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Papers by Anne Tarantino

Research paper thumbnail of Immunohistochemical Analysis of Insulin-like Growth Factor–Binding Proteins -1, -2, and -3 in Implantation Sites of the Mouse

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 1998

Purpose: Our purpose was to analyze potential interactions between the embryo and the maternal en... more Purpose: Our purpose was to analyze potential interactions between the embryo and the maternal endometrial interface in vivo by analyzing immunolocalization of insulin-like growth factor–binding proteins (IGFBPs) -1, -2, and -3 in implantation sites of the mouse. Methods: Six-week-old B 6D 2F 1female mice underwent superovulation followed by mating and sacrifice at timed intervals. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue was used for avidin–biotin immunocytochemical localization of IGFBPs utilizing standard methodology. Results: Immunostaining at 1.5 days post coitum revealed light staining in the epithelial glandular cells and faint staining in decidual stroma for both IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2. At 7.5–10.5 days post coitum, there was moderate–dense immunostaining in the decidualized stromal cells at the implantation site for all three IGFBPs, whereas light immunostaining was seen in nonimplantation site decidua. Conclusions: Compartmentalization of immunostaining for IGFBP-1, -2, and -3 within decidualized stroma suggests that these proteins may be regulated by trophoblastic and/or embryonic signals.

Research paper thumbnail of A Genetic Programming System for Time Series Prediction and Its Application to El Niño Forecast

In this paper a system based on Genetic Programming for forecasting nonlinear time series is outl... more In this paper a system based on Genetic Programming for forecasting nonlinear time series is outlined. Our system is endowed with two features. Firstly, at any given time t, it performs a τ-steps ahead prediction (i.e. it forecasts the value at time t + τ) based on the set of input values for the n time steps preceding t. Secondly, the system automatically finds among the past n input variables the most useful ones to estimate future values. The effectiveness of our approach is evaluated on El Niño 3.4 time series on the basis of a 12-month-ahead forecast.

Research paper thumbnail of Flavour mixing in an expanding universe

Annalen Der Physik, 2010

Motivated by a microscopic model of string-inspired foam, in which foamy structures are provided ... more Motivated by a microscopic model of string-inspired foam, in which foamy structures are provided by brany point-like defects (D-particles) in space-time, we discuss flavour mixing in curved space-time for spin-0 and spin-1/2 particles. This can be view as the low energy limit of flavour non-preserving interactions of stringy matter excitations with the defects, and non-trivial space-time background induced by quantum fluctuations of the D-particles. We show, at late epochs of the Universe, that both the fermionic and the bosonic vacuum condensate behaves as a fluid with negative pressure and positive energy; however the equation of state has wfermion > -1/3 and therefore the contribution of fermion-fluid flavour vacuum alone could not yield accelerating Universes. On the other hand, for the boson fluid the equation of state is, for late eras, close to wboson → -1, and hence overall the D-foam universe appears accelerating at late eras.

Research paper thumbnail of The Estrogen Receptor Is Present in Human Megakaryocytes

Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of the benefits of numerical weather predictions in wind power forecasting based on statistical methods

Fuel and Energy Abstracts, 2011

Several forecast systems based on Artificial Neural Networks have been developed to predict power... more Several forecast systems based on Artificial Neural Networks have been developed to predict power production of a wind farm located in a complex terrain, where geographical effects make wind speed predictions difficult) in different time horizons: 1,3,6,12 and 24 h. In the first system, the neural network has been used only as a statistic model based on time series of wind power; later it has been integrated with numerical weather predictions, by which an interesting improvement of the performance has been reached, especially with the longer time horizons. In particular, a sensitivity analysis has been carried out in order to find those numerical weather parameters with the best impact on the forecast.

Research paper thumbnail of Inhibition of rat colon motility by stimulation of atypical beta-adrenoceptors with new gut-specific agents

Pharmacological Research Communications, 1988

The new putative beta-adrenergic agonists SR 58~6A, 2-[ (7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)... more The new putative beta-adrenergic agonists SR 58~6A, 2-[ (7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)amino]-l-phenylethanol hydrochloride and SR 58339A, 2-[(7-hydroxy-l,2,~,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)amino]-l-(3-chlorphenyl) ethanol hydrochloride, were studied/h VIZz~ in comparison with reference con~pounds. SR 58306A and SR 58339A, unlike isoprenaline and the beta 2 selective adrenergic ~gonists salbutamol and ritodrine, potently inhibited rat colon spontaneous contractions ( ECs0 5.9 and 1.1xl0-VM ) without in c~asing * A partial dccount of this work was presented at the Ist Joint Meeting of the Italian and Dutch Phammcological Societies, Florence, May 10-13, 1987. Abstract booklet p. 161.

Research paper thumbnail of Inhibition of rat colon motility by stimulation of atypical beta-adrenoceptors with new gut-specific agents

Pharmacological Research Communications, 1988

The new putative beta-adrenergic agonists SR 58~6A, 2-[ (7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)... more The new putative beta-adrenergic agonists SR 58~6A, 2-[ (7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)amino]-l-phenylethanol hydrochloride and SR 58339A, 2-[(7-hydroxy-l,2,~,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)amino]-l-(3-chlorphenyl) ethanol hydrochloride, were studied/h VIZz~ in comparison with reference con~pounds. SR 58306A and SR 58339A, unlike isoprenaline and the beta 2 selective adrenergic ~gonists salbutamol and ritodrine, potently inhibited rat colon spontaneous contractions ( ECs0 5.9 and 1.1xl0-VM ) without in c~asing * A partial dccount of this work was presented at the Ist Joint Meeting of the Italian and Dutch Phammcological Societies, Florence, May 10-13, 1987. Abstract booklet p. 161.

Research paper thumbnail of Dicionário de informática

Um dos meus sonhos sempre foi escrever um dicionário de informática, com milhares de termos, ilus... more Um dos meus sonhos sempre foi escrever um dicionário de informática, com milhares de termos, ilustrações e tudo mais o que tivesse direito. Mas, quando se têm um trabalho tão grande em mente, muitas vezes o mais difícil é começar. Afinal, os dicionários costumam ser trabalhos para a vida toda, veja o caso do Dicionário Aurélio, que tomou praticamente toda a vida do autor e hoje continua em desenvolvimento, atualizado por uma equipe de lingüistas.

Research paper thumbnail of Immunohistochemical Analysis of Insulin-like Growth Factor–Binding Proteins -1, -2, and -3 in Implantation Sites of the Mouse

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 1998

Purpose: Our purpose was to analyze potential interactions between the embryo and the maternal en... more Purpose: Our purpose was to analyze potential interactions between the embryo and the maternal endometrial interface in vivo by analyzing immunolocalization of insulin-like growth factor–binding proteins (IGFBPs) -1, -2, and -3 in implantation sites of the mouse. Methods: Six-week-old B 6D 2F 1female mice underwent superovulation followed by mating and sacrifice at timed intervals. Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue was used for avidin–biotin immunocytochemical localization of IGFBPs utilizing standard methodology. Results: Immunostaining at 1.5 days post coitum revealed light staining in the epithelial glandular cells and faint staining in decidual stroma for both IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-2. At 7.5–10.5 days post coitum, there was moderate–dense immunostaining in the decidualized stromal cells at the implantation site for all three IGFBPs, whereas light immunostaining was seen in nonimplantation site decidua. Conclusions: Compartmentalization of immunostaining for IGFBP-1, -2, and -3 within decidualized stroma suggests that these proteins may be regulated by trophoblastic and/or embryonic signals.

Research paper thumbnail of A Genetic Programming System for Time Series Prediction and Its Application to El Niño Forecast

In this paper a system based on Genetic Programming for forecasting nonlinear time series is outl... more In this paper a system based on Genetic Programming for forecasting nonlinear time series is outlined. Our system is endowed with two features. Firstly, at any given time t, it performs a τ-steps ahead prediction (i.e. it forecasts the value at time t + τ) based on the set of input values for the n time steps preceding t. Secondly, the system automatically finds among the past n input variables the most useful ones to estimate future values. The effectiveness of our approach is evaluated on El Niño 3.4 time series on the basis of a 12-month-ahead forecast.

Research paper thumbnail of Flavour mixing in an expanding universe

Annalen Der Physik, 2010

Motivated by a microscopic model of string-inspired foam, in which foamy structures are provided ... more Motivated by a microscopic model of string-inspired foam, in which foamy structures are provided by brany point-like defects (D-particles) in space-time, we discuss flavour mixing in curved space-time for spin-0 and spin-1/2 particles. This can be view as the low energy limit of flavour non-preserving interactions of stringy matter excitations with the defects, and non-trivial space-time background induced by quantum fluctuations of the D-particles. We show, at late epochs of the Universe, that both the fermionic and the bosonic vacuum condensate behaves as a fluid with negative pressure and positive energy; however the equation of state has wfermion > -1/3 and therefore the contribution of fermion-fluid flavour vacuum alone could not yield accelerating Universes. On the other hand, for the boson fluid the equation of state is, for late eras, close to wboson → -1, and hence overall the D-foam universe appears accelerating at late eras.

Research paper thumbnail of The Estrogen Receptor Is Present in Human Megakaryocytes

Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences, 1994

Research paper thumbnail of Assessment of the benefits of numerical weather predictions in wind power forecasting based on statistical methods

Fuel and Energy Abstracts, 2011

Several forecast systems based on Artificial Neural Networks have been developed to predict power... more Several forecast systems based on Artificial Neural Networks have been developed to predict power production of a wind farm located in a complex terrain, where geographical effects make wind speed predictions difficult) in different time horizons: 1,3,6,12 and 24 h. In the first system, the neural network has been used only as a statistic model based on time series of wind power; later it has been integrated with numerical weather predictions, by which an interesting improvement of the performance has been reached, especially with the longer time horizons. In particular, a sensitivity analysis has been carried out in order to find those numerical weather parameters with the best impact on the forecast.

Research paper thumbnail of Inhibition of rat colon motility by stimulation of atypical beta-adrenoceptors with new gut-specific agents

Pharmacological Research Communications, 1988

The new putative beta-adrenergic agonists SR 58~6A, 2-[ (7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)... more The new putative beta-adrenergic agonists SR 58~6A, 2-[ (7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)amino]-l-phenylethanol hydrochloride and SR 58339A, 2-[(7-hydroxy-l,2,~,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)amino]-l-(3-chlorphenyl) ethanol hydrochloride, were studied/h VIZz~ in comparison with reference con~pounds. SR 58306A and SR 58339A, unlike isoprenaline and the beta 2 selective adrenergic ~gonists salbutamol and ritodrine, potently inhibited rat colon spontaneous contractions ( ECs0 5.9 and 1.1xl0-VM ) without in c~asing * A partial dccount of this work was presented at the Ist Joint Meeting of the Italian and Dutch Phammcological Societies, Florence, May 10-13, 1987. Abstract booklet p. 161.

Research paper thumbnail of Inhibition of rat colon motility by stimulation of atypical beta-adrenoceptors with new gut-specific agents

Pharmacological Research Communications, 1988

The new putative beta-adrenergic agonists SR 58~6A, 2-[ (7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)... more The new putative beta-adrenergic agonists SR 58~6A, 2-[ (7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)amino]-l-phenylethanol hydrochloride and SR 58339A, 2-[(7-hydroxy-l,2,~,4-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)amino]-l-(3-chlorphenyl) ethanol hydrochloride, were studied/h VIZz~ in comparison with reference con~pounds. SR 58306A and SR 58339A, unlike isoprenaline and the beta 2 selective adrenergic ~gonists salbutamol and ritodrine, potently inhibited rat colon spontaneous contractions ( ECs0 5.9 and 1.1xl0-VM ) without in c~asing * A partial dccount of this work was presented at the Ist Joint Meeting of the Italian and Dutch Phammcological Societies, Florence, May 10-13, 1987. Abstract booklet p. 161.

Research paper thumbnail of Dicionário de informática

Um dos meus sonhos sempre foi escrever um dicionário de informática, com milhares de termos, ilus... more Um dos meus sonhos sempre foi escrever um dicionário de informática, com milhares de termos, ilustrações e tudo mais o que tivesse direito. Mas, quando se têm um trabalho tão grande em mente, muitas vezes o mais difícil é começar. Afinal, os dicionários costumam ser trabalhos para a vida toda, veja o caso do Dicionário Aurélio, que tomou praticamente toda a vida do autor e hoje continua em desenvolvimento, atualizado por uma equipe de lingüistas.