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University of Palermo

EducationPalermo, Italy
About: University of Palermo is a education organization based out in Palermo, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Cancer. The organization has 15621 authors who have published 40250 publications receiving 964384 citations. The organization is also known as: Università degli Studi di Palermo & Universita degli Studi di Palermo.


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R. Barate, I. De Bonis, D. Decamp, P. Ghez  +347 moreInstitutions (34)
TL;DR: In this article, a search for the Standard Model Higgs boson in the data sample collected with the ALEPH detector at LEP, at centre-of-mass energies up to 209 GeV, was performed.

157 citations

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TL;DR: A FHBL plasma lipid phenotype was observed in carriers of mutations of the PCSK9 gene causing loss of function of the encoded protein, a proprotein convertase which regulates LDL-receptor number in the liver.

157 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a sandwich-like structure composed of two hydroxypropylcellulose layers incorporating the HNTs and a homogeneous distribution of the nanotubes into the low methoxyl pectin matrix was observed.
Abstract: This study focused on the preparation and characterization of films based on biopolymers (hydroxypropylcellulose and low methoxyl pectin) and halloysite nanotubes (HNTs). The morphology is strongly dependent on the polymer nature. In particular, we observed a sandwich-like structure composed of two hydroxypropylcellulose layers incorporating the HNTs and a homogeneous distribution of the nanotubes into the low methoxyl pectin matrix. The different mesoscopic properties were invoked to explain the dielectric, thermal, and wettability properties of the corresponding films. Nanocomposites obtained by combining materials from renewable resources and HNTs is a challenging task in view of designing green materials with tunable barrier and delivery properties for specific purposes.

157 citations

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TL;DR: The armamentarium of vaccines continues to grow with more emphasis on safety, availability, and accessibility, and this mini review highlights the major historical events and pioneers in the course of development of vaccines.
Abstract: Multiple cornerstones have shaped the history of vaccines, which may contain live-attenuated viruses, inactivated organisms/viruses, inactivated toxins, or merely segments of the pathogen that could elicit an immune response. The story began with Hippocrates 400 B.C. with his description of mumps and diphtheria. No further discoveries were recorded until 1100 A.D. when the smallpox vaccine was described. During the eighteenth century, vaccines for cholera and yellow fever were reported and Edward Jenner, the father of vaccination and immunology, published his work on smallpox. The nineteenth century was a major landmark, with the "Germ Theory of disease" of Louis Pasteur, the discovery of the germ tubercle bacillus for tuberculosis by Robert Koch, and the isolation of pneumococcus organism by George Miller Sternberg. Another landmark was the discovery of diphtheria toxin by Emile Roux and its serological treatment by Emil Von Behring and Paul Ehrlih. In addition, Pasteur was able to generate the first live-attenuated viral vaccine against rabies. Typhoid vaccines were then developed, followed by the plague vaccine of Yersin. At the beginning of World War I, the tetanus toxoid was introduced, followed in 1915 by the pertussis vaccine. In 1974, The Expanded Program of Immunization was established within the WHO for bacille Calmette-Guerin, Polio, DTP, measles, yellow fever, and hepatitis B. The year 1996 witnessed the launching of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. In 1988, the WHO passed a resolution to eradicate polio by the year 2000 and in 2006; the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer was developed. In 2010, "The Decade of vaccines" was launched, and on April 1st 2012, the United Nations launched the "shot@Life" campaign. In brief, the armamentarium of vaccines continues to grow with more emphasis on safety, availability, and accessibility. This mini review highlights the major historical events and pioneers in the course of development of vaccines, which have eradicated so many life-threatening diseases, despite the vaccination attitudes and waves appearing through history.

157 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the parameters that influence heterogeneous photocatalysis (PC) for selective synthesis of high-value chemicals by itself or in combination with other technologies are discussed, and a review is presented.
Abstract: This review deals with the parameters that influence heterogeneous photocatalysis (PC) for selective synthesis of high-value chemicals by itself or in combination with other technologies. In partic...

157 citations


Authors

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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Robin M. Murray1711539116362
Frede Blaabjerg1472161112017
Jean Bousquet145128896769
Zhanhu Guo12888653378
Jean Ballet11526346301
Antonio Facchetti11160251885
Michele Pagano9730642211
Frank Z. Stanczyk9362030244
Eleonora Troja9127130873
Francesco Sciortino9053628956
Zev Rosenwaks8977232039
Antonio Russo8893434563
Carlo Salvarani8873031699
Giuseppe Basso8764333320
Antonio Craxì8665939463
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Performance
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023147
2022384
20212,977
20202,753
20192,412
20182,250