A5037195260- Statistical Methods and Inference
- Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Optimal Experimental Design Methods
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- AI in cancer detection
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Medical Image Segmentation Techniques
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Motor Control and Adaptation
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
University of Padua
2016-2025
Leiden University Medical Center
2010-2014
University of Ferrara
2005-2008
University of Rome Tor Vergata
2008
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara
2005
A paucity of studies use nonpharmacological strategies for preventing recurrence in depression. Cognitive behavior treatment residual symptoms was found to yield a significantly lower relapse rate than clinical management recurrent depression at 2-year follow-up. The objective this investigation provide 6-year follow-up cognitive versus management.Forty patients with major who had been successfully treated antidepressant drugs were randomly assigned either (supplemented by lifestyle...
<i>Background:</i> There is increasing awareness that the goal of treatment in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) should not simply be a response, but restoration normal function. The aim this study was to apply novel psychotherapeutic approach for level remission GAD. <i>Methods:</i> Twenty patients with DSM-IV GAD devoid comorbid conditions were randomly assigned 8 sessions cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or sequential administration 4 CBT followed by other...
Water acidification, temperature increases and changes in seawater salinity are predicted to occur the near future. In such a global climate change (GCC) scenario, there is growing concern for health status of both wild farmed organisms. Bivalve molluscs, an important component coastal marine ecosystems, at risk. At immunological level, ability organism maintain its immunosurveillance unaltered under adverse environmental conditions may enhance survival capability. To our knowledge, only few...
Loss of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)/TrkB (tropomyosin kinase receptor B) signaling accounts for brain and cardiac disorders. In neurons, β-adrenergic stimulation enhances local BDNF expression. It is unclear if this occurs in a pathophysiological relevant manner the heart, especially receptor-desensitized postischemic myocardium. Nor it fully understood whether how TrkB agonists counter chronic left ventricle (LV) decompensation, significant unmet clinical milestone. We...
While there has been an upsurge of interest in the psychiatric correlates myocardial infarction, little is known about presence psychological distress setting cardiac rehabilitation.A consecutive series 61 patients with recent infarction who participated a rehabilitation program was evaluated by means both observer-rated (DSM and DCPR) self-rated (Psychosocial Index) methods. A follow-up this patient population undertaken (median = 2 years). Survival analysis used to characterize clinical...
Cajal Bodies are one of many specialised organelles contained in the eukaryotic cell nucleus, and involved a number functions, including regulation replication-dependent histone gene transcription. In normal diploid cells their varies between 0 4 depending on cycle phase, although cancer lines is extremely variable it has been suggested that correlates with ploidy. Here we show mammals cells, as Drosophila, two distinct though functionally related bodies exist: locus body body. The first can...
Testing a low-dimensional null hypothesis against high-dimensional alternative in generalized linear model may lead to test statistic that is quadratic form the residuals under model. Using asymptotic arguments, we show distribution of such can be approximated by ratio forms normal variables, for which algorithms are readily available. For models, shows good control type I error moderate small samples, even when number covariates far exceeds sample size.
Objectives To assess the trends concerning utilisation of maternal and child health (MCH) services before, during after Ebola outbreak, quantifying contribution a reorganised referral system (RS). Design A prospective observational study MCH services. Setting Pujehun district in Sierra Leone, 77 community facilities 1 hospital from 2012 to 2017. Main outcome measures utililization was evaluated by assessing: (1) institutional deliveries, Cesarean-sections, paediatric maternity admissions...
Abstract Humans evolution is distinctly characterized by their exquisite mastery of tools, allowing them to shape environment in more elaborate ways compared other species. This ability present ever since infancy and most theories indicate that children become proficient with tool use very early. In adults, has been shown plastically modify metric aspects the arm representation, as indexed changes movement kinematics. To date, whether when plastic capability updating body representation...
Hypotheses tests in bioinformatics can often be set a tree structure very natural way, e.g. when are performed at probe, gene, and chromosome level. Exploiting this graph multiple testing procedure may result gain power or increased interpretability of the results.We present inheritance procedure, method familywise error control for hypotheses structured tree. The starts top tree, following up on those branches which it finds significant results, leaf nodes neighborhood leaves. is uniform...
This study investigated the role of co-parenting alliance in mediating influence parents' trait anxiety on family system maladjustment and parenting stress. A sample 1606 Italian parents (803 mothers 803 fathers) children aged one to 13 years completed measures (State Trait Anxiety Inventory-Y), (Parenting Alliance Measure), (Family Assessment Measure-III), stress Stress Inventory-Short Form). These variables were together comparing two structural equations model-fitting including both...
Young males have testicular germ cells tumours (TGCT) as the most common malignancy and its incidence is increasing in several countries. Besides unilateral orchiectomy (UO), treatment of TGCT may include surveillance, radiotherapy or chemotherapy (CT), basing on tumour histology stage disease. It well known that both radio CT negative effects function, affecting spermatogenesis sex hormones. Many reports investigated these aspects patients treated with bleomycin, etoposide cisplatin (BEP),...
Abstract Tool-use changes both peripersonal space and body representations, with several effects being nowadays termed tool embodiment. Since somatosensation was typically accompanied by vision in most previous use studies, whether alone is sufficient for embodiment remains unknown. Here we address this question via a task assessing arm length representation at an implicit level. Namely, compared movement’s kinematics blindfolded healthy participants when grasping object before after...
Abstract Assessment of the effects chemical mixtures is a very important objective ecotoxicological risk assessment. This study was aimed at evaluating for first time mixture glyphosate and its main breakdown product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) on various biomarkers in mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis . Mussels were exposed 7, 14 21 days to either 100 µg/L glyphosate, AMPA or both (100 + µg/L). Various haemocyte parameters, such as total counts, diameter volume, proliferation,...