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Plant essential oils in controlling fungal colonization on wooden substrate
In order to control fungal colonization and the related deterioration process of cultural objects, several chemical compounds are actually utilised. These products generally are toxic, not biodegradable and persisting for long time in the environment, also acting on not-targeted biological systems. In this study, specifically to wooden cultural object, Origanum vulgare L. and Thymus vulgaris L. essential oils are proposed as green biocides to contrast the development of Penicillium chrysogenum, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger fungal species. The aim is replacing toxic products with natural molecules, proposing alternative methodologies supporting the using of non-toxic novel compou…
Outcomes after perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with proximal femoral fractures: an international cohort study
ObjectivesStudies have demonstrated high rates of mortality in people with proximal femoral fracture and SARS-CoV-2, but there is limited published data on the factors that influence mortality for clinicians to make informed treatment decisions. This study aims to report the 30-day mortality associated with perioperative infection of patients undergoing surgery for proximal femoral fractures and to examine the factors that influence mortality in a multivariate analysis.SettingProspective, international, multicentre, observational cohort study.ParticipantsPatients undergoing any operation for a proximal femoral fracture from 1 February to 30 April 2020 and with perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infec…
Scientific restoration and historical-artistic research of the Saint Giovanni Battista wooden polychrome gilded high-relief from Saint Barbara church in Naro (AG) Italy
Lo scopo della presente ricerca è quello di descrivere i risultati del restauro scientifico supportato dalla ricerca archivistica e dall'analisi storico-artistica, dell'altorilievo ligneo policromo raffigurante San Giovanni Battista della chiesa di Santa Barbara a Naro, Agrigento, Italia, parte di un alterpiece di fine XV - inizi XVI secolo The purpose of the present research is to describe the results of the scientific restoration, supported by archival research and art-historical analysis, of the polychrome wooden high-relief representing St. John the Baptist from the church of Santa Barbara in Naro, Agrigento, Italy, part of a late 15th- to early 16th-century alterpiece