Molecular and Serological Detection of Bovine Coronaviruses in Marmots () in the Alpine Region.

In this study, virological surveillance focused on coronaviruses in marmots in the Alpine region in 2022, captured as part of a population control reduction program in the Livigno area. Seventy-six faecal samples were randomly collected from marmots at the time of capture and release and tested for genome detection of pan-coronavirus, pan-pestivirus, canine distemper virus, and influenza A and D virus. Nine faecal samples were positive in the Pan-CoV RT-PCR, while all were negative for the other viruses.

Predictors of the evolution towards schizophrenia or mood disorder in patients with schizophreniform disorder.

In this study, 56 patients affected by schizophreniform disorder (SFD), as their first lifetime mental disorder, were re-evaluated 7.9+/-4.7 yrs (2-17 yrs) after their first hospitalization.

Unilateral spinal block for outpatient knee arthroscopy: a dose-finding study.

Study Objective: To evaluate the onset time, success rate, and recovery profile of unilateral spinal anesthesia produced with 4 mg, 6 mg, and 8 mg of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine.

Design: Prospective, randomized, blinded study.

Subjective experience of language impairment and psychopathology in schizophrenia.

The principal concern of this paper lies in the exploration of the possible role of the subjective experience of language impairment in shaping schizophrenic symptomatology. A previous model embracing the basic symptom theory and the vulnerability paradigm hypothesized that (self-perceived) impairment of receptive and expressive language and alexithymia may play a relevant role in facilitating the development of a nonparanoid prototype of schizophrenia. The experimental protocol which led to this model [emphasizing the comprehensive notion of 'language capacity' as pathoplastic modulator of overt schizophrenic syndromes (i.