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Socioeconomic factors and cervical cancer mortality in Spain during the period 1989?1997

2002

A study was made of cervical cancer (CC) mortality trends in Spain during the period 1989–1997 at National, Autonomous Community and Provincial levels, in relation to different socioeconomic factors. Data were obtained from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, INE). The crude mortality rates were age-adjusted using the indirect method and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as socioeconomic status (SES) indicator. National CC age-adjusted mortality rates have increasing slightly, varying from 3.09 deaths/100,000 women in 1989 to 3.42 in 1996. The highest age-adjusted mortality rates corresponded to Seville, Palencia and Orense, with 4.13, 4.06 and 3.98 c…

Cerámicas para agua en el barroco español : una primera aproximación desde la literatura y la pintura

2000

Variance Thresholded EMD-CCA Technique for Fast Eye Blink Artifacts Removal in EEG

2017

International audience; Eye blink (EB) artifacts generated during eye blinks often contaminate electroencephalogram (EEG) signal. Previously Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) and Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA), hybrid EMD-CCA were developed for EB artifact removal in EEG. However, EMD restricts the hybrid algorithm for real time implementation due to its slow processing nature, hence the algorithm has to be enhanced so that it can be a viable solution for real-time EB artifact removal. In this research work, to avoid applying EMD repetitively as and when EB artifacts occur, a method to use EMD minimally is approached. A suitable EB artifact region is detected through a variance thres…

Artificial intelligence for affective computing : an emotion recognition case study.

2020

This chapter provides an introduction on the benefits of artificial intelligence (Al) techniques for the field of affective computing, through a case study about emotion recognition via brain (electroencephalography EEG) signals. Readers are first pro-vided with a general description of the field, followed by the main models of human affect, with special emphasis to Russell's circumplex model and the pleasur-arousal-dominance (PAD) model. Finally, an AI-based method for the detection of affect elicited via multimedia stimuli is presented. The method combines both connectivity-and channel-based EEG features with a selection method that considerably reduces the dimensionality of the data and …

Immunotherapy With Human Gamma Delta T Cells—Synergistic Potential of Epigenetic Drugs?

2018

Epigenetics has emerged as one of the fastest growing concepts, adding more than 45 new publications every day, spreading through various fields ( 1). Conrad Waddington coined the term “epigenetics” in 1942; however, a multitude of definitions has been endorsed by different researchers. In essence, Waddington’s definition of “epigenetics” and its redefinition by Holiday is at the heart of cellular function. Hence, it is obvious that epigenetic regulation plays a central role also in the specification, differentiation, and functional plasticity of T lymphocytes ( 2). T-cell fate decision in progenitor cells, functional CD4 T-cell plasticity, CD8 T-cell differentiation, but also T-cell memory…

Femtosecond polarization spectroscopy in molecular gas mixtures: Macroscopic interference and concentration measurements

2000

0021-9606; Raman-induced polarization spectroscopy (RIPS) experiments combined with homodyne detection have been conducted with a femtosecond laser at room temperature and low pressure (p < 2 atm) in CO2-N2 mixtures as well as in air (O2-N2 mixtures). Each molecule of the mixture produces its own time-dependent signal, measured as a series of recurring transients. Macroscopic interference is observed when transients of both molecules overlap in the time domain. This interference leads to a large modification of the signal, which is well reproduced by calculations. The total signal recorded in CO2-N2 or O2-N2 mixtures of known concentration is analyzed in order to measure the polarizability …

Dual effects of increased glycogen synthase kinase-3β activity on adult neurogenesis

2013

Adult neurogenesis, the generation of new neurons during the adulthood, is a process controlled by several kinases and phosphatases among which GSK3β exerts important functions. This protein is particularly abundant in the central nervous system, and its activity deregulation is believed to play a key role in chronic disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Previously, we reported that in vivo overexpression of GSK3β (Tet/GSK3β mice) causes alterations in adult neurogenesis, leading to a depletion of the neurogenic niches. Here, we have further characterized those alterations, finding a delay in the switching-off of doublecortin marker as well as changes in the survival and death rates of imm…

The e-ASTROGAM gamma-ray space observatory for the multimessenger astronomy of the 2030s

2018

e-ASTROGAM is a concept for a breakthrough observatory space mission carrying a gamma-ray telescope dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.15 MeV to 3 GeV. The lower energy limit can be pushed down to energies as low as 30 keV for gamma-ray burst detection with the calorimeter. The mission is based on an advanced space-proven detector technology, with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution, combined with remarkable polarimetric capability. Thanks to its performance in the MeV-GeV domain, substantially improving its predecessors, e-ASTROGAM will open a new window on the non-thermal Universe, making pioneering observations of the…

Ricostruzione virtuale delle crociere dell'aula della chiesa di San Domenico a Cagliari (XVI sec.)

2016

Il saggio affronta la ricostruzione virtuale delle crociere dell’aula della chiesa di San Domenico a Cagliari, distrutta nel 1943 dai bombardamenti alleati che colpirono la città. La ricostruzione virtuale, combinando gli strumenti dell’indagine storica e della rappresentazione digitale, è stata impiegata per comprendere il processo costruttivo della copertura dell’aula. Lo studio ha inoltre permesso di elaborare una più corretta interpretazione dei dettagli linguistici e delle caratteristiche costruttive delle crociere, consentendo di elaborare nuove ipotesi sulla fabbrica, attraverso la comparazione con architetture coeve. This paper focuses on the 3D virtual reconstruction of the star-sh…

Il cantiere nel Settecento

2012

Il contributo analizza e approfondisce la vicenda progettuale e costruttiva relativa ai differenti interventi settecenteschi della chiesa di San Domenico a Palermo(l'attribuzione del progetto della facciata e il suo completamento,i progetti per i campanili, per la piazza dell'Immacolata, e per gli altari interni),fornendo chiarimenti rispetto agli studi precedenti, specificando la corretta cronologia e i progettisti, oltre che le dinamiche di cantiere e i riferimenti formali e relazionando questi ultimi alla coeva produzione italiana ed europea.