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The First Insubria Autumn School on Neuroimmunopharmacology: Challenging Paradigms Beyond Boundaries
No full textThis issue of the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology is dedicated, in part, to the proceedings of the First Insubria Autumn School on Neuroimmunopharmacology, organized by Marco Cosentino, Georges J.M. Maestroni, Franca Marino (University of Insubria, Varese, Italy), Manfred Schedlowsky (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) and Rainer H. Straub (University of Regensburg, Germany), which took place in November 2011 in Varese, Italy. The School was attended by 50 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in medical and biological disciplines from 16 european universities and 25 faculties/departments
The Second Insubria Autumn School on Neuroimmune Pharmacology: Repurposing Established Drugs for Novel Indications
No full textThe Second Insubria Autumn School on Neuroimmune Pharmacology was held at the University of Insubria in Varese (Italy) in November 16th–20th 2015, under the auspices of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology, the Italian Society of Pharmacology, and the Italian Association for Neuroimmunology. The School was dedicated to the repurposing of established drugs for novel indications, considering the enormous opportunities for drug repositioning provided by the prominent innovative and interdisciplinary approaches peculiar to neuroimmune pharmacology. More than 40 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from 12 european universities, research institutes and hospitals attended the School, and lectures were given by 20 internationally acknowledged experts in the fields of basic and clinical neurosciences, immunology, and pharmacology. A poster session provided young researchers the opportunity to present their results, and the best poster was given the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology Young Investigator Award
Climatic and anthropogenic forcing of prehistorical vegetation succession and fire dynamics in the Lago di Como area (N-Italy, Insubria)
No full textCombined pollen, charcoal and modeling evidence from the Insubria Region suggests that fire was a
major driver of late Holocene vegetation change. However, the extent and timing of fire response dynamics
are not clear yet. We use lacustrine sediments from Lago di Como (N-Italy, S-Alps) to assess if the
reconstructed vegetation and fire dynamics were relevant at large scales and if they coincided in time
with those observed at smaller sites. The lake, due to its size (142 km2) and economic potential, was very
attractive for early land use and human presence in this area is well documented since ca. 10,000 yrs ago
(Mesolithic). We used pollen, plant macrofossils and charcoal to reconstruct the vegetation composition
and fire activity. During the Younger Dryas and the Early Holocene until ca. 8000 cal BP natural dynamics
prevailed. Subsequently, land use and slash-and-burn activities increased at the Mesolithic-Neolithic
transition and became widespread around ca. 6500 cal BP. Microscopic charcoal and numerical analyses
demonstrate that anthropogenic fires had a determinant influence on long-term vegetation dynamics at
regional scales in Insubria. Microscopic charcoal and pollen and spores indicative of land use show that
human pressure intensified after ca. 5300 cal yr BP and even more since ca. 4300 cal yr BP. Our results
suggest that important species which disappeared or were strongly reduced by land use and fire (e.g.
Abies alba, Tilia, Ulmus) will potentially reestablish in the Lago di Como area and elsewhere in Insubria, if
land abandonment initiated in the 1950s will continue
Circulating Cell-free DNA as a Possible Tumor Marker and Prognostic Factor in Colorectal Cancer
No full textCorresponding author: Stefano Rausei, MD, Department of Surgery ? University of Insubria, Viale L. Borri 57, 21100 ? Varese, Italy. Tel. +39.332.393229; fax +39.332.260260. . No abstract is available. To read the body of this article, please view the Full Text online
Is Node Ratio Superior to Numeric Criterion in Evaluating Lymph Node Involvement in Gastric Cancer?
No full textIs node ratio superior to numeric criterion in evaluating lymph node involvement in gastric cancer? . Corresponding author: Stefano Rausei, MD, Department of Surgery ? University of Insubria Viale L. Borri 57, 21100 ? Varese, Italy. Tel. +39.332.393229; Fax +39.332.260260
The importance of sustainability in the marketing and merchandising strategies for Italian students: the case of the University of Insubria
No full textThe importance of sustainability is an overall aspect of everyday life, even at an academic level. It is no longer just a research topic, but it can be found at a practical, theoretical, social, and promotional level in our society. Knowledge of the sustainability issues should be considered by all the actors involved, especially in the younger age groups.
This paper aims to understand the importance of numerous facets of sustainability and the circular economy in the academic field through a questionnaire distributed to students at the University of Insubria. After a brief theoretical framework related to the link between university, sustainability, and merchandising, the core part of the paper is focused on a survey. Administered in the summer of 2022, the survey aims to understand the major occurrences of these issues for respondents, checking their propensity for sustainability,
knowledge of the circular economy, and the role of sustainable merchandising. To
conclude, a statistical analysis of these elements is carried out to understand the overall
level of importance and knowledge and to verify if there are gender difference
Un tracciatore a fibre scintillanti per monitoring e tracking di fasci di alta intensità
No full textScintillating fiber detectors are widely used in high energy physics for their excellent characteristics in terms of fast response that makes them ideal for monitoring and triggering in a wide range of intensities. A coarse but fast monitoring/tracking system based on scintillating fibers has been built during the “Laboratorio di Fisica IV” course at the Insubria University dedicated to particle and nuclear physics. The detector consists of two modules placed at a distance of 20 cm; each module contains two layers of 1 mm diameter scintillating fibers organized in a x-y way. Each layer features 128 fibers organized in a doublet ribbon geometry to reduce the dead zones and improve the spatial resolution. The fibers are connected to one multi anode photomultiplier per layer through two different coupling masks and the electronics is based on the VA64TAP2.1 and LS64_2 ASICs (from Gamma - Medica IDEAS) and standard VME boards. This thesis work deals with the construction and the commissioning of the detector and the analysis of the experimental data. The tracker has been characterized at the Beam Test Facility (BTF) of the Frascati INFN National Laboratories (LNF) and has also been used, together with a high precision tracking system based on microstrip silicon detectors, at the CERN H8 SPS beam line to study the channeling and volume reflection effects of a bent silicon crystal
Neuroimmune Pharmacology: An Emerging Discipline for the Italian Society of Pharmacology
No full textThe present issue of the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology (JNIP) contains abstracts for the Italian neuroimmune pharmacology (INIP) conference sponsored by SIF-Italian Society of Pharmacology ( http://www.sifweb.org/ ) scheduled for November 15th-16th 2013 at the University of Insubria of Varese (I). Beginning in 2010, the Italian Society of Pharmacology has supported conferences dedicated to relevant and timely topics of interest to young investigators engaged in pharmacology and therapeutic research. Our November 2013 is the first INIP conference, and it is organized through the Center for Research in Medical Pharmacology of the University of Insubria
International Statement on the Freedom of Expression, and the Freedoms to Publish and Read
No full textQuesta dichiarazione è stata preparata dall'IFLA, the International Publishers' Association, dall'International Authors' Forum, PEN International e dalla European and International Booksellers' Federation
International Statement on the Freedom of Expression, and the Freedoms to Publish and Read
No full textQuesta dichiarazione è stata preparata dall'IFLA, the International Publishers' Association, dall'International Authors' Forum, PEN International e dalla European and International Booksellers' Federation
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