21 Result(s)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Influence of Polyethylene and Stainless Steel Fibres on Compressive and Tensile Behaviour of High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Cementitious Composites

High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Cementitious Composites (HPFRCC) is a class of materials studied extensively for applications in structural rehabilitation of existing structures and in design of new structur...

J. A. A. Salvador Filho, D. Lavorato, A. V. Bergami, J. R. Azeredo, C. Nuti… in GCEC 2017 (2019)

Chapter and Conference Paper

RC Column Repaired with HPFRCC and Confined with CFRP: Numerical Analyses to Evaluate the Column Section Capacity

This paper presents a numerical study to evaluate the behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) columns with circular section repaired and retrofitted by high-performance fiber-reinforced cement composites (HPFRCC)...

D. Lavorato, J. Azeredo, A. V. Bergami, J. A. A. Salvador Filho, C. Nuti… in GCEC 2017 (2019)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Experimental Investigation on Magneto-Rheological Elastomers

The paper describes an experimental investigation conducted on Magneto-Rheological Elastomers (MRE); these materials, consisting of an elastomeric matrix containing ferromagnetic particles, are considered smar...

R. Brancati, G. Di Massa, M. Di Vaio, S. Pagano… in Advances in Italian Mechanism Science (2019)

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A magneto-rheological elastomer vibration isolator for lightweight structures

Magneto-rheological elastomers (MRE), consisting of elastomeric matrix containing ferromagnetic particles, are a kind of smart material, whose mechanical properties are controllable via applied magnetic fields...

R. Brancati, G. Di Massa, S. Pagano, S. Santini in Meccanica (2019)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Influence of Materials Knowledge Level on the Assessment of the Characteristic Value of the Shear Strength of Existing RC Beams

This study deals with the assessment of the shear strength characteristic value (V _rck ) limited by the concrete strut crushing for existing reinforced concrete (RC) beams on th...

D. Lavorato, A. V. Bergami, A. Forte… in Proceedings of Italian Concrete Days 2016 (2018)

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ATM kinase activity modulates ITCH E3-ubiquitin ligase activity

Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated (ATM) kinase, a central regulator of the DNA damage response, regulates the activity of several E3-ubiquitin ligases, and the ubiquitination-proteasome system is a consistent targ...

S Santini, V Stagni, R Giambruno, G Fianco, A Di Benedetto, M Mottolese… in Oncogene (2014)

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Experimental and numerical verification of bifurcations and chaos in cam-follower impacting systems

In this paper, we present the design, modelling and experimental validation of a novel experimental cam-follower rig for the analysis of bifurcations and chaos in piecewise-smooth dynamical systems with impact...

R. Alzate, M. di Bernardo, U. Montanaro, S. Santini in Nonlinear Dynamics (2007)

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Exposure to Omethoate During Stapling of Ornamental Plants in Intensive Cultivation Tunnels: Influence of Environmental Conditions on Absorption ofthe Pesticide

This report describes a study of exposure to omethoate during manual operations with ornamental plants in two intensive cultivation tunnels (tunnel 8 and tunnel 5). Airborne concentrations of omethoate were in...

C. Aprea, L. Centi, S. Santini, L. Lunghini… in Archives of Environmental Contamination an… (2005)

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Laparoscopic adrenalectomy in pheochromocytomas

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate 17 patients undergoing laparoscopic adrenalectomy for the treatment of pheochromocytoma by transperitoneal anterior approach. Methods: Seventeen ...

M. Guerrieri, M. Baldarelli, M. Scarpelli… in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (2005)

Article

Angiogenic Activity of Swine Granulosa Cells: Effects of Hypoxia and the Role of VEGF

F. Bianco, G. Basini, S. Santini, F. Grasselli in Veterinary Research Communications (2005)

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Hip fractures in elderly patients treated with bipolar hemiarthroplasty: comparison between cemented and cementless implants

A prospective, randomised study was conducted to evaluate the clinical and functional outcomes at 12 months of followup in two groups of patients affected by femoral neck fractures and treated with cemented or...

S. Santini, A. Rebeccato, I. Bolgan, G. Turi in Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (2005)

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Helix H1 of the prion protein is rather stable against environmental perturbations: molecular dynamics of mutation and deletion variants of PrP(90–231)

We need to understand the underlying factors that promote or reverse the amyloid-type structure of the prion protein (PrP). In an earlier study, we showed that mutations within the first β strand can extend th...

S. Santini, P. Derreumaux in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS (2004)

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Monte Carlo Inversion of DInSAR Data for Dislocation Modeling: Application to the 1997 Umbria-Marche Seismic Sequence (Central Italy)

— The study of surface deformation due to seismic activity is often made using dislocations with uniform slip and simple geometries. A better modeling of coseismic and postseismic surface displacements can be ...

S. Santini, P. Baldi, M. Dragoni, A. Piombo, S. Salvi… in pure and applied geophysics (2004)

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Ty1/copia- and Ty3/gypsy-like DNA sequences in Helianthus species

Two repeated DNA sequences isolated from a partial genomic DNA library of Helianthus annuus, pHaS13 and pHaS211, were shown to represent portions of the int gene of a Ty3/gypsy retroelem...

S. Santini, A. Cavallini, L. Natali, S. Minelli, F. Maggini, P. Cionini in Chromosoma (2002)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Hybrid Modeling Technique for Large Eddy Simulations

In this paper a multilayer feed-forward neural network, previously offline trained, is used in substitution of a Bardina’ scale similar model- (BFR) [1] Sub-Grid Scale (SGS) model in Large Eddy Simulation of a...

F. Sarghini, S. Santini in Nonlinear Dynamics and Control in Process … (2002)