Publications by authors named "G Zanardi"
Network systems can exhibit memory effects in which the interactions between different pairs of nodes adapt in time, leading to the emergence of preferred connections, patterns, and subnetworks. To a first approximation, this memory can be modeled through a "plastic" Hebbian or homophily mechanism, in which edges get reinforced proportionally to the amount of information flowing through them. However, recent studies on glia-neuron networks have highlighted how memory can evolve due to more complex dynamics, including multilevel network structures and "metaplastic" effects that modulate reinforcement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFspecies are known for their impact on animal and human health, but also for the spoilage of foodstuffs. Their spores contaminate milk and result in germination and gas production, the latter being particularly evident in the cheeses that suffer severe depreciation. To address this issue, the Primary Production Department of the IZSLER institute in Brescia, Italy conducts the Most Probable Number (MPN) method on bovine milk samples collected from Northern Italian dairies between 2004 and 2023.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis report describes the case of a 46-year-old non-smoker housewife. She presented to our attention with a diagnosis of "difficult asthma" from another center in the previous two years. She had no allergies and had not been exposed to an excessive amount of noxious stimuli.
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- SARS-CoV-2 can cause various respiratory issues, and this study focused on severe COVID-19 survivors who had chest CT scans during and after hospitalization.
- Out of 62 patients, 27% reported difficulty breathing during exertion, while 12% had a persistent cough, with both symptoms linked to specific lung function changes.
- Three months post-discharge, most patients had ongoing lung abnormalities on CT scans, with 85.5% showing ground-glass opacities and 46.7% displaying signs of fibrosis, indicating that longer hospital stays and mechanical ventilation were associated with these lingering respiratory issues.
Unlabelled: Pneumothorax (PNX) and pneumomediastinum (PNM) are potential complications of COVID-19, but their influence on patients' outcomes remains unclear. The aim of the study was to assess incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of severe COVID-19 complicated with PNX/PNM.
Methods: A retrospective multicenter case-control analysis was conducted in COVID-19 patients admitted for respiratory failure in intermediate care units of the Treviso area, Italy, from March 2020 to April 2021.