Publications by authors named "A R Dio"
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- The study aimed to validate the effectiveness of autoplanning in whole breast irradiation across various clinical practices and complex cases, involving 24 centers and 240 patients.
- Results showed equivalent target dosimetry between autoplans and manually generated plans, with significant reductions in doses to critical organs, leading to clinician preferences for autoplans in more cases.
- The findings suggest that while autoplanning reduces the manual workload and improves outcomes, adjustments may be needed in some cases to increase clinician satisfaction with the automated plans.
Introduction: This study aimed to find the association between the Knee Movement or KM method versus the traditional lateral knee radiograph positioning procedure and the incidence of true lateral knee radiographs achieved.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study of patients with knee problems that underwent lateral knee radiograph using the knee movement method (KM method), starting from March 2022 until August 2022. Fifty knee radiograph results using the KM method (KM group) were compared to retrospective data from fifty knee radiograph from the patients before March 2022 using the traditional method of lateral knee radiograph as the control (TM group).
Combined oral contraceptive use and risk for binge eating in women: Potential gene × hormone interactions.
Front Neuroendocrinol
October 2022
Extant animal and human data suggest endogenous ovarian hormones increase risk for binge eating in females, possibly via gene × hormone interactions and hormonally induced increases in genetic influences. Approximately 85 % of women will take combined oral contraceptives (COCs) that mimic the riskiest hormonal milieu for binge eating (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Smart Star model is a rating system to evaluate the quality of care in nursing homes for the elderly; it uses a five star rating score. We tested the model in a sample of 16 nursing homes in Italy. The Smart Star model showed to be effective in the multidimensional evaluation of the performance of nursing homes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim is discussing the origins of worsening of external eye condition (EEC) and of tear film (TF) instability after wear of silicone-hydrogel contact lenses (CLs) with hydrogen-peroxide (HO) care system.
Methods: EEC and TF stability were evaluated before and after 15days of wear combined with different care systems: (1) HO, (2) detergent solution and HO, (3) multipurpose solution (MPS), (4) HO and artificial tears. In-vitro cell mortality tests were performed after 24h cell incubation with CLs treated with HO.