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Transformed implicit-explicit DIMSIMs with strong stability preserving explicit part
For many systems of differential equations modeling problems in science and engineering, there are often natural splittings of the right hand side into two parts, one of which is non-stiff or mildly stiff, and...
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Gender difference and correlation between sexuality, thyroid hormones, cognitive, and physical functions in elderly fit
Sexuality in the elderly is related to psycho-physical well-being. Aim of this study was to analyze the correlation between sexual health, thyroid hormones, cognitive functions, and physical fitness in elderly...
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Stability of Numerical Solutions for Abel–Volterra Integral Equations of the Second Kind
We analyze the stability of convolution quadrature methods for weakly singular Volterra integral equations with respect to a linear test equation. We prove that the asymptotic behavior of the numerical solutio...
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Open AccessCerebral Autoregulation in Patients Treated With V-Vecmo For Severe Ards
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Tracheostomy in obese patients: the best tube choice issue
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Prevalence of Dio2 T92A polymorphism and its association with thyroid autoimmunity
The 3, 5, 3′-L-triiodothyronine (T3) partly derives by the deiodination of the prohormone 3, 5, 3′, 5′-L-tetraiodothyronine (T4) by the type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2). The single-nucleotide polymorphism in ...
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Open AccessThe laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is a safe and effective treatment of the pathological acid and bile gastroesophageal reflux in the elderly
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Stapled transanal rectal resection to treat obstructed defecation caused by rectal intussusception and rectocele
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Weight cycling and cardiovascular risk factors in obesity
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between weight cycling and some cardiovascular risk factors in a wide sample of obese subjects.
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Body composition in advanced-stage Parkinson’s disease
Little is known about body composition in Parkinson’s disease (PD). We studied 35 patients (20 male, 15 female subjects; mean age 69.7±5.8 years) with advanced PD by anthropometry, dual-energy X-ray absorptiom...
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Laparoscopic treatment of Bochdalek hernia without the use of a mesh
Bochdalek hernia is a rare pathology. The preoperative diagnosis is difficult, and few reports are available regarding its treatment. Herein we report the case of a 25-year-old woman referred for symptoms of d...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Preprocessing and Classification of English Stops Nasals and Fricatives
An automatic system, Rasta-PLP and Time Delay Neural Network based, for classify stops, fricatives and nasals from TIMIT has been built up. It uses a preprocessing algorithm based on a modified Rasta-PLP algor...
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Recombinant human growth hormone treatment at low doses does not significantly change thyroid function in growth hormone deficient adults
Pituitary-thyroid changes have been reported during recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy at the dose commonly used in pre-puberty. We have previously demonstrated that low doses of rhGH were able to...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
What are the rules to follow in the surgical treatment of megaesophagus?
The aim of surgical treatment of esophageal achalasia is to remove dysphagia by means of LES activity annulment; in fact, the absence or inadequacy of LES relaxation determines the extent of dysphagia. This re...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Role of Combined Esophagogastric Twenty-Four-Hour pH-Monitoring in the Study of Reflux Esophagitis and Alkaline Gastropathy
Twenty-four-hour esophageal pH-monitoring, which was introduced for the first time by Johnson and DeMeester in 1974 [15], has proved to be the most sensible method for the study of acid gastroesophageal reflux...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Disordered Motor Activity of the Esophagus in Sclerodermic Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux and Duodenogastric Reflux: pH-Manometric Study
The term sclerodermia was proposed by Gintrac in 1847 [20], but the first clinical description of the disease is due to a neapolitan physician Carlo Curzio in 1753. Nowadays this term is mostly used to indicat...
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A case study: Bay of Pozzuoli (Gulf of Naples, Italy)
The Centro Ricerche Energia Ambiente (ENEA) examined the sediments of Pozzuoli Bay for contamination of metals, organic matter, PCBs, PAHs and DDT. The physical characteristics of surficial sediments reflected...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A case study: Bay of Pozzuoli (Gulf of Naples, Italy)
The Centro Ricerche Energia Ambiente (ENEA) examined the sediments of Pozzuoli Bay for contamination of metals, organic matter, PCBs, PAHs and DDT. The physical characteristics of surficial sediments reflected...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Sediments as a Record of the Input Dispersal and Settling Processes in a Coastal Marine Environment
Analyses of texture, mineralogy, chemistry, microbiology, and benthos of bottom sediments, supported by a geomorphological study of the coast and measurements of shelf currents, were carried out in the Pontine...
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Feasibility of In Vivo XRF Dynamic Study of the Thyroid Following Stable Iodine Administration
There are some problems regarding the pratical use of XRF technique in the study of the thyroid as it is performed at present. The first is related to the cost/usefulness ratio.
