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Open AccessCorrection to: The music‐related quality of life: Italian validation of MuRQoL into MUSQUAV questionnaire and preliminary data from a cohort of postlingually deafened cochlear implant users
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Open AccessThe music-related quality of life: Italian validation of MuRQoL into MUSQUAV questionnaire and preliminary data from a cohort of postlingually deafened cochlear implant users
Cochlear implant (CI) users do not receive much of the auditory information necessary for an accurate perception of music. This usually entails a dissatisfaction with the music they hear, so that their quality...
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The impact of climate change on radiological practices in Italy
The impact of climate change is more and more burdensome, not only because extreme weather events are increasing in frequency and intensity, but also because the severity of the impact depends on the vulnerabi...
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The Impact of Climate Change on Radiological Emergencies in Italy: A Case Study in a Nuclear Medicine Department
The global climate is changing, as the earth becomes warmer, and the Mediterranean has been indicated among the regions most sensitive to climate change.
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The femoroacetabular im**ement (FAI) is an im**ement characterized by repetitive abutment between the femur and the acetabular rim during hip motion due to loss of joint clearance (Imam and Khanduja in Int...
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Background: No data are available about the risk of thyroid disturbance after exposure to low-dose radiation due to the use of cardiac catheterization in the first years of life. Aim: To determin...
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Our aim was to assess the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with spin-echo echo-planar diffusion-weighted sequences (SE-EPI-DWI) in the study of primary and secondary soft-tissue tumours by correl...
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Major and Minor Pediatric Traumatic Musculotendinous Injuries
Tendinous insertions on apophyses, articular surfaces and epiphyses are “weak points” in the musculoskeletal system of children due to the presence of growth plates, and these areas are particularly vulnerable...
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Low Cost Wireless Technology and Digital Board for Education in Rural Kenya
The application of wireless technologies in education is having a big development, but contrary to what we think the tools are not overly expensive. Thanks to the spread of wireless coverage, it’s possible to ...
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The treatment of pain in bone metastases is currently multidisciplinary. Among the various therapies, local radiotherapy is the gold standard for pain palliation from single metastasis, even though the maximum...
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A robust independent component analysis algorithm for removing ballistocardiogram artifacts from EEG and fMRI recordings
Simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) recordings provide complementary advantages with regard to the temporal and spatial resolution of brain activity. This...
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Analysis of Outliers Effects in Voxel-Based Morphometry by means of Virtual Phantoms
Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) is a technique for analyzing inter-group neuroanatomic differences, frequently used to study a number of neurologic diseases. An important limit to the diffusion of VBM is related...
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The purpose of our study was to evaluate the usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the follow-up of patients treated with collagen meniscus implant (CMI) and to identify MRI patterns suitable for d...
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The magnetic resonance (MR) identification of pituitary hyperintensity in the posterior part of the sella has been the most striking recent finding contributing to the diagnosis of “idiopathic” and permanent GH d...
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Imaging of Tibio-Tarsal Joint Injuries
The imaging of tibio-tarsal joint injuries varies according to the position and type of injury, which in turn usually depend on the type of accident. Injuries can be divided into either direct or indirect trau...
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Meniscectomy can lead to degenerative joint changes in the knee. Collagen meniscus implantation is a tissue engineering technique designed to stimulate regeneration of meniscal tissue in case of irreparable t...
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We examined 14 patients, aged 10–25 years, with idiopathic hypopituitarism. All presented an ectopic posterior pituitary at the median eminence with a hypoplastic anterior pituitary on magnetic resonance imag...
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A telomian-beagle hybrid has been studied as a possible model for the hyperkinetic syndrome in children. Behavior tests showed that hybrids, like children, exhibit hyperactivity, impulsiveness, and impaired le...
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The activity of the centrally acting analgesic, propoxyphene, either alone or combined with the tricyclic antidepressant, doxepin, has been studied. Doses of doxepin, in themselves lacking any analgesic effect...
