Universitat de Barcelona

Schizophrenia research in 2026: report from the annual meeting of the Schizophrenia International Research Society

Abstract SIRS 2026, held under the theme “Schizophrenia Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence,” brought together researchers, clinicians, and persons with lived experience to take stock of a field whose tools for measuring, predicting, and intervening in psychosis have e...

A comprehensive phylogenomic framework for brachiopod evolution among lophotrochozoans

Brachiopods appeared early in the Cambrian radiation and represent an important clade for understanding the origin of animal body plans and the evolution of biomineralized structures. A robust phylogenetic framework of the living representatives is needed to answer persistent que...

Preferences, Inequality, and Coalitions: The Political Economy of (the Lack of Support for) Basic Income in Catalonia

Recent research has substantially advanced our understanding of individual preferences towards Universal Basic Income (UBI), yet comparatively little is known about the structural and macroeconomic factors shaping their political translation. This article addresses this gap by ex...

Nd isotopes as a paleocirculation tracer: consideration of sedimentary context and assessment through a north-south Atlantic transect

Authigenic neodymium (Nd) isotope ratios have been extensively used over the past two decades to reconstruct past changes in the global ocean circulation. Nevertheless, their effectiveness as a water mass tracer is currently strongly disputed based on the potential for modificati...

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Requiring ECMO: Current Evidence, Controversies, and Unresolved Questions

Background/Objectives: Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) remains one of the most challenging conditions in neonatal critical care. Despite advances in prenatal assessment and neonatal management, substantial uncertainty per...

The network structure of the urban revolution

Long-distance interaction has deep prehistoric roots, but the networks that emerged during the Urban Revolution were unprecedented in scale and organization. How early cities sustained this extensive connectivity in the absence of formal markets or centralized states remains a fu...

From Narrative Decisions to Assessment Evidence: A Narrative-Based Assessment Framework for Serious Games: A Pilot Feasibility Study

Assessing socially situated decision-making is challenging when assessment approaches separate observable decisions from the contexts in which they occur. This study proposes and operationalizes a seven-stage Narrative-Based Assessment (NBA) framework for eliciting and interpreti...

The challenges of symmetrical voice languages for Universal Dependencies

Abstract This chapter deals with problems that arise when attempting to apply a Universal Dependencies (UD) annotation to languages which have more than one basic transitive construction, that is, where the subject is not by default an agent, and the object is not by default a pa...

Screening for multidrug-resistant organism: clinical benefit or unquestioned routine

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Current strategies for multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) screening are primarily intended to support infection prevention programs. However, accumulating evidence indicates that intestinal colonization also provides clinically relevant information for antimic...

Constructive S4 modal logics with the finite birelational frame property

The logics \(\mathsf {CS4} \) and \(\mathsf {IS4} \) are the two leading intuitionistic variants of the modal logic \(\mathsf {S4} \) . Whether the finite model property holds for each of these logics have been long-standing open problems. In this paper, we resolve the first of t...

Cardiac Myosin‐Binding Protein C for Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Background Diagnosing myocardial infarction in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains challenging, primarily because of lower diagnostic accuracy of high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs‐cTn). cMyC (cardiac myosin‐binding protein C), because of its fas...

Adaptive Reuse Strategies in European Christian Churches

In Europe, Christian churches constitute a substantial part of listed heritage. These numerous liturgical spaces are highly significant to the image of cities and possess unquestionable spatial, material, environmental, and symbolic qualities, yet paradoxically society has progre...

Expired endoscopic devices remain sterile and functional: an international multicentre study challenging current shelf-life criteria

Background and study aims Expired medical devices represent an environmental and economic concern, yet their magnitude and true shelf life remain poorly defined. We aimed to quantify the volume and cost of expired endoscopic devices and evaluate their sterility and functionality...

Using multi-trait polygenic scores to predict lithium responsiveness in patients with bipolar disorder

Background The predictive power of polygenic scores (PGSs) for lithium treatment response in bipolar disorder remains limited. Aims To enhance the prediction of lithium responsiveness by developing a multi-trait PGS (mt-PGS) combining genetic information from multiple phenotypes...

Digital solutions for tackling mental health in cancer patients and their families: The ALTHEA project

Despite advances in cancer treatment, the growing global cancer burden underscores the need for comprehensive and supportive care to address the needs of patients and their families. However, access to psycho-oncological support remains often limited across healthcare systems. Th...

Health utilities in individuals with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency with and without COPD from the EARCO registry

Background Data on health utilities in Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using the EQ-5D in a cohort of AATD Pi*ZZ individuals from the European AATD Research Collaboration (EARCO) registry and to...

Cutaneous Lymphoma International Prognostic Index and Risk Stratification in Advanced Mycosis Fungoides and Sézary Syndrome

Importance Risk stratification in advanced mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome (MF/SS) remains suboptimal given that current TNMB (tumor, node, metastasis, blood) staging has limited prognostic value for clinically relevant outcomes. Objective To determine whether the Cutaneous...

The Framework for Policy Decision on the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine: the use of emerging data to inform global policy on the first malaria vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO)-coordinated Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) supported pilot introductions of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine by the ministries of health through the childhood immunization programmes in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi from 2019 through 2...

The Casa del Fauno in Pompeii: Archaeometric investigation of ancient mortars as an attempt to clarify the architectural phases

The compositional study of the ancient mortars, carried out through macroscopic observations, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmitted polarized light optical microscopy (OM), combined with multivariate statistical analysis (PCA), has provided important new insights into the proc...

Cooperation in binary mixtures of active colloids

The complex interactions underlying collective motion in biological systems give rise to emergent behaviors such as flocking, sorting, and cooperative transport. These dynamics often involve species with different motilities coordinating movement to optimize navigation and surviv...