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Forensic Microbiology: A Case Series Analysis

2019

The importance of microbial colonization of human organs in a living body has long been assessed. What still remains unclear are the microbial changes occurring after death, thus leading to the advent of a relatively novel field of research called “Postmortem microbiology”. It is applied to several forensic fields such as post-mortem interval assessment and cause of death determination. In this contest, a major limit is thus represented by the correct interpretation of the microbial data and by the actual lack of standard procedures. Here we propose a standard operative protocol in order to avoid false positives given by contamination (the main problem), post-mortem translocation and agonal…

Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia E Microbiologia ClinicaAutopsy Cause of death Contamination Forensic microbiology Operative protocolContaminationSettore MED/43 - Medicina LegaleForensic microbiologyAutopsyCause of deathOperative protocol
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Scritti in onore di Pellegrino Capaldo

2014

La qualità dei servizi è stata riconosciuta come un rilevante aspetto caratterizzante la performance dell’azienda pubblica, analogamente alla capacità di operare secondo criteri di efficienza e nel rispetto dei vincoli di bilancio. Sebbene sia possibile riscontrare alcuni significativi casi di adozione di politiche di customer satisfaction nelle amministrazioni pubbliche italiane, a tutt’oggi il tema presenta significative criticità, specialmente in ordine agli aspetti metodologici e agli strumenti operativi che consentano di integrare dette politiche nel sistema di programmazione e controllo delle aziende che erogano tali servizi. Il presente lavoro adotta una diversa prospettiva di analis…

Settore SECS-P/07 - Economia AziendaleQuality in delivering public services has been recognised as a major issue challenging performance in the public sector as well as the ability to operate effectively and within budget constraints. Empirical findings shown by the literature demonstrate that concrete efforts have been produced towards the evaluation and improvement of satisfaction levels of citizens and other Public Administration’s ‘customers’. However still today this issue portrays many unresolved criticalities particularly concerning the methodological approaches and operative tools to adopt in order to integrate ‘customer satisfaction’ programs with the wider organisational control system in each public administration. This paper adopts a non-conventional view of the ‘customer satisfaction’ concept. This is currently meant as a matter of social reporting or even statistical analysis based on the users’ perceptions on the level of provided services by a given (front office) unit in the public sector. Here an inter-institutional perspective is adopted with a view to map the overall value chain leading to the final product delivered to citizens or the community. Inside this chain tracking the underlying administrative products delivered by back-office units to their ‘internal clients’ in the public administration is recommended as a fundamental step to understand how to improve performance in satisfying citizens’ needs. This should also require a proper link between the administrative units’ goals and performance measures to the desired efficiency and effectiveness of processes leading to the attainment of administrative products providing the basis of the final services delivered to the private sector. Based on first empirical findings from field analysis in the Italian context the paper aims to outline an approach which could assist both politicians and managers to better assess and improve performance according to a customer satisfaction perspective.
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Effects of sewage sludge addition to Norway spruce seedlings on nitrogen availability and soil fauna in clear-cut areas

2012

Anaerobically digested and composted sewage sludge (CSS) has been suggested to be a slow-release fertilizer in forestry and an alternative to quick-release inorganic fertilizers. The effects of CSS with or without added carbohydrate on inorganic nitrogen availability and on soil animals were tested in two Norway spruce plantations. Half of the seedlings were individually fertilized with CSS, and the rest were left as controls. Solid sucrose was added to half of the fertilized and untreated seedlings. Soil samples were taken in the autumn in the first and the second year after the treatments. CSS increased soil NH4-N (2100%), the proportion of soil NO3-N, and the N concentration of spruce ne…

SucroseSoil testNitrogenHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisSoil biologychemistry.chemical_elementengineering.materialToxicologyWaste Disposal FluidSoilchemistry.chemical_compoundHuman fertilizationAbundance (ecology)otorhinolaryngologic diseasesAnimalsSoil PollutantsPiceaSoil MicrobiologySewageNorwayAgricultureForestryGeneral MedicineInvertebratesPollutionNitrogensurgical procedures operativeAgronomychemistryengineeringEnvironmental scienceta1181FertilizerSludgeEnvironmental Pollution
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Italian survey on the residents' surgical level in gynecology and obstetrics

2020

Purpose: The present study aims to investigate the number of surgical procedures performed by Italian residents and their confidence to carry out different surgeries in obstetrics and gynecology. Methods: The present study is a national survey including all Italian gynecology and obstetrics senior residents. A questionnaire including 25 questions was provided. The free Google Forms site was used to create the survey. The study was conducted from April to October 2019. The survey started from the University Hospital of Parma, a tertiary hospital, and was sent to all the Italian post-graduation medical school in gynecology and obstetrics. An e-mail was sent to all representative residents in …

Surgical ProceduresResidentCesarean Section; Clinical Competence; Female; Humans; Italy; Pregnancy; Professional Competence; Surgical Procedures Operative; Surveys and Questionnaires; Gynecology; Internship and Residency; ObstetricsCesarean SectionInternship and ResidencyOperativeObstetricsProfessional CompetenceItalyPregnancyGynecologySurgical Procedures OperativeSurveys and QuestionnairesHumansOriginal ArticleFemaleClinical CompetenceNational SurveySurvey
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Laparoscopic Epigastric Hernia Repair

2016

Epigastric hernias are midline abdominal wall defects located between the umbilicus and the xiphoid process that do not resolve spontaneously. Symptomatic hernias require surgical repair.

Surgical repairmedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryUmbilicus (mollusc)Epigastric herniamedicine.diseaseXiphoid processdigestive system diseasesSurgerybody regionsAbdominal wallstomatognathic diseasessurgical procedures operativemedicine.anatomical_structuremedicineLinea alba (abdomen)HerniabusinessLaparoscopy
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Case report: Remote neuromodulation with direct electrical stimulation of the brain, as evidenced by intra-operative EEG recordings during wide-awake…

2016

Letter to the editor; International audience

Systemmedicine.medical_specialtyIntra operativeDeep brain stimulationmedicine.medical_treatment[ SPI.SIGNAL ] Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processingElectroencephalography030218 nuclear medicine & medical imagingFunctional connectivity03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinePhysiology (medical)medicineComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSmedicine.diagnostic_testFunctional connectivitySensory SystemsNeuromodulation (medicine)NeurologyAnesthesiaComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSINGWakefulnessNeurology (clinical)NeurosurgeryPsychology[SPI.SIGNAL]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Signal and Image processingNeuroscience030217 neurology & neurosurgeryElectrical brain stimulationClinical Neurophysiology
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The role of MR imaging in the assessment of renal allograft vasculature.

2018

Renal allograft dysfunction after transplantation is a relatively common occurrence with various potential etiologies. Vascular etiologies are of particular importance as early surgical or minimally invasive intervention can, in some cases, salvage the graft. Diagnosis of vascular pathology resulting in allograft dysfunction requires a thorough workup, of which imaging is a key component. Generally, ultrasound is the first-line imaging modality. More recently, MRI has been shown to be an effective and safe modality for diagnosis of vascular pathology after renal transplantation, particularly for diagnosis of transplant renal artery stenosis. This review will summarize imaging modalities tha…

TRASGraft Rejectionmedicine.medical_specialtyUrologyContrast MediaKidneyRenal Artery Obstruction030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinePostoperative ComplicationsAllograftInternal medicinemedicineHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingVascular DiseasesStenosiFerumoxytolRadiological and Ultrasound Technologybusiness.industryUltrasoundGastroenterologyHepatologymedicine.diseaseAllograftsMr imagingKidney TransplantationMagnetic Resonance ImagingTransplantationFerumoxytolStenosissurgical procedures operative030220 oncology & carcinogenesisMRAEtiologyRenal allograftRadiologybusinessAbdominal radiology (New York)
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Familial amyloidosis: great progress for an orphan disease.

2015

Familial amyloidosis: Great progress for an orphan disease Ana Paula Barreiros1,2,*, Gerd Otto3, Bita Kahlen1, Andreas Teufel1,2, Peter R. Galle1 1Department of Internal Medicine I, Universitatsmedizin of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany; 2Department of Internal Medicine I, Universitatsklinikum of the University Regensburg, Germany; 3Department of Hepatobiliary and Transplantation Surgery, Universitatmedizin of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany. *Corresponding author. Address: Universitatsklinikum Regensburg, Department of Internal Medicine I, Franz-Josef-Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 941-944-7021. E-mail address: Ana.Barreiros@ukr.de …

TafamidisFamilial amyloidosismedicine.medical_specialtyPathologyPharmacological therapymedicine.medical_treatmentDiseaseLiver transplantationGlobal Healthchemistry.chemical_compoundRare DiseasesMedicineHumansTransplantation surgeryLiver transplantationHepatologybusiness.industryGeneral surgerymusculoskeletal neural and ocular physiologyDisease ManagementPharmacological therapymedicine.diseaseTafamidissurgical procedures operativechemistryGERDMorbiditybusinessFamilial amyloidosisAmyloidosis FamilialJournal of hepatology
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Long-term outcome after drug-eluting stents implantation: Target lesion versus nontarget lesion repeated intervention

2010

Abstract We sought to investigate the relative clinical significance of target and nontarget lesions repeated percutaneous coronary intervention (re-PCI) in patients implanted with drug-eluting stents (DES). Out of 2626 consecutive DES patients, we retrospectively selected 166 (6.3%; 123 males, aged 65±10years) who had a clinically-driven re-PCI over a mean follow-up of 15months. Seventy-five patients (45%) underwent the second procedure for disease progression in nontarget lesions (nontarget lesion re-PCI group) while 91 (55%) showed target lesion in-stent restenosis or thrombosis (target lesion re-PCI group), with no significant intergroup difference in the temporal trends of re-PCI. The …

Target lesionmedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industrymedicine.medical_treatmentPercutaneous coronary interventionmedicine.diseaseSurgeryCoronary artery diseaseLesionAtherectomysurgical procedures operativeRestenosisDrug-eluting stentAngioplastymedicinecardiovascular diseasesRadiologymedicine.symptomCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinesstherapeuticsInternational Journal of Cardiology
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Integrazione di celle fotovoltaiche ibride nel vetromattone

2012

L’invenzione riguarda l’integrazione del vetromattone con celle solari ibride (organiche/inorganiche), conosciute come Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSC). La combinazione del vetromattone con le DSC consente di migliorare le prestazioni del prodotto originario rendendolo in grado di produrre energia pulita. Le caratteristiche di trasparenza e isolamento termo-acustico del prodotto possono essere regolate agendo sulla configurazione delle DSC. Il prodotto può essere assemblato a formare pannelli fotovoltaici per la realizzazione di facciate traslucide energeticamente “attive” in varie condizioni luminose (condizioni di luce diffusa o artificiale) e indipendentemente dall’angolo di radiazione so…

The integration of Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSC) with the glassblock is disclosed. The combination of the two technological elements the glassblock and the DSC module enhance their own peculiarities. The final complete product is ready-made for installation owns the qualities of the glassblock and produces sustainable energy at the same time. The transparency and the thermo-acoustic insulation may be modulated according to the specific requirements of each case of installation. The product may be used for example to create PV panels for glazed and translucent façades that are able to perform efficiently in all light conditions (even in diffuse light also converting internal artificial light) that are not dependant on the angle of the solar radiation and do not suffer from the high operative temperatures of functioning due to the peculiarities of the DSCs. DSCs are made of economic and biocompatible materials and are produced with low-cost and highly productive printing methods on rigid or flexible substrates. With the integration of DSC modules with the glassblock PV panels coincide with the envelope itself so that they do not need any further structures to be installed on and allow the possibility of subtract from the price of the panel the price of the substituted building element allowing further economies. DSCs can be printed in different colours and with various patterns offering to designers and customers the possibility of intervening on the glassblock aesthetical aspect also taking advantage of the peculiar modularity of the glassblock for larger compositions of drawings on the building’s façade. Seven Hypotheses of integration are discussed in order to obtain DSC-integrated glassblock ready for the construction of a precast and dry-assembled PV panel which can use the horizontal and vertical cavities between the glassblocks to house plastic profiles where the electric interconnections and the steel bars -useful for improve the mechanical resistance of the panel- are integrated.Settore ICAR/10 - Architettura Tecnica
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