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Noble Gas Clusters and Nanoplasmas in High Harmonic Generation
We report a study of high harmonic generation from noble gas clusters of
xenon atoms in a gas jet. Harmonic spectra were investigated as a function of
backing pressure, showing spectral shifts due to the nanoplasma electrons in
the clusters. At certain value of laser intensity this process may oppose the
effect of the well-known ionization-induced blueshift. In addition, these
cluster-induced harmonic redshifts may give the possibility to estimate cluster
density and cluster size in the laser-gas jet interaction range.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
MRI/TRUS data fusion for brachytherapy
BACKGROUND: Prostate brachytherapy consists in placing radioactive seeds for
tumour destruction under transrectal ultrasound imaging (TRUS) control. It
requires prostate delineation from the images for dose planning. Because
ultrasound imaging is patient- and operator-dependent, we have proposed to fuse
MRI data to TRUS data to make image processing more reliable. The technical
accuracy of this approach has already been evaluated. METHODS: We present work
in progress concerning the evaluation of the approach from the dosimetry
viewpoint. The objective is to determine what impact this system may have on
the treatment of the patient. Dose planning is performed from initial TRUS
prostate contours and evaluated on contours modified by data fusion. RESULTS:
For the eight patients included, we demonstrate that TRUS prostate volume is
most often underestimated and that dose is overestimated in a correlated way.
However, dose constraints are still verified for those eight patients.
CONCLUSIONS: This confirms our initial hypothesis
La Razza bovina modicana della Sardegna: 1. le caratteristiche morfologiche e biologiche
The Authors report on the results of a study concerning the modicano cattle of Sardinia; they have surveyd
the morphological (body measurements and somatic indexes) and biological (blood groups and ematic
polymorphisms) characteristics. These results were obtained with cows of 20 herds from 2 Sardinian
typical areas (Italy)
La Razza bovina sarda: 1. le caratteristiche morfologiche e biologiche
The Authors report on the results of a study concerning the Sardinian cattle; they have surveyed the morphological
(body measurements and somatic indexes) and biological (blood groups and ematic polymorphisms)
characteristics. These results were obtained with cows of 20 herds from 2 Sardinian typical areas (ltaly)
Genetic variability of the ovine αs1-casein
The casein genetic polymorphisms are important for their effects on quantitative traits and technological properties of milk. At the αs1-casein (CSN1S1) level three genetic variants were characterised (A, C, D) in ovine milk (Ferranti et al., 1995)
Casein haplotype structure in five Italian goat breeds
The aim of this work was to investigate the genetic structure of the casein gene cluster in 5 Italian goat breeds and to evaluate the haplotype variability within and among populations. A total of 430 goats from Vallesana, Roccaverano, Jonica, Garganica, and Maltese breeds were genotyped at alphas1-casein (CSN1S1), alphas2-casein, (CSN1S2), beta-casein (CSN2), and kappa-casein (CSN3) loci using several genomic techniques and milk protein analysis. Casein haplotype frequencies were estimated for each breed. Principal component analysis was carried out to highlight the relationship among breeds. Allele and haplotype distributions indicated considerable differences among breeds. The haplotype CSN1S1*F- CSN1S2*F-CSN3*D occurred in all breeds with frequencies >0.100 and was the most common haplotype in the Southern breeds. A high frequency of
CSN1S1*0-CSN1S2*C-CSN3*A haplotype was found in Vallesana population (0.162). Principal component analysis clearly separated the Northern and Southern breeds by the first component. The variability of the caprine casein loci and variety of resulting haplotypes should be exploited in the future using specific breeding programs aiming to preserve biodiversity and to select goat genetic lines for specific protein production
Design, development and orchestration of 5G-ready applications over sliced programmable infrastructure
5G networks design and evolution is considered as a key to support the introduction of digital technologies in economic and societal processes. Towards this direction, vertical industries' needs should be considered as drivers of 5G networks design and development with high priority. In the current manuscript, MATILDA is presented, as a holistic 5G end-to-end services operational framework tackling the overall lifecycle of design, development and orchestration of 5G-ready applications and 5G network services over programmable infrastructure, following a unified programmability model and a set of control abstractions
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