Universitat de Barcelona

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...

Comparative analysis of maternal diet and its individual compounds in pregnancies with and without preeclampsia

Maternal diet during pregnancy may influence maternofoetal outcomes, including the occurrence of preeclampsia. The objective was to assess the association of maternal adherence to a Mediterranean diet pattern with preeclampsia, and the correlation with surrogate makers of the dis...

Approximation of adelic divisors and equidistribution of small points

Abstract We study the asymptotic distribution of the Galois orbits of generic sequences of algebraic points of small height in a projective variety over a number field. Our main result is a generalization of Yuan’s equidistribution theorem that applies to heights for which Zhang’...

Coaching behavior as a modulator of cognitive load across the competitive microcycle in professional women’s basketball

Basketball training imposes multiple demands on athletes, which can be classified as external load (EL), internal load (IL), and cognitive load (CL). Although coach behavior is known to influence athletes’ responses during training, its relationship with different load dimensions...

Robot-assisted total hip arthroplasty: does improved precision translate into better clinical outcomes? A systematic review

Abstract Purpose Robot-assisted total hip arthroplasty (R-THA) is being adopted progressively because of its potential to improve implant positioning and restore hip biomechanics more accurately than conventional techniques. However, whether these technical advantages translate i...

Near-atomistic simulations reveal the molecular principles that control chromatin structure and phase separation

Abstract Understanding how chromatin’s physicochemical properties shape its emergent organization is central to deciphering genome function. To address this, we present OpenCGChromatin, a high-performance coarse-grained model that achieves near-atomistic simulations of chromatin...

Red novae, their progenitors, and remnants

Abstract Red novae or luminous red novae are a class of optical transients that have emerged over the past two decades. They occupy an intermediate-luminosity regime between classical novae and supernovae and are characterized by cool, slowly expanding ejecta and a pronounced evo...

N-Acetylcysteine in Schizophrenia: A Convergent Redox-Based Approach to Therapeutic Potential

Schizophrenia (SCZ) remains one of the most disabling psychiatric disorders, in large part because current antipsychotics (APs) inadequately address negative symptoms and cognitive deficits. Converging evidence implicates a set of interconnected mechanisms, NMDAR hypofunction, ox...

Evidence-based atlas of risk and protective factors for psychotic disorders: an umbrella review to inform personalized prognosis and prevention.

Identifying updated, evidence-based risk and protective factors for psychotic disorders is essential to advancing scientific and clinical knowledge of their etiology. Since the most recent umbrella review published in this journal, the evidence base has expanded substantially. Fo...

Mental health disparities in LGBTQIA+ populations: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) populations face unique social, political, psychological and health care-related challenges that contribute to marked mental health disparities. However, the overall strength and credibility of evidenc...

Resistance as climate change mitigation: Contested emissions from Japan's anti-coal movement

Grassroots resistance increasingly shapes sustainability transformations, yet its implications for climate change mitigation remain difficult to identify and quantify. This paper introduces the concept of ‘contested emissions’ to make visible the climate significance of such stru...

Opegaster plateen n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the giant mudskipper Periophthalmus schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) (Perciformes: Gobiidae) from Thailand

Abstract Mudskippers (Oxudercinae) are amphibious gobioid fishes inhabiting intertidal and mangrove ecosystems throughout the Indo–West Pacific region. Despite their ecological importance, information on their helminth fauna remains scarce. During a survey of parasites infecting...

HIV-1 Drug Resistance in Mother–Infant Pairs in Southern Mozambique

This prospective nested cohort (EARTH) study evaluated drug resistance mutations and outcomes among 79 (31 with genetic results) early-treated Mozambican children living with HIV, followed for 50 months. Mortality reached 20.3%. Drug resistance mutations were detected in 58.1% of...

Bilateral trade between China and the EU: growth, integration, and policy uncertainty

This paper examines trade flows between China and the European Union from 2000 to 2022, focusing on trade policy uncertainty (TPU) as a key determinant of bilateral trade. Using an extended gravity model, we develop a novel measure of China’s TPU and find that higher uncertainty...

Mountain glacier evolution since the last interglacial

Abstract. Mountain glacier evolution since the last interglacial remains poorly constrained, with limited spatial and temporal coverage. Conventional modelling approaches typically target major climatic events, operate at coarse spatial resolution over limited spatial domains, or...

Oxygen Management in Ruthenium–Cerium Anode Facilitates Water Adsorption and Bubble Desorption for Oxygen Evolution at High Current Densities

Abstract The production of hydrogen via acidic water electrolysis requires efficient oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at high current densities. However, this is often limited by oxygen bubble accumulation, which blocks active sites and restricts water access. Although bubble rele...

Three clinical and immunological phenotypes of systemic lupus erythematosus onset identified through clustering analysis: data from the RELES registry

Abstract Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) shows heterogeneous clinical expression at onset, complicating early characterisation and risk assessment. We aimed to identify SLE phenotypes emerging after diagnosis and assess their clinical relevance. Methods We analysed...

Standards for practical management of drug hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous drugs and proactive early allergy involvement before referral: A WAO Statement

Hypersensitivity reactions to intravenous therapies—including antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, biologics, anesthesia agents, and contrast media—pose significant challenges in acute care settings. These reactions often occur outside the purview of allergy specialists, leading to de...

New species of gallwasps inducing in Quercus fabri and its inquiline (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in China

Pujade-Villar, Juli, Wang, Yi-Ping, Guo, Rui, Chen, Xue-Xin (2014): New species of gallwasps inducing in Quercus fabri and its inquiline (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in China. Zoological Systematics 39 (3): 417-423, DOI: 10.11865/zs20140308, URL: http://zoobank.org/7629cd81-d26f-49bc...

Gendered Effects of the Minimum Wage

ABSTRACT Women work disproportionately in low‐hours jobs, which pay lower wages and are more exposed to minimum‐wage policies. We estimate an equilibrium search model with worker and firm heterogeneity, jobs differing in wages and hours, and imperfect compliance. Applied to Germa...