University of Malta

Distinct Modes of Quantum Information Transfer in Power–Law Long-Range Spin Networks

We identify different regimes of quantum state transfer in long-range coupled spin-12 systems, where naturally occurring power–law interactions enable rapid, high-fidelity transfer with minimal engineering. Across a broad range of interaction profiles, from effectively nearest-ne...

Exploring a child's representations of the sea through drawings and narratives

Early engagement with marine sustainability in early childhood education and care (ECEC) can nurture ethical awareness, shared responsibility and a sense of ecological belonging. ECEC settings offer spaces where children explore environmental questions and begin to see themselves...

Stakeholder attributes in maritime logistics ecosystem: a policy perspective for small island states

Transport policies should aim to integrate the demands and expectations of all stakeholders, even in maritime logistics contexts where a mix of private and public interests play out, sometimes in conflicting situations. The added value of an ecosystem for transport policy largely...

Integrating foresight and resilience strategies for a sustainable blue economy

Climate change, biodiversity loss and socio-economic transformation are placing growing pressure on the sustainable development of the blue economy and on the marine and coastal systems that support it. Although resilience has become a central concept for addressing these pressur...

Sport, exercise, and physical activity in children with cardiovascular disease. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) of the ESC, the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP) of the ESC, and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC)

Regular physical activity offers numerous benefits to children's health and well-being and is essential for reducing cardiovascular risk in children with cardiovascular disease. Despite increasing evidence supporting its benefits, many young patients remain insufficiently active...

From capital to membership: How organizations translate citizenship through individual foreign investment in the EU and the US

Background Investment immigration programs involving individual investors, referred to here as Individual Foreign Investment (IFI) , sit at the intersection of migration governance, capital mobility, and citizenship. Although they share the basic feature of exchanging investment...

DNA Barcoding and Molecular Taxonomy Confirm the Occurrence of Polyclinum constellatum (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from Malta

Background/Objectives: The Mediterranean Sea is highly susceptible to marine bioinvasions, with non-indigenous ascidians frequently introduced and dispersed via maritime traffic. Here, we report the first records of the non-indigenous ascidian Polyclinum constellatum Savigny, 181...

Imaging the Alpine Collision With Seismic Radial Anisotropy

Abstract The Alpine region and the adjacent Northern Apennines (NA) and Northern Dinarides record the complex tectonic evolution associated with the collision between the Eurasian and Adriatic plates. We combine Rayleigh and Love surface waves from ambient noise and earthquake da...

How Norms Depend on the Presence and Status of Observers: The Relational Contingency of Everyday Behaviors in 90 Societies

Norms are fundamental to social life, but basic questions about how they are affected by social context remain. Specifically, how do normative constraints depend on the presence and status of observers, and how do such relational contingencies vary across cultures? Using data fro...

The academic library as co-producer of transdisciplinary engagement: A social exchange framework for resource mobilization and outreach

This paper introduces the Strategic Reciprocity Model, a framework that repositions the academic library as a strategic and fiscal co-producer of transdisciplinary engagement. Using the LACES (Lab for Art, Community, Ecology & Science) Library Mural Project at University of Malta...

Challenges for a sustainable blue economy: A comparative analysis of resilience and coastal governance in Southern Europe

Coastal blue economies face intensifying pressures from climate change, biodiversity loss and systemic uncertainty, making resilience a central concept in coastal governance. This article advances a socio-ecological-technological (SET) system framework to analyse how resilience i...

Up‐regulation of the kinase LRRK2, in enteric glia contributes to mucosal barrier impairment in Parkinson's disease via secretory autophagy

Background and Purpose Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) show intestinal epithelial barrier (IEB) alterations, enteric gliosis and inflammation that could contribute to gastrointestinal symptoms. Moreover, changes in leucine rich‐repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) expression/activity h...

Are we there yet? Progress or persisting barriers in the social representations of disabled women in Malta

The shared ideas and narratives circulating in every-day discourse reveal whether discrimination and exclusion of disabled women is being challenged or whether it is continuing to shape disabled women’s lives. In this paper I present nine social representations of disabled women...