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Open AccessTracing the human movements of three thousand years ago by volcanic grinding tools in the Final Bronze Age settlement of Monte Croce Guardia (Arcevia-Marche Region, central Italy)
Volcanic rocks were among the most sought-after materials to produce grinding tools in antiquity because lavas lithologies, either mafic or felsic, ensured good wear resistance and grinding capacity with respe...
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Open AccessPetrological footprints of the millstones of Megara Hyblaea (Sicily Island, Italy) highlight the human interactions with Mediterranean volcanoes
A petrographic and geochemical study of several volcanic millstones, representative of 119 artifacts found in the ancient Greek colony of Megara Hyblaea (Sicily Island) and recording the grinding device evolut...
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Open AccessGeoarchaeological Evidence of Middle-Age Tsunamis at Stromboli and Consequences for the Tsunami Hazard in the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea
Large-scale landslides at volcanic islands are one of the most dangerous geological phenomena, able to generate tsunamis whose effects can propagate far from the source. However, related deposits are scarcely ...
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Xenopumice erupted on 15 October 2011 offshore of El Hierro (Canary Islands): a subvolcanic snapshot of magmatic, hydrothermal and pyrometamorphic processes
On 15 October 2011, a submarine eruption offshore of El Hierro Island gave rise to floating volcanic products, known as xenopumices, i.e., pumiceous xenoliths partly mingled and coated with the juvenile basani...
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Growth after collapse: the volcanic and magmatic history of the Neostromboli lava cone (island of Stromboli, Italy)
This study focuses on the Holocene Neostromboli lava cone which is part of the Stromboli volcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy). It represents an important example of the structure and behaviour of lava cone re-grow...
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Mathematical Model of Apico Aortic Conduit in Presence of Steno-Insufficiency
The revival of the apico aortic conduit has attracted new interest towards this alternative treatment for severe aortic stenosis not suitable to conventional valve replacement. The new automated coring and api...
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Open AccessBronze Age pottery from the Aeolian Islands: definition of Temper Compositional Reference Units by an integrated mineralogical and microchemical approach
An integrated microchemical–petrographic approach is here proposed to discriminate the provenance of archaeological pottery artefacts from distinct production centres. Our study focuses on a statistically sign...
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Archaeo-metallurgical studies of tuyeres and smelting slags found at Tharros (north-western Sardinia, Italy)
A large number of pyrometallurgical materials such as tuyeres, slags and refractory tools likely associated with metal extraction processes have been found at Tharros (north-western Sardinia, Italy) during archae...
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Open AccessProcalcitonin, IL-10 and sCD25 as diagnostic and prognostic markers in critically ill patients
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Open AccessIntensive versus conventional insulinotherapy after elective and on-pump myocardial revascularization in the elderly patient: a prospective and randomized study
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Open AccessUp to date in inhalation anaesthesia: the desflurane
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Open AccessUse of clonidine following the weaning phase of the elderly patients underwent elective on-pump cardiac surgery: a prospective randomized study
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Open AccessThe Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score: a useful prognostic instrument after cardiac surgery for the elderly patient
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Sub-volcanic infiltration and syn-eruptive quenching of liquids in cumulate wall-rocks: the example of the gabbroic nodules of Stromboli (Aeolian Islands, Italy)
¶Fine- to coarse-grained plutonic nodules within the Petrazza pyroclastics (Paleo-Stromboli I period) consist of gabbroic rocks with variable amounts of interstitial material. They are characterised by cumulat...
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Origin of high-silica liquids at Stromboli volcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy) inferred from crustal xenoliths
High-silica igneous xenoliths (granophyre and obsidian fragments with SiO2 ca. 75 wt.%) and high-silica glass (SiO2 between ca. 64 and 75 wt.%) within glass-bearing tonalitic and dioritic xenoliths have been dis...
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Determinants and prognostic value of ischemic necrosis in early biopsies following heart transplant
To evaluate the impact of early ischemic necrosis (IN) on the early and late outcome of heart transplantation, we reviewed our 11-year experience. Between January 1988 and June 1999, 207 heart transplants wer...
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Sub-volcanic crystallization at Sete Cidades volcano, São Miguel, Azores, inferred from mafic and ultramafic plutonic nodules
Suites of coarse-grained clasts (“plutonic nodules“) within the scoria of two separate mafic post-caldera parasitic vents, on Sete Cidades volcano, are described. These involve dunites, wehrlites, olivine clin...
