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Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Education•Milan, Lombardia, Italy•
About: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart is a education organization based out in Milan, Lombardia, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 13592 authors who have published 31048 publications receiving 853961 citations.
Topics: Population, Health care, Cancer, Myocardial infarction, Transplantation
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Misericordia University1, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research2, Jackson Memorial Hospital3, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón4, University of Bologna5, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki6, University of Udine7, Sapienza University of Rome8, Cornell University9, University of Pisa10, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart11, Hannover Medical School12, University of Genoa13, MedStar Washington Hospital Center14, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens15, University of Turin16
TL;DR: Specific recommendations were elaborated on IAC management based on the best direct and indirect evidence and on the expertise of a multinational panel.
Abstract: intra-abdominal candidiasis (IAC) may include Candida involvement of peritoneum or intra-abdominal abscess and is burdened by high morbidity and mortality rates in surgical patients. Unfortunately, international guidelines do not specifically address this particular clinical setting due to heterogeneity of definitions and scant direct evidence. In order to cover this unmet clinical need, the Italian Society of Intensive Care and the International Society of Chemotherapy endorsed a project aimed at producing practice recommendations for the management of immune-competent adult patients with IAC. A multidisciplinary expert panel of 22 members (surgeons, infectious disease and intensive care physicians) was convened and assisted by a methodologist between April 2012 and May 2013. Evidence supporting each statement was graded according to the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Diseases (ESCMID) grading system. Only a few of the numerous recommendations can be summarized in the Abstract. Direct microscopy examination for yeast detection from purulent and necrotic intra-abdominal specimens during surgery or by percutaneous aspiration is recommended in all patients with nonappendicular abdominal infections including secondary and tertiary peritonitis. Samples obtained from drainage tubes are not valuable except for evaluation of colonization. Prophylactic usage of fluconazole should be adopted in patients with recent abdominal surgery and recurrent gastrointestinal perforation or anastomotic leakage. Empirical antifungal treatment with echinocandins or lipid formulations of amphotericin B should be strongly considered in critically ill patients or those with previous exposure to azoles and suspected intra-abdominal infection with at least one specific risk factor for Candida infection. In patients with nonspecific risk factors, a positive mannan/antimannan or (1→3)-β-d-glucan (BDG) or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result should be present to start empirical therapy. Fluconazole can be adopted for the empirical and targeted therapy of non-critically ill patients without previous exposure to azoles unless they are known to be colonized with a Candida strain with reduced susceptibility to azoles. Treatment can be simplified by stepping down to an azole (fluconazole or voriconazole) after at least 5–7 days of treatment with echinocandins or lipid formulations of amphotericin B, if the species is susceptible and the patient has clinically improved. Specific recommendations were elaborated on IAC management based on the best direct and indirect evidence and on the expertise of a multinational panel.
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TL;DR: Pancreatic cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up S. Cascinu, M. Falconi, V. Valentini & S. Jelic.
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Hokusei Gakuen University1, Hokkaido University2, University of Chicago3, College of William & Mary4, Meiji Gakuin University5, Bielefeld University6, University of Osnabrück7, University of Toulouse8, The Chinese University of Hong Kong9, Sungkyunkwan University10, University of Castilla–La Mancha11, Hungarian Academy of Sciences12, Eötvös Loránd University13, University of Kent14, University of Tartu15, University of Oxford16, Coventry University17, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart18, Jagiellonian University19, Victoria University of Wellington20, University of Porto21, Leiden University22, University of Navarra23, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi24, VU University Amsterdam25
TL;DR: It is found that relationships are more stable and hard to form in east Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East, while they are more fluid in the West and Latin America, and results show that relationally mobile cultures tend to have higher interpersonal trust and intimacy.
Abstract: Biologists and social scientists have long tried to understand why some societies have more fluid and open interpersonal relationships and how those differences influence culture. This study measures relational mobility, a socioecological variable quantifying voluntary (high relational mobility) vs. fixed (low relational mobility) interpersonal relationships. We measure relational mobility in 39 societies and test whether it predicts social behavior. People in societies with higher relational mobility report more proactive interpersonal behaviors (e.g., self-disclosure and social support) and psychological tendencies that help them build and retain relationships (e.g., general trust, intimacy, self-esteem). Finally, we explore ecological factors that could explain relational mobility differences across societies. Relational mobility was lower in societies that practiced settled, interdependent subsistence styles, such as rice farming, and in societies that had stronger ecological and historical threats.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors hypothesize that firms structure their asset holdings so as to shelter assets from extraction by politicians and bureaucrats, and find that firms will hold a lower fraction of their assets in liquid form in countries where the threat of political extraction is higher.
Abstract: We hypothesize that firms structure their asset holdings so as to shelter assets from extraction by politicians and bureaucrats. Specifically, in countries where the threat of political extraction is higher, we hypothesize that firms will hold a lower fraction of their assets in liquid form. Consistent with this conjecture, using firm-level data from 109 countries, we find that, across countries, corporate holdings of cash and marketable securities are negatively correlated with measures of political corruption. Further, we find that annual investment in property, plant, equipment, and inventory plus dividends is positively correlated with the measures of corruption suggesting that owners channel their cash into harder to extract assets. To the extent that this deployment of assets is less efficient than would occur in the absence of the threat of political extraction, corporate sheltering of assets may represent a channel through which corruption reduces economic growth.
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TL;DR: EEG activity was intrinsically associated with the cortical hemodynamic responsiveness to the negative emotional patterns, within the right side, and SCR increased mainly in response to negative patterns, and the autonomic behavior was related to explicit and cortical (NIRS; EEG) activity.
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Peter J. Barnes | 194 | 1530 | 166618 |
Cornelia M. van Duijn | 183 | 1030 | 146009 |
Dennis R. Burton | 164 | 683 | 90959 |
Paolo Boffetta | 148 | 1455 | 93876 |
Massimo Antonelli | 130 | 1272 | 79319 |
David B. Audretsch | 126 | 671 | 72456 |
Piero Anversa | 115 | 412 | 60220 |
Marco Pahor | 112 | 476 | 46549 |
David L. Paterson | 111 | 739 | 68485 |
Alfonso Caramazza | 108 | 451 | 39280 |
Anthony A. Amato | 105 | 911 | 57881 |
Stefano Pileri | 100 | 635 | 43369 |
Giovanni Gasbarrini | 98 | 894 | 36395 |
Giampaolo Merlini | 96 | 684 | 40324 |
Silvio Donato | 96 | 860 | 41166 |