University of Geneva

Musical Chemistry and Spectroscopy: Analogies Bridging Two Worlds in Multiple Dimensions

ABSTRACT Music and chemistry are seldom mentioned in the same breath, yet the physical and mathematical principles underpinning both disciplines are deeply intertwined. Here, we explore several points of contact between the two fields, centered on their shared language of frequen...

Anatomy of the simplest renormalon

Perhaps the simplest IR renormalon occurs in the ground state energy of a superrenormalizable model, the scalar O(N) O ( N ) theory in two dimensions with a quartic potential and negative squared mass. We show that this renormalon, found previously in perturbation theory at next-...

Single‐cell RNA sequencing of peripheral blood defines two immunological subtypes of Sjögren's disease distinguished by anti‐SSA antibodies and aberrant B cell populations

OBJECTIVES: Sjögren's disease (SjD) is a heterogeneous autoimmune disorder characterized by substantial clinical and molecular diversity. This heterogeneity raises key questions regarding the existence of distinct pathogenic mechanisms underlying disease subtypes. The objective o...

Discriminating Osteoarticular Infection Bacterial Aetiology Using Immune–Inflammatory Biomarkers

Identifying the causative pathogen of paediatric osteoarticular infections (OAIs) is essential for guiding management. Kingella kingae infections are generally milder than pyogenic infections, which may have more severe and lasting consequences. Because standard inflammatory mark...

Current and Future Directions for Responsible Quantum Technologies: A ResQT Community Perspective

Abstract Quantum technologies (QT) are advancing rapidly, promising advancements across a wide spectrum of applications but also raising significant ethical, societal, and geopolitical impacts, including dual-use capabilities, varying levels of access, and impending quantum divid...

Longitudinal dynamics of gene expression and metabolomics in an aging population cohort

Multiomic profiling provides a comprehensive physiological overview at the molecular level, but understanding of its spatiotemporal dynamics remains limited in human populations. We profiled longitudinal whole-blood gene expression and metabolite levels in 335 females over 8 year...

The Worldwide Burden of Parkinson's Disease Is Growing, but Its Incidence Is Not: Lessons from Population‐Based Studies

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Anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder prevalence and comorbidity in humanitarian aid workers exposed to intentional human-made catastrophes: a quantitative research

Research on humanitarian aid workers (HAWs) deployed to intentional human-made catastrophe contexts—such as armed conflicts—is scarce and seldom grounded in systematic theoretical frameworks, leaving psychopathological comorbidity largely unexamined. Guided by the p Factor and Hi...

Beyond Standalone Geo-Embeddings: Weighted Multi-Model Ensemble Prediction for Tropical Land-Cover Mapping

Accurate land-cover mapping in tropical regions remains challenging because of high environmental heterogeneity, complex vegetation structure, and persistent cloud cover. Recent geospatial foundation models provide pre-computed Geo-embeddings that offer a new representation of Ea...

Early mechanical changes of limb muscle in septic shock assessed by dual-plane shear-wave elastography

Abstract Background Septic shock induces skeletal muscle wasting and neuromuscular dysfunction, contributing to ICU-acquired weakness (ICUAW) and poor recovery after critical illness. Conventional ultrasound primarily captures structural changes but provides limited insight into...

Multiscale characterization of cortical signatures in positive and negative schizotypy:a worldwide ENIGMA study

Positive and negative schizotypy reflect distinct patterns of subclinical traits in the general population associated with neurodevelopmental and schizophrenia-spectrum pathologies. Yet, a comprehensive characterization of the unique and shared neuroanatomical signatures of these...

Growth-dependent tRNA reprogramming and codon bias link translation to metabolic state in Enterococcus faecalis

ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecalis is a gram-positive commensal bacterium of the human gut microbiome and an opportunistic pathogen responsible for many hospital-acquired infections. Despite the clinical importance of E. faecalis , how gene and protein expression are coordinated with...

High-grade serous ovarian cancer is associated with increased TP53 mutation burden in uterine lavage

High grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) has low survival partly due to the lack of methods for detection, diagnosis, and risk prediction. TP53 mutations, which drive HGSC, are found in gynecological tissues as the result of somatic evolution, but it is unknown whether an excess o...

The Challenge of Meaningful Comparison: Assessing the Relation Between Social Comparison Orientation and Meaning in Life

Social comparison processes play a central role in social cognition, but their relation to meaning in life remains unclear. We conducted an integrative analysis of three online studies with American, Indian, Peruvian, and French participants. After harmonizing the study-specific...

A Limit Theorem for Certain Feller Semigroups, and the Distribution of the Local Time for Brownian Motion When it Exits an Interval

Within the framework of the theory of semigroups of operators, we consider a local singular perturbation of a one-dimensional Laplace operator. The Feller semigroups we study describe Brownian motions on an interval with killing that is more and more concentrated around a chosen...

Tightness of the maximum of Ginzburg–Landau fields

We consider the discrete Ginzburg–Landau field with potential satisfying a uniform convexity condition, in the critical dimension d=2, and prove that its maximum over boxes of sidelength N, centered by an explicit N-dependent centering, is tight.

Neural network–augmented Pfaffian wave-functions for scalable simulations of interacting fermions

Developing accurate numerical methods for strongly interacting fermions is crucial for improving our understanding of various quantum many-body phenomena, especially unconventional superconductivity. Recently, neural quantum states have emerged as a promising approach for studyin...

The institutional politics of development finance: ODA’s role in shaping subnational DFI investments

Abstract Development finance institutions (DFIs), operated by donor governments to support private sector development in the Global South, often face informational barriers when deciding where to invest abroad. We argue that traditional Official Development Assistance (ODA), deli...

Economic Inequality is Masculine: High Vertical Pay Gap Fuels Expectations for Gender Discrimination via Inferred Masculinity Norms

Gender discrimination remains a major obstacle to workplace equality. While various factors contribute to this issue, organizational structures that reinforce hierarchical, male-dominated cultures may indicate that gender discrimination is widespread and normative. This research...

Probabilistic tuning of attentional templates: Evidence for flexible prioritization in visual working memory

Attentional templates in visual working memory (VWM) are essential for guiding visual search. Although much debate has focused on whether these templates are stored in discrete states or continuous resources, a question remains: To what extent can the priority of a template be st...