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Open AccessDoes a Poor Preoperative Nutritional Status Impact outcomes of Heart Valve Surgery?
Malnutrition has been variously associated with poor postoperative outcomes. Of note, 10–25 % of cardiac surgery patients are reported to be malnourished.
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Quantitative analysis of myocardial blood flow in surgically revascularized and not revascularized myocardial segments. A pilot PET study
To prospectively compare changes in myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial flow reserve (MFR) in multivessel coronary artery disease (MVCAD) patients undergoing incomplete revascularization (IR) versus com...
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Large Eddy Simulation of Contact Tanks for Disinfection in Drinking Water Treatment
In the last two decades, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has proven to be a powerful and efficient tool to study turbulent phenomena occurring in the units of water treatment plants [1].
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Paediatric antibiotic prescriptions in primary care in the Alpes-Maritimes area of southeastern France between 2008 and 2013
France has remained among the top five European countries for ambulatory antibiotic consumption since such monitoring began in 1998. Young children are major antibiotic consumers, in spite of the viral origin ...
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Pulsed Laser Deposition of Silicon Nanostructures
Silicon nanostructures embedded in an amorphous matrix have been synthesized by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) at room temperature. The structural and optical properties of the materials were tailored by varyin...
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The Magneto-Optical Quantum Size Effect in bcc-Fe(001) and (110) Ultrathin Films
Recently, the oscillation of the magneto-optical effect with respect to the ferromagnetic layer thickness was observed for bcc-Fe(001) ultrathin films. The oscillation periods have been explained by the theory...
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Family at last: highlights of the first international meeting on proteins killing tumour cells
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Insulator-Metal transition: formation of Diamond Nanowires in n-type Conductive UNCD films
Under normal process conditions UltraNanoCrystalline Diamond (UNCD) films are highly electrically insulating, but they can become highly conducting when Ar is substituted in the synthesis gas with some of N2. The...
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Interplay of electronic, magnetic and structural properties of surface-supported clusters
We present first theoretical evidence revealing the influence of structural changes on the spin-polarized surface states of large Co nanoislands grown on Cu(111). The minority density of electronic states poss...
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Multimodal imaging issues for electric brain activity map** in the presence of brain lesions
Reconstruction and visualization of sources of EEG activity within the specific patient’s head require the assumption of a precise and realistic volume conductor head model, i.e., a 3-D representation of head’...
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Proposal and validation of a framework for High Performance 3D True Electrical Brain Activity Map**
This paper presents an original problem solving framework named TEBAM, specifically conceived and designed to achieve high performance 3D True Electrical Brain Activity Map**. We describe the integrated fram...
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Fine Particulate Matter in Apulia (South Italy): Chemical Characterization
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Ion Chromatography Determination of Heavy Metals in Airborne Particulate with Preconcentration and Large Volume Direct Injection
A flow injection analysis system with on-line enrichment was developed for simultaneous determination of trace levels of Cu2+, Ni2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Mn2+, Cd2+, Pb2+ and Fe3+, by high-performance ion chromatography (...
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High spatial resolution monitoring of benzene and toluene in the Urban Area of Taranto (Italy)
Atmospheric concentrations of benzene and toluene were assessed during three different seasons in the city of Taranto, using Radiello® diffusive samplers, in order to detect the most critical areas and to poin...
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Impact of an accreditation process in a surgical ICU
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Broncoscopia
La broncoscopia è una procedura diagnostico-terapeutica orientata allo studio dell’apparato respiratorio attraverso l’uso del broncoscopio rigido e/o di quello a fibre ottiche. Lo scopo dell’indagine è l’esplo...
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Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films in Ar/H2/CH4 Microwave Discharges
This work deals with the investigation of the microwave plasma assisted CVD process employed for nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) deposition, using an Ar/H2/CH4 feed gas. The different steps required in order to ins...
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First-Principles Study of the Magnetism of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
We report the density-functional-theory calculations of the exchange interactions and Curie temperature for a series of III-V and II-VI diluted magnetic semiconductors. We focus the discussion on the role of t...
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Ab Initio Study of Curie Temperatures of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
The Curie temperature of diluted (Ga,Mn)As magnetic semiconductors in the presence of As antisites is studied from first principles. We map total energies associated with rotations of Mn-magnetic moments onto ...
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Exchange Interactions and Curie Temperatures of 3D- and 2D-Ferromagnets
Effective exchange interactions in bulk ferromagnets as well as in magnetic overlayers on Cu(001) covered by a Cu-cap layer of varying thickness were determined from first principles by map** of correspondin...
