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Improved Survival With Automated External Defibrillator‐Only Training in a Public‐Access Defibrillation Program: A 23‐Year Database Analysis of Progetto Vita Open

Daniela Aschieri, S Bricoli, Luca Rossi, Stefano Ferraro, Maria Giulia Bolognesi , et al. · 2025

Background Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest remains a significant public health challenge, characterized by poor overall survival. Early defibrillation is crucial to manage fatal arrhythmias. The use of automated external defibrillators is a…

Representing Positional Information in Generative World Models for Object Manipulation Open

Stefano Ferraro, Pietro Mazzaglia, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt, Sai Rajeswar · 2025

Object manipulation capabilities are essential skills that set apart embodied agents engaging with the world, especially in the realm of robotics. The ability to predict outcomes of interactions with objects is paramount in this setting. A…

Advancing Heart Failure Care: Breakthroughs and Emerging Strategies Open

Andrea Tedeschi, Federico Barocelli, Luigi Gerra, F Breviario, Matteo Palazzini , et al. · 2025

Heart failure represents a complex clinical syndrome characterized by progressive ventricular dysfunction, systemic congestion, and high mortality despite significant advances in pharmacological and device-based therapy. This review explor…

Towards an easy production of novel pyoverdines by an antarctic Pseudomonas strain: a spectroscopic and HPLC-MS/MS characterization study Open

Marco Zannotti, M. Sessa, Maria Chiara Biondini, Alberto Vassallo, Stefano Ferraro , et al. · 2025

Bacterial secondary metabolites are fundamental molecules not only in several microbial processes, but also in various sectors of today's economy, especially in human health and agriculture. Siderophores are important secondary metabolites…

Silver nanoparticles-anchored reduced graphene oxide obtained by orange peel extract-mediated synthesis for visible light photodegradation of organic dye Open

Sara Piras, Marco Zannotti, Diego Appignanesi, Stefano Ferraro, Marco Minicucci , et al. · 2025

Orange peel extract, as green alternative to the traditional chemicals, was applied as reducing agent for the preparation of photoactive material (OPE-rGO@AgNPs) composed by silver nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide, starting from si…

Chemical Characterization of Hot Trub and Residual Yeast: Exploring Beer By-Products for Future Sustainable Agricultural Applications Open

Laura Alessandroni, Riccardo Marconi, Marco Zannotti, Stefano Ferraro, Tereza Dolezalova , et al. · 2025

Three types of solid waste are produced during beer fermentation: spent grain, hot trub, and residual yeast. While the first is used as livestock feed, the seconds has not yet found any real reapplication in the field of circular economy. …

FOCUS: object-centric world models for robotic manipulation Open

Stefano Ferraro, Pietro Mazzaglia, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt · 2025

Understanding the world in terms of objects and the possible interactions with them is an important cognitive ability. However, current world models adopted in reinforcement learning typically lack this structure and represent the world st…

Milk Yield, Major Milk Components and Macro Minerals in Blood Serum of Lactating Donkeys, as Affected by Dietary Trace Element Supplementation and Stage of Lactation Open

Francesco Fantuz, Luca Todini, Elisabetta Salimei, Antonella Fatica, Pierluigi Mariani , et al. · 2025

The aim of this experiment was to test the effects of both dietary trace element supplementation and the stage of lactation on the milk yield per milking and the major milk components, as well as the blood concentrations of total Ca, P, Mg…

Asbestos Deaths: Sustainability Against Social Justice Open

Stefano Ferraro · 2024

This paper aims to analyze the contradictions between sustainability and social justice by examining the deaths caused by asbestos processing and the resulting environmental disasters in affected areas. In the first part, the author explor…

Representing Positional Information in Generative World Models for Object Manipulation Open

Stefano Ferraro, Pietro Mazzaglia, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt, Sai Rajeswar · 2024

Object manipulation capabilities are essential skills that set apart embodied agents engaging with the world, especially in the realm of robotics. The ability to predict outcomes of interactions with objects is paramount in this setting. W…

TELEMONITORING IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEART FAILURE: EXPERIENCE FROM THE TELECUORE PROJECT IN PIACENZA Open

Paola Novara, Benedetta Matrone, Francesco Di Spigno, Andrea Tedeschi, C Sticozzi , et al. · 2024

Background Starting from February 2023, the Piacenza’s Hospital has approved the use of a cardiological telemonitoring system called ‘TeleCuore’ project. This system, through the monitoring of various vital parameters which are frequently …

A case of cardiotoxicity following intramuscular injection of tropicamide and phenylephrine ophthalmic solution in a drug-addicted young woman Open

Antonio Agosti, Andrea Vercelli, Elena Demichele, Francesco Mariani, A Biagi , et al. · 2023

We report the case of a 40-year-old woman with a history of an opioid use disorder who presented to our emergency department complaining of palpitations, chest pain, and headache after the intramuscular injection of an ophthalmic solution …

FOCUS: Object-Centric World Models for Robotics Manipulation Open

Stefano Ferraro, Pietro Mazzaglia, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt · 2023

Understanding the world in terms of objects and the possible interplays with them is an important cognition ability, especially in robotics manipulation, where many tasks require robot-object interactions. However, learning such a structur…

Sonidegib induced rhabdomyolysis in kidney transplant patient: a case report Open

Sonila Mocka, Stefano Ferraro, Michela Ardini, Michele Marchini, Laura Panaro , et al. · 2023

Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) have a higher risk of developing malignancies compared to the general population, due to the immunosuppressive regimens which can promote the oncogenesis process. The incidence of de novo non-melanoma ski…

P252 THE TREATMENT WITH BETA–BLOCKERS AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION WITHOUT REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION (REBOOT) TRIAL, 2023 UPDATES Open

Matteo Bianco, Maurizio Lazzero, Nicolò M. Agnelli, Lidia Staszewsky, V Pellizzoni , et al. · 2023

Introduction The role of beta blockers (BB) post–myocardial infarction (MI) in patients without reduced ejection fraction in the era of invasive management is controversial results from observational studies have led to opposite results. M…

P370 INCIDENCE AND MAIN CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MYOCARDITIS IN PIACENZA PROVINCE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS Open

N De Santis, S Bricoli, Andrea Caraffini, Elisa Canu, Francesco Del Giudice , et al. · 2023

Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of cardiac muscle caused by a variety of etiologies, myocardial involvement and clinical presentations ranging from chest pain to extreme conditions such as cardiogenic shock or death. The variability…

C76 FINDING OF MYOCARDIAL CRYPTS IN SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST PATIENTS: TWO CASE REPORT Open

A Caraffini, S Bricoli, Elisa Canu, N De Santis, V Pelizzoni , et al. · 2023

Left ventricular myocardial crypts are definined as deep blood–filled invaginations trasversing > 50% of the myocardial wall and are located predominantly at the mid–basal segment of inferoseptal wall or at the apical segment. To date t…

P260 INCIDENCE, CHARACTERISTICS, AND OUTCOMES OF OUT–OF–HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST DUE TO VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION IN THE GENERAL POPULATION: DATA FROM A SINGLE–CENTER LONG–TERM REGISTRY Open

S Bricoli, Massimo Bolognesi, V Pelizzoni, A Biagi, Luca Rossi , et al. · 2023

Out–of–hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health problem, and ventricular fibrillation (VF) is the most frequently encountered initial rhythm when cardiac disease is the cause of the arrest. It can be treated with successful …

P388 OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST ( OHCA) OUTCOME : ARE THERE GENDER DIFFERENCE ? Open

Massimo Bolognesi, S Bricoli, V Pelizzoni, Luca Rossi, A Biagi , et al. · 2023

Background Sudden cardiac death ( SCD) from cardiac arrest ( SCA) represents 25% out of all deaths. Despite the advance in resuscitation and prevention of SCA, out of hospital arrest ( OHCA) accounts only a 10 % of survival . Coronary arte…

P494 FRAILTY INFLUENCE ON PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OUTCOMES IN POST–CARDIAC SURGERY PATIENTS CARDIAC REHABILITATION, A SINGLE CENTER STUDY Open

G Q Villani, Daniela Aschieri, G. Bolognesi, Stefano Ferraro, M Pisati , et al. · 2023

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a clinically and cost–effective intervention in post–cardiac surgery patients (PCSp). However the influence of patients frailty on clinical and psychological outcomes in these patients are not well–known. The…

Water Decontamination from Cr(VI) by Transparent Silica Xerogel Monolith Open

Marco Zannotti, Andrea Rossi, Marco Minicucci, Stefano Ferraro, Laura Petetta , et al. · 2023

Cr(VI) is highly soluble and mobile in water solution and extremely toxic. In order to obtain a specific material with adsorption properties towards Cr(VI), and that can be used in environmental remediation of water contaminated with Cr(VI…

Evaluation of Physicochemical and Microbial Properties of Extracts from Wine Lees Waste of Matelica’s Verdicchio and Their Applications in Novel Cosmetic Products Open

Lucrezia Di Nicolantonio, Marta Ferrati, Maria Cristino, Dolores Vargas Peregrina, Marco Zannotti , et al. · 2023

Wine lees are sediments deposited on the walls and bottom of barrels resulting from wine fermentation and mainly consist of yeasts. Saccharomyces cerevisiae extracts, rich in beneficial components for the skin, have already been used in co…

Air pollution and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest risk Open

Luca Moderato, Daniela Aschieri, Davide Lazzeroni, Luca Rossi, S Bricoli , et al. · 2023

Background Globally nearly 20% of cardiovascular disease deaths were attributable to air pollution. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) represents a major public health problem, therefore, the identification of novel OHCA triggers is of …

Object-Centric Scene Representations using Active Inference Open

Toon Van de Maele, Tim Verbelen, Pietro Mazzaglia, Stefano Ferraro, Bart Dhoedt · 2023

Representing a scene and its constituent objects from raw sensory data is a core ability for enabling robots to interact with their environment. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for scene understanding, leveraging a hierarchical …

Successful Extracorporeal Blood Purification Therapy Using Double Haemoadsorption Device in Severe Endotoxin Septic Shock: A Case Report Open

Stefano Ferraro, Stefania Bianzina, Sonila Mocka, Francesca Cappadona, Giovanni Traverso , et al. · 2022

Introduction In patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), sepsis can lead to acute kidney injury (AKI), which may require the initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in 15-20% of cases. There is no consensus abo…

Disentangling Shape and Pose for Object-Centric Deep Active Inference Models Open

Stefano Ferraro, Toon Van de Maele, Pietro Mazzaglia, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt · 2022

Active inference is a first principles approach for understanding the brain in particular, and sentient agents in general, with the single imperative of minimizing free energy. As such, it provides a computational account for modelling art…

Macro Minerals and Trace Elements in Milk of Dairy Buffaloes and Cows Reared in Mediterranean Areas Open

Francesco Fantuz, Luca Todini, Stefano Ferraro, Antonella Fatica, Fausto Marcantoni , et al. · 2022

Aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in Ca, P, K, Na, Mg, Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Se, Mo, Co, Li, B, Ti, Rb, and Sr concentrations in milk from buffaloes and cows reared in the same farm in Mediterranean areas and fed diets including …

Distribution of selected trace elements in the major fractions of donkey milk Open

Francesco Fantuz, Stefano Ferraro, Luca Todini, Roberto Spurio, Antonella Fatica , et al. · 2022

The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentrations of Zn, Cu, Mn, Se, Mo, Co, Li, B, Ti, Cr, Rb, Sr, Cd, and Pb in donkey milk and their distribution in major milk fractions (i.e., fat, casein, whey proteins, and aqueous phase). Indi…

Rationale and design of the pragmatic clinical trial tREatment with Beta-blockers after myOcardial infarction withOut reduced ejection fracTion (REBOOT) Open

Xavier Rosselló, Sergio Raposeiras‐Roubín, Roberto Latini, Alberto Domínguez‐Rodríguez, José A. Barrabés , et al. · 2021

Aims There is a lack of evidence regarding the benefits of β-blocker treatment after invasively managed acute myocardial infarction (MI) without reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Methods and results The tREatment with Beta…

A virtual reality study on postretrieval extinction of smoking memory reconsolidation in smokers Open

Thomas Zandonai, Giulia Benvegnù, Francesco Tommasi, Elisa Ferrandi, Elettra Libener , et al. · 2021

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