Enhancing the light yield of He:CF based gaseous detector.

The CYGNO experiment aims to build a large ( m ) directional detector for rare event searches, such as nuclear recoils (NRs) induced by dark matter (DM), such as weakly interactive massive particles (WIMPs). The detector concept comprises a time projection chamber (TPC), filled with a He:CF 60/40 scintillating gas mixture at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, equipped with an amplification stage made of a stack of three gas electron multipliers (GEMs) which are coupled to an optical readout. The latter consists in scientific CMOS (sCMOS) cameras and photomultipliers tubes (PMTs).

Thyroglossal Duct Cyst Carcinoma With Synchronous Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Thyroglossal duct cysts (TGDC) are one of the most common congenital anomalies in the neck. Malignant transformation of these cysts is rare and synchronous involvement of the thyroid gland is even rarer. We report a case of synchronous occurrence of carcinoma in the thyroglossal duct cyst and thyroid gland and review the relevant literature.

Primary Hyperaldosteronism: A Rare Cause of Malignant Hypertension with Thrombotic Microangiopathy in a Kidney Transplant Recipient.

Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a rare disease that presents with haemolysis and organ damage. The kidney is one of the main affected organs, and TMA is associated with serious complications and increased mortality. In transplanted patients, TMA is even less common and has a variety of possible causes, including thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), infections, drugs, autoimmune disease, tumours, and malignant hypertension.

Effect of innovative technology using staves and micro-oxygenation on the odorant and sensory profile of aged wine spirit.

The aged wine spirit is a beverage with great aromatic complexity. Their volatile compounds with odorant power coming from the distillate and from the wood used in its ageing, and the interactions that take place in the process, enhanced by oxygen, all contribute to this complexity. Due to time and cost inherent of ageing wine spirits in wooden barrels, research has sought to develop more sustainable alternatives to do it.

[Conservative surgery in pancreatic solid pseudo papillary tumor].

We report the case of a 18-year-old girl having a solid pseudopapillary pancreatic tumor. The patient underwent local enucleation of the tumor located on pancreatic head and remained free of recurrence on the 5th year of follow up. Surgical management is discussed.

[Splenic metastasis in ovary serous adenocarcinoma].

Splenic metastasis is rare, and is usually associated with disseminated malignancy. The primary tumours more frequently related with splenic metastasis are lung, breast, gynaecologic, specially ovary tumours, colon, rectum and melanoma. Isolated secondary splenic disease is rare, but it is described, often associated to ovary cancer.

[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: day case procedure].

We describe a retrospective analysis of 105 patients who underwent day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy to evaluate the safety of this procedure. Selection criteria included surgical indications and admission/exclusion criteria for day-case surgery. We analysed: causes of overnight stay and readmission, need of medical or nursing care after discharge, degree of patient satisfaction and insatisfaction reasons.