Following the central dogma of molecular biology, gene expression heterogeneity can aid in
predicting and explaining the wide variety of protein products, functions and, ultimately …

High throughput sequencing technologies have enabled the study of complex biological
aspects at single nucleotide resolution, opening the big data era. The analysis of large …

University rankings are increasingly adopted for academic comparison and success
quantification, even to establish performance-based criteria for funding assignment …

In this work we use a network-based approach to investigate the complex system of
interactions among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), that constitute the …

Discovering effective therapies is difficult for neurological and developmental disorders in
that disease progression is often associated with a complex and interactive mechanism …

Abstract The European Quality of Government Index (EQI) measures the perceived level of
government quality by European Union citizens, combining surveys on corruption …

Nowadays, world rankings are promoted and used by international agencies, governments
and corporations to evaluate country performances in a specific domain, often providing a …

Introduction Dementia is an umbrella term indicating a group of diseases that affect the
cognitive sphere. Dementia is not a mere individual health issue, since its interference with …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disease and
represents the most common disease of this type, after Alzheimer's dementia. It is …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia with millions of affected
patients worldwide. Currently, there is still no cure and AD is often diagnosed long time after …