University of Parma

Governance innovation for crisis-stricken smart cities: A roadmap to recovery and sustainability

Over the past decade, cities have emerged as centres of economic, social and environmental development. Challenges such as an ageing population, issues of inclusion, evolving poverty, migration patterns and environmental preservation are among the issues urban areas faced. In suc...

Three-dimensional circulation controls on pollutant retention and mucilage accumulation in the sea of Marmara: A Lagrangian perspective

The Sea of Marmara is undergoing a severe marine pollution crisis driven by chronic nutrient enrichment and recurrent mucilage outbreaks. The physical mechanisms controlling transport, accumulation and persistence of pollutants and organic matter remain insufficiently resolved. H...

Hearing shapes: the Bouba–Kiki effect in adult domestic dogs

The 'Bouba-Kiki effect' is an example of spontaneous association between auditory and visual stimuli, described in humans as a case of sound symbolism, a predisposition linked to language. Recent evidence showed that 3-day-old chicks also exhibit a spontaneous association between...

Thermal performance enhancement of microchannel heat sinks under an oblique magnetic field for electronic cooling applications

Efficient thermal management of microchannel heat sinks (MCHSs) is essential for high-power electronic systems. This numerical study examines the influence of a magnetic field with variable angles on the flow structure, heat transfer, and hydraulic performance of a rectangular MC...

Baseline circulating immunophenotype as a predictor of immune-related adverse events in NSCLC patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors

Background Immune-related adverse events (irAEs) represent a challenge in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (IO). Baseline circulating immunophenotype may identify patients at increased irAEs risk.Methods This observational study i...

Top-Hat Beam Shaping via Asymmetric Hollow-Core Anti-Resonant Fibers

Conventional low-loss Hollow-Core Anti-Resonant Fibers (ARFs) deliver a near-Gaussian fundamental mode profile that is suboptimal for applications favoring uniform irradiance. We show here that deliberately breaking the cladding symmetry can allow for delivering a low-loss fundam...

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...

Cellulose-Based Nanosponges with PEDOT:PSS as Pressure Sensors with Tunable Elasticity: A Study on Modulation of Mechanical Properties and Pressure Response

Abstract This study investigates the suitability of sustainable, highly porous nanosponges, composed of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (TOCNF) and branched polyethylenimine (bPEI, cross-linker), as scaffolds for PEDOT:PSS poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):polystyrenesulfonate...

Design, Synthesis, and Preliminary Investigation on the Mode of Action for a Series of Novel Antimicrobial Peptidomimetics

Abstract Over the years, many antibiotics have been developed, but most have become less effective due to antimicrobial resistance, especially those targeting enzymatic pathways. This growing resistance poses a serious global health threat. It is now recognized that physically di...

Plasma-Activated Water Dipping of Fresh-Cut Eruca sativa: An Extended Investigation of the Glucosinolate-Myrosinase System and Cellular Responses

Plasma-Activated Water (PAW) is an emerging non-thermal technology with potential applications in fresh-cut vegetable preservation. The present study investigated the effect of PAW dipping on the glucosinolate-myrosinase system of rocket salad (Eruca sativa) and on selected cellu...

A comparative analysis on MHD fluid flow over a thickness varying surface using Buongiorno model

Nanofluids have extensive applications across engineering and industrial domains, including heat exchangers, microelectronics, chillers, and pharmaceutical processes. Utilizing these advanced features, this study is opted to analyze the properties of non-Newtonian Casson nanoflui...

Rethinking LCA Tools as Interactive Systems

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is widely recognized as a robust methodology for evaluating environmental impacts, yet the software used to perform LCA remains largely inaccessible beyond expert communities. While computational models are scientifically rigorous, current platforms re...

Maximum List r-Colorable Induced Subgraphs in $$kP_3$$-Free Graphs

We show that, for every fixed positive integers r and k, Max-Weight List r-Colorable Induced Subgraph admits a polynomial-time algorithm on $$kP_3$$ -free graphs. This problem is a common generalization of Max-Weight Independent Set, Odd Cycle Transversal and List r-Coloring, amo...

Longitudinal Circulating Nerve Growth Factor in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: An Exploratory Study of Postoperative Recurrence and First-Line Disease Control

Nerve growth factor (NGF) signaling is involved in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) neurotropism, perineural invasion, pain, and tumor-stromal crosstalk, but its value as a circulating biomarker remains poorly defined. We retrospectively analyzed 51 patients with PDAC who...

Evidence-based atlas of risk and protective factors for psychotic disorders: an umbrella review to inform personalized prognosis and prevention.

Identifying updated, evidence-based risk and protective factors for psychotic disorders is essential to advancing scientific and clinical knowledge of their etiology. Since the most recent umbrella review published in this journal, the evidence base has expanded substantially. Fo...

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...

Phenotype-based appropriateness of IGM-enriched polyclonal immunoglobulin use in critical illness: report of an expert consensus

Sepsis and septic shock result from a dysregulated host response to infection, encompassing both hyperinflammatory and immunosuppressed phenotypes. Although immunomodulatory adjunctive therapies have been extensively investigated over the past decades, none have demonstrated cons...

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)....

Becoming Political: The Experience of Volunteers in Buddy Schemes with Refugees

This paper explores the experiences of native volunteers in buddy scheme programs with refugees in Italy. The paper addresses the following questions: to what extent and how does native volunteers’ engagement assume political significance for them? If so, in what terms and in wha...

ERGA-BGE Reference Genome: Corema album ((L.) D. Don, 1830) - the Portuguese crowberry, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.

Corema album is a perennial, dioecious shrub endemic to the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula and the Azores. It inhabits coastal dune ecosystems from Galicia to the Strait of Gibraltar, where it plays an important ecological role. The goal of this study was to assemble and...