Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is increasingly recognized as a neurodegenerative disorder associated with chronic low-grade inflammation and age-related immune dysregulation. Microglial-derived extracellular vesicles (MDEVs) are emerging as important mediators of neuroimmune communication and potential biomarkers reflecting pathological processes occurring within the central nervous system (CNS). However, how EV-associated inflammat...

Citizen science is increasingly used to document biodiversity in urban ecosystems while simultaneously promoting public engagement with nature. However, how institutional coordination relates to participation levels and the resulting representation of urban biodiversity remains poorly understood, particularly in European cities. The City Nature Challenge is a global annual bioblitz that engages citizens in recording urban biod...

Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a widely studied biomarker of biological aging, reflecting cumulative cellular damage beyond chronological age. However, its prognostic relevance in clinically complex populations such as hospitalized older adults remains uncertain. In this prospective observational study, 872 patients aged ≥ 65 years admitted to acute care wards of IRCCS INRCA within the Report-AGE cohort were included. LTL...

Invasive alien species are a major threat to global biodiversity, thus recent work has aimed to identify traits of successful invaders to better inform management efforts and predictions of future invasions. Personality and intraspecific behavioral variation are important characteristics that may mediate individuals’ and species’ invasion success. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study to date has looked at the person...

Muscle synergies provide a framework to study motor control in healthy and clinical populations through electromyographic recordings during motor tasks. However, their variability has been poorly investigated. This study aimed to assess inter-session variability of muscle synergies during elevation tasks performed with the dominant and non-dominant upper limbs in healthy subjects. Fifteen young healthy adults performed explosi...