Universitat de Barcelona

Cognitive vergence and pupil response during oddball task are associated with Alzheimer´s disease cerebrospinal fluid neurodegenerative biomarkers

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be diagnosed using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers reflecting amyloid and tau pathology. However, they provide no information about functional network status. We aimed to determine whether CSF biomarkers (Aβ42, p-Tau, t-Tau, and Aβ42/p-Tau ratio)...

The Credibility Cost of Scientists’ Political Expression on Social Media

Abstract Scientists are increasingly visible on social media, and much of what they post touches politically salient issues. Drawing on our recent work (Alabrese et al. 2024. “Politicized Scientists: Credibility Cost of Political Expression on Twitter.” CAGE Working Paper 735), w...

A Novel Approach in Characterising Misogyny

Abstract Misogyny is traditionally understood as hatred against women. Contra this view, Kate Manne (2018) argued that “misogyny” should be defined as a sanction-distributing mechanism that punishes women who violate gender norms and rewards women who comply with them. Here, I ar...

Stokes-Type Entropic Force Driving Nanoscale Phonon-Mediated Superlubricity in 2D Materials

This Communication addresses a superlubric state in graphene-type layers in nanoscale conditions. We focus on the superlubric state based on the twofold generation and propagation of (thermal) phonons. In the first instance, phonon propagation has a local mode in the graphene-typ...

Compact latent-space encoding of WGM microlaser spectra for fast and accurate sensing

The synergy between resonant photonics and artificial intelligence is emerging as a new paradigm capable of overcoming long-standing limitations of conventional methods used to analyze measurement outcomes. Automated data analysis is a crucial step in the development of fast, rel...

Primary Mathematics Preservice Teachers’ Reflections on Lesson Study-Inspired Collaborative Planning: A Didactical Suitability Perspective

Abstract This study investigated primary preservice teachers' (PSTs) reflections on participating in a collaborative planning model inspired by lesson study (LS). The planning model includes collaboratively brainstorming lesson ideas, planning a lesson, discussing a classroom vid...

Microbiological Factors and Patient-Reported Outcomes of Exacerbation Burden in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Colonised Bronchiectasis: A One-Year Prospective Study

Background: Exacerbations are key determinants of disease progression and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (BE). Despite the recognised association between Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) and worse outcomes, factors driving exacerb...

Recognising, protecting and measuring: the institutional construction of the trans subject in European governance (2015–2025)

This article examines how European institutions construct the trans subject within contemporary governance frameworks. Drawing on a qualitative analysis of institutional documents produced within the 2015–2025 policy cycle by the European Commission, the European Union Agency for...

Genome-wide analysis of social behaviour across social domains, reporters and developmental stages: a meta-regression approach

Abstract Social behaviour is a heritable trait linked to well-being and mental health, yet it varies across social context, including social domains, informants and development, which may shape its underlying genomic architecture. Here, we conducted a genome-wide meta-regression...

Mapping conservation status and land use change drivers in Chilean espinal agroforestry systems using CORONA KH‑4B and Sentinel‑2 data (1972–2023)

Abstract Over the past five decades, land-use change driven by government subsidies for tree planting—particularly of exotic species such as Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp.—together with irrigated agricultural expansion, has caused substantial declines in Chile’s ‘espinal’, an...

Identifications and Multiple Others: A Case Study of Descendants of Moroccan and Pakistani Migrants in Barcelona

Abstract This article analyses the negotiation of identifications among children of migrants from the Moroccan and Pakistani diasporas in Barcelona. Drawing on a relational and non-essentialist understanding of identifications, it approaches identifications as socially situated p...

Spatiotemporal dynamics of rhizosphere soil water, temperature and salinity under various drip irrigation regimes and their effects on cotton biomass formation

Optimizing drip irrigation regimes is critical for managing the rhizosphere soil environment and enhancing cotton productivity in arid regions. A two-year field experiment (2023–2024) was conducted in northern Xinjiang, China, with four irrigation levels (60%, 80%, 100%, and 120%...

Ultrasound identification and sonoanatomy of the inferior fascicle of the anterior talofibular ligament: a cadaveric study

Abstract Purpose To demonstrate that the identification and visualization of the inferior fascicle of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFLif) by ultrasound is feasible, to describe its sonoanatomy, and to compare the ultrasound anatomy of the superior (ATFLsf) and inferior (AT...

High rates of transition to immune active disease in a cohort of strictly defined immune tolerant patients with chronic hepatitis B: results from the RADICAL consortium

Background Patients with immune tolerant (IT) chronic hepatitis B (CHB) have high viral loads, minimal inflammation and minimal fibrosis. Nevertheless, the benign nature of this phase and the need for antiviral therapy remain controversial. Objective We explored the natural histo...

On the convergence of boundary points for hyperbolic inner functions

Abstract Given a hyperbolic inner function with Denjoy–Wolff point , it is well‐known that almost every point converges to under iteration of the radial extension . We provide explicit bounds for the rate of this convergence in terms of the angular derivative, holding almost sure...

Economic evaluation of adaptation interventions to reduce the adverse health effects of temperature extremes: a systematic review

Abstract Background Extreme heat and cold cause substantial morbidity, productivity, mortality, and wellbeing losses, yet economic evidence on adaptation remains fragmented. This systematic review synthesised full economic evaluations of adaptation interventions addressing the ad...

Microbiome-host communication via vaccenic acid modulates LRH-1/NR5A2 activity and ameliorates metabolic liver disease

Abstract Interactions between microbiota and the host can profoundly affect human health. In particular, microbiota-derived metabolites influence liver physiology and contribute to the development of metabolic diseases, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying microbiome-host comm...

Rigorous, transparent and inconclusive: what Europe’s first joint clinical assessment reveals about a framework trying to serve everyone

On 30 April 2026, the Member State Coordination Group on Health Technology Assessment endorsed Europe’s first joint clinical assessment (JCA) under Regulation (EU) 2021/2282, evaluating tovorafenib (Ojemda) for pediatric low-grade glioma harboring BRAF alterations. This perspecti...

Integrating Remote Sensing and Indigenous Knowledge: A Community-Commanded Approach to Heritage Management in the Atacama Desert

Abstract This article presents the Zapar project, a community-commanded initiative developed in collaboration with the Atacameño Community of Toconao (northern Chile), which repositions remote sensing (RS) technologies through Indigenous governance and ethical frameworks. By embe...

Comparative analysis of blood inflammatory profile and intestinal microbiota in late-fetal growth restriction vs. normal pregnancy

To determine the association of blood inflammatory biomarkers and intestinal microbiota composition in women with late-onset fetal growth restriction. Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a pathological condition in which fetus fails to achieve its genetically determined growth pote...