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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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TL;DR: The characterization of food quality (including problems of authentication and adulteration) is discussed, together with a future outlook on future directions.

151 citations

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TL;DR: How the oil refinery and traffic-related air pollution affect the chemical composition of airborne particulate matter over the town of Gela is discussed, using pine needles and urban road dust as the means of survey.

151 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the time series of the degree of minimum spanning trees obtained by using a correlation-based clustering procedure which starts from (i) asset return and (ii) volatility time series.
Abstract: We investigate the time series of the degree of minimum spanning trees (MSTs) obtained by using a correlation-based clustering procedure which starts from (i) asset return and (ii) volatility time series. The MST is obtained at different times by computing correlation among time series over a time window of fixed length T. We find that the MST of asset return is characterized by stock degree values, which are more stable in time than the ones obtained by analyzing a MST computed starting from volatility time series. Our analysis also shows that the degree of stocks has a very slow dynamics with a time scale of several years in both cases.

151 citations

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TL;DR: It is demonstrated that using VLCKD for a relatively short time period (i.e. 30 days) can decrease body weight and body fat without negative effects on strength performance in high level athletes.
Abstract: Despite the increasing use of very low carbohydrate ketogenic diets (VLCKD) in weight control and management of the metabolic syndrome there is a paucity of research about effects of VLCKD on sport performance. Ketogenic diets may be useful in sports that include weight class divisions and the aim of our study was to investigate the influence of VLCKD on explosive strength performance. 8 athletes, elite artistic gymnasts (age 20.9 ± 5.5 yrs) were recruited. We analyzed body composition and various performance aspects (hanging straight leg raise, ground push up, parallel bar dips, pull up, squat jump, countermovement jump, 30 sec continuous jumps) before and after 30 days of a modified ketogenic diet. The diet was based on green vegetables, olive oil, fish and meat plus dishes composed of high quality protein and virtually zero carbohydrates, but which mimicked their taste, with the addition of some herbal extracts. During the VLCKD the athletes performed the normal training program. After three months the same protocol, tests were performed before and after 30 days of the athletes’ usual diet (a typically western diet, WD). A one-way Anova for repeated measurements was used. No significant differences were detected between VLCKD and WD in all strength tests. Significant differences were found in body weight and body composition: after VLCKD there was a decrease in body weight (from 69.6 ± 7.3 Kg to 68.0 ± 7.5 Kg) and fat mass (from 5.3 ± 1.3 Kg to 3.4 ± 0.8 Kg p < 0.001) with a non-significant increase in muscle mass. Despite concerns of coaches and doctors about the possible detrimental effects of low carbohydrate diets on athletic performance and the well known importance of carbohydrates there are no data about VLCKD and strength performance. The undeniable and sudden effect of VLCKD on fat loss may be useful for those athletes who compete in sports based on weight class. We have demonstrated that using VLCKD for a relatively short time period (i.e. 30 days) can decrease body weight and body fat without negative effects on strength performance in high level athletes.

150 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the thermal and structural behavior of a biocomposite concrete, constituted by a mineral matrix (lime) with the addition of vegetal fibres (hemp), has been analyzed, with particular attention to the amount of fibres and its granulometry in the mixture.

150 citations


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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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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
2023147
2022384
20212,977
20202,753
20192,412
20182,250