Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) early findings from a teaching hospital in Pavia, North Italy, 21 to 28 February 2020

We describe clinical characteristics, treatments and outcomes of 44 Caucasian patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a single hospital in Pavia, Italy, from 21\u201328 February 2020, at the beginning of the outbreak in Europe. Seventeen patients developed severe disease, two died. After a median of 6 days, 14 patients were discharged from hospital. Predictors of lower odds of discharge were age>65 years, antiviral treatment and for severe disease, lactate dehydrogenase >300 mg/dL

Hydrocarbons, sterols and fatty acids in sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) of the Adriatic Sea

Aliphatic hydrocarbons, linear alkylbenzenes (LABs), sterols and fatty acids were determined in sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) of the Adriatic Sea in order to study their relationship with the trophic chain. The prevailing aliphatic hydrocarbons were squalene (40.3%) and n-C17:1 (24.9%), both of recent biological origin. LABS, on the other hand, are considered tracers of domestic wastes in marine environment. Among sterols, cholesterol (73.5%) and other \u3945-sterols are dominant, Fatty acids 16:0 (20.0%), 20:5\u3c93 (12.2%) and 14:0 (7.6%) were prevalent here as they are in other echinoid species analyzed by other authors. The distribution of these different compounds seems to be influenced by factors such as physiological needs, available diet and anthropogenic contamination

iDesign – New Capabilities for Set Design

Designing for theatre is a collaborative endeavour that feeds off creative energies supplied by the material environment and involved artists. The aesthetics governing design processes thereby prescribe how resources can be leveraged to channel creativity in maximally productive ways. Presenting a prototype for a 3D digital set-modelling environment, we demonstrate how immersive and interactive aesthetics may permeate the barrier between virtual and physical space, overcoming major constraints of current design approaches. Even though digital design suites like Vectorworks or 3DS Max have introduced interactive capabilities, these are not yet maximally realised, because full iterativity only applies pre-Bauprobe. After physical extrusion, comprehensive design alterations become cost-prohibitive, which often delimits playful and transformative scope the further we advance in the design process. Working off scale models does not yet furnish us with the experience of a space, requiring us to imaginatively approximate its indeterminate qualities. Consequently, the interactive iBauprobe modelling platform leverages a 360-degree screen environment that fully immerses the team in a malleable 1-to-1 scale model of their prospective set, allowing them to experience the space before construction and to collaboratively rehearse ideas in real-time. Integrated AI components can assist, e.g. by optimising sightlines or alerting to hazardous constellations prior to production export. The platform’s extensive archive presents the means for a novel approach to set design, creating a living memory of our practice, complete with process-annotation and visual playbacks, that allow preserving, archiving, curating and learning about the hidden and ephemeral facets of our practice

Immersive Interactive Aesthetics for Set Modelling -the iBauprobe Platform

iBauprobe transforms contemporary performance design through the application of novel forms of dialogical aesthetics. Leveraging the 360-degree AVIE visualisation platform, it enables set design to be interactively composed by a creative team, who can immersively model and evaluate ideas in real-time at 1:1 scale using their full gestural range assisted by AI-supported databases