BACKGROUND/AIM Diffraction enhanced imaging (DEI) is a synchrotron radiation X-ray phase-contrast imaging technique that can better reveal the microstructure of biological soft tissues than conventional X-rays. The aim of this study is to investigate the angio-architectural changes of the liver during fibrosis, cirrhosis and its subsequent regression by applying synchrotron radiation based DEI....

Agriculture is the largest user of water on the planet with a 70% of all freshwater withdrawals. Today the growing scarcity and competition for water among agricultural, industrial, commercial and residential sectors are pushing the water managers to allocate water more efficiently. In this scenario the use of methodologies and tools for better monitor and schedule the irrigation water for the ...

Skin and subcutaneous lesions of 2 cases with natural occurring Cushing’s disease and 1 case with calcinosis circumscripta were compared. Case 1 was typical of osteoma cutis, containing somewhat regularly arranged discrete ossification foci in the mid and deep dermis. Case 2 had layers of “mille feuille”, yellowish to white gritty chalky substances diffusely scattered in the subcutis, seen hist...

We estimate how well we will know the parameters of solar neutrino oscillations after KamLAND and Borexino. The expected error on ∆m is few per-mille in the VO and QVO regions, few per-cent in the LMA region, and around 10% in the LOW region. The expected error on sin 2θ is around 5%. KamLAND and Borexino will tell unambiguously which specific new measurement, dedicated to pp solar neutrinos, i...

A new genus of Eriococcidae, Choneochiton Hodgson, is introduced to take a new species, Choneochiton casuarinae     Hodgson, Mille & Cazères, off Casuarina collina (Casuarinaceae) from New Caledonia.  All stages except the pupa and prepupa are described and illustrated.  The new species is thought to be endemic to New Caledonia.

Numerosi studi hanno confermato che la qualità di vita dei pazienti con disturbo ossessivo-compulsivo (DOC) è compromessa rispetto alla popolazione generale in numerose dimensioni (Moritz et al., 2005; Eisen et al., 2006; Stengler-Wenzke et al., 2006a; Didie et al., 2007; Norberg et al., 2008). La vita del paziente non è tuttavia l’unica a subire l’impatto del disturbo. Diversi studi hanno anal...

BACKGROUND [corrected] Hepatic fibrosis can lead to deformation of vessel morphology and structure. In the present feasibility study, high-resolution computed tomography (CT) using diffraction-enhanced imaging (DEI) was used to represent three-dimensional (3D) vessel microstructures of hepatic fibrosis in rats and to differentiate different stages of hepatic fibrosis using qualitative descripti...

Riassunto: Questo contributo riflette le conoscenze acquisite in letteratura nello studio della mortalità dei bambini in Italia nel XIX secolo e nei primi decenni del secolo successivo, con speciale riferimento al tema delle determinanti della sopravvivenza infantile. La prima parte è una rassegna delle principali ipotesi avanzate a quest’ultimo riguardo dagli studi “ecologici”. Partendo da que...