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Exposure to second-hand smoke and breast cancer risk in non-smoking women: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis
Through the use of an innovative method to identify original publications, we conducted a meta-analysis of all epidemiological studies evaluating the association between second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and br...
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Open AccessImpact of the 2008 economic crisis on the burden of hepatitis B and C diseases in Southern European countries
The economic crisis that began in 2008 has severely affected Southern (Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain) Western European (SWE) countries of Western Europe (WE) and may have affected ongoing efforts to eliminate...
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Second-hand smoke exposure and cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The association between second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure and cervical cancer (CC) risk is still unclear. The aim of this study is to provide an accurate and updated estimate of this association.
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Design of a compact long counter with an improved response using multiple point-like thermal neutron counters
A long counter with multiple point-like thermal neutron counters positioned in a cylindrical neutron moderator was investigated to improve the performance of the long counter, including flatter fluence respons...
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Open AccessPulmonary emphysema and coronary artery calcifications at baseline LDCT and long-term mortality in smokers and former smokers of the ITALUNG screening trial
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), lung cancer (LC), and respiratory diseases are main causes of death in smokers and former smokers undergoing low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for LC screening. We assessed whet...
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Open AccessCOVID-19 lockdown impact on familial relationships and mental health in a large representative sample of Italian adults
Benefits of national-level stay-at-home order imposed in Italy to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission need to be carefully weighed against its impact on citizens’ health. In a country with a strong familial cultur...
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Open AccessUse of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products during the Covid-19 pandemic
Only a few studies investigated changes in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) and heated tobacco product (HTP) use during pandemic restrictions. We conducted a web-based cross-sectional study of a representati...
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Burden of disease from exposure to secondhand smoke in children in Europe
Secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home and fetal SHS exposure during pregnancy are a major cause of disease among children. The aim of this study is quantifying the burden of disease due to SHS exposure in ch...
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Open AccessNational burden of cancer in Italy, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017
We monitored the burden of cancer in Italy and its trends over the last three decades, providing estimates of cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjust...
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Implementation of Neutron Reflection with Nano-Dispersed Media in Geant4
A study has been carried out in order to see the feasibility of using nanodiamond particles as a reflector for cold and very cold neutrons in Geant4. Nanodiamond particles have a large scattering angle probabi...
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Muonic atom X-ray spectroscopy for non-destructive analysis of archeological samples
The implementation in the RIKEN-RAL negative muons facility of a new muon beamline monitoring and novel digital data acquisition system for gamma and X-ray spectroscopy are presented. This work also shows the ...
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Open AccessMap** 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017
Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success in improving child survival, but localized progress remains unclear. To inform efforts towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.2—to e...
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I-BAND-GEM: a new way for improving BAND-GEM efficiency to thermal and cold neutrons
The BAND-GEM detector represents one of the novel thermal neutron detection devices that have been developed in order to fulfil the needs of high intensity neutron sources that, like ESS (the European Spallati...
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Open AccessAccelerating Neutron Tomography experiments through Artificial Neural Network based reconstruction
Neutron Tomography (NT) is a non-destructive technique to investigate the inner structure of a wide range of objects and, in some cases, provides valuable results in comparison to the more common X-ray imaging...
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From tiny gold filigrees to majestic iron tie rods: Neutron facilities for the benefit of cultural heritage
Neutrons are a well-suited tool in support of heritage science: they are non-destructive and can deeply penetrate into the cultural artefacts. Concerning the archaeometallurgy field, for example, it is possibl...
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Disclosing mineralogical phases in medioeval iron nails by non-destructive neutron techniques
There is not only one methodology for the study of mineralogical phases in archaeological samples. In this paper, we discuss a strategy applied to ancient iron nail samples completely based on non-destructive ...
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Open AccessAdvance care planning – a multi-centre cluster randomised clinical trial: the research protocol of the ACTION study
Awareness of preferences regarding medical care should be a central component of the care of patients with advanced cancer. Open communication can facilitate this but can occur in an ad hoc or variable manner....
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Characterization of Dipeptide-based Sorbent Materials using Combined Thermodynamic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Techniques
Using a combination of x-ray diffraction, volumetric adsorption and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) the adsorption properties of methane within the channels of L-Isoleucyl-L-Valine (IV) and L-Valyl-L-Alanin...
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Compliance with the smoking ban in Italy 8 years after its application
The aim of this paper is to report compliance with the smoking ban and the spread of smoke-free homes after 3–8 years since the Italian smoking ban implementation, according to the ongoing Italian surveillance...
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Decennial trends of social differences in smoking habits in Italy: a 30-year update
To update educational inequalities in smoking in Italy up to 2009, with an in-depth analysis of female prevalence.
