Biotechnology applied to forest and aromatic species

Research activity focused on the conservation and improvement of forest and aromatic species. It comprises two lines of research funded by MINECO, EU, and GVA (PrometeoII). 1- Biotechnology of forest species. It applies somatic embryogenesis (SE) as a tool to increase the resilience of forest species towards sustainable forest exploitation. In recent years, protocols of SE have been optimized in Pinus pinaster (maritime pine) and Quercus ilex (holm oak), highlighting the selection of Pinus pinaster families with high embryogenic capacity, the creation of a germplasm bank with these lines, the development of genetic transformation protocols in maritime pine and stone pine, and the establish…

Clinico-Immunological Status and Neurocognitive Function of Perinatally Acquired HIV-Positive Children on cART: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study…

2020

Despite the undisputed benefits of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (PHIV) children on treatment often present with a spectrum of neurological deficits known as HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment. Even higher CD4 cell count does not seem to prevent the development of neurocognitive impairment in children with PHIV. While CD4 cell count has shown to have the greatest prognostic value, its association with neurocognitive abilities remains to be clarified. This study aimed at determining the correlation between plasma CD4+ lymphocyte and neurocognitive function in children with PHIV on cART. In total, 152 purposively recruited h…

Common antigenic determinant on ductular cells of normal pancreas, on mucosal cells of the gastrointestinal tract and on CEA

1990

CEA is widely used as a human tumour marker and was first defined by Gold and Freedman in 1965 as an antigenic component in cancers derived from gastrointestinal tract epithelium. It is a member of a large family of immunologically related glycoproteins that vary in size and tissue distribution. Studies with c-DNA clones for CEA and NCA reveal that this family consist only of a limited number of different proteins with variable glycosylation, due to post-transcriptional modifications. The complete gene family includes about 10 closely related genes. Recently it was published that in contrast to mRNA coding for CEA, mRNA coding for NCA was expressed predominantly in cancerous tissues. A mono…

Thermoelectric radiation detector based on a superconductor-ferromagnet junction : Calorimetric regime

2018

We study the use of a thermoelectric junction as a thermal radiation detector in the calorimetric regime, where single radiation bursts can be separated in time domain. We focus especially on the case of a large thermoelectric figure of merit $ZT$ affecting significantly for example the relevant thermal time scales. This work is motivated by the use of hybrid superconductor/ferromagnet systems in creating an unprecedentedly high low-temperature $ZT$ even exceeding unity. Besides constructing a very general noise model which takes into account cross correlations between charge and heat noise, we show how the detector signal can be efficiently multiplexed by the use of resonant LC circuits gi…

Psychology of organizational behavior

Research in Work Psychology, Organizations, and Human Resources has experienced significant development in recent decades, addressing challenges of important scientific and practical/professional significance. This area of psychosocial research covers a wide range of issues and themes. The research group "Organizational Behavioral Psychology," with a long history of investigation, focuses its research on the study of four basic aspects of this area of scientific research. Firstly, it addresses the study of two fundamental components for individuals and organizations: job well-being in its different facets and effective performance that contributes to organizational results. Secondly, and as…

Lettere dell'ill.re signore don Antonio di Guevara, vescovo di Mondogneto, predicator, cronista, & consigliero della maestà cesarca

Collection of religious letters by the Spanish Catholic bishop Antonio de Guevara (1480-1545).

Histoire du roy Henry le Grand. Composée par Messire Hardouin de Perefixe evesque de Rodez, cy-deva Precepteur du Roy

Story of the life and reign of Henry IV of Bourbon, also called The Great, king of France from 1589 to 1610.

Iosephi Binghami ... Origines sive antiquitates ecclesiasticae. Ex lingua anglicana in latinam vertit

Translation from English into Latin of a vast religious-historical work which gives a systematic account of Christian antiquities, grouped by headings. The sixth volume contains books XIV and XV.

Registration for the protection of historical monuments

Orto Botanico

The University of Palermo’s Botanical Garden is one of the most important Italian academic institutions. This enormous outdoor museum can boast over 200 years of activity and is responsible for the study and diffusion of innumerable plant species in Sicily, in Europe and throughout the Mediterranean basin, many of which come from tropical and subtropical regions. Today, the Garden is particularly noteworthy for the large variety of species and the expressivity of the many floras it hosts.

Electron and photon performance measurements with the ATLAS detector using the 2015-2017 LHC proton-proton collision data

2019

This paper describes the reconstruction of electrons and photons with the ATLAS detector, employed for measurements and searches exploiting the complete LHC Run 2 dataset. An improved energy clustering algorithm is introduced, and its implications for the measurement and identification of prompt electrons and photons are discussed in detail. Corrections and calibrations that affect performance, including energy calibration, identification and isolation efficiencies, and the measurement of the charge of reconstructed electron candidates are determined using up to 81 fb−1 of proton-proton collision data collected at √s=13 TeV between 2015 and 2017.

Diptera collection

A Diptera collection contains more than 2,000 specimens of Ephydridae, mainly from Poland. Not yet digitalized.

Inverse problems Research Group

Inverse problems research concentrates on the mathematical theory and practical implementation of indirect measurements. Applications are found in numerous research fields involving scientific, medical or industrial imaging; familiar examples include X-ray computed tomography and ultrasound imaging. Inverse problems have a rich mathematical theory employing modern methods in partial differential equations, harmonic analysis, and differential geometry.

Cultural Studies

The laboratory was born from the comparison between Cultural Studies and the practical and theoretical urgencies detected in the recent debate on Italian Theory, therefore within that paradigm that has relaunched contemporary Italian thought. The laboratory, part of the international research group “ Italian Thought Network”, operates on three conceptual axes and is powered by their possible, desired and determined encounters: the bios, whose “cultural” analysis is enriched by a fruitful, and in Italy pioneering, attention to neuroscience and cognitive science; (bio)politics, thematized starting from the Foucauldian lesson but “forced” to interact with Gramsci’s elaboration, inspiring the i…

Sacrae Rotae Romanae Decisiones coram reverendissimo P. domino Cyriaco Lancetta ...

Collection of the sentences of Sacra Rota from January 13, 1710 to December 10, 1714, taken from the autographs of Ciriaco Lancetta, auditor of the Sacra Rota.

Numerical simulation of radiated EMI in 42V electrical automotive architectures

2006

The work is focused on the evaluation of radiated electromagnetic interference generated by dc/dc converters in 42 V systems automotive environment. The results obtained by using the method of moments and the finite difference time domain method, separately, are presented and validated in comparison with those measured in a semi-anechoic electromagnetic chamber. A measurement system set up by the authors is employed. Both the used numerical approaches are proved to be an useful tool for radiated disturbance prediction, and also for electromagnetic compatibility oriented design of the vehicle electrical architecture.

Inter‐individual variation of the urinary steroid profiles in Swedish and Norwegian athletes

2020

The steroidal module of the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) aims to detect doping with endogenous steroids, e.g. testosterone (T), by longitudinally monitoring several biomarkers. These biomarkers are ratios combined of urinary concentrations of testosterone and metabolically related steroids. However, it is evident after five years of monitoring steroid passports, that there are large variations in the steroid ratios complicating its interpretation. In this study, we used over 11 000 urinary steroid profiles from Swedish and Norwegian athletes to determine both the inter‐ and intra‐individual variations of all steroids and ratios in the steroidal passport. Furthermore, we investigated if…

St. Wojciech’s (Adalbert’s) Chapel

The chapel is part of the former Dominican monastery complex situated on a limestone hill overlooking the historical centre of Opole, adjacent to the building of Collegium Maius of University of Opole. The chapel was built in 1663. It commemorates the patron saint of the Opole-Silesia region. Photos of the outside are available on the website. The interior is refurbished with modern sacral elements and decorations and can be entered through the Museum of University of Opole.

Centre for Coastal Research

CCR focuses on the ecology and evolution of the biota in the marine coastal zone within a broad societal context. At CCR a number of approaches are being utilized to map the diversity and natural cycles of the marine biota. This knowledge then forms the basis for understanding how these ecosystems are responding to challenges related to human activities. Researchers at CCR aim to characterize coastal ecosystems on all trophic levels, including a broad range of species. Cod, wrasse, lobster, trout, salmon, eel, bacteria, plankton, sea grass, kelps and oysters are some of the many organisms being studied.

Requirements Analysis and Specification for a Molecular Tumor Board Platform Based on cBioPortal

2020

Clinicians in molecular tumor boards (MTB) are confronted with a growing amount of genetic high-throughput sequencing data. Today, at German university hospitals, these data are usually handled in complex spreadsheets from which clinicians have to obtain the necessary information. The aim of this work was to gather a comprehensive list of requirements to be met by cBioPortal to support processes in MTBs according to clinical needs. Therefore, oncology experts at nine German university hospitals were surveyed in two rounds of interviews. To generate an interview guideline a scoping review was conducted. For visual support in the second round, screenshot mockups illustrating the requirements …

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