Publications by authors named "V Paoletti"
The Irpinia Fault, also known as the Monte Marzano Fault System, located in the Southern Apennines (Italy), is one of the most seismically active structures in the Mediterranean. It is the source of the 1980, Ms 6.9, multi-segment rupture earthquake that caused significant damage and nearly 3,000 casualties.
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- Caffeine is commonly used to prevent apnea in premature infants, and this study aims to assess its effects on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health during critical transitional periods.
- The research involved 77 preterm infants under 32 weeks of gestational age, measuring various heart and blood flow metrics before and after administering caffeine.
- Results showed that caffeine increased systemic vascular resistance and improved cerebrovascular reactivity, suggesting its potential benefits in enhancing blood flow dynamics in these vulnerable infants.
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between impaired brain growth and structural brain abnormalities at term-equivalent age (TEA) and neurodevelopment in extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants over the first 2 years.
Methods: ELBW infants born from 2009 through 2018 and undergoing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at TEA were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study. MRI scans were reviewed using a validated quali-quantitative score, including several white and gray matter items.
Leachate is the main source of pollution in landfills and its negative impacts continue for several years even after landfill closure. In recent years, geophysical methods are recognized as effective tools for providing an imaging of the leachate plume. However, they produce subsurface cross-sections in terms of individual physical quantities, leaving room for ambiguities on interpretation of geophysical models and uncertainties in the definition of contaminated zones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Preterm infants are at enhanced risk of brain injury due to altered cerebral haemodynamics during postnatal transition. This observational study aimed to assess the clinical determinants of transitional cerebrovascular reactivity and its association with intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH).
Methods: Preterm infants <32 weeks underwent continuous monitoring of cerebral oxygenation and heart rate over the first 72 h after birth.