Early Enteral Feeding Restores Neurofilament Light Chain Serum Levels in Preterm Newborns.

Background: Positive effects of early nutritional strategies on neurological outcomes have been observed when nutrients were administered by the enteral route, especially during the first week of life. Evidence reports that serum neurofilament light chain (NfL), a structural protein of neurons, is a specific and reliable biomarker of neuronal damage.

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of early enteral nutrition (EN) in minimizing neuroaxonal damage and assessing NfL serum levels in preterm neonates.

Quantitative Evaluation of White Matter Injury by Cranial Ultrasound to Detect the Effects of Parenteral Nutrition in Preterm Babies: An Observational Study.

Nutrition in early life has an impact on white matter (WM) development in preterm-born babies. Quantitative analysis of pixel brightness intensity (PBI) on cranial ultrasound (CUS) scans has shown a great potential in the evaluation of periventricular WM echogenicity in preterm newborns. We aimed to investigate the employment of this technique to objectively verify the effects of parenteral nutrition (PN) on periventricular WM damage in preterm infants.

The Effect of ACP₁-ADA₁ Genetic Interaction on Human Life Span.

Acid phosphatase (ACP₁) is a polymorphic enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of flavin-mononucleotide (FMN) to riboflavin and regulates the cellular concentration of flavin-adenine-dinucleotide (FAD) and, consequently, energy metabolism. Its activity is modulated by adenosine deaminase locus 1 (ADA₁) genotype. The aim of our work is to verify whether individuals with a high proportion of ACP₁ f-isozyme and carrying the ADA₁*2 allele, displaying the highest phosphatase activity, may have a higher life expectancy.

Public optimism towards nanomedicine.

Background: Previous benefit-risk perception studies and social experiences have clearly demonstrated that any emerging technology platform that ignores benefit-risk perception by citizens might jeopardize its public acceptability and further development. The aim of this survey was to investigate the Italian judgment on nanotechnology and which demographic and heuristic variables were most influential in shaping public perceptions of the benefits and risks of nanotechnology.

Methods: In this regard, we investigated the role of four demographic (age, gender, education, and religion) and one heuristic (knowledge) predisposing factors.

Zirconia: cementation of prosthetic restorations. Literature review.

Aim Of The Work: Aim of the work was to execute a review of the international literature about the cementation of zirconia restorations, analyzing the properties of the cements most commonly used in clinical activities.

Materials And Methods: It was performed, through PubMed, a bibliographic search on the international literature of the last 10 years using the following limits: studies in English, in vitro studies, randomized clinical trial, reviews, meta-analysis, guide-lines. Were excluded from the search: descriptive studies, case reports, discussion articles, opinion's leader.

Strength of zirconia fixed partial dentures: review of the literature.

Objective: The aim of this study is a systematic review of the literature on the strength and long-term behavior of zirconia FPDs.

Methods: The literature search was performed using as the primary source the Medline database. Were also imposed a set of inclusion and exclusion criteria in order to narrow the search to differentiate the two distinct parts in which it was structured the review.

Dental Wings CAD/CAM system precision: an internal and marginal fit sperimental analisys.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM.: The CAD-CAM technology has been developed to design and manufacture prosthetic structures with constant quality characteristics; in fact procedures are codified, manageable and repeatable. PURPOSE.

Influence of finish line in the distribution of stress trough an all ceramic implant-supported crown.: A 3D Finite Element Analysis.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate, by finite element analysis (FEA), the influence of finish line on stress distribution and resistance to the loads of a ZrO(2) crown and porcelain in implant-supported.

Material And Methods: The object of this analysis consisted of a fxture, an abutment, a passing screw, a layer of cement, a framework crown, a feldspatic porcelain veneering. The abutment's marginal design was used in 3 different types of preparation: feather edge, slight chamfer and 50°, each of them was of 1 mm depth over the entire circumference.

Immediate loading: a new implant technique with immediate loading and aesthetics: Nobel Active™.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the short time aesthetic and functional outcome of a new implant system, the Nobel Active™. The Nobel Active™ features several innovations such as an extensive self-drilling capacity, axial and radial bone compression and an inward tapered collar allowing for marginal bone maintance an soft tissue stabilization. This design makes it possible to place the implant into narrower osteotomies, thus requiring less drilling, compared to conventional implants.

[Brucellosis spondylodiscitis: case report].

A case of spondylodiscitis due to Brucella with systematic manifestation of the disease, in a 56-year-old male patient who was a farmer, is reported. The diagnosis was made from serological tests, with a titer of 1/160. The blood culture was positive and the blood sedimentation rate was high.

Complex angioplasty and stenting of a saphenous bypass graft using the percutaneous radial approach. Report of a case.

A severely diseased aortocoronary venous by-pass graft is reported. A successful angioplasty plus stenting was performed, via right radial artery, without using a guiding-catheter.

[The hostility complex and myocardial infarct].

Several studies have associated the hostility complex (part of type A personality) to the development of coronary atherosclerosis. The complex is composed by aggressive behavior, frequent rage outbursts, intolerance to waiting lines and sense of urgency. To investigate the occurrence of this behavioral trait, 50 post-myocardial infarction men were compared against 50 normal male subjects of the same age.

Developmental aspects of the offspring of diabetic mothers.

This study examined the effect of some maternal factors on the pre- and postnatal development of a group of infants of diabetic mothers (IDMs). Body weight, length and head circumference were measured at birth and at 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 months of age. No differences were observed in pre- and postterm growth when IDMs were subdivided according to the maternal White class or pregnancy complications.

Red cell acid phosphatase: another polymorphism correlated with Malaria?

The frequency of PC allele for acid phosphatase in fourteen Sardinian villages correlates positively with the altitude and negatively with past malarial morbidity and GdMed prevalence. The susceptibility towards hemolytic favism in Sardinian males with G6PD deficiency is dependent on the erythrocyte acid phosphatase and thalassemia phenotypes. Thalassemia trait exerts a protective action only in subjects carrying PA allele for acid phosphatase.