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Five decades of groundwater change across a diverse Mediterranean climate regio...

Groundwater systems in Mediterranean regions are under increasing pressure from climate variability and human activities, yet long-term, large-scale assessments of water quality dynamics remain scarce. This study compiles and analyses over 4.4 million observations collected from 2,501 monitoring stations across Portugal, covering an area of 89,015 km2 over a 3.5-decade period (1970–2024), and encompassing 15 na...

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 incidence and deaths: cr...

Purpose Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been the cornerstone of COVID-19 pandemic control, but evidence on their effectiveness varies according to the methods and approaches taken to empirical analysis. We analysed the impact of NPIs on incident SARS-CoV-2 across 32 European countries (March-December 2020) using two NPI trackers: the Corona Virus Pandemic Policy Monitor – COV-PPM, and the Oxford Co...

Intimate partner violence during COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis ...

Background: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is the most common form of interpersonal violence and a major public health problem. The COVID-19 pandemic might have contributed to an increase in IPV experiences. To evaluate changes in IPV prevalence during the pandemic, it is important to consider studies’ methodological characteristics such as the assessment tools used, samples addressed, or administration modes ...

Women fleeing the war: access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in the EU u...

This report presents the findings of a study launched following Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022, which led to a displacement of an unprecedented scale and forced over 8 million people – mostly women and children – to flee Ukraine and seek refuge and protection across Europe (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) data, as of 9 May 2023). The overarching objective of...

Sexual and reproductive health outcomes of women who experienced violence in Ge...

Objectives: Violence against women is a widespread public health concern with severe effects to women’s sexual and reproductive health, including higher risks for miscarriage or stillbirth, unintended pregnancy and induced abortion. This study examined the association between women exposure to physical violence, psychological violence and sexual and reproductive health outcomes (contraceptive use, miscarriage o...

A modular IoT-based architecture for logistics service performance assessment a...

Logistics is significantly impacted by quality/quantity issues associated with data collection and data sharing restrictions. Nonetheless, public data from national entities and internet-of-things (IoT) solutions enable the development of integrated tools for performance analysis and real-time optimization of logistics networks. This study proposes a three-module data-driven system architecture that covers (a) ...

A Look into Familial Hemiplegic Migraine

Critical issues on the surface functionalization of plasmonic Au-Ag/TiO2 thin f...

This work reports on the surface functionalization of a nanomaterial supporting localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs) with (synthetic) thiolated oligonucleotide-based biorecognition elements, envisaging the development of selective LSPR-based DNA biosensors. The LSPR thin-film transducers are composed of noble metal nanoparticles (NPs) embedded in a TiO2 dielectric matrix, produced cost-effectively and s...

Route planning in small medium-size companies: an integrated and sustainable ap...

Companies operating in the sector of transportation have faced the challenge of transporting productsin a high level of service and, at the same time, consider aspects related to sustainability, as the reduction of CO2, for example. In companies operating in this sector, the demand for transporting goods involves a strict control around compliance by the consumers, moreover, the need to increase quality and red...

Understanding psychological violence against women: the need for harmonized def...