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Open AccessTracking the Spread of the BA.2.86 Lineage in Italy Through Wastewater Analysis
The emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants poses challenges to global surveillance efforts, necessitating swift actions in their detection, evaluation, and management. Among the most recent variants, Omicron BA....
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Pig Farming in the Abruzzo Region and Hepatitis E Virus Detection in Swine Slurries
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is a recognized emerging zoonosis, and sporadic autochthonous cases, unrelated to travel in endemic areas, are rising in industrialized countries. Pigs and wild boars are cons...
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A State-of-the-Art Sco** Review on SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage Focusing on the Potential of Wastewater Surveillance for the Monitoring of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The outbreak of coronavirus infectious disease-2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has rapidly spread throughout the world. Several studies have shown t...
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Open AccessHepatitis E Virus in Water Environments: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is responsible for acute hepatitis in humans, through foodborne, zoonotic, and waterborne transmission routes. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of HEV in water matrices. Six ca...
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Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as Indicator of Pollution: Assessment of Prevalence and Concentration in Different Water Environments in Italy
Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), a plant pathogenic virus belonging to the family Virgoviridae, has been proposed as a potential viral indicator for human faecal pollution in aquatic environments. The present...
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The emerging role of hearing loss rehabilitation in patients with vestibular schwannoma treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery: literature review
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is currently the most common treatment for small- to medium-size vestibular schwannoma (VS). Despite favorable outcome, hearing deterioration still remains an underestimated pro...
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Occurrence and Genetic Diversity of Human Cosavirus in Sewage in Italy
Human Cosavirus (HCoSV) is a newly discovered virus whose role in human enteric diseases is still unknown. In Italy, the prevalence and genetic diversity of HCoSV are unexplored. One hundred forty-one raw sewa...
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Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency in patients with Ménière’s disease
To analyze the presence of chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency parameter and vascular abnormalities, in the internal jugular veins (IJVs) and/or vertebral veins in sitting and supine posture, in patient...
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Open AccessCochlear implantation in elderly: indication and results
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Technical note: MRI device for active stress of the knee. The practical approach and preliminary data
The aim of this study was to test the potential application of a new nonmagnetic device capable of diagnostically evaluating stress of the knee joint during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigation.
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Magnetic resonance imaging of posterior cruciate ligament injuries: a new classification of traumatic tears
The aim of our study was to propose a new classification of acute posterior ligament (PCL) injuries based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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A New Family of “H3L-Like” Histone Genes
The H3L histone variant gene in Paracentrotus lividus (sea urchin) shows almost all typical features of the replication-dependent histone genes, but it codes for the H3.3 histone protein with the S.//. A.IG amino...
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Radiological evidence of anatomical variation of the inferior vena cava: Report of two cases
The inferior vena cava (IVC) is a retroperitoneal key structure whose location and integrity must be checked in every scan. A number of studies are reported in the literature concerning congenital variations o...
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Distributing search and knowledge using a coordination language
We have compared a number of distributed chess-playing programs based on different coordination architectures. We used Linda to develop two basic coordination structures, one for distributing search and one fo...
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Surface distribution and partition during freeze-fracture of CD8 antigens on human lymphocytes and on epithelial transfected cells
Freeze-fracture immunocytochemistry was used to analyse the surface distribution, redistribution induced by antibodies, and partition during freeze-fracture, of CD8 molecules on human T lymphocytes and rat epi...
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Computer Aided Movement Analysis in a Rehabilitation Context. The Project CAMARC (A1012) and some relevant scientific aspect
An overview of the objectives of the project CAMARC (Computer Aided Movement Analysis in a Rehabilitation Context) will be given. This is a European project supported by the European Community in the context o...
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Effect of metoclopramide on serum growth hormone levels in cirrhotic men
Growth hormone (GH) secretory response to metoclopramide (MCP) administration was evaluated in 9 male patients with liver cirrhosis and in 6 normal controls. As expected, MCP did not modify serum GH concentrat...
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Numerical Simulation of a Cardiopulmonary System under Therapy, Its Utilization in Computer Aided Instruction and Training
This paper originates from a work performed in recent years by the authors and others on the problem of modelling complex biological systems (1). Here new biomathematical and programming techniques are discuss...
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Expanding Role of Coronary Care Unit in the Community
The purpose of the final session is to explore the possibility of interfacing better and further the CCU’s with the community. We will discuss two subjects, one is telemonitoring and the other one is 24-hour E...
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Minimum computer system for videodensitometry and image analysis
Image analysis by video systems is well established for medical applications, and its has been successfully used for the analysis of cineangiograms. In most instances the instrumentation used for this purpose ...
