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Open AccessTemporal trends in the starting of insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes in Italy: data from the AMD Annals initiative
Opportunities and needs for starting insulin therapy in Type 2 diabetes (T2D) have changed overtime. We evaluated clinical characteristics of T2D subjects undergoing the first insulin prescription during a 15-...
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Open AccessDevelopment and characterization of a new predominantly β Ti–15Mo–5In alloy for biomedical applications
A new Ti–Mo–In alloy was designed for biomedical implant applications and produced by powder metallurgy. Mechanical properties, ion release, and electrochemical assessments were conducted to uncover its biomat...
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Open AccessPredictors of treatment response to liraglutide in type 2 diabetes in a real-world setting
There is an unmet need among healthcare providers to identify subgroups of patients with type 2 diabetes who are most likely to respond to treatment.
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Open AccessMesenchymal stem cells are enriched in head neck squamous cell carcinoma, correlates with tumour size and inhibit T-cell proliferation
Cancer is a multifactorial disease not only restricted to transformed epithelium, but also involving cells of the immune system and cells of mesenchymal origin, particularly mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Mese...
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Spectral Response of Photoelectrochemical Cells Based on Nanocrystalline Semiconductor Films
Wide band-gap semiconductors such as TiO2, CdSe and CdS, forming the working electrode in photoelectrochemical cells, show quite different spectral responses depending on semiconductor morphology. On the basis of...
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MESFETs on H-terminated Single Crystal Diamond
Epitaxial diamond films were deposited on polished single crystal Ib type HPHT diamond plates of (100) orientation by microwave CVD. The epilayers were used for the fabrication of surface channel MESFET struct...
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RF Power Performance Evaluation of Surface Channel Diamond MESFET
Large-signal radiofrequency performances of surface channel diamond MESFET fabricated on hydrogenated polycrystalline diamond are investigated. The adopted device structure is a typical coplanar two-finger gat...
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Opaque-Gate Phototransistors on H-Terminated Diamond
Opaque-gate ultraviolet sensitive transistors were fabricated on H-terminated polycrystalline diamond. Butterfly shaped structures with different geometric ratios were realized. Observed trends with the gate u...
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UV Schottky Sensors Based on Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
Planar Al/GaN/Ni Schottky diodes were realized on GaN films deposited on sapphire substrates and characterized in the dark and under illumination. The optoelectronic characteristics of GaN photodetectors appea...
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Open AccessThe Effect of House Prices on Household Consumption in Italy
This paper studies the effect of a change in real estate wealth on the consumption behaviour of Italian households, using the Bank of Italy’s Survey of Household Income and Wealth dataset. We relate annual hou...
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Open AccessAn analysis of p53, BAX and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in node-positive rectal cancer. Relationships with tumour recurrence and event-free survival of patients treated with adjuvant chemoradiation
Tumours of patients with node-positive rectal cancer were studied by immunohistochemistry for p53, BAX and vascular endothelial growth factor expressions. Results were correlated to the relapse rate, the patte...
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Enhancement of the Amorphous to Microcrystalline Phase Transition in Silicon Films Deposited by Sif4-H2-He Plasmas
Hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) thin films have been obtained by plasma decomposition of SiF4-H2-He mixtures at low temperature (120 °C). The size of crystalline grain and their volume fraction wi...
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Simultaneous separation and identification of hashish constituents by coupled liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS)
This paper reports the use of liquid chromatography for the separation and determination of the major cannabinoids extracted from hashish samples. The direct coupling to the mass spectrometer enables the selec...
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Structural, Optical And Electronic Properties Of Semi-Insulating TIN Oxide Thin Films
Bismuth doped SnO2 films with reproducible optical and electronic properties were deposited by spray-pyrolysis on quartz and glass substrates.Deposition temperatures in the range 300°C-360°C were selected and res...
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On the Role of the Staebler-Wronski Susceptibility in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon
Photoconductivity decay during monochromatic illumination has been measured on an ensemble of a-Si:H films deposited at different substrate temperatures. Degradation behaviour has been modelled within the fram...
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Correlation Between Minority Carrier Diffusion Length and Microstructure in a-Si:H Thin Films
Aim of this work is to investigate the opto-electronic properties of amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H). The deposition temperature nas been used as a driving force to modify the morphology and bonded hyd...
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Synthesis, crystal and molecular structure, and spectroscopic properties of manganese(II) bis(2,5-diamino-1,3,4-thiadiazole) diaqua dichloride
The reaction product of manganese(II) chloride and 2,5-diamino-1,3,4-thiadiazole was prepared and characterized by means of structural, and spectroscopic measurements. The crystals are monoclinic, space groupC2/c
