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Valutazione di metodi NIRS per la caratterizzazione rapida dei reflui a basso contenuto in sostanza secca
No full textMalattie batteriche: pasteurellosi aviari (Colera aviare, infezioni da O. rhinotracheale, infezione da R. anatipestifer)
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Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Valutazione rapida del grado di maturità tecnologica e fenolica del nebbiolo di Valtellina mediante spettroscopia FT-NIR
No full text"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
Evaluation of four NIR spectrometers in the analysis of cattle slurry
No full textThe composition of animal slurries is basic information required to arrange fertilisation plans that allow satisfactory crop yields and avoid environmental pollution. Slurry management based on measured composition data requires the development and adoption of analytical methods that are rapid, affordable and applicable directly in the field. NIR spectroscopy is a candidate technique for this application. In the present work, the performances of four NIR spectrometers, differing in optics, detectors and price, were investigated and compared: one FT-NIR and one dispersive benchtop instrument; a less expensive diode array dispersive instrument also suitable for online applications; and a low-cost interferometric portable instrument. Ninety-nine slurries, collected from livestock farms in Lombardy (Italy), were characterised using reference methods for dry matter (DM), ashes (ASH), total nitrogen (TKN), ammonium nitrogen (AN), organic nitrogen (ON), total carbon (TC) and total phosphorus (TP) content, and were used to investigate the performance of the four NIR spectrometers. The calibrations obtained from the two benchtop instruments for DM, ASH, TKN and TC were classified "useful" or "moderately useful", while for AN and TP they were "useful for screening purposes". The two portable instruments provided less accurate calibrations, with the exception of DM and TC which, in the case of the diode array instrument, performed similarly to the benchtop spectrometers. The higher resolution and, to a lesser degree, the wider spectral range of the two benchtop spectrometers contribute to explain their better calibration performances for TKN and AN
Atrial natriuretic peptide: A molecular target of novel therapeutic approaches to cardio-metabolic disease
No full textAtrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) is a cardiac hormone with pleiotropic cardiovascular and metabolic properties including vasodilation, natriuresis and suppression of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Moreover, ANP induces lipolysis, lipid oxidation, adipocyte browning and ameliorates insulin sensitivity. Studies on ANP genetic variants revealed that subjects with higher ANP plasma levels have lower cardio-metabolic risk. In vivo and in humans, augmenting the ANP pathway has been shown to exert cardiovascular therapeutic actions while ameliorating the metabolic profile. MANP is a novel designer ANP-based peptide with greater and more sustained biological actions than ANP in animal models. Recent studies also demonstrated that MANP lowers blood pressure and inhibits aldosterone in hypertensive subjects whereas cardiometabolic properties of MANP are currently tested in an on-going clinical study in hypertension and metabolic syndrome. Evidence from in vitro, in vivo and in human studies support the concept that ANP and related pathway represent an optimal target for a comprehensive approach to cardiometabolic disease
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