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University of Bergamo
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- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
This study presents an integrated two-step synthetic protocol for the conversion of coconut and palm oils into high-value bio-based hydrocarbons, alcohols, and aldehydes. The process employs alkaline hydrolysis followed by Kolbe electrolysis. Under reflux in an EtOH-KOH system, b...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Weizen hin, Pils her – Korpuslinguistische Untersuchung einer Phrasem-Konstruktion im Gebrauch
Abstract This article investigates the German phraseme construction [X hin, X/Y her ] on the basis of an exploratory corpus-linguistic analysis of 596 instances from different communicative domains. The study focuses on the ways in which the construction is used for rhetorical re...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Underpricing and Overachievement: Celebrating Jay Ritter's IPO Research
ABSTRACT This tribute celebrates Jay Ritter's scholarship on the occasion of his election as Fellow of the American Finance Association. Best known for documenting and IPO underpricing, hot issue markets, and the long‐run underperformance of new issues, Jay has shaped how academi...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract The cerebellum is a key node for detecting and adjusting social-prediction internal models. Yet social prediction has been scantly investigated in neurodegenerative cerebellar patients (CB). Thus, we examined CB social-prediction abilities and related cerebellar-cerebral...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Abstract The development of antibacterial cotton textiles is of considerable interest for applications in healthcare, hygiene, and protective materials, where limiting microbial proliferation on fibrous surfaces is essential. However, many of the finishing strategies currently re...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Competing business models in international higher education: a transatlantic comparison
Abstract International higher education is being reorganized by competition between business models rather than by competition between national systems alone. This Brief argues that the long-standing U.S. advantage in attracting international students and scientific talent is inc...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of a 630 kVA Liquid-Immersed Distribution Transformer
This paper discusses a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) carried out on 630 kVA liquid-immersed distribution transformers with different winding conductor materials and energy performance levels. The LCA methodology for power transformers is still under development. Most LC...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background/Objectives: The increasing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into assistive technologies challenges evaluation models traditionally centred on usability, satisfaction and device-related outcomes. Because AI-enabled systems are probabilistic, data-dependent an...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Abstract Friction Stir Extrusion (FSE) is emerging as a promising solid-state manufacturing process for the consolidation of fragmented aluminum feedstock such as machining chips and powder, offering substantial energy savings over conventional remelting. Despite its growing rele...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Collusion through debt and managers
Abstract We investigate the anticompetitive effects of debt financing and managerial incentives in the presence of managers incurring personal bankruptcy costs. We characterize the strategic value for firms' shareholders of resorting to debt and managerial incentives as complemen...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background/Objectives: Hypovitaminosis-D is a highly prevalent condition worldwide, associated with adverse skeletal and extra-skeletal outcomes. Increasing demand for serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) testing points toward the need for simple tools to identify individuals at r...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Intensity–complexity post-triage prioritization to shorten waiting times in emergency departments
Abstract Emergency department triage reliably identifies patients at immediate risk, although it compresses heterogeneous clinical profiles into a small number of urgency categories, leaving discretion in how patients are prioritized within the same category. We propose a second-...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
A systematic review of divine forgiveness self-report measures
Abstract Background Divine forgiveness (DF) can be defined as the perception of being absolved from sin by a Higher Power. Psychological research is increasingly recognizing DF as a relevant construct with implications for well-being, coping, and spirituality. Despite this growin...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
3D kinematics of human falls: evaluating opencap and SAM3D body against inertial motion capture
Abstract Detailed 3D kinematics provide crucial insights for evaluating fall injury mechanisms and impact severity; nevertheless, their application remains understudied. While traditional 3D motion capture systems (marker-based and inertial) are highly effective for laboratory re...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
The memory metaphors held by ordinary people: an exploratory study
Metaphors are widely used by researchers to communicate ideas in cognitive psychology. This is the first study to systematically explore the naïve psychology of human memory metaphors. We attained this goal by surveying a large sample of the adult population resident in Northern...
- Climate & Environment
The Potential Of Multi-Fuel Novalt™16 Gas Turbine For Data Center Application
Abstract The power demand growth from the data center market is boosting the need for gas turbines at the point that manufacturers are ramping up their capacity, struggling to meet such a large and urgent request. In this context, the performance of the NovaLT™16 gas turbine (GT)...