GIANT CELL ARTERITIS: THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO COLLABORATIVE REFERRAL CENTERS AND AN OVERVIEW OF DISEASE PATHOGENESIS AND THERAPEUTIC ADVANCEMENTS

Giant Cell Arteritis: The Experience of Two Collaborative Referral Centers and an Overview of Disease Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Advancements

Rosanna Dammacco,1 Giovanni Alessio,1 Ermete Giancipoli,2 Patrizia Leone,3 Anna Cirulli,3 Leonardo Resta,4 Angelo Vacca,3 Franco Dammacco3 1Department of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Medical School, Bari, Italy; 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, Trims Ophthalmology Unit, University of Sassari, Sassar

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Experimental Determination of the Static Equivalent Pressures of Detonative Explosions of Cyclohexane/O2/N2-Mixtures in Long and Short Pipes (part 1of 3)

In the past 5 years the Safety Engineering Group of BASF had determined the static equivalent pressures (pstata) of the eight detonative pressure scenarios which explosive gas mixtures can exhibit in long and in short pipes.More precisely, for different combustibles the pstat-values of Quick connect the corresponding ternary mixtures combustible/O2

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Extracting individual characteristics from population data reveals a negative social effect during honeybee defence

Honeybees protect their colony against vertebrates by mass stinging and they coordinate their actions during this crucial event thanks to an alarm pheromone carried directly on the stinger, which is therefore released upon stinging.The pheromone then recruits nearby bees so that more and more bees participate in the defence.However, a quantitative

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Acute aluminium phosphide poisoning, what is new?

Aluminium phosphide (AlP) is a cheap solid fumigant and a highly toxic pesticide that is commonly used for grain preservation.AlP has currently generated interest with increasing number of cases in the past four decades because of its increased Door Closer use for agricultural and nonagricultural purposes, and also its easy availability in the mark

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