University of Palermo

Migraine in Real-World Clinical Practice: Patient Burden, Healthcare Utilization and Unmet Needs—A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the I-GRAINE Study

What are the main findings?Migraine care in Italy is characterized by a mismatch between healthcare resource utilization and clinical needs, with limited primary-care involvement, repeated specialist consultations, and healthcare nomadism.Healthcare resource utilization is substa...

Symmetric and Asymmetric Dielectric/Metal/Dielectric Electrodes for Semitransparent Perovskite Solar Cells

Abstract The design of transparent top electrodes is essential for the implementation of advanced photovoltaic technologies, such as building-integrated photovoltaics, agrovoltaics, and tandem devices. In this context, perovskite solar cells implemented with transparent electrode...

Emergent cavity-QED dynamics along the edge of a photonic lattice

Abstract We investigate qubits coupled to the boundary of a two-dimensional photonic lattice that supports dispersionless edge modes—unlike conventional edge modes that sustain propagating photons. As a case study, we consider a honeycomb lattice ( photonic graphene ) of coupled...

Exercise-Induced Extracellular Vesicle-Associated miRNAs in Cognitive Aging of Older Adults: A Narrative Review

Cognitive aging involves chronic neuroinflammation, microglial dysregulation, vascular dysfunction, oxidative stress, and impaired neuroplasticity, and physical activity is one of the few modifiable interventions known to influence all of these processes simultaneously. The molec...

Hybrid microfibrillar green fluff for efficient capture of realistic micro/nanoplastics and post-use valorization

Micro/nanoplastics (MNPs) represent an emerging environmental challenge due to their widespread occurrence, persistence, and potential impacts on ecosystems. Despite increasing efforts toward their mitigation, the development of advanced materials capable of efficiently capturing...

Disability and family relationships: Mothers’ oblativity

This article examines the experiences of family caregivers of persons with disabilities in Italy, focusing on the cultural, institutional, and gendered mechanisms that render their care work invisible and constrain their autonomy. It develops the concept of oblativity to describe...

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...

Community assembly on inland cliffs is context‐dependent

Abstract Under harsh environmental conditions, community assembly processes are expected to drive pronounced functional convergence, with communities dominated by stress‐tolerant species. Integrating local communities with their regional species pools enables evaluating environme...

Structural study of archaic orichalcum ingots from gela (sicily) via time-of-flight neutron diffraction

Abstract Orichalcum is a precious copper-zinc alloy known from ancient Mediterranean contexts. Eighty ingots of Orichalcum were recovered underwater near Gela (Sicily, Italy) and they are dated back to the 6th century BCE establishing a unicum in the Mediterranean Sea. Here, 11 s...

Marine waste-derived soil amendments via combined biological treatments and mineral enrichment: Process characterisation and potential for ecological restoration

Posidonia oceanica litter accumulates along shorelines forming deposits with important ecological functions but also challenging management requirements. With a view to propose an effective management strategy, P. oceanica litter was combined with fish market wastes at a 3:1 rati...

Real-Time Image-Based Fault Diagnosis for CHBMI-Fed IPMSM Drives Using a Multi-Branch CNN

This paper presents a fault diagnosis approach for a five-level Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter (CHBMI) supplying an Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (IPMSM). The method is based on a two-dimensional Convolutional Neural Network (2D CNN) designed to process volta...

Proactive Prediction of Alarms in Hemodialysis Machines: A Comparative Evaluation of AI Models for Clinical Prognostic Support

Background/Objectives: Hemodialysis is a treatment for patients with kidney disease, yet it remains risk-prone due to potential technical or physiological instabilities. Dialysis machines rely on reactive safety mechanisms that trigger alarms only when predefined thresholds are r...

Parental Phubbing and Children’s Socio-Emotional Adjustment in Early Primary School: An Exploratory Multi-Informant Study

Parental phubbing may subtly interfere with everyday parent-child interactions, yet little is known about its correlates during the early primary school years. This exploratory study examined associations between parental phubbing and socio-emotional adjustment in 58 Italian chil...

Effects of deep brain stimulation on functional autonomy and quality of life in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundDeep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is an established therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD), primarily targeting motor complications refractory to pharmacological treatment. However, its long-term impact on functional autonomy and quali...

Underground Signals: The Ecological Power of Root Volatiles

Root volatiles mediate diverse belowground interactions among plants, microbes, and invertebrates, but biological and environmental conditions strongly influence their production, movement, perception, and ecological effects. This review synthesizes current knowledge through an i...

Relating Sediment Delivery Processes and Sediment Connectivity at the W2 Experimental Calabrian Basin

In the framework of soil erosion processes at different spatial and temporal scales, the concept of connectivity is applied to express the physical link among hillslopes and the channel network concerning flow motion and associated sediments. In this paper, basin sediment connect...

DARE to wear: digital health promotion and disease prevention using wearable devices

Global healthcare systems are under increasing strain to ensure long-term sustainability, necessitating a transition towards proactive, preventive healthcare strategies. Wearable sensor technologies are uniquely positioned to facilitate this paradigm shift by allowing continuous...

The Chaetocerosphere: Chaetoceros Species and Associated Prokaryotes in a Coastal Area

ABSTRACT The phycosphere, the organic‐rich microenvironment surrounding phytoplankton cells, mediates interactions between algae and other microorganisms, mainly prokaryotes. We investigated associations between Chaetoceros spp., one of the most abundant diatom genera in coastal...

Unravelling the magma source and plumbing systems beneath the submarine volcanoes of Bransfield Strait (Antarctica) with stable and noble gas isotopes

Abstract Oxygen and hydrogen isotope geochemistry, together with helium, neon and argon isotope systematics, are powerful tools for tracing magma sources and magma plumbing system processes beneath volcanic systems. Characterising them is crucial for understanding volcanic system...

Mangrove reproductive dynamics and the role of honeybee introduction in the vulnerable ecosystems of the Northwestern Arabian Peninsula

Abstract Mangrove forests are increasingly threatened worldwide and a growing number of regeneration initiatives have surged, aimed at reversing their decline. A critical factor influencing the effectiveness of these efforts is the reproductive success of mangrove plants. In this...