Experimental infection of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes with Bluetongue virus.

Bluetongue disease (BT), caused by Bluetongue virus (BTV), infects wild and domestic ruminants, causing severe economic damage in the cattle and sheep industry. Proven vectors of BTV are biting midges belonging to the Culicoides genus, but other arthropods are considered potential vectors, such as ticks, mosquitoes, wingless flies, and sand flies. The present study represents the first attempt to evaluate the vectorial capacity of Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus for BTV.

Analysis of temporal correlation in heart rate variability through maximum entropy principle in a minimal pairwise glassy model.

In this work we apply statistical mechanics tools to infer cardiac pathologies over a sample of M patients whose heart rate variability has been recorded via 24 h Holter device and that are divided in different classes according to their clinical status (providing a repository of labelled data). Considering the set of inter-beat interval sequences [Formula: see text], with [Formula: see text], we estimate their probability distribution [Formula: see text] exploiting the maximum entropy principle. By setting constraints on the first and on the second moment we obtain an effective pairwise [Formula: see text] model, whose parameters are shown to depend on the clinical status of the patient.

Bluetongue virus detection in new species in Sardinia, Italy.

Bluetongue is an infectious disease transmitted by biting midges. is considered the main vector in the Mediterranean basin but other species have been implicated in the Bluetongue virus (BTV) transmission. During 2017, BTV serotype 4 re-occurred in Sardinia causing outbreaks in sheep farms.

Entomological surveillance of Zika virus in Sardinia, Italy, 2016.

Zika Virus (ZIKV) is a RNA virus belonging to the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae. This virus is transmitted through bite of Aedes mosquitoes, in particular Ae. aegypti.

Religiousness/Spirituality, Resilience and Burnout in Employees of a Public Hospital in Brazil.

The present study aimed to determine the relation between religiousness/spirituality (R/S), resilience and burnout in employees of a public hospital. A total of 57 participants were evaluated, and the R/S Brief Multidimensional Measure, Pesce and collaborators' resilience scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Most employees (91.