Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Care in Catalonia: A Qualitative Study with Healthcare Professionals on the Management of Uncertainty and the Possibilities of Technological and Digital Developments

Background/Objectives: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common disorders of gut–brain interaction and one of the most frequent functional bowel disorders encountered in clinical practice. The lack of reliable biomarkers, coupled with inconsistent clinical present...

Education Policy and the State in Research on Latin America: A Systematic Review of Theoretical Approaches

This paper presents the results of a systematic literature review on how the state has been explicitly and implicitly conceived in research on K–12 education policy in Latin America. Based on a review of 177 studies in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, seven general theoretical a...

Multilingual large language models do not comprehend all natural languages to equal degrees

Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) play a critical role in how humans access information. While their core functionality relies on the ability to comprehend written requests, our understanding of this ability is currently constrained, because most benchmarks evaluate LLMs in h...

Astrocytic PI3Kα controls synaptic plasticity and cognitive function via serine metabolism

Astrocytes modulate neuronal activity by gliotransmission and through metabolic regulation, yet the relationship between these functions remains poorly understood. Here we show that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling in astrocytes controls synaptic plasticity and memo...

Quantifying the Photoelectrochemically Active Surface Area for Oxygen Evolution Metal Oxide Photoelectrocatalysts

Abstract Nanostructuring is established as a photoelectrode performance enhancing route for solar-driven catalytic processes. However, it is often unclear to what extent the increase in photoelectrode physical surface area directly results in a commensurate increase in photoelect...

Dominant and non-dominant varieties in Catalan: past, present and future

Abstract This article attempts to answer the question “How did educated Catalan-speaking young people and adults from Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Country rate the central Catalan, north-western Catalan and Valencian standard modalities between 2015 and 2024?...

The chromomagnetic moment of a heavy quark with hyperasymptotic precision

A bstract We determine the normalization of the leading infrared renormalon of the chromomagnetic moment of a heavy quark. Estimates of higher order coefficients of the perturbative series are given. We compute the hyperfine splitting of the B and D mesons for the ground state wi...

Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) in Cardiovascular Risk of Obesity-Associated Diabetes

The dysregulation of immune homeostasis and the persistence of chronic, low-grade inflammation represent core pathophysiological drivers governing the onset and progression of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) comprise a highly heter...

Support and destigmatization in early pregnancy loss in Spain

Abstract Early miscarriages are a frequent reproductive event, often silenced and shrouded in stigma. Feminist anthropology has pointed out how such losses challenge the widespread Euro‐American social representations of motherhood and pregnancy, as well as societal unease with d...

Radiomics and artificial intelligence in pituitary adenomas (PitNETs): from imaging biomarkers to clinical translation

Abstract Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are common intracranial neoplasms with heterogeneous hormonal activity, invasiveness, and treatment response. Conventional MRI is central to diagnosis, but is limited in quantifying tumor heterogeneity and predicting clinically r...

Montenegrin Viticulture and Winemaking sector

This record contains the presentation delivered by TRACEWINDU project partners at the TRACEWINDU Final Conference — "Traçabilité de l'industrie du vin grâce à un étiquetage intelligent, la spécificité du produit, l'aspect sanitaire et les aspects organoleptiques" — held in Pau, F...

Shaping the future together: INNOVI's cluster approach to tackling Catalonia's wine sector challenges

This record contains the presentation delivered by TRACEWINDU project partners at the TRACEWINDU Final Conference — "Traçabilité de l'industrie du vin grâce à un étiquetage intelligent, la spécificité du produit, l'aspect sanitaire et les aspects organoleptiques" — held in Pau, F...

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Creatine Supplementation in Patients with Heart Failure: A PRISMA 2020 Systematic Review and Narrative Evidence Synthesis

Background: Oral creatine is biologically plausible as an adjunct in heart failure (HF), but its clinical efficacy and safety remain uncertain. Methods: We performed a PRISMA 2020 systematic review (PROSPERO CRD420261391605) of oral creatine supplementation in adults with HF. Ran...

Montenegrin Viticulture and Winemaking sector

This record contains the presentation delivered by TRACEWINDU project partners at the TRACEWINDU Final Conference — "Traçabilité de l'industrie du vin grâce à un étiquetage intelligent, la spécificité du produit, l'aspect sanitaire et les aspects organoleptiques" — held in Pau, F...

Environmental drivers of litter- and soil-dwelling springtail communities across European forests, assessed by morphotaxonomy and soil DNA metabarcoding

Springtails are abundant in forest litter and soils, where they play a crucial role in the transformation and decomposition of organic matter. However, most data on springtail communities originates from studies at the local and regional levels, while larger-scale studies are lac...

Synchronous human-dolphin foraging increases fishing success despite prey unpredictability

Abstract Foraging theory predicts that individuals adjust their behaviour in response to environmental conditions and prey availability. One solution to finding and capturing unpredictable prey is social foraging, yet it remains unclear whether its benefits arise from behavioural...

I problemi di tracciabilità della filiera del vino Affrontati attraverso la prospettiva della mobilità

This record contains the presentation delivered by a TRACEWINDU project partner at "INNOVABILE — La fabbrica del cibo 4.0 per filiere a scarti zero", the Convegno Internazionale sull'Agroalimentare Innovativo e Sostenibile organised by the Department of Agricultural, Food and Agr...

Clinical Variability and Genotype‐Driven Outcomes in CHRND ‐Related Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome

BACKGROUND: Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) caused by pathogenic variants in CHRND, encoding the δ-subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (AChR), are rare, and data on genotype-phenotype correlations and long-term outcomes are limited. METHODS: We performed a retro...

Spin Waves without Spin Waves: A Case for Soliton Propagation in Starling Flocks

Collective turns in starling flocks propagate linearly with negligible attenuation, indicating the existence of an underdamped sector in the dispersion relation. According to linear response theory, beside granting linear propagation of the phase perturbations, the real part of t...

ODIN: Confirmation and 3D Reconstruction of Six Massive Protoclusters at Cosmic Noon

Abstract Protoclusters represent sites of accelerated galaxy formation and extreme astrophysical activity characteristic of dense environments. Identifying massive protoclusters and mapping their spatial structures are therefore crucial for understanding how large-scale environme...