Urban Regeneration: a Multidisciplinary Approach by Giulia Pettoello, Luigi Stendardo

“…Abandoned urban areas around Padua, the case study of the project, are a particularly important example in consideration of the fact that northern Italy contains the highest increase in land consumption in the country (8.4% in 2013; ISPRA 2015) and, in particular, the city is first in the region for the percentage of land used (49% in 2013; ARPA Veneto 2015). …”
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Dehumanization and burden of care among caregivers of terminally ill patients by Ines Testoni, Giulia Sicari, Lucia Ronconi, Gianmarco Biancalani, Chiara Franco, Paolo Cottone, Robert Crupi

“…One hundred informal caregivers (relatives and friends) of patients hospitalized in four hospice facilities in northern Italy were involved. Of these, 77% were primary caregivers (those who mostly helped the patient). …”
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Parcours migratoires féminins à Parme (Italie du nord) selon différentes sources d’information : Étude de cas by Vincenza Pellegrino, Enzo Lucchetti, Gilles Boëtsch

“…The migration paths linking the city of Parma (northern Italy) with the various countries of origin have been analysed on the basis of information taken from the Population Register of the Town Council of Parma (1989-2000), as well as information obtained in the course of a survey (1999-2002) conducted by the Migrants Health Center of the Local Health Authorities. …”
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Olive Fertility as Affected by Cross-Pollination and Boron by A. Spinardi, D. Bassi

“…Self-compatibility of local olive (Olea europaea L.) accessions and of the cultivars “Frantoio” and “Leccino” was investigated in Garda Lake area, northern Italy. Intercompatibility was determined for “Casaliva,” “Frantoio,” and “Leccino,” as well as the effects of foliar Boron applications (0, 262, 525, or 1050 mg·L−1) applied about one week before anthesis on fruit set, shotberry set, and on in vitro pollen germination. …”
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Bird Richness and Abundance in Urban Areas: Simulation-Based Conservation Strategies for an Italian Town by Alessandro Ferrarini, Luca Bagni, Marco Gustin

“…In this study, we (a) inventoried the breeding bird community of a town located in Northern Italy using quadrat sampling, (b) quantified bird richness and abundance, (c) measured sample completeness, (d) tested whether the bird community assembly was driven by environmental filtering (i.e., local properties of every single quadrat), e) explained bird richness and abundance in light of the land cover types present in each quadrat, (f) disentangled the marginal effects of every land cover type, and (g) simulated the effects on birds of different planning decisions. …”
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An auto-tuning process-based 3D model to forecast irrigation demand in kiwifruit by Marco Bittelli, Matteo Francia, Joseph Giovanelli, Matteo Golfarelli, Fausto Tomei

“…A large set of tests has been conducted on Kiwifruit in an experimental farm in Northern Italy. Besides accuracy, tests proved the robustness of the system even in the presence of a limited set of examples for parameter auto-tuning. …”
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Converting Organic Municipal Solid Waste Into Volatile Fatty Acids and Biogas: Experimental Pilot and Batch Studies With Statistical Analysis by Hojjat Borhany

“…Hence, this study involves an anaerobic digester in Treviso in northern Italy. ObjectiveThis research compares a novel line, consisting of pretreatment, acidogenic fermentation, and anaerobic digestion, with single-step anaerobic digestion regarding financial profit and surplus energy. …”
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High Resolution of Water Availability for Emilia-Romagna Region over 1961–2015 by F. Cervi, M. M. Nistor

“…In this study, monthly time series of precipitations and temperatures from 1024 controlled and homogeneous meteorological stations located in the Emilia-Romagna region (northern Italy) are processed in order to assess potential climate changes that occurred during the period 1961–2015. …”
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The Nonmydriatic Fundus Camera in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: A Cost-Effective Study with Evaluation for Future Large-Scale Application by Giuseppe Scarpa, Francesca Urban, Stela Vujosevic, Michele Tessarin, Giovanni Gallo, Annalisa Visentin, Emanuela Foglia, Lucrezia Ferrario, Edoardo Midena

“…Diabetic patients living in the town of Ponzano, Veneto Region (Northern Italy), were invited to be enrolled in the screening programme. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of vine pruning periods on grape production and composition: an integrated approach considering different years and cultivars by Isabella Ghiglieno, Luca Facciano, Leonardo Valenti, Federico Amari, Gabriele Cola

“…The experimentation was conducted from 2011 to 2013 in two of the main Italian wine-growing areas: Franciacorta, in Northern Italy, and Montefalco, in Central Italy. In Franciacorta: Chardonnay and Pinot Noir were considered while in Montefalco, the varieties included were Sauvignon Blanc, Grechetto di Orvieto, Sagrantino, and Sangiovese. …”
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Anatomical alterations: biparietal thinning in antiquity. Review of published cases and a new case by Nicol Rossetti, Roberta Fusco, Arianna Vanni, Francesca Garanzini, Alessandra Mazzucchi, Marta Licata

“…This study integrates data from previous bioarchaeological research supplemented with a new case from skeletal remains excavated at the hypogeal cemetery of Santa Maria Maggiore in Vercelli, Northern Italy. The analysis included macroscopic examination, radiological imaging, and comparative analysis with clinical and paleopathological cases to identify and assess the characteristic features of biparietal thinning. …”
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Serum Fatty Acids and Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma: A Population-Based Case-Control Study by Marco Vinceti, Carlotta Malagoli, Laura Iacuzio, Catherine M. Crespi, Sabina Sieri, Vittorio Krogh, Sandra Marmiroli, Giovanni Pellacani, Elisabetta Venturelli

“…We aimed at examining the association between serum fatty acids and melanoma risk by conducting a population-based case-control study in a northern Italy community. Methods. The percentage composition of 12 fatty acids was determined in 51 newly diagnosed melanoma patients and 51 age- and sex-matched population controls by extracting total lipids from serum samples using thin layer and gas chromatography. …”
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Multiplexed SSR marker analysis of Diplocarpon coronariae reveals clonality within samples from Middle Europe and genetic distance from Asian and North American isolates by Thomas Oberhänsli, Anna Dalbosco, Virginie Leschenne, Anne Bohr, Sascha Buchleither, Lucius Tamm, Lukas Wille, Srđan G. Aćimović, Fatemeh Khodadadi, Young-Hyun Ryu, Bruno Studer, Hans-Jakob Schärer, Andrea Patocchi

“…AB is a serious apple disease, mostly in low input orchards and in cider production areas in Northern Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. However, the epidemiology and population genetic structure of this pathogen is unknown. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors for Sick Building Syndrome among Italian correctional officers: A pilot study by Francesco Chirico, Giuseppe Ferrari, Giuseppe Taino, Enrico Oddone, Ines Giorgi, Marcello Imbriani

“…Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in 2016 at the Triveneto Penitentiary Center, Northern Italy. Chi-square was used to test the difference of prevalence between office workers (OWs) and correctional officers (COs) of personal characteristics, cases of SBS, and general and mucocutaneous symptoms associated with SBS. …”
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On the tracks of an uninvited guest, the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus in Cyprus by Riccardo Piccinno, Giulia Fiorenza, Marlen Ines Vasquez, Jeremy Bouyer, Gregoris Notarides, Ludvik Marcus Gomulski, Soteris Meletiou, Mustafa Akiner, Antonios Michaelakis, Federico Forneris, Giovanni Maga, Giuliano Gasperi, Anna Rodolfa Malacrida

“…These mosquitoes share a high degree of ancestry with those in the Balkans and parts of northern Italy that border the Adriatic Sea. Conclusions Considering the trade connections of Limassol port, Cyprus with the Balkans and the Adriatic Italian region, we hypothesise that these areas may be involved in the incursion of Ae. albopictus into Cyprus. …”
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Exploring Chronic Pain in Hemodialysis Patients: An Observational Study Based on the New IASP Classification for ICD-11 by Vittorio Schweiger, Martina Cacciapuoti, Marta Nizzero, Salvatore Simari, Gianmarco Lombardi, Leonardo Gottin, Lisa Stefani, Alvise Martini, Giustino Varrassi, Gabriele Finco, Enrico Polati, Giovanni Gambaro

“…Methods In this observational, cross-sectional study in a tertiary HD center in Northern Italy, we analyzed data regarding HD patients, evaluated for 5 months in 2021 by specialists in pain medicine and aimed to identify and characterize chronic pain according to the IASP definition and the last 2019 classification of chronic pain for ICD-11. …”
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Incidence and temporal patterns of true recurrences and second primaries in women with breast cancer: A 10-year competing risk-adjusted analysis by Silvia Mancini, Lauro Bucchi, Annibale Biggeri, Orietta Giuliani, Flavia Baldacchini, Alessandra Ravaioli, Federica Zamagni, Fabio Falcini, Rosa Vattiato

“…Methods: We performed a manual review of medical charts of 1988 BC patients from a cancer registry in northern Italy (2000–2013). The occurrence and timing of true recurrences (TRs, including local, regional and distant recurrences) and second BCs (SBCs, including ipsilateral and contralateral SBC) during 10 years of follow-up were evaluated. …”
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The association of physical activity and carotid intima-media-thickness in adolescents—data of the prospective early vascular ageing-tyrol cohort study by Bernhard Winder, Bernhard Winder, Bernhard Winder, Sophia J. Kiechl, Sophia J. Kiechl, Benoît Bernar, Benoît Bernar, Nina Gande, Anna Staudt, Anna K. Stock, Anna K. Stock, Christoph Hochmayr, Ralf Geiger, Andrea Griesmacher, Stefan Kiechl, Stefan Kiechl, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Michael Knoflach, Michael Knoflach, the Early Vascular Ageing (EVA)-Tyrol Study Group, Carmen Reiter, Christina Schreiner Julia Klingenschmid, Julia Marxer, Martina Kothmayer, Maximilian Pircher, Manuela Bock-Bartl, Mandy Asare, Maximilian Bohl, Raimund Pechlaner

“…Our aim was to further investigate this unexpected association with two different measurement methods of PA and two established markers for Early Vascular Ageing: cIMT and carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity (cfPWV).MethodsThe community-based Early Vascular Ageing-Tyrol cohort study included adolescents in western Austria and northern Italy. Medical examinations included anthropometric measurements, fasting blood analysis, a physician guided interview to assess lifestyle factors, measurement of cIMT and cfPWV. …”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…Coronavirus has twisted and put in trouble an health care system, like the one of Northern Italy, which has always been considered excellent. …”