COVID-19-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome in the early pandemic experience in Lombardia (Italy)

Objective To estimate the incidence and describe clinical characteristics and outcome of GBS in COVID-19 patients (COVID19-GBS) in one of the most hit regions during the frst pandemic wave, Lombardia. Methods Adult patients admitted to 20 Neurological Units between 1/3–30/4/2020 with COVID19-GBS were included as part of a multi-center study organized by the Italian society of Hospital Neuroscience (SNO). Results Thirty-eight COVID19-GBS patients had a mean age of 60.7 years and male frequency of 86.8%. CSF albuminocytological dissociation was detected in 71.4%, and PCR for SARS-CoV-2 was negative in 19 tested patients. Based on neurophysiology, 81.8% of patients had a diagnosis of AIDP, 12.1% of AMSAN, and 6.1% of AMAN. The course was favorable in 76.3% of patients, stable in 10.5%, while 13.2% worsened, of which 3 died. The estimated occurrence rate in Lombardia ranges from 0.5 to 0.05 GBS cases per 1000 COVID-19 infections depending on whether you consider positive cases or estimated seropositive cases. When we compared GBS cases with the pre-pandemic period, we found a reduction of cases from 165 to 135 cases in the 2-month study period in Lombardia. Conclusions We detected an increased incidence of GBS in COVID-19 patients which can refect a higher risk of GBS in COVID-19 patients and a reduction of GBS events during the pandemic period possibly due to a lower spread of more common respiratory infectious diseases determined by an increased use of preventive measures

TELEA: A PROPOSAL OF REMOTE SENSING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

TELEA (|| Telerilevamento e l'Educazione Ambientale) è un progetto di formazione per l'educazione ambientale promosso dalla Regione Lombardia e coordinato dall'IREA del CNR di Milano con lo scopo di formare gli insegnanti delle scuole medie inferiori e superiori e i responsabili CREA della Regione Lombardia sul Telerilevamento e l'Osservazione della Terra come strumenti conoscitivi del territorio e dell'ambiente, a supporto delle attività didattiche interdisciplinari nelle scuole. Nel presente articolo vengono descritte le caratteristiche del progetto e sitraccia un bilancio dell'esperienza e delle possibili prospettive.A description of the Project TELEA (Remote Sensing for Environmental Education) proposed by the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of Environment (IREA) of CNR (Milan) and funded by the Lombardia Region is here reported. Objective of the Project was to train teachers and Region personnel support their environment educational activities through Earth Observation Sciences and Remote Sensing

GIS and remote sensing techniques integration aimed forthe evaluation of the Esino catchment impact on coastalwater quality

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Combination of spaceborne radar interferometry (DEM) and Landsat TM imageries contributing to recent tectonic and geology studies in the Aswa lineament shear zone (Sudan)

Until recently, the Aswa lineament shear zone in Uganda and Sudan was considered to be tectonically at rest but the 1990- 1991 seismic events triggered a renewal of interest in this area. Using ERS1 - ERS2 tandem covering the area where earthquakes were observed, we have generated a high resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) which provides a good quality reference to analyze the geomorphology and the drainage patterns, in order to extract valuable tectonic information. Then, the combination of spaceborne radar interferometry and Landsat TM imagery contributes to a better understanding of the geological and tectonic phenomena of the studied area

GIS and remote sensing techniques integration aimed forthe evaluation of the Esino catchment impact on coastalwater quality

The main aim of this work, carried out in the framework of the PRISMA2 national researchprogram (Research and Experimentation Program for the Adriatic Sea) was the definition ofan appropriate working methodology which allowed to estimate the impact of the Esinodrainage-basin (central Italy), and of the anthropic activities lying on it, on the coastalwater quality of the Adriatic sea. This aim was pursued by integrating techniques andinstruments of analyses, such as GIS and remote sensing, which are often and oftenemployed in natural resources managing and planning. They allowed to generate adatabase easily updating, relative to a very large area which is strongly differentiated in itsnatural and anthropic features. The database contains raw data, provided by local publicorganizations managing the territory, information derived from elaboration of the previousdata and remote sensed frames (acquired by the hyperspectral sensor MIVIS) purposelyacquired to the aim of the study. It was after all generated an 'open' system, continuallyupdating with environmental information before long available; moreover, were exploredthe potentialities of the MIVIS sensor (102 band, from the visible to the thermic IR) in thestudy of marine coastal water quality

Covid-19-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome in the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Lombardia: Increased incidence or increased seroprevalence?

38noembargoed_20221015embargoed_20221015Filippo Martinelli Boneschi; Antonio Colombo; Nereo Bresolin; Maria Sessa; Mattia Pozzato; Giampiero Grampa; Pietro Bassi; Eugenio Magni; Maurizio Versino; Carlo Ferrarese; Davide Zarcone; Alberto Albanese; Giuseppe Micieli; Carla Zanferrari; Antonio Cagnana; Claudio Ferrante; Angelo Zilioli; Davide Locatelli; Maria Calloni; Maria Luisa Delodovici; Camillo Foresti; Barbara Frigeni; Stefania Canella; Rubjona Xhani; Massimo Crabbio; Alessandro Clemenzi; Marco Mauri; Simone Beretta; Isidoro La Spina; Simona Bernasconi; Anna Cavallini; Michela Ranieri; Elisabetta D{ extquotesingle}Adda; Maria Elisa Fruguglietti; Lorenzo Peverelli; Edoardo Agosti; Andrea Rigamonti; Andrea SalmaggiMartinelli Boneschi, Filippo; Colombo, Antonio; Bresolin, Nereo; Sessa, Maria; Pozzato, Mattia; Grampa, Giampiero; Bassi, Pietro; Magni, Eugenio; Versino, Maurizio; Ferrarese, Carlo; Zarcone, Davide; Albanese, Alberto; Micieli, Giuseppe; Zanferrari, Carla; Cagnana, Antonio; Ferrante, Claudio; Zilioli, Angelo; Locatelli, Davide; Calloni, Maria; Luisa Delodovici, Maria; Foresti, Camillo; Frigeni, Barbara; Canella, Stefania; Xhani, Rubjona; Crabbio, Massimo; Clemenzi, Alessandro; Mauri, Marco; Beretta, Simone; La Spina, Isidoro; Bernasconi, Simona; Cavallini, Anna; Ranieri, Michela; D( extquotesingle)Adda, Elisabetta; Elisa Fruguglietti, Maria; Peverelli, Lorenzo; Agosti, Edoardo; Rigamonti, Andrea; Salmaggi, Andre