Targeting brain health in subjective cognitive decline: insights from a multidomain randomized controlled trial

Background: Multidomain lifestyle interventions are a promising approach to prevent cognitive decline, but their effects in subjective cognitive decline (SCD) remain controversial. We investigated the effects of lifestyle interventions on cognition and brain integrity in these at-risk individuals. Methods: One-hundred twenty-eight older adults with SCD were randomly assigned to either Active Control Intervention (ACI), i.e. health education; Partial Intervention (PI), i.e. tramiprosate supple...

A hybrid OTFT-SPR system for simultaneous electronic and optical sensing

In this study, we present the development of an advanced multivariable sensing platform that combines a flexible extended-gate organic thin-film transistor (ExG-OTFT) with a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) readout of its sensing surface. This device architecture overcomes the limitations of prior combined SPR and field-effect transistor (FET)-based systems, thanks to the spatial separation of the sensing surface from the transistor body, and the implementation of a pseudo-reference electrode,...

A high efficiency three-port power converter for wind generators with energy storage

When infinitives are not under control: the Growing Trees Hypothesis and the developmental advantage of restructuring verbs

This study contributes novel insights into the acquisition of infinitival structures by exploring the syntax of restructuring verbs in relation to language development. Despite selecting infinitival complements, restructuring verbs exhibit a syntactic behavior typical of simple clauses (Rizzi 1976). This unique property gave rise to two main syntactic perspectives: monoclausal and biclausal approaches (Wurmbrand 2001). The former usually assume that the restructuring verb and its infinitive n...