University of Milano-Bicocca

Forecast reconciliation of agricultural GHG emissions in Europe with fuzzy clustering

Abstract We propose a novel statistical procedure which combines forecasting reconciliation techniques and unsupervised clustering algorithms to forecast annual greenhouse gases emissions at the territorial level. Specifically, we aim at predicting future emissions from the agric...

Vaccination in pediatric transplantation—General recommendations. A position paper by the European Reference Network TransplantChild

Infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among pediatric transplant recipients, despite significant advances in transplantation management. Vaccination is the most effective strategy to prevent infections; however, its efficacy is hindered in solid or...

Operation Melilli, forensic humanitarian medico legal activities on the largest known Mediterranean disaster: the shipwreck of April 18th, 2015

On April 18th, 2015, a boat carrying about 1,000 migrants sank in the Strait of Sicily, prompting one of the most complex recovery missions ever conducted in the Mediterranean. Operation Melilli was the first time a European Government authorized the recovery of a sunken migrant...

The Zooplankton International Geospatial dataset: A global repository of spatiotemporal freshwater zooplankton community composition data from lakes and reservoirs to support ecological research

Abstract Zooplankton transfer substantial energy in aquatic food webs and are used as indicators of environmental change. Syntheses of zooplankton community dynamics globally require datasets that span a wide range of environmental gradients; however, these datasets are limited d...

Focused Training in Pelvic Floor Surgery: A CUSUM Analysis of the Learning Curve in Uterosacral Ligament Suspension

Introduction: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) involves the descent of pelvic organs into the vaginal cavity due to weakened pelvic support structures, particularly ligamentous and connective tissue laxity or defects. Surgical interventions are common, with approximately 200,000 proce...

Entrepreneurship training and entrepreneurs' perceptions of ability: A randomized control trial in Tanzania

Abstract Research Summary This study examines whether training entrepreneurs to apply systematic approaches to strategic decision‐making influences their self‐perception of ability. Using a field experiment in which 151 entrepreneurs in Tanzania were randomly assigned to two diff...

Longitudinal effect of early social media use on standardized learning outcomes during school career

Abstract This study uses difference-in-differences models to evaluate the impact of early social media use on academic performance among children aged 7–16 years. A dataset comprising 5,227 students from northern Italy was constructed by merging data from a questionnaire on lifet...

Ageing of Oxygen-Plasma-Treated Polytetrafluoroethylene Surfaces: Revealing a Novel Link Between Morphological Evolution and Wettability

Despite the fact that oxygen plasma treatments are widely used to modify the surface properties of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), the long-term stability of these surface modifications has not been fully investigated. Specifically, the roles of morphological restructuring and ch...

Collective Risk Measures for Processes

Abstract This paper develops a comprehensive framework for collective risk measures, tools designed to quantify the aggregate risk stemming from a collective of agents. Crucially, these measures explicitly account for inter-agent cooperation, allowing agents to exchange risk thro...