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Comparison of fatty acid profile in lamb meat and baby food based on lamb meat
The aim of this study was to compare the fatty acid (FA) profile of fresh lamb meat with those of baby foods based on lamb meat. For this purpose, samples of commercial homogenized (HO) and lyophilized (LIO) baby food based on lamb meat and fresh lamb meat (FM) were analyzed
for their FA composition. All fatty acids, except for oleic acid and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), differed
among the three baby products tested. The sum of omega-6 FA and the ratio omega 6/omega 3
FA were lower in FM and LIO meat compared to HO samples. The content of total PUFA n-3 was the
highest in FM, because of its highest content of C18:3 n3, EPA, DPA and DHA compared to LIO and
HO baby food. The content of arachidonic acid was more than 6-fold higher in FM compared to LIO and
HO. This study evidenced the possibility of enhancing the FA profile of commercial baby food based on
lamb meat by using meat with healthier FA profile
Fatigue characterization of Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) foam core sandwich composite using the G-control method
This paper presents experimental results from cyclic crack propagation tests performed on sandwich specimens with glass/epoxy face sheets and Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) foam cores using the G-controlled cyclic energy release rate (ÎG) test procedure. The face material was tested in tension, compression and shear to determine in-plane and out-of-plane mechanical properties, such as Youngâs modulus, Poissonâs ratio and shear modulus. These properties were then used in an analytical model of the mixed-mode bending sandwich specimen to calculate compliance and energy release rate. Finite element analysis was used to determine the mode-mixity of the crack loading. Experimental crack growth cyclic tests were carried out on pre-cracked mixed-mode bending sandwich specimens with H45, H100 and H160 PVC foam cores under two mode-mixities (mode I and mode II dominant). Post-mortem analysis was performed on tested specimens, highlighting the influence of mode mixity and foam density on the crack path. Crack propagation diagrams showing da/dN versus ÎG curves were obtained to establish the Paris-Erdogan relation for each material combination tested at the two mode-mixities. Results showed constant crack growth rates for all the materials tested and revealed the influence on mode-mixity on crack propagation speed and foam density (higher foam density, slower crack propagation). </jats:p
Tissue resonance interaction accurately detects colon lesions: a double-blind pilot study
AIM: To investigated the performance of the tissue resonance interaction method (TRIM) for the non-invasive detection of colon lesions.
METHODS: We performed a prospective single-center blinded pilot study of consecutive adults undergoing colonoscopy at the University Hospital in Sassari, Italy. Before patients underwent colonoscopy, they were examined by the TRIMprobe which detects differences in electromagnetic properties between pathological and normal tissues. All patients had completed the polyethylene glycol-containing bowel prep for the colonoscopy procedure before being screened. During the procedure the subjects remained fully dressed. A hand-held probe was moved over the abdomen and variations in electromagnetic signals were recorded for 3 spectral lines (462-465 MHz, 930 MHz, and 1395 MHz). A single investigator, blind to any clinical information, performed the test using the TRIMprob system. Abnormal signals were identified and recorded as malignant or benign (adenoma or hyperplastic polyps). Findings were compared with those from colonoscopy with histologic confirmation. Statistical analysis was performed by Ï2 test. RESULTS: A total of 305 consecutive patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria were enrolled over a period of 12 months. The most frequent indication for colonoscopy was abdominal pain (33%). The TRIMprob was well accepted by all patients; none spontaneously complained about the procedure, and no adverse effects were observed. TRIM proved inaccurate for polyp detection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and they were excluded leaving 281 subjects (mean age 59 ± 13 years; 107 males). The TRIM detected and accurately characterized all 12 adenocarcinomas and 135/137 polyps (98.5%) including 64 adenomatous (100%) found. The method identified cancers and polyps with 98.7% sensitivity, 96.2% specificity, and 97.5% diagnostic accuracy, compared to colonoscopy and histology analyses. The positive predictive value was 96.7% and the negative predictive value 98.4%. Among the 281 non-IBD subjects, there were 7 cases with discordant results (2.5%) between TRIMprob and the reference standard including 5 false positive results (1.8%) and 2 false negative (0.7%) results. The main limitation of the TRIMprob system is the need for trained operators.
CONCLUSION: The study confirmed that TRIM provides rapid, accurate, convenient and noninvasive means to identify individuals most likely to benefit from colonoscopy
The potential of eupraxia@sparc_lab for radiation based techniques
A proposal for building a Free Electron Laser, EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB, at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, is at present under consideration. This FEL facility will provide a unique combination of a high brightness GeV-range electron beam generated in a X-band RF linac, a 0.5 PW-class laser system and the first FEL source driven by a plasma accelerator. The FEL will produce ultra-bright pulses, with up to 1012 photons/pulse, femtosecond timescale and wavelength down to 3 nm, which lies in the so called âwater windowâ. The experimental activity will be focused on the realization of a plasma driven short wavelength FEL able to provide high-quality photons for a user beamline. In this paper, we describe the main classes of experiments that will be performed at the facility, including coherent diffraction imaging, soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering and photofragmentation measurements. These techniques will allow studying a variety of samples, both biological and inorganic, providing information about their structure and dynamical behavior. In this context, the possibility of inducing changes in samples via pump pulses leading to the stimulation of chemical reactions or the generation of coherent excitations would tremendously benefit from pulses in the soft X-ray region. High power synchronized optical lasers and a TeraHertz radiation source will indeed be made available for THz and pumpâprobe experiments and a split-and-delay station will allow performing XUV-XUV pumpâprobe experiments.Fil: Balerna, Antonella. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Bartocci, Samanta. UniversitĂ degli studi di Sassari; ItaliaFil: Batignani, Giovanni. UniversitĂ degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; ItaliaFil: Cianchi, Alessandro. Universita Tor Vergata; Italia. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Chiadroni, Enrica. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Coreno, Marcello. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; Italia. Istituto di Struttura della Materia; ItaliaFil: Cricenti, Antonio. Istituto di Struttura della Materia; ItaliaFil: Dabagov, Sultan. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; Italia. National Research Nuclear University; Rusia. Lebedev Physical Institute; RusiaFil: Di Cicco, Andrea. Universita Degli Di Camerino; ItaliaFil: Faiferri, Massimo. UniversitĂ degli studi di Sassari; ItaliaFil: Ferrante, Carino. UniversitĂ degli studi di Roma âLa Sapienzaâ; Italia. Center for Life Nano Science @Sapienza; ItaliaFil: Ferrario, Massimo. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Fumero, Giuseppe. UniversitĂ degli studi di Roma âLa Sapienzaâ; ItaliaFil: Giannessi, Luca. Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste; Italia. ENEA C.R. Frascati; ItaliaFil: Gunnella, Roberto. Universita Degli Di Camerino; ItaliaFil: Leani, Juan Jose. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - CĂłrdoba. Instituto de FĂsica Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de CĂłrdoba. Instituto de FĂsica Enrique Gaviola; ArgentinaFil: Lupi, Stefano. UniversitĂ degli studi di Roma âLa Sapienzaâ; Italia. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Sezione di Roma La Sapienza; ItaliaFil: Macis, Salvatore. UniversitĂ degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata; Italia. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Sezione di Roma Tor Vergata; ItaliaFil: Manca, Rosa. UniversitĂ degli studi di Sassari; ItaliaFil: Marcelli, Augusto. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; Italia. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; ItaliaFil: Masciovecchio, Claudio. Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste; ItaliaFil: Minicucci, Marco. Universita Degli Di Camerino; ItaliaFil: Morante, Silvia. Universita Tor Vergata; Italia. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Perfetto, Enrico. Universita Tor Vergata; Italia. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; ItaliaFil: Petrarca, Massimo. UniversitĂ degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; Italia. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Pusceddu, Fabrizio. UniversitĂ degli studi di Sassari; ItaliaFil: Rezvani, Javad. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Robledo, JosĂ© Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - CĂłrdoba. Instituto de FĂsica Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de CĂłrdoba. Instituto de FĂsica Enrique Gaviola; ArgentinaFil: Rossi, Giancarlo. Centro FermiâMuseo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche âEnrico Fermiâ; Italia. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; Italia. Universita Tor Vergata; ItaliaFil: Sanchez, Hector Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂfico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - CĂłrdoba. Instituto de FĂsica Enrique Gaviola. Universidad Nacional de CĂłrdoba. Instituto de FĂsica Enrique Gaviola; ArgentinaFil: Scopigno, Tullio. Center for Life Nano Science @Sapienza; Italia. UniversitĂ degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; ItaliaFil: Stefanucci, Gianluca. Universita Tor Vergata; Italia. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Stellato, Francesco. Universita Tor Vergata; Italia. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; ItaliaFil: Trapananti, Angela. Universita Degli Di Camerino; ItaliaFil: Villa, Fabio. Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare.; Itali
Measurement of the top quark-pair production cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at \sqrt{s}=7\TeV
A measurement of the production cross-section for top quark pairs(\ttbar)
in collisions at \sqrt{s}=7 \TeV is presented using data recorded with
the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider. Events are selected in two
different topologies: single lepton (electron or muon ) with large
missing transverse energy and at least four jets, and dilepton (,
or ) with large missing transverse energy and at least two jets. In a
data sample of 2.9 pb-1, 37 candidate events are observed in the single-lepton
topology and 9 events in the dilepton topology. The corresponding expected
backgrounds from non-\ttbar Standard Model processes are estimated using
data-driven methods and determined to be events and events, respectively. The kinematic properties of the selected events are
consistent with SM \ttbar production. The inclusive top quark pair production
cross-section is measured to be \sigmattbar=145 \pm 31 ^{+42}_{-27} pb where
the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The measurement
agrees with perturbative QCD calculations.Comment: 30 pages plus author list (50 pages total), 9 figures, 11 tables,
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Measurement of the top quark pair cross section with ATLAS in pp collisions at âs=7 TeV using final states with an electron or a muon and a hadronically decaying Ï lepton
A measurement of the cross section of top quark pair production in proton-proton collisions recorded with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV is reported. The data sample used corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 2.05 fb -1. Events with an isolated electron or muon and a Ï lepton decaying hadronically are used. In addition, a large missing transverse momentum and two or more energetic jets are required. At least one of the jets must be identified as originating from a b quark. The measured cross section, Ïtt-=186±13(stat.)±20(syst.)±7(lumi.) pb, is in good agreement with the Standard Model prediction
Predicting needlestick and sharps injuries in nursing students: Development of the SNNIP scale
© 2020 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Aim: To develop an instrument to investigate knowledge and predictive factors of needlestick and sharps injuries (NSIs) in nursing students during clinical placements. Design: Instrument development and cross-sectional study for psychometric testing. Methods: A self-administered instrument including demographic data, injury epidemiology and predictive factors of NSIs was developed between October 2018âJanuary 2019. Content validity was assessed by a panel of experts. The instrument's factor structure and discriminant validity were explored using principal components analysis. The STROBE guidelines were followed. Results: Evidence of content validity was found (S-CVI 0.75; I-CVI 0.50â1.00). A three-factor structure was shown by exploratory factor analysis. Of the 238 participants, 39% had been injured at least once, of which 67.3% in the second year. Higher perceptions of âpersonal exposureâ (4.06, SD 3.78) were reported by third-year students. Higher scores for âperceived benefitsâ of preventive behaviours (13.6, SD 1.46) were reported by second-year students
Predicting needlestick and sharps injuries in nursing students: Development of the SNNIP scale
Infected pancreatic necrosis: outcomes and clinical predictors of mortality. A post hoc analysis of the MANCTRA-1 international study
: The identification of high-risk patients in the early stages of infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is critical, because it could help the clinicians to adopt more effective management strategies. We conducted a post hoc analysis of the MANCTRA-1 international study to assess the association between clinical risk factors and mortality among adult patients with IPN. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify prognostic factors of mortality. We identified 247 consecutive patients with IPN hospitalised between January 2019 and December 2020. History of uncontrolled arterial hypertension (pâ=â0.032; 95% CI 1.135-15.882; aOR 4.245), qSOFA (pâ=â0.005; 95% CI 1.359-5.879; aOR 2.828), renal failure (pâ=â0.022; 95% CI 1.138-5.442; aOR 2.489), and haemodynamic failure (pâ=â0.018; 95% CI 1.184-5.978; aOR 2.661), were identified as independent predictors of mortality in IPN patients. Cholangitis (pâ=â0.003; 95% CI 1.598-9.930; aOR 3.983), abdominal compartment syndrome (pâ=â0.032; 95% CI 1.090-6.967; aOR 2.735), and gastrointestinal/intra-abdominal bleeding (pâ=â0.009; 95% CI 1.286-5.712; aOR 2.710) were independently associated with the risk of mortality. Upfront open surgical necrosectomy was strongly associated with the risk of mortality (pâ<â0.001; 95% CI 1.912-7.442; aOR 3.772), whereas endoscopic drainage of pancreatic necrosis (pâ=â0.018; 95% CI 0.138-0.834; aOR 0.339) and enteral nutrition (pâ=â0.003; 95% CI 0.143-0.716; aOR 0.320) were found as protective factors. Organ failure, acute cholangitis, and upfront open surgical necrosectomy were the most significant predictors of mortality. Our study confirmed that, even in a subgroup of particularly ill patients such as those with IPN, upfront open surgery should be avoided as much as possible. Study protocol registered in ClinicalTrials.Gov (I.D. Number NCT04747990)
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