Publications by authors named "L Palombi"
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- Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) pose a major global health issue, increasing patient safety risks and causing significant financial strain on healthcare systems.
- A study conducted in Rome analyzed data from over 12,000 hospital patients to assess how HAIs affected hospital costs, revealing a 53.4% increase in average costs for infected patients compared to those without infections.
- The findings underscore the necessity for targeted prevention strategies, as specific types of infections and microbes contribute to higher healthcare expenses, ultimately calling for improved efforts to minimize HAIs in hospitals.
Traditional etherification methods, although staples in synthetic chemistry, often fall short in the efficient construction of sterically hindered dialkyl ethers, especially under mild and practical conditions. Recent advances have attempted to address these limitations, typically relying on transition metal catalysts, external reductants, or harsh reaction conditions. In this work, we disclose a novel electrochemical approach that enables the synthesis of sterically hindered ethers from economically relevant and readily accessible alcohols without the need for sacrificial oxidants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In recent years, tumescent ablative techniques have been joined by non-tumescent ablative techniques. The aim of the research is to study and compare the effects produced by the different endovascular ablative techniques, from the histological point of view, at the level of the venous wall (endothelium, tunica media and adventitia).
Method: The study involves the use of three ablative endovascular techniques (EVLA, MOCA, CGO) on bench for the treatment of the great saphenous vein.
Earth observation (EO) is crucial for addressing environmental and societal challenges, but it struggles with revisit times and spatial resolution. The EU-funded SURPRISE project aims to improve EO capabilities by studying space instrumentation using compressive sensing (CS) implemented through spatial light modulators (SLMs) based on micromirror arrays (MMAs) to improve the ground sampling distance. In the SURPRISE project, we studied the development of an MMA that meets the requirements of a CS-based geostationary instrument working in the visible (VIS) and mid-infrared (MIR) spectral ranges.
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