how the statement names regions or positions in the spectrum. Bo...

When Can an Agent Attribute Properties to Itself? A Cognitive Algebra for Identity, Integrity, and Freedom

An agent's cognitive architecture may possess every regional carrier required for a capability and still emit a wrong verdict, because the content those carriers hold is corrupted. Over the MCK observer-relative classification (Bragetti, Asaro and Italiano, Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo....

How Modeling Assumptions Shape Predictions of Convective Mixing of Carbon Dioxide

Abstract We investigate how models of fluid properties and boundary conditions influence predictions of convective mixing in confined porous media, with relevance to subsurface carbon dioxide storage. Using high‐resolution simulations at high Rayleigh‐Darcy numbers (O()), we anal...

Identifying active surfaces for C2 decomposition relevant to the FC-CVD CNT synthesis process

Selecting for high quality carbon nanotube (CNT) growth during the floating catalyst vapour deposition (FC-CVD) synthesis process remains a challenge due to the coupling of physical and chemical phenomena inside the reactor. While there is evidence implicating C2 species as the p...

Cell senescence emerges as a hallmark and therapeutic target of chronic intracellular infection

<title>Abstract</title> Intracellular pathogens are ideal candidates for modelling the pathophysiology of chronic infection, as they hide within host cells and avoid conventional immune clearance through a controlled reshaping of cellular fate. This study unveils how the emerging...

A decision-support framework for selecting new energy bus technologies: Assessing battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell buses

New energy bus (NEB) technologies, including battery electric buses (BEBs) and hydrogen fuel cell buses (FCBs), offer pathways to support decarbonisation strategies in public transport. Selecting the most suitable technology represents a multi-dimensional decision problem encompa...

Contemplative Practice and Responses to Mortality Salience: Evidence from Long-Term Sufi Meditators

Mortality salience research has played a central role in understanding responses to death awareness and existential threat. At the same time, relatively little research has examined whether long-term contemplative practice may shape affective, cognitive, and implicit responses to...

Data-Driven Fatigue Trajectories in Multiple Sclerosis and Their Predictors

Fatigue is one of the most disabling symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), yet its longitudinal trajectories and determinants remain poorly characterized. We aimed to identify trajectories of cognitive and physical fatigue in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and to determine baseline...

Scrolling away from our insecurity. The mediating role of affective job satisfaction in the relationship between job insecurity and cyberloafing

Cyberloafing, namely the use of the Internet during working hours for personal purposes, has gained increasing popularity in literature; however, the underlying job stressors and processes driving its occurrence remain insufficiently understood. Drawing on the Conservation of Res...

Sulfur Dioxide Disproportionation by Magnesium Sulfite as Intermediate

Solar-assisted thermochemical cycles can convert intermittent solar energy into storable chemical fuels. Within the European SULPHURREAL project, elemental sulfur is investigated as a long-term energy-storage medium in a cycle based on H2SO4, S, and SO2. This work investigates an...

Beyond Weight Loss: A Comprehensive Review of Integrated Pharmacotherapy and Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Endometrial Cancer Care

Backgroundand Objectives: Endometrial cancer ranks among the most prevalent gynecologic malignancies in high-income countries, with increasing incidence and mortality driven by the global obesity epidemic. Evidence suggests that women with early-stage disease face a greater risk...

Real‐world outcomes of venetoclax plus hypomethylating agents in unfit acute myeloid leukaemia: Results of the GIMEMA AML2320 trial

Summary Venetoclax (VEN) plus hypomethylating agents (HMAs) represents the standard of care for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patients unfit for intensive chemotherapy, but prospective real‐world observational data outside randomized clinical trials remain limited...

Hype vs. reality: the true impact of traditional and generative AI on users’ intention to use soft skills coaching chatbots in higher education

This study compares three soft-skills coaching chatbot configurations in higher education: traditional AI, hybrid AI, and generative AI-only systems. In collaboration with Rocky.ai, a prominent European AI coaching chatbot company, we investigate a sample of 120 higher education...

Unveiling the Neural Correlates of Incidental Memory: a Meta-analysis of fMRI Studies

A significant body of research sought to understand the mechanisms underlying memory formation and retrieval. Even when focusing exclusively on episodic memory, several subcategories emerge, such as explicit, implicit, and autobiographical memory. In this study, we utilized Activ...

Isolated Hypoglossal Nerve Palsy Associated with Internal Carotid Artery Dissection: A Systematic Review

Background: Isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy is a rare neurological condition with a broad differential diagnosis. Although neoplastic disorders are the most common cause, internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) is an uncommon but clinically important and potentially reversible...

Analysis of 3GM High Accuracy Accelerometer data collected during JUICE lunar earth gravity assist

Abstract. The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, launched in April 2023 by the European Space Agency (ESA), is designed to investigate Jupiter and its largest icy moons, Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa, with a focus on assessing their potential habitability and investigat...

Operational Multi-Source Data Fusion for High-Resolution LULC Mapping

High-resolution and regularly updatable land cover maps are essential for local-scale environmental monitoring, water resource management, and territorial governance, yet existing global and regional products fail to provide the spatial detail and thematic richness required for o...

Algorithmic Prognostication in Female Oncofertility Counseling: Ethical Challenges of Bias, Autonomy, and Predictive Uncertainty

Advances in machine learning, predictive analytics, and clinical prediction modeling have accelerated the development of algorithmic tools for estimating reproductive outcomes after cancer treatment. In female oncofertility counseling, these models may support individualized asse...