M. Milanesi, A. Barison, V. Positano, L. Marinelli, P. G. Masci, D. De Marchi, C. J. Hardy, T. K. Foo, L. Landini, and M. Lombardi MRI Laboratory, Fondazione “G. Monasterio” CNR – Regione Toscana, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Magnet Technology Center, Agilent Technologies UK Ltd, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy, General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, ...

This paper provides an overview of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), an on-going international comparative survey study of educational outcomes at age 15. PISA is sponsored by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and for the period 1998-2010 has been designed and implemented by a consortium led by the Australian Council for Educational Resea...

G. Apollinari, M. Barone, I. Fiori, P. Giromini, F. Happacher, S. Miscetti, A. Parri, and F. Ptohos* Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Frascati, Italy Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, University and Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, I-56100 Pisa, Italy (Received 10 August 2005; publi...

Dept. of Biology, Oncology and Genetics, Univ. Genova, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genova Italy Advanced Biotechnologies Center, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genova Italy Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. Pisa, Corso Italia 40, 56125 Pisa Italy National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova Italy Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Univ. Genova, Via Dodecaneso 35, ...

Andrea Rossi1*, Alberto Clemente2, Dante Chiappino2, Michele Emdin1, and Marcello Piacenti1 Invasive Cardiology Division, Arrhythmology Division, Fondazione Gabriele Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, via Giuseppe Moruzzi, Pisa 56124, Italy; and Radiology Division, Fondazione Gabriele Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Pisa, Italy * Corresponding author. Tel: +39 0503153219. E-mail address: andrea.ro...

Ying-Chang Liang,1 XiaodongWang,2 Yonghong Zeng,1 Jinho Choi,3 Rui Zhang,1 andMarco Luise4 1 Institute for Infocomm Research, A∗STAR, Singapore 138632 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA 3School of Engineering, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK 4Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Pisa, 56...

1 Department of Physiotherapy Basics, Academy School of Physical Education in Katowice, Mikolowska 72 Street, 40-065 Katowice, Poland 2Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Ziolowa 45 Street, 40-635 Katowice, Poland 3Department of Physical Therapy, Marquette University, Schroeder Complex 346, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA 4Department of Dermatolo...

1 ARTS Lab. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 33 56127 Pisa, Italy [email protected] 2 IMT Doctoral School in Biorobotics Science and Engineering Via San Micheletto, 3 55100 Lucca, Italy 3 CRIM Lab. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 33 56127 Pisa, Italy 4 CNRS UMR 7152 Collège de France Place Marcelin Berthelot, 11 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France

Phase invariant signature algorithm (PISA), a new noninvasive technique, was used in the detection and quantification of acid-induced myocardial damage in anesthetized dogs. The diagnostic capabilities of this method were compared with those of conventional electrocardiogram and biochemical markers, MB-creatine phosphokinase (MB-CPK) and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH1). Myocardial damage of varying...

OBJECTIVES To investigate a possible lasting impact of dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) exposure in neonatal life on mental capacities in later life. MATERIAL AND METHODS Relationships were evaluated by correlation and regression analysis between total DDT concentrations in human breast milk in the years of birth (1984/1985) and measurements of mental capacities obtained in pupils of th...