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Objective: to define the prevalence of interstitial lung fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and its relationship with the different clinical forms of disease and ANA specificities. Methods: fifty patients with SSc were submitted to pulmonary high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). Lung abnormalities were evaluated according to Warrick’s score that considers both the severity and the extent of fibrotic lesions. Results: pulmonary HRCT abnormalities were observed in 84% of SSc patients. Ground glass aspects (60%), irregular pleural margins (56%) and septal/subpleural lines (68%) were the most common lesions. The distribution of these abnormalities favoured the posterior basilar segments of both lungs. HRCT findings were significantly more frequent in males and in patients with the cutaneous diffuse form of SSc and with the specific antibody anti-Scl70. Conclusions: HRCT is a very useful method for the diagnosis of interstitial lung fibrosis in SSc. Warrick’s score permits to quantify the HRCT findings and to evaluate their relationship with the disease clinical forms and ANA specificities.

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Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is based on typical neuropsychiatric symptoms, imaging studies (magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalogram) and detection of 14-3-3 or prion protein PrPSc by amplification techniques [Real Time Quaking-Induced Conversion Assay for Prion (Prion-RT-Quic)]. More recently, effective and more widely used biomarkers have been proposed: Tau protein, the ratio of total Tau protein (t-Tau) to its phosphorylated form [p-Tau(181)], the ratio of β amyloid (1-42) to p-Tau(181), and t-Tau/p-Tau(181) multiplied by β amyloid(1-42). Determination of the levels and calculation of specific ratios of the different markers mentioned above are part of the routine diagnostics of the autoimmunity laboratory and allows to confirm the clinical suspicion of sporadic prion disease especially in young patients, anticipating the result of the 14-3-3 protein search and RT-Prion Quic test, usually performed in reference centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

3D modelling represents a fundamental survey technique to represent archaeological evidence. It is particularly important to draw and analyse engravings because it is more descriptive and, somehow, objective than traditional drawings, which result interpretative and not replicable, becoming a debatable and often controversial matter. A technique able to verify the overlaying of signs is essential to establish the relative sequence, thus the chronology of engravings. However, there are several techniques and they provide different results. The paper tries to empirically compare SfM and PS methods to understand how they work on surface representation and which are their specificities in a difficult context such as the Pianaùra engravings. The aim of the paper is to verify the accuracy of the techniques. Three paths are pursued: the first analyses pure quantitative data, such as counting the number of points or faces built and so on; the second aims to verify quantitatively distortions by geometric measurements analysis; the third is a visual quality test, which focuses on users' perception of 3D models. It can be concluded that the distinct fields of application and the diverse purposes of the research enhance the different specificities of the two techniques. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this paper a small group of engraved gems, kept in the glyptic collection of the Archaeological Museum of Venice, is taken into consideration. It is important to underscore their cultural value and our hope is that researches centring on this precious collection might contribute towards the overall progress on glyptic studies. A few intaglios presented here depict victorious horses. In usual iconography horses drawn in profile with a palm branch placed in various positions is the element that permits classification of the gems, into several groups. In the gems under discussion here there are also some intaglios that belong to the group with the image of racing scenes, a very frequent themes in the roman glyptic. Two red jaspers, depicting the chariot race, are very good examples of the elegant simplification of the well-known iconography, the chariot race set in the Circus Maximus: the drawing presents simple and clear shapes with no internal details but with an accuracy displaying the famous cliché of one circus race. The schematic work and the stylistic and technical characteristics of two gems demonstrate the standardisation of the motif and indicate a serial glyptic production during the second century A.D. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Even though the recent critical edition of Boccaccio's Rime edited by Roberto Leporatti has solved many problems relating to the edition of the texts, the dating of the corpus remains an open problem. By focussing on sonnets XLIII and XXII, the essay aims to show how the study of their "Trojan" sources may contribute valuable information about Boccaccio's dealings with Leonzio Pilato and his own strategic role for the circulation of material relating to Troy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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