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Tenore A, Wu Y, Jacob J, Bittermann D, Villa F, Buttaro B, Klapper I. Water activity in subaerial microbial biofilms on stone monuments. Sci Total Environ 2023; 900:165790. [PMID: 37517730 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Stone monuments can be difficult environments for life, particularly with respect to liquid water access. Nevertheless, microbial communities are found on them with apparent ubiquity. A variety of strategies for access to liquid water have been proposed. Regardless of their water-retention mechanisms details, though, we argue that water activity (a key indicator for cell viability) is constrained by environmental conditions, largely independently of community structure, and is predicted by the local temperature and relative humidity. However, direct measurement of water activity in SABs, particularly those growing on stone surfaces, is difficult. A method for estimating water activity within SABs is presented that uses a minimally invasive combination of conservative sampling, weather data, confocal imaging, and mathematical modeling. Applying the methodology to measurements from the marble roofs of the Federal Hall National Memorial and of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, estimations are made for water activity in their subaerial stone communities over the course of an approximately one year period.
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- A Tenore
- Department of Mathematics, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- U.S. National Park Service, North Atlantic-Appalachian Region, Historic Architecture, Conservation, and Engineering Program, United States of America
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- U.S. National Park Service, North Atlantic-Appalachian Region, Historic Architecture, Conservation, and Engineering Program, United States of America
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America.
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De Angelis S, De Sanctis MC, Altieri F, Ferrari M, Ammannito E, Novi S, Dami M, Antonacci F, Villa F, Meini M, Ruggiero F, Fonte S, Formisano M, Frigeri A, Tinivelli P, Giardino M, Mugnuolo R, Pirrotta S. The pre-launch on-ground characterization of Ma_MISS spectrometer for ExoMars-Rosalind Franklin Rover mission. II. Radiometric calibration. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:094501. [PMID: 37655988 DOI: 10.1063/5.0152205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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The Ma_MISS miniaturized spectrometer is integrated within the Drilling System of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover for Mars exploration. Here we focus on the on ground calibration campaign to obtain radiometric and linearity calibrations of the Ma_MISS instrument, while the first paper dealt with the spectral calibration [De Angelis et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 93, 123704 (2022)]. The experimental setup used to carry out radiometric calibration is described, as are the methods used for data processing and key parameter retrieval. In particular, the Spectrometer Transfer Function (Responsivity), Signal-to-Noise Ratio, and detector linearity are determined. In a third paper [De Sanctis et al., Planet. Sci. J. 3, 142 (2022)], validation of the Ma_MISS calibration results through spectral measurements performed on rock and synthetic targets during the radiometric calibration campaign is described.
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- S De Angelis
- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- ASI-Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Sitael, Via Alessandro Gherardesca, 5, 56121 Pisa, Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio FI, Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio FI, Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio FI, Italy
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- Sitael, Via Alessandro Gherardesca, 5, 56121 Pisa, Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio FI, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- University of Perugia, Piazza Università, 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- ASI-Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- ASI-Italian Space Agency, Centro di Geodesia Spaziale, 75100 Matera, Italy
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- ASI-Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Villa F, Ludwig N, Mazzini S, Scaglioni L, Fuchs AL, Tripet B, Copié V, Stewart PS, Cappitelli F. A desiccated dual-species subaerial biofilm reprograms its metabolism and affects water dynamics in limestone. Sci Total Environ 2023; 868:161666. [PMID: 36669662 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Understanding the impact of sessile communities on underlying materials is of paramount importance in stone conservation. Up until now, the critical role of subaerial biofilms (SABs) whether they are protective or deteriorative remains unclear, especially under desiccation. The interest in desiccated SABs is raised by the prediction of an increase in drought events in the next decades that will affect the Mediterranean regions' rich stone heritage as never before. Thus, the main goal of this research is to study the effects of desiccation on both the biofilms' eco-physiology and its impacts on the lithic substrate. To this end, we used a dual-species model system composed of a phototroph and a chemotroph to simulate biofilm behavior on stone heritage. We found that drought altered the phototroph-chemotroph balance and enriched the biofilm matrix with proteins and DNA. Desiccated SABs underwent a shift in metabolism to fermentation and a decrease in oxidative stress. Additionally, desiccated SABs changed the water-related dynamics (adsorption, evaporation, and wetting properties) in limestone. Water absorption experiments showed that desiccated SABs protected the stone from rapid water uptake, while a thermographic survey indicated a delay in water evaporation. Spilling-drop tests revealed a change in the wettability of the stone-SAB interface, which affected the water transport properties of the stone. Finally, desiccated SABs reduced stone swelling in the presence of water vapor. The biodeteriorative and bioprotective implications of desiccated SABs on the stone were ultimately assessed.
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- F Villa
- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Fisica Aldo Pontremoli, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA.
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- Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman 59717, USA.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti, la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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Luen SJ, Viale G, Nik-Zainal S, Savas P, Kammler R, Dell'Orto P, Biasi O, Degasperi A, Brown LC, Láng I, MacGrogan G, Tondini C, Bellet M, Villa F, Bernardo A, Ciruelos E, Karlsson P, Neven P, Climent M, Müller B, Jochum W, Bonnefoi H, Martino S, Davidson NE, Geyer C, Chia SK, Ingle JN, Coleman R, Solbach C, Thürlimann B, Colleoni M, Coates AS, Goldhirsch A, Fleming GF, Francis PA, Speed TP, Regan MM, Loi S. Genomic characterisation of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer arising in very young women. Ann Oncol 2023; 34:397-409. [PMID: 36709040 PMCID: PMC10619213 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Very young premenopausal women diagnosed with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+HER2-) early breast cancer (EBC) have higher rates of recurrence and death for reasons that remain largely unexplained. PATIENTS AND METHODS Genomic sequencing was applied to HR+HER2- tumours from patients enrolled in the Suppression of Ovarian Function Trial (SOFT) to determine genomic drivers that are enriched in young premenopausal women. Genomic alterations were characterised using next-generation sequencing from a subset of 1276 patients (deep targeted sequencing, n = 1258; whole-exome sequencing in a young-age, case-control subsample, n = 82). We defined copy number (CN) subgroups and assessed for features suggestive of homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). Genomic alteration frequencies were compared between young premenopausal women (<40 years) and older premenopausal women (≥40 years), and assessed for associations with distant recurrence-free interval (DRFI) and overall survival (OS). RESULTS Younger women (<40 years, n = 359) compared with older women (≥40 years, n = 917) had significantly higher frequencies of mutations in GATA3 (19% versus 16%) and CN amplifications (CNAs) (47% versus 26%), but significantly lower frequencies of mutations in PIK3CA (32% versus 47%), CDH1 (3% versus 9%), and MAP3K1 (7% versus 12%). Additionally, they had significantly higher frequencies of features suggestive of HRD (27% versus 21%) and a higher proportion of PIK3CA mutations with concurrent CNAs (23% versus 11%). Genomic features suggestive of HRD, PIK3CA mutations with CNAs, and CNAs were associated with significantly worse DRFI and OS compared with those without these features. These poor prognostic features were enriched in younger patients: present in 72% of patients aged <35 years, 54% aged 35-39 years, and 40% aged ≥40 years. Poor prognostic features [n = 584 (46%)] versus none [n = 692 (54%)] had an 8-year DRFI of 84% versus 94% and OS of 88% versus 96%. Younger women (<40 years) had the poorest outcomes: 8-year DRFI 74% versus 85% and OS 80% versus 93%, respectively. CONCLUSION These results provide insights into genomic alterations that are enriched in young women with HR+HER2- EBC, provide rationale for genomic subgrouping, and highlight priority molecular targets for future clinical trials.
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- S J Luen
- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- International Breast Cancer Study Group Central Pathology Office, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Genetics & MRC Cancer Unit, The Clinical School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- International Breast Cancer Study Group, Coordinating Center, Central Pathology Office, Bern, Switzerland
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- International Breast Cancer Study Group Central Pathology Office, Department of Pathology, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical Genetics & MRC Cancer Unit, The Clinical School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Istenhegyi Health Center Oncology Clinic, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Biopathology Department, Institut Bergonié Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Bordeaux, France
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- Osp. Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Oncology Unit, Department of Oncology, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, ASST Lecco, Lecco, Italy
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- ICS Maugeri IRCCS, Medical Oncology Unit of Pavia Institute, Italy
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- University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Gynecologic Oncology and Multidisciplinary Breast Center, University Hospitals UZ-Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain
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- Chilean Cooperative Group for Oncologic Research (GOCCHI), Santiago, Chile
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- Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland; Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK), Berne, Switzerland
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- Institut Bergonié Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Université de Bordeaux, INSERM U1218, Bordeaux, France; European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), Brussels, Belgium
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- The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Santa Monica, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Houston Methodist Cancer Center, NRG Oncology, Houston, USA
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- BC Cancer and Canadian Cancer Trials Group, Vancouver, Canada
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- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cancer Research Network, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Breast Center, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (SAKK), Berne, Switzerland; Breast Center, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Division of Medical Senology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- International Breast Cancer Study Group and University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG), Bern Switzerland and IEO European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Section of Hematology Oncology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Bioinformatics Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Division of Biostatistics, International Breast Cancer Study Group Statistical Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
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Marquez Torres A, Balbi S, Villa F. Scientific modelling can be accessible, interoperable and user friendly: A case study for pasture and livestock modelling in Spain. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281348. [PMID: 36827966 PMCID: PMC9957615 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
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This article describes the adaptation of a non-spatial model of pastureland dynamics, including vegetation life cycle, livestock management and nitrogen cycle, for use in a spatially explicit and modular modelling platform (k.LAB) dedicated to make data and models more interoperable. The aim is to showcase to the social-ecological modelling community the delivery of an existing, monolithic model, into a more modular, transparent and accessible approach to potential end users, regional managers, farmers and other stakeholders. This also allows better usability and adaptability of the model beyond its originally intended geographical scope (the Cantabrian Region in the North of Spain). The original code base (written in R in 1,491 lines of code divided into 13 files) combines several algorithms drawn from the literature in an opaque fashion due to lack of modularity, non-semantic variable naming and implicit assumptions. The spatiotemporal rewrite is structured around a set of 10 namespaces called PaL (Pasture and Livestock), which includes 198 interoperable and independent models. The end user chooses the spatial and temporal context of the analysis through an intuitive web-based user interface called k.Explorer. Each model can be called individually or in conjunction with the others, by querying any PaL-related concepts in a search bar. A scientific dataflow and a provenance diagram are produced in conjunction with the model results for full transparency. We argue that this work demonstrates key steps needed to create more Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) models beyond the selected example. This is particularly essential in environments as complex as agricultural systems, where multidisciplinary knowledge needs to be integrated across diverse spatial and temporal scales in order to understand complex and changing problems.
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
- Ikerbasque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
- Ikerbasque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
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Galletti M, Alesini D, Anania MP, Arjmand S, Behtouei M, Bellaveglia M, Biagioni A, Buonomo B, Cardelli F, Carpanese M, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Costa G, Del Dotto A, Del Giorno M, Dipace F, Doria A, Filippi F, Franzini G, Giannessi L, Giribono A, Iovine P, Lollo V, Mostacci A, Nguyen F, Opromolla M, Pellegrino L, Petralia A, Petrillo V, Piersanti L, Di Pirro G, Pompili R, Romeo S, Rossi AR, Selce A, Shpakov V, Stella A, Vaccarezza C, Villa F, Zigler A, Ferrario M. Stable Operation of a Free-Electron Laser Driven by a Plasma Accelerator. Phys Rev Lett 2022; 129:234801. [PMID: 36563228 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.234801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The breakthrough provided by plasma-based accelerators enabled unprecedented accelerating fields by boosting electron beams to gigaelectronvolt energies within a few centimeters [1-4]. This, in turn, allows the realization of ultracompact light sources based on free-electron lasers (FELs) [5], as demonstrated by two pioneering experiments that reported the observation of self-amplified spontaneous emission (SASE) driven by plasma-accelerated beams [6,7]. However, the lack of stability and reproducibility due to the intrinsic nature of the SASE process (whose amplification starts from the shot noise of the electron beam) may hinder their effective implementation for user purposes. Here, we report a proof-of-principle experiment using plasma-accelerated beams to generate stable and reproducible FEL light seeded by an external laser. FEL radiation is emitted in the infrared range, showing the typical exponential growth of its energy over six consecutive undulators. Compared to SASE, the seeded FEL pulses have energies 2 orders of magnitude larger and stability that is 3 times higher.
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- M Galletti
- Department of Physics, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN-Tor Vergata, Via Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
- NAST Center, Via Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
- Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
- INFN-Tor Vergata, Via Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
- NAST Center, Via Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA, C.R. Brasimone, 40032, Camugnano, Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN-Napoli, Via Cintia, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16 20133 Milano Italy
- INFN-Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16 20133 Milano Italy
- INFN-Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN-Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Italy
- INFN-Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Roma RM, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
- Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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De Angelis S, De Sanctis MC, Altieri F, Ferrari M, Ammannito E, Novi S, Dami M, Barbis A, Antonacci F, Villa F, Ruggiero F, Fonte S, Formisano M, Tinivelli P, Giardino M, Mugnuolo R, Pirrotta S. The pre-launch on-ground characterization of Mars Multispectral Imager for Subsurface Studies (Ma_MISS) spectrometer for ExoMars rover mission: Spectral calibration. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:123704. [PMID: 36586927 DOI: 10.1063/5.0102386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The Ma_MISS spectrometer is integrated within the drilling system of the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars rover. This paper reports the on-ground calibration campaign performed on the spectrometer. Here, we focus on the spectral calibration of the instrument. The experimental setup used to carry out calibration is described, and the methods used for data processing and key parameters retrieval are explained. In particular, the spectral parameters such as (i) pixel central wavelengths, (ii) spectral response function, (iii) spectral resolution, (iv) sampling, and (v) range are determined. In a follow-up paper, the linearity and radiometric calibrations are described, while in De Sanctis et al. [Planet. Sci. J. 3, 142 (2022)], the validation of spectral measurements performed on synthetic and natural rock targets is presented.
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- S De Angelis
- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- ASI - Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Sitael, Via Alessandro Gherardesca, 5, 56121 Pisa (PI), Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio (FI), Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio (FI), Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio (FI), Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio (FI), Italy
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- Leonardo Company Finmeccanica, V. Delle Officine Galileo, 1, 50013 Campi Bisenzio (FI), Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- INAF-IAPS, Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- University of Perugia, Piazza Università, 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- ASI - Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- ASI - Italian Space Agency, Centro di Geodesia Spaziale, 75100 Matera, Italy
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- ASI - Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Villa F, Corbetta C, Crippa A, Pelizzoni D, Vittimberga I, Sansi C, Arnoffi J, Guida F, Cuomo O, Tafuni M, Sassone M, Viganò C, Anghilieri M, Ardizzoia A. Breast cancer management with CDK4/6 inhibitors as first line treatment: a single institution retrospective review. Eur J Cancer 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(22)01535-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Grazioli S, Mauri M, Rosi E, Villa F, Tizzoni F, Tarabelloni A, Trabattoni S, Mauri V, Colombo P, Molteni M, Nobile M. Use of machine learning on clinical questionnaires data to support the diagnostic classification of Attention DeficitHyperactivity Disorder: a personalized medicine approach. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9566907 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a highly prevalent neurodevelopmental condition characterized by inattention, motor hyperactivity and impulsivity. ADHD cognitive and behavioral presentation is characterized by a high heterogeneity (APA, 2013). Indeed, a complex diagnostic process, that considers several validated tools, is, to date, necessary. Objectives The main aim is to develop supervised machine learning (ML) algorithms that could be used to support the diagnostic process for ADHD, by identifying the most relevant features in discriminating between the presence or absence of the ADHD diagnosis in children. Methods We analyzed data from 342 children (Mean age: 8y 8m ± 1y; 61 F) referred for possible ADHD symptomatology. Assessments were performed by an expert clinician and through questionnaires: Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), Conners Rating Scale for Parents (CPRS) and for Teachers (CTRS). Data were analyzed using a decision tree classifier and random forest algorithms. Results The decision tree model performed an accuracy of 0.71. The random forest model that was identified as the best tested, performed an accuracy of 0.77 (Figure 1) and it identified as most informative parent- and teacher-rated DSM-oriented ADHD symptoms (Figure 2). ![]()
Figure 1: Random forest confusion matrix and statistics. ![]()
Figure 2: Ranking of variables importance. Conclusions A random forest classifier could represent an effective algorithm to support the identification of ADHD children and to simplify the diagnostic process as an initial step. The use of supervised machine learning algorithms could be useful in helping the diagnostic process, highlighting the importance of a personalized medicine approach. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Crippa A, Grazioli S, Rosi E, Mauri M, Villa F, Maggioni E, Diwadkar V, Brambilla P, Pozzi M, Molteni M, Nobile M. NIRS Hemodynamic Response to Methylphenidate in Children with Attention Aeficit Hyperactivity Disorder: First Administration, Titration Phase and Associations with Clinical Severity. Eur Psychiatry 2022. [PMCID: PMC9565663 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by lack of self-regulation and deficits in organizing behaviors in response to emotional stimuli. Methylphenidate (MPH) is one of the most effective psychostimulant drugs for ADHD, however, a possible predictive utility of brain hemodynamic data related to MPH administration and its relation to clinical symptomatology is still not clear. To address these questions, we used Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) technology, a non-invasive optical technique that allows to investigate the effect of psychopharmacological treatment on cortical hemodynamics. Methods Twenty children with ADHD underwent a three-waves study and 25 healthy controls were recruited at W1. At W2 children with ADHD received first MPH administration and at W3 they reached the titration phase. At each phase children performed - during NIRS recording - an emotional continuous performance task with visual stimuli of different emotional content. Clinical data were also collected at W1 and W3. We investigated the relationship among the difference between NIRS activation at W2 and W1 (Delta1) and W3 and W2 (Delta2), for each subject, task condition and brain region. Lastly, we investigated correlations between the Delta1 and clinical symptomatology indexes at W1 and between Delta2 and clinical data at W3. Conclusions Our study results suggest that hemodynamic changes in right prefrontal region probably induced by first MPH administration could predict hemodynamic changes related to MPH titration phase. These biological indexes could be associated to clinical evidences related not only to core ADHD symptoms but also to affective correlates. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Pompili R, Alesini D, Anania MP, Arjmand S, Behtouei M, Bellaveglia M, Biagioni A, Buonomo B, Cardelli F, Carpanese M, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Costa G, Del Dotto A, Del Giorno M, Dipace F, Doria A, Filippi F, Galletti M, Giannessi L, Giribono A, Iovine P, Lollo V, Mostacci A, Nguyen F, Opromolla M, Di Palma E, Pellegrino L, Petralia A, Petrillo V, Piersanti L, Di Pirro G, Romeo S, Rossi AR, Scifo J, Selce A, Shpakov V, Stella A, Vaccarezza C, Villa F, Zigler A, Ferrario M. Free-electron lasing with compact beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator. Nature 2022; 605:659-662. [PMID: 35614244 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04589-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The possibility to accelerate electron beams to ultra-relativistic velocities over short distances by using plasma-based technology holds the potential for a revolution in the field of particle accelerators1-4. The compact nature of plasma-based accelerators would allow the realization of table-top machines capable of driving a free-electron laser (FEL)5, a formidable tool to investigate matter at the sub-atomic level by generating coherent light pulses with sub-ångström wavelengths and sub-femtosecond durations6,7. So far, however, the high-energy electron beams required to operate FELs had to be obtained through the use of conventional large-size radio-frequency (RF) accelerators, bound to a sizeable footprint as a result of their limited accelerating fields. Here we report the experimental evidence of FEL lasing by a compact (3-cm) particle-beam-driven plasma accelerator. The accelerated beams are completely characterized in the six-dimensional phase space and have high quality, comparable with state-of-the-art accelerators8. This allowed the observation of narrow-band amplified radiation in the infrared range with typical exponential growth of its intensity over six consecutive undulators. This proof-of-principle experiment represents a fundamental milestone in the use of plasma-based accelerators, contributing to the development of next-generation compact facilities for user-oriented applications9.
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- R Pompili
- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy.
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.,INFN Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.,NAST Center, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.,INFN Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.,NAST Center, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- ENEA Fusion and Technology for Nuclear Safety and Security Department (FSN), C.R. Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy.,Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Frascati, Italy
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Romaldini A, Spanò R, Catalano F, Villa F, Poggi A, Sabella S. Sub-Lethal Concentrations of Graphene Oxide Trigger Acute-Phase Response and Impairment of Phase-I Xenobiotic Metabolism in Upcyte® Hepatocytes. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:867728. [PMID: 35662849 PMCID: PMC9161028 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.867728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The impact of graphene oxide on hepatic functional cells represents a crucial evaluation step for its potential application in nanomedicine. Primary human hepatocytes are the gold standard for studying drug toxicity and metabolism; however, current technical limitations may slow down the large-scale diffusion of this cellular tool for in vitro investigations. To assess the potential hepatotoxicity of graphene oxide, we propose an alternative cell model, the second-generation upcyte® hepatocytes, which show metabolic and functional profiles akin to primary human hepatocytes. Cells were acutely exposed to sub-lethal concentrations of graphene oxide (≤80 μg/ml) for 24 h and stress-related cell responses (such as apoptosis, oxidative stress, and inflammatory response) were evaluated, along with a broad investigation of graphene oxide impact on specialized hepatic functions. Results show a mild activation of early apoptosis but not oxidative stress or inflammatory response in our cell model. Notably, while graphene oxide clearly impacted phase-I drug-metabolism enzymes (e.g., CYP3A4, CYP2C9) through the inhibition of gene expression and metabolic activity, conversely, no effect was observed for phase-II enzyme GST and phase-III efflux transporter ABCG2. The GO-induced impairment of CYP3A4 occurs concomitantly with the activation of an early acute-phase response, characterized by altered levels of gene expression and protein production of relevant acute-phase proteins (i.e., CRP, Albumin, TFR, TTR). These data suggest that graphene oxide induces an acute phase response, which is in line with recent in vivo findings. In conclusion, upcyte® hepatocytes appear a reliable in vitro model for assessing nanomaterial-induced hepatotoxicity, specifically showing that sub-lethal doses of graphene oxide have a negative impact on the specialized hepatic functions of these cells. The impairment of the cytochrome P450 system, along with the activation of an acute-phase response, may suggest potential detrimental consequences for human health, as altered detoxification from xenobiotics and drugs.
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- A. Romaldini
- D3 PharmaChemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
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- D3 PharmaChemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
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- Electron Microscopy Facility, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- D3 PharmaChemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy
- *Correspondence: S. Sabella,
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Pompili R, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Curcio A, Del Dotto A, Ferrario M, Galletti M, Romeo S, Scifo J, Shpakov V, Villa F, Zigler A. Time-resolved study of nonlinear photoemission in radio-frequency photoinjectors. Opt Lett 2021; 46:2844-2847. [PMID: 34129555 DOI: 10.1364/ol.423880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Photoemission is one of the fundamental processes that describes the generation of charged particles from materials irradiated by photons. The continuous progress in the development of ultrashort lasers allows investigation into the dynamics of the process at the femtosecond timescale. Here we report about experimental measurements using two ultrashort ultraviolet laser pulses to temporally probe the electrons release from a copper cathode in a radio-frequency photoinjector. By changing their relative delay, we studied how the release mechanism is affected by two-photon photoemission when tens of GW/cm2 intensities are employed. We evaluated the limits it poses on the achievable beam brightness and analyzed the resulting emission yield in terms of the electronic temperature by modeling the cathode as a two-temperature system.
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Villa F, Rosi E, Grazioli S, Mauri M, Giorda R, Brambilla P, Bonivento C, Garzitto M, Molteni M, Nobile M. Associations between genes methylation, postnatal risk factors and psychiatric symptoms in a clinical sample of children and adolescents: Preliminar results from the remind longitudinal study. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9470411 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Introduction Epigenetics hypothesizes a crucial link between postnatal risk factors, individual response to stress, DNA methylation and psychiatric symptomatology changes during life. Objectives We analyzed methylation within two gene exons: NR3C1 and SLC6A4, which are involved in responses to environmental stressors. We investigated the relationship between methylation, postnatal risk factors and psychopathology assessed by Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in our help-seeking sample evaluated in infancy (W1), preadolescence (W2) and adult life (W3). Methods Postnatal risk factors data were collected at W1 in 205 clinical subjects (156 M, 49 F; age=9,13±1,95). The CBCL scores were collected at W1 and W2 (W2 age=14,52±2,12). Data regarding methylation were collected at W2. At W3 we are also collecting clinical scores. A Spearman correlation coefficient was calculated between methylation percentage and clinical data at W2. The externalizing and internalizing trajectories were evaluated through repeated measure ANOVA with postnatal risk factors (presence/absence) as between-groups factor. Results Significant associations were found between methylation and internalizing and total clinical scores (Table 1). The rm-ANOVA results showed a significant interaction between the CBCL internalizing score and presence/absence of postnatal risk, with higher internalizing problems in subjects that were exposed to postnatal risk factors. This effect was significant at W2 but not at W1 (Figure 1).![]() ![]() Conclusions Psychopathological symptoms trajectories could depend on epigenetics and early environmental risk factors. Further analyses will address a Linear Discriminant Analysis to proceed to a machine learning oriented approach. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Grazioli S, Rosi E, Villa F, Mauri M, Brambilla P, Bonivento C, Molteni M, Nobile M. Relationship between internalizing and externalizing symptoms trajectories and perinatal risk factors in an epidemiological sample: Preliminary results from the remind project. Eur Psychiatry 2021. [PMCID: PMC9471891 DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Our 15-years follow-up ReMIND project aims to re-assess an epidemiological and a clinical sample of adults (Wave 3), who were assessed in preadolescence (Wave 1) and adolescence (Wave 2), to evaluate symptoms trajectories and their relationship with genetic/epigenetic data, environmental risk factors and neuroimaging measures. Objectives Here, we depict preliminary results regarding the epidemiological sample. Methods We assessed internalizing and externalizing symptoms in 40 italian subjects (25 F) from general population at three waves (W1 mean age: 12±0,82; W2 mean age: 17±0,88, W3 mean age: 28±1), through the Child Behavior Checklist (W1 and W2) or the Adult Self Report (W3), and perinatal risk factors through a socio-anamnestic questionnaire, by a new online platform (MedicalBit). We analyzed symptoms trajectories and their relation with perinatal risk factors through a repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (rm-MANOVA). Results rm-MANOVA results show that high number of perinatal risks was significantly associated with higher internalizing symptomatology in preadolescence but not in adolescence and adult life. The mean difference was 8 T-points. The same trend is evident in adolescence but not in adult age (Graph 1). Perinatal risk factors did not have a significant effect on externalizing symptoms at any time point, despite a non-significant trend is evident (Graph 2).![]() ![]() Conclusions Our preliminary results suggest a trend of increased internalizing symptoms from childhood to adulthood and a significant role of perinatal risk factors in pre-adolescence. Further investigations are necessary to better understand symptoms trajectories and the role of biological and environmental factors. Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Di Sieno L, Ferocino E, Conca E, Sesta V, Buttafava M, Villa F, Zappa F, Contini D, Torricelli A, Taroni P, Tosi A, Pifferi A, Dalla Mora A. Time-domain diffuse optics with 8.6 mm 2 fast-gated SiPM for extreme light harvesting. Opt Lett 2021; 46:424-427. [PMID: 33449045 DOI: 10.1364/ol.413577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Fast time-gated single-photon detectors demonstrated high depth sensitivity in the detection of localized absorption perturbations inside scattering media, but their use for in vivo clinical applications-such as functional imaging of brain activation-was impaired by their small (<0.04mm2) active area. Here, we demonstrate, both on phantoms and in vivo, the performance of a fast-gated digital silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) that features an overall active area of 8.6mm2, overcoming the photon collection capability of established time-gated single-pixel detectors by orders of magnitude, enabling deep investigations within scattering media and high signal-to-noise ratios at late photon arrival times.
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Pellegrino B, Cavanna L, Boggiani D, Zamagni C, Frassoldati A, Schirone A, Caldara A, Rocca A, Gori S, Piacentini F, Berardi R, Brandes AA, Foglietta J, Villa F, Todeschini R, Tognetto M, Naldi N, Bortesi B, Montemurro F, Ardizzoni A, Boni L, Musolino A. Phase II study of eribulin in combination with gemcitabine for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic triple negative breast cancer (ERIGE trial). Clinical and pharmacogenetic results on behalf of the Gruppo Oncologico Italiano di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC). ESMO Open 2020; 6:100019. [PMID: 33399082 PMCID: PMC7808100 DOI: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2020.100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 11/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background The combination of a microtubule inhibitor (eribulin) with a nucleoside analog (gemcitabine) may synergistically induce tumor cell death, particularly in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) characterized by high cell proliferation, aggressive behavior, and chemo-resistance. Patients and methods This is an open-label, multicenter phase II study evaluating the combination of eribulin (0.88 mg/m2) plus gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2) on days 1 and 8 of a 21-day cycle as either first- or second-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic TNBC. The primary endpoint was the objective response for evaluable patients. A prospective, molecular correlative study was carried out to assess the role of germinal BRCA pathogenic variants and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in predicting efficacy and toxicity of the combination regimen. Results From July 2013 to September 2016, 83 evaluable patients were enrolled. They received a median number of six cycles of treatment. An overall response rate (ORR) of 37.3% (31 patients) was observed, with a complete response rate of 2.4% and a partial response rate of 34.9%; the clinical benefit rate was 48.8%. With a median follow-up of 28.8 months, the median response duration was 6.6 months, the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 5.1 months, and the median overall survival (OS) was 14.5 months. The most common grade 3-4 adverse events were aminotransferase elevation (in 25% of the patients) and neutropenia (in 23.8%). Women with BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants were associated with worse ORR, PFS, and OS than BRCA1/2 wild-type carriers. CYP3A4 and FGD4 SNPs were associated with increased risk of liver toxicity. Three different SNPs in CDA∗2, RRM1, and CYP2C8 genes were significantly associated with poorer OS. Conclusions The combination of eribulin and gemcitabine showed promising activity and a moderate toxicity profile in metastatic TNBC. BRCA status and pharmacogenetics tests may help identify patients with high probability of response with negligible toxicity. EudraCT number 2012-003505-10. Eribulin plus gemcitabine showed a remarkable best ORR of 37.3% and a clinical benefit rate of 48.8%. The most common grade 3/4 toxicities were liver toxicity and neutropenia without febrile neutropenia. The study regimen partially lost its efficacy in patients harboring BRCA1/2 pathogenic variants. SNPs in CYP3A4 and FGD4 genes were associated with increased risk of liver toxicity. Three different SNPs in CDA∗2, RRM1, and CYP2C8 genes were significantly associated with poorer OS.
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- B Pellegrino
- Medical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research (GOIRC), Parma, Italy; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research (GOIRC), Parma, Italy
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- SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research (GOIRC), Parma, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola (FC), Italy
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- Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar (VR), Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Azienda USL, Bologna, Italy
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- Hospital of Lecco, Lecco, Italy
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- Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research (GOIRC), Parma, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Oncology Outpatient Clinic, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy
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- Oncologia Medica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinical Epidemiology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Breast Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research (GOIRC), Parma, Italy; Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
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Warnell KJD, Russell M, Rhodes C, Bagstad KJ, Olander LP, Nowak DJ, Poudel R, Glynn PD, Hass JL, Hirabayashi S, Ingram JC, Matuszak J, Oleson KLL, Posner SM, Villa F. Testing ecosystem accounting in the United States: A case study for the Southeast. Ecosyst Serv 2020; 43:101099. [PMID: 33365228 PMCID: PMC7751700 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ecosystem accounts, as formalized by the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Experimental Ecosystem Accounts (SEEA EEA), have been compiled in a number of countries, yet there have been few attempts to develop them for the U.S. We explore the potential for U.S. ecosystem accounting by compiling ecosystem extent, condition, and ecosystem services supply and use accounts for a ten-state region in the Southeast. The pilot accounts address air quality, water quality, biodiversity, carbon storage, recreation, and pollination for selected years from 2001 to 2015. Results illustrate how information from ecosystem accounts can contribute to policy and decision-making. Using an example from Atlanta, we also show how ecosystem accounts can be considered alongside other SEEA accounts to give a more complete picture of a local area's environmental-economic trends. The process by which we determined where to place metrics within the accounting framework, which was strongly informed by the National Ecosystem Services Classification System (NESCS), can provide guidance for future ecosystem accounts in the U.S. and other countries. Finally, we identify knowledge gaps that limit the inclusion of certain ecosystem services in the accounts and suggest future research that can close these gaps and improve future U.S. ecosystem accounts.
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- United States Geological Survey, Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center
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- Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University
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Giorgi PD, Villa F, Gallazzi E, Debernardi A, Schirò GR, Crisà FM, Talamonti G, D'Aliberti G. The management of emergency spinal surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Bone Joint J 2020; 102-B:671-676. [PMID: 32323563 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.102b6.bjj-2020-0537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS The current pandemic caused by COVID-19 is the biggest challenge for national health systems for a century. While most medical resources are allocated to treat COVID-19 patients, several non-COVID-19 medical emergencies still need to be treated, including vertebral fractures and spinal cord compression. The aim of this paper is to report the early experience and an organizational protocol for emergency spinal surgery currently being used in a large metropolitan area by an integrated team of orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons. METHODS An organizational model is presented based on case centralization in hub hospitals and early management of surgical cases to reduce hospital stay. Data from all the patients admitted for emergency spinal surgery from the beginning of the outbreak were prospectively collected and compared to data from patients admitted for the same reason in the same time span in the previous year, and treated by the same integrated team. RESULTS A total of 19 patients (11 males and eight females, with a mean age of 49.9 years (14 to 83)) were admitted either for vertebral fracture or spinal cord compression in a 19-day period, compared to the ten admitted in the previous year. No COVID-19 patients were treated. The mean time between admission and surgery was 1.7 days, significantly lower than 6.8 days the previous year (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION The structural organization and the management protocol we describe allowed us to reduce the time to surgery and ultimately hospital stay, thereby maximizing the already stretched medical resources available. We hope that our early experience can be of value to the medical communities that will soon be in the same emergency situation. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2020;102-B(6):671-676.
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- P D Giorgi
- Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit, Emergency and Urgency Department, A.S.S.T. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Emergency and Urgency Department, A.S.S.T. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit, Emergency and Urgency Department, A.S.S.T. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Emergency and Urgency Department, A.S.S.T. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Orthopedics and Traumatology Unit, Emergency and Urgency Department, A.S.S.T. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Emergency and Urgency Department, A.S.S.T. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy.,Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Emergency and Urgency Department, A.S.S.T. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Emergency and Urgency Department, A.S.S.T. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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Farina A, Candeo A, Dalla Mora A, Bassi A, Lussana R, Villa F, Valentini G, Arridge S, D'Andrea C. Novel time-resolved camera based on compressed sensing. Opt Express 2019; 27:31889-31899. [PMID: 31684412 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.031889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Time-resolved cameras with high temporal resolution (down to ps) enable a huge set of novel applications ranging from biomedicine and environmental science to material and device characterization. In this work, we propose, and experimentally validate, a novel detection scheme for time-resolved imaging based on a compressed sampling approach. The proposed scheme unifies into a single element all the required operations, i.e. space modulation, space integration and time-resolved detection, paving the way to dramatic cost reduction, performance improvement and ease of use.
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Veneziano C, Cervellin C, Caragnano A, Bulfoni M, Villa F, Sponga S, Livi U, Finato N, Cesselli D, Madeddu P, Puca AA, Beltrami AP. P746Protective role of the longevity associated variant of BPIFB4 in chronic ischemia. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
A rare Longevity Associated Variant (LAV) of the gene BPIFB4, whose protein product can be secreted, is recessively associated with extreme longevity, positively impacting the cardiovascular system and promoting therapeutic angiogenesis in an hindlimb ischemia model.
Aim
Aim of this work is to verify if LAV-BPIFB4 may temper the phenotype of chronic ischemia in humans, thus suggesting its therapeutic potential.
Methods and results
39 hearts explanted from patients affected by end-stage ischemic heart disease were studied. Of these, 7 were homozygous for BPIFB4-LAV. Homozygous and non-homozygous patients did not differ in sex, age and in the prevalence of comorbidities or risk factors. However, the time elapsed from myocardial infarction to transplantation was significantly longer for LAV homozygous with respect to LAV heterozygous patients (159±95 vs 58±27 months, p=0.045). Histologically, while BPIFB4 levels did not differ in accordance with the genotype, the fraction of Tunel+and 53BP1+apoptotic and senescent myocytes was significantly lower in homozygous patients (1.2±0.4% vs 23.8±21.7%, p=0.026 and 31.5±6.7% vs 44.4±6.1%, p=0.031, respectively). Significantly lower levels of lipoperoxides and higher levels of Parkin were observed in homozygous hearts too. Next, we directly tested the role of BPIFB4 on PDGFRb+ NG2+Tbx18+cardiac pericytes/mural cells (PM) cultured from normal atria (PMnorm, n=10) and from ischemic failing hearts (PMfail, n=7). BPIFB4 gene transcript was significantly more expressed in PMnorm than PMfail. Silencing BPIFB4 expression in PMnorm significantly increased the proportion of senescent gH2AX+Ki67-cells (3.6±2.9% vs 13.6±9.5%, p=0.049). Conversely, addition of recombinant LAV BPIFB4 protein to PMfail cultures significantly reduced the rate of senescent cells (21.1±9.4% vs 6.0±4.8%, p=0.03), an effect that was not observed with the administration of WT BPIFB4. PMfail cultures exposed to LAV BPIFB4 significantly reversed alterations observed with pathology, such as the accumulation of both lipofuscins and of very elongated and interconnected mitochondria in the cell cytoplasm, as well as elevated mitochondrial superoxide anion levels. Finally, a larger fraction of PMnorm cells showed, with respect to PMfail, the nuclear translocation of vitamin D receptor (74.6±6.1% vs 50.1±14.4, p=0.04), coupled with a significant upregulation of its, longevity associated, target gene Klotho. Importantly, LAV BPIFB4 significantly increased the fraction of PMfail with vitamin D receptor nuclear localization (55.8±17.6% vs 85.1±8.2%, p=0.005).
Conclusion
LAV BPIFB4 could attenuate the progression of ischemic heart disease to heart failure. Part of its protective effect may be due to its ability to reduce mitochondrial oxidative stress and to revert the senescent phenotype of cardiac derived cells.
Acknowledgement/Funding
CARIPLO foundation
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- IRCCS Multimedica of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Udine, Italy
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- University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Udine, Italy
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- University Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Istituto di Anatomia Patologica, Udine, Italy
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- University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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Zagra L, Villa F, Cappelletti L, Gallazzi E, Materazzi G, De Vecchi E. Can leucocyte esterase replace frozen sections in the intraoperative diagnosis of prosthetic hip infection? Bone Joint J 2019; 101-B:372-377. [PMID: 30929495 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.101b4.bjj-2018-0752.r1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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AIMS Leucocyte esterase (LE) has been shown to be an accurate marker of prosthetic joint infection (PJI), and has been proposed as an alternative to frozen section (FS) histology for intraoperative diagnosis. In this study, the intraoperative assessment of LE was compared with FS histology for the diagnosis of prosthetic hip infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 119 patients undergoing revision total hip arthroplasty (THA) between June 2015 and December 2017 were included in the study. There were 56 men and 63 women with a mean age of 66.2 years (27 to 88). Synovial fluid was collected before arthrotomy for the assessment of LE using enzymatic colourimetric strips. Between five and six samples were stained with haematoxylin and eosin for FS histology, and considered suggestive of infection when at least five polymorphonuclear leucocytes were found in five high-power fields. RESULTS The sensitivity and specificity of the LE assay were 100% and 93.8%, respectively; the positive (PPV) and the negative (NPV) predictive values were 79.3% and 100%, respectively. The mean time between the collection of the sample and the result being known was 20.1 minutes (sd 4.4). The sensitivity and specificity of FS histology were 78.3% and 96.9%, respectively; the PPV and the NPV were 85.7% and 94.9%, respectively. The mean time between the collection of the sample and the result being known was 27.2 minutes (sd 6.9). CONCLUSION The sensitivity of LE assay was higher, with similar specificity and diagnostic accuracy, compared with FS histology. The faster turnaround time, its ease of use, and low costs make LE assay a valuable alternative to FS histology. We now use it routinely for the intraoperative diagnosis of PJI. Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2019;101-B:372-377.
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- L Zagra
- Hip Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Hip Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Hip Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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Shpakov V, Anania MP, Bellaveglia M, Biagioni A, Bisesto F, Cardelli F, Cesarini M, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Costa G, Croia M, Del Dotto A, Di Giovenale D, Diomede M, Ferrario M, Filippi F, Giribono A, Lollo V, Marongiu M, Martinelli V, Mostacci A, Piersanti L, Di Pirro G, Pompili R, Romeo S, Scifo J, Vaccarezza C, Villa F, Zigler A. Longitudinal Phase-Space Manipulation with Beam-Driven Plasma Wakefields. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:114801. [PMID: 30951354 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.114801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The development of compact accelerator facilities providing high-brightness beams is one of the most challenging tasks in the field of next-generation compact and cost affordable particle accelerators, to be used in many fields for industrial, medical, and research applications. The ability to shape the beam longitudinal phase space, in particular, plays a key role in achieving high-peak brightness. Here we present a new approach that allows us to tune the longitudinal phase space of a high-brightness beam by means of plasma wakefields. The electron beam passing through the plasma drives large wakefields that are used to manipulate the time-energy correlation of particles along the beam itself. We experimentally demonstrate that such a solution is highly tunable by simply adjusting the density of the plasma and can be used to imprint or remove any correlation onto the beam. This is a fundamental requirement when dealing with largely time-energy correlated beams coming from future plasma accelerators.
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- V Shpakov
- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata and INFN, Via Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
- Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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Domisch S, Kakouei K, Martínez-López J, Bagstad KJ, Magrach A, Balbi S, Villa F, Funk A, Hein T, Borgwardt F, Hermoso V, Jähnig SC, Langhans SD. Social equity shapes zone-selection: Balancing aquatic biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services delivery in the transboundary Danube River Basin. Sci Total Environ 2019; 656:797-807. [PMID: 30530149 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 11/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Freshwater biodiversity is declining, despite national and international efforts to manage and protect freshwater ecosystems. Ecosystem-based management (EBM) has been proposed as an approach that could more efficiently and adaptively balance ecological and societal needs. However, this raises the question of how social and ecological objectives can be included in an integrated management plan. Here, we present a generic model-coupling framework tailored to address this question for freshwater ecosystems, using three components: biodiversity, ecosystem services (ESS), and a spatial prioritisation that aims to balance the spatial representation of biodiversity and ESS supply and demand. We illustrate this model-coupling approach within the Danube River Basin using the spatially explicit, potential distribution of (i) 85 fish species as a surrogate for biodiversity as modelled using hierarchical Bayesian models, and (ii) four estimated ESS layers produced by the Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services (ARIES) platform (with ESS supply defined as carbon storage and flood regulation, and demand specified as recreation and water use). These are then used for (iii) a joint spatial prioritisation of biodiversity and ESS employing Marxan with Zones, laying out the spatial representation of multiple management zones. Given the transboundary setting of the Danube River Basin, we also run comparative analyses including the country-level purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) and each country's percent cover of the total basin area as potential cost factors, illustrating a scheme for balancing the share of establishing specific zones among countries. We demonstrate how emphasizing various biodiversity or ESS targets in an EBM model-coupling framework can be used to cost-effectively test various spatially explicit management options across a multi-national case study. We further discuss possible limitations, future developments, and requirements for effectively managing a balance between biodiversity and ESS supply and demand in freshwater ecosystems.
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- Sami Domisch
- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany.
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- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center, P.O. Box 25046, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, USA
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- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa 48940, Spain
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- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa 48940, Spain
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, Vienna 1180, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, Vienna 1180, Austria; WasserCluster Lunz, WG Biger, Lunz, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendel Straße 33, Vienna 1180, Austria
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- Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya, Sant Llorenc de Monunys, Km 2, Solsona, 25280, Lleida, Spain
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- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany; BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa 48940, Spain; University of Otago, Department of Zoology, 340 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
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Funk A, Martínez-López J, Borgwardt F, Trauner D, Bagstad KJ, Balbi S, Magrach A, Villa F, Hein T. Identification of conservation and restoration priority areas in the Danube River based on the multi-functionality of river-floodplain systems. Sci Total Environ 2019; 654:763-777. [PMID: 30448667 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Large river-floodplain systems are hotspots of biodiversity and ecosystem services but are also used for multiple human activities, making them one of the most threatened ecosystems worldwide. There is wide evidence that reconnecting river channels with their floodplains is an effective measure to increase their multi-functionality, i.e., ecological integrity, habitats for multiple species and the multiple functions and services of river-floodplain systems, although, the selection of promising sites for restoration projects can be a demanding task. In the case of the Danube River in Europe, planning and implementation of restoration projects is substantially hampered by the complexity and heterogeneity of the environmental problems, lack of data and strong differences in socio-economic conditions as well as inconsistencies in legislation related to river management. We take a quantitative approach based on best-available data to assess biodiversity using selected species and three ecosystem services (flood regulation, crop pollination, and recreation), focused on the navigable main stem of the Danube River and its floodplains. We spatially prioritize river-floodplain segments for conservation and restoration based on (1) multi-functionality related to biodiversity and ecosystem services, (2) availability of remaining semi-natural areas and (3) reversibility as it relates to multiple human activities (e.g. flood protection, hydropower and navigation). Our approach can thus serve as a strategic planning tool for the Danube and provide a method for similar analyses in other large river-floodplain systems.
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- Andrea Funk
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendelstraße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; WasserClusterLunz - Biologische Station GmbH, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria.
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendelstraße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria.
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendelstraße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; WasserClusterLunz - Biologische Station GmbH, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria.
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center, PO Box 25046, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, USA.
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management, Gregor Mendelstraße 33, 1180 Vienna, Austria; WasserClusterLunz - Biologische Station GmbH, Dr. Carl Kupelwieser Promenade 5, 3293 Lunz am See, Austria.
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Martínez-López J, Teixeira H, Morgado M, Almagro M, Sousa AI, Villa F, Balbi S, Genua-Olmedo A, Nogueira AJA, Lillebø AI. Participatory coastal management through elicitation of ecosystem service preferences and modelling driven by "coastal squeeze". Sci Total Environ 2019; 652:1113-1128. [PMID: 30586798 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The Baixo Vouga Lagunar (BVL) is part of Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon in Portugal, which is classified as a Special Protection Area under the European Habitats and Birds Directives. This part of the system, corresponding to the confluence of the Vouga River with the lagoon, is very important culturally and socioeconomically for the local communities, taking place several human activities, especially agriculture. To prevent salt water intrusion from the Ria de Aveiro into agriculture fields, a floodbank was initiated in the 90's. In frame of ongoing changes in Ria de Aveiro hydrodynamics, the existing floodbank will be now extended, introducing further changes in the ecological dynamics of the BVL and its adjacent area. As a consequence, the water level in the floodbank downstream side is expected to rise, increasing the submersion period in tidal wetlands, and leading to coastal squeeze. The aim of this study is to apply an ecosystem based-management approach to mitigate the impacts on biodiversity resulting from the management plan. To do so, we have modelled the implications of the changes in several hydrological and environmental variables on four saltmarsh species and habitats distribution, as well as on their associated ecosystem services, both upstream and downstream of the floodbank. The ecosystem services of interest were prioritized by stakeholders' elicitation, which were then used as an input to a spatial multi-criteria analysis aimed to find the best management actions to compensate for the unintended loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the BVL. According to our results, the main areas to be preserved in the BVL were the traditional agricultural mosaic fields; the freshwater courses and the subtidal estuarine channels. By combining ecology with the analysis of social preferences, this study shows how co-developed solutions can support adaptive management and the conservation of coastal ecosystems.
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- Javier Martínez-López
- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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- BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Lago M, Boteler B, Rouillard J, Abhold K, Jähnig SC, Iglesias-Campos A, Delacámara G, Piet GJ, Hein T, Nogueira AJA, Lillebø AI, Strosser P, Robinson LA, De Wever A, O'Higgins T, Schlüter M, Török L, Reichert P, van Ham C, Villa F, McDonald H. Introducing the H2020 AQUACROSS project: Knowledge, Assessment, and Management for AQUAtic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services aCROSS EU policies. Sci Total Environ 2019; 652:320-329. [PMID: 30366333 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The AQUACROSS project was an unprecedented effort to unify policy concepts, knowledge, and management of freshwater, coastal, and marine ecosystems to support the cost-effective achievement of the targets set by the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. AQUACROSS aimed to support EU efforts to enhance the resilience and stop the loss of biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems as well as to ensure the ongoing and future provision of aquatic ecosystem services. The project focused on advancing the knowledge base and application of Ecosystem-Based Management. Through elaboration of eight diverse case studies in freshwater and marine and estuarine aquatic ecosystem across Europe covering a range of environmental management problems including, eutrophication, sustainable fisheries as well as invasive alien species AQUACROSS demonstrated the application of a common framework to establish cost-effective measures and integrated Ecosystem-Based Management practices. AQUACROSS analysed the EU policy framework (i.e. goals, concepts, time frames) for aquatic ecosystems and built on knowledge stemming from different sources (i.e. WISE, BISE, Member State reporting within different policy processes, modelling) to develop innovative management tools, concepts, and business models (i.e. indicators, maps, ecosystem assessments, participatory approaches, mechanisms for promoting the delivery of ecosystem services) for aquatic ecosystems at various scales of space and time and relevant to different ecosystem types.
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- M Lago
- Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany.
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- Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
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- Wageningen Marine Research, the Netherlands
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- University of Natural Resources & Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; WasserCluster Lunz, Austria
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal; Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal; Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Portugal
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- ACTeon - Innovation, Policy, Environment, Colmar, France
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- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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- University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Ireland
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden
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- Danube Delta National Institute for Research & Development, Romania
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (eawag), Switzerland
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- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Brussels, Belgium
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- BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change, Bilbao, Spain
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Barbosa A, Martín B, Hermoso V, Arévalo-Torres J, Barbière J, Martínez-López J, Domisch S, Langhans SD, Balbi S, Villa F, Delacámara G, Teixeira H, Nogueira AJA, Lillebø AI, Gil-Jiménez Y, McDonald H, Iglesias-Campos A. Cost-effective restoration and conservation planning in Green and Blue Infrastructure designs. A case study on the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean: Andalusia (Spain) - Morocco. Sci Total Environ 2019; 652:1463-1473. [PMID: 30586831 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) is a network designed and planned to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services and to protect biodiversity. Existing GBI designs lacked a systematic method to allocate restoration zones. This study proposes a novel approach for systematically selecting cost-effective areas for restoration on the basis of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and ecosystem condition to give an optimal spatial design of GBI. The approach was tested at a regional scale, in a transboundary setting encompassing the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean in Andalusia (Spain) - Morocco (IBRM), across three aquatic ecosystems: freshwater, coastal and marine. We applied Marxan with Zones to stakeholder-defined scenarios of GBI in the IBRM. Specifically, we aimed to identify management zones within the GBl that addressed different conservation, restoration and exploitation objectives. Although almost all conservation targets were achieved, our results highlighted that the proportion of conservation features (i.e., biodiversity, ecosystem services) that would be compromised in the GBl, and the proportion of provisioning services that would be lost due to conservation (i.e., incidental representation) are potentially large, indicating that the probability of conflicts between conservation and exploitation goals in the area is high. The implementation of restoration zones improved connectivity across the GBI, and also achieved European and global policy targets. Our approach may help guide future applications of GBI to implement the flexible conservation management that aquatic environments require, considering many areas at different spatial scales, across multiple ecosystems, and in transboundary contexts.
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- Ana Barbosa
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, 7 Place de Fontenoy, F-75352 Paris 07 SP, France.
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- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, 7 Place de Fontenoy, F-75352 Paris 07 SP, France
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- Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Solsona, Spain; Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecosystem Research, Justus-von-Liebig-Str. 7, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, 7 Place de Fontenoy, F-75352 Paris 07 SP, France
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- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, 7 Place de Fontenoy, F-75352 Paris 07 SP, France
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecosystem Research, Justus-von-Liebig-Str. 7, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Ecosystem Research, Justus-von-Liebig-Str. 7, D-12489 Berlin, Germany; BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain; University of Otago, Department of Zoology, 340 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, University of the Basque Country, Leioa 48940, Spain
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- IMDEA - Water Institute - Water Economics Department, Av/ Punto Com, 2, Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Departament of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departament of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departament of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Junta de Andalucía, Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía, Puerto de Málaga, Cara Sur - Lonja del Puerto s/n, 29001 Málaga, Spain
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- Ecologic Institute, Pfalzburger Strasse 43/44, Berlin, Germany
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- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, 7 Place de Fontenoy, F-75352 Paris 07 SP, France
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Musolino A, Cavanna L, Boggiani D, Zamagni C, Frassoldati A, Caldara A, Rocca A, Gori S, Piacentini F, Berardi R, Brandes AA, Foglietta J, Villa F, Pellegrino B, Todeschini R, Tognetto M, Naldi N, Bortesi B, Boni L, Montemurro F, Ardizzoni A. Abstract P1-14-05: Phase II study of eribulin in combination with gemcitabine for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic triple negative breast cancer (ERIGE Trial). Clinical and pharmacogenetic results on behalf of the Gruppo Oncologico Italiano di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC). Cancer Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs18-p1-14-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background: There are no well-established chemotherapy regimens for metastatic triple negative breast cancer. The combination of a microtubule inhibitor (eribulin) with a nucleoside analog (gemcitabine) may synergistically induce tumor cell death, especially in tumors like triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) characterized by high cell proliferation, aggressive tumor behavior, and chemo-resistance.
Materials and Methods:This is an open-label, national multicenter phase II study evaluating the combination of eribulin (0.88 mg/m2) plus gemcitabine (1000 mg/m2) on day 1 and 8, q21 as either first- or second-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic TNBC.The primary endpoint was the objective response rate (ORR) for evaluable patients (pts). The study was designed according to the Simon's two stage optimal design. We chose the lower activity (p0) of 0.20 and target activity level (p1) of 0.35. A prospective, molecular correlative study has been being carried out on germinal DNA of study population to assess the role of BRCA mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in predicting efficacy and toxicity of the combination regimen.
Results: From July 2013 to September 2016, 83 evaluable pts (37 in the first stage, 46 in the second one) were enrolled. They received a median number of 6 cycles of treatment (range 1-24). The ORR (CR+PR) was 37.35% (90% CI: 28.47-46.93) and the clinical benefit rate (CR+PR+SD ≥ 24wks) was 48.78% (90% CI: 39.24%-58.39%). The most common grade 3-4 adverse events (> 10% of patients) were neutropenia and liver toxicity. With a median follow-up of 28.8 months, the median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 5.1 months (95% CI: 4.2-7.0) and 14.7 months (95% CI: 10.2-20.0), respectively. BRCA1/2 deleterious mutations were observed in 15 (22%) out of 68 genotyped pts. Women with BRCA1/2 mutations were associated with worse ORR, PFS and OS than those with BRCA1/2 wild-type. A panel of SNPs in genes of study drug metabolism pathways was evaluated. Among these, CYP3A4 392A >G and FGD4 2044236G>A SNPs were associated with greater liver toxicity by logistic regression analysis. Furthermore, CDA*2 79A>C, RRM1 2455 A>G, and CYP2C8 416G>A SNPs were associated with poorer overall survival by Cox proportional hazards model.
Conclusions:The combination of eribulin and gemcitabine shows promising activity and a moderate toxicity profile in metastatic TNBC. BRCA status and pharmacogenetics tests may help identify pts with high probability of response with negligible toxicity.
Citation Format: Musolino A, Cavanna L, Boggiani D, Zamagni C, Frassoldati A, Caldara A, Rocca A, Gori S, Piacentini F, Berardi R, Brandes AA, Foglietta J, Villa F, Pellegrino B, Todeschini R, Tognetto M, Naldi N, Bortesi B, Boni L, Montemurro F, Ardizzoni A. Phase II study of eribulin in combination with gemcitabine for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic triple negative breast cancer (ERIGE Trial). Clinical and pharmacogenetic results on behalf of the Gruppo Oncologico Italiano di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC) [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2018 Dec 4-8; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2019;79(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P1-14-05.
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- A Musolino
- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit and Gruppo Oncologico di Ricerca Clinica (GOIRC), University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy; Hospital of Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy; SSD Oncologia Medica Addarii, Bologna, Italy; Oncologia Clinica, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; Oncologia Medica, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy; IRST-IRCCS, Meldola, Italy; Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy; University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy; Ancona University Hospital, Ancona, Italy; Azienda USL-IRCCS, Bologna, Italy; Hospital of Perugia, Perugia, Italy; Lecco Hospital, Lecco, Italy; GOIRC, Parma, Italy; Careggi University Hospital, ITT, Firenze, Italy; Istituto per la Ricerca e la Cura del Cancro, IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy; Medical Oncology Unit, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
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Martínez-López J, Bagstad KJ, Balbi S, Magrach A, Voigt B, Athanasiadis I, Pascual M, Willcock S, Villa F. Towards globally customizable ecosystem service models. Sci Total Environ 2019; 650:2325-2336. [PMID: 30292124 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Revised: 09/16/2018] [Accepted: 09/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Scientists, stakeholders and decision makers face trade-offs between adopting simple or complex approaches when modeling ecosystem services (ES). Complex approaches may be time- and data-intensive, making them more challenging to implement and difficult to scale, but can produce more accurate and locally specific results. In contrast, simple approaches allow for faster assessments but may sacrifice accuracy and credibility. The ARtificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services (ARIES) modeling platform has endeavored to provide a spectrum of simple to complex ES models that are readily accessible to a broad range of users. In this paper, we describe a series of five "Tier 1" ES models that users can run anywhere in the world with no user input, while offering the option to easily customize models with context-specific data and parameters. This approach enables rapid ES quantification, as models are automatically adapted to the application context. We provide examples of customized ES assessments at three locations on different continents and demonstrate the use of ARIES' spatial multi-criteria analysis module, which enables spatial prioritization of ES for different beneficiary groups. The models described here use publicly available global- and continental-scale data as defaults. Advanced users can modify data input requirements, model parameters or entire model structures to capitalize on high-resolution data and context-specific model formulations. Data and methods contributed by the research community become part of a growing knowledge base, enabling faster and better ES assessment for users worldwide. By engaging with the ES modeling community to further develop and customize these models based on user needs, spatiotemporal contexts, and scale(s) of analysis, we aim to cover the full arc from simple to complex assessments, minimizing the additional cost to the user when increased complexity and accuracy are needed.
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- Javier Martínez-López
- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences & Environmental Change Science Center, PO Box 25046, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225, USA
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- University of Vermont, Gund Institute for the Environment, 617 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain
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- School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Bangor University, United Kingdom
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- BC3-Basque Centre for Climate Change, Sede Building 1, 1st floor, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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Boyd JW, Bagstad KJ, Ingram JC, Shapiro CD, Adkins JE, Casey CF, Duke CS, Glynn PD, Goldman E, Grasso M, Hass JL, Johnson JA, Lange GM, Matuszak J, Miller A, Oleson KLL, Posner SM, Rhodes C, Soulard F, Vardon M, Villa F, Voigt B, Wentland S. The Natural Capital Accounting Opportunity: Let's Really Do the Numbers. Bioscience 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Integrated Systems Solutions, Inc., in Charleston, South Carolina
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- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, in Washington, DC
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- National Council for Science and the Environment, in Washington, DC
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in Silver Spring, Maryland
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- US Department of the Interior, in Washington, DC
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- Former ORISE postdoctoral fellow, with the US Evironmental ProtectionAgency, in Washington, DC
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Pompili R, Anania MP, Bellaveglia M, Biagioni A, Bini S, Bisesto F, Brentegani E, Cardelli F, Castorina G, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Coiro O, Costa G, Croia M, Di Giovenale D, Ferrario M, Filippi F, Giribono A, Lollo V, Marocchino A, Marongiu M, Martinelli V, Mostacci A, Pellegrini D, Piersanti L, Di Pirro G, Romeo S, Rossi AR, Scifo J, Shpakov V, Stella A, Vaccarezza C, Villa F, Zigler A. Focusing of High-Brightness Electron Beams with Active-Plasma Lenses. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:174801. [PMID: 30411933 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.174801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Plasma-based technology promises a tremendous reduction in size of accelerators used for research, medical, and industrial applications, making it possible to develop tabletop machines accessible for a broader scientific community. By overcoming current limits of conventional accelerators and pushing particles to larger and larger energies, the availability of strong and tunable focusing optics is mandatory also because plasma-accelerated beams usually have large angular divergences. In this regard, active-plasma lenses represent a compact and affordable tool to generate radially symmetric magnetic fields several orders of magnitude larger than conventional quadrupoles and solenoids. However, it has been recently proved that the focusing can be highly nonlinear and induce a dramatic emittance growth. Here, we present experimental results showing how these nonlinearities can be minimized and lensing improved. These achievements represent a major breakthrough toward the miniaturization of next-generation focusing devices.
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- R Pompili
- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- University or Rome Tor Vergata and INFN, Via Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Sapienza University, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
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- Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, Italy
- Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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Cattò C, James G, Villa F, Villa S, Cappitelli F. Zosteric acid and salicylic acid bound to a low density polyethylene surface successfully control bacterial biofilm formation. Biofouling 2018; 34:440-452. [PMID: 29726716 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2018.1462342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The active moieties of the anti-biofilm natural compounds zosteric (ZA) and salicylic (SA) acids have been covalently immobilized on a low density polyethylene (LDPE) surface. The grafting procedure provided new non-toxic eco-friendly materials (LDPE-CA and LDPE-SA) with anti-biofilm properties superior to the conventional biocide-based approaches and with features suitable for applications in challenging fields where the use of antimicrobial agents is limited. Microbiological investigation proved that LDPE-CA and LDPE-SA: (1) reduced Escherichia coli biofilm biomass by up to 61% with a mechanism that did not affect bacterial viability; (2) significantly affected biofilm morphology, decreasing biofilm thickness, roughness, substratum coverage, cell and matrix polysaccharide bio-volumes by >80% and increasing the surface to bio-volume ratio; (3) made the biofilm more susceptible to ampicillin and ethanol. Since no molecules were leached from the surface, they remained constantly effective and below the lethal level; therefore, the risk of inducing resistance was minimized.
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- a Department of Food Environmental and Nutritional Sciences , Università degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy
- b Center for Biofilm Engineering , Montana State University , Bozeman , MT , USA
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- b Center for Biofilm Engineering , Montana State University , Bozeman , MT , USA
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- a Department of Food Environmental and Nutritional Sciences , Università degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy
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- c Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Università degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy
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- a Department of Food Environmental and Nutritional Sciences , Università degli Studi di Milano , Milan , Italy
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Gasparini S, Villa F, Molfetta L, Repaci E, Castagnola P, Quarto R, Giannoni P. Exposure to reversine affects the chondrocyte morphology and phenotype in vitro. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2017; 12:e1337-e1348. [PMID: 28714568 DOI: 10.1002/term.2515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Articular chondrocytes derived from osteoarthritic tissues (OA HAC) show a severely reduced chondrogenic commitment. This impairment undermines their use for tissue-engineered cartilage repair, which relies on cell proliferation and growth to meet therapeutic needs, but also on efficient cell plasticity to recover the chondrogenic phenotype. Reversine (Rev), a 2,6-disubstituted purine inhibitor of spindle-assembly checkpoints, was described to convert differentiated mesenchymal cells to their undifferentiated precursors. We hypothesized that Rev exposure could divert OA HAC to more plastic cells, re-boosting their subsequent commitment. HAC were enzymatically released from OA cartilage specimens, expanded for 2 weeks and treated with 5 μm Rev in dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) or with DMSO alone for 6 days. Cell growth was assessed using the AlamarBlueTM assay. Cytoskeletal structure, endoproliferation and caspase-3-immunopositivity were assayed by epifluorescence microscopy. The OA HAC chondrogenic performance was evaluated by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, Sox9, Aggrecan (Agg), type II collagen (Col2), Ki67, cyclinD1, transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), -2 and -3, interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and -6 , SMAD3 and -7, and vascular endothelial growth factor. Rev-treated OA HAC recovered polygonal morphology and reduced Ki67 expression and proliferation. Cell-cycle impairment accounted for altered cytoskeletal organization, endoproliferation and apoptosis, whereas a compensatory mechanism sustained the increased cyclinD1 transcript levels. Sox9, Agg and TGFs were overexpressed, but not Col2. IL transcripts were massively downregulated. These events were dose-related and transient. Overall, in spite of a higher Rev-induced transcriptional activity for extracellular matrix components and in spite of a Rev-treated cell phenotype closer to that of the three-dimensional native articular chondrocyte, Rev effects seem unleashed from a full regained chondrogenic potential.
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- S Gasparini
- Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Experimental Medicine (Di.Me.S.), University of Genova, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Genova, Italy
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Experimental Medicine (Di.Me.S.), University of Genova, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Genova, Italy
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- Orthopedic Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal-Infant Sciences (Di.N.O.G.M.I), University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Experimental Medicine (Di.Me.S.), University of Genova, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Genova, Italy
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Experimental Medicine (Di.Me.S.), University of Genova, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Genova, Italy
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Department of Experimental Medicine (Di.Me.S.), University of Genova, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Genova, Italy
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Villa F, Colombo I, Crippa A, De Martini G, Lafranconi M, Dell'Oro S, Vittimberga I, Arnoffi J, Guida F, Villa S, Anghilieri M, Viganò C, Ferrando P, De Nittis G, Valsecchi V, Ardizzoia A. Sharing long term follow-up of breast cancer survivors with family physician: a province of Lecco experience. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Walker PA, Alesini PD, Alexandrova AS, Anania MP, Andreev NE, Andriyash I, Aschikhin A, Assmann RW, Audet T, Bacci A, Barna IF, Beaton A, Beck A, Beluze A, Bernhard A, Bielawski S, Bisesto FG, Boedewadt J, Brandi F, Bringer O, Brinkmann R, Bründermann E, Büscher M, Bussmann M, Bussolino GC, Chance A, Chanteloup JC, Chen M, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Clarke J, Cole J, Couprie ME, Croia M, Cros B, Dale J, Dattoli G, Delerue N, Delferriere O, Delinikolas P, Dias J, Dorda U, Ertel K, Ferran Pousa A, Ferrario M, Filippi F, Fils J, Fiorito R, Fonseca RA, Galimberti M, Gallo A, Garzella D, Gastinel P, Giove D, Giribono A, Gizzi LA, Grüner FJ, Habib AF, Haefner LC, Heinemann T, Hidding B, Holzer BJ, Hooker SM, Hosokai T, Irman A, Jaroszynski DA, Jaster-Merz S, Joshi C, Kaluza MC, Kando M, Karger OS, Karsch S, Khazanov E, Khikhlukha D, Knetsch A, Kocon D, Koester P, Kononenko O, Korn G, Kostyukov I, Labate L, Lechner C, Leemans WP, Lehrach A, Li FY, Li X, Libov V, Lifschitz A, Litvinenko V, Lu W, Maier AR, Malka V, Manahan GG, Mangles SPD, Marchetti B, Marocchino A, Martinez de la Ossa A, Martins JL, Massimo F, Mathieu F, Maynard G, Mehrling TJ, Molodozhentsev AY, Mosnier A, Mostacci A, Mueller AS, Najmudin Z, Nghiem PAP, Nguyen F, Niknejadi P, Osterhoff J, Papadopoulos D, Patrizi B, Pattathil R, Petrillo V, Pocsai MA, Poder K, Pompili R, Pribyl L, Pugacheva D, Romeo S, Rossi AR, Roussel E, Sahai AA, Scherkl P, Schramm U, Schroeder CB, Schwindling J, Scifo J, Serafini L, Sheng ZM, Silva LO, Silva T, Simon C, Sinha U, Specka A, Streeter MJV, Svystun EN, Symes D, Szwaj C, Tauscher G, Thomas AGR, Thompson N, Toci G, Tomassini P, Vaccarezza C, Vannini M, Vieira JM, Villa F, Wahlström CG, Walczak R, Weikum MK, Welsch CP, Wiemann C, Wolfenden J, Xia G, Yabashi M, Yu L, Zhu J, Zigler A. Horizon 2020 EuPRAXIA design study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/874/1/012029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Piacentini F, Avella A, Levi MP, Gramegna M, Brida G, Degiovanni IP, Cohen E, Lussana R, Villa F, Tosi A, Zappa F, Genovese M. Measuring Incompatible Observables by Exploiting Sequential Weak Values. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:170402. [PMID: 27824450 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.170402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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One of the most intriguing aspects of quantum mechanics is the impossibility of measuring at the same time observables corresponding to noncommuting operators, because of quantum uncertainty. This impossibility can be partially relaxed when considering joint or sequential weak value evaluation. Indeed, weak value measurements have been a real breakthrough in the quantum measurement framework that is of the utmost interest from both a fundamental and an applicative point of view. In this Letter, we show how we realized for the first time a sequential weak value evaluation of two incompatible observables using a genuine single-photon experiment. These (sometimes anomalous) sequential weak values revealed the single-operator weak values, as well as the local correlation between them.
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- F Piacentini
- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- Wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TL, United Kingdom
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy and INFN, Via P. Giuria 1, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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Cazzaniga ME, Cortesi L, Ferzi A, Scaltriti L, Cicchiello F, Ciccarese M, Della Torre S, Villa F, Giordano M, Verusio C, Nicolini M, Gambaro AR, Zanlorenzi L, Biraghi E, Legramandi L, Rulli E. Metronomic chemotherapy with oral vinorelbine (mVNR) and capecitabine (mCAPE) in advanced HER2-negative breast cancer patients: is it a way to optimize disease control? Final results of the VICTOR-2 study. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2016; 160:501-509. [PMID: 27752847 PMCID: PMC5090011 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-4009-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Purpose The VICTOR-1 study demonstrated that the all-oral metronomic combination of vinorelbine and capecitabine is highly active and well tolerated in hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative patients. The VICTOR-2 study was designed to confirm these results. Methods Patients received mVNR 40 mg three times a week and mCAPE 500 mg three times a day, continuously. The primary endpoint was the clinical benefit rate (CBR); secondary endpoints were toxicity, objective response rate (ORR), and progression-free survival (PFS). Results Eighty patients were evaluable for the primary efficacy analysis. Median age was 65.3 years; most patients had HR-positive tumors (65 %). The CBR was 45.7 % (95 % CI 28.8–63.4) and 51.1 % (95 % CI 35.8–66.3) in first- and ≥ second-line therapy, respectively. The ORR was 35.5 % in first-line (95 % CI 19.2–54.6) and 25.6 % in ≥second-line (95 % CI 13.5–41.2). The median duration of response was 11.3 and 6.4 months and PFS rates at 1 year were 24.3 and 22.2 %, respectively. In triple-negative breast cancer patients (N = 28, 35 %) a lower, but clinically relevant CBR (35.7, 95 % CI 18.6–55.9) was observed. The main toxicities per cycle were non-febrile neutropenia (1.1 %), hand-foot syndrome (1.0 %), nausea and vomiting (1.0 %), leucopenia (0.8 %), fatigue (0.7 %), and diarrhea (0.4 %). Conclusion The VICTOR-2 study confirms the clinical activity of mVNR and mCAPE in HER2-negative breast cancer patients, suggesting that the easy schedule of administration, which requires monthly blood tests and limits patients’ dependence on hospitals, and the low cost of the drugs are valuable elements, even for countries with limited access to innovative or expensive drugs.
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- M E Cazzaniga
- Oncology Unit, ASST Monza, Via Pergolesi, 33 20900, Monza, MB, Italy.
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- Haematology and Oncology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST Ovest Milanese, Ospedale di Legnano, Legnano, Italy
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- Oncology Day Hospital Unit, Ospedale Civile di Guastalla, Guastalla, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST Monza, Via Pergolesi, 33 20900, Monza, MB, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, Ospedale Vito Fazzi, Lecce, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST Rhodense-Presidio di Garbagnate Milanese e Presidio di Rho, Garbagnate, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST, Lecco, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST Lariana, Como, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST della Valle Olona, Saronno, Italy
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- Oncology Day Hospital Unit, Azienda USL Romagna, Cattolica, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST della Valle Olona, Busto Arsizio, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, ASST Melegnano e Martesana, Gorgonzola, Italy
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- Methodology for Clinical Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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- Methodology for Clinical Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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Piacentini F, Avella A, Levi MP, Lussana R, Villa F, Tosi A, Zappa F, Gramegna M, Brida G, Degiovanni IP, Genovese M. Experiment Investigating the Connection between Weak Values and Contextuality. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 116:180401. [PMID: 27203309 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.116.180401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Weak value measurements have recently given rise to a great amount of interest in both the possibility of measurement amplification and the chance for further quantum mechanics foundations investigation. In particular, a question emerged about weak values being proof of the incompatibility between quantum mechanics and noncontextual hidden variables theories (NCHVTs). A test to provide a conclusive answer to this question was given by Pusey [Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 200401 (2014)], where a theorem was derived showing the NCHVT incompatibility with the observation of anomalous weak values under specific conditions. In this Letter we realize this proposal, clearly pointing out the connection between weak values and the contextual nature of quantum mechanics.
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- F Piacentini
- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
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- INRIM, Strada delle Cacce 91, I-10135 Torino, Italy
- INFN, Via P. Giuria 1, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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De Vecchi E, Villa F, Bortolin M, Toscano M, Tacchini L, Romanò CL, Drago L. Leucocyte esterase, glucose and C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections: a prospective study. Clin Microbiol Infect 2016; 22:555-60. [PMID: 27040804 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Analysis of joint fluid is of paramount importance for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections. Different markers of inflammation and/or infection in joint fluid have been proposed for diagnosis of these infections. In this study we evaluated the performance of leucocyte esterase, C-reactive protein (CRP) and glucose assays in synovial fluids from 129 patients with septic (n = 27) or aseptic (n = 102) prosthetic joint failure. Samples were collected in serum tubes and centrifuged to limit the presence of corpuscle interfering with the assays. Determinations of leucocyte esterase and glucose were carried out by means of enzymatic colorimetric reactions performed on strips for urine analysis. Tests were considered positive when graded + or ++ whereas traces or absence of colour were considered negative. CRP was measured using an automated turbidimetric method and considered suggestive for infections when >10 mg/L. Leucocyte esterase was positive in 25/27 infected patients and negative in 99/102 not infected patients (sensitivity 92.6%, specificity 97.0%). CRP was higher than the threshold in 22/27 infected patients and in 6/102 not infected patients (sensitivity: 81.5%; specificity: 94.1%) whereas glucose showed the lowest sensitivity (77.8%) and specificity (81.4%), being negative in 21/27 and 19/102 infected and not infected patients, respectively. CRP led to a correct diagnosis in 19 of 22 patients with discordant esterase and glucose results. In conclusion, evaluation of leucocyte esterase, glucose and CRP may represent a useful tool for rapid diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections.
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- E De Vecchi
- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy; Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Bone and Joint Infections and Reconstructive Surgery, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry and Microbiology, IRCCS Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Milan, Italy; Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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Petralia A, Anania MP, Artioli M, Bacci A, Bellaveglia M, Carpanese M, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Ciocci F, Dattoli G, Di Giovenale D, Di Palma E, Di Pirro GP, Ferrario M, Giannessi L, Innocenti L, Mostacci A, Petrillo V, Pompili R, Rau JV, Ronsivalle C, Rossi AR, Sabia E, Shpakov V, Vaccarezza C, Villa F. Two-Color Radiation Generated in a Seeded Free-Electron Laser with Two Electron Beams. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:014801. [PMID: 26182099 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.014801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present the experimental evidence of the generation of coherent and statistically stable two-color free-electron laser radiation obtained by seeding an electron beam double peaked in energy with a laser pulse single spiked in frequency. The radiation presents two neat spectral lines, with time delay, frequency separation, and relative intensity that can be accurately controlled. The analysis of the emitted radiation shows a temporal coherence and a shot-to-shot regularity in frequency significantly enhanced with respect to the self-amplified spontaneous emission.
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- A Petralia
- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Bologna, Via Martiri Monte Sole 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- Università Tor Vergata di Roma, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- Università Tor Vergata di Roma, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- Università La Sapienza di Roma, Via Antonio Scarpa 24, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- ISM-CNR, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN-Sezione di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, IT 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 44, 00044 Frascati, Roma, Italy
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Gambino M, Marzano V, Villa F, Vitali A, Vannini C, Landini P, Cappitelli F. Effects of sublethal doses of silver nanoparticles on Bacillus subtilis
planktonic and sessile cells. J Appl Microbiol 2015; 118:1103-15. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.12779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- M. Gambino
- Department of Biosciences; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
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- Institute of Chemistry of Molecular Recognition; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); Rome Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
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- Institute of Chemistry of Molecular Recognition; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR); Rome Italy
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- Department of Biotecnology and Life Science; Università degli Studi dell'Insubria; Varese Italy
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- Department of Biosciences; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milan Italy
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Ade PAR, Aghanim N, Ahmed Z, Aikin RW, Alexander KD, Arnaud M, Aumont J, Baccigalupi C, Banday AJ, Barkats D, Barreiro RB, Bartlett JG, Bartolo N, Battaner E, Benabed K, Benoît A, Benoit-Lévy A, Benton SJ, Bernard JP, Bersanelli M, Bielewicz P, Bischoff CA, Bock JJ, Bonaldi A, Bonavera L, Bond JR, Borrill J, Bouchet FR, Boulanger F, Brevik JA, Bucher M, Buder I, Bullock E, Burigana C, Butler RC, Buza V, Calabrese E, Cardoso JF, Catalano A, Challinor A, Chary RR, Chiang HC, Christensen PR, Colombo LPL, Combet C, Connors J, Couchot F, Coulais A, Crill BP, Curto A, Cuttaia F, Danese L, Davies RD, Davis RJ, de Bernardis P, de Rosa A, de Zotti G, Delabrouille J, Delouis JM, Désert FX, Dickinson C, Diego JM, Dole H, Donzelli S, Doré O, Douspis M, Dowell CD, Duband L, Ducout A, Dunkley J, Dupac X, Dvorkin C, Efstathiou G, Elsner F, Enßlin TA, Eriksen HK, Falgarone E, Filippini JP, Finelli F, Fliescher S, Forni O, Frailis M, Fraisse AA, Franceschi E, Frejsel A, Galeotta S, Galli S, Ganga K, Ghosh T, Giard M, Gjerløw E, Golwala SR, González-Nuevo J, Górski KM, Gratton S, Gregorio A, Gruppuso A, Gudmundsson JE, Halpern M, Hansen FK, Hanson D, Harrison DL, Hasselfield M, Helou G, Henrot-Versillé S, Herranz D, Hildebrandt SR, Hilton GC, Hivon E, Hobson M, Holmes WA, Hovest W, Hristov VV, Huffenberger KM, Hui H, Hurier G, Irwin KD, Jaffe AH, Jaffe TR, Jewell J, Jones WC, Juvela M, Karakci A, Karkare KS, Kaufman JP, Keating BG, Kefeli S, Keihänen E, Kernasovskiy SA, Keskitalo R, Kisner TS, Kneissl R, Knoche J, Knox L, Kovac JM, Krachmalnicoff N, Kunz M, Kuo CL, Kurki-Suonio H, Lagache G, Lähteenmäki A, Lamarre JM, Lasenby A, Lattanzi M, Lawrence CR, Leitch EM, Leonardi R, Levrier F, Lewis A, Liguori M, Lilje PB, Linden-Vørnle M, López-Caniego M, Lubin PM, Lueker M, Macías-Pérez JF, Maffei B, Maino D, Mandolesi N, Mangilli A, Maris M, Martin PG, Martínez-González E, Masi S, Mason P, Matarrese S, Megerian KG, Meinhold PR, Melchiorri A, Mendes L, Mennella A, Migliaccio M, Mitra S, Miville-Deschênes MA, Moneti A, Montier L, Morgante G, Mortlock D, Moss A, Munshi D, Murphy JA, Naselsky P, Nati F, Natoli P, Netterfield CB, Nguyen HT, Nørgaard-Nielsen HU, Noviello F, Novikov D, Novikov I, O'Brient R, Ogburn RW, Orlando A, Pagano L, Pajot F, Paladini R, Paoletti D, Partridge B, Pasian F, Patanchon G, Pearson TJ, Perdereau O, Perotto L, Pettorino V, Piacentini F, Piat M, Pietrobon D, Plaszczynski S, Pointecouteau E, Polenta G, Ponthieu N, Pratt GW, Prunet S, Pryke C, Puget JL, Rachen JP, Reach WT, Rebolo R, Reinecke M, Remazeilles M, Renault C, Renzi A, Richter S, Ristorcelli I, Rocha G, Rossetti M, Roudier G, Rowan-Robinson M, Rubiño-Martín JA, Rusholme B, Sandri M, Santos D, Savelainen M, Savini G, Schwarz R, Scott D, Seiffert MD, Sheehy CD, Spencer LD, Staniszewski ZK, Stolyarov V, Sudiwala R, Sunyaev R, Sutton D, Suur-Uski AS, Sygnet JF, Tauber JA, Teply GP, Terenzi L, Thompson KL, Toffolatti L, Tolan JE, Tomasi M, Tristram M, Tucci M, Turner AD, Valenziano L, Valiviita J, Van Tent B, Vibert L, Vielva P, Vieregg AG, Villa F, Wade LA, Wandelt BD, Watson R, Weber AC, Wehus IK, White M, White SDM, Willmert J, Wong CL, Yoon KW, Yvon D, Zacchei A, Zonca A. Joint analysis of BICEP2/keck array and Planck Data. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 114:101301. [PMID: 25815919 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.114.101301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
We report the results of a joint analysis of data from BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck. BICEP2 and Keck Array have observed the same approximately 400 deg^{2} patch of sky centered on RA 0 h, Dec. -57.5°. The combined maps reach a depth of 57 nK deg in Stokes Q and U in a band centered at 150 GHz. Planck has observed the full sky in polarization at seven frequencies from 30 to 353 GHz, but much less deeply in any given region (1.2 μK deg in Q and U at 143 GHz). We detect 150×353 cross-correlation in B modes at high significance. We fit the single- and cross-frequency power spectra at frequencies ≥150 GHz to a lensed-ΛCDM model that includes dust and a possible contribution from inflationary gravitational waves (as parametrized by the tensor-to-scalar ratio r), using a prior on the frequency spectral behavior of polarized dust emission from previous Planck analysis of other regions of the sky. We find strong evidence for dust and no statistically significant evidence for tensor modes. We probe various model variations and extensions, including adding a synchrotron component in combination with lower frequency data, and find that these make little difference to the r constraint. Finally, we present an alternative analysis which is similar to a map-based cleaning of the dust contribution, and show that this gives similar constraints. The final result is expressed as a likelihood curve for r, and yields an upper limit r_{0.05}<0.12 at 95% confidence. Marginalizing over dust and r, lensing B modes are detected at 7.0σ significance.
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- P A R Ade
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, United Kingdom
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
| | - Z Ahmed
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
| | - R W Aikin
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
| | - K D Alexander
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
| | - M Arnaud
- Laboratoire AIM, IRFU/Service d'Astrophysique-CEA/DSM-CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, Bâtiment 709, CEA-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
| | - J Aumont
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
| | - C Baccigalupi
- SISSA, Astrophysics Sector, via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy
| | - A J Banday
- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
- CNRS, IRAP, 9 Avenue colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
| | - D Barkats
- Joint ALMA Observatory, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria), Avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain
| | - J G Bartlett
- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/lrfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
| | - N Bartolo
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia G. Galilei, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova, via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy
| | - E Battaner
- University of Granada, Departamento de Física Teórica y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias, Granada, Spain
- University of Granada, Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Granada, Spain
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- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- UPMC Université de Paris 06, UMR7095, 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
| | - A Benoît
- Institut Néel, CNRS, Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble I, 25 rue des Martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- UPMC Université de Paris 06, UMR7095, 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A7, Canada
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- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
- CNRS, IRAP, 9 Avenue colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria, 16, Milano, Italy
- INAF/IASF Milano, Via E. Bassini 15, Milano, Italy
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- SISSA, Astrophysics Sector, via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy
- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
- CNRS, IRAP, 9 Avenue colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria), Avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain
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- CITA, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
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- Computational Cosmology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
- Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université-UPMC, UMR7095, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/lrfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- INAF/IASF Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44122 Ferrara, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- INAF/IASF Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Sub-Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/lrfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information, CNRS (UMR 5141) and Télécom ParisTech, 46 rue Barrault F-75634 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 53, rue des Martyrs, 38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
- LERMA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris, France
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- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
- Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
- Centre for Theoretical Cosmology, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
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- Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Astrophysics & Cosmology Research Unit, School of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
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- Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Discovery Center, Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dana and David Dornsife College of Letter, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
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- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et Cosmologie, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, 53, rue des Martyrs, 38026 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- LAL, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS/IN2P3, Orsay, France
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- LERMA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris, France
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria), Avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain
- Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- INAF/IASF Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
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- SISSA, Astrophysics Sector, via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, Roma, Italy
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- INAF/IASF Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
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- SISSA, Astrophysics Sector, via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy
- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, Padova, Italy
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/lrfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- UPMC Université de Paris 06, UMR7095, 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
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- IPAG: Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France, CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria), Avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 103, bd Saint-Michel, 75005, Paris, France
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- INAF/IASF Milano, Via E. Bassini 15, Milano, Italy
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Service des Basses Températures, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 38054 Grenoble, France
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- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- Imperial College London, Astrophysics group, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Sub-Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom
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- European Space Agency, ESAC, Planck Science Office, Camino bajo del Castillo, s/n, Urbanización Villafranca del Castillo, Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
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- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- UPMC Université de Paris 06, UMR7095, 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 1, 85741 Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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- LERMA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, 61 Avenue de l'Observatoire, Paris, France
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1110 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- INAF/IASF Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
- INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, I-40126, Bologna, Italy
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
- CNRS, IRAP, 9 Avenue colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- INAF/IASF Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
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- Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, Trieste, Italy
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- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/lrfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
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- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
- CNRS, IRAP, 9 Avenue colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
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- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- SISSA, Astrophysics Sector, via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy
- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria), Avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
- Warsaw University Observatory, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
- Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
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- INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, via Alfonso Valerio 2, Trieste, Italy
- INFN/National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Via Valerio 2, I-34127 Trieste, Italy
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- INAF/IASF Bologna, Via Gobetti 101, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
- CITA, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H8, Canada
- McGill Physics, Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, McGill University, 3600 rue University, Montréal, Quebec, H3A 2T8, Canada
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- Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
- Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria), Avenida de los Castros s/n, Santander, Spain
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
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- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
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- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS (UMR7095), 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
- UPMC Université de Paris 06, UMR7095, 98 bis Boulevard Arago, F-75014, Paris, France
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- Astrophysics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, J J Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 1, 85741 Garching, Germany
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, Florida State University, Keen Physics Building, 77 Chieftan Way, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Imperial College London, Astrophysics group, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
- CNRS, IRAP, 9 Avenue colonel Roche, BP 44346, F-31028 Toulouse cedex 4, France
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- Department of Physics, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2a, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- APC, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS/IN2P3, CEA/lrfu, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 10, rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, 75205 Paris Cedex 13, France
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street MS 42, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Computational Cosmology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- European Southern Observatory, ESO Vitacura, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile
- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, ALMA Santiago Central Offices, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Casilla 763 0355, Santiago, Chile
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 1, 85741 Garching, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria, 16, Milano, Italy
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
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- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Department of Physics, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2a, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS (UMR8617) Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France
- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) UMR 7326, 13388, Marseille, France
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- Helsinki Institute of Physics, Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory and Department of Radio Science and Engineering, P.O. Box 13000, FI-00076 AALTO, Finland
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Villa F, Vasanthakumar A, Mitchell R, Cappitelli F. RNA-based molecular survey of biodiversity of limestone tombstone microbiota in response to atmospheric sulphur pollution. Lett Appl Microbiol 2014; 60:92-102. [DOI: 10.1111/lam.12345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2014] [Revised: 10/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- F. Villa
- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti; la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milano Italy
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge MA USA
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology; School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Harvard University; Cambridge MA USA
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per gli Alimenti; la Nutrizione e l'Ambiente; Università degli Studi di Milano; Milano Italy
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Tamborini D, Portaluppi D, Villa F, Tisa S, Tosi A. Multichannel low power time-to-digital converter card with 21 ps precision and full scale range up to 10 μs. Rev Sci Instrum 2014; 85:114703. [PMID: 25430129 DOI: 10.1063/1.4900863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We present a Time-to-Digital Converter (TDC) card with a compact form factor, suitable for multichannel timing instruments or for integration into more complex systems. The TDC Card provides 10 ps timing resolution over the whole measurement range, which is selectable from 160 ns up to 10 μs, reaching 21 ps rms precision, 1.25% LSB rms differential nonlinearity, up to 3 Mconversion/s with 400 mW power consumption. The I/O edge card connector provides timing data readout through either a parallel bus or a 100 MHz serial interface and further measurement information like input signal rate and valid conversion rate (typically useful for time-correlated single-photon counting application) through an independent serial link.
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- D Tamborini
- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Micro Photon Devices, via Stradivari 4, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Piazza Leonardo Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Subiel A, Moskvin V, Welsh GH, Cipiccia S, Reboredo D, Evans P, Partridge M, DesRosiers C, Anania MP, Cianchi A, Mostacci A, Chiadroni E, Di Giovenale D, Villa F, Pompili R, Ferrario M, Belleveglia M, Di Pirro G, Gatti G, Vaccarezza C, Seitz B, Isaac RC, Brunetti E, Wiggins SM, Ersfeld B, Islam MR, Mendonca MS, Sorensen A, Boyd M, Jaroszynski DA. Dosimetry of very high energy electrons (VHEE) for radiotherapy applications: using radiochromic film measurements and Monte Carlo simulations. Phys Med Biol 2014; 59:5811-29. [PMID: 25207591 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/19/5811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Very high energy electrons (VHEE) in the range from 100-250 MeV have the potential of becoming an alternative modality in radiotherapy because of their improved dosimetry properties compared with MV photons from contemporary medical linear accelerators. Due to the need for accurate dosimetry of small field size VHEE beams we have performed dose measurements using EBT2 Gafchromic® film. Calibration of the film has been carried out for beams of two different energy ranges: 20 MeV and 165 MeV from conventional radio frequency linear accelerators. In addition, EBT2 film has been used for dose measurements with 135 MeV electron beams produced by a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator. The dose response measurements and percentage depth dose profiles have been compared with calculations carried out using the general-purpose FLUKA Monte Carlo (MC) radiation transport code. The impact of induced radioactivity on film response for VHEEs has been evaluated using the MC simulations. A neutron yield of the order of 10(-5) neutrons cm(-2) per incident electron has been estimated and induced activity due to radionuclide production is found to have a negligible effect on total dose deposition and film response. Neutron and proton contribution to the equivalent doses are negligible for VHEE. The study demonstrates that EBT2 Gafchromic film is a reliable dosimeter that can be used for dosimetry of VHEE. The results indicate an energy-independent response of the dosimeter for 20 MeV and 165 MeV electron beams and has been found to be suitable for dosimetry of VHEE.
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- A Subiel
- Department of Physics, Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK
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Palumbo R, Cazzaniga M, Piazza E, Ferzi A, Grasso D, Tondini C, Danova M, Tarenzi E, Sottotetti F, Villa F, Gambaro A, Tosi F, Fasola C, Collova E, Caremoli ER, Poletti P, Cavalli C, Torchio M, Bernardo A. Targeted Chemotherapy with Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel (Nab-Paclitaxel) for Metastatic Breast Cancer (Mbc): Which Benefit for Which Patients? a Real World Multicenter Italian Experience on 150 Women. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu329.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rondelli F, Bugiantella W, Villa F, Sanguinetti A, Boni M, Mariani E, Avenia N. Robot-assisted or conventional laparoscoic rectopexy for rectal prolapse? Systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Surg 2014; 12 Suppl 2:S153-S159. [PMID: 25157988 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.08.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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AIM The use of robotic technology has proved to be safe and effective, arising as a helpful alternative to standard laparoscopy in a variety of surgical procedures. However the role of robotic assistance in laparoscopic rectopexy is still not demonstrated. METHODS A systematic review of the literature was carried out performing an unrestricted search in MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar up to 30th June 2014. Reference lists of retrieved articles and review articles were manually searched for other relevant studies. We meta-analyzed the data currently available regarding the incidence of recurrence rate of rectal prolapse, conversion rate, operative time, intra-operative blood loss, post-operative complications, re-operation rate and hospital stay in robot-assisted rectopexy (RC) compared to conventional laparoscopic rectopexy (LR). RESULTS Six studies were included resulting in 340 patients. The meta-analysis showed that the RR does not influence the recurrence rate of rectal prolapse, the conversion rate and the re-operation rate, whereas it decreases the intra-operative blood loss, the post-operative complications and the hospital stay. Yet, the RR resulted to be longer than the LR. Post-operative ano-rectal and the sexual functionality and procedural costs could not meta-analyzed because the data from included studies about these issues were heterogeneous and incomplete. CONCLUSION The meta-analysis showed that the RR may ensure limited improvements in post-operative outcomes if compared to the LR. However, RCTs are needed to compare RR to LR in terms of short-term and long-term outcomes, specially investigating the functional outcomes that may confirm the cost-effectiveness of the robotic assisted rectopexy.
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- F Rondelli
- "San Giovanni Battista" Hospital, General Surgery, USL Umbria 2, Via M. Arcamone, 06034, Foligno, Perugia, Italy; University of Perugia, Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Via G. Dottori, 06100, Perugia, Italy.
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- "San Giovanni Battista" Hospital, General Surgery, USL Umbria 2, Via M. Arcamone, 06034, Foligno, Perugia, Italy; University of Perugia, PhD School in Biotechnologies, Italy.
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- "Bellinzona e Valli" Regional Hospital, 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
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- General and Specialized Surgery, "Santa Maria" Hospital, Via T. Di Joannuccio, 05100, Terni, Italy.
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- "San Giovanni Battista" Hospital, General Surgery, USL Umbria 2, Via M. Arcamone, 06034, Foligno, Perugia, Italy.
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- "San Giovanni Battista" Hospital, General Surgery, USL Umbria 2, Via M. Arcamone, 06034, Foligno, Perugia, Italy.
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- University of Perugia, Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, Via G. Dottori, 06100, Perugia, Italy.
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Cappitelli F, Polo A, Villa F. Biofilm Formation in Food Processing Environments is Still Poorly Understood and Controlled. Food Eng Rev 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s12393-014-9077-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Poppy GM, Chiotha S, Eigenbrod F, Harvey CA, Honzák M, Hudson MD, Jarvis A, Madise NJ, Schreckenberg K, Shackleton CM, Villa F, Dawson TP. Food security in a perfect storm: using the ecosystem services framework to increase understanding. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2014; 369:20120288. [PMID: 24535394 PMCID: PMC3928891 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Achieving food security in a 'perfect storm' scenario is a grand challenge for society. Climate change and an expanding global population act in concert to make global food security even more complex and demanding. As achieving food security and the millennium development goal (MDG) to eradicate hunger influences the attainment of other MDGs, it is imperative that we offer solutions which are complementary and do not oppose one another. Sustainable intensification of agriculture has been proposed as a way to address hunger while also minimizing further environmental impact. However, the desire to raise productivity and yields has historically led to a degraded environment, reduced biodiversity and a reduction in ecosystem services (ES), with the greatest impacts affecting the poor. This paper proposes that the ES framework coupled with a policy response framework, for example Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR), can allow food security to be delivered alongside healthy ecosystems, which provide many other valuable services to humankind. Too often, agro-ecosystems have been considered as separate from other natural ecosystems and insufficient attention has been paid to the way in which services can flow to and from the agro-ecosystem to surrounding ecosystems. Highlighting recent research in a large multi-disciplinary project (ASSETS), we illustrate the ES approach to food security using a case study from the Zomba district of Malawi.
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- G. M. Poppy
- Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- LEAD, Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi
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- Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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- Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), CALI AA6317, Colombia
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- Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
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- Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48008, Spain
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- School of the Environment, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
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