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    Prevalence of cross-bite in a sample of Italian preschoolers

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    To clinically evaluate the prevalence of cross-bite in a sample of 1960 children in our Local Health Unit n. 15 Alta Padovana (Veneto region, Northeast Italy)

    Esophagovisceral anastomotic leak. A prospective statistical study of predisposing factors.

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    An esophagovisceral anastomotic leak is a life-threatening postoperative complication, especially in the mediastinum. Of the 242 patients who underwent intrathoracic esophagogastric anastomosis for esophageal carcinoma (182 patients) and adenocarcinoma of the cardia (60 patients) between January 1980 and June 1985, 14 (5.8%) had esophageal anastomotic leakage and two died (0.8%). Various clinical and biologic parameters and aspects of operative technique were studied prospectively and analyzed statistically to identify possible factors responsible for leaks. Both bivariate and multivariate statistical analysis with logistic regression showed that the following clinical and biologic factors do not influence anastomotic leakage: tumor stage, the curative or palliative purpose of resection, neoplastic permeation of anastomotic margins, total protein concentration below 5 gm/dl, albumin concentration below 3 gm/dl, patient's age, diabetes, high blood pressure, cirrhosis of the liver, and cardiac, respiratory, or renal diseases. Technical factors, on the contrary, were statistically significant and of great clinical importance: manual as opposed to mechanical suturing (chi 2 = 8.8, p = 0.013) and single-layer as opposed to double-layer suturing (chi 2 = 9.9, p = 0.043). The level of the anastomosis was found to be a further statistically significant factor: The incidence of leakage was greater when the anastomosis was located between the azygos vein and the lower pulmonary vein (chi 2 = 15.5, p = 0.004) than above the azygos vein or below the lower pulmonary vein

    STUDIO DI GIUNZIONI METALLO-COMPOSITO SOTTOPOSTE A CARICHI STATICI E DI FATICA

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    Obiettivo di questo studio è l’analisi delle giunzioni ibride metallo-composito realizzate con la tecnica co-cured, cioè incollando i materiali con la stessa resina adoperata per la manifattura del laminato composito. E’ stata studiata in particolare la giunzione fra alluminio e composito in fibra di vetro (Al/GFRP), accoppiamento che trova applicazioni in svariati ambiti del settore dei trasporti navali e terrestri. Sono stati analizzati giunti a semplice sovrapposizione (GSS) e a doppia sovrapposizione (GDS) sottoposti a carichi statici e di fatica. Tramite analisi numeriche FEM nonché prove sperimentali eseguite variando la lunghezza di sovrapposizione del giunto, si è indagato sul criterio più attendibile di previsione della rottura statica e del comportamento a fatica di tali giunzioni

    ANALISI STATICA E A FATICA DI GIUNZIONI IBRIDE CO-CURED METALLO COMPOSITO A SEMPLICE E A DOPPIA SOVRAPPOSIZIONE

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    Obiettivo di questo studio è l’analisi delle giunzioni ibride metallo-composito realizzate con la tecnica co-cured, cioè incollando i materiali con la stessa resina adoperata per la manifattura del laminato composito. E’ stata studiata in particolare la giunzione fra alluminio e laminato in fibra di vetro/resina epossidica (Al/GFRP), accoppiamento che trova applicazioni in svariati ambiti del settore trasporti. Le geometrie analizzate sono quella della giunzione a semplice sovrapposizione (Single Lap Joint) e a doppia sovrapposizione (Double Lap Joint), per confrontarne il diverso comportamento sotto l’applicazione di carichi monotoni e ripetuti ciclicamente. L’analisi è stata affrontata adoperando diverse metodologie e cercando di estrapolare un criterio valido per la previsione della vita di tali componenti. I metodi analitici e i metodi numerici (tramite gli Elementi Finiti) sono stati integrati al fine di confrontare lo stato tensionale in prossimità dei punti di attacco degli aderendi metallico e composito con dei valori limite individuati da diversi criteri di resistenza. I criteri utilizzati sono stati, in parte, mutuati dai criteri sulla resistenza dei materiali compositi (criterio di Tsai-Wu) e sulla resistenza dell’interfaccia (criterio di Ye), in parte sono stati messi a punto partendo dalla teoria della singolarità utilizzata nell’accoppiamento fra materiali diversi (criterio del fattore di intensificazione delle tensioni). I giunti sono stati testati sperimentalmente per carichi monotoni e per carichi di fatica: si è in particolare studiato l’effetto della lunghezza di sovrapposizione Ls fra gli aderendi. Dalle prove a fatica sono stati estratti i parametri caratteristici della legge di resistenza in funzione dei cicl

    PREDICTION OF THE FIRST VARICEAL HEMORRHAGE IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER AND ESOPHAGEAL VARICES

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    I.F.= 31.736 Abstract We conducted a prospective study of 321 patients with cirrhosis of the liver and esophageal varices with no history of bleeding to see whether a comprehensive analysis of their clinical features and of the endoscopic appearances of their varices could help to identify those at highest risk for bleeding. Varices were classified endoscopically as suggested by the Japanese Research Society for Portal Hypertension. Patients were followed for 1 to 38 months (median, 23), during which 85 patients (26.5 percent) bled. Multiple regression analysis (Cox's model) revealed that the risk of bleeding was significantly related to the patient's modified Child class (an index of liver dysfunction based on serum albumin concentration, bilirubin level, prothrombin time, and the presence of ascites and encephalopathy), the size of the varices, and the presence of red wale markings (longitudinal dilated venules resembling whip marks) on the varices. A prognostic index based on these variables was devised that enabled us to identify a subset of patients with a one-year incidence of bleeding exceeding 65 percent. The index was prospectively validated on an independent sample of 75 patients with varices and no history of bleeding. We conclude that our prognostic index, which identifies groups of patients with one-year probabilities of bleeding ranging from 6 to 76 percent, can be used to identify candidates for prophylactic treatment

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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