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7. A neutron diffraction and imaging study of ancient iron tie rods

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Di Martino, D, Bellanova, M, Cippo, E, Felicetti, R, Scherillo, A, Kelleher, J, Kis, Z, Gorini, G, Cippo, EP, Di Martino, D, Bellanova, M, Cippo, E, Felicetti, R, Scherillo, A, Kelleher, J, Kis, Z, Gorini, G, and Cippo, EP

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Milan Cathedral is one of the biggest and widest churches ever built among the other coeval architectures. It had a very long and complex construction history, which started in 1386 and lasted more than four centuries. The dominant style is the European gothic but the lombard tradition has strongly influenced the composition. Gothic cathedrals were diffusely built in Europe during the Middle Age, and each region developed its own local interpretation. However, a common feature of the style was the presence of slender pillars and of many elements able to reduce the horizontal thrusts of the vaults, such as spires, buttresesses, flying buttresesses and tie rods. In Milan Cathedral, tie rods have a fundamental role due to the specific characteristics of the structural system and its complex history. In 2012, a broken tie rod was found and it was substituted with a new one. Therefore, a multidisciplinary research on these elements started, aiming at a deeper material characterization and an in-situ identification of local defects. Among non-destructive techniques, several neutron analyses were performed on different samples. We will report on neutron diffraction measurements and neutron resonant capture analysis on part of the original broken tie rod. Moreover, neutron imaging was recorded on other iron tie rods (from an external spire). Results will be useful for an independent assessment and validation of models and of new on-site monitoring techniques, since no other conventional non-destructive technique will allow the same characterization.

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2018

9. Die tracheoösophageale Ersatzstimme: Evaluation durch Experten, naive Hörer und automatische Spracherkennung

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Bellanova, M, Rosanowski, F, Schuster, M, Haderlein, T, Nöth, E, Eysholdt, U, and Toy, H

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Die wiederholte Evaluation von tracheoösophagealen Ersatzstimmen im Laufe einer Stimmtherapie erfolgt in der Regel subjektiv durch behandelnde Therapeuten. Sie ist erfahrungsabhängig und wird möglicherweise durch die therapeutische Beziehung zum Patienten beeinflusst. In dieser Studie, einem Teilprojekt eines von der deutschen Krebshilfe geförderten Forschungsvorhabens, ging es um die methodische Optimierung der Stimmbewertung. Untersucht wurden 33 Laryngektomierte mit einer Provox®-Stimmventilprothese. Zunächst wurden Nahbespechungsaufnahmen des "Nordwind und Sonne" Textes subjektiv von fünf Experten und von elf naiven Hörern in zwei voneinander unabhängigen Durchläufen hinsichtlich Verständlichkeit und Qualität bewertet. Zur objektiven Bewertung wurde ein bereits für Marktzwecke professionalisiertes automatisches Spracherkennungssystem verwendet. Ein Vergleich der Qualitätsbewertung durch Experten und der aus der automatischen Spracherkennung gewonnenen Messgröße der Wortakkuratheit ergibt eine durchschnittliche Korrelation von -0,81. Der Vergleich von automatischer Erkennung und naiven Hörern zeigt eine Korrelation um -0,74, bedingt durch die geringere Erfahrung der Hörer. Die Ergebnisse bestätigen, dass eine zuverlässige automatische Bewertung der Ersatzstimme möglich ist, wobei die automatische Bewertung näher am Urteil der Experten als an den Bewertungen naiver Hörer liegt.

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2006

12. A Global Declaration on Appropriate Use of Antimicrobial Agents across the Surgical Pathway

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Sartelli, M., Kluger, Y., Ansaloni, L., Carlet, J., Brink, A., Hardcastle, T. C., Khanna, A., Chicom-Mefire, A., Rodríguez-Baño, J., Nathwani, D., Mendelson, M., Watkins, R. R., Pulcini, C., Beović, B., May, A. K., Itani, K. M. F., Mazuski, J. E., Fry, D. E., Coccolini, F., Rasxa, K., Montravers, P., Eckmann, C., Abbo, L. M., Abubakar, S., Abu-Zidan, F. M., Adesunkanmi, A. K., Al-Hasan, M. N., Althani, A. A., Ticas, J. E. A., Ansari, S., Ansumana, R., Da Silva, A. R. A. , Augustin, G. , Bala, M. , Balogh, Z. J. , Baraket, O. , Bassetti, M. , Bellanova, G. , Beltran, M. A. , Ben-Ishay, O. , Boermeester, M. A. , Brecher, S. M. , Bueno, J. , Cainzos, M. A. , Cairns, K. , Camacho-Ortiz, A. , Ceresoli, M. , Chandy, S. J. , Cherry-Bukowiec, J. R. , Cirocchi, R. , Colak, E. , Corcione, A. , Cornely, O. A. , Cortese, F. , Cui, Y. , Curcio, D. , Damaskos, D. , Dasx, K. , Delibegovic, S. , Demetrashvili, Z. be, De Simone, B. bf, De Souza, H. P. bg, De Waele, J. bh, Dhingra, S. bi, Diaz, J. J. bj, Di Carlo, I. bk, Di Marzo, F. bl, DI TOMASO, SAVERIO, S. , Dogjani, A. , Dorj, G. , Dortet, L. , Duane, T. M. , Dupont, H. , Egiev, V. N. , Eid, H. O. , Elmangory, El-Sayed Marei, H. , Enani, M. A. , Escandón-Vargas, K. , Faro, M. P. , J.r., Ferrada, P., Foghetti, D., Foianini, E., Fraga, G. P., Frattima, S., Gandhi, C., Gattuso, G., Giamarellou, E., Ghnnam, W., Gkiokas, G., Girardis, M., Goff, D. A., Gomes, C. A., Gomi, H., Gronerth, R. I. G., Guirao, X., Guzman-Blanco, M., Haque, M., Hecker, A., Hell, M., Herzog, T., Hicks, L., Kafka-Ritsch, R., Kao, L. S., Kanj, S. S., Kaplan, L. J., Kapoor, G., Karamarkovic, A., Kashuk, J., Kenig, J., Khamis, F., Khokha, V., Kiguba, R., Kirkpatrick, A. W., Kørner, H., Koike, K., Kok, K. Y. Y., Kon, K., Kong, V., Inaba, K., Ioannidis, O., Isik, A., Iskandar, K., Labbate, M., Labricciosa, F. M., Lagrou, K., Lagunes, L., Latifi, R., Lasithiotakis, K., Laxminarayan, R., Lee, J. G., Leone, M., Leppäniemi, A., Li, Y., Liang, S. Y., Liau, K. -.H., Litvin, A., Loho, T., Lowman, W., Machain, G. Mf, Maier, R. V., Manzano-Nunez, R., Marinis, A., Marmorale, C., Martin-Loeches, I., Marwah, S., Maseda, E., McFarlane, M., BEZERRA DE MELO PEREIRA NUNES, CINTIA, R. , Melotti, R. , Memish, Z. , Mertz, D. , Mesina, C. , Menichetti, F. , Mishra, S. K. , Montori, G. , Moore, E. E. , Moore, F. A. , Naidoo, NAPOLITANO, NELLO, L. , Negoi, I. , Nicolau, D. P. , Nikolopoulos, I. , Nord, C. E. , Ofori-Asenso, R. , Olaoye, I. , Omari, A. H. , Ordoñez, C. A. , Ouadii, M. , Ouedraogo, A. , Pagani, L. , Paiva, J. A. , Parreira, J. G. , Pata, F. fm, Pereira, J., Pereira, N. R., Petrosillo, N., Picetti, E., Pintar, T., Ponce-De-Leon, A., Popovski, Z., Poulakou, G., Preller, J., Guerrero, A. P., Pupelis, G., Quiodettis, M., Rawson, T. M., Reichert, M., Reinhart, K., Rems, M., Rello, J., Rizoli, S., ROBERTS, HENRI JOHAN EDUARD, Rubio-Perez, I., Ruppé, E., Sakakushev, B., Sall, I., Kafil, H. S. j, Sanders, J., Sato, N., Sawyer, R. G., T. , Scibé, R. , Scudeller, L. , Lohse, H. S. , Sganga, G. , Shafiq, N. , Shah, J. N. , Spigaglia, P. , Suroowan, S. , Tsioutis, C. , Sifri, C. D. , Siribumrungwong, B. , Sugrue, M. , Talving, P. , Tan, B. K. , Tarasconi, A. , Tascini, C. , Tilsed, J. , Timsit, J. -.F. , Tumbarello, M. , Trung, N. T. , Ulrych, J. , Uranues, S. , Velmahos, G. , Vereczkei, A. G. , Viale, P. , Estape, J. V. , Viscoli, C. , Wagenlehner, F. , Wright, B. J. , Xiao, Y. , Yuan, K. -.C. , Zachariah, S. K. , Zahar, J. R. , Mergulhão, P. , Catena, Réanimation Médico-Chirurgicale, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph, University Hospital Virgen Macarena, Internal Medicine Department, Universidad de Sevilla, Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé & Traitement de l'Information Médicale (SESSTIM - U912 INSERM - Aix Marseille Univ - IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Service d'anesthésie - réanimation chirurgicale, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Klinik I für Innere Medizin und Zentrum für Klinische Studien (ZKS) 01KN0706, Universitätsklinikum Köln (Uniklinik Köln), AP-HP Hôpital Bicêtre (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre), CHU Amiens-Picardie, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität = Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR48, INSB-INSB-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR48, INSB-INSB-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hartford Hospital, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm], Pathogénèse et contrôle des infections chroniques (PCCI), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier (CHU Montpellier ), Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA), Instituto Nacional de matematica pura e aplicada, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, ATTIKON University General Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität = Friedrich Schiller University Jena [Jena, Germany], Critical Care Department, Joan XXIII University Hospital, Departmet of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Disease, Istituto Superiore di Sanita [Rome], Infection, Anti-microbiens, Modélisation, Evolution (IAME (UMR_S_1137 / U1137)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Nephrologic Diseases, Section of Infectious Diseases, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (UNIBO), Infectious Diseases, University of Genoa (UNIGE), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU Angers), PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM), Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph (hpsj), Universidad de Sevilla / University of Sevilla, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR48, Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Università degli studi di Genova = University of Genoa (UniGe), Sartelli, Massimo, Kluger, Yoram, Ansaloni, Luca, Carlet, Jean, Dorj, Gereltuya, Catena, Fausto, [Sartelli, Massimo] Macerata Hosp, Dept Surg, Macerata, Italy, [Scibe, Rodolfo] Macerata Hosp, Dept Surg, Macerata, Italy, [Kluger, Yoram] Rambam Hlth Care Campus, Dept Gen Surg, Div Surg, Haifa, Israel, [Ben-Ishay, Ofir] Rambam Hlth Care Campus, Dept Gen Surg, Div Surg, Haifa, Israel, [Ansaloni, Luca] Papa Giovanni XXIII Hosp, Gen Surg Dept, Bergamo, Italy, [Coccolini, Federico] Papa Giovanni XXIII Hosp, Gen Surg Dept, Bergamo, Italy, [Ceresoli, Marco] Papa Giovanni XXIII Hosp, Gen Surg Dept, Bergamo, Italy, [Montori, Giulia] Papa Giovanni XXIII Hosp, Gen Surg Dept, Bergamo, Italy, [Carlet, Jean] World Alliance Antibiot Resistance, Paris, France, [Brink, Adrian] Milpark Hosp, Ampath Natl Lab Serv, Dept Clin Microbiol, Johannesburg, South Africa, [Brink, Adrian] Univ Cape Town, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis & HIV Med, Cape Town, South Africa, [Hardcastle, Timothy C.] Inkosi Albert Luthuli Cent Hosp, Trauma Serv, Durban, South Africa, [Hardcastle, Timothy C.] Nelson R Mandela Sch Clin Med, Dept Surg, Durban, South Africa, [Khanna, Ashish] Ctr Crit Care, Anaesthesiol Inst, Cleveland, OH USA, [Khanna, Ashish] Cleveland Clin, Dept Outcomes Res, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA, [Chicom-Mefire, Alain] Univ Buea, Dept Surg & Obstet Gynaecol, Buea, Cameroon, [Foianini, Esteban] Univ Buea, Dept Surg & Obstet Gynaecol, Buea, Cameroon, [Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus] Hosp Univ Virgen Macarena & Virge del Rocio IbiS, Unidad Clin Interctr Enfermedades Infecciosas Mic, Seville, Spain, [Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus] Univ Seville, Dept Med, Seville, Spain, [Nathwani, Dilip] Ninewells Hosp & Med Sch, Dundee, Scotland, [Mendelson, Marc] Univ Cape Town, Groote Schuur Hosp, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis & HIV Med, Cape Town, South Africa, [Watkins, Richard R.] Cleveland Clin Akron Gen, Div Infect Dis, Akron, OH USA, [Watkins, Richard R.] Northeast Ohio Med Univ, Rootstown, OH USA, [Pulcini, Celine] Lorraine Univ, EA APEMAC 4360, Nancy, France, [Pulcini, Celine] Nancy Univ Hosp, Infect Dis Dept, Nancy, France, [Beovic, Bojana] Univ Med Ctr Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, [Beovic, Bojana] Univ Ljubljana, Fac Med, Ljubljana, Slovenia, [May, Addison K.] Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Div Trauma & Surg Crit Care, Nashville, TN USA, [Itani, Kamal M. F.] Boston Univ, Dept Surg, VA Boston Hlth Care Syst, Boston, MA 02215 USA, [Itani, Kamal M. F.] Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA USA, [Mazuski, John E.] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Surg, St Louis, MO 63110 USA, [Fry, Donald E.] Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Dept Surg, Chicago, IL 60611 USA, [Fry, Donald E.] Univ New Mexico, Sch Med, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA, [Rasa, Kemal] Anadolu Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Kocaali, Turkey, [Montravers, Philippe] Bichat Claude Bernard Univ Hosp, Paris Diderot Sorbonne Cite Univ, Anesthesiol & Crit Care Med, HUPNSV, Paris, France, [Eckmann, Christian] Hannover Med Sch, Acad Hosp, Dept Gen Visceral & Thorac Surg, Peine, Germany, [Abbo, Lilian M.] Univ Miami, Miller Sch Med, Jackson Hlth Syst, Div Infect Dis, Miami, FL 33136 USA, [Abbo, Lilian M.] Bayero Univ, Dept Nursing Sci, Kano, Nigeria, [Abubakar, Salisu] UAE Univ, Coll Med & Hlth Sci, Dept Surg, Al Ain, U Arab Emirates, [Abu-Zidan, Fikri M.] Obafemi Awolowo Univ, Coll Hlth Sci, Dept Surg, Ife, Nigeria, [Al-Hasan, Majdi N.] Univ South Carolina, Sch Med, Dept Med, Div Infect Dis, Columbia, SC USA, [Althani, Asma A.] Qatar Univ, Biomed Res Ctr, Doha, Qatar, [Marei, Hany El-Sayed] Qatar Univ, Biomed Res Ctr, Doha, Qatar, [Ticas, Jorge Eduardo Alvarenga] Hosp Nacl Ros, Emergency Unit, San Salvador, El Salvador, [Ansari, Shamshul] Oita Univ, Dept Environm & Prevent Med, Fac Med, Oita, Japan, [Ansari, Shamshul] Chitwan Med Coll, Dept Microbiol, Bharatpur, Nepal, [Ansumana, Rashid] Univ Liverpool, Liverpool Sch Trop Med, Ctr Neglected Trop Dis, Bo, Sierra Leone, [Ansumana, Rashid] Njala Univ, Mercy Hosp, Res Lab, Bo, Sierra Leone, [Araujo da Silva, Andre Ricardo] Prontobaby Hosp Crianca, Infect Control Comm, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, [Augustin, Goran] Univ Hosp Ctr, Dept Surg, Zagreb, Croatia, [Bala, Miklosh] Hadassah Hebrew Univ Med Ctr, Trauma & Acute Care Surg Unit, Jerusalem, Israel, [Balogh, Zsolt J.] John Hunter Hosp, Dept Traumatol, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, [Balogh, Zsolt J.] Univ Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, [Baraket, Oussema] Bizerte Hosp, Dept Surg, Bizerte, Tunisia, [Bassett, Matteo] Santa Maria Misericordia Univ Hosp, Infect Dis Div, Udine, Italy, [Bellanova, Giovanni] SS Annunziata Hosp, Dept Surg, Taranto, Italy, [Beltran, Marcelo A.] Hosp San Juan Dios, Dept Gen Surg, La Serena, Chile, [Biffl, Walter L.] Queens Med Ctr, Acute Care Surg, Honolulu, HI USA, [Boermeester, Marja A.] Acad Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Amsterdam, Netherlands, [Brecher, Stephen M.] Boston Univ, Sch Med, VA Boston HealthCare Syst, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Boston, MA 02118 USA, [Brecher, Stephen M.] Boston Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol & Lab Med, Boston, MA 02118 USA, [Bueno, Juan] Fdn Ctr Invest Bioprospecc & Biotecnol Biodivers, Barranquilla, Colombia, [Cainzos, Miguel A.] Hosp Clin Univ, Dept Surg, Santiago De Compostela, Spain, [Cairns, Kelly] Alfred Hlth, Pharm Dept, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, [Camacho-Ortiz, Adrian] Hosp Univ Dr Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez, Hosp Epidemiol & Infect Dis, Monterrey, Mexico, [Chandy, Sujith J.] Christian Med Coll & Hosp, Dept Pharmacol & Clin Pharmacol, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, [Cherry-Bukowiec, Jill R.] Univ Michigan, Dept Surg, Div Acute Care Surg, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA, [Cirocchi, Roberto] Univ Perugia, Dept Gen & Oncol Surg, Terni, Italy, [Colak, Elif] Hlth Sci Univ, Samsun Training & Res Hosp, Dept Gen Surg, Samsun, Turkey, [Corcione, Antonio] AORN Colli Vincenzo Monaldi Hosp, Anesthesia & Intens Care Unit, Naples, Italy, [Cornely, Oliver A.] Univ Cologne, German Ctr Infect Res DZIF, Dept Internal Med 1, Cologne Excellence Cluster Cellular Stress Respon, Cologne, Germany, [Cortese, Francesco] San Filippo Neris Hosp, Emergency Surg Unit, Rome, Italy, [Cui, Yunfeng] Tianjin Med Univ, Tianjin Nankai Hosp, Dept Surg, Nankai Clin Sch Med, Tianjin, Peoples R China, [Curcio, Daniel] Buenos Aires Univ, Infectol Inst SRL, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina, [Damaskos, Dimitris] Royal Infirm Edinburgh NHS Trust, Dept Surg, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, [Das, Koray] Ankara Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Surg, Adana, Turkey, [Delibegovic, Samir] Univ Clin Ctr Tuzla, Dept Surg, Tuzla, Bosnia & Herceg, [Deme-Trashvili, Zaza] Kipshidze Cent Univ Hosp, Dept Gen Surg, Tbilisi, Georgia, [De Simone, Belinda] Cannes Hosp, Dept Digest Surg, Cannes, France, [de Souza, Hamilton Petry] Pontificia Univ Catolica Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS, Sch Med, Dept Surg, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, [De Waele, Jan] Ghent Univ Hosp, Dept Crit Care Med, Ghent, Belgium, [Dhingra, Sameer] Univ West Indies, Eric Williams Med Sci Complex, Sch Pharm, Fac Med Sci, Uriah Butler Highway, Champ Fleurs, Trinidad Tobago, [Diaz, Jose J.] Univ Maryland, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Ctr, Div Acute Care Surg, Program Trauma, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA, [Di Carlo, Isidoro] Univ Catania, Cannizzaro Hosp, Dept Surg Sci, Catania, Italy, [Di Marzo, Francesco] Versilia Hosp, Gen Surg, Usl Nordovest, Tuscany, Italy, [Di Saverio, Salomone] Maggiore Hosp, Dept Surg, Bologna, Italy, [Dogjani, Agron] Univ Hosp Trauma, Dept Surg, Tirana, Albania, [Dorj, Gereltuya] Mongolian Natl Univ Med Sci, Sch Pharm, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, [Dortet, Laurent] Paris Sud Univ, Bicetre Hosp, Dept Microbiol, La Kremlin Bicetre, France, [Duane, Therese M.] John Peter Smith Hlth Network, Dept Surg, Ft Worth, TX USA, [Dupont, Herve] Univ Picardie Jules Verne, CHU Amiens Picardie, Dept Anesthesie Reanimat, Amiens, France, [Dupont, Herve] Univ Picardie Jules Verne, INSERM, U1088, Amiens, France, [Egiev, Valery N.] Pirogov Russian Natl Res Med Univ, Dept Surg, Moscow, Russia, [Eid, Hani O.] Al Ain Hosp, Mediclin Middle East, Dept Emergency Med, Al Ain, U Arab Emirates, [Elmangory, Mutasim] Fed Minist Hlth, Sudan Natl Publ Hlth Lab, Khartoum, Sudan, [Enani, Mushira Abdulaziz] King Fahad Med City, Div Infect Dis, Dept Med, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, [Escandon-Vargas, Kevin] Univ Valle, Escuela Med, Fac Salud, Cali, Colombia, [Faro Junior, Mario P.] ABC Med Sch, Dept Gen Surg Trauma, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil, [Faro Junior, Mario P.] ABC Med Sch, Emergency Surg Div, Santo Andre, SP, Brazil, [Ferrada, Paula] Virginia Commonwealth Univ, Dept Surg, Richmond, VA USA, [Foghetti, Domitilla] Pesaro Hosp, Dept Surg, Pesaro, Italy, Clin Foianini, Dept Surg, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, [Fraga, Gustavo P.] Univ Campinas Unicamp, Sch Med Sci, Dept Surg, Div Trauma Surg, Campinas, SP, Brazil, [Frattima, Sabrina] Ist Clin San Rocco Franciacorta, Brescia, Italy, [Gandhi, Chinmay] Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed Univ Med Coll & Hosp, Dept Surg, Sangli, Maharashtra, India, [Gattuso, Gianni] C Poma Hosp, Infect Dis Dept, Mantua, Italy, [Giamarellou, Eleni] Hygeia Gen Hosp, Dept Internal Med 6, Athens, Greece, [Ghnnam, Wagih] Mansoura Univ, Mansoura Fac Med, Dept Gen Surg, Mansoura, Egypt, [Gkiokas, George] Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Aretaieion Univ Hosp, Dept Surg 2, Athens, Greece, [Girardis, Massimo] Modena Univ Hosp, Intens Care Unit, Modena, Italy, [Goff, Debbie A.] Ohio State Univ, Wexner Med Ctr, Columbus, OH 43210 USA, [Gomes, Carlos Augusto] Hosp Univ Terezinha Jesus, Dept Surg, Fac Ciencias Med & Saude Juiz de Fora, Juiz De Fora, Brazil, [Gomi, Harumi] Univ Tsukuba, Mito Kyodo Gen Hosp, Ctr Global Hlth, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, [Guerra Gronerth, Rosio Isabel] Peruvian Navy Med Ctr, Lima, Peru, [Guirao, Xavier] Parc Tauli Univ Hosp, Dept Gen Surg, Unit Endocrine Head & Neck Surg, Sabadell, Spain, [Guirao, Xavier] Parc Tauli Univ Hosp, Dept Gen Surg, Unit Surg Infect Support, Sabadell, Spain, [Guzman-Blanco, Manuel] Hosp Privado Ctr Med Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, [Guzman-Blanco, Manuel] Hosp Vargas Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela, [Haque, Mainul] Univ Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, Natl Def Univ Malaysia, Unit Pharmacol, Fac Med & Def Hlth, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, [Reichert, Martin] Univ Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, Natl Def Univ Malaysia, Unit Pharmacol, Fac Med & Def Hlth, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, [Hecker, Andreas] Univ Hosp Giessen, Dept Gen & Thorac Surg, Giessen, Germany, [Hell, Markus] Paracelsus Med Univ, Acad Teaching Lab, Clin Microbiol & Infect 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0301 basic medicine, antibiotic agent, antifungal agent antiinfective agent, Antifungal Agents, Drug Resistance, Declaration, Inappropriate Prescribing, 030230 surgery, Global Health, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Microbial, 0302 clinical medicine, Anti-Infective Agents, Health care, Global health, Antimicrobial stewardship, Antibiotic prophylaxis, Antibiotic stewardship, [SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, Drug Resistance, Microbial, Public relations, Antimicrobial, Operative, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Humans, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Surgical Wound Infection, Surgery, Microbiology (medical), Infectious Diseases, 3. Good health, surgical infections, medicine.medical_specialty, 030106 microbiology, Guidelines, 03 medical and health sciences, Antibiotic resistance, medicine, Ventilator-associated pneumonia, Adults, Surgical Procedures, business.industry, Carbapenems, Therapy, business, hospitals, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
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International audience; This declaration, signed by an interdisciplinary task force of 234 experts from 83 different countries with different backgrounds, highlights the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance and the need for appropriate use of antibiotic agents and antifungal agents in hospitals worldwide especially focusing on surgical infections. As such, it is our intent to raise awareness among healthcare workers and improve antimicrobial prescribing. To facilitate its dissemination, the declaration was translated in different languages.

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2017
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13. A neutron diffraction and imaging study of ancient iron tie rods

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Roberto Felicetti, Z. Kis, Mariagrazia Bellanova, Joe Kelleher, Antonella Scherillo, D. Di Martino, E. Perelli Cippo, Giuseppe Gorini, Di Martino, D, Bellanova, M, Cippo, E, Felicetti, R, Scherillo, A, Kelleher, J, Kis, Z, and Gorini, G

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Materials science, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Instrumentation and methods for time-of-flight (TOF) spectroscopy, Neutron diffraction, Inspection with neutrons, Inspection with neutron, Imaging study, 01 natural sciences, Rod, 010309 optics, Optics, 0103 physical sciences, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics, Instrumentation (computer programming), business
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Milan Cathedral is one of the biggest and widest churches ever built among the other coeval architectures. It had a very long and complex construction history, which started in 1386 and lasted more than four centuries. The dominant style is the European gothic but the lombard tradition has strongly influenced the composition. Gothic cathedrals were diffusely built in Europe during the Middle Age, and each region developed its own local interpretation. However, a common feature of the style was the presence of slender pillars and of many elements able to reduce the horizontal thrusts of the vaults, such as spires, buttresesses, flying buttresesses and tie rods. In Milan Cathedral, tie rods have a fundamental role due to the specific characteristics of the structural system and its complex history. In 2012, a broken tie rod was found and it was substituted with a new one. Therefore, a multidisciplinary research on these elements started, aiming at a deeper material characterization and an in-situ identification of local defects. Among non-destructive techniques, several neutron analyses were performed on different samples. We will report on neutron diffraction measurements and neutron resonant capture analysis on part of the original broken tie rod. Moreover, neutron imaging was recorded on other iron tie rods (from an external spire). Results will be useful for an independent assessment and validation of models and of new on-site monitoring techniques, since no other conventional non-destructive technique will allow the same characterization.

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2018
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14. Stemming the "ageism pandemic": A qualitative inquiry with older adults in residential care facilities during the Covid-19 outbreak.

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Bellanova M, Romaioli D, and Contarello A

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Humans, Aged, Pandemics, Communicable Disease Control, Aging, COVID-19, Ageism
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The Covid-19 pandemic added to collective concerns, making health risks salient especially for the older population. The health emergency exacerbated an already widespread negative representation of aging, and phenomena such as ageism. With the present qualitative inquiry, 21 episodic interviews were collected with the aim of understanding the experience of older adults in residential care facilities, exploring their ideas of aging and the viewpoints that helped them to respond to the pandemic successfully. A thematic analysis was conducted using NudIst software. The results show that participants described multiple personal and relational resources they used to cope with the pandemic, and they were able to express counter-narratives to the ideas of aging as coinciding with decline, and of lockdown as a source of distress alone. The paper concludes with reflections on the relevance of research capable of challenging unhelpful dominant discourses and averting the risk of them turning into negative prophecies., Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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2024
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15. Retention Rate, Persistence and Safety of Adalimumab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Real-Life, 9-Year, Single-Center Experience in Italy.

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Sartini A, Scaioli E, Liverani E, Bellanova M, Ricciardiello L, Bazzoli F, and Belluzzi A

Subjects
Adalimumab adverse effects, Adult, Aged, Anti-Inflammatory Agents adverse effects, Biological Products adverse effects, Colitis, Ulcerative diagnosis, Colitis, Ulcerative immunology, Crohn Disease diagnosis, Crohn Disease immunology, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions diagnosis, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions epidemiology, Female, Humans, Incidence, Italy epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Treatment Failure, Young Adult, Adalimumab therapeutic use, Anti-Inflammatory Agents therapeutic use, Biological Products therapeutic use, Colitis, Ulcerative drug therapy, Crohn Disease drug therapy
Abstract

Background: "Real-life" data of retention rate and persistence of adalimumab in inflammatory bowel disease are still limited., Aims: To analyze retention rate, persistence, and safety of adalimumab in a 9-year real-life cohort of inflammatory bowel disease patients., Methods: In this observational, retrospective single-center study, all adult patients treated with adalimumab as the first- and second-line biological treatment for steroid-dependent or refractory inflammatory bowel disease between March 2008 and March 2017 were included. Primary outcomes were persistence, retention rate, and adverse events; the secondary outcome was the identification of predictors of withdrawal., Results: Ninety-six out of 181 patients (53%) withdrew their first course of adalimumab. The retention rate was 47% and 46.9% in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis patients, respectively; median persistence was 26 and 24 months in CD and UC patients, respectively. The cumulative probability of treatment persistence was 80.2%, 54.5%, and 29.6% and 69.6%, 40.4%, and 21.5% in CD and UC patients, respectively. The incidence rate of any adverse event was 12.5/100 patients-year; severe adverse events were 1.7/100 patients-year. The Cox regression revealed that CD patients with baseline disease duration > 72 months have a higher likelihood for withdrawal due to failure and/or adverse events (HR 1.62, 95% CI 1-2.62, p = 0.04); no predictors of discontinuation were found in UC., Conclusions: Adalimumab showed a great persistence in the first 12 months of therapy and excellent safety profile. Early treatment of CD patients could increase efficacy and reduce the adverse event rate.

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2019
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16. Eicosapentaenoic Acid Reduces Fecal Levels of Calprotectin and Prevents Relapse in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis.

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Scaioli E, Sartini A, Bellanova M, Campieri M, Festi D, Bazzoli F, and Belluzzi A

Subjects
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Inflammatory Agents adverse effects, Colitis, Ulcerative drug therapy, Colon pathology, Colonoscopy, Double-Blind Method, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions epidemiology, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions pathology, Eicosapentaenoic Acid adverse effects, Female, Humans, Intestinal Mucosa pathology, Male, Middle Aged, Placebos administration & dosage, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Anti-Inflammatory Agents administration & dosage, Chemoprevention methods, Colitis, Ulcerative prevention & control, Eicosapentaenoic Acid administration & dosage, Feces chemistry, Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex analysis, Secondary Prevention methods
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Background & Aims: High fecal levels of calprotectin indicate mucosal inflammation and have been shown to predict relapse in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), the major component of n-3 fish oil, has anti-inflammatory properties in patients with chronic inflammatory disorders. We performed a placebo-controlled trial of patients with UC at risk of relapse to determine the ability of the free fatty acid form of EPA (EPA-FFA) to reduce intestinal inflammation, using fecal level of calprotectin as a marker., Methods: From June 2014 to May 2016, 60 patients with UC with a partial Mayo score < 2 and fecal calprotectin ≥150 μg/g, in stable therapy for at least the 3 previous months, were randomly assigned to groups (1:1) given either EPA-FFA (500 mg, twice daily) or placebo for 6 months. A colonoscopy was performed at baseline. Clinical assessments and measurements of fecal calprotectin were made at baseline, at study months 3 and 6, or the time of clinical relapse. Patients with a relapse of UC underwent a second colonoscopy. The primary end point was a 100-point reduction in fecal levels of calprotectin at 6 months from the baseline value; the secondary end point was maintenance of clinical remission at 6 months., Results: The primary end point was achieved by 19 of 30 patients (63.3%) in the EPA-FFA group vs 4 of 30 patients (13.3%) in the placebo group (odds ratio, 12.0; 95% CI, 3.12-46.24; P < .001). The secondary end point was achieved by 23 of 30 patients (76.7%) in the EPA-FFA group vs 15 of 30 (50%) patients in the placebo group (OR, 3.29; 95% CI, 1.08-9.95; P = .035). No serious adverse events were observed., Conclusions: In a placebo-controlled trial of 60 patients with UC, we found 6 months' administration of EPA-FFA to reduce fecal levels of calprotectin with no serious adverse events. This agent might be used to induce and maintain symptom-free remission in patients with UC. ClinicalTrials.gov number: NCT02179372., (Copyright © 2018 AGA Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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2018
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17. Short-term treatment with eicosapentaenoic acid improves inflammation and affects colonic differentiation markers and microbiota in patients with ulcerative colitis.

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Prossomariti A, Scaioli E, Piazzi G, Fazio C, Bellanova M, Biagi E, Candela M, Brigidi P, Consolandi C, Balbi T, Chieco P, Munarini A, Pariali M, Minguzzi M, Bazzoli F, Belluzzi A, and Ricciardiello L

Subjects
Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Colitis, Ulcerative metabolism, Colitis, Ulcerative microbiology, Eicosapentaenoic Acid pharmacology, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified pharmacology, Female, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Humans, Interleukin-10 genetics, Interleukin-10 metabolism, Kruppel-Like Factor 4, Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors genetics, Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors metabolism, Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Phosphorylation drug effects, Pilot Projects, STAT3 Transcription Factor genetics, STAT3 Transcription Factor metabolism, Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein genetics, Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein metabolism, Transcription Factor HES-1 genetics, Transcription Factor HES-1 metabolism, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Colitis, Ulcerative drug therapy, Colitis, Ulcerative immunology, Eicosapentaenoic Acid administration & dosage, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified administration & dosage, Microbiota drug effects
Abstract

Patients with long-standing ulcerative colitis (UC) have an increased colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. In this pilot study we evaluated the effect of Eicosapentaenoic acid as free fatty acid (EPA-FFA) supplementation on mucosal disease activity, colonic differentiation markers and microbiota composition in UC patients. Twenty long-standing UC patients in stable clinical remission and with fecal calprotectin (FC) > 150 µg/g were enrolled (T0) and supplemented with EPA-FFA 2 g/daily for 90 days (T3). Endoscopic and histologic disease activities were measured by Mayo and Geboes scores, respectively. HES1, KLF4, STAT3, IL-10 and SOCS3 levels were determined using western blotting and qRT-PCR, while phospho-STAT3 levels were assessed by western blotting. Goblet cells were stained by Alcian blue. Microbiota analyses were performed on both fecal and colonic samples. Nineteen patients completed the study; seventeen (89.5%) were compliant. EPA-FFA treatment reduced FC levels at T3. Patients with FC > 150 µg/g at T3 (n = 2) were assumed as non-responders. EPA-FFA improved endoscopic and histological inflammation and induced IL-10, SOCS3, HES1 and KLF4 in compliant and responder patients. Importantly, long-term UC-driven microbiota composition was partially redressed by EPA-FFA. In conclusion, EPA-FFA supplementation reduced mucosal inflammation, promoted goblet cells differentiation and modulated intestinal microbiota composition in long-standing UC patients.

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2017
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18. How to predict clinical relapse in inflammatory bowel disease patients.

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Liverani E, Scaioli E, Digby RJ, Bellanova M, and Belluzzi A

Subjects
Algorithms, Biomarkers blood, Biopsy, Colitis, Ulcerative blood, Colitis, Ulcerative etiology, Colitis, Ulcerative therapy, Crohn Disease blood, Crohn Disease etiology, Crohn Disease therapy, Decision Support Techniques, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal, Genetic Testing, Humans, Predictive Value of Tests, Recurrence, Reproducibility of Results, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Treatment Outcome, Colitis, Ulcerative diagnosis, Crohn Disease diagnosis
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Inflammatory bowel diseases have a natural course characterized by alternating periods of remission and relapse. Disease flares occur in a random way and are currently unpredictable for the most part. Predictors of benign or unfavourable clinical course are required to facilitate treatment decisions and to avoid overtreatment. The present article provides a literature review of the current evidence on the main clinical, genetic, endoscopic, histologic, serologic and fecal markers to predict aggressiveness of inflammatory bowel disease and discuss their prognostic role, both in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. No single marker seems to be reliable alone as a flare predictor, even in light of promising evidence regarding the role of fecal markers, in particular fecal calprotectin, which has reported good results recently. In order to improve our daily clinical practice, validated prognostic scores should be elaborated, integrating clinical and biological markers of prognosis. Finally, we propose an algorithm considering clinical history and biological markers to intercept patients with high risk of clinical relapse.

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2016
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19. Clinical evaluation of a new hearing aid anti-cardioid directivity pattern.

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Mueller HG, Weber J, and Bellanova M

Subjects
Acoustic Stimulation, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Audiometry, Pure-Tone, Auditory Threshold, Female, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural psychology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Noise adverse effects, Perceptual Masking, Persons With Hearing Impairments psychology, Psychoacoustics, Recognition, Psychology, Speech Reception Threshold Test, Algorithms, Correction of Hearing Impairment psychology, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural rehabilitation, Persons With Hearing Impairments rehabilitation, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Speech Perception
Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this research was to evaluate a new directional hearing aid algorithm which automatically adapts to an anti-cardioid pattern in background noise when a speech signal originates from behind the hearing aid user., Design: Using the hearing-in-noise-test (HINT) in the soundfield, with the sentences delivered adaptively from the back (180°) and the standard HINT competing noise from the front (0°; 72 dB SPL), the participants were tested for three different hearing aid conditions: omnidirectional, conventional adaptive directional, and adaptive directional with the anti-cardioid algorithm enabled., Study Sample: Adults (n = 21) with bilaterally symmetrical downward sloping sensorineural hearing loss; experienced hearing aid users and aided bilaterally for experimental testing., Results: Results revealed a significant effect for the hearing aid microphone setting (p < .0001), with a HINT mean RTS of 4.2 dB for conventional adaptive directional, -0.1 dB for omnidirectional, and -5.7 dB when the anti-cardioid algorithm was active. This was a large effect size (Cohen's f2)., Conclusion: The findings suggest that the signal classification system steered the algorithm correctly, and that when implemented, the anti-cardioid polar pattern resulted in an improvement in speech recognition in background noise for this listening situation.

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2011
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20. Immunohistochemical study of muscle biopsy in children with cerebral palsy.

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Marbini A, Ferrari A, Cioni G, Bellanova MF, Fusco C, and Gemignani F

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Adolescent, Biopsy, Cerebral Palsy metabolism, Cerebral Palsy pathology, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch chemistry, Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch pathology, Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch chemistry, Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch pathology, Muscle Spasticity etiology, Muscular Atrophy etiology, Cerebral Palsy complications, Muscle, Skeletal chemistry, Muscle, Skeletal pathology, Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules analysis
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Muscle biopsy was examined in 20 children with cerebral palsy, using immunohistochemical methods for marker of denervation neural cell adhesion molecules (N-CAM) in addition to standard techniques. Histological and histochemical study showed mild myopathic changes, type 1 predominance, and type 1 and type 2 hypotrophy, in accord with previous observations. Immunohistochemical study showed N-CAM expression in most biopsies (15/20), usually in scattered fibers, whereas in four patients aged less than 6 years it was expressed in grouped fibers. Our study supports the hypothesis of motor unit remodeling as a consequence of spasticity, especially in early phases of the disease.

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2002
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