University of Milano-Bicocca

A chemically etched D-band waveguide orthomode transducer for CMB measurements

Abstract This study presents a prototype D-band waveguide orthomode transducer (OMT) fabricated using chemically etched brass platelets. This method offers a fast, cost-effective, and scalable approach for producing such devices above 100 GHz, making it well-suited for current an...

The Amphistegina bleaching index as a tool for evaluating reef-ecosystem health: new data from the Maldives & Australia provide updated insights

Abstract The Amphistegina bleaching index (ABI) provides a simple, low-cost method for assessing photo-oxidative stress in reef-dwelling foraminifera. The ABI, developed for Florida reefs, has been applied to assess the extent of such stress in several regions globally, including...

A Histidine-Mediated, Pendulum-Like Proton Transport Mechanism Is Required for the High Catalytic Activity of [FeFe]-Hydrogenases

Abstract [FeFe]-hydrogenases are molecular hydrogen (H2) converting enzymes that employ a hexanuclear iron complex, the H-cluster, as the catalytic cofactor, and a proton transfer pathway (PTP) that enables efficient proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). Recent phylogenetic an...

Star Wars at Fifty

This symposium celebrates the 50th anniversary of Star Wars (1977) with nineteen short essays from scholars who discuss its meaning, impact, and legacy. The essays examine the migrations and manifestations of the Star Wars universe across media, including animation, video games,...

Local Droplet Etching‐Assisted Quantum Dot Epitaxy for Telecom C‐Band Quantum Light Emitters

ABSTRACT Significant progress in quantum light sources for quantum communication applications requires reproducible and symmetric quantum emitters acting as single‐photon sources capable of generating entangled photons on demand at specific telecom wavelengths. Here, we propose t...

Exploring the dark sector through galaxy dynamics in clusters

Abstract Galaxy clusters are among the most powerful laboratories to probe fundamental physics, from the formation of cosmic structures to the nature of dark matter, dark energy, and gravity. Realizing their full potential requires accurate and unbiased determinations of their ma...

Issues in the Analysis of Data: A Replication of Zuckerman et al. (1993) and Extension to Contemporary Developmental Research

Developmental psychology relies on statistical evidence to draw conclusions about change, mechanisms, and context, but the validity of those conclusions depends on whether researchers interpret that evidence correctly. This article examines whether psychological researchers recog...

Reading in healthy aging: how attentional components drive age-related changes

Abstract Background Reading represents a cognitively engaging activity that supports the maintenance of cognitive functioning in older adults. Even though it has been extensively documented that reading is influenced by the aging process itself, the high-level cognitive mechanism...

Interstitial Lung Abnormalities: A Multidisciplinary Narrative Review

Abstract Interstitial lung abnormalities (ILAs) is an umbrella term used to describe a spectrum of computed tomography (CT)-detected lung abnormalities that may reflect interstitial lung disease (ILD). Initially perceived as a niche topic—and often underreported in clinical pract...

Twenty-four-hour mean blood pressure and variability combined improve the prognostic value of ambulatory blood pressure

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether adding 24-h blood pressure (BP) variability to 24-h mean BP improves the BP predictive value for cardiovascular and all-cause fatal outcomes. METHODS: In 1993, among individuals of the Pressioni Arteriose Monitorate E Loro Associazioni (PAMELA) pop...

A Survey on Rigorous Results for the Dynamics of Periodic FPU Chains

Abstract In this paper we review some analytic results on the dynamics of the FPU system. In the first part of the paper, having in mind that the FPU Hamiltonian and the Toda Hamiltonian are close to each other, we present some results on the action angle variables of the Toda sy...

Polygenic Risk Scores in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Cross-Scale View from Genes to Brain and Behavior

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a genetically complex disorder in which inherited susceptibility is distributed across rare high-impact variants, the apolipoprotein E (APOE) locus, and a broad polygenic background of common risk alleles. Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) provide a quantit...

Risk factors for seroma formation following abdominoplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Seroma is the most common complication following abdominoplasty. However, the risk factors associated with its development remain unclear, with inconsistent findings across studies. Objective To systematically evaluate and quantitatively synthesize risk factor...

Organizing healthcare delivery in the era of disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s Disease: an Italian RAND/UCLA consensus

BACKGROUND: Alzheimer's disease (AD) poses a growing clinical and organizational challenge, requiring coordinated, multidisciplinary care models. In Italy, significant regional variability in resources and access to diagnostic services persists, while the implementation of commun...

Mineralogical and Elemental Variability of Canine Dental Calculi Reveals an Age-Associated Calcite–Apatite Continuum

Abstract Dental calculus is a mineralized oral biofilm widely occurring in domestic dogs, yet its mineralogical variability and chemical evolution remain insufficiently defined. Here, we investigate dental calculus collected as biological waste material during routine professiona...

Words against walls: Prisoners’ letters, lay penology and exceptional confinement

This article argues that exceptional detention functions as an epistemic regime that governs punishment by restricting prisoners’ capacity to interpret, communicate and contest the conditions and justification of their confinement. Drawing on letters written by political prisoner...

Economic and Social Determinants of Life Expectancy: Evidence from a Cross-Country Panel, 2010–2023

We study how income, schooling, health spending and unemployment relate to life expectancy in an unbalanced panel of 142 countries observed over 2010–2023 (1,649 country-year observations, World Bank data). Pooled OLS shows large associations for every variable, but these mostly...

Epistemic violence and academic repression: Anti-Palestinian racism and the politics of knowledge production in the context of the Gaza genocide

This paper critically interrogates the institutionalized repression of pro-Palestinian scholarship in academia, particularly within psychology and allied social sciences, framing it within broader neoliberal and settler-colonial structures. Drawing on postcolonial and decolonial...

Competing methods of divergence time estimation recover diverse evolutionary timescales

Abstract Molecular clocks convert evolutionary distances into geological times to infer time-scaled phylogenies. Methods differ in terms of fossil calibration strategy (node versus tip) and whether they use molecular and/or morphological data, but their relative performance remai...

HIV breakthrough infection after 6 years of daily TDF/FTC oral PrEP with objectively documented optimal adherence

Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective for HIV prevention when adherence is optimal, with rare HIV breakthrough infections usually happening within 1–2 years since PrEP start. After 6 years of daily PrEP, routine HIV testing identified seroconversion in a 46-yea...