In-Hospital Screening Campaign Against Hepatitis C Could Be Effective for Identifying More Patients Who Still Need Treatment.

Background: Screening programmes for the detection of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and positive viral load have been developed in many countries to achieve the World Health Organization's goal of HCV elimination by 2030. In Italy, a phased screening programme starting with individuals born between 1969 and 1989 has been implemented.

Aim: To assess the prevalence of patients with positive viraemia identified through a universal screening campaign conducted among hospitalised patients at our centre during the calendar year 2022.

Efficient Solar Light Photocatalyst Made of AgPO Coated TiO-SiO Microspheres.

Solar light active photocatalyst was prepared as silver phosphate (AgPO) coating on titania-silica (TiO-SiO) microspheres. Titania-silica microsphere was obtained by spray drying TiO-SiO colloidal solutions, whereas AgPO was applied by wet impregnation. XRD on the granules and SEM analysis show that the silver phosphate particles cover the surface of the titania-silica microspheres, and UV-visible diffuse reflectance analysis highlights that AgPO/TiO-SiO composites can absorb the entire visible light spectrum.

Mechanistic Insights into WO Sensing and Related Perspectives.

Tungsten trioxide (WO) is taking on an increasing level of importance as an active material for chemoresistive sensors. However, many different issues have to be considered when trying to understand the sensing properties of WO in order to rationally design sensing devices. In this review, several key points are critically summarized.

The Italian External Quality Assessment (EQA) program on urinary sediment by microscopy examination: a 20 years journey.

Objectives: In spite of the introduction of automated systems for urinary sediment analysis, microscopy examination remains the gold standard, and it is more than ever important to perform it with a good and reliable quality. External Quality Assessment (EQA) programs on urinary sediment are rare. The present paper provides an analysis of results from 2001 to date of the EQA Italian program which involves today 230 laboratories.

WO-Based Gas Sensors: Identifying Inherent Qualities and Understanding the Sensing Mechanism.

Semiconducting metal oxide-based gas sensors are an attractive option for a wide array of applications. In particular, sensors based on WO are promising for applications varying from indoor air quality to breath analysis. There is a great breadth of literature which examines how the sensing characteristics of WO can be tuned via changes in, for example, morphology or surface additives.