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Open AccessPrognostic factors for return to work in patients affected by chronic low back pain: a systematic review
Chronic low back pain (LBP) represents a leading cause of absenteeism from work. An accurate knowledge of complex interactions is essential in understanding the difficulties of return to work (RTW) experienced...
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Open AccessLong-term results of arthroscopic repair of type II SLAP lesions in sports: assessment of return to pre-injury playing level and critical risk factors for complication
The management of isolated SLAP lesions is still debated especially in athletes. Aims of the study were: 1. to analyse our algorithm to treat SLAP lesions starting from the selection of patients for surgery an...
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Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science
Since antiquity, philosophers in the Western tradition of virtue ethics have declared practical wisdom to be the central virtue of citizens involved in public and social life. Practical wisdom is of particular...
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Open AccessBounding violations of the weak gravity conjecture
The black hole weak gravity conjecture (WGC) is a set of linear inequalities on the four-derivative corrections to Einstein-Maxwell theory. Remarkably, in four dimensions, these combinations appear in the 2 → 2 p...
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Open AccessRigorous bounds on light-by-light scattering
We bound EFT coefficients appearing in 2 → 2 photon scattering amplitudes in four dimensions. After reviewing unitarity and positivity conditions in this context, we use dispersion relations and crossing symme...
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Open AccessMultiscale Modelling of De Novo Anaerobic Granulation
A multiscale mathematical model is presented to describe de novo granulation, and the evolution of multispecies granular biofilms, in a continuously fed bioreactor. The granule is modelled as a spherical free ...
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A novel approach for dissolving crystalline LDPE using non-toxic solvents for membranes preparation
Membrane preparation via phase inversion requires the use of solvents that presents in most cases a significant risk to health. Hence, the substitution of toxic solvents by others greener or more sustainable c...
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Open AccessEctopic FOXP3 Expression Preserves Primitive Features Of Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells While Impairing Functional T Cell Differentiation
FOXP3 is the transcription factor ruling regulatory T cell function and maintenance of peripheral immune tolerance, and mutations in its coding gene causes IPEX autoimmune syndrome. FOXP3 is also a cell-cycle ...
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Comparison of methodologies for flood rainfall thresholds estimation
A flood warning system based on rainfall thresholds makes it possible to issue alarms via an off-line approach. This technique is useful for mitigating the effects of flooding in small-to-medium-sized basins c...
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Open AccessPeripartum cardiomyopathy: Euro Observational Research Program
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare but potentially life-threatening form of heart failure affecting women late in pregnancy or in the first months after delivery. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is difficult to dia...
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Modeling TCP Startup Performance*
The paper proposes a Markovian approach to the performance evaluation of the ESSE (early slow start exit) modification of the TCP congestion control mechanism. ESSE takes advantage of estimating the optimal pi...
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Open AccessHow entomological studies can help the control of mosquito-borne diseases: a five-years experience in north-eastern Italy
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Myeloma cells inhibit non-canonical wnt co-receptor ror2 expression in human bone marrow osteoprogenitor cells: effect of wnt5a/ror2 pathway activation on the osteogenic differentiation impairment induced by myeloma cells
Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by the impaired osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs). Canonical Wnt signaling is critical for the regulation of bone formation, however, ...
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In vivo characterisation of soft tissue tumours by 1.5-T proton MR spectroscopy
To determine whether proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-MRS) can help differentiate between benign and malignant soft tissue lesions, and to assess if there is a correlation between 1H-MRS data and the...
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Open AccessDesign concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy
Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has a huge potenti...
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Age and Video Capsule Endoscopy in Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Prospective Study on Hospitalized Patients
The influence of aging on video capsule endoscopy (VCE) in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB) has never been prospectively assessed.
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DMSO-associated encephalopathy during autologous peripheral stem cell infusion: a predisposing role of preconditioning exposure to CNS-penetrating agents?
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Pseudo spin-valves with Al or Nb as spacer layer: GMR and search for spin switch behaviour
The magnetoresistance of several Ferromagnet/Normal metal/Ferromagnet spin-valve type structures has been investigated using Al as normal spacer layer. A magnetoresistance ratio up to 4.1% at room temperatu...
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7.19 Central Adiposity, Blood Pressure Variability and Endothelial Activation in Light-to-Moderate Hypertensive Patients
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Open AccessEpirubicin/paclitaxel/etoposide in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: a phase I–II study
The aim of this study was to evaluate feasibility and toxicity of escalating doses of epirubicin and paclitaxel plus fixed dose of etoposide and to define the activity of the triplet in extensive disease small...
