Publications by authors named "M S Iovino"
NK cells are endowed with tumor killing ability, nevertheless most cancers impair NK cell functionality, and cell-based therapies have limited efficacy in solid tumors. How cancers render NK cell dysfunctional is unclear, and overcoming resistance is an important immune-therapeutic aim. Here, we identify autophagy as a central regulator of NK cell anti-tumor function.
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- - This study assesses how well four machine learning algorithms can classify physiological stress using heart rate variability (HRV) and pulse rate variability (PRV), comparing two feature selection methods: automatic using Akaike's criterion and a physiological-based method.
- - Data were gathered from 127 healthy individuals under various stress conditions, revealing that while it's feasible to classify stress, differentiating between postural and mental stress is still challenging; the classifiers performed similarly, with automatic feature selection showing a slight edge.
- - The findings suggest that both HRV and PRV features are valuable for stress classification, which could enhance stress assessment techniques in clinical and everyday settings, thus promoting better well-being evaluation.
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- Uterine lipoleiomyosarcomas (L-LMS) and liposarcomas (LPS) are very rare malignant tumors occurring in the uterus, particularly affecting postmenopausal women, with common symptoms being metrorrhagia and abdominal pain.
- The case discussed involves a patient with L-LMS and pleomorphic LPS, with contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) playing a critical role in diagnosis by distinguishing between the tumor components.
- The essay aims to highlight the importance of CECT imaging in diagnosing these rare tumors and includes a review of existing literature on liposarcomas in the uterine corpus.
Vermicompost is an organic material that is abundant in humic acids and nutrients. It is obtained through the bio-oxidation and stabilization processes carried out by earthworms. It has been proven to bring several benefits to different soil properties, including bulk density, soil structure, and plant available water capacity ().
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate elastography in a wide spectrum of soft tissue superficial lesions by correlating the elastographic characteristics of these lesions with the elastographic score (ES) system established by Asteria.
Methods: Forty patients with different superficial lesions of the soft tissues were studied, including lipomas, schwannomas, neuromas, epidermal inclusion cysts, "in transit" melanoma metastasis, arterio-venous malformation, and giant-cell tumor. An ultrasound examination was performed combined with color-Doppler and elastographic module.