Assessing the availability of forest biomass for bioenergy by publicly available satellite imagery by Vacchiano G, Berretti R, Motta R, Mondino Borgogno E

“…This paper tests an algorithm to predict forest biomass using publicly available Landsat satellite imagery in the Liguria region, northern Italy. We used regional forest inventory data to train and validate an artificial neural network (ANN) classifier that uses remotely-sensed information such as three principal components of Landsat-5 TM spectral bands, the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), and topography, to retrieve aboveground live tree volume. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative monitoring of antibiotics on dairy cattle farms in relation to animal welfare indicators by Giuliano Borriello, Giulia Cagnotti, Elena Avedano, Stefania Bergagna, Piero Iannello, Giorgia Di Muro, Sara Ferrini, Antonio D’Angelo, Claudio Bellino

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The Natural Capital Value of the Seagrass <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> in the North-Western Mediterranean by Ilaria Rigo, Chiara Paoli, Giulia Dapueto, Christine Pergent-Martini, Gerard Pergent, Alice Oprandi, Monica Montefalcone, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Carla Morri, Paolo Vassallo

“…Six meadows located in Liguria (Italy) and Corsica (France) were investigated by applying the emergy analysis to assess the natural capital (NC) stocked by leaves and rhizomes components. …”
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Italian healthcare resource consumption for patients on hemodialysis treated for chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP) by Silvia Calabria, Manenti Lucio, Giulia Ronconi, Carlo Piccinni, Leonardo Dondi, Letizia Dondi, Antonella Pedrini, Immacolata Esposito, Alice Addesi, Filippo Aucella, Nello Martini

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An infodemiological investigation of the so-called “Fluad effect” during the 2014/2015 influenza vaccination campaign in Italy: Ethical and historical implications by Naim Mahroum, Abdulla Watad, Roberto Rosselli, Francesco Brigo, Valentina Chiesa, Anna Siri, Dana Ben-Ami Shor, Mariano Martini, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Mohammad Adawi

“…Monitoring and tracking the Fluad-related web searches, we showed that Liguria resulted the Italian region with the highest number of Fluad-related website searches and that, interestingly, Fluad was searched also in Regions in which this vaccine was not distributed. …”
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A Tailored Antithrombotic Approach for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndrome and/or Undergoing PCI: A Case Series by Simona Giubilato, Fabiana Lucà, Andrea Pozzi, Giorgio Caretta, Stefano Cornara, Anna Pilleri, Concetta Di Nora, Francesco Amico, Irene Di Matteo, Silvia Favilli, Roberta Rossini, Carmine Riccio, Furio Colivicchi, Michele Massimo Gulizia

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Hymenoptera venom allergy in outdoor workers: Occupational exposure, clinical features and effects of allergen immunotherapy by Alessandra Toletone, Susanna Voltolini, Giovanni Passalacqua, Guglielmo Dini, Donatella Bignardi, Paola Minale, Emanuela Massa, Alessio Signori, Costantino Troise, Paolo Durando

“…Between 2000 and 2013 an observational study, including patients referred to the regional reference hospital of Liguria, Italy, with an ascertained diagnosis of HVA and treated with VIT, was performed. …”
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MCM2 and Carbonic Anhydrase 9 Are Novel Potential Targets for Neuroblastoma Pharmacological Treatment by Patrizia Garbati, Raffaella Barbieri, Davide Cangelosi, Carlo Zanon, Delfina Costa, Alessandra Eva, Stefano Thellung, Matilde Calderoni, Francesca Baldini, Gian Paolo Tonini, Paola Modesto, Tullio Florio, Aldo Pagano

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Rainfall data augmentation in Northern Italy through daily extremes and the Hershfield factor by P. Mazzoglio, I. Butera, P. Claps

“…In this study we investigate the possibility of using <span class="inline-formula"><i>F</i></span>-maxima to complement the <span class="inline-formula"><i>S</i></span>-maxima records related to the Po river basin and the Liguria region (North of Italy). As a first step we retrieved from official databases all the daily rainfall measurements, available over this area, from early 1900 until today and we quality-controlled the measurements. …”
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Trace and ultratrace elements in spinel subgroup minerals of ultramafic rocks from the Voltri Massif (NW Italy): the influence of microstructure and texture by S. Fornasaro, P. Comodi, L. Crispini, S. Zappatore, A. Zucchini, P. Marescotti

“…<p>An innovative multi-analytical approach comprising mineralogical, minero-chemical, and microstructural analyses as well as an indirect machine learning-based statistical method was applied to investigate the mineralogy and the mineral chemistry of spinel subgroup minerals (SSMs) of different ultramafic rocks from the high-pressure metaophiolites of the Voltri Massif (Central Liguria, NW Italy). The study was focused on the correlation between the compositional variations of SSMs and their texture, microstructure, and the degree of serpentinization of the host rock.…”
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Occurrence of Bacterial and Protozoan Pathogens in Red Foxes (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>) in Central Italy by Valentina Virginia Ebani, Chiara Trebino, Lisa Guardone, Fabrizio Bertelloni, Giulia Cagnoli, Simona Nardoni, Emily Sel, Emily Wilde, Alessandro Poli, Francesca Mancianti

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Duration of constant rate infusion with diazepam or propofol for canine cluster seizures and status epilepticus by Giulia Cagnotti, Sara Ferrini, Giorgia Di Muro, Eleonora Avilii, Alessandra Favole, Antonio D’Angelo

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Innovative Methods for Mapping the Suitability of Nature-Based Solutions for Landslide Risk Reduction by Vishal Balaji Devanand, Adam Mubeen, Zoran Vojinovic, Arlex Sanchez Torres, Guido Paliaga, Ahmad Fikri Abdullah, João P. Leitão, Natasa Manojlovic, Peter Fröhle

“…The spatial allocation toolbox was applied to the case study Portofino promontory, Liguria region, Italy, and 70% of the area was found to be highly susceptible to landslides. …”
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Characterization of Local Products for Their Industrial Use: The Case of Italian Potato Cultivars Analyzed by Untargeted and Targeted Methodologies by Cinzia Ingallina, Mattia Spano, Anatoly P. Sobolev, Cristina Esposito, Cristina Santarcangelo, Alessandra Baldi, Maria Daglia, Luisa Mannina

“…Twenty potato (<i>Solanum tuberosum</i> L.) cultivars from Piedmont and Liguria Italian regions were investigated using NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) and RP-HPLC-PDA-ESI-MSn (Reversed Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Photodiode Array Detector and Electrospray Ionization Mass Detector) methodologies. …”
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Modelling the timing of migration of a partial migrant bird using ringing and observation data: a case study with the Song Thrush in Italy by Roberto Ambrosini, Simona Imperio, Jacopo G. Cecere, Alessandro Andreotti, Lorenzo Serra, Fernando Spina, Niccolò Fattorini, Alessandra Costanzo

“…The onset of migration occurs on Jan 2 in the rest of central and southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, and western Liguria, while it starts later in the north-eastern Alps, up to Mar 3. …”
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Protocol for evaluating quality and safety for the public through home care nursing in Italy: a multicentre cross-sectional descriptive observational study (AIDOMUS-IT) by Loreto Lancia, Paolo Landa, Laura Rasero, Loredana Sasso, Annamaria Bagnasco, Yari Longobucco, Rosaria Alvaro, Duilio Fiorenzo Manara, Maurizio Zega, Gennaro Rocco, Beatrice Mazzoleni, Alessandra Burgio, Milko Zanini

“…All community care recipients and their informal carers during the study period will be invited to complete a survey.To map the characteristics and identify gaps of home care in the community, three sources of data will be collected: (1) organisational characteristics, professional satisfaction, intention to leave and burn-out; (2) experience of care recipients and their informal carers and (3) improper access to the emergency department, readmission to hospital, comorbidities, services offered and users’ level of autonomy, and main and secondary diagnoses.Considering the total Italian nursing population of approximately 450 000 registered nurses, a sample size of 1% of this population, equal to approximately 4600 nurses, was hypothesised.This study started in July 2022 and is planned to end in December 2023.Data will be analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.Ethics and dissemination This study protocol was approved by the Liguria Regional Ethics Committee in November 2022. …”
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Harbour Hydro-Morphodynamics and Freshwater Discharges: The La Spezia Arsenale Case by Carola Colangeli, Agnese Baldoni, Lorenzo Melito, Sara Corvaro, Maurizio Brocchini

“…The hydrodynamics and sediment transport at the microtidal harbour of La Spezia Arsenale (Liguria, Italy) were studied through a numerical approach, with the objective of providing useful information for: (1) the understanding of the hydro-morphodynamics of microtidal harbour settings and (2) the operation management and planning for the Arsenale, the pivotal harbour for the Italian Navy. …”
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Validation of AmpliSeq NGS Panel for <i>BRCA1</i> and <i>BRCA2</i> Variant Detection in Canine Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Mammary Tumors by Daniela Di Giacomo, Marco Di Domenico, Sabrina Vanessa Patrizia Defourny, Daniela Malatesta, Giovanni Di Teodoro, Michele Martino, Antonello Viola, Nicola D’Alterio, Cesare Cammà, Paola Modesto, Antonio Petrini

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Assessing cross-boundary wildfire hazard, transmission, and exposure to communities in the Italy-France Maritime cooperation area by Michele Salis, Liliana Del Giudice, Fermin Alcasena-Urdiroz, Roghayeh Jahdi, Bachisio Arca, Grazia Pellizzaro, Carla Scarpa, Pierpaolo Duce

“…In this work, we present the application of wildfire simulation modeling based on the minimum travel time (MTT) algorithm to assess fine-scale (100-m resolution) wildfire hazard, transmission, and exposure to communities in the Italy-France Maritime cooperation area (Sardinia, Corsica, Tuscany, Liguria and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), which cover about 72,000 km2 of land. …”
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Immigration as the main driver of population dynamics in a cryptic cetacean by Simone Tenan, Aurelie Moulins, Paola Tepsich, Alessandro Bocconcelli, Alessandro Verga, Marco Ballardini, Barbara Nani, Daniela Papi, Gabriella Motta, Ana Sanz Aguilar, Massimiliano Rosso

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