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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design and Manufacture of 3D-Printed Circuit Boards
In recent years, 3D printing technology was used in electronics mostly for the manufacture of mechanical or packaging parts. In particular, the Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) category, has seen an ever-incre...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Exploiting Wideband Ultrasonic Signal Reception Trough Spiral-Shaped PVDF Sensors and Second Generation Voltage Conveyors
This paper presents a novel approach for achieving a very simple, wideband ultrasonic signals reception stage. It relies on a piezopolymer broadband sensor and a second generation voltage conveyor (VCII) based...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Time Continuous VCII-Based Fully Analog Interface for Differential Capacitive Sensors
In this paper the authors present a current mode approach for the readout of differential capacitive sensors
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Article
Open AccessNoise analysis and optimization of VCII-based SiPM interface circuit
Recently, second generation voltage conveyor (VCII)-based transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) have begun to find their way in different applications, among which, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) interfacing circ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Differential Capacitive Sensing by Means of Linear Interface
In this work we present the development of an integrated CMOS analog interface able to convert differential capacitive sensors variations into a DC voltage. The presented circuit is based on autobalancing brid...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Spherical Anemometer for Novel Portable and Fixed-Point Wind Measurement Devices
In this work, we propose a fully 3D printable spherical directional anemometer of 7 cm diameter, which contains two orthogonal, not intersected inner cylindrical pipes of 6 mm diameter. Measurements results ar...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
VCII-Based Sensor Interface for Silicon Photomultiplier
We here propose a voltage conveyor-based sensor interface for silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). The solution addresses a mixed-mode (voltage/current) design taking advantage from the current-mode approach to i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CCII-Based Linear Ratiometric Capacitive Sensing by Analog Read-Out Circuits
Two electronic interfaces performing a differential (or ratiometric) sensor capacitance to voltage conversion are here presented. The output signal is proportional to the measurand variation x. The two read-out c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Wireless Smart Parking Sensor System for Vehicles Detection
The proposed paper shows a novel and feasible solution for the realization of a smart-parking system. The proposed parking sensor circuit represents a robust and low cost solution for the automotive market to ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Voltage-Mode Analog Interfaces for Differential Capacitance Position Transducers
A fully-analog integrated electronic interface for the detection and measurement of differential capacitive position sensors is shown. The read-out circuit, performing a differential capacitive to voltage conv...
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Article
Effects of amitriptyline and intra-oral device appliance on clinical and laser-evoked potentials features in chronic tension-type headache
In the present study, we examined clinical and laser-evoked potentials (LEP) features in two groups of chronic tension-type headache (CTTH) patients treated with two different approaches: intra-oral appliance ...
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Chapter
Immunocytochemistry of EBV Envelope Glycoproteins on Freeze-Fractured Nuclear Membranes of Virus Producer Cells
The combination of freeze-fracture and immunocytochemical techniques permits to analyze the distribution of membrane components on both plasma and intracellular membranes (1–3). In particular the fracture-labe...
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Chapter
Raji Cells Release Soluble Factors Which Modulate NK Activity of Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes
B-cells transformed by EBV have been reported to produce soluble factor with an interleukine-like (IL-1) activity which can modulate the accessory function for T lymphocytes proliferation in mixed lymphocyte r...
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Chapter
Epstein-Barr Virus Genome Activation in Latently Infected Cells by Calcium Ionophores
Induction of expression of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) antigens in latently infected cells by 12-0-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) has been widely used as an “in vitro“ model to study the regulation of EBV...
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Article
Epstein-Barr virus serology in nasopharyngeal carcinomas and other head and neck neoplasms in Italy
This paper reports the results of the EBV-specific antibody response in 17 Italian nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients, 15 other head and neck tumor patients and 15 normal controls. Nucleic acid hybridizat...
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Article
Glucocorticoid receptors in human fetal lung
A specific dexamethasone binding protein of human fetal lung is described. Characterization of the receptor by sucrose density gradient centrifugation showed a sedimentation coefficient of approximatively 7S (...
