Publications by authors named "Laura Bosco"

Virus spillovers from managed honey bees, Apis mellifera, are thought to contribute to the decline of wild pollinators, including bumble bees. However, data on the impact of such viruses on wild pollinators remain scarce, and the influence of landscape structure on virus dynamics is poorly understood. In this study, we deployed bumble bee colonies in an agricultural landscape and studied changes in the bumble bee virome during field placement under varying habitat composition and configuration using a multiscale analytical framework.

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The final objective of the study herein reported is the preliminary evaluation of the capability of an original, real-time SHM system applied to a full-scale wing-box section as a significant aircraft component, during an experimental campaign carried out at the Piaggio Lab in Villanova D'Albenga, Italy. In previous works, the authors have shown that such a system could be applied to composite beams, to reveal damage along the bonding line between a longitudinal stiffening element and the cap. Utilizing a suitable scaling process, such work has then been exported to more complex components, in order to confirm the outcomes that were already achieved, and, possibly, expanding the considerations that should drive the project towards an actual implementation of the proposed architecture.

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  • Climate change causes species to shift their ranges and leads to local extinctions, resulting in changes to community composition.
  • Ecological barriers like biome boundaries, coastlines, and elevation significantly impact how communities can adapt to these changes, yet they are often overlooked in climate studies.
  • Research using European breeding bird data from the 1980s and 2010s shows that these barriers greatly affect the direction and distance of community shifts, emphasizing the need to consider ecological barriers in understanding biodiversity changes.
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Climatic warming is forcing species to shift their ranges poleward, which has been demonstrated for many taxa globally. Yet, the influence of habitat types on within- and among-species variations of distribution shifts has rarely been studied, especially during the non-breeding season. Here, we investigated habitat-specific shift distances of northern range margins and directions of the distribution center based on long-term data of overwintering birds in Finland.

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  • Agricultural intensification, like turning natural areas into vineyards, is causing problems for bees, especially bumblebees, which are important pollinators.
  • In a study in Switzerland, researchers looked at how the amount of natural ground cover and how spread out it was affected bumblebee colonies.
  • They found that having more natural ground cover helps bumblebee colonies grow, but if the areas are too fragmented, it can harm them, especially when there's not enough habitat.
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  • Despite an increase in women anaesthesiologists, they remain under-represented in leadership, awards, and promotions due to factors like unsupportive environments and childcare responsibilities.
  • A review of literature identified 30 studies that highlight gender biases, gaps in the research, and lack of mentorship in the field.
  • Proposed strategies to improve gender equity include addressing individual and administrative barriers to support women’s career advancement in anaesthesiology.
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Purpose: Arthroscopic shoulder surgery can be performed with an interscalene brachial plexus block (ISBPB) alone, ISBPB combined with general anesthesia (GA), or GA alone. Postoperative pain is typically managed with opioids; however, both GA and opioids have adverse effects which can delay discharge. This retrospective study compares the efficacy of four methods of anesthesia management for arthroscopic shoulder surgery.

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Objectives: Long bone fractures (LBFs) are among the most frequent traumatic injuries seen in emergency departments. Reduction and immobilization is the most common form of treatment for displaced fractures. Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a promising technique for diagnosing LBFs and assessing the success of reduction attempts.

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Since their widespread introduction more than half a century ago, intensive care units (ICUs) have become an integral part of the health care system. Although most ICUs are found in high-income countries, they are increasingly a feature of health care systems in low- and middle-income countries. The World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine convened a task force whose objective was to answer the question "What is an ICU?" in an internationally meaningful manner and to develop a system for stratifying ICUs on the basis of the intensity of the care they provide.

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Diets rich in fruits and vegetables reduce risk of adverse cardiovascular events. However, the constituents responsible for this effect have not been well established. Lately, the attention has been brought to vegetables with high nitrate content with evidence that this might represent a source of vasoprotective nitric oxide.

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Coma-induced blisters is a rare condition associated with prolonged impairment of conscious level, which is relatively well-known in adults following overdose with barbiturates. However, it has been very rarely described in children. A case of coma-bullae occurring in an 11-year-old child with meningoencephalitis is herein reported.

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Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a small-vessel vasculitis characterized by severe asthma, lung/tissues infiltrates, extravascular necrotizing granulomas, and eosinophilia. Cutaneous involvement is common but may not be highly suggestive. Two typical cases of CSS with cutaneous involvement are herein reported, both females, 37 and 54 years old, presenting with lower limbs palpable purpura and urticarial lesions of the neck, respectively.

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