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The New Challenge of Geriatrics: Saving Frail Older People from the SARS-COV-2 Pandemic Infection,
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Effects of short-term manipulation of serum FFA concentrations on left ventricular energy metabolism and function in patients with heart failure: no association with circulating bio-markers of inflammation
We wanted to assess the effects of short-term changes in serum free fatty acids (FFAs) on left ventricular (LV) energy metabolism and function in patients with heart failure and whether they correlated with ci...
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Investigation on the Thermoelastic Constant of Carbon Fibre Composites
Orthotropic materials show different thermo-elastic constants depending on their fibre orientation. While most materials undergo a positive elongation with increasing temperature, carbon fibres present a heat-...
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Tailoring the pore structure of PCL scaffolds for tissue engineering prepared via gas foaming of multi-phase blends
The aim of this study was the design of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) scaffolds characterized by well controlled pore structures obtained by gas foaming of multi-phase blends of PCL and thermoplastic gelatin (TG)...
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Validation of a Power Gras** Algorithm for an Anthropomorphic Robotic Hand on the Basis of Human Gras** Action
It is generally acknowledged that performing a natural and reliable grasp with a robotic hand is a challenging task not yet completely solved. Further, the robotic hands designed until now do not have the same...
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Phenotypic characterization and putative virulence factors of human, animal and environmental isolates of Plesiomonas shigelloides
Plesiomonas shigelloides (a bacterium widely distributed in aquatic ecosystems causing both intestinal and extra-intestinal diseases) shows a host of putative virulence markers, such as hemolysins, cytotoxins, pr...
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Design of porous polymeric scaffolds by gas foaming of heterogeneous blends
One of the challenges in tissue engineering scaffold design is the realization of structures with a pre-defined multi-scaled porous network. Along this line, this study aimed at the design of porous scaffolds ...
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Increase of CCR7− CD45RA+ CD8 T cells (TEMRA) in chronic graft-versus-host disease
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Enantiomers of New Synthetic Pyrrolylphenylethanoneamine Mono-Amino Oxidase Inhibitor Compounds: Analytical and Semipreparative HPLC Separations, and Chiroptical Characteristics
The polysaccharide chiral stationary phases (CSPs) Chiralcel OD and Chiralpak AD, and the brush-type (R,R)-Whelk-01 chiral stationary phases have been evaluated to separate new synthetic pyrrolylphenylethanone...
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Tolerance to cadmium of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae spores isolated from a cadmium-polluted and unpolluted soil
We carried out a trial to investigate if vesicular arbuscular (VA) mycorrhizae from a Cd-polluted soil can increase both their Cd tolerance and their influence on the host plant, compared with the same strain...
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House-dust mite infestation in temporary prefabricated homes in Central Italy
Two years after an earthquake in Central Italy an acarological study was undertaken in prefabricated houses located between 470–500 m a.s.1; brick houses were used as control. House dust samples were collected...
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Townes-Brocks syndrome and renal dysplasia: a novel mutation in the SALL1 gene
A 14-year-old African-American boy had chronic renal failure and Townes-Brocks syndrome (TBS). There were no affected family members. Features were imperforate anus, rectoperineal fistula, triphalangeal thumb,...
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Primary central nervous system lymphoma presenting with a parkinsonian syndrome of pure akinesia
The incidence of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), once a rare tumour, has risen significantly in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients. Although infiltration of the basal ganglia ...
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Applying Phase Sensitive Modulated Thermography to Ground Sections of a Human Tooth
Thermophysical properties and acoustical parameter pattern are of high interest for numerical modeling of heat transfer processes, transient stress analysis and predictability of wave propagation.1–5 The determin...
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Thermographic Inspection with Ultrasonic Excitation
Infrared thermography is a powerful, fast and non contact method for non destructive testing of materials, based on heat conduction. While techniques like pulse or lockin thermography are based on external hea...
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Glass Fiber Airplane Inspected with Infrared Lockin Thermography
Lockin thermography is a remote nondestructive testing method, suited for the inspection of large surfaces. As the method is based on heat conduction inside the material it can reveal any variation of the mate...
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Photothermal and Photo Acoustic Investigation of Zirconia Coating Delaminations
Plasma sprayed ZrO2 coatings on ferritic steel with artificial adhesion defects were investigated using multiple photothermal and photoacoustic methods. The delaminations were produced by preventing the sand blas...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Antigen Society #4 Report (A2, AW68, AW69 and A28)
Two sets of cells and sera were used for antigen definition in this group. The Core Set contained approximately 4379 A2 cells, 337 AW68 cells, 54 AW69 cells, and 235 A28 cells. These were tested with #23 alloa...
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Biomethanation in Brazil alcohol programme
The bagasse resulting from the processing of sugar-cane amounts to 57 millions tons per year and it is used as cheap fuel in the processing industries. Economic studies show that biogas production in the alcoh...
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Status of biomethanation in Brazil: perspective and viability in the short and long term
Biomethanation of all the polluting residues of the Brazilian processing industries could produce the energy equivalent to half the Brazilian alcohol production. Biogas production from surgar-cane processing w...
