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Zaghi I, Tebano G, Vanino E, Vandi G, Cricca M, Sambri V, Fantini M, Di Antonio F, Terzitta M, Russo E, Cristini F, Bassi P, Biagetti C, Tatarelli P. Non-cholera Vibrio spp. invasive infections in the summer following May 2023 flood disaster in Romagna, Italy: a case series. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2024:10.1007/s10096-024-04842-7. [PMID: 38735888 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-024-04842-7] [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: 02/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/14/2024]
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Non-cholera Vibrio spp. includes ubiquitous organisms living in aquatic environments. Their occurrence is associated with global warming and meteorological disasters. In May 2023 the Romagna region, Italy, was affected by severe floods. In the following 15 weeks we observed 5 patients with invasive infections caused by V. vulnificus (3/5) and V. harveyi (2/5). All patients (median age 77 years) had medical comorbidities and shared exposure to seawater. Two patients needed surgery; 2 died. In conclusion, we observed an increased burden of Vibrio spp. invasive infections after May 2023 floods, affecting old patients with predisposing medical conditions.
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- I Zaghi
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Ravenna Hospital, Ravenna, Italy.
- Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, 47522, Cesena, Italy.
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Ravenna Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Ravenna Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Rimini Hospital, Rimini, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, 47522, Cesena, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40138, Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Microbiology, The Greater Romagna Area Hub Laboratory, 47522, Cesena, Italy
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC)-Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40138, Bologna, Italy
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- Clinical and Organizational Research Unit, Romagna AUSL, Ravenna, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Ravenna Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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- Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Ravenna Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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- Department of Surgery and Trauma, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Maurizio Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, AUSL Della Romagna, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Forlì and Cesena Hospitals, Forlì and Cesena, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Ravenna Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Rimini Hospital, Rimini, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Ravenna Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
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Siracusano S, Zaka A, Bassi P, Gontero P, Mearini E, Imbimbo C, Simonato A, Dal Moro F, Giannarini G, Valotto C, Montorsi F, Colombo R, Porpiglia F, Bartoletti R, Vella M, Minervini A, Rossanese M, Porcaro B, Romantini F, Vicentini C, Talamini R, Ficarra V, Racioppi M, Lonardi C. Short-term effects of bowel function on global health quality of life after radical cystectomy. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)01118-1] [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: 11/05/2022] Open
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Ragonese M, Pinto F, Foschi N, Dibitetto F, Akhundov A, Distante F, Bassi P. Endoneedle laser lithotripsy during percutaneous nephrolitotomy: The advantage of ecirs in the management of intra-operative complications. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)00099-4] [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: 10/18/2022] Open
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Ragonese M, Bizzarri F, Foti M, Palermo G, Racioppi M, Bassi P. The role of methylation test in prediction of delayed BCG failure in high risk non muscle invasive bladder cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(22)00229-4] [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: 10/18/2022] Open
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Sacco E, Bientinesi R, Gandi C, Marino F, Gavi F, Moretto S, Totaro A, Racioppi M, Bassi P. Bulbospongiosus muscle-sparing male sling implantation for postprostatectomy incontinence: Evaluation of safety and efficacy outcomes. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00662-5] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Falagario U, Lantz A, Jambor I, Busetto G, Carmignani L, Montanari E, Bove P, Gontero P, Sciarra A, Di Tonno P, Trombetta C, Bassi P, Simone G, Mirone V, Antonelli A, Schips L, Bostrom P, Porpiglia F, Nordström T, De Cobelli O, Cormio L, Carrieri G, Ferro M. Diagnosis of prostate cancer in men treated with 5-alpha-reducates inhibitors with multi-parametric MRI: Results of a multicenter international collaboration. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00832-6] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Gandi C, Bientinesi R, Totaro A, Marino F, Moretto S, Gavi F, Pierconti F, Racioppi M, Bassi P, Sacco E. Clamp-less partial nephrectomy: A propensity score-matched analysis comparing robot-assisted with open approach. Eur Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0302-2838(22)00424-9] [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: 11/04/2022]
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Gandi C, Bientinesi R, Totaro A, Ragonese M, Pierconti F, Martini M, Bassi P, Sacco E. Positive surgical margins after RARP: a multi-surgeon analysis of overall and site-specific learning curves. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)00694-7] [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: 10/20/2022] Open
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Di Gianfrancesco L, Foti M, Ragonese M, Palermo G, Sacco E, Pinto F, Totaro A, Marino F, Akhundov A, Bassi P, Racioppi M. A large pilot study on the diagnostic performance of electronic nose in detecting Bladder Cancer. EUR UROL SUPPL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(21)01227-1] [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: 10/20/2022] Open
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Foschi FG, Borghi A, Grassi A, Lanzi A, Speranza E, Vignoli T, Napoli L, Olivoni D, Sanza M, Polidori E, Greco G, Bassi P, Cristini F, Ballardini G, Altini M, Conti F. Model of Care for Microelimination of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among People Who Inject Drugs. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10174001. [PMID: 34501448 PMCID: PMC8432451 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10174001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are the largest group at risk for HCV infection. Despite the direct acting antivirals (DAA) advancements, HCV elimination has been hindered by real-life difficulties in PWID. Aims: This study aimed to assess the impact of a multidisciplinary intervention strategy where HCV screening, treatment and follow-up were performed at the same location on efficacy and safety of DAA-therapy in real-life PWID population. Methods: All HCV-infected PWID referred to five specialized outpatient centers for drug addicts (SerDs) in Northern Italy were prospectively enrolled from May 2015 to December 2019. Hepatologists and SerDs healthcare workers collaborated together in the management of PWID inside the SerDs. Sustained virologic response (SVR), safety of treatment, proportion of patients lost to follow-up and reinfection rate were evaluated. Results: A total of 358 PWID started antiviral treatment. About 50% of patients had advanced fibrosis/cirrhosis, 69% received opioid substitution treatment, and 20.7% self-reported recent injecting use. SVR was achieved in 338 (94.4%) patients. Two patients died during treatment; one prematurely discontinued, resulting in a non-responder; twelve were lost during treatment/follow-up; and five relapsed. No serious adverse events were reported. SVR was lower in recent PWID than in former ones (89.2% vs. 95.8%; p = 0.028). Seven reinfections were detected, equating to an incidence of 1.25/100 person-years. Reinfection was associated with recent drug use (OR 11.07, 95%CI 2.10–58.38; p = 0.005). Conclusion: Our embedded treatment model could be appropriate to increase the linkage to care of HCV-infected PWID. In this setting, DAA regimens are well tolerated and highly effective, achieving a lower rate of reinfection.
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- Internal Medicine Department, Faenza Hospital, 48018 Faenza, Italy; (F.G.F.); (A.B.); (L.N.)
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- Internal Medicine Department, Rimini Hospital, 47923 Rimini, Italy; (A.G.); (G.B.)
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- Mental Health and Pathological Addictions Department, Addiction Treatment Service of Cesena, 47521 Cesena, Italy; (A.L.); (M.S.)
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- Mental Health and Pathological Addictions Department, Addiction Treatment Service of Faenza, 48018 Faenza, Italy;
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- Mental Health and Pathological Addictions Department, Addiction Treatment Service of Lugo, 48121 Ravenna, Italy; (T.V.); (D.O.); (G.G.)
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- Internal Medicine Department, Faenza Hospital, 48018 Faenza, Italy; (F.G.F.); (A.B.); (L.N.)
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- Mental Health and Pathological Addictions Department, Addiction Treatment Service of Lugo, 48121 Ravenna, Italy; (T.V.); (D.O.); (G.G.)
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- Mental Health and Pathological Addictions Department, Addiction Treatment Service of Cesena, 47521 Cesena, Italy; (A.L.); (M.S.)
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- Mental Health and Pathological Addictions Department, Addiction Treatment Service of Rimini and Forlì, 47121 Forlì, Italy;
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- Mental Health and Pathological Addictions Department, Addiction Treatment Service of Lugo, 48121 Ravenna, Italy; (T.V.); (D.O.); (G.G.)
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- Infectious Disease Department, Ravenna Hospital, 48121 Ravenna, Italy;
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- Internal Medicine Department, Rimini Hospital, 47923 Rimini, Italy; (A.G.); (G.B.)
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- Local Healthcare Authority of Romagna, AUSL Romagna, 48121 Ravenna, Italy;
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- Internal Medicine Department, Faenza Hospital, 48018 Faenza, Italy; (F.G.F.); (A.B.); (L.N.)
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Magrini S, Noale M, Bruni A, Triggiani L, Buglione M, Bertoni F, Frassinelli L, Montironi R, Corvo’ R, Zagonel V, Porreca A, Bassi P, Gacci M, Conti G, Maggi S. PD-0765 Bowel bother and function after RT for prostate cancer : the prospective QoL Pros-IT CNR study. Radiother Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)07044-4] [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: 11/27/2022]
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Antonucci M, Recupero S, Marzio V, De Dominicis M, Pinto F, Foschi N, Di Gianfrancesco L, Bassi P, Ragonese M. The impact of COVID-19 outbreak on urolithiasis emergency department admissions, hospitalizations and clinical management in central Italy: a multicentric analysis. Actas Urol Esp 2020; 44:611-616. [PMID: 32713658 PMCID: PMC7332912 DOI: 10.1016/j.acuro.2020.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Introducción y objetivos Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar el impacto de la enfermedad del coronavirus de 2019 (COVID-19) en los ingresos en los servicios de urgencias (SU), las hospitalizaciones y el manejo clínico de los pacientes con urolitiasis. Pacientes y métodos Realizamos un análisis retrospectivo multicéntrico de las admisiones en los servicios de urgencias de tres departamentos de urología de gran volumen (uno directamente implicado en el tratamiento de los pacientes de COVID-19 y dos no implicados) en Roma (Italia) entre marzo y abril de 2020 y en el mismo período de 2019. Se realizó un análisis estadístico del número de admisiones por urolitiasis, la tasa de complicaciones, hospitalización y el tipo de tratamiento recibido. Resultados Fueron incluidos 304 pacientes en el análisis. Se observó una reducción significativa en el número global de pacientes ingresados en urgencias por urolitiasis entre 2019 y 2020 (48,8%). Además, con respecto a la elección del tratamiento de los pacientes hospitalizados, se informó un aumento estadísticamente significativo de los procedimientos de extracción de cálculos en comparación con el drenaje urinario en 2020 (p = 0,015). Conclusiones Durante la pandemia de la COVID-19 en Roma ha habido una reducción significativa de los ingresos en urgencias por urolitiasis. Los pacientes ingresados en el SU tuvieron más complicaciones, necesitaron hospitalización con más frecuencia y en cuanto al manejo clínico, se prefirió la extracción temprana de los cálculos, en vez del drenaje urinario. Todos los urólogos deben ser conscientes de que en los próximos meses podrían enfrentar un mayor número de admisiones por urolitiasis y un manejo de casos más complicados.
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Emre Kaplan A, Bassi P, Bellanca G. Tunable narrow band optical reflector based on indirectly coupled micro ring resonators. Opt Express 2020; 28:13497-13515. [PMID: 32403823 DOI: 10.1364/oe.389830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This paper presents a novel narrow band wavelength selective optical reflector implemented by indirectly coupling two micro ring resonators in silicon-on-insulator technology. The device is studied using an analytical model based on the transfer matrix method. With the proposed configuration, by electrically driving the integrated micro heaters, a single reflection wavelength with narrow bandwidth can be tuned. The experimental results show a good agreement with the model outcomes. The average measured reflectivity over a wavelength span of 37 nm is 0.55, with a peak of about 50 pm full-width-half-maximum, which corresponds to a quality factor of ∼30, 000. The proposed device can offer an alternative approach to realize compact reflective structures for single wavelength reflection operations in photonic integrated circuits.
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Keselman B, Cooray C, Vanhooren G, Bassi P, Consoli D, Nichelli P, Peeters A, Sanak D, Zini A, Wahlgren N, Ahmed N, Mazya MV. Intravenous thrombolysis in stroke mimics: results from the
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International Stroke Thrombolysis Register. Eur J Neurol 2019; 26:1091-1097. [DOI: 10.1111/ene.13944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- B. Keselman
- Department of Neurology Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet StockholmSweden
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- Department of Neurology Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet StockholmSweden
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- Department of Neurology AZ Sint‐Jan Brugge‐Oostende Brugge Belgium
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- Neurological Department San Giuseppe Hospital Milan
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- Department of Neurology Iazzolino Hospital Vibo Valentia
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- Stroke Unit Neurology Clinic Department of Neuroscience Ospedale Civile S. Agostino Estense Modena University Hospital University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Modena Italy
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- Department of Neurology Cliniques Universitaires St‐Luc Brussels Belgium
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- Comprehensive Stroke Centre Department of Neurology Palacký University Hospital Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Stroke Unit Neurology Clinic Department of Neuroscience Ospedale Civile S. Agostino Estense Modena University Hospital University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Modena Italy
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- Department of Neurology Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet StockholmSweden
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- Department of Neurology Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet StockholmSweden
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- Department of Neurology Karolinska University Hospital and Department of Clinical Neuroscience Karolinska Institutet StockholmSweden
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Graziotti P, Lembo A, Zanchetta R, Betterle C, Foresta C, Bassi P, Scrufari P, Mastrogiacomo I. Fertilità E Sterilità Dopo Torsione Del Funicolo Spermatico. Urologia 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038104800416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Calò G, Bellanca G, Alam B, Kaplan AE, Bassi P, Petruzzelli V. Array of plasmonic Vivaldi antennas coupled to silicon waveguides for wireless networks through on-chip optical technology - WiNOT. Opt Express 2018; 26:30267-30277. [PMID: 30469902 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.030267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Optical technology applied to on-chip wireless communication is particularly promising to overcome the performance limitations of the state-of-the-art networks on-chip. A key enabling component for such applications is the plasmonic antenna coupled to conventional silicon waveguides, which can guarantee full compatibility with standard optical circuitry. In this paper, we propose an antenna array configuration based on tilted plasmonic Vivaldi antennas coupled to a silicon waveguide. The details of the single antenna and of the array design are reported. The radiation characteristics of the array are suitable for on-chip point-to-point communication, i.e. in-plane maximum gain of 14.70 dB for an array with five antennas. The array exploits a travelling wave feeding scheme and, therefore, is compact in size (about 3.5 µm × 8.7 µm ).
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Kemaladewi D, Bassi P, Lindsay K, Erwood S, Hyatt E, Place K, Marks R, Gawlik K, Durbeej M, Ivakine E, Cohn R. NEW THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES AND THEIR READOUT. Neuromuscul Disord 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2018.06.237] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Bellanca G, Orlandi P, Bassi P. Assessment of the orthogonal and non-orthogonal coupled-mode theory for parallel optical waveguide couplers. J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis 2018; 35:577-585. [PMID: 29603940 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.35.000577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The coupled-mode theory (CMT) is a powerful approach routinely used to calculate the effects of spatial mode interactions in perturbed structures, such as optical waveguides. One of its basic hypotheses requires that perturbations are weak. This is usually not the case for devices fabricated with modern semiconductor-based technologies. In this paper, the CMT is studied in these critical cases to assess its validity. Attention will be focused on the quite common case of parallel coupled waveguides. For these structures, results can in fact be compared to the exact ones, obtained using super-modes. The study will show that not all the possible expressions of the coupling coefficients are equivalent, and which one can be pragmatically used to obtain results with minimum errors with respect to exact solutions.
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Bellanca G, Calò G, Kaplan AE, Bassi P, Petruzzelli V. Integrated Vivaldi plasmonic antenna for wireless on-chip optical communications. Opt Express 2017; 25:16214-16227. [PMID: 28789129 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.016214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In this paper we propose a novel hybrid optical plasmonic Vivaldi antenna for operation in the standard C telecommunication band for wavelengths in the 1550 nm range. The antenna is fed by a silicon waveguide and is designed to have high gain and large bandwidth. The shape of the radiation pattern, with a main lobe along the antenna axis, makes this antenna suitable for point-to-point connections for inter- or intra-chip optical communications. Direct port-to-port short links for different connection distances and in a homogeneous environment have also been simulated to verify, by comparing the results of a full-wave simulation with the Friis transmission equation, the correctness of the antenna parameters obtained via near-to-far field transformation.
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Sabattini S, Savini F, Gallina L, Scagliarini A, Bassi P, Bettini G. p16 Immunostaining of Canine Squamous Cell Carcinomas is not Associated with Papillomavirus DNA. J Comp Pathol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2016.11.191] [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: 10/20/2022]
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Pernetti R, Palmieri F, Sagrini E, Negri M, Morisi C, Carbone A, Bassi P, Voce S. Fournier's gangrene: Clinical case and review of the literature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 88:237-238. [PMID: 27711103 DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2016.3.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2016] [Accepted: 05/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening acute necrotizing fasciitis of perianal,genitourinary and perineal areas. Nowadays, is well known that Fournier gangrene is almost never an idiopathic disease. In this article we report a case of a 70-year-old patient that initially was not treated properly. The gold standard therapy of the Fournier's gangrene remains today a complete, early and extended surgical debridement.
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- Sezione di Neuroradiologia, Università di Parma
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- Sezione di Neuroradiologia, Università di Parma
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- Sezione di Neuroradiologia, Università di Parma
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Nuzzo M, Frascino V, Alitto A, Mattiucci G, Fionda B, Vernaleone M, Catucci F, Bassi P, Macchia G, Deodato F, Siepe G, Ntreta M, Morganti A, Cammelli S, Arcelli A, Bertini F, Ippolito E, Frezza G, Mantini G, Valentini V. EP-1355: Combined and modulated adjuvant therapy in prostate carcinoma: a phase I-II trial. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)32605-6] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Magrini S, Ricardi U, Bertoni F, Corvò R, Russi E, Santoni R, Artibani W, Bassi P, Bracarda S, Conti G, Gacci M, Graziotti P, Maggi S, Mirone V, Montironi R, Muto G, Noale M, Pecoraro S, Porreca A, Tubaro A, Zagonel V, Zattoni F, Crepaldi G. OC-0146: The PROS-IT CNR study: comorbidities and medications at the time of diagnosis of prostate cancer. Radiother Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(16)31395-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bellanca G, Riesen N, Argyros A, Leon-Saval SG, Lwin R, Parini A, Love JD, Bassi P. Holey fiber mode-selective couplers. Opt Express 2015; 23:18888-18896. [PMID: 26367552 DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.018888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Directional mode coupling in an asymmetric holey fiber coupler is demonstrated both numerically and experimentally for the first time. The holey fiber mode couplers have interesting spectral characteristics and are also found to exhibit increased dimensional tolerances. Following a design based on numerical investigations, a dual-core polymer holey fiber coupler for LP(01) and LP(11) mode multiplexing was fabricated via a drilling and drawing technique. The measurements are compared with the simulation results.
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Bianchi E, Bombardi C, Bassi P, Bolcato M, Gentile A, Militerno G. Bilateral Trochlear Nerve Palsy as a Consequence of Cerebellar Medulloblastoma: Clinical and Pathological Findings in a Calf. J Vet Intern Med 2015; 29:1117-21. [PMID: 26110579 PMCID: PMC4895356 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.13568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- E Bianchi
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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Sabattini S, Bassi P, Bettini G. Histopathological findings and proliferative activity of canine sebaceous gland tumours with a predominant reserve cell population. J Comp Pathol 2015; 152:145-52. [PMID: 25678426 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2014.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 10/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sebaceous gland tumours represent the third most common skin tumours in dogs, but diagnostic criteria for tumours with basal differentiation (i.e. sebaceous epithelioma) are poorly defined and there is lack of correlation with biological behaviour. The aim of this study was to identify the main histological criteria associated with malignancy in 30 canine sebaceous gland tumours with a predominant reserve cell population. For each case, tumour proliferative activity was assessed by determining mitotic index and the Ki67/MIB-1 index. Additional histological features included endophytic or exophytic growth, proportion of reserve/intermediate/mature cells, connection to the epidermis, nuclear characteristics, peripheral invasion, neoplastic emboli and necrosis. Mitotic and Ki67 indexes were variable, but correlated (R = 0.66; P < 0.001), and both were significantly higher in infiltrative tumours (P = 0.018 and P < 0.001, respectively). No significant difference in histological features was observed between tumours comprised of more or less than 90% reserve cells, nor among tumours showing proliferative activity in sebocytes. This study suggests that high proliferative activity and peripheral invasion should be considered the most significant parameters for the differentiation between benign and malignant sebaceous gland tumours. Furthermore, the incidence of circumanal gland and testicular tumours in these dogs was significantly higher compared with an age-matched control population, suggesting a potential androgen-related pathway for the tumourigenesis of canine sebaceous gland neoplasms.
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- S Sabattini
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Consoli D, Vidale S, Aguglia U, Bassi P, Cavallini A, Galati F, Guidetti D, Marcello N, Micieli G, Pracucci G, Rasura M, Siniscalchi A, Sterzi R, Toni D, Inzitari D. Previous infection and the risk of ischaemic stroke in Italy: the IN2 study. Eur J Neurol 2014; 22:514-9. [PMID: 25443877 DOI: 10.1111/ene.12601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is an increasing interest in new risk factors for ischaemic stroke. Acute and chronic infections could contribute to different aetiological mechanisms of atherosclerosis that lead to cerebrovascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that previous infections and Chlamydia pneumoniae in particular increase the risk of ischaemic stroke in the population. METHODS This was a prospective case-control study involving 11 Italian stroke units. Controls were age- and sex-matched with cases, represented by patients admitted to hospital for acute ischaemic stroke. For each participant classical vascular risk factors and previous inflammatory and infectious events up to 1 month before were registered. Blood samples were collected to analyse inflammatory markers and titres of antibodies against C. pneumoniae. RESULTS A total of 1002 participants were included (mean age 69 years) with 749 ischaemic stroke patients. Infections occurred within 1 month previously in 12% of the entire sample with a higher prevalence in the case group (14.4% vs. 3.9%). At multivariate analysis of the seropositivity of IgA antibodies against C. pneumoniae increased the risk of stroke significantly (relative risk 2.121; 95% confidence interval 1.255-3.584) and an early previous infection (up to 7 days before the event) contributed to a rise in probability of acute cerebral ischaemia (relative risk 3.692; 95% confidence interval 1.134-6.875). CONCLUSIONS Early previous infections and persistent chronic infection of C. pneumoniae could contribute to increase the risk of ischaemic stroke significantly, in the elderly especially.
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- D Consoli
- Department of Neurology, 'G. Jazzolino' Hospital, Vibo Valentia, Italy
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Orlandi P, Morichetti F, Strain MJ, Sorel M, Melloni A, Bassi P. Tunable silicon photonics directional coupler driven by a transverse temperature gradient. Opt Lett 2013; 38:863-865. [PMID: 23503241 DOI: 10.1364/ol.38.000863] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A compact directional coupler fabricated on a silicon photonic platform is presented, with a power-splitting ratio that can be tuned through a transverse temperature gradient induced by a laterally shifted integrated heater. The tuning mechanism exploits the thermally induced phase velocity mismatch between the coupled modes of the silicon waveguides. The positions of the integrated heater and the waveguide design are optimized to maximize the tuning range and to reduce electric power consumption. Asynchronous devices with an intrinsic phase mismatch are demonstrated to be more efficient, providing a tunable coupled power from 0.7 to 0.01 with 36 mW maximum power dissipation.
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- Piero Orlandi
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Energia Elettrica e dell'Informazione, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Orlandi P, Ferrari C, Strain MJ, Canciamilla A, Morichetti F, Sorel M, Bassi P, Melloni A. Reconfigurable silicon filter with continuous bandwidth tunability. Opt Lett 2012; 37:3669-3671. [PMID: 22940985 DOI: 10.1364/ol.37.003669] [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] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We present the design and the fabrication of compact tunable silicon-on-insulator bandpass filters based on the integration of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with ring resonators and activated via thermo-optic phase shifters. The proposed architecture provides wide filter bandwidth tunability from 10% to 90% of the free spectral range preserving the filter off-band rejection. Possible applications are channel subset selection in wavelength division multiplexing optical systems, adaptive filtering to signal bandwidth, and reconfigurable filters for gridless networking.
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- Piero Orlandi
- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, Università di Bologna, Bologna 40136, Italy.
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Pan A, Gagliotti C, Arlotti M, Bassi P, Bertozzi L, Borsari M, Cancellieri C, Carletti R, Giordani S, Libanore M, Magnani G, Marchegiano P, Mazzini E, Mezzadri S, Minghetti M, Nola S, Puggioli C, Ragni P, Ratti G, Sisti M, Vandelli C, Viale P, Vitali P, Moro ML. Antimicrobial stewardship programs in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. BMC Proc 2011. [PMCID: PMC3239559 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s6-p143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Re A, Aiello A, Nanni S, Grasselli A, Benvenuti V, Pantisano V, Strigari L, Colussi C, Ciccone S, Mazzetti AP, Pierconti F, Pinto F, Bassi P, Gallucci M, Sentinelli S, Trimarchi F, Bacchetti S, Pontecorvi A, Lo Bello M, Farsetti A. Silencing of GSTP1, a prostate cancer prognostic gene, by the estrogen receptor-β and endothelial nitric oxide synthase complex. Mol Endocrinol 2011; 25:2003-16. [PMID: 22052999 DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We recently identified in prostate tumors (PCa) a transcriptional prognostic signature comprising a significant number of genes differentially regulated in patients with worse clinical outcome. Induction of up-regulated genes was due to chromatin remodeling by a combinatorial complex between estrogen receptor (ER)-β and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Here we show that this complex can also repress transcription of prognostic genes that are down-regulated in PCa, such as the glutathione transferase gene GSTP1. Silencing of GSTP1 is a common early event in prostate carcinogenesis, frequently caused by promoter hypermethylation. We validated loss of glutathione transferase (GST) P1-1 expression in vivo, in tissue microarrays from a retrospective cohort of patients, and correlated it with decreased disease-specific survival. Furthermore, we show that in PCa cultured cells ERβ/eNOS causes GSTP1 repression by being recruited at estrogen responsive elements in the gene promoter with consequential remodeling of local chromatin. Treatment with ERβ antagonist or its natural ligand 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol, eNOS inhibitors or ERβ small interference RNA abrogated the binding and reversed GSTP1 silencing, demonstrating the direct involvement of the complex. In vitro, GSTP1 silencing by ERβ/eNOS was specific for cells from patients with worse clinical outcome where it appeared the sole mechanism regulating GSTP1 expression because no promoter hypermethylation was present. However, in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation assays on fresh PCa tissues demonstrated that silencing by ERβ/eNOS can coexist with promoter hypermethylation. Our findings reveal that the ERβ/eNOS complex can exert transcriptional repression and suggest that this may represent an epigenetic event favoring inactivation of the GSTP1 locus by methylation. Moreover, abrogation of ERβ/eNOS function by 3β-adiol emphasizes the significance of circulating or locally produced sex steroid hormones or their metabolites in PCa biology with relevant clinical/therapeutic implications.
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- A Re
- Regina Elena Cancer Institute, 00158 Rome, Italy
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Gentile A, Militerno G, Schares G, Nanni A, Testoni S, Bassi P, Gollnick NS. Evidence for bovine besnoitiosis being endemic in Italy--first in vitro isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti from cattle born in Italy. Vet Parasitol 2011; 184:108-15. [PMID: 21978744 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 09/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Until 2009, bovine besnoitiosis had never been considered endemic in Italy and the only report on the disease in this country referred to animals imported from France shortly before. However, recently, an autochthonous outbreak of bovine besnoitiosis was reported in four herds located at the intersection of the borders between Emilia-Romagna, Toscana and Marche (Northern Apennine Mountains), which has led to an increased awareness concerning this disease. The present study describes a further outbreak of bovine besnoitiosis in Italy. The afflicted herd was a dairy herd with no evidence for contact with cattle from regions known to be endemic for bovine besnoitiosis. The farm investigation was initiated after a three-year old Holstein Friesian dairy cow with generalized thickening and lichenification of the skin was diagnosed with bovine besnoitiosis. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed by gross pathology, histopathology, serology and PCR. Bradyzoites released from tissue cysts obtained from the skin of this animal enabled the first in vitro isolation of Besnoitia besnoiti in Italy. This isolate was named Bb-Italy1. Sequencing of a 2118 bp spanning region including the complete internal transcribed spacer 1 and parts of the 18S and the 5.8S rRNA gene from DNA extracted from skin-derived zoites revealed a 99.9% identity to sequences known for other B. besnoiti isolated from cattle in Europe. Two GKO mice which had been inoculated intraperitoneally with bovine skin-derived bradyzoites became ill 7 days post inoculation. Parasitophorous vacuoles with multiplying zoites were observed in the cell culture inoculated with peritoneal fluids of these mice and a B. besnoiti infection in the mice and in the cell culture could be confirmed by real-time PCR. A serological investigation in the afflicted herd using immunoblots and an immunofluorescent antibody test (IFAT) revealed an overall herd seroprevalence of 9.7% (31/321), whereas within the female animals older than 2 years 17.0% (29/171) of the dams were tested positive. With one exception, an imported cow from Germany, all the seropositive animals were born in Italy. In connection with previously described autochthonous cases of bovine besnoitiosis the case described herein suggests that bovine besnoitiosis should be considered endemic in Italy.
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- A Gentile
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, I-Ozzano Emilia, Bologna, Italy.
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Galuppi R, Militerno G, Bassi P, Nanni A, Testoni S, Tampieri MP, Gentile A. Evidence for bovine parafilariosis in Italy: first isolation of Parafilaria bovicola (Tubangui, 1934) from autochthonous cattle. Vet Parasitol 2011; 184:88-91. [PMID: 21871737 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2011] [Revised: 07/21/2011] [Accepted: 08/01/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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In May and July 2010 and in March 2011, the presence of multiple bleeding nodules at the level of the neck, shoulders, withers, back and rump in five cattle from three herds in north-central Italy were observed. A diagnosis of parafilariosis was made. Fragments of adult females of Parafilaria bovicola could be identified from the derma of three to five bioptic extirpates. Larvated eggs and free larvae were observed in serohemorrhagic exudates. This paper is the first report of the occurrence of parafilariosis in Italy and subsequent to the various outbreaks reported, it can now be said that bovine parafilariosis is also currently present in Italy.
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- R Galuppi
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
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Sacco E, Sebastianelli A, Batocchi A, Marti A, Pinto F, Totaro A, Volpe A, Racioppi M, Gulino G, Bassi P. 471 SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: EVALUATION IN A CONTEMPORARY COHORT FROM A REFERRAL CENTER. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-9056(11)60462-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pierconti F, Martini M, Cenci T, Pinto F, Bassi P, Larocca L. Correlation of epigenetic silencing of SOCS3 with a subset of prostate cancer with aggressive behavior. J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.4646] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nervi G, Bassi P. BIOLOGICAL FOODS “FROM FARM TO FORK”: EXPERIENCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (VETERINARY SERVICES) IN A REGIONAL PRODUCTION. Ital J Food Saf 2010. [DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2010.7.11] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Savoia F, Gaddoni G, Casadio C, Patrizi A, Spadola G, Bassi P, Albertini F, Ballardini G, Briganti E, Casolari S, De Donà D, Menni B, Zanotti M, De Angelis P. A case of aseptic pleuropericarditis in a patient with chronic plaque psoriasis under methotrexate therapy. Dermatol Online J 2010; 16:13. [PMID: 20178709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Methotrexate may rarely provoke serositis, even with low doses and after just a few weeks of therapy. We report here a rare case of pleuropericarditis due to methotrexate. The effusion resolved after the withdrawal of the drug and the beginning of anti-inflammatory therapy; there was no relapse during a 10-month follow-up.
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Savoia F, Gaddoni G, Casadio C, Patrizi A, Spadola G, Bassi P, Albertini F, Ballardini G, Briganti E, Casolari S, Donà DD, Menni B, Zanotti M, Angelis PD. A case of aseptic pleuropericarditis in a patient with chronic plaque psoriasis under methotrexate therapy. Dermatol Online J 2010. [DOI: 10.5070/d33kc8k73q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Castaldini D, Bassi P, Aschieri P, Tascu S, De Micheli M, Baldi PA. High performance mode adapters based on segmented SPE:LiNbO3 waveguides. Opt Express 2009; 17:17868-17873. [PMID: 19907575 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.017868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We propose a new mode adapter which allows more efficient launching of the optical power selectively in the fundamental mode of a multimode waveguide. Theoretical and experimental results confirm that such a mode adapter increases the performances in terms of coupling efficiency, coupling tolerances and transmitted power with respect to previously proposed solutions. Proof of principle of device operation is obtained with a simple Coupled Mode Theory model. Experimental results are obtained at a wavelength of 840 nm in Lithium Niobate Soft Proton Exchanged waveguides and agree very well with theoretical predictions.
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- Davide Castaldini
- Dipartimento di Elettronica Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 2, I 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Gnan M, Hopman WCL, Bellanca G, de Ridder RM, De La Rue RM, Bassi P. Closure of the stop-band in photonic wire Bragg gratings. Opt Express 2009; 17:8830-8842. [PMID: 19466133 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.008830] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Photonic Wire Bragg Gratings, made by periodic insertion of lateral rectangular recesses into photonic wires in silicon-on-insulator, can provide large reflectivity with short device lengths because of their large index contrast. This type of design shows a counter-intuitive behaviour, as we demonstrate - using experimental and numerical data - that it can have low or null reflectance, even for large indentation values. We provide physical insight into this phenomenon by developing a model based on Bloch mode theory, and are able to find an analytical expression for the frequency at which the grating does not sustain the stop-band. Finally we demonstrate that the stop-band closing effect is a general phenomenon that may occur in various types of periodic device that can be modeled as transmission line structures.
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- M Gnan
- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, I 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Gardi M, Nigro F, Ragazzi E, Volpe A, Totaro A, Sacco E, Pinto F, Bassi P. In vitro effect of amikacin on rat and human detrusor muscle contraction. Urol Int 2008; 81:94-100. [PMID: 18645279 DOI: 10.1159/000137648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Normal and abnormal bladder contractions are principally mediated by acetylcholine released from postganglionic parasympathetic nerves. Since amikacin was reported to affect neurotransmission by a prejunctional mechanism, we investigated the effect of amikacin on isolated detrusor smooth muscle contraction to further evaluate its potential relaxant properties. MATERIALS AND METHODS Detrusor smooth muscle obtained from 15 rats and 8 patients undergoing surgery were studied through measurement of isometric muscular contraction induced with electrical field stimulation (EFS) (10-60 Hz), carbachol (10(-7) to 10(-3)M) and nicotine (10(-7) to 10(-3)M) in the presence or absence of 1 mM amikacin in a low-Ca medium. RESULTS Amikacin (1 mM) significantly reduced EFS-induced contraction of isolated rat and human detrusor muscle by 33 +/- 6.57% (p < 0.005) and 40 +/- 1.14% (p < 0.001), respectively. Contraction was restored after addition of calcium chloride (1 mM). The effect of amikacin was comparable to that of magnesium ions. Rat and human detrusor contractile response to nicotine was inhibited by 70 +/- 8.27% (p < 0.001) and 64 +/- 14.09% (p < 0.01) after the addition of amikacin (1 mM), while no significant effect was observed on carbachol-induced stimulation. CONCLUSION Amikacin significantly inhibited detrusor contraction evoked by prejunctional stimulation in vitro, suggesting a depressant effect on autonomic neurotransmission in urinary bladder.
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- M Gardi
- Urology Clinic, Catholic University, Medical School, Rome, Italy
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Noordegraaf D, Scolari L, Laegsgaard J, Tanggaard Alkeskjold T, Tartarini G, Borelli E, Bassi P, Li J, Wu ST. Avoided-crossing-based liquid-crystal photonic-bandgap notch filter. Opt Lett 2008; 33:986-988. [PMID: 18451961 DOI: 10.1364/ol.33.000986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We demonstrate a highly tunable deep notch filter realized in a liquid-crystal photonic-bandgap (LCPBG) fiber. The filter is realized without inducing a long-period grating in the fiber but simply by filling a solid-core photonic-crystal fiber with a liquid crystal and exploiting avoided crossings within the bandgap of the LCPBG fiber. The filter is demonstrated experimentally and investigated using numerical simulations. A high degree of tuning of the spectral position of the deep notch is also demonstrated.
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- Danny Noordegraaf
- COM-DTU Department of Communications, Optics and Materials, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Denmark.
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Pagano F, Bassi P, Milani C, Garbeglio A, Meneghini A, Aragona F, Artibani W, Dal Bianco M, Oliva G. Topische BCG-Verabreichung in niedriger Dosierung beim oberflächlichen Blasenkarzinom. Aktuelle Urol 2008. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1061221] [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: 10/21/2022]
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Bassi P, Lattuada P. The stroke in an emergency: the grey areas. Neurol Sci 2006; 27 Suppl 1:S57-8. [PMID: 16708188 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-006-0551-9] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In spite of the development of advanced technologies, diagnosis and therapy for an ictus in emergency still pose difficulties in a significant percentage of cases. Diagnostic problems are encountered both when faced with focal symptoms and in the presence of disturbances to consciousness, confusional states, vertigo or cephalea. The most significant therapeutic problems, on the other hand, are encountered in the case of extended cardioembolic ischaemias, haemorrhages from venous thrombosis and intradural arterial dissections (eventual antithrombotic treatment), when faced with a large cerebral oedema (eventual medical and/or surgical treatment), or in indicating surgery for intraparenchymal haemorrhages or symptomatic stenotic carotids.
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- P Bassi
- Department of Neurology, San Carlo Hospital, Via Pio II 3, I-20153 Milan, Italy.
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Dal Moro F, Abate A, Lanckriet GRG, Arandjelovic G, Gasparella P, Bassi P, Mancini M, Pagano F. A novel approach for accurate prediction of spontaneous passage of ureteral stones: Support vector machines. Kidney Int 2006; 69:157-60. [PMID: 16374437 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The objective of this study was to optimally predict the spontaneous passage of ureteral stones in patients with renal colic by applying for the first time support vector machines (SVM), an instance of kernel methods, for classification. After reviewing the results found in the literature, we compared the performances obtained with logistic regression (LR) and accurately trained artificial neural networks (ANN) to those obtained with SVM, that is, the standard SVM, and the linear programming SVM (LP-SVM); the latter techniques show an improved performance. Moreover, we rank the prediction factors according to their importance using Fisher scores and the LP-SVM feature weights. A data set of 1163 patients affected by renal colic has been analyzed and restricted to single out a statistically coherent subset of 402 patients. Nine clinical factors are used as inputs for the classification algorithms, to predict one binary output. The algorithms are cross-validated by training and testing on randomly selected train- and test-set partitions of the data and reporting the average performance on the test sets. The SVM-based approaches obtained a sensitivity of 84.5% and a specificity of 86.9%. The feature ranking based on LP-SVM gives the highest importance to stone size, stone position and symptom duration before check-up. We propose a statistically correct way of employing LR, ANN and SVM for the prediction of spontaneous passage of ureteral stones in patients with renal colic. SVM outperformed ANN, as well as LR. This study will soon be translated into a practical software toolbox for actual clinical usage.
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- F Dal Moro
- Department of Urology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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Bassi P, De Marco V, Tavolini IM, Longo F, Pinto F, Zucchetti M, Crucitta E, Marini L, Dal Moro F. Pharmacokinetic Study of Intravesical Gemcitabine in Carcinoma in situ of the Bladder Refractory to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Therapy. Urol Int 2005; 75:309-13. [PMID: 16327296 DOI: 10.1159/000089164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2004] [Accepted: 03/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Gemcitabine, a chemotherapeutic agent, has been shown to be active against transitional cell cancer of the bladder. The aim of the study was to determine the pharmacokinetic profile of gemcitabine, administered intravesically in patients with carcinoma in situ(CIS). MATERIAL AND METHODS Nine patients with CIS refractory to intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy were enrolled. Gemcitabine was given in 50 ml 0.9% NaCl by catheterization and held in the bladder for 1 h, once weekly for 6 consecutive weeks. The pharmacokinetics for gemcitabine metabolites were performed in plasma and serum. Dose levels were: 1,000, 1,250, and 1,500 mg. Clinical evaluation was repeated 4 weeks after therapy and thereafter every 6 months. RESULTS Grade-1 neutropenia was observed only in 1 patient. Grade-1 urinary frequency and hematuria were observed in 1 and 3 patients, respectively. No grade 2-4 toxicity or clinically relevant myelosuppression were observed. Gemcitabine was detectable in serum, but with an irrelevant pharmacological effect, in only 1 patient treated with 1,500 mg of gemcitabine. With regard to activity, after 6 instillations of this drug, 4 complete responses were observed. CONCLUSION Intravesical gemcitabine is well tolerated and safe. No systemic absorption with a clinical or pharmacological effect was detected and only slightly irritative bladder symptoms were observed. These results warrant further investigation in phase-II trials.
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- P Bassi
- Department of Urology, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy.
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Bassi P, De Lisa A, Usai P, Pinto F, Sacco E. [Transitional cell carcinoma involvement of the prostate]. Ann Urol (Paris) 2005; 39 Suppl 5:S113-9. [PMID: 16425728] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Transitional cell carcinoma of the prostate (PTCC) has become a well recognized entity and is increasing in incidence due to the growing awareness of and search for. PTCC is part of the well known pan-urothelial disease: particularly the urologist must always consider the prostate in the management of superficial and invasive bladder cancer. Most cases are diagnosed in association with bladder cancer (secondary PTCC): primary prostatic transitional cell carcinoma arises "de novo" as the first tumor of the prostate urothelium and is rare. Prognosis depends on the prostate invasion degree. No reliable staging system is presently available. Non-invasive PTCC can be successfully treated with conservative means (TUR +/- BCG) whereas stromal invasive PTCC must be aggressively treated with radical cystectomy. PTCC can interphere with surgeon's decisions about urinary diversion in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for urothelial cancer.
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- P Bassi
- Department of Urology, University of Padova Medical School, Italy.
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Scolari L, Alkeskjold T, Riishede J, Bjarklev A, Hermann D, Anawati A, Nielsen M, Bassi P. Continuously tunable devices based on electrical control of dual-frequency liquid crystal filled photonic bandgap fibers. Opt Express 2005; 13:7483-7496. [PMID: 19498773 DOI: 10.1364/opex.13.007483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We present an electrically controlled photonic bandgap fiber device obtained by infiltrating the air holes of a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a dual-frequency liquid crystal (LC) with pre-tilted molecules. Compared to previously demonstrated devices of this kind, the main new feature of this one is its continuous tunability due to the fact that the used LC does not exhibit reverse tilt domain defects and threshold effects. Furthermore, the dual-frequency features of the LC enables electrical control of the spectral position of the bandgaps towards both shorter and longer wavelengths in the same device. We investigate the dynamics of this device and demonstrate a birefringence controller based on this principle.
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