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Open AccessIntracranial complications of sinogenic and otogenic infections in children: an ESPN survey on their occurrence in the pre-COVID and post-COVID era
COVID-19 pandemic is thought to have changed the epidemiology of some pediatric neurosurgical disease: among them are the intracranial complications of sinusitis and otitis (ICSO). According to some studies on...
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Design of porous Geopolymers for hygrothermal applications: role of nano and meso porosity
Soluble silica content and the concentration of hydrogen peroxide were used to achieve porous geopolymers with nano, meso and milliporosity. The use of rice husk ash as a partial replacement for metakaolin all...
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Cranial ultrasound is a reliable first step imaging in children with suspected craniosynostosis
Skull radiography (SR) and Computed Tomography (CT) are still proposed as the first-line imaging choice for the diagnosis of craniosynostosis (CS) in children with abnormal head shape, but both techniques expo...
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Graphene- and Carbon Nanotubes-Yeast Bionicomposites
Nature offers us an enormous amount of ready-to-use templates with various morphologies and functionalities, which can be successfully utilized in fabrication of biosensors, tissue engineering, and microelectr...
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Open AccessImproved nutrition in adolescents and young adults after childhood cancer - INAYA study
Multimodality treatment improves the chance of survival but increases the risk for long-term side effects in young cancer survivors, so-called” Adolescents and Young Adults“(AYAs). Compared to the general popu...
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Preparation of transparent and conductive cellulose nanocrystals/graphene nanoplatelets films
The manufacture of emerging products such as photovoltaic devices requires combinations of various novel materials to be leveraged into successful, scalable approach. In order to develop new electronic devices...
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Increased intestinal permeability in malnourished patients with liver cirrhosis
Malnutrition is a prominent feature in liver cirrhosis, with deleterious impact on clinical outcome. The objective of this study is to investigate whether malnutrition is associated with increased gastrointest...
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Study of Different Phases in a-C∶H∶N Thin Films Deposited by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition: A comparision Between Theoretical and Experimental Data
The electronic structure of amorphous carbon nitride (a-C:H:N) thin films prepared by radiofrequency (rf) plasma decomposition of CH4/N2 mixture was determined by soft x-ray photoe1ectron spectroscopy by the mean...
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Web Services and Historical Cadastral Maps: the first Step in the Implementation of the Web C.A.R.T.E. System
The State Archive of Como in Northern Italy has begun a process of digitization of its map heritage, with the support of interested municipalities. In its archive approximately 15000 historical cadastral maps ...
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Wear Resistance of Fine-Grained High Nitrogen Austenitic Stainless Steel Coated with Amorphous Carbon Films: The Soft X-ray Spectroscopy Approach
The wear resistance dependence on grain size of a high-nitrogen-alloyed austenitic stainless steels (HN) is investigated and compared to measurements for the same samples coated with amorphous carbon (a-C:H) a...
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An Innovative Solution for Dynamic Bandwidth Engineering in IP/MPLS Networks with QoS Support
This paper reports an original module for effectively handling bandwidth resources in a multi-service MPLS network. This module, named bandwidth engineering, allows accommodating more traffic with respect to t...
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Ar dilution effects on hydrogen concentration and mass density obtained by X-ray and neutron reflectivity on hydrogenated amorphous nitride thin films
Neutron and X-ray reflectivity were used to determine the scattering length density profile of nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon (a-C:H:N) films perpendicular to their surface. By the combination of these two te...
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Deposition of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films from CH4/Ar plasmas: Ar dilution effects
Hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) films were deposited, at room temperature, from a CH4/Ar plasma produced by a radio frequency (r.f.) glow discharge system at 13.56 MHz, and different power values. Two diffe...
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Annealing Studies of Visible Light Emission from Silicon Nanocrystals Produced by Implantation
The annealing behavior of silicon implanted SiO2 layers is studied using continuous and time-gated photoluminescence (PL). Two PL emission bands are observed. A band centered at 560 nm is present in as implanted ...
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Triventricular hydrocephalus: review of 71 cases evaluated at the Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta” Milan over the last 10 years
The authors review 71 patients with triventricular hydrocephalus in whom a contrast-enhanced CT scan did not show any tumoral or vascular lesion that could have caused the hydrocephalus. The patients were subd...
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Design and Realization of Fluorescent Images Analysis Algorithms for Noninvasive Tumor Diagnosis
The diagnosis of malignant tissues with fluorescent probes excited by visible or even infrared radiation has been fostered by the concurrent use of fluorescent substances and laser sources in photodynamic ther...
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Role of the Transsphenoidal Approach in the Surgical Treatment of Craniopharyngiomas
During the first 10 years of this century the transsphenoidal (TNS) approach was developed to treat pituitary tumors (Cushin 1932), but the limitations of this route in removing tumors other than pituitary ade...
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Plinian fall deposits from Vulsini Volcanic District (Central Italy)
Stratigraphic investigations of the Vulsini Volcanic District indicate the existence of five prominent plinian fall deposits, deposited over a period of about 0.34 Ma. The oldest deposit (‘Basal pumices’) crop...
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Bronchial carcinoid with paranuclear fibrillary inclusions related to cytokeratins and vimentin
A bronchial carcinoid with globular intracytoplasmic inclusions is reported. The inclusions stain brown with Grimelius silver impregnation and some show distinct immunoreactivity for chromogranin A. Tumour cel...
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Schilder disease (1912): Report of a case
We describe a case of Schilder disease in a young woman pointing out the most reliable diagnostic criteria for differentiating the disease from adrenoleukodystrophy. We stress the diagnostic usefulness of ultr...
