University of Bologna

Beyond mortality: behavioural disruption and reduced plasticity as sublethal effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Abstract Environmental pollution represents a major global threat to biodiversity, interfering with a wide range of biological processes and functions. In recent years, behaviour has gained attention as a key focus for detecting the subtle adverse effects of pollution, as polluta...

The longitudinal interplay between acculturation and intergroup contact in adolescence

Abstract In current multicultural societies, mutual adjustment of majority and ethnic minority groups is a crucial issue shaped by groups' acculturation preferences and their encounters. These aspects are particularly relevant in adolescence when young people extend their social...

Advancing SafeWax, A Bio‐Inspired Superhydrophobic Coating, Toward Sustainable and Climate‐Resilient Crop Protection

ABSTRACT Climate change, drought, regulatory constraints, and the growing demand to minimize hazardous chemical pesticides necessitate sustainable crop protection technologies against biotic and abiotic stresses. We present the reformulation and environmental durability assessmen...

Machine learning provides individualized prediction of outcomes after first complete remission without allo‐HSCT consolidation in adult acute myeloid leukemia—A HARMONY study

Abstract Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo‐HSCT) is a curative treatment option for a significant proportion of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and it is generally recommended when the relapse risk without allo‐HSCT outweighs the estimated non‐r...

Edmund Husserl’s Account of Non-Normality: Towards a Phenomenological Cartography

Abstract Over the last few years, issues related to the phenomenology of norms, normality, and normativity have been widely discussed in the scholarship. While several contributions devoted to Husserl’s account of normality exist, a systematic investigation of the categories of “...

Dissecting Cellulitis and Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Two Diseases or One Follicular‐Occlusion Spectrum?

ABSTRACT Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (DC) and hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) share follicular occlusion, rupture, suppuration, tunnel formation, and scarring, yet are usually classified as separate diseases. Whether DC represents a site‐modified scalp phenotype of the same...

Progressive oxygenation of developing leaves directs morphogenesis

Abstract Oxygen availability underpins energy production in multicellular organisms, yet internal oxygen gradients arise in both plants and animals. Plants sense these variations via the PLANT CYSTEINE OXIDASE branch of the N-degron pathway, which regulates the stability of key t...

Rapid landslide mapping during the 2023 Emilia-Romagna disaster: assessing automated approaches with limited training data

Abstract. The catastrophic rainfall events of May 2023 in the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy, triggered more than 80 000 landslides, as documented in a publicly available inventory (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13742643, Pizziolo et al., 2024), and placed extraordinary demands on...

Active Galactic Nuclei as high-energy neutrino sources

Abstract Identifying the sources of the high-energy astrophysical neutrinos has been one of the main topics in astrophysics since the first observation of high-energy neutrinos by the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are sources of high-energy $$\gamma $...

Concerning uncertainty—a systematic survey of uncertainty-aware XAI

This paper surveys uncertainty-aware explainable artificial intelligence (UAXAI), examining how uncertainty is incorporated into explanatory pipelines and how such methods are evaluated. Across the literature, three recurring approaches to uncertainty quantification (UQ) emerge (...

Could NQO1 genotypes impact the results of clinical trials with idebenone?

Carelli et al. argue that new insights into how NQO1 influences the response to idebenone warrant reevaluating the results of previous clinical trials, including those in Friedreich ataxia and Duchenne muscular dystrophy, using patient stratification by NQO1 genotype.

Healthcare cultures and the implementation of WHA77.2: from measurement to institutional change

Resolution WHA77.2 establishes an unprecedented mandate for meaningful social participation in health decision-making. The resolution, and the operational guidance that preceded it, already address representation, power, deliberation, feedback, policy influence, and evaluation. I...

On gravitational collapse and integrable singularities

Abstract Schwarzschild black holes are expected to emerge as the end states of the classical gravitational collapse from non-singular configurations. After integrable curvature singularities appear, the interior geometry can be modelled to exhibit a transition, called “Minkowski...

Projected westward advance of tropospheric formaldehyde over China

Economic development and population aggregation are driving the east-to-west spread of tropospheric formaldehyde (HCHO) in China; yet the historical trajectory and future threat of this westward migration remain poorly understood. Here, we analyze OMI satellite observations utili...

Time‐Aware UNet and Super‐Resolution Deep Residual Networks for Spatial Downscaling

ABSTRACT Satellite observations of atmospheric pollutants are often available only at coarse spatial resolution, which limits their use in local‐scale environmental analysis. Spatial downscaling methods aim to transform such data into high‐resolution fields. In this work, two wid...

Triglyceride–glucose index as a cardiovascular risk marker: updated evidence, limitations, and future perspectives

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the foremost cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, accounting for a substantial burden on healthcare systems, economies, and society. Traditional risk factors do not fully explain residual cardiovascular risk, highlighting the role of i...

Margins of Resistance: Intersecting Mobility and Socio‐Environmental Justice in Rural Contexts

ABSTRACT Migration and socio‐environmental justice are becoming increasingly intertwined as climate change reshapes global mobility patterns while intensifying existing inequalities. In this context, grassroots initiatives that combine mobility justice with socio‐environmental ju...

NIR‐Light‐Activable Macrophage Polarization Orchestration Using Laser‐Structured Janus Nanoplatform Derived from Waste for Infected Wound Healing

ABSTRACT The human skin is highly susceptible to bacterial infections and inflammation when its integrity is disrupted. Treatment of infected wounds is a big challenge in modern medicine, and rising antibiotic resistance motivates the development of antibiotic‐free therapies. Her...

Clinical Behaviour and Outcome of Pelvic Osteosarcoma in Dogs: A Retrospective Multicentre Analysis of 74 Cases (2007–2025)

Although osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumour in dogs, involvement of the pelvic bones is rare. The aim of the present study was to describe clinical presentation, identify possible prognostic factors, and evaluate outcomes in dogs diagnosed with pelvic osteosarcom...

Neanderthal’s heel: How the Neanderthal’s external calcaneal shape uniquely differs from that of modern humans

Neanderthals exhibit unique morphological adaptations in their calcaneus compared to Homo sapiens , shedding light on distinct evolutionary pressures and functional requirements shaping their respective foot anatomy. This study assesses which calcaneal traits represent plesiomorp...