A dynamic optimization strategy is presented to generate customized equations of state (EOS) for the numerical simulation of non-ideal fluids at high density ratio. While stable branches of the analytical EOS are preserved, the spinodal region is self-tuned during the simulation, in order to compensate for numerical errors caused by discretization in phase space. ∗Dept. of Chemical Engineering,...

Phlebotomine sandflies are vectors of phleboviruses that cause sandfly fever or meningitis with significant implications for public health. Although several strains of these viruses had been isolated in Iran in the late 1970's, there was no recent data about the present situation at the outset of this study. Entomological investigations performed in 2009 and 2011 in Iran collected 4,770 sandfli...

Short tandem repeats are used as an effective method to trace DNA markers in genotyping. Using a standardized kit, we tested 11 microsatellite markers recommended by the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG) in a sample of 495 Sicilian cattle. The aim of this study was to investigate the allele frequencies in the Sicilian cattle population to provide a reference database and at the s...

The aim of this study is to determine the S100B concentration in colostrums of 51 Burkinabe and 30 Sicilian women, still living in their countries, and in case of a difference to search for its explanations, considering also ethnic differences.The concentration of S100B, in colostrums of the first three days from the delivery, was assessed with commercial immunoluminometric assay.The production...

This paper deals with a focusing strategy, focus fronting, whereby the focused information unit precedes the finite nucleus. Our principal concern is with the micro-parametric variation between Nuorese Sardinian, Sicilian, and Italian, three Romance languages which display focus fronting to different extents and in different modalities. We claim that whereas focus fronting in Sardinian occurs i...

From the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (M.A.D.M., A.L.) and the Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (A.L.) — both in Naples, Italy; and Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro, Italy (M.A.D.M.). Address reprint requests to Dr. De Matteis at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy, or at...

Department of Pulmonology, Haematology and Oncology, Division of Pneumology and Allergology, High Speciality “A. Cardarelli” Hospital, Naples, Italy, Postgraduate School of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,”, Rome, Italy and Consultant in Preventive Medicine, Feder...

Division of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Piazza Sant’Onofrio n°4, 00146, Rome, Italy Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Pansini n°5, 80131, Naples, Italy Institute of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168...