grating defined by cast-molding Luciano De Sio, Julien G. Cuennet, Andreas E. Vasdekis, and Demetri Psaltis Optics Laboratory, School of Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland LICRYL (Liquid Crystals Laboratory), National Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM-CNR), Center of Excellence CEMIF.CAL and Department of Physics, University...

Detection of aromatase and estrogen receptors (ERa, ERb1, ERb2) in human Leydig cell tumor Amalia Carpino, Vittoria Rago, Vincenzo Pezzi, Cesare Carani and Sebastiano Andò Departments of Cell Biology and Pharmaco-Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico, 41...

1Section of Microbiology, Department of Experimental and Applied Medicine, and 2Section of General Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; 3Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende (Cosenza), Italy; and 4 Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, Bresci...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND Basilicata and Calabria are two neighboring, low income regions of southern peninsular Italy with an overall population of about 2.5 million in 2010. Cancer registration has covered the entire Basilicata population since 2005 and the province of Catanzaro (18.3% of the Calabria population) since 2003. This paper will provide estimates and projections for the period 1970-2015...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES HIV epidemics may differ among epidemiological contexts. We aimed at constructing an HIV clinical cohort whose main epidemiological, clinical and therapeutical characteristics are described (the CalabrHIV cohort, Calabria Region, Southern Italy). METHODS The CalabrHIV Cohort includes all HIV patients on active follow-up in all infectious disease centers in the Calabr...

equation A. Giordano, G. Finocchio, L. Torres, M. Carpentieri, and B. Azzerboni Department of Fisica della Materia e Ingegneria Elettronica, University of Messina, Salita Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy Department of Fı́sica Aplicada, Universidad de Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced, Salamanca 37008, Spain Department of Elettronica, Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 4...

1Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey 2Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmacy, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa, Famagusta, The Northern Cyprus, Turkey 3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy 4Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, College of P...

Southern Italy is one of the most tsunamigenic areas in the Mediterranean basin, having experienced during centuries a large number of tsunamis, some of which very destructive. In particular, the most exposed zone here is the Messina Straits separating the coasts of Calabria and Sicily that was the theatre of the strongest Italian events. In 1783– 1785 Calabria was shaken by the most violent an...

This study investigates a method for best member selection of a Limited area model Ensemble Prediction System (LEPS) with the goal to increase quantitative precipitation forecast. A case study that occurred between 22-24 May 2002 over Calabria, southern Italy, is discussed. Mediterranean storms often develop under upper level disturbances which are usually associated with high values of potenti...