Publications by authors named "A Ghisolfi"
Born out of the COVID crisis, an innovative disposal called "Geriatric Team Healthcare Pathways" (GTHPs) has been implemented in the Occitania area in the south of France. GTHPs can be considered as geriatric "hotlines" providing expertise and knowledge to long-term care facility (LTCF) professionals, pursuing the general objective to promote a simplified, direct, and fair access to geriatric care for residents. This article highlights the history of their creation and their current use cases and operating modes for the year 2023, which includes a "quality of care approach" on good practices at a regional level (820 LTCFs), on topics such as the prevention of malnutrition and falls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCovalent functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and oxidized MWCNTs (o-MWCNTs) with chlorodiphenylphosphine (PhPCl) has been studied by cyclic voltammetry in organic medium. Depending the upper potential limit used in the electrochemical functionalization, different amount of phosphorus incorporation n is obtained, as result of the formation of radical species during the electrochemical oxidation of the PhPCl. The electrochemical oxidation of PhPCl promotes the covalent attachment of diphenylphosphine-like structure on the carbon nanotube surface.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Frailty and cognitive impairment are common manifestations of the ageing process and are closely related. But the mechanisms linking aging, physical frailty, and cognitive disorders, are complex and remain unclear.
Objectives: We aim to explore the role of cerebral amyloid pathology, but also a range of nutritional, physical, biological or brain-aging marker in the development of cognitive frailty.
Background: Guidance aiming at limiting the entry and spread of the COVID-19 have been widely communicated to Long-term Care Facilities (LTCFs). However, no clinical research has investigated their relevance.
Objective: Our objective was to compare the guidance applied for the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic between the LTCFs having been contaminated by COVID-19 and LTCFs having not been contaminated.
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on how the electrical properties of graphene-based transistors can be modified by using a thin layer of dipolar molecules placed between graphene and a silica dielectric substrate.
- Researchers used techniques like X-ray photoemission and mass spectroscopy to analyze the chemical composition of quinonemonoimine zwitterion molecules on SiO, which are then utilized to fabricate graphene devices.
- Findings show that applying an electric field at low temperatures improves the organization of these dipolar molecules, influencing the device's performance, while also suggesting that graphene can serve as a tool to assess the stability and ordering of these molecular layers.