Publications by authors named "A Traina"
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment changes in participants receiving semaglutide 2.4 mg versus placebo across pooled populations from five Semaglutide Treatment Effect in People with Obesity (STEP) trials.
Methods: Efficacy and safety of semaglutide 2.
Purpose: Deep learning-based radiomics techniques have the potential to aid specialists and physicians in performing decision-making in COVID-19 scenarios. Specifically, a Deep Learning (DL) ensemble model is employed to classify medical images when addressing the diagnosis during the classification tasks for COVID-19 using chest X-ray images. It also provides feasible and reliable visual explicability concerning the results to support decision-making.
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- Autologous platelet concentrates, known for their growth factors, may enhance success rates in treating macular holes, prompting this study to assess their efficacy and safety through a comprehensive review and meta-analysis.
- The research included six studies with 616 patients, revealing that platelet concentrate therapy significantly improved anatomical closure of macular holes compared to controls, although no major differences were found in reopening rates, visual acuity improvements, or complication rates.
- Despite promising results for smaller holes, the authors emphasize the need for more extensive research with standardized methods and longer follow-up to better evaluate the therapy's overall effectiveness and safety.
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- * A study conducted in Augusta Bay assessed the number of mitochondrial DNA copies (mtDNAcn) in three fish species to evaluate oxidative stress linked to mercury bioaccumulation.
- * Results showed significant mtDNAcn reductions in some fish species from contaminated areas, while one species demonstrated resilience with an increase in mtDNAcn, suggesting that monitoring mtDNAcn variations could serve as an early warning for environmental stress in aquatic systems.
The protein, essential amino acid, and fatty acid composition of European pilchard (), European hake (), surmullet (), red mullet (), and deep water rose shrimp () from the central Mediterranean Sea were investigated. All the species showed an essential amino acid content of about 50% of total amino acids, while the protein and total fatty acids content varied from 19.9 to 24.
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