University of Padua

Electrostatic Lens of a Charged Vortex

We study the local electrostatic response of a charged superfluid in the presence of a cylindrically symmetric vortex, allowing both the particle density and the thermodynamic compressibility to vary with the radial coordinate. Starting from the electrostatic charge response obta...

Dietary and Parenteral Nutritional Management of Short Bowel Syndrome with Intestinal Failure in Adults: A Narrative Review

Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is the leading cause of chronic intestinal failure in adults, arising when the residual small bowel can no longer absorb the macronutrients, water, and electrolytes needed to sustain health without intravenous supplementation. Its management is, at its...

Anatomical and Histologic Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy: Recurrence Patterns Among Poor Responders. A Multi-institutional Observational Cohort Study.

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the prognostic implications after hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) by integrating anatomical response to neoadjuvant therapy (NAT), quantified using the Tumor Burden Score ratio (TBSr), with histologic response assessed by Tumor Regres...

Digital tools for assessing attention and executive functions in adults: a systematic review of validity and accessibility

OBJECTIVES: Digital testing is being regularly used in neuropsychological research. However, critical questions remain regarding its psychometric robustness, availability, and usability, potentially limiting its clinical impact. METHODS: This systematic review focused on the char...

Meromorphic differentials and twisted DR hierarchies for the Hodge CohFT

Abstract In [4], two families of classical and quantum integrable hierarchies associated to arbitrary Cohomological Field Theories (CohFTs) were introduced: the meromorphic differential and twisted double ramification hierarchies. For trivial CohFT, the authors established a conn...

Nematic bubbles and the breaking of spherical symmetry

Abstract The emergence of nematic order on deformable closed surfaces plays a pivotal role in the morphogenesis of active biological matter, such as the regeneration of Hydra. In this work, we present a continuum model that couples the two-dimensional (2D) Landau–de Gennes order...

FIBRED SETS WITHIN A PREDICATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE EFFECTIVE TOPOS

Abstract We describe the fibrational structure of sets within the predicative variant pEff $\textbf {pEff}$ bold pEff of Hyland’s Effective Topos Eff ${\mathbf {Eff} }$ bold upper E f f , previously introduced in Feferman’s classical predicative theory of non-iterative fixpoints...

Sex and Mortality Among Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Importance Unlike patient age, which has been a well-established and routinely used primary biological prognostic factor in the risk stratification of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), the prognostic value of patient sex remains controversial in this common endocrine malignant neop...

Incidence and Predictors of Complications After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation According to VARC‐3 Criteria: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

BACKGROUND: Despite continuous advancements in devices and techniques, transcatheter aortic valve implantation remains associated with complications impacting outcomes. In 2021, the Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC) introduced the VARC-3 criteria to better classify proced...

Preoperative brain injury and neurodevelopmental outcomes in syndromic and non-syndromic children with complex congenital heart disease: a single-centre cohort study

Abstract Children with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) are at high risk of brain lesions both before and after cardiac surgery. Preoperative brain injury reflects foetal and perinatal brain development and represents an independent predictor of neurodevelopmental outcome....

EndoWake: Modeling Wind by Linear Programming for Wind Farm Layout Optimization

The Wind Farm Layout Optimization problem consists of placing a given number of turbines within a given area so as to maximize energy production. One of its main challenges is the wake effect between turbines, which can strongly affect production and is a cumbersome function to e...

EndoWake: Modeling Wind by Linear Programming for Wind Farm Layout Optimization

The Wind Farm Layout Optimization problem consists of placing a given number of turbines within a given area so as to maximize energy production. One of its main challenges is the wake effect between turbines, which can strongly affect production and is a cumbersome function to e...

Finite Element Analysis of Two Panthera MADs: Implications for Biomechanical Stress on Teeth and Periodontal Ligaments

Aim This study compares the biomechanical effects of 2 mandibular advancement devices (MADs), Panthera D-SAD Classic (ID1) and Panthera D-SAD X3 (ID2), on dental and periodontal structures using finite element analysis (FEA). The objective is to assess differences in stress distr...

HIV-1 Drug Resistance in Mother–Infant Pairs in Southern Mozambique

This prospective nested cohort (EARTH) study evaluated drug resistance mutations and outcomes among 79 (31 with genetic results) early-treated Mozambican children living with HIV, followed for 50 months. Mortality reached 20.3%. Drug resistance mutations were detected in 58.1% of...

Postpandemic Trends in Pediatric Respiratory Virus Hospitalizations: A Multicenter Study, 2019–2025

ABSTRACT Background The COVID‐19 pandemic profoundly altered the circulation of respiratory viruses in children, changing the epidemiology of acute lower respiratory tract infections. In the postpandemic period, respiratory pathogens showed marked temporal variability. The 2024–2...

A Review on Current Challenges and Knowledge Gaps in Artificial Stone Silicosis

BACKGROUND: The global emergence of artificial stone (AS) silicosis represents a critical occupational health challenge. The aim of this systematic review is to provide an overview of the clinical, functional, radiological, and occupational characteristics of patients affected by...

Night and day in the Salt Marshes: Sediment Microbial Communities Remain Stable Over a Summer Diel Cycle

Salt marshes are crucial habitats for carbon sequestration and provide many valuable ecosystem services to humankind, such as water quality regulation and coastal protection. Despite this, they are globally threatened by anthropogenic pressures, and restoration efforts are increa...

Air-core vortex formation and tail breakup in tidal-energy intakes: Effects of inlet geometry and flow mechanisms

Air-core vortices (ACVs) in horizontal tidal-energy intakes can induce air entrainment, deteriorate inflow uniformity, and threaten downstream hydraulic components. Experiments and high-fidelity numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the effects of a straight pipe in...

Real-world adjunctive use of an alpha-lactalbumin/sodium butyrate Food for Special Medical Purposes in drug-resistant epilepsy: the multicentre retrospective ARMILLA study

The purpose of this study was to describe real-world adjunctive use, tolerability, and hypothesis-generating seizure and multidomain outcomes of LALBAAY, an alpha-lactalbumin/sodium butyrate Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE)....

Deterministic mean field games on networks and related optimal control problems

We study deterministic mean field games and related optimal control problems, with finite time horizon and a network as state space. An agent controls her velocity and, when she occupies a vertex, she can either remain still or enter any adjacent edge. The costs are continuous in...