Publications by authors named "M Vicini"
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- The success of dental implants relies on the formation of soft tissues that create a protective barrier against pathogens.
- Researchers studied how anodized surface modifications affect the integration of mucosal tissues in miniaturized implants placed in mice.
- Findings revealed that while soft tissue around implants matures slowly compared to bone, anodized surfaces show some temporary benefits, highlighting the need for strategies to enhance the speed of soft-tissue maturation for better clinical outcomes.
Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) is a highly heterogeneous disease, making tailored treatment approaches challenging. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), notably diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and the derived Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) maps, plays a crucial role in PCa characterization. In this context, radiomics is a very promising approach able to disclose insights from MRI data.
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- Urban areas in Latin America, especially in Colombia's five largest cities, face significant air pollution issues that threaten public health, yet there is a lack of data on long-term exposure levels.
- Researchers created land use regression models to assess long-term exposure to harmful pollutants like fine particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO) using data collected from air quality measurements over different seasons in 2021.
- The study found that annual PM and NO concentrations varied across cities, with models explaining a substantial portion of variance in pollution levels, indicating these models can aid in health studies and inform policies for better air quality management.
Bioelectrical impedance vector-analysis (BIVA) describes cell-mass, cell function and hydration status of an individual or a group. The goal of the present investigation was to provide bioelectrical impedance data for 525 male road cyclists (155 professionals, 79 elite, 59 elite-youth, and 232 amateurs) at the time of their optimal performance level. Data were plotted on the resistance-reactance (R-Xc) graph to characterize cyclists group vectors using BIVA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: There is great interest, supported by clinical experience, in the relationship between Eating Disorders (EDs) and psychiatric symptoms and diseases. The psychopathology of EDs is also referred to many risk and protective factors, and there is some evidence in the literature, also about genetic and neurobiological factors involved. The aim of this review is to examine and synthesize the recent scientific literature on this topic, in particular the complex relationship between Anorexia Nervosa and Neuropsychiatric Disorders.
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