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Open AccessConditioning of Superconductive Properties in Graph-Shaped Reticles
We report on phenomena observed in planar integrated networks obtained connecting superconducting island by Josephson tunnel junctions. These networks, identifiable as tree-like graphs, have branches consistin...
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Hyperuricemia and Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Experience of the URRAH (Uric Acid Right for Heart Health) Project
The latest European Guidelines of Arterial Hypertension have officially introduced uric acid evaluation among the cardiovascular risk factors that should be evaluated in order to stratify patient’s risk. In fa...
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Etoposide phosphate hypersensitivity overcome using a desensitisation programme enabling optimal therapy for relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma
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To assess the role of radiation dose intensification with simultaneous integrated boost guided by 18-FDG-PET/CT in pre-operative chemo-radiotherapy (ChT-RT) for locally advanced rectal cancer.
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Cognitive impairment and memory disorders in relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: the role of white matter, gray matter and hippocampus
Cognitive disorders occur in up to 65 % of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients; they have been correlated with different MRI measures of brain tissue damage, whole and regional brain atrophy. The hippocampal invo...
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Open AccessBody mass index and circulating oestrone sulphate in women treated with adjuvant letrozole
Obesity is an independent adverse prognostic factor in early breast cancer patients, but it is still controversial whether obesity may affect adjuvant endocrine therapy efficacy. The aim of our study (ancillar...
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has become a useful tool for investigating early white matter (WM) abnormalities in motor neuron disease. Furthermore, fiber tracking packages that apply multi-tensorial algorith...
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Open AccessCerebral vascular anomalies in a large Italian family with late-onset glycogenosis II
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Weak localization and dimensional crossover in carbon nanotube systems
We investigate the effects of magnetic and electric fields on electron wavefunction interactions in single walled carbon nanotube bundles. The magnetoresistance measurements performed at 4.2 K and the depende...
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Interictal cortical reorganization in episodic migraine without aura: an event-related fMRI study during parametric trigeminal nociceptive stimulation
The aim of our study was to explore the pain processing network in patients with migraine during trigeminal nociceptive stimulation. Sixteen patients with episodic migraine without aura and 16 healthy controls...
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The Upper Limbs
In children, the clavicle (collarbone) is one of the bones that is most susceptible to fracture. In most cases, immobilization is the preferred choice of treatment; only in exceptional cases does surgery prove...
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The Pelvis and Lower Limbs
The pelvis is ring shaped and is made up of the iliac bones, with their apophyses, the ischium with its apophyses, the pubic bones with the synchondrosis inserted, the sacrum, and the sacroiliac articulations,...
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Open AccessIs anaemia a correct indication to colonoscopy in elderly patients?
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Classical analogs for Rabi-oscillations, Ramsey-fringes, and spin-echo in Josephson junctions
We investigate the results of recently published experiments on the quantum behavior of Josephson circuits in terms of the classical modeling based on the resistively and capacitively-shunted (RCSJ) junction m...
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Anomalous Thermal Escape in Josephson Systems Perturbed by Microwaves
By experiments and numerical simulations, thermal activation processes of Josephson tunnel junctions are investigated in the presence of microwave radiation. When the applied signal resonates with the Josephso...
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Spatial Bose-Einstein Condensation in Josephson Junction Arrays
Very recent studies hint to the new and exciting possibility that the topology of Josephson Junction Networks (JJN) may be crucial for inducing novel and unexpected macroscopic quantum phenonema. After discuss...
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High-Field Strength Functional MRI
The use of high magnetic field strength fMRI units has the potential for improving considerably the sensitivity and specificity of functional studies. As a result of the high-field studies, fundamental neural ...
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Hybrid Strip-Loaded Waveguides on Silicon Substrates
In this contribution we report on the preliminary results of synthesis and characterization of both planar and strip-loaded waveguides on silicon substrates. All the layers (buffer, guiding and cladding) have ...
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Relation of urinary urea to blood pressure: interaction with urinary sodium
A previous study reported that urinary markers of protein intake are inversely related to blood pressure via unknown mechanisms. In man and rats, protein intake affects renal function and increases renal sodiu...