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CNTs tuning and vertical alignment in anodic aluminium oxide membrane

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Journal of Natural Gas Chemistry 2012年第6期21卷 639-646页

作者： Maria Sarno Diana Sannino caterina Leone Paolo Ciambelli Department of Industrial Engineering and Centre NANO MATES University of Salerno

Anodic aluminium oxide （AAOM） membranes were used for template growth of carbon nanotubes （CNT） inside their pores by chemical vapour deposition （CVD） of different hydrocarbons, in the absence of transition metal catalyst. A composite material, containing one nanotube for each channel, having the same length as the membrane thickness and the external diameter close to the diameter of the membrane holes, was obtained. Yield, selectivity, and quality of CNTs in terms of diameter （up to very thin CNT）, carbon order, length, arrangement （i.e. number of tubes for each channel）, purity, that are critical requisites for several applications were optimised by investigating the effect of changing the hydrocarbon feedstock gas, also in the presence of hydrogen. The samples produced using methane as a feedstock have a well ordered structure. The role of the alumina channels surface during the CNT growth has been investigated and its catalytic activity has been proved for the first time.

关键词： catalysis chemical processes nanomaterials microreactor hydrocarbons CVD controlled CNTs synthesis

Bone health in diabetes and prediabetes

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World Journal of Diabetes 2019年第8期10卷 421-445页

作者： Silvia Costantini caterina Conte Department of Immunology Transplantation and Infectious DiseasesVita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityMilan 20123Italy Epatocentro Ticino Lugano 6900Switzerland IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Internal Medicine and TransplantationMilan 20123Italy

Bone fragility has been recognized as a complication of diabetes,both type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D),whereas the relationship between prediabetes and fracture risk is less *** can deeply impact a diabetic patient’s quality of ***,the mechanisms underlying bone fragility in diabetes are complex and have not been fully *** with T1D generally exhibit low bone mineral density (BMD),although the relatively small reduction in BMD does not entirely explain the increase in fracture *** the contrary,patients with T2D or prediabetes have normal or even higher BMD as compared with healthy *** observations suggest that factors other than bone mass may influence fracture *** of these factors have been identified,including disease duration,poor glycemic control,presence of diabetes complications,and certain antidiabetic ***,currently available tools for the prediction of risk inadequately capture diabetic patients at increased risk of *** of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of bone health and the mechanisms responsible for increased susceptibility to fracture across the spectrum of glycemic status,spanning from insulin resistance to overt forms of *** management of bone fragility in diabetic patient is also discussed.

关键词： Bone Fractures Type 1 diabetes Type 2 diabetes Prediabetes Diabetes complications Bone density Hypoglycemic agents

Osteogenic differentiation of amniotic fluid mesenchymal stromal cells and their bone regeneration potential

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World Journal of Stem Cells 2015年第4期7卷 681-690页

作者： caterina Pipino Assunta Pandolfi Department of Medical Oral and Biotechnological Sciences"G.d’ Annunzio"University Aging Research Center Ce.S.I."Gabriele d’Annunzio" University Foundation StemTeCh Group

In orthopedics, tissue engineering approach using stem cells is a valid line of treatment for patients with bone defects. In this context, mesenchymal stromal cells of various origins have been extensively studied and continue to be a matter of debate. Although mesenchymal stromal cells from bone marrow are already clinically applied, recent evidence suggests that one may use mesenchymal stromal cells from extra-embryonic tissues, such as amniotic fluid, as an innovative andadvantageous resource for bone regeneration. The use of cells from amniotic fluid does not raise ethical problems and provides a sufficient number of cells without invasive procedures. Furthermore, they do not develop into teratomas when transplanted, a consequence observed with pluripotent stem cells. In addition, their multipotent differentiation ability, low immunogenicity, and anti-inflammatory properties make them ideal candidates for bone regenerative medicine. We here present an overview of the features of amniotic fluid mesenchymal stromal cells and their potential in the osteogenic differentiation process. We have examined the papers actually available on this regard, with particular interest in the strategies applied to improve in vitro osteogenesis. Importantly, a detailed understanding of the behavior of amniotic fluid mesenchymal stromal cells and their osteogenic ability is desirable considering a feasible application in bone regenerative medicine.

关键词： Mesenchymal stromal cells Amniotic fluid Amniotic fluid mesenchymal stromal cells Amniotic fluidstem cells Osteogenesis Bone regeneration

An overview of proven Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment tools for forests and forest-dependent communities across the globe：a literature analysis

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Journal of Forestry Research 2018年第5期29卷 1167-1175页

作者： caterina Guidi Giovanni Di Matteo Stefano Grego Faculty of Law University of New South Wales SydneyNSW 2052 Australia Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment00184 Rome Italy Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca Per lo SviluppoSostenibile (CIRPS) 00184 Rome Italy

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment（VA） tools for forest ecosystems and forest-dependent communities are important for making decisions and understanding the impact of climate change on both social and natural ***,the tools are poorly coordinated,making it difficult for policymakers to carry out VAs *** aim of this study was to analyze VA literature worldwide to find representative case studies in terms of methods and tools applied and which have been successful in performing VAs on forests and forest-dependent *** successful VA studies analyzed had common characteristics such as significant funding,data availability and technical *** additional characteristic was the development of an integrated approach that considered the vulnerability of both ecosystems and communities by combining qualitative and quantitative *** members and relevant stakeholders were significantly involved in a participatory process that concluded with the identification of adaptation *** case studies also revealed how policymakers need to choose suitable methods and tools to undertake efficient assessment of *** need to consider several aspects of the VA process such as subject matter,availability of resources,time and scale.

关键词： Vulnerable forest ecosystems Bibliographic analysis Forest-based community Policy-maker decision supporting Adaptation actions

Hepatitis B virus/hepatitis D virus epidemiology: Changes over time and possible future influence of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

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World Journal of Gastroenterology 2021年第42期27卷 7271-7284页

作者： caterina Sagnelli Mariantonietta Pisaturo caterina Curatolo Alessio Vinicio Codella Nicola Coppola Evangelista Sagnelli Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine Section of Infectious DiseasesUniversity of Campania Luigi VanvitelliNaples 80131Italy Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine University of CampaniaNaples 80135Italy

Hepatitis D virus(HDV)is a defective liver-tropic virus that needs the helper function of hepatitis B virus(HBV)to infect humans and *** is transmitted sexually or by a parenteral route,in co-infection with HBV or by super-infection in HBV chronic *** infection causes acute hepatitis that may progress to a fulminant form(7%-14%by super-infection and 2%-3%by HBV/HDV co-infection)or to chronic hepatitis(90%by HDV super-infection and 2%-5%by HBV/HDV co-infection),frequently and rapidly progressing to cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).Peg-interferon alfa the only recommended therapy,clears HDV in only 10%-20%of cases and,consequently,new treatment strategies are being *** endemicity progressively decreased over the 50 years from the identification of the virus,due to improved population lifestyles and economic levels,to the use of HBV nuclei(t)side analogues to suppress HBV replication and to the application of universal HBV vaccination *** changes are expected during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 pandemic,unfortunately towards increased endemicity due to the focus of healthcare towards coronavirus disease 2019 and the consequently lower possibility of screening and access to treatments,lower care for patients with severe liver diseases and a reduced impulse to the HBV vaccination policy.

关键词： Hepatitis B virus/hepatitis delta virus SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Hepatitis delta virus infection Hepatitis D Hepatitis delta virus epidemiology

A new general index of home range overlap and segregation:the Lesser Kestrel in Southern Italy as a case study

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Avian Research 2021年第1期12卷 108-117页

作者： Alessandro Ferrarini Giuseppe Giglio Stefania caterina Pellegrino Marco Gustin Conservation Department LIPU-BirdLife Italy(Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli)Via Udine 3/a43122 ParmaItaly

Background:There is increasing interest in evaluating home-range overlap(or,otherwise,segregation)between bird species,and between or within bird populations,to inform spatial *** far,studies of home-range overlap typically make use of comparisons between pairs of individuals,populations or species,and return a matrix of pairwise overlaps(e.g.,percent overlaps).However,when the number of individuals,populations or species to be compared is elevated,an overlarge overlap matrix is difficult to interpret from an ecological ***:We propose here a new,conceptually simple and computationally efficient index(general overlap index;GOI)for the ready computation within GIS of home range overlap of an arbitrarily large number(i.e.,n≥2)of individuals,populations or *** the number of home ranges to be compared,GOI always returns a single score between 0 and *** a case study,we applied our index to 24,074 GPS points of 10 Lesser Kestrels(Falco naumanni)in order to estimate within-colony and between-colony overlaps in two neighboring colonies in Southern ***:Within-colony overlap was elevated for both colonies(96.41%at Cassano delle Murge,n=5 individuals;81.38%at Santeramo in Colle,n=5 individuals),while between-colony overlap was low(19.12%;n=2 colonies)and,after a randomization procedure,more spatially-segregated than expected by ***:Modern biotelemetry offers huge amounts of data describing the space use of animal *** use of intuitive and straightforward indices,like GOI,can be useful to promptly extract ecological information from such an amount of data(*** change in space use over successive years,evaluating the reliability of various home-range estimators).

关键词： Between-colony overlap Falco naumanni Home range randomization Overlap estimator Spatial segregation Within-colony overlap

Diabetic retinopathy:an inflammatory disease

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Annals of Eye Science 2018年第1期3卷 355-364页

作者： Stela Vujosevic caterina Toma Eye Unit University Hospital Maggiore della CaritàNovaraItaly

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a complex multifactorial disease and one of the leading causes of visual impairment worldwide. DR pathogenesis is still not completely understood and, even if studies performed in the past focused on microvascular dysfunction as the main event, growing body of scientific evidence has demonstrated an important role of inflammation and neurodegeneration in the onset and progression of DR. This review summarizes current literature on the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis and progression of DR. In particular, it focuses on clinical inflammatory biomarkers detectable with non-invasive retinal imaging, suggestive of a local inflammatory condition. Current available treatments are applicable only at advanced stages of disease, therefore, there is the need to detect biomarkers of subclinical or early DR that can help in DR management before irreversible damage occurs. A better understanding of inflammatory pathways involved in DR may permit to implement more specific and personalized therapeutic strategies and clinical biomarkers may be a helpful tool in the everyday clinical practice to direct the patient to the most appropriate treatment option.

关键词： Diabetes mellitus diabetic retinopathy(DR) diabetic macular edema inflammation biomarker

Hepatic flares in chronic hepatitis C: Spontaneous exacerbation vs hepatotropic viruses superinfection

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World Journal of Gastroenterology 2014年第22期20卷 6707-6715页

作者： Evangelista Sagnelli caterina Sagnelli Mariantonietta Pisaturo Nicola Coppola Section of Infectious Diseases Department of Mental Health and Public MedicineSecond University of Naples80131 NaplesItaly Mariantonietta Pisaturo Division of Infectious DiseasesAORN Sant’Anna e San Sebastiano di Caserta81100 CasertaItaly Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery "F Magrassi e A Lanzara" Second University of Naples80131 NaplesItaly

The hepatitis C virus(HCV)causes an acute infection that is frequently asymptomatic,but a spontaneous eradication of HCV infection occurs only in one-third of *** remaining two-thirds develop a chronic infection that,in most cases,shows an indolent course and a slow progression to the more advanced stagesof the *** a quarter of cases with chronic hepatitis C(CHC)develop liver cirrhosis with or without hepatocellular *** indolent course of the illness may be troubled by the occurrence of a hepatic flare,i.e.,a spontaneous acute exacerbation of CHC due to changes in the immune response,immunosuppression and subsequent restoration,and is characterized by an increase in serum aminotransferase values,a frequent deterioration in liver fibrosis and necroinflammation but also a high frequency of sustained viral response to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin treatment.A substantial increase in serum aminotransferase values during the clinical course of CHC may also be a consequence of a superinfection by other hepatotropic viruses,namely hepatitis B virus(HBV),HBV plus hepatitis D virus,hepatitis E virus,cytomegalovirus,particularly in geographical areas with high endemicity *** etiology of a hepatic flare in patients with CHC should always be defined to optimize follow-up procedures and clinical and therapeutic decisions.

关键词： Chronic hepatitis C virus infection Hepatic flares Hepatic flares in immunocompromised patients Immunocompromised patients Hepatitis A virus superinfection

Prevalence and features of SARS-CoV-2 infection in prisons in Tuscany

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World Journal of Experimental Medicine 2024年第1期14卷 70-77页

作者： Cristina Stasi Martina Pacifici caterina Milli Francesco Profili caterina Silvestri Fabio Voller Epidemiology Unit Regional Health Agency of TuscanyFlorence 50141Italy Department of Medicine Surgery and NeuroscienceUniversity of SienaSiena 53100Italy

BACKGROUND Prisons can be a reservoir for infectious diseases,including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2),due to the very intimate nature of the living spaces and the large number of people forced to share *** To investigate the SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology in prisons,this study evaluated the infection incidence rate in prisoners who underwent nasopharyngeal *** This is an observational cohort *** collection included information on prisoners who underwent nasopharyngeal swab testing for SARS-CoV-2 and the *** swab tests for SARS-CoV-2 were performed between 15 February 2021 and 31 May 2021 for prisoners with symptoms and all new arrivals to the *** section included information on the diagnosis of the disease according to the International Classification of Diseases,Ninth Revision,and Clinical *** Up until the 31 May 2021,79.2%of the prisoner cohort(n=1744)agreed to a nasopharyngeal swab test(n=1381).Of these,1288 were negative(93.3%)and 85 were positive(6.2%).A significant association[relative risk(RR)]was found only for the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among foreigners compared to Italians[RR=2.4,95%confidence interval(CI):1.2-4.8].A positive association with SARS-CoV-2 infection was also found for inmates with at least one nervous system disorder(RR=4,95%CI:1.8-9.1).The SARS-CoV-2 incidence rate among prisoners is significantly lower than in the general population in Tuscany(standardized incidence ratio 0.7,95%CI:0.6-0.9).CONCLUSION In the prisoner cohort,screening and rapid access to health care for the immigrant population were critical to limiting virus transmission and subsequent morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population.

关键词： SARS-CoV-2 Epidemiology Prison Prevalence Foreigners Swab tests