S. FEDELE, G. FRICCHIONE, S.R. PORTER and M.D. MIGNOGNA From the Division of Oral Medicine, Department of Odontostomatological and Maxillofacial Sciences, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy, Oral Medicine Unit, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic, Medical and Surgical Sciences, Eastman Dental Institute, University College of London, London, UK, and Massachusetts General Hospital...

Elvira Grandone1, Donatella Colaizzo1, Giovanni L. Tiscia1, PatriziaVergura1, Elena Chinni2, Luigi Iannaccone3, Iole Antinolfi3, Maria A. Guardascione4, Maurizio Margaglione1,2 1Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit, I.R.C. C.S. Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, S. Giovanni R (FG) and 2Medical Genetics, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy; 3Thrombosis and Haemostasis Centre, Cardarelli Hospital, Na...

This document is a short report of the activities carried out by the computing centre of INFN, INFM and Dept. of Physics at University of Naples “Federico II”, concerning the installation, management and usage of HPC Linux clusters running (open)Mosix [1][2]. These activities started on small clusters, running a local copy of the operating system and evolved through the years to a configuration...

L. Pecchia1,2; P. A. Bath2; N. Pendleton3; M. Bracale1 1 Department of Biomedical, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy; 2 Health Informatics Research Group and Centre for Health Information Management Research (CHIMR), Information School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom; 3 School of Translational Medicine, University o...

Antonio Coppola1; Ciro De Simone1; Mirko Di Capua1; Antonella Tufano1; Ernesto Cimino1; Paolo Conca1; Anna Guida1; Carmine Morisco2; Giovanni Di Minno1 1Regional Reference Centre for Coagulation Disorders, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Naples, Italy; 2Coronary Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Federico II University,...

During September 1884, Naples was afflicted by its worst outbreak of cholera since 1837. "The immediate impression" Frank Snowden remarks, "was that all of Naples was dying" (p. 106). The sheer number of cases and the speed with which the epidemic struck spread fear and hysteria among those inhabitants, mostly the poorest, who were unable to flee the city. This experience of cholera set Naples ...

RESEARCH ARTICLE In vitro Evaluation of the Marginal Fit and Internal Adaptation of Zirconia and Lithium Disilicate Single Crowns: Micro-CT Comparison Between Different Manufacturing Procedures Francesco Riccitiello, Massimo Amato, Renato Leone, Gianrico Spagnuolo # and Roberto Sorrentino Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University “Federico II” of Na...

TINA IACHINI*, LUIGI MAFFEI, FRANCESCO RUOTOLO, VINCENZO PAOLO SENESE, GENNARO RUGGIERO, MASSIMILIANO MASULLO and NATALIA ALEKSEEVA Department of Psychology, Laboratory of Cognitive Science and Immersive Virtual Reality, Second University of Naples, via Vivaldi, 81100 Caserta, Italy Built Environment Control laboratory R.I.A.S., Second University of Naples, via San Lorenzo, 81031 Aversa (CE), I...

1 Laboratório de Genética, Instituto Butantan, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde, Avenida Vital Brasil, 1500 Butantã, 05503-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2 Department of Biology, Naples University Federico II, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy 3 Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) disease is carried through inflammatory and degenerative stages. Based on clinical feaures, it can be subdivided into three groups: relapsing-remitting MS, secondary progressive MS, and primary progressive MS. Multiple sclerosis has a multifactorial etiology with an interplay of genetic predisposition, environmental factors, and autoimmune inflammatory mechanism in which...