Research works

Beyond Balance: An Ethnography of Validity and Engagement in Citizen Science Practice

Citizen science (CS) is often characterized as involving inherent trade-offs between scientific validity and public engagement. While existing literature has documented these competing imperatives, less is known about the concrete organizational mechanisms that enable their coexi...

The relationship between language prediction and action prediction in toddlers and adults

Prediction plays a key role in both action processing and language comprehension, yet it remains unclear whether individual differences in action prediction are related to individual differences in language prediction. Using eye-tracking, we examined predictive looking behaviour...

The Co-Occurrence of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia and Functional Neurological Disorder: A Meta-Analysis and Narrative Synthesis

Background: Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) are both complex, often debilitating conditions that frequently affect young women and involve high symptom burdens and psychiatric comorbidity. Although clinical overlap betwe...

An Optimal Spray Device for the Nose-to-Brain Delivery of AmyP53, an Adaptive Therapeutic Peptide for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Background: Nose-to-brain delivery offers a noninvasive route to bypass the blood–brain barrier for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. AmyP53 is a first-in-class adaptive 12-mer peptide that prevents the formation of neurotoxic amyloid oligomers by competitively targeti...

MRI‐based deep learning models match or surpass physician performance for early detection and staging of avascular necrosis of the femoral head: A systematic review

PURPOSE: Efficient and reliable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based diagnosis of early avascular necrosis of the femoral head (AVNFH) is essential for guiding treatment but remains challenging due to variability in clinician experience. Deep learning (DL) models offer a promis...

Accelerating Green Hydrogen Generation Strategies for High‐Efficiency Auxiliary Hydrogen Production Under High Current Density

Overall water splitting (OWS) for hydrogen production has attracted considerable interest as a promising route to generate green hydrogen and reduce dependence on conventional fossil fuels. However, the electrolysis efficiency of OWS is limited by the sluggish kinetics of the ano...

Pediatric Sleep Staging from Clinical Polysomnography: EEG Channel Relevance, Multimodal Fusion, and Adult-to-Pediatric Transfer

Automatic sleep stage classification has been extensively studied in adults but remains less explored in children because clinical pediatric polysomnography (PSG) datasets are limited and sleep physiology changes throughout development. In this work, we present a clinical pediatr...

Reliability and construct validity of the Italian EQ-5D-5 L in Parkinson’s disease: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) substantially affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The EQ-5D-5 L is a preference-based patient-reported outcome measure that supports cross-condition comparison and health-economic evaluation, but its measurement properties...

Breakloose Suppression in Minimal Friction Models

Abstract Breakloose friction—the transient friction force peak at the onset of sliding—is often pronounced in nanoscale contacts but weak or absent in macroscopic systems. This behavior is commonly associated with rupture fronts and process-zone effects. However, the mechanisms b...

Interacting Dark-Sector Models with Bulk Viscosity Under Dynamical Stability and Observational Constraints

Although the standard model of cosmology (ΛCDM) has been successful in explaining a wide range of observational phenomena, it still faces significant limitations, particularly regarding the nature and properties of the dark sector of the universe. These challenges motivate the ex...

Corneal Allograft Intrastromal Ring Segment (CAIRS) in Modern Practice for Management of Keratoconus

This review discusses the role of Corneal Allograft Intrastromal Ring Segments (CAIRSs) in the treatment of keratoconus and ectatic corneal disease, covering their mechanisms, techniques, outcomes, and prospects. The technique was developed in 2018 by reviewing protocols, surgica...

A Modified Delphi consensus on early management of combined cardiovascular risk factors in adult patients with type 2 diabetes in Italy

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a complex chronic disease often associated with other metabolic conditions that increase the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease and early mortality. Hence, early, integrated management of T2D may prevent long-term CV complications. METHODS: T...

Sulfonic Acid Side-Chain-Engineered Poly(terphenylacetylpyridine)Membranes for HT-PEMFC Applications

Abstract High-temperature proton-exchange membranes (HT-PEMs) are key components for HT-PEM fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs), owing to their ability to enable efficient proton transport under anhydrous operating conditions. Although phosphoric acid (PA)-doped polybenzimidazole (PBI) membra...

A perceptual model for reducing Moiré patterns in autostereoscopic displays

Abstract Autostereoscopic displays have transformative potential in entertainment, education, and emerging fields such as humanoid robotics. However, moiré artifacts caused by interference between display pixels and optical elements severely reduce image quality and limit this ap...

Integrated Assessment of Morphophysiological and Biochemical Traits for Identifying Drought-Tolerant Bread Wheat Genotypes Under Rainfed Conditions

Water deficit is a major constraint on wheat productivity, and the reliable identification of drought-tolerant genotypes requires the integrated assessment of morphological, physiological, biochemical, and yield-related traits. Six winter bread wheat varieties and 15 advanced bre...

A Physics-Informed Machine Learning Framework for Adaptive Harmonic Mitigation in Residential Power Systems

This study focuses on reducing harmonic distortion in residential electrical systems caused by the use of nonlinear household appliances. A combined prediction and control framework is proposed to estimate and reduce total harmonic distortion (THD) under different operating condi...

Political context and system conditions for university community engagement

The paper explores whether the political context and institutional settings of the higher education system are elements that could affect the community engagement of universities and how much it is likely to be transformative for academia. The questions guiding the research are:...

Technologies for Natural‐Synthetic Polymer Hybrids: Synergistic Biointerface Engineering From Fabrication to Devices

ABSTRACT This review summarizes natural and synthetic polymer hybrid materials for biointerface engineering. Natural polymers like chitosan, collagen, and hyaluronic acid (HA) provide biocompatibility and bioactivity but lack mechanical strength, whereas synthetic polymers such a...

E3 Ubiquitin LigasePdSINA2D in Populus deltoides Positively Regulates ABA-Dependent StressTolerance through Ubiquitination of FREE1 in Poplar

Abstract Populus deltoides “Shalinyang” (PdS) displays reduced tolerance to abiotic stresses. SINA (seven in absentia) proteins, a subtype of E3 ubiquitin ligases, play crucial roles in regulating plant growth and responses to abiotic stresses. However, the characteristics and po...

Obstetric pharmacogenomics

Pregnancy profoundly alters drug disposition through dynamic physiologic adaptations affecting absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. Although pharmacogenomics has transformed precision therapeutics across multiple medical specialties, its application during pregnan...