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ELVES Measurements in the “UV Atmosphere” (Mini-EUSO) Experiment Onboard the ISS and Their Reconstruction
More than three dozen submillisecond events of ELVES type (“elves”), which are the result of the interaction of the front of an electromagnetic pulse from a lightning discharge and the lower layer of the ionos...
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Open AccessDevelopments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF simulation and analysis framework
JEM-EUSO is an international program for the development of space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either under development or in the dat...
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Editorial Special Issue: 2021 consortium for trans-pyrenean investigations on obesity and diabetes
This Special Issue of the Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry contains 7 contributions that have been elaborated in the context of the mini-network “Consortium of Trans-Pyrenean Investigations on Obesity and D...
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Open AccessThe EUSO@TurLab project in the framework of the JEM-EUSO program
The EUSO@TurLab project aims at performing experiments to reproduce Earth UV emissions as seen from a low Earth orbit by the planned missions of the JEM-EUSO program. It makes use of the TurLab facility, which...
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Integration, qualification, and launch of the Mini-EUSO telescope on board the ISS
Mini-EUSO is a high-sensitivity imaging telescope that observes the Earth from the ISS in the near ultraviolet band (290 \(\div\) ...
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Open AccessA Review of the EUSO-Balloon Pathfinder for the JEM-EUSO Program
EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder for JEM-EUSO, the mission concept of a spaceborne observatory which is designed to observe Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray (UHECR)-induced Extensive Air Showers (EAS) by detecting their ...
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Open AccessPre-flight qualification tests of the Mini-EUSO telescope engineering model
Mini-EUSO is part of the JEM-EUSO program and operates on board the International Space Station (ISS). It is a UV-telescope with single-photon counting capability looking at nighttime downwards to the Earth th...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a food allergy educative program: in-person vs online
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Resistance to high-fat-diet-induced obesity and sexual dimorphism in the metabolic responses of transgenic mice with moderate uncoupling protein 3 overexpression in glycolytic skeletal muscles
Uncoupling protein (UCP) 3 is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein expressed predominantly in glycolytic skeletal muscles. Its role in vivo remains poorly understood. The aim of the present work was to produ...
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BaTiO3 formation by thermal decomposition of a (BaTi)-citrate polyester resin in air
Barium titanate nanosized powders were prepared by a slightly modified Pechini method. The obtained polymerized resin was used as the precursor for BaTiO3 powder production. DTA TG thermal analysis indicated that...
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Titanium local environment and electrical conductivity of TiO2-doped stabilized tetragonal zirconia
Solid state reactions in the ZrO2-Y2O3-TiO2system have been studied and the solid solubility limit of TiO2 in yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia Y-TZP has been stablished. Structural characterization was carri...
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Structure and electrical behavior in air of TiO2-doped stabilized tetragonal zirconia ceramics
-doped YTZP ([%mol]3 Y2O3) compositions sintered in the temperature range of 1300 to 1450 °C, the tetragonal zirconia solid solutions field for the ZrO2-Y2O3-TiO2 system was established. The solubility of TiO2 in...
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Nanostructured and near defect-free ceramics by low-temperature pressureless sintering of nanosized Y-TZP powders
Nanosized (∼6 nm) Y-TZP (3 mol% Y2O3) powders have been produced by chemical co-precipitation (Y-inorganic + Zr-organic precursors) and thorough isopropanol-washing step, after calcining in air at 450 °C. The nan...
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Improvement of thermal stability and fracture toughness of Ti-TZP ceramics by small ceria additions
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Significance and relevance of serum preS1 antigen detection in wild-type and variant hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections
These studies assessed whether the serum expression of preS1 antigen could be a useful HBV marker for monitoring the progress of antiviral therapy in the treatment of chronic active hepatitis B (CAH-B) virus i...
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PreS antigen expression and anti-preS response in hepatitis B virus infections: relationship to serum HBV-DNA, intrahepatic HBcAg, liver damage and specific T-cell response
The diagnostic value of preS antigens and anti-preS antibodies during Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections have not yet been clearly elucidated. Therefore, the objectives of this study were: 1) to better under¬s...
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Large electromechanical anisotropic modified lead titanate ceramics
Dielectric, piezoelectric and mechanical properties of Pb0.88Ln0.88(Ti0.02Mn0.98)O3 and Pb0.76Ca0.24 ((Co0.5W0.5)0.04Ti0.96)O3 ceramics as a function of the tetragonality (c/a) have been investigated. The influen...
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Y(E)-doped tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline solid electrolyte
Polycrystalline dense zirconia containing 100% metastable tetragonal phase was obtained by alloying zirconia with 2 to 3 mol % Y2O3 (Er2O3). A critical temperature, approximately 1400°C, for full densification (1...
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Large electromechanical anisotropic modified lead titanate ceramics
Modified lead titanate (PT) oxalates were prepared by mixing an ethanol solution with (calcium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium or gadolinium) and titanium with an ethanol solution of oxalic acid containing lea...
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Microhardness and toughness of Na2O-B2O3-SiO2 materials prepared by the sol-gel procedure