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Lombardo T, Ionescu A, Chabas A, Lefèvre RA, Ausset P, Candau Y. Dose-response function for the soiling of silica-soda-lime glass due to dry deposition. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2010; 408:976-984. [PMID: 19900698 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2009] [Revised: 10/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/14/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Several exposure campaigns of silica-soda-lime window glass have been performed in 30 European sites and 1 in Canada in order to understand, quantify and model the phenomenon of soiling. In this purpose samples were exposed sheltered from the rain. Parallel to exposure, several meteorological parameters and pollution concentrations have been monitored. This paper shows first results on the establishment of a dose-response function for glass soiling. Statistical analyses show that PM(10) is not the only parameter, but also SO(2) and NO(2) atmospheric concentrations seem to be responsible for the optical impairment of glass surfaces, expressed as haze.
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Ionescu A, Fadini L, Gagliani M, Brambilla E. In vitro mutans Streptococci colonization of an Mdpb-containing adhesive system. Dent Mater 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2010.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Poiată A, Tuchiluş C, Ivănescu B, Ionescu A, Lazăr MI. Antibacterial activity of some Artemisia species extract. REVISTA MEDICO-CHIRURGICALA A SOCIETATII DE MEDICI SI NATURALISTI DIN IASI 2009; 113:911-914. [PMID: 20191854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The antimicrobial activities of ethanol, methanol and hexane extracts from Artemisia absinthium, Artemisia annua and Artemisia vulgaris were studied. Plant extracts were tested against five Gram-positive bacteria, two Gram-negative bacteria and one fungal strain. The results indicated that Artemisia annua alcoholic extracts are more effective against tested microorganisms. However, all plants extracts have moderate or no activity against Gram-negative bacteria. The obtained results confirm the justification of extracts of Artemisia species use in traditional medicine as treatment for microbial infections.
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Ionescu A. Bubble trouble: anaphylactic shock, threatened myocardial infarction, and transient renal failure after intravenous echo contrast for left ventricular cavity opacification preceding dobutamine stress echo. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 10:707-10. [DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Cristescu R, Popescu C, Popescu A, Grigorescu S, Duta L, Mihailescu I, Caraene G, Albulescu R, Albulescu L, Andronie A, Stamatin I, Ionescu A, Mihaiescu D, Buruiana T, Chrisey D. Functionalized polyvinyl alcohol derivatives thin films for controlled drug release and targeting systems: MAPLE deposition and morphological, chemical and in vitro characterization. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.09.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Darton NJ, Sederman AJ, Ionescu A, Ducati C, Darton RC, Gladden LF, Slater NKH. Manipulation and tracking of superparamagnetic nanoparticles using MRI. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2008; 19:395102. [PMID: 21832584 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/39/395102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The use of magnetic fields in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the tracking and delivery of chemotherapeutics bound to superparamagnetic nanoparticles offers a promising method for the non-invasive treatment of inoperable tumours. Here we demonstrate that superparamagnetic magnetite nanoparticles fabricated by an easily scalable method can be driven and tracked in real time at high velocities in vitro using MRI hardware. Force balance calculations are consistent with the magnetic properties of individual 10 nm diameter particles that move collectively as micron sized agglomerates with hydrodynamic diameter similar to that inferred from zero-magnetic-field dynamic light scattering measurements.
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AIMS Hand-carried ultrasound scanners are getting smaller. The Acuson P10 is the latest and smallest portable echocardiograph available on the market. METHODS AND RESULTS We tested the ability of this scanner to allow qualitative assessment of LV size and function in an unselected group of 30 patients [19 male, 11 female; mean age (SD) 64.7 (10.3) years] seen by a consultant cardiologist (accredited for advanced echocardiography) during a week on call in a regional cardiac tertiary facility. Patients had focused scans (parasternal long-axis and apical four chamber views) for a maximum of 4 min, and an assessment of LVEF (normal/abnormal) and LV dimension (LVD) (dilated/non-dilated) was recorded. Where available, this was compared with results of alternative imaging modalities. In 23 (77%) patients, it was possible to assess LVEF and LVD; of these, 19 (83%) had alternative imaging techniques, which confirmed the findings. It was possible to obtain a parasternal long-axis image in 28 (93%) patients and apical four-chamber views in 23 (77%). Clinical management was altered by the findings of the portable scan in two patients. CONCLUSION The 'pocket scanner' allows accurate qualitative assessment of left ventricular dimensions and function in a substantial proportion of patients seen in tertiary cardiology practice.
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Mitra R, Wright S, Anantharaman R, Ionescu A, Smith D. Clinical outcomes when drug-eluting stents are overlapped with bare-metal stents. CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2008.02.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mitrelias T, Trypiniotis T, van Belle F, Kopper KP, Steinmuller SJ, Anthony J, Bland C, Robertson PA, Ionescu A, Anthony J, Bland C. Magnetic Microtags and Magnetic Encoding for Applications in Biotechnology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2956819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Andò B, Ascia A, Baglio S, Bulsara AR, In V, Pitrone N, Trigona C, Ionescu A, Anthony J, Bland C. Residence Times Difference Fluxgate Magnetometer for Magnetic Biosensing. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2956810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Hong B, Jeong JR, Llandro J, Hayward TJ, Ionescu A, Trypiniotis T, Mitrelias T, Kopper KP, Steinmuller SJ, Bland JAC, Ionescu A, Anthony J, Bland C. High Throughput Biological Analysis Using Multi-bit Magnetic Digital Planar Tags. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2956820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Wang SX, Ionescu A, Anthony J, Bland C. Giant Magnetoresistive Biochips for Biomarker Detection and Genotyping: An Overview. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2956806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Martins VC, Cardoso FA, Loureiro J, Mercier M, Germano J, Cardoso S, Ferreira R, Fonseca LP, Sousa L, Piedade MS, Freitas PP, Ionescu A, Anthony J, Bland C. Integrated Spintronic Platforms for Biomolecular Recognition Detection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2956811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Fal-Miyar V, Kumar A, Mohapatra S, Shirley S, Frey NA, Barandiarán JM, Kurlyandskaya GV, Ionescu A, Anthony J, Bland C. Giant Magnetoimpedance for Biosensing in Drug Delivery. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2956809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Barbagallo M, van Belle F, Ionescu A, Bland JAC, Ionescu A, Anthony J, Bland C. Digitally Encoded Exchange Biased Multilayers. AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2008. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2956818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Hayward TJ, Llandro J, Kopper KP, Trypiniotis T, Mitrelias T, Bland JAC, Barnes CHW, Ionescu A, Anthony J, Bland C. Towards Magnetic Suspension Assay Technology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2956807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Ionescu A. Subaortic dynamic obstruction: a contributing factor to haemodynamic instability in tako-tsubo syndrome? EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 2007; 9:384-5. [PMID: 17208051 DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We present a case of transient apical ballooning with haemodynamic instability in a female patient with normal coronaries and a history of poorly controlled systemic arterial hypertension. There was dynamic obstruction of the outflow tract and moderate secondary mitral regurgitation at presentation. These were due to systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve, which normalised gradually with the recovery of left ventricular function, and to a 'sigmoid' septum. Mid-cavity obstruction is potentially an important contributory factor to the haemodynamic instability sometimes encountered in this syndrome.
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Lefèvre RA, Ionescu A, Ausset P, Chabas A, Girardet F, Vince F. Modelling of the calcareous stone sulphation in polluted atmosphere after exposure in the field. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1144/gsl.sp.2007.271.01.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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AbstractParisian Lutetian and Val-de-Loire Turonian Richemont limestone tablets were exposed, sheltered and unsheltered from rain, for up to 3 years in Paris and Tours, respectively. Sulphur concentrations below the stone surfaces were measured from powders obtained by milling the stone in successive steps of 0.1 mm. In tablets exposed to rain, measured sulphur concentration remains equal to the stone background concentration, implying that the sulphur deposited between rain events is leached by the next event. In contrast, in tablets sheltered from rain, the sulphur concentration in the first layer below the stone surface increases non-linearly with time. Sulphation does not, however, penetrate more than 0.2 mm. A sigmoidal Hill curve provides a good fit with changes in measured sulphur concentration over time within the first layer of each sheltered stone. This model reveals a cumulative phenomenon of sulphation, characterized by a saturation level that obstructs deeper penetration of sulphur within the stone. The model shows the same type of time evolution of sulphation for both stones, but with different coefficients; these coefficients are related to the atmospheric environment of exposure and to the different intrinsic properties of each stone.
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Chan KH, Ionescu A. Bare metal stent restenosis is not a benign clinical entity. Am Heart J 2006; 152:e51; author reply e53. [PMID: 17070132 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ionescu A, Lefèvre RA, Chabas A, Lombardo T, Ausset P, Candau Y, Rosseman L. Modeling of soiling based on silica-soda-lime glass exposure at six European sites. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2006; 369:246-55. [PMID: 16777189 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Revised: 04/06/2006] [Accepted: 04/07/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Samples of silica-soda-lime float glass, a material selected as a pertinent soiling sensor, were exposed for up to 28 months at four urban sites (Athens, Krakow, London and Prague) and at a semi-urban one (Monte Libretti, near Rome), sheltered from rain. This exhaustive experience permitted to complete and to test the generalisation ability of the results previously obtained on the same material, exposed according to the same protocol, during 24 months, at a single site (Paris). The model previously fitted for the Paris experiment, the Hill equation, could be successfully generalised for four other sites of exposure (Athens, Krakow, Prague and Rome). The analytical form of this model was interpreted in terms of a physical description of the soiling phenomenon. Some of the model coefficients were different from one site to another, depending on the specific environment of exposure (air pollution levels, meteorological factors), while the other ones were rather equivalent. The analysis of the model coefficients, on the one hand, led to an estimation of the period after which soiling is close to its saturation level, and on the other hand, it will permit to correlate these coefficients to the environmental factors, in order to select the most appropriate ones for building dose-response functions for soiling, with broad geographical application.
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Rahman M, Thekkudan J, Ionescu A, Ashraf S. Spontaneous right atrial thrombus in a patient with Crohn's disease: an unusual right atrial mass. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2006; 5:664-5. [PMID: 17670677 DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2006.133884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Crohn's disease is associated with systemic manifestations including increased risk of thromboembolism. We report a young female patient with active Crohn's disease who presented with spontaneous right atrial thrombus.
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Ionescu A, Garg A. Management of acute coronary syndromes. N Engl J Med 2005; 353:2714-8; author reply 2714-8; discussion 2714-8. [PMID: 16379087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Platica O, Gasic S, Ivan E, Ionescu A, Holland JF, Platica M. Growth inhibitory effect of anti PAR antibodies on PAR-overexpressing tumor cells. J Clin Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.2559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ionescu A, Grand D, Sicard-Roselli C, Houée-Levin C. Micellar effect on tyrosine one-electron oxidation by azide radicals. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2003.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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