VENTURINI S.

Background: Hot flashes are frequent in postmenopausal breast cancer patients, especially when treated with tamoxifen. Estrogen replacement therapy is the most effective treatment for hot flashes, but its use is controversial in breast cancer survivors. Progestins may offer a good alternative for the control of hot flashes in this setting; in...

Recreational boating is an important economic activity that can also represent a powerful source of interference for biological communities. The monitoring of the recreational boating in all Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) within the Liguria region was conducted in the 2010 summer season and it allowed to obtain information not provided by any...

Two Pinna nobilis populations thriving inside the borders of the Portofino Marine Protected Area (MPA) (Ligurian Sea, western Mediterranean Sea) were monitored before (2012) and after (September 2018) a dire mass mortality event that, since September 2016, spread through the whole Mediterranean Sea. In Portofino MPA, recorded mortality rates...

Recreational boating is a significant nature-based activity, which is especially popular in the Mediterranean region. This study analyses this activity in the last decade in the Portofino MPA, a popular recreational boating area in the Ligurian Region (northwest of the Italian peninsula) in order to evaluate the maximum turnout and to provide...

The Italian neurologist Vincenzo Neri (1880–1960), a pupil of Joseph Babiński (1857–1932), greatly contributed to refining the semiotics of neurological examination and was a pioneer in medical cinematography. In 1909, Neri proposed a sign to diagnose leg paresis due to a pyramidal tract lesion. According to Neri, if a patient standing with the...

MACISTE-MPA is a information system for protected marine areas. As well as providing multidisciplinary management of environmental data (physical, chemical and biological) and specialised maps, it has an Impact section (fishing, pleasure craft, scubadiving, tourism). The output (reporting, maps, WMS WFS services, etc.) makes it possible to use...

Introduction: We report an unusual case of acute acquired toxoplasmosis (AAT) presenting as lymphadenopathy and recurrent seizures in an immunocompetent 15-year-old boy. Materials and methods: The patient reported an 18-day vacation to Africa (Ethiopia), 39 days prior to the first seizure. Electroencephalogram (EEG) showed sporadic single-spike...

Scuba diving has become an increasingly popular recreational activity, involving approximately 6 million active divers worldwide.The high frequency of diving can impact the benthic communities of marine protected areas (MPAs), possibly jeopardizing the beneficial effects of protection.The Portofino MPA, in the Ligurian Sea, is one of the main...