Novel Technique of Transepithelial Corneal Cross-Linking Using Iontophoresis in Progressive Keratoconus

In this work, the authors presented the techniques and the preliminary results at 6 months of a randomized controlled trial (NCT02117999) comparing a novel transepithelial corneal cross-linking protocol using iontophoresis with the Dresden protocol for the treatment of progressive keratoconus. At 6months, there was a significant average improvement with an average flattening of themaximum simulated keratometry reading of 0.72\ub11.20D(P = 0.01); in addition, corrected distance visual acuity improved significantly (P = 0.08) and spherical equivalent refraction was significantly lessmyopic (P = 0.02) 6months a\u17fter transepithelial corneal cross-linkingwith iontophoresis. The novel protocol using iontophoresis showed comparable resultswith standard corneal cross-linking to halt progression of keratoconus during 6-month follow-up. Investigation of the long-term RCT outcomes are ongoing to verify the efficacy of this transepithelial corneal cross-linking protocol and to determine if it may be comparable with standard corneal cross-linking in themanagement of progressive keratoconus

QFIELD, PYARCHINIT AND BRADYPUS, INTERCHANGE OF PROTOCOLS AND WORKFLOWS FOR ACADEMIC RESEARCH

In the past, documenting archaeological research was based mainly on subjective experience due to the lack of digital platforms that would standardise documenting a context. Although it is in the last two decades that practise has been digitally standardardised. Some user-friendly systems help collect and organise data. Sometimes, the seem non-interoperable. Then it is to study a uniwue method capable of making different software comminicate with each other. The aim of this study is the integration of state-of-the-art software to aid in developing a criterion for the creation of an archaeological data interchange protocol. FLOSS was chosen as it offers the highest level of interoperability. One premise, it is assumed that you already have pyArchInit 2.6.2 on your computer, a server with Bradypus 4.0 installend and a postgreSQL database

Pannelli a “Sensorialità Aumentata” sull’Appia Antica: cronistoria, principi, realizzazione di un metodo innovativo

On 24 September 2022, two sensory panels were inaugurated along the Appia Antica at the third mile, in front of the church of S. Nicola. They are visible with your back to the entrance to the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella

Pannelli a “Sensorialità Aumentata” sull’Appia Antica: cronistoria, principi, realizzazione di un metodo innovativo

On 24 September 2022, two sensory panels were inaugurated along the Appia Antica at the third mile, in front of the church of S. Nicola. They are visible with your back to the entrance to the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella

Pannelli a “Sensorialità Aumentata” sull’Appia Antica: cronistoria, principi, realizzazione di un metodo innovativo

On 24 September 2022, two sensory panels were inaugurated along the Appia Antica at the third mile, in front of the church of S. Nicola. They are visible with your back to the entrance to the Mausoleum of Cecilia Metella

Pannelli a “sensorialità aumentata” sull’Appia Antica: Cronistoria, principi, realizzazione di un metodo innovativo

Il 24 settembre 2022 sono stati inaugurati due pannelli sensoriali lungo l’Appia Antica presso il terzo miglio (41.85185334496778, 12.520686541593687 in coordinate Google Maps), di fronte alla chiesa di S. Nicola. Sono visibili dando le spalle all’ingresso del Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella

On the Fe abundance peak formation in cool-core clusters of galaxies: hints from cluster WARPJ1415.1+3612 at z=1.03

We present a detailed study of the iron content of the core of the high-redshift cluster WARPJ1415.1+3612 (z=1.03). By comparing the central Fe mass excess observed in this system, M_Fe^exc = (1.67 +/- 0.40) x 10^9 M_sun, with those measured in local cool-core systems, we infer that the bulk of the mass excess was already in place at z=1, when the age of the Universe was about half of what it is today. Our measures point to an early and intense period of star formation most likely associated with the formation of the BCG. Indeed, in the case of the power-law delay time distribution with slope -1, which reproduces the data of WARPJ1415.1+3612 best, half of the supernovae explode within 0.4 Gyr of the formation of the BCG. Finally, while for local cool-core clusters the Fe distribution is broader than the near infrared light distribution of the BCG, in WARPJ1415.1+3612 the two distributions are consistent, indicating that the process responsible for broadening the Fe distribution in local systems has not yet started in this distant cluster.Comment: 10 pages, accepted for publication in A&A, minor language corrections added in v

The Swift X-ray Telescope Cluster Survey III: Cluster Catalog from 2005-2012 Archival Data

We present the Swift X-ray Cluster Survey (SWXCS) catalog obtained using archival data from the X-ray telescope (XRT) on board the Swift satellite acquired from 2005 to 2012, extending the first release of the SWXCS. The catalog provides positions, soft fluxes, and, when possible, optical counterparts for a flux-limited sample of X-ray group and cluster candidates. We consider the fields with Galactic latitude |b| > 20 degree to avoid high HI column densities. We discard all of the observations targeted at groups or clusters of galaxies, as well as particular extragalactic fields not suitable to search for faint extended sources. We finally select ~3000 useful fields covering a total solid angle of ~400 degree^2. We identify extended source candidates in the soft-band (0.5-2keV) images of these fields using the software EXSdetect, which is specifically calibrated for the XRT data. Extensive simulations are used to evaluate contamination and completeness as a function of the source signal, allowing us to minimize the number of spurious detections and to robustly assess the selection function. Our catalog includes 263 candidate galaxy clusters and groups down to a flux limit of 7E-15 erg/cm^2/s in the soft band, and the logN-logS is in very good agreement with previous deep X-ray surveys. The final list of sources is cross-correlated with published optical, X-ray, and SZ catalogs of clusters. We find that 137 sources have been previously identified as clusters, while 126 are new detections. Currently, we have collected redshift information for 158 sources (60% of the entire sample). Once the optical follow-up and the X-ray spectral analysis of the sources are complete, the SWXCS will provide a large and well-defined catalog of groups and clusters of galaxies to perform statistical studies of cluster properties and tests of cosmological models.Comment: 41 pages, 16 figures, 3 tables, published on ApJS in Jan 201

JVLA 1.5GHz continuum observation of CLASH clusters I: radio properties of the BCGs

We present high-resolution ($\sim 1"$), 1.5 GHz continuum observations of the brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) of 13 CLASH (Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble) clusters at $0.18<z<0.69$ with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA). Radio emission is clearly detected and characterized for 11 BCGs, while for two of them we obtain only upper limits to their radio flux ($<0.1$ mJy at 5$\sigma$ confidence level). We also consider five additional clusters whose BCG is detected in FIRST or NVSS. We find radio powers in the range from $2\times 10^{23}$ to $\sim 10^{26}$ $W~Hz^{-1}$ and radio spectral indices $\alpha_{1.5}^{30}$ (defined as the slope between 1.5 and 30 GHz) distributed from $\sim -1$ to $-0.25$ around the central value $\langle \alpha \rangle= - 0.68$. The radio emission from the BCGs is resolved in three cases (Abell 383, MACS J1931, and RX J2129), and unresolved or marginally resolved in the remaining eight cases observed with JVLA. In all the cases the BCGs are consistent with being powered by active galactic nuclei (AGN). The radio power shows a positive correlation with the BCG star formation rate, and a negative correlation with the central entropy of the surrounding intracluster medium (ICM) except in two cases (MACS J1206 and CL J1226). Finally, over the restricted range in radio power sampled by the CLASH BCGs, we observe a significant scatter between the radio power and the average mechanical power stored in the ICM cavities.Comment: 19 pages, 11 figures, significantly improved following referee's comments. Accepted by Ap