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Alexithymic characteristics in pediatric patients with primary headache: a comparison between migraine and tension-type headache

2015

Background: Alexithymia is a personality construct characterized by difficulties in verbal emotional expression and a limited ability to use one’s imagination. Evidence of alexithymic characteristics was found in adults suffering from headache, while little is known about children. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of alexithymia in two different subgroups of children and adolescents suffering from primary headache. We also looked for correlation between alexithymia in children and in their mothers. Methods: This study involved 89 participants: 47 (11 males, 36 females, aged 8 to 17 years) suffering from tension-type headache (TTH), and 42 (18 males, 24 females, aged 8 t…

Preferential localization of Lactococcus lactis cells entrapped in a caseinate/alginate phase separated system.

2013

International audience; This study aimed to entrap bioprotective lactic acid bacteria in a sodium caseinate/sodium alginate aqueous two-phase system. Phase diagram at pH = 7 showed that sodium alginate and sodium caseinate were not miscible when their concentrations exceeded 1% (w/w) and 6% (w/w), respectively. The stability of the caseinate/alginate two-phase system was also checked at pH values of 6.0 and 5.5. Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis LAB3 cells were added in a 4% (w/w) caseinate/1.5% (w/w) alginate two-phase system at pH = 7. Fluorescence microscopy allowed to observe that the caseinate-rich phase formed droplets dispersed in a continuous alginate-rich phase. The distribution of …

Üher den Ureidstoffwechsel heim Lauhmoosprotonema von Funaria hygrometrica L. (SIBTH.)

1974

Summary The uptake of allantoine-7- 14 C by moss protonema grown in submerged culture is controlled by light and by the degree of catabolisation within the cell. The rate of uptake was enhanced by the application of ATP + glucose to the medium of a dark grown culture. The degradation products of allantoine-7- 14 C in light grown protonema are allantoic acid and urea. Urea is degraded in the Henseleit-Krebs-cycle to ornithine, citrulline and arginine. Urea is a further source of radioactive CO 2 . In darkness, the single product of allantoine degradation is allantoic acid. Allantoicase is blocked in the dark but the metabolism can be activated by the application of ATP or ATP + glucose to th…

QUANTIFICATION OF GENETIC VARIANTS OF CASEINS IN MILK OF GIRGENTANA GOAT BREED

2013

In the milk of ruminants, more than 95% of proteins are synthesized by six structural genes, four caseins (alphas1, beta, alphas2 and κ-caseins) and two whey proteins (alpha-lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulin). Goat casein genes have been found to show high polymorphism, which influences not only the quantity of casein in milk but also the structural and nutritional characteristics and technological properties of milk. The aim of this work was to separate and quantify the most common allelic variants of caseins in milk of Girgentana goat breed, a Sicilian autochthonous breed, and to evaluate the effect of casein polymorphisms on casein content. The alleles at different casein genes were det…

Tumors preceding ALS onset and ALS: results from a case-control study.

2009

Alla ricerca dei fattori rilevanti nell’adozione dei sistemi di gestione della performance nelle amministrazioni pubbliche territoriali. L’analisi di…

2013

La ricerca scientifica ha dimostrato che la gestione della performance nelle amministrazioni pubbliche sta oggi spostando il proprio focus dalla mera attività di raccolta e rendicontazione di dati alla generazione di informazioni atte a supportare la formulazione di decisioni. L’analisi comparativa dei casi di studio analizzati in questo articolo mira ad identificare i fattori critici sottostanti alla progettazione e all’utilizzo dei sistemi di gestione della performance nelle amministrazioni regionali. Da questa analisi emerge che alcune variabili risultano essenziali ai fini di un’efficace adozione dei sistemi di performance management. Tra queste variabili sono annoverabili: il ruolo del…

Systemic schistosomiasis and large bowel perforation: An unexpected surgical urgency. Report of a case and literature review

2019

Key Clinical Message In the presence of suggestive clinical picture (high eosinophil count and multiple CT scan granuloma‐like lesions), schistosomiasis should be taken into account in case of suspected bowel perforation even if common risk factors are not identified through anamnesis.

Microsporidia and Its Relation to Crohn's Disease. A Retrospective Study

2013

Background: The cause of Crohn's Disease (CD) remains unknown. Recently a decrease in the global lymphocyte population in the peripheral blood of CD patients has been reported. This decrease was more evident in gamma delta T lymphocytes, especially gamma delta CD8+T subsets. Furthermore, a decrease of IL-7 was also observed in these patients. We propose the hypothesis that microsporidia, an obligate intracellular opportunistic parasite recently related to fungi, in CD patients can take advantage of the lymphocytes and IL-7 deficits to proliferate and to contribute to the pathophysiology of this disease. Methods and Findings: In this case-control study, serum samples were collected from 36 C…

Efficacy of epidural anesthesia for retroperitoneoscopic renal biopsy

2000

Laparoscopic procedures are performed using general anesthesia due to the perceived limitations of regional anesthesia in the upper abdomen and retroperitoneum. We present our initial experience with epidural anesthesia for retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal biopsy.

A rare case of Prinzmetal angina 3 days after coronary artery stenting with a second-generation drug-eluting stent

2015

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