Estrogens in males: what have we learned in the last 10 years?

This review focuses on the role of estrogen in men, mainly in male reproduction. The continuing increase in data obtained, and recent discoveries in this area will enable a better understanding of male physiology; these, in turn, will have important clinical implications

The COVID-19 Assessment for Survival at Admission (CASA) Index: A 12 Months Observational Study

Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease with a high rate of progression to critical illness. However, the stratification of patients at risk of mortality is not well defined. In this study, we aimed to define a mortality risk index to allocate patients to the appropriate intensity of care. Methods: This is a 12 months observational longitudinal study designed to develop and validate a pragmatic mortality risk score to stratify COVID-19 patients aged ≥18 years and admitted to hospital between March 2020 and March 2021. Main outcome was in-hospital mortality. Results: 244 patients were included in the study (mortality rate 29.9%). The Covid-19 Assessment for Survival at Admission (CASA) index included seven variables readily available at admission: respiratory rate, troponin, albumin, CKD-EPI, white blood cell count, D-dimer, Pa02/Fi02. The CASA index showed high discrimination for mortality with an AUC of 0.91 (sensitivity 98.6%; specificity 69%) and a better performance compared to SOFA (AUC = 0.76), age (AUC = 0.76) and 4C mortality (AUC = 0.82). The cut-off identified (11.994) for CASA index showed a negative predictive value of 99.16% and a positive predictive value of 57.58%. Conclusions: A quick and readily available index has been identified to help clinicians stratify COVID-19 patients according to the appropriate intensity of care and minimize hospital admission to patients at high risk of mortality

Rapporto sull'efficienza energetica 2013

Rapporto tecnico sulla gestione energetica nelle grandi strutture del CNR e sui possibili interventi per la riduzione dei consumi (258 pagine, con contributi di 25 autori). Pubblicazione del progetto “Efficienza energetica”, promosso dal Direttore Generale del CNR con lettera prot. CNR n. 0075888 del 7/12/2012

WIND RECONSTRUCTION FROM KU-BAND OR C-BAND SCATTEROMETER DATA

The problem of wind reconstruction on the sea surface from scatterometer Ku-band or C-band data is considered. We consider a scatterometer with three beams (i.e., ERS-1) and we process data points with three measurements or with two measurements (i.e., incomplete data). The procedure that we propose reduces the problem of the wind vector held reconstruction to a sequence of global optimization problems solved with a stochastic global optimization algorithm. This reconstruction procedure appears to be very successful on simulated data obtained using [17] or provided by ESA (C-band data) [18]

A cooperative sensor network: Optimal deployment and functioning

A network of mobile cooperative sensors is considered. The following problems are studied: (1) the "optimal" deployment of the sensors on a given territory; (2) the detection of local anomalies in the noisy data measured by the sensors. In absence of an information fusion center in the network, from "local" interactions between sensors "global" solutions of these problems are found

A Cooperative Sensor Network: Optimal Deployment and Functioning

A network of mobile cooperative sensors is considered. The following problems are studied: (1) the “optimal" deployment of the sensors on a given territory; (2) the detection of local anomalies in the noisy data measured by the sensors. In absence of an information fusion center in the network, from “local" interactions between sensors “global" solutions of these problems are found

Fisiologia del desiderio sessuale.

The chapter of the book deals with the effects of hormones on human sexuality in both men and women, with particular regard to androgens and their role on sexual desire/interes