Laboratory parameters of italian centenarians

A consortium of 20 university departments of geriatrics and gerontology conducted the Italian Multicentric Study on Centenarians (IMSC), in order to assess the socio-economic, clinical and biological conditions of the Italian centenarians. The investigation involved 382 subjects randomly selected from a total of 1162 centenarians (234 men and 928 women), recorded by a census carried out until 31 December, 1993. Their case history, clinical and socio-economic data were recorded on a computerized clinical case sheet. Blood samples for the purpose of the present investigations were drawn from 257 of them. A great proportion (79%) of these latter subjects displayed satisfactory general conditions in their laboratory parameters, 18.3% of them had fairly good clinical conditions even with slightly modified laboratory parameters. Only a low percentage (2.8%) had poor general conditions with a marked anemia, hyperazotemia and uric acid levels. Long duration diabetes was practically absent, and only 5.5% of our centenarians displayed hyperglycemia with a mean duration time of 9.3 years. The prevalence of subjects with hypercholesterolemia was 31.1%. Only 4.3% of centenarians was affected by mixed form of dyslipidemia (hypertriglyceridemia associated with hypercholesterolemia), confirming that elevated blood lipid contents jeopardize really long survival

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P-DERIVED VALENCE STATES AT THE REACTIVE GAP(110)/YB INTERFACE VIA P L2,3VV AUGER LINE-SHAPE SPECTROSCOPY

We report on the evolution of the P L2,3 VV Auger line shape with increasing Yb deposition onto the GaP(110) surface. Strong affinity with Si L2,3 VV profiles measured from the Si(111)/Yb interface and nearly-d0 metal silicides (Ca silicides, Gd silicides) is pointed out and fruitfully exploited to model the character of the P 3p-derived valence states in the Yb phosphidelike reaction products. The chemical bond is thus ascribed mainly to the formation of P 3p - Yb 5d hybrids

Experimental and theoretical-study of the PL2,3VV auger lineshape of GaP(110)

A joint experimental and theoretical investigation of the PL2,3VV Auger transition on GaP(110) is presented. The theoretical data, calculated within a pure band-like picture, are compared to the experimental spectra. The angular momentum character of the five features constituting the lineshape is identified. Strong contributions to the experimental data from many-body effects may be ruled out due to the good overall agreement with the theoretical lineshape therefore supporting a single particle description for this Auger feature. We discuss effects such as Coulomb correlation, initial state core hole screening, self-energy corrections, that may possibly contribute to the relative energy shifts observed in one of the pp components of the compared spectra

P L2, 3 VV AUGER-SPECTROSCOPY AT THE GAP(110)/YB INTERFACE - ANALYSIS OF THE CHEMICAL-BOND

We report a P L2,3VV Auger line-shape study of the early stages of the GaP(110)/Yb interface formation. Strong similarities with the evolution displayed by the Si L2,3VV Auger profiles measured from the Si(111)/Yb interface and nearly-d0 metal silicides (Ca-silicides, Gd-silicides) is pointed out and exploited to determine the character of the P 3p-derived valence states in the Yb phosphide-like reaction products. A comparison, at different Yb coverages, with the self-folded partial density of states calculated for stoichiometric YbP is moreover performed. On this basis, the chemical bond is mainly described in terms of the formation of P 3p-Yb 5d hybrids