Abstract This study investigates the rise of Este family in Garfagnana (Tuscany, Italy) during first half 15th century. The wanted to annex this region improve their cast-iron production both for military and economic advantages. article, thanks a document found State Archives Modena, encompasses an overview Fornovolasco settlement, description furnace room, analysis casting campaign, attempt a...

– OBJECTIVE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a relevant item of expenditure for the National Healthcare systems. The aim of the study was to estimate the annual costs of AF in Italy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The Italian Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Management Study enrolled 6.036 patients with AF among 295.906 subjects representative of the Italian population. Data were collected by 233 General Pract...

Abstract Phthalates are pollutants ubiquitous in the environment. Human exposure to phthalates and their endocrine disrupting effects have been widely studied. Therefore, European Union forbids toys, cosmetic kitchenware manufacturing. However, phthalate metabolites can still be found human biological matrices. The purpose of this study is investigate over time a group Italian healthy newborns....

Self-aware Pervasive Service Ecosystems Franco Zambonelli a, Gabriella Castelli a, Laura Ferrari a, Marco Mamei a, Alberto Rosi a, Giovanna Di Marzo b, Matteo Risoldi b, Akla-Esso Tchao b, Simon Dobson c, Graeme Stevenson c, Juan Ye c, Elena Nardini d, Andrea Omicini d, Sara Montagna d, Mirko Viroli d, Alois Ferscha e, Sascha Maschek e, Bernhard Wally e a Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia b ...

Street networks play a crucial role in the emergence of vehicular traffic. Here we present an experimental analysis of the street networks of several European cities (London, Paris, Rome, Modena). This analysis evidences the existence of universal properties in the morphology of different cities, which is captured by a model for the dynamics of city growth. Then, we discuss the implications of ...

Enrico Ubaldi, 2, 3 Alessandro Vezzani, 4 Márton Karsai, Nicola Perra, and Raffaella Burioni 3 Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, 10126 Torino, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienza della Terra, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, 43124 Parma, Italy INFN, Gruppo Collegato di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 7/A, 43124 Parma, Italy Centro S3, CNR-Istituto di Nanoscie...

Maxim V. Shugaev,1 Iaroslav Gnilitskyi,2 Nadezhda M. Bulgakova,3,4 and Leonid V. Zhigilei1,* 1University of Virginia, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 395 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904–4745, USA 2DISMI, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), 2 via Amendola, Reggio Emilia 41122, Italy 3HiLASE Centre, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Scienc...