Publications by authors named "E De Giglio"

Oxidative phosphorylation and glycolysis are the main ATP-generating pathways in cell metabolism. The balance between these two pathways is frequently altered to carry out cell-specific activities in response to stimuli involving activation, proliferation, or differentiation. Despite being a useful tool for researching metabolic profiles in real time in relatively small numbers of cancer cells, the main Agilent Seahorse XF Pro Analyzer (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA) guideline is currently not fully detailed in the distinction between suspensions vs.

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The explore/exploit tradeoff is a fundamental property of choice selection during reward-guided decision making. In perceptual decision making, higher certainty decisions are more motorically precise, even when the decision does not require motor accuracy. However, while we can parametrically control uncertainty in perceptual tasks, we do not know what variables - if any - shape motor precision and reflect subjective certainty during reward-guided decision making.

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The chemical characterization of natural products is often a complex task that demands powerful analytical techniques. Liquid chromatography with high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (HRMS/MS) is often employed, yet it can face hard challenges when isomeric species are present, and reference standards are lacking. In such cases, the confidence level in compound identification can be significantly improved by the collection of orthogonal information on target analytes.

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  • The study investigated how acute ischemic stroke (AIS) affects patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) who are using oral anticoagulants (OA), specifically comparing direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) and vitamin K antagonists (VKA).
  • A total of 169 patients were examined, revealing that those on VKA had higher in-hospital mortality rates and poor outcomes 90 days after the stroke compared to DOAC users.
  • The researchers found that switching anticoagulants did not impact stroke recurrence rates, suggesting that further extensive research is needed to optimize treatment for AIS in OA patients.
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The three-dimensional network architecture of hydrogels significantly influences their mechanical and physical properties; therefore, understanding them is essential for designing optimized hydrogel-based biomaterials. This study presents a comparative analysis of two hybrid hydrogels composed of konjac glucomannan (KGM) and kappa carrageenan (KCAR) with the same stiffness (5.2-5.

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