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Bottom (left to right): Alifano, Boaron, Cancellieri. Top (left to right): Fornelli, Trisolini.

2016 Greco e Moramarco JHE.pdf

This paper deals with the analytic-theoretical derivation of the relationships between the entropic quantity ΦðMÞ, representing the ratio between the mean and maximum flow velocities, and the relative submergence and aspect ratios, using classical open-channel flow equations. ΦðMÞ is found to be highly dependent on the relative submergence when large or intermediate roughness scales occur, whereas it might be assumed to be almost constant for a small roughness scale. Furthermore, considering the hydraulic geometry relationships, an attempt is made to relate the relative submergence to the aspect ratio of flow through a log relationship whose coefficients depend on the local bed slope, with an important implication for hydrological practices. Then a practical relation between ΦðMÞ and the aspect ratio is proposed and validated in an operative chain for discharge assessment that shows high robustness and stability. The proposed model has been applied to a set of experimental velocity data collected at gauged river sites with different geometric and hydraulic characteristics as well as low, medium, and high flows.dividual papers. This technical note is part of the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, © ASCE, ISSN 0733-9429/06015015 /$25.00. © ASCE 06015015-1 J. Hydraul. Eng. J. Hydraul. Eng. Downloaded from ascelibrary.org by Bruno Brunone on 08/24/15. Copyright ASCE. For personal use only; all rights reserved. © ASCE 06015015-6 J. Hydraul. Eng. J. Hydraul. Eng. Downloaded from ascelibrary.org by Bruno Brunone on 08/24/15.

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Despite the growing use of Remote Sensing (RS) data in epidemiological studies, several diseases, including asthma, have not been studied yet using RS potentialities. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airway that affects people of all ages throughout the world. The expression of this disease can be influenced by some environmental factors such as allergens, air pollution or climate conditions. In this study, we modeled the distribution of asthma in each season, using Maximum entropy (Maxent) model and presence data obtained from a national database with asthma public hospitals admissions in Mainland Portugal, with discharges between years 2003 and 2008. We considered data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to retrieve estimates of near-surface air temperature and relative humidity. Land-use regression (LUR) models were developed to produce estimates of three pollutants: PM 10 , NO 2 , and CO. Moreover, MODIS Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was also used in the construction of Maxent models. All Maxent models predicted similar suitable areas and obtained acceptable area under the curve (AUC) values (~0.75) of the ROC plot. Our results show a strong relationship between asthma presence and NO 2 , suggesting that asthmatic people living in urban areas with high traffic volume have an increased risk of suffering asthma attacks. Furthermore, there is evidence of the effect of PM 10 , CO, and RH (during the Summer) in asthma expression. RS data have a great potential but also presents limitations that should be addressed to allow studying more complex diseases. Downloaded From: http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/ on 11/21/2013 Terms of Use: http://spiedl.org/terms Proc. of SPIE Vol. 8531 853124-6 Downloaded From: http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/ on 11/21/2013 Terms of Use: http://spiedl.org/terms Proc. of SPIE Vol. 8531 853124-10 Downloaded From: http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/ on 11/21/2013 Terms of Use: http://spiedl.org/terms

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ACTH-dependent Hypercortisolemia in a Patient with a Pituitary Microadenoma and an Atypical Carcinoid Tumour of the Thymus

Medicina, 2019

Cushing’s syndrome (CS) is a set of clinical symptoms which occur as a result of hypercortisolemia. Endogenous ACTH-dependent CS related to an ectopic ACTH-secreting tumour constitutes 12%–17% of CS cases and is one of the most common causes of paraneoplastic syndromes. This study presents a case of a 31 year-old man with diabetes, hypertension, rosacea, purple stretch marks and hypokalemia. Findings of diagnostic procedures include high concentrations of cortisol and ACTH, pituitary microadenoma and a tumour in the anterior mediastinum. Dynamic hormone tests determined the source of excess hormone secretion and ectopic ACTH-dependent CS was diagnosed. Due to increasing symptoms of superior vena cava syndrome, an emergency resection of almost the whole tumour was performed, with only a small part of the upper pole left because of the proximity of large vessels and a risk of damaging them. On the basis of histopathological tests, an atypical carcinoid tumour of the thymus was identif...

Multimodal treatment of thymic carcinoid: a case report

Vnitřní lékařství, 2019

Súhrn Tymický karcinoid tvorí len asi 0,4 % zo všetkých karcinoidov v tele [1]. V porovnaní s ostatnými neuroendokrinnými nádormi sa vyznačuje agresívnejším správaním s vysokým percentom recidív po radikálnej liečbe, tendenciou k metastázovaniu a pomerne častým výskytom paraneoplastických syndrómov. Hlavným pilierom liečby je radikálny chirurgický zákrok [2-4]. Terapia pacientov v inoperabilnom alebo metastatickom štádiu sa opiera o postupy používané pri liečbe iných neuroendokrinných nádorov. V našej kazuistike prezentujeme manažment pacienta s lokálne pokročilým, atypickým karcinoidom týmusu, s využitím niekoľkých liečebných modalít, vrátane novších postupov, ako je receptorová rádionuklidová liečba (peptide radionuclide receptor therapy-PRRT). Kľúčové slová: rádionuklidová receptorová liečba-somatostatínové analógy-tymický karcinoid Multimodal treatment of thymic carcinoid: a case report Summary Thymic carcinoid account for cca 0.4 % of all carcinoid tumors in the body [1]. As compared to other neuroendocrinne tumors, high rates of reccurences after surgery, more aggressive behaviour and relatively high rates of paraneoplastic syndromes are characteristic for thymic carcinoid. The mainstay of treatment is radical surgery [2-4]. Therapy of locally advanced and metastatic stages is influenced by other neuroendocrinne tumors´guidelines. We present a case report of patient with locally advanced, atypical thymic carcinoid, treated with different modalities, including newer procedures like peptide radionuclide receptor therapy (PRRT).

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Geodetic evidence of crustal deformation in the Ionian area detected by GPS surveys is given in this paper. A network consisting of nine geodetic sites crossing the Ionian sea from Calabria (southern Italy) to northwestern Greece was repeatedly surveyed, starting in 1991, within the framework of the TYRGEONET project. The results, obtained from processing data from three GPS campaigns performed on the same network in 1991, 1994 and recently in 1995, show significant changes in the positions of five sites. The deformations in terms of displacements (coordinate differences), are obtained by applying a rigorous statistical approach that analyses their significance by an original iterative procedure based on the classical F (Fisher) test.

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Area of research/interest: Radiative heat transfer analysis, transient analysis on surface tension. A. A. Mohamad, Area of research/Interest: structural safety and reliability; analysis, design, and assessment of reinforced concrete and steel structures; probabilistic risk assessment and management.

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The role of wildland fire in the winter habitat use of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) has long been debated. Fire has been viewed as detrimental to caribou because it destroys the slow-growing climax forage lichens that caribou utilize in winter. Other researchers argued that caribou were not reliant on lichens and that fire may be beneficial, even in the short term. We evaluated the distribution of caribou relative to recent fires (<50 years old) within the current winter range of the Nelchina caribou herd in east-central Alaska. To address issues concerning independence and spatial and temporal scales, we used both conventional very high frequency and global positioning system telemetry to estimate caribou use relative to recent, known-aged burns. In addition, we used two methods to estimate availability of different habitat classes. Caribou used recently burned areas much less than expected, regardless of methodologies used. Moreover, within burns, caribou were more likely to use habitat within 500 m of the burn perimeter than core areas. Methods for determining use and availability did not have large influences on our measures of habitat selectivity.

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Recensione a "Il marchesato di Saluzzo tra Gotico e Rinascimento: Architettura, città, committenti", Viella, Roma 2015, di Diane Yvonne Francis Ghirardo, University of Southern California.

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