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Italian Frontotemporal Dementia Network (FTD Group-SINDEM): sharing clinical and diagnostic procedures in Frontotemporal Dementia in Italy.
2014
In the prospect of improved disease management and future clinical trials in Frontotemporal Dementia, it is desirable to share common diagnostic procedures. To this aim, the Italian FTD Network, under the aegis of the Italian Neurological Society for Dementia, has been established. Currently, 85 Italian Centers involved in dementia care are part of the network. Each Center completed a questionnaire on the local clinical procedures, focused on (1) clinical assessment, (2) use of neuroimaging and genetics; (3) support for patients and caregivers; (4) an opinion about the prevalence of FTD. The analyses of the results documented a comprehensive clinical and instrumental approach to FTD patient…
Three-state Landau-Zener model in the presence of dissipation
2019
A population transfer based on adiabatic evolutions in a three-state system undergoing an avoided crossing is considered. The efficiency of the process is analyzed in connection with the relevant parameters, bringing to light an important role of the phases of the coupling constants. The role of dissipation is also taken into account, focusing on external decays that can be described by effective non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. Though the population transfer turns out to be quite sensitive to the decay processes, for very large decay rates the occurrence of a Zeno-phenomenon allows for restoring a very high efficiency.
Coupling Mechanics of Antikythera Gearwheels
2012
This paper discusses the gear coupling mechanics of the ancient Antikythera mechanism, among whose distinctive characteristics was the triangular shaping of the teeth. The engagement of the tooth pairs is analyzed in detail, estimating the temporal variation of the speed ratio due to the back and forth shifting of the relative instant center. The admissibility of the theoretical contact points is carefully checked, and the magnitude of the successive tooth collisions is calculated together with the energy losses arising from the particular nature of the coupling. Some interesting results are that only one tooth pair turns out to be active at each time instant and the real path may belong on…
Boundary controlled irreversible port-Hamiltonian systems
2021
Abstract Boundary controlled irreversible port-Hamiltonian systems (BC-IPHS) defined on a 1-dimensional spatial domain are defined by extending the formulation of reversible BC-PHS to irreversible thermodynamic systems controlled at the boundaries of their spatial domain. The structure of BC-IPHS has clear physical interpretation, characterizing the coupling between energy storing and energy dissipating elements. By extending the definition of boundary port variables of BC-PHS to deal with the irreversible energy dissipation, a set of boundary port variables are defined such that BC-IPHS are passive with respect to a given set of conjugated inputs and outputs. As for finite dimensional IPHS…
MICRODISSECTION AND DOP-PCR-BASED REVERSE CHROMOSOME PAINTING AS A FAST AND RELIABLE STRATEGY IN THE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABNORM…
1996
Reverse chromosome painting has become a powerful tool in clinical genetics for the characterization of cytogenetically unclassifiable aberrations. In this report, the application of a sensitive and rapid procedure for the complete and precise identification of four different de novo structural chromosome abnormalities is presented. These chromosome rearrangements include a marker derived from chromosome 3(cen-q11), an interstitial deletion of chromosome 13 [del(13)(q14q22)], an unbalanced translocation [46,XY, -4, +der(4)t(4;8)(p 15.2;p21.1)] leading to Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, and a partial inverted duplication in conjunction with a partial deletion of chromosome 5p [46,XX, -5, +der(5)(:…
Computational stability of an initially radial solution of a growth/dissolution problem in a nonradial implementation
1991
We consider a free boundary problem modelling the growth/dissolution of a crystal. The aim is to investigate the following question: Does the solution to the crystal growth problem posed in two dimensions with radially symmetric initial and boundary condition evolve as a radially symmetric solution?
Nanostructure Formation on ZnSe Crystal Surface by Electrochemical Etching
2021
The article describes a simple method for nanostructuring the surface of monocrystalline zinc selenide. It is shown that the traditional electrochemical etching of n-ZnSe (111) samples in a concentrated solution of nitric acid leads to the appearance of massive etching pits and small pores on the surface. The dynamics of the process and stages of crystal dissolution has been studied. It is assumed that the porous zinc selenide obtained in this way can be used in optoelectronic structures, as well as as buffer layers for growing zinc oxide.
Anomalous binding sequence of CO ligands to an anionic triplatinum carbonyl complex
2005
Abstract A systematic density functional theory study on the structures and binding energies of triplatinum carbonyls Pt 3 ( CO ) x q , with x = 1–6 and q = 0, −1, reveals an anomalous trend in binding energies of the CO ligands to the triangular platinum core, with the first three ligands strongly bound at terminal Pt sites, followed by weaker bound ligands at Pt–Pt bridge sites for x = 4–6. This work provides a novel explanation to the anomalous CO binding trend reported in mid-1990s from collision-induced dissociation and photodissociation experiments.
Charge-density analysis of 1-nitroindoline: refinement quality using free R factors and restraints. Corrigendum
2011
The D e (dissociation energy) values in Table 6 of the article by Zarychta et al. [(2011). Acta Cryst. B67, 250–262] are corrected.
Spectroscopic Investigation of the System TeCl4/[NEt4]PF6 in Solution and the Crystal Structure of [NEt4]2[Te2Cl10].
2005
Solutions containing TeCl 4 and [NEt 4 ][PF 6 ] in CH 2 Cl 2 were investigated by means of UV/vis and NMR spectroscopy in order to study the complex chemistry of TeCl 4 with the [PF 6 ] - anion. The results show formation of [TeCl 5 ] - and strong interactions of [PF 6 ] - with a tellurium containing species, presumably [TeCl 3 ] + . The life time of the Te I V -PF 6 complex is long enough to give different signals in the 1 9 F NMR spectrum of a solution containing excess [PF 6 ] - . Even a fivefold excess of Cl - ions over [PF 6 ] - does hardly lead to a dissociation of [TeCl 3 ...PF 6 ]. Crystals of [NEt 4 ] 2 [Te 2 Cl 1 0 ] were obtained from a 4:1 solution of [NEt 4 ]PF 6 and TeCl 4 in …