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The effect of Public Health/Pediatric Obesity interventions on socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity: A scoping review

Francesco Venturelli, Francesca Ferrari, Serena Broccoli, Laura Bonvicini, more

Childhood obesity has a strong social gradient. This scoping review aims to synthesize the evidence on the impact on inequalities of non‐targeted interventions to reduce the prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity in high‐income countries. We updated a review by Hillier‐Brown, searching up to 31 December 2017 on MEDLINE, Embase, The Cochrane Library, CINAHL, and PsycINFO, with no limitations...

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3d modularity

Miranda C.N. Cheng, Sungbong Chun, Francesca Ferrari, Sergei Gukov, more

Journal of High Energy Physics > 2019 > 2019 > 10 > 1-95

Abstract We find and propose an explanation for a large variety of modularity-related symmetries in problems of 3-manifold topology and physics of 3d N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 2 theories where such structures a priori are not manifest. These modular structures include: mock modular forms, SL(2,ℤ) Weil representations, quantum modular forms, non-semisimple modular tensor categories, and chiral algebras...

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Analysis of LPI-causing mutations on y+LAT1 function and localization

Bianca Maria Rotoli, Amelia Barilli, Filippo Ingoglia, Rossana Visigalli, more

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases > 2019 > 14 > 1 > 1-10

Background y+LAT1, encoded by SCL7A7, is the protein mutated in Lysinuric Protein Intolerance (LPI), a rare metabolic disease caused by a defective cationic amino acid (CAA, arginine, lysine, ornithine) transport at the basolateral membrane of intestinal and renal tubular cells. The disease is characterized by protein-rich food intolerance with secondary urea cycle disorder, but symptoms are heterogeneous...

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The preload force affects the perception threshold of muscle vibration-induced movement illusions

Francesca Ferrari, Francesco Clemente, Christian Cipriani

Experimental Brain Research > 2019 > 237 > 1 > 111-120

The control and the execution of motor tasks are largely influenced by proprioceptive feedback, i.e. the information about the position and movement of the body. In 1972, it was discovered that a vibratory stimulation applied non-invasively to a muscle or a tendon induces a movement illusion consistent with the elongation of the vibrated muscle/tendon. Although this phenomenon was reported by several...

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Use of cardanol derivatives as plasticizers for PVC

Antonio Greco, Francesca Ferrari, Roberta Del Sole, Alfonso Maffezzoli

Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology > 24 > S1 > E62 - E70

This work is aimed to study the suitability of cardanol derivatives as plasticizers for poly(vinyl chloride), (PVC). The plasticizers are obtained by chemical modification of cardanol, a natural, renewable resource, obtained as a by‐product of the cashew nut shell industry. Due to the choice of environmentally friendly chemical modification routes, partial conversion of cardanol to the target compounds...

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Thermal analysis of self-healing thermoplastic matrix nanocomposite from cyclic butylene terephthalate

Francesca Ferrari, Antonio Greco

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry > 2018 > 134 > 1 > 567-574

This work is aimed to the development of a self-healing thermoplastic matrix nanocomposite, obtained through the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate (CBT) to polybutylene terephthalate (pCBT); a partial polymerization allows obtaining a mixture of CBT and pCBT, being the two materials characterized by a difference in the melting temperature of about 80 °C. Healing of the material...

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Thermal analysis of poly(lactic acid) plasticized by cardanol derivatives

Antonio Greco, Francesca Ferrari, Alfonso Maffezzoli

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry > 2018 > 134 > 1 > 559-565

This work is aimed to study the suitability of cardanol and its derivatives as plasticizers for poly(lactic acid), PLA. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to assess the plasticizing effectiveness of cardanol (CARD) and its derivatives, cardanol acetate and epoxidated cardanol acetate, comparing the results with those obtained with a commercially available plasticizer, poly (ethylene...

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UV and thermal stability of soft PVC plasticized with cardanol derivatives

Antonio Greco, Francesca Ferrari, Alfonso Maffezzoli

Journal of Cleaner Production > 2017 > 164 > C > 757-764

This work is aimed to the study of the thermal and UV stability of Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) plasticized by cardanol derivatives. To this purpose, soft PVC obtained by cardanol derivatives, as well as by commercial plasticizers, were subjected to different sources of degradation, i.e. thermal treatments and UV weathering, and characterized by means of the tensile tests. Analysis of variance (ANOVA)...

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Mixed Rademacher and BPS black holes

Francesca Ferrari, Valentin Reys

Journal of High Energy Physics > 2017 > 2017 > 7 > 1-36

Abstract Dyonic 1/4-BPS states in Type IIB string theory compactified on K3 × T² are counted by meromorphic Jacobi forms. The finite parts of these functions, which are mixed mock Jacobi forms, account for the degeneracy of states stable throughout the moduli space of the compactification. In this paper, we obtain an exact asymptotic expansion for their Fourier coefficients, refining the Hardy-Ramanujan-Littlewood...

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Lifestyle-tailored interventions for South Asians with type 2 diabetes living in high-income countries: a systematic review

Paola Ballotari, Francesca Ferrari, Luciana Ballini, Antonio Chiarenza, more

Acta Diabetologica > 2017 > 54 > 8 > 785-794

Aim To summarize evidence on the effectiveness of educational interventions for type 2 diabetes control in South Asians living in high-income countries. Methods We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cinahl and the Cochrane Library, using Medical Subject Heading and free-text terms. The considered outcomes were: mortality, morbidity, glycaemic control, blood pressure, practice (diet, physical...

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Application of variable parking pricing techniques to innovate parking strategies. The case study of Brescia

Giulio Maternini, Francesca Ferrari, Amela Guga

Case Studies on Transport Policy > 2017 > 5 > 2 > 425-437

In the last few years in large and medium-sized Italian cities, the motorization index experienced a small reduction compared to its continuous growth in the previous decades for the first time. Furthermore, at the same time, many cities (both Italian and foreign) have set the improvement of public spaces as one of the main objectives of their urban planning strategies, such as removing “on-street”...

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Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds and symmetries of K3 CFTs

Miranda C.N. Cheng, Francesca Ferrari, Sarah M. Harrison, Natalie M. Paquette

Journal of High Energy Physics > 2017 > 2017 > 1 > 1-49

Abstract Recent developments in the study of the moonshine phenomenon, including umbral and Conway moonshine, suggest that it may play an important role in encoding the action of finite symmetry groups on the BPS spectrum of K3 string theory. To test and clarify these proposed K3-moonshine connections, we study Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds that flow to conformal field theories in the moduli space of...

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Polymerase ε (POLE) ultra-mutation in uterine tumors correlates with T lymphocyte infiltration and increased resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy in vitro

Stefania Bellone, Eliana Bignotti, Silvia Lonardi, Francesca Ferrari, more

Gynecologic Oncology > 2017 > 144 > 1 > 146-152

Up to 12% of all endometrial-carcinomas (EC) harbor DNA-polymerase-ε-(POLE) mutations. It is currently unknown whether the favorable prognosis of POLE-mutated EC is derived from their low metastatic capability, extraordinary number of somatic mutations thus imparting immunogenicity, or a high sensitivity to chemotherapy.Polymerase-chain-reaction-amplification and Sanger-sequencing were used to test...

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106: Does maternal treatment of metabolic syndrome with inositol improve vascular function in their adult offspring?

Monica Longo, Mesk Alrais, Esther H. Tamayo, Alejandra E. Ontiveros, more

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology > 2017 > 216 > 1(S) > S75-S76

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541: Investigating the mechanisms leading to improved metabolic profile by inositol in pregnancy complicated by metabolic syndrome

Monica Longo, Arun Mani, Fangxian Lu, Francesca Ferrari, more

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology > 2017 > 216 > 1(S) > S319-S320

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Effect of the epoxidation yield of a cardanol derivative on the plasticization and durability of soft PVC

Antonio Greco, Francesca Ferrari, Alfonso Maffezzoli

Polymer Degradation and Stability > 2016 > 134 > C > 220-226

This work is aimed to the development and property optimization of cardanol derived plasticizers. To this purpose, different plasticizers were produced though different epoxidation routes, characterized by low toxicological and environmental impact. The plasticizers are characterized by different yield of epoxidation of the alkyl chain double bonds. The properties of the cardanol derived plasticizers...

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The effect of combined inositol supplementation on maternal metabolic profile in pregnancies complicated by metabolic syndrome and obesity

Francesca Ferrari, Fabio Facchinetti, Alejandra E. Ontiveros, Robyn P. Roberts, more

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology > 2016 > 215 > 4 > 503.e1-503.e8

Myoinositol and D-chiroinositol improve insulin resistance in women with obesity and gestational diabetes and in postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome. We previously reported that offspring born to hypertensive dams lacking endothelial nitric oxide synthase and fed a high-fat diet develop metabolic-like syndrome phenotype.The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of a mixture...

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Sildenafil treatment in a nonsevere hypertensive murine model lowers blood pressure without reducing fetal growth

Robyn P. Roberts, Jerrie S. Refuerzo, Francesca Ferrari, Alejandra E. Ontiveros, more

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology > 2016 > 215 > 3 > 386.e1-386.e8

Treatment of nonsevere hypertension during pregnancy is controversial. Sildenafil is a phosphodiesterase inhibitor that potentiates nitric oxide by promoting vasodilation. Nitric oxide plays a vital role in mediating the vascular adaptations during pregnancy.The objective of the study was to determine whether treatment with sildenafil during pregnancy would lower maternal systolic blood pressure without...

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69: Maternal inositol supplementation improves metabolic profile and blood pressure in pregnancies complicated by metabolic syndrome

Francesca Ferrari, Fabio Facchinetti, Robyn P. Roberts, Yongsheng Lan, more

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology > 2016 > 214 > 1 Supplement > S49-S50

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31: Maternal treatment with sildenafil in a non-severe hypertensive murine model lowers maternal blood pressure without reducing fetal growth

Robyn P. Roberts, Jerrie S. Refuerzo, Francesca Ferrari, Catherine C. Moody, more

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology > 2016 > 214 > 1 Supplement > S23

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The effect of Public Health/Pediatric Obesity interventions on socioeconomic inequalities in childhood obesity: A scoping review

3d modularity

Analysis of LPI-causing mutations on y+LAT1 function and localization

The preload force affects the perception threshold of muscle vibration-induced movement illusions

Use of cardanol derivatives as plasticizers for PVC

Thermal analysis of self-healing thermoplastic matrix nanocomposite from cyclic butylene terephthalate

Thermal analysis of poly(lactic acid) plasticized by cardanol derivatives

UV and thermal stability of soft PVC plasticized with cardanol derivatives

Mixed Rademacher and BPS black holes

Lifestyle-tailored interventions for South Asians with type 2 diabetes living in high-income countries: a systematic review

Application of variable parking pricing techniques to innovate parking strategies. The case study of Brescia

Landau-Ginzburg orbifolds and symmetries of K3 CFTs

Polymerase ε (POLE) ultra-mutation in uterine tumors correlates with T lymphocyte infiltration and increased resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy in vitro

106: Does maternal treatment of metabolic syndrome with inositol improve vascular function in their adult offspring?

541: Investigating the mechanisms leading to improved metabolic profile by inositol in pregnancy complicated by metabolic syndrome

Effect of the epoxidation yield of a cardanol derivative on the plasticization and durability of soft PVC

The effect of combined inositol supplementation on maternal metabolic profile in pregnancies complicated by metabolic syndrome and obesity

Sildenafil treatment in a nonsevere hypertensive murine model lowers blood pressure without reducing fetal growth

69: Maternal inositol supplementation improves metabolic profile and blood pressure in pregnancies complicated by metabolic syndrome

31: Maternal treatment with sildenafil in a non-severe hypertensive murine model lowers maternal blood pressure without reducing fetal growth

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