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About: Sapienza University of Rome is a education organization based out in Rome, Lazio, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 62002 authors who have published 155468 publications receiving 4397244 citations. The organization is also known as: La Sapienza & Università La Sapienza di Roma.
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TL;DR: The authors presents the basic ideas and methodologies of a set of contemporary contributions which are grouped under the general heading of "evolutionary economics" and discusses some achievements, some unresolved issues and a few promising topics of research are flagged.
Abstract: This paper presents the basic ideas and methodologies of a set of contemporary contributions which are grouped under the general heading of “evolutionary economics”. Some achievements-especially with regard to the analysis of technological change and economic dynamics-are illustrated, some unresolved issues are discussed and a few promising topics of research are flagged.
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Brera Astronomical Observatory1, University of Copenhagen2, University of Urbino3, George Washington University4, University of Warwick5, Liverpool John Moores University6, Max Planck Society7, European Southern Observatory8, University of Milan9, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan10, University of Leicester11, University of Padua12, University of California, Davis13, University of Rome Tor Vergata14, Sapienza University of Rome15, Centre national de la recherche scientifique16, University of Naples Federico II17, Spanish National Research Council18, Paris Diderot University19, INAF20, Purple Mountain Observatory21, California Institute of Technology22, University of Trieste23, University of Innsbruck24, Andrés Bello National University25, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa26, University of Insubria27, Hebrew University of Jerusalem28, Goddard Space Flight Center29
TL;DR: The spectral identification and physical properties of a bright kilonova associated with the gravitational-wave source GW170817 and γ-ray burst GRB 170817A associated with a galaxy at a distance of 40 megaparsecs from Earth are described.
Abstract: The merger of two neutron stars is predicted to give rise to three major detectable phenomena: a short burst of gamma-rays, a gravitational wave signal, and a transient optical/near-infrared source powered by the synthesis of large amounts of very heavy elements via rapid neutron capture (the r-process). Such transients, named "macronovae" or "kilonovae", are believed to be centres of production of rare elements such as gold and platinum. The most compelling evidence so far for a kilonova was a very faint near-infrared rebrightening in the afterglow of a short gamma-ray burst at z = 0.356, although findings indicating bluer events have been reported. Here we report the spectral identification and describe the physical properties of a bright kilonova associated with the gravitational wave source GW 170817 and gamma-ray burst GRB 170817A associated with a galaxy at a distance of 40 Mpc from Earth. Using a series of spectra from ground-based observatories covering the wavelength range from the ultraviolet to the near-infrared, we find that the kilonova is characterized by rapidly expanding ejecta with spectral features similar to those predicted by current models. The ejecta is optically thick early on, with a velocity of about 0.2 times light speed, and reaches a radius of about 50 astronomical units in only 1.5 days. As the ejecta expands, broad absorption-like lines appear on the spectral continuum indicating atomic species produced by nucleosynthesis that occurs in the post-merger fast-moving dynamical ejecta and in two slower (0.05 times light speed) wind regions. Comparison with spectral models suggests that the merger ejected 0.03-0.05 solar masses of material, including high-opacity lanthanides.
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TL;DR: Echocardiographic epicardially adipose tissue showed a very good correlation with magnetic resonance imaging abdominal VAT and epicardial fat measurement and could be applied as an easy and reliable imaging indicator of VAT and cardiovascular risk.
Abstract: Metabolic syndrome is related to multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) plays a key role in metabolic syndrome. Easy detection of VAT could be an important tool to increase knowledge of metabolic syndrome. The objective of this study was to study the relationship of echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue to anthropometric and clinical parameters of metabolic syndrome. We selected 72 consecutive subjects, 46.5 +/- 17.4 yr of age, with a body mass index between 22 and 47 kg/m(2). Each subject underwent transthoracic echocardiogram to measure epicardial fat thickness on right ventricle and magnetic resonance imaging to calculate visceral adipose tissue. Anthropometric, metabolic, and cardiac parameters were also evaluated. Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue showed a very good correlation with magnetic resonance imaging abdominal VAT and epicardial fat measurement (Bland-Altman plot and linear regression). Multiple regression analysis showed that waist circumference (r(2) = 0.428; P = 0.01), diastolic blood pressure (r(2) = 0. 387; P = 0.02), and fasting insulin (r(2) = 0.387; P = 0.03) were the strongest independent variables correlated with epicardial adipose tissue. Echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue could be applied as an easy and reliable imaging indicator of VAT and cardiovascular risk.
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Veterans Health Administration1, University of California, San Diego2, University of Basel3, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill4, Charité5, University of Hull6, University of Paris7, Linköping University8, Sapienza University of Rome9, Athens State University10, University of California, Los Angeles11, University of Toronto12, Imperial College London13, University College Dublin14, University of Helsinki15, Cleveland Clinic16, Baylor University Medical Center17, French Institute of Health and Medical Research18, Harvard University19
TL;DR: Ten key messages to clinicians are highlighted about the role of NP levels in state‐of‐the‐art clinical practice is evolving rapidly.
Abstract: Natriuretic peptide (NP) levels (B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP) are now widely used in clinical practice and cardiovascular research throughout the world and have been incorporated into most national and international cardiovascular guidelines for heart failure. The role of NP levels in state-of-the-art clinical practice is evolving rapidly. This paper reviews and highlights ten key messages to clinicians: 1) NP levels are quantitative plasma biomarkers of heart failure (HF). 2) NP levels are accurate in the diagnosis of HF. 3) NP levels may help risk stratify emergency department (ED) patients with regard to the need for hospital admission or direct ED discharge. 4) NP levels help improve patient management and reduce total treatment costs in patients with acute dyspnoea. 5) NP levels at the time of admission are powerful predictors of outcome in predicting death and re-hospitalisation in HF patients. 6) NP levels at discharge aid in risk stratification of the HF patient. 7) NP-guided therapy may improve morbidity and/or mortality in chronic HF. 8) The combination of NP levels together with symptoms, signs and weight gain assists in the assessment of clinical decompensation in HF. 9) NP levels can accelerate accurate diagnosis of heart failure presenting in primary care. 10) NP levels may be helpful to screen for asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in high-risk patients.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented an all-sky model of dust emission from the Planck 857, 545 and 353 GHz, and IRAS 100 micron data.
Abstract: This paper presents an all-sky model of dust emission from the Planck 857, 545 and 353 GHz, and IRAS 100 micron data. Using a modified black-body fit to the data we present all-sky maps of the dust optical depth, temperature, and spectral index over the 353-3000 GHz range. This model is a tight representation of the data at 5 arcmin. It shows variations of the order of 30 % compared with the widely-used model of Finkbeiner, Davis, and Schlegel. The Planck data allow us to estimate the dust temperature uniformly over the whole sky, providing an improved estimate of the dust optical depth compared to previous all-sky dust model, especially in high-contrast molecular regions. An increase of the dust opacity at 353 GHz, tau_353/N_H, from the diffuse to the denser interstellar medium (ISM) is reported. It is associated with a decrease in the observed dust temperature, T_obs, that could be due at least in part to the increased dust opacity. We also report an excess of dust emission at HI column densities lower than 10^20 cm^-2 that could be the signature of dust in the warm ionized medium. In the diffuse ISM at high Galactic latitude, we report an anti-correlation between tau_353/N_H and T_obs while the dust specific luminosity, i.e., the total dust emission integrated over frequency (the radiance) per hydrogen atom, stays about constant. The implication is that in the diffuse high-latitude ISM tau_353 is not as reliable a tracer of dust column density as we conclude it is in molecular clouds where the correlation of tau_353 with dust extinction estimated using colour excess measurements on stars is strong. To estimate Galactic E(B-V) in extragalactic fields at high latitude we develop a new method based on the thermal dust radiance, instead of the dust optical depth, calibrated to E(B-V) using reddening measurements of quasars deduced from Sloan Digital Sky Survey data.
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Charles A. Dinarello | 190 | 1058 | 139668 |
Gregory Y.H. Lip | 169 | 3159 | 171742 |
Peter A. R. Ade | 162 | 1387 | 138051 |
H. Eugene Stanley | 154 | 1190 | 122321 |
Suvadeep Bose | 154 | 960 | 129071 |
P. de Bernardis | 152 | 680 | 117804 |
Bart Staels | 152 | 824 | 86638 |
Alessandro Melchiorri | 151 | 674 | 116384 |
Andrew H. Jaffe | 149 | 518 | 110033 |
F. Piacentini | 149 | 531 | 108493 |
Subir Sarkar | 149 | 1542 | 144614 |
Albert Bandura | 148 | 255 | 276143 |
Carlo Rovelli | 146 | 1502 | 103550 |
Robert C. Gallo | 145 | 825 | 68212 |
R. Kowalewski | 143 | 1815 | 135517 |