Functional Surfaces for Passive Fungal Proliferation Control: Effect of Surface Micro- and Nanotopography, Material, and Wetting Properties.

Fungal proliferation can lead to adverse effects for human health, due to the production of pathogenic and allergenic toxins and also through the creation of fungal biofilms on sensitive surfaces (i.e., medical equipment).

The Effects of Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents with Developmental Coordination Disorder.

The purpose of this literature review was to detect and study the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention programs, such as physical activities and sports, on children and adolescents with Developmental Motor Coordination Disorder (DCD) to improve their motor skills. The sample for this study consisted of 48 (100%) papers, specifically, 40 (83.5%) articles, 3 (6.

Intra-annual raw basal area increments (early-wood and late-wood) of subsp. Poiret trees from southern Italy at the pines׳ mesic to xeric distribution range.

This article contains tree rings data related to the research article entitled "An intra-stand approach to identify intra-annual growth responses to climate in subsp. Poiret trees from southern Italy" (Mazza et al., 2018).

Does upfront therapy with cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC confer a survival benefit in patients with synchronous gastric peritoneal carcinomatosis when compared with patients with metachronous gastric peritoneal carcinomatosis?

Gastric cancer (GC) remains the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide, accounting for 8% of the total cases and 10% of total deaths in 2008. Surgery remains the curative treatment option for GC and the main reason for treatment failure is peritoneal recurrence which, according to the literature, occurs in 40-60% of the cases, despite extensive surgery including D2 lymph node dissection. The hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) technique is increasingly used in the treatment of primary and digestive peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), in association with cytoreductive surgery (CRS).

A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality.

Tree mortality is a key factor influencing forest functions and dynamics, but our understanding of the mechanisms leading to mortality and the associated changes in tree growth rates are still limited. We compiled a new pan-continental tree-ring width database from sites where both dead and living trees were sampled (2970 dead and 4224 living trees from 190 sites, including 36 species), and compared early and recent growth rates between trees that died and those that survived a given mortality event. We observed a decrease in radial growth before death in ca.

What determines tree mortality in dry environments? A multi-perspective approach.

Forest ecosystems function under increasing pressure due to global climate changes, while factors determining when and where mortality events will take place within the wider landscape are poorly understood. Observational studies are essential for documenting forest decline events, understanding their determinants, and developing sustainable management plans. A central obstacle towards achieving this goal is that mortality is often patchy across a range of spatial scales, and characterized by long-term temporal dynamics.

The effect of rainfall and competition intensity on forest response to drought: lessons learned from a dry extreme.

We investigated forest responses to global warming by observing: (1) planted Pinus halepensis forests, (2) an aridity gradient-with annual precipitation (P) ranging from ~300 to ~700 mm, and (3) periods of wet and dry climate that included the driest period during at least the last 110 years. We examined: (1) how the length of climatic integration periods to which trees are most responsive varies in space and time, (2) the extent to which competition modulates growth decline during drought (2011) and subsequent recovery (2012) years. The temporal scale of rainfall that was most influential on growth shortened in progressing southward, and in the drier than in the wetter period.

The olive mill wastewater as substrate for single cell oil production by Zygomycetes.

The conversion of olive mill wastewater (OMW) into high added value lipids containing polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), in parallel with a significant phenolic removal by selected strains of Zygomycetes, is reported here for the first time. The growth of Mortierella isabellina, Mortierella ramanniana, Cunninghamella echinulata, Mucor sp., Thamnidium elegans and Zygorhynchus moelleri on solidified media was not significantly affected by the presence of OMW used in the growth medium up to 50% (v/v).