Institution
University of Udine
Recent research
- Health & MedicineOpen access
From Reactive Oxygen Species to Organelle Stress and Innate Immunity in Dry Eye Disease
Dry eye disease (DED) is a complex, multifactorial condition in which oxidative stress is increasingly recognized as a recurrent feature of ocular-surface dysfunction and as a signaling hub linking environmental stress, organelle dysfunction, innate immunity, and regulated cell d...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background Anakinra is effective in recurrent pericarditis, yet optimal treatment duration and strategies for safe drug discontinuation remain uncertain. Identifying predictors of sustained remission after discontinuation is important for clinical management. Methods We retrospec...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
The Role of BaCO3 on Ni-BaZrO3 Catalysts for Efficient NH3 Decomposition
Abstract Barium zirconate (BaZrO3) is a versatile material that has recently gained attention as a catalyst support for ammonia decomposition. In this study, an innovative synthesis strategy for BaZrO3 is combined with a solvent-free dry-milling method to deposit nickel onto its...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy is widely used in emergency, intensive care, perioperative, and procedural settings, but it is often conceptually assimilated to non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV). This interpretation is physiologically misleading. HF...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Purpose This paper contributes to Management Decision's “The Practice of Making Decisions” section by examining how sports organisations should balance engagement growth and institutional values. Using Italian rugby clubs as a case, it asks what leaders should prioritise when res...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Comparing large language models and prompting techniques to control an embodied persuasive coach
Embodied agents play a crucial role in applications designed to influence user behaviour. Traditionally, crafting these agents requires considerable human effort. Large Language Models (LLMs) might open the possibility of creating agents capable of autonomous, open-ended interact...
- Engineering & Technology
Reconfiguring automated mobility: lived experiences of robotaxi travel in China
China is one of the most advanced real-world contexts for robotaxi deployment. This study examines how Chinese people experience Luobo Kuaipao, a large-scale robotaxi service in Wuhan. Drawing on social media data, field observations, and in-depth interviews, we use reflexive the...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Glymphatic system in temporal lobe epilepsy associated with encephalocele
OBJECTIVES: Temporal lobe encephaloceles (ENCs) are underdiagnosed causes of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), frequently associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). Emerging evidence suggests glymphatic system dysfunction in both IIH and TLE. We invest...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Agro-pastoral landscapes have long shaped Upper Mesopotamia, yet their dispersed, low-visibility, and often feature-dense archaeological traces remain poorly documented, especially in upland and piedmont zones beyond tell-centred research traditions. This article presents the met...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
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....
- Health & MedicineOpen access
ABSTRACT Clinical placements expose nursing students to patient safety incidents and provide important opportunities for learning about safe care. This study explored how nursing students in four countries recognized and interpreted patient safety incidents encountered or witness...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
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...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Exploring students’ knowledge, use, and perceptions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots may inform strategies in the educational context. However, limited evidence is available on Italian nursing students, leaving this field largely unexplored. A cross-sectional online surve...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
The progressive ageing of the population (age > 65 years) underscores the urgent need for effective strategies for the prevention of sarcopenia, a condition characterised by the gradual loss of muscle mass and muscle strength and a decline in physical performance. Adequate intake...
- BiologyOpen access
Knowledge of lactose intolerance in Italian adults: a cross‑sectional assessment
Abstract Purpose To assess knowledge of lactose intolerance (LI) in Italian adults, identifying major knowledge gaps and factors associated with awareness. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2024 and March 2025 among Italian adults (≥ 18 years). A newl...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract A survey was conducted across Italian Pediatric Onco‑Hematology centres to assess epidemiology of community‑acquired respiratory virus (CARV) infections, chemotherapy management, Oseltamivir use and vaccination policies. Most reported infections were mild and managed out...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a sensitive, noninvasive tool for monitoring the genomic landscape, heterogeneity, and evolution of cancer, aggregating genetic information from multiple metastatic sites. Here, we study 15,564 cfDNA samples from 12,827 patients with metas...
- BiologyOpen access
Quantification of Biliverdin, Bilirubin and Bilirubin Glucuronide in Micro-Samples of Animal Blood
Circulating bile pigments are routinely measured in human and veterinary medicine, toxicology, pharmacology, and biomedical studies, as they are consolidated biomarkers of liver dysfunction and hemolysis and emerging biomarkers of biological responses to stress. This study was pe...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Purpose: To investigate the behavior of the external limiting membrane (ELM) and ellipsoid zone (EZ) in diabetic macular edema (DME) using artificial intelligence (AI)-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) quantification. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. OCT scans of...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
We propose efficient computational methods to fit multivariate Gaussian additive models, where the mean vector and the covariance matrix are allowed to vary with covariates, in an empirical Bayes framework. To guarantee the positive-definiteness of the covariance matrix, we model...