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1. Coupling magnetic levitation of graphene oxide–protein complexes with blood levels of glucose for early detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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Erica Quagliarini, Damiano Caputo, Roberto Cammarata, Giulio Caracciolo, and Daniela Pozzi

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Pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Early detection, Nanoparticles, Nanoparticle-enabled blood tests, Hyperglycemia, Triglycerides, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Introduction Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a poor prognosis since often diagnosed too late. Dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia are considered risk factors, but the presence of the tumor itself can determine the onset of these disorders. Therefore, it is not easy to predict which subjects with diabetes or dyslipidemia will develop or have already developed PDAC. Over the past decade, tests based on the use of nanotechnology, alone or coupled with common laboratory tests (e.g., hemoglobin levels), have proven useful in aiding the diagnosis of PDAC. Tests based on magnetic levitation (MagLev) have demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy in compliance with the REASSURED criteria. Here, we aimed to assess the ability of the MagLev test in detecting PDAC when coupled with the blood levels of glycemia, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Methods Blood samples from 24 PDAC patients and 22 healthy controls were collected. Human plasma was let to interact with graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and the emerging coronated systems were put in the MagLev device. Outcomes from Maglev experiments were coupled to glycemia, cholesterol, and triglycerides levels. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was carried out to evaluate the classification ability of the test in terms of specificity, sensitivity, and global accuracy. Statistical analysis was performed with Matlab (MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA, Version R2022a) software. Results The positions of the levitating bands were measured at the starting point (i.e., as soon as the cuvette containing the sample was subjected to the magnetic field). Significant variations in the starting position of levitating nanosystems in controls and PDACs were detected. The combination of the MagLev outcomes with the blood glycemic levels returned the best value of global accuracy (91%) if compared to the coupling with those of cholesterol and triglycerides (global accuracy of ~ 77% and 84%, respectively). Conclusion If confirmed by further studies on larger cohorts, a multiplexed Maglev-based nanotechnology-enabled blood test could be employed as a screening tool for PDAC in populations with hyperglycemia.

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2023
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2. Role of CA 19.9 in the Management of Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: State of the Art and Future Perspectives

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Alessandro Coppola, Vincenzo La Vaccara, Tommaso Farolfi, Michele Fiore, Roberto Cammarata, Sara Ramella, Roberto Coppola, and Damiano Caputo

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pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, CA 19.9, neoadjuvant treatment, upfront surgery, early detection, resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Background: Surgery still represents the gold standard of treatment for resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Neoadjuvant treatments (NAT), currently proposed for borderline and locally advanced PDACs, are gaining momentum even in resectable tumors due to the recent interesting concept of “biological resectability”. In this scenario, CA 19.9 is having increasing importance in preoperative staging and in the choice of therapeutic strategies. We aimed to assess the state of the art and to highlight the future perspectives of CA 19.9 use in the management of patients with resectable pancreatic cancer. Methods: A PubMed database search of articles published up to December 2021 has been carried out. Results: Elevated pre-operative levels of CA 19.9 have been associated with reduced overall survival, nodal involvement, and margin status positivity after surgery. These abilities of CA 19.9 increase when combined with radiological or different biological criteria. Unfortunately, due to strong limitations of previously published articles, CA 19.9 alone cannot be yet considered as a key player in resectable pancreatic cancer patient management. Conclusion: The potential of CA 19.9 must be fully explored in order to standardize its role in the “biological staging” of patients with resectable pancreatic cancer.

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2022
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3. Dal pluralismo politico allo Stato plurale (ovvero della democrazia al tempo dei populismi e degli etno-nazionalismi)

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Roberto Cammarata

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Law, Political science
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What about political pluralism in the contemporary State, in an era in which the reawakening of cultural and ethnic identities coexists with a growing diffusion of new nationalisms? Disguised as sovereignism and populism, such new versions of nationalism try to bring the concept of “people” back to the idea of “organic community”, as the purported socio-political foundation of “true democracy”. Nevertheless, this concept, has proved to be, on the contrary, the ideological basis of totalitarianism. In a global scenario of growing tension between unity and plurality, with opposite examples in a continuum that goes from the experimentation of “plural States” and “plurinational Republics” to the reaffirmation of the so called “ethnic State”, this article aims to regain an analytical perspective on the concept of pluralism, that has never ceased to be - and still is - inseparably linked with the idea and practice of democracy

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2019

5. Pediatric trauma and emergency surgery: an international cross-sectional survey among WSES members

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Reichert, Martin, Sartelli, Massimo, Askevold, Ingolf H, Braun, Jaqueline, Weigand, Markus A, Hecker, Matthias, Agnoletti, Vanni, Coccolini, Federico, Catena, Fausto, Padberg, Winfried, Riedel, Jens G, Hecker, Andreas, Agron Dogjani, Akira Kuriyama, Alberto Porcu, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Alessandro Coppola, Alessandro Spolini, Alessio Giordano, Alexandros Kyriakidis, Ali Yasen Y Mohamedahmed, Anastasia Vasilopoulou, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Andrea Balla, Andreas Fette, Andrey Litvin, Anna Guariniello, Arda Isik, Aristotelis Kechagias, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Belinda De Simone, Biagio Zampogna, Bruno Sensi, Carlo Gazia, Charalampos Seretis, Cristine Brooke, Davide Luppi, Diego Coletta, Diego Sasia, Diletta Corallino, Dimitrios Chatzipetris, Dimitrios Schizas, Eftychios Lostoridis, Elmuiz A Hsabo, Emmanouil Kaouras, Emmanuel Schneck, Enrico Pinotti, Evgeni Dimitrov, Fabrizio D'Acapito, Federica Saraceno, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Francesca Maria Silvestri, Francesco Favi, Francesco Fleres, Francesk Mulita, Gabriela Nita, Gennaro Martines, Gennaro Mazzarella, Gennaro Perrone, Giorgio Giraudo, Giulia Bacchiocchi, Giulio Argenio, Giuseppe Brisinda, Giuseppe Currò, Giuseppe Palomba, Gustavo P Fraga, Hytham K S Hamid, Ioannis Katsaros, Ionut Negoi, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Justin Davies, Kenneth Y Y Kok, Konstantinos G Apostolou, Konstantinos Lasithiotakis, Konstantinos Tsekouras, Larysa Sydorchuk, Leandro Siragusa, Leonardo Solaini, Luca Ferrario, Luis Buonomo, Maciej Walędziak, Mahir Gachabayov, Maloni Bulanauca, Manish Kumar Agrawal, Marco Ceresoli, Maria Chiara Ranucci, Maria Petridou, Mario D'Oria, Massimiliano Veroux, Maximos Frountzas, Michel Paul Johan Teuben, Miklosh Bala, Mirja Amadea Minger, Miroslava Gonçalves, Natasha Sharma, Nicolò Tamini, Noushif Medappil, Orestis Ioannidis, Pietro Bisagni, Razrim Rahim, Ricardo Alessandro Teixeira Gonsaga, Roberta Ragozzino, Roberto Bini, Roberto Cammarata, Ruslan Sydorchuk, Salomone Di Saverio, Selmy S Awad, Semra Demirli Atici, Serhat Meric, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Sofia Xenaki, Tadeja Pintar, Teresa Perra, Timothy C Hardcastle, Valerio Voglino, Varut Lohsiriwat, Victor Kong, Voskidis Christos, Wietse Zuidema, Reichert, Martin, Sartelli, Massimo, Askevold, Ingolf H, Braun, Jaqueline, Weigand, Markus A, Hecker, Matthia, Agnoletti, Vanni, Coccolini, Federico, Catena, Fausto, Padberg, Winfried, Riedel, Jens G, Hecker, Andrea, Agron Dogjani, Akira Kuriyama, Alberto Porcu, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Alessandro Coppola, Alessandro Spolini, Alessio Giordano, Alexandros Kyriakidis, Ali Yasen Y Mohamedahmed, Anastasia Vasilopoulou, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Andrea Balla, Andreas Fette, Andrey Litvin, Anna Guariniello, Arda Isik, Aristotelis Kechagias, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Belinda De Simone, Biagio Zampogna, Bruno Sensi, Carlo Gazia, Charalampos Seretis, Cristine Brooke, Davide Luppi, Diego Coletta, Diego Sasia, Diletta Corallino, Dimitrios Chatzipetris, Dimitrios Schizas, Eftychios Lostoridis, Elmuiz A Hsabo, Emmanouil Kaouras, Emmanuel Schneck, Enrico Pinotti, Evgeni Dimitrov, Fabrizio D'Acapito, Federica Saraceno, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Francesca Maria Silvestri, Francesco Favi, Francesco Fleres, Francesk Mulita, Gabriela Nita, Gennaro Martines, Gennaro Mazzarella, Gennaro Perrone, Giorgio Giraudo, Giulia Bacchiocchi, Giulio Argenio, Giuseppe Brisinda, Giuseppe Currò, Giuseppe Palomba, Gustavo P Fraga, Hytham K S Hamid, Ioannis Katsaros, Ionut Negoi, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Justin Davies, Kenneth Y Y Kok, Konstantinos G Apostolou, Konstantinos Lasithiotakis, Konstantinos Tsekouras, Larysa Sydorchuk, Leandro Siragusa, Leonardo Solaini, Luca Ferrario, Luis Buonomo, Maciej Walędziak, Mahir Gachabayov, Maloni Bulanauca, Manish Kumar Agrawal, Marco Ceresoli, Maria Chiara Ranucci, Maria Petridou, Mario D'Oria, Massimiliano Veroux, Maximos Frountzas, Michel Paul Johan Teuben, Miklosh Bala, Mirja Amadea Minger, Miroslava Gonçalves, Natasha Sharma, Nicolò Tamini, Noushif Medappil, Orestis Ioannidis, Pietro Bisagni, Razrim Rahim, Ricardo Alessandro Teixeira Gonsaga, Roberta Ragozzino, Roberto Bini, Roberto Cammarata, Ruslan Sydorchuk, Salomone Di Saverio, Selmy S Awad, Semra Demirli Atici, Serhat Meric, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Sofia Xenaki, Tadeja Pintar, Teresa Perra, Timothy C Hardcastle, Valerio Voglino, Varut Lohsiriwat, Victor Kong, Voskidis Christos, Wietse Zuidema, Reichert, M, Sartelli, M, Askevold, I, Braun, J, Weigand, M, Hecker, M, Agnoletti, V, Coccolini, F, Catena, F, Padberg, W, Riedel, J, Hecker, A, Dogjani, A, Kuriyama, A, Porcu, A, Martinez-Perez, A, Coppola, A, Spolini, A, Giordano, A, Kyriakidis, A, Mohamedahmed, A, Vasilopoulou, A, Zakaria, A, Balla, A, Fette, A, Litvin, A, Guariniello, A, Isik, A, Kechagias, A, Mitul, A, De Simone, B, Zampogna, B, Sensi, B, Gazia, C, Seretis, C, Brooke, C, Luppi, D, Coletta, D, Sasia, D, Corallino, D, Chatzipetris, D, Schizas, D, Lostoridis, E, Hsabo, E, Kaouras, E, Schneck, E, Pinotti, E, Dimitrov, E, D'Acapito, F, Saraceno, F, Abu-Zidan, F, Silvestri, F, Favi, F, Fleres, F, Mulita, F, Nita, G, Martines, G, Mazzarella, G, Perrone, G, Giraudo, G, Bacchiocchi, G, Argenio, G, Brisinda, G, Curro, G, Palomba, G, Fraga, G, Hamid, H, Katsaros, I, Negoi, I, Tochie, J, Davies, J, Kok, K, Apostolou, K, Lasithiotakis, K, Tsekouras, K, Sydorchuk, L, Siragusa, L, Solaini, L, Ferrario, L, Buonomo, L, Waledziak, M, Gachabayov, M, Bulanauca, M, Agrawal, M, Ceresoli, M, Ranucci, M, Petridou, M, D'Oria, M, Veroux, M, Frountzas, M, Teuben, M, Bala, M, Minger, M, Goncalves, M, Sharma, N, Tamini, N, Medappil, N, Ioannidis, O, Bisagni, P, Rahim, R, Gonsaga, R, Ragozzino, R, Bini, R, Cammarata, R, Sydorchuk, R, Di Saverio, S, Awad, S, Atici, S, Meric, S, Chowdhury, S, Xenaki, S, Pintar, T, Perra, T, Hardcastle, T, Voglino, V, Lohsiriwat, V, Kong, V, Christos, V, Zuidema, W, Surgery, AMS - Musculoskeletal Health, APH - Quality of Care, and Other Research

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appendicitis, children, emergency, emergency surgery, injury, pediatric surgery, pediatric trauma, trauma surgery, wses, Pediatric trauma, Emergency, Emergency Medicine, Emergency surgery, Appendiciti, Surgery, Injury, WSES, Pediatric surgery, Appendicitis, Children, Trauma surgery
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Background In contrast to adults, the situation for pediatric trauma care from an international point of view and the global management of severely injured children remain rather unclear. The current study investigates structural management of pediatric trauma in centers of different trauma levels as well as experiences with pediatric trauma management around the world. Methods A web-survey had been distributed to the global mailing list of the World Society of Emergency Surgery from 10/2021–03/2022, investigating characteristics of respondents and affiliated hospitals, case-load of pediatric trauma patients, capacities and infrastructure for critical care in children, trauma team composition, clinical work-up and individual experiences with pediatric trauma management in response to patients´ age. The collaboration group was subdivided regarding sizes of affiliated hospitals to allow comparisons concerning hospital volumes. Comparable results were conducted to statistical analysis. Results A total of 133 participants from 34 countries, i.e. 5 continents responded to the survey. They were most commonly affiliated with larger hospitals (> 500 beds in 72.9%) and with level I or II trauma centers (82.0%), respectively. 74.4% of hospitals offer unrestricted pediatric medical care, but only 63.2% and 42.9% of the participants had sufficient experiences with trauma care in children ≤ 10 and ≤ 5 years of age (p = 0.0014). This situation is aggravated in participants from smaller hospitals (p 500 in-hospital beds), larger hospitals were more likely affiliated with advanced trauma centers, more elaborated pediatric intensive care infrastructure (p p = 0.0938) and have higher case-loads of severely injured children p = 0.0009). Therefore, the majority of larger hospitals reserve either pediatric surgery departments or board-certified pediatric surgeons (p Conclusions Multi-professional management of pediatric trauma and individual experiences with severely injured children depend on volumes, level of trauma centers and infrastructure of the hospital. However, respondents from hospitals at all levels of trauma care complain about an alarming lack of knowledge on pediatric trauma management.

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2023
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6. Two years later: Is the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still having an impact on emergency surgery? An international cross-sectional survey among WSES members

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Reichert, Martin, Sartelli, Massimo, Weigand, Markus A, Hecker, Matthias, Oppelt, Philip U, Noll, Julia, Askevold, Ingolf H, Liese, Juliane, Padberg, Winfried, Coccolini, Federico, Catena, Fausto, Hecker, Andreas, Adam Peckham-Cooper, Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Aikaterini T. Mastoraki, Aitor Landaluce-Olavarria, Ajay Kumar Pal, Akira Kuriyama, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Alberto Porcu, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Aleksandar R. Karamarkovic, Aleksei V. Osipov, Alessandro Coppola, Alessandro Cucchetti, Alessandro Spolini, Alessio Giordano, Alexander Reinisch-Liese, Alfie J. Kavalakat, Alin Vasilescu, Amin Alamin, Amit Gupta, Ana Maria Dascalu, Ana-Maria Musina, Anargyros Bakopoulos, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Andras Vereczkei, Andrea Balla, Andrea Bottari, Andreas Baumann, Andreas Fette, Andrey Litvin, Aniella Katharina Reichert, Anna Guariniello, Anna Paspala, Anne-Sophie Schneck, Antonio Brillantino, Antonio Pesce, Arda Isik, Ari Kalevi Leppäniemi, Aristeidis Papadopoulos, Aristotelis Kechagias, Ashraf Yehya Abdalla Mohamed, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Athanasios Marinis, Athanasios Syllaios, Baris Mantoglu, Belinda De Simone, Benjamin Stefan Weiss, Bernd Pösentrup, Biagio Picardi, Biagio Zampogna, Boris Eugeniev Sakakushev, Boyko Chavdarov Atanasov, Bruno Nardo, Bulent Calik, Camilla Cremonini, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Charalampos Seretis, Chiara Cascone, Christos Chouliaras, Cino Bendinelli, Claudia Lopes, Claudio Guerci, Clemens Weber, Constantinos Nastos, Cristian Mesina, Damiano Caputo, Damien Massalou, Davide Cavaliere, Deborah A. McNamara, Demetrios Demetriades, Desirè Pantalone, Diego Coletta, Diego Sasia, Diego Visconti, Dieter G. Weber, Diletta Corallino, Dimitrios Chatzipetris, Dimitrios K. Manatakis, Dimitrios Ntourakis, Dimitrios Papaconstantinou, Dimitrios Schizas, Dimosthenis Chrysikos, Dmitry Mikhailovich Adamovich, Doaa Elkafrawy, Dragos Seban, Edgar Fernando Hernandez García, Edoardo Baldini, Edoardo Picetti, Edward C. T. H. Tan, Efstratia Baili, Eftychios Lostoridis, Elena Adelina Toma, Elif Colak, Elisabetta Cerutti, Elmin Steyn, Elmuiz A. Hsabo, Emmanouil Ioannis Kapetanakis, Emmanouil Kaouras, Emmanuel Schneck, Emrah Akin, Emre Gonullu, Enes çelik, Enrico Cicuttin, Enrico Pinotti, Erik Johnsson, Ernest E. Moore, Ervis Agastra, Evgeni Nikolaev Dimitrov, Ewen A. Griffiths, Fabrizio D’Acapito, Federica Saraceno, Felipe Alconchel, Felix Alexander Zeppernick, Fernando Machado Rodríguez, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Francesca Pecchini, Francesco Favi, Francesco Ferrara, Francesco Fleres, Francesco Pata, Francesco Pietro Maria Roscio, Francesk Mulita, Frank J. M. F. Dor, Fredrik Linder, Gabriel Dimofte, Gabriel Rodrigues, Gabriela Nita, Gabriele Sganga, Gennaro Martines, Gennaro Mazzarella, Gennaro Perrone, George Velmahos, Georgios D. Lianos, Gia Tomadze, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Giancarlo D’Ambrosio, Gianluca Pellino, Gianmaria Casoni Pattacini, Giorgio Giraudo, Giorgio Lisi, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Giovanni Pirozzolo, Giulia Montori, Giulio Argenio, Giuseppe Brisinda, Giuseppe Currò, Giuseppe Giuliani, Giuseppe Palomba, Giuseppe Roscitano, Gökhan Avşar, Goran Augustin, Guglielmo Clarizia, Gustavo M. Machain Vega, Gustavo P. Fraga, Harsheet Sethi, Hazim Abdulnassir Eltyeb, Helmut A. Segovia Lohse, Herald René Segovia Lohse, Hüseyin Bayhan, Hytham K. S. Hamid, Igor A. Kryvoruchko, Immacolata Iannone, Imtiaz Wani, Ioannis I. Lazaridis, Ioannis Katsaros, Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Ionut Negoi, Isabella Reccia, Isidoro Di Carlo, Iyiade Olatunde Olaoye, Jacek Czepiel, Jae Il Kim, Jeremy Meyer, Jesus Manuel Saenz Terrazas, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Joseph M. Galante, Justin Davies, Kapil Sugand, Kebebe Bekele Gonfa, Kemal Rasa, Kenneth Y. Y. Kok, Konstantinos G. Apostolou, Konstantinos Lasithiotakis, Konstantinos Tsekouras, Kumar Angamuthu, Lali Akhmeteli, Larysa Sydorchuk, Laura Fortuna, Leandro Siragusa, Leonardo Pagani, Leonardo Solaini, Lisa A. Miller, Lovenish Bains, Luca Ansaloni, Luca Ferrario, Luigi Bonavina, Luigi Conti, Luis Antonio Buonomo, Luis Tallon-Aguilar, Lukas Tomczyk, Lukas Werner Widmer, Maciej Walędziak, Mahir Gachabayov, Maloni M. Bulanauca, Manu L. N. G. Malbrain, Marc Maegele, Marco Catarci, Marco Ceresoli, Maria Chiara Ranucci, Maria Ioanna Antonopoulou, Maria Papadoliopoulou, Maria Rosaria Valenti, Maria Sotiropoulou, Mario D’Oria, Mario Serradilla Martín, Markus Hirschburger, Massimiliano Veroux, Massimo Fantoni, Matteo Nardi, Matti Tolonen, Mauro Montuori, Mauro Podda, Maximilian Scheiterle, Maximos Frountzas, Mehmet Sarıkaya, Mehmet Yildirim, Michael Bender, Michail Vailas, Michel Teuben, Michela Campanelli, Michele Ammendola, Michele Malerba, Michele Pisano, Mihaela Pertea, Mihail Slavchev, Mika Ukkonen, Miklosh Bala, Mircea Chirica, Mirko Barone, Mohamed Maher Shaat, Mohammed Jibreel Suliman Mohammed, Mona Awad Akasha Abuelgasim, Monika Gureh, Mouaqit Ouadii, Mujdat Balkan, Mumin Mohamed, Musluh Hakseven, Natalia Velenciuc, Nicola Cillara, Nicola de’Angelis, Nicolò Tamini, Nikolaos J. Zavras, Nikolaos Machairas, Nikolaos Michalopoulos, Nikolaos N. Koliakos, Nikolaos Pararas, Noel E. Donlon, Noushif Medappil, Offir Ben-Ishay, Olmi Stefano, Omar Islam, Ömer Tammo, Orestis Ioannidis, Oscar Aparicio, Oussama Baraket, Pankaj Kumar, Pasquale Cianci, Per Örtenwall, Petar Angelov Uchikov, Philip de Reuver, Philip F. Stahel, Philip S. Barie, Micaela Piccoli, Piotr Major, Pradeep H. Navsaria, Prakash Kumar Sasmal, Raul Coimbra, Razrim Rahim, Recayi Çapoğlu, Renol M. Koshy, Ricardo Alessandro Teixeira Gonsaga, Riccardo Pertile, Rifat Ramadan Mussa Mohamed, Rıza Deryol, Robert G. Sawyer, Roberta Angelico, Roberta Ragozzino, Roberto Bini, Roberto Cammarata, Rosa Scaramuzzo, Rossella Gioco, Ruslan Sydorchuk, Salma Ahmed, Salomone Di Saverio, Sameh Hany Emile, Samir Delibegovic, Sanjay Marwah, Savvas Symeonidis, Scott G. Thomas, Sebahattin Demir, Selmy S. Awad, Semra Demirli Atici, Serge Chooklin, Serhat Meric, Sevcan Sarıkaya, Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Shaza Faycal Mirghani, Sherry M. Wren, Simone Gargarella, Simone Rossi Del Monte, Sofia Esposito, Sofia Xenaki, Soliman Fayez Ghedan Mohamed, Solomon Gurmu Beka, Sorinel Lunca, Spiros G. Delis, Spyridon Dritsas, Stefan Morarasu, Stefano Magnone, Stefano Rossi, Stefanos Bitsianis, Stylianos Kykalos, Suman Baral, Sumita A. Jain, Syed Muhammad Ali, Tadeja Pintar, Tania Triantafyllou, Tarik Delko, Teresa Perra, Theodoros A. Sidiropoulos, Thomas M. Scalea, Tim Oliver Vilz, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Tongporn Wannatoop, Torsten Herzog, Tushar Subhadarshan Mishra, Ugo Boggi, Valentin Calu, Valentina Tomajer, Vanni Agnoletti, Varut Lohsiriwat, Victor Kong, Virginia Durán Muñoz-Cruzado, Vishal G. Shelat, Vladimir Khokha, Wagih Mommtaz Ghannam, Walter L. Biffl, Wietse Zuidema, Yasin Kara, Yoshiro Kobe, Zaza Demetrashvili, Ziad A. Memish, Zoilo Madrazo, Zsolt J. Balogh, Zulfu Bayhan, Surgery, AMS - Musculoskeletal Health, Other Research, APH - Quality of Care, Reichert, Martin, Sartelli, Massimo, Weigand, Markus A, Hecker, Matthia, Oppelt, Philip U, Noll, Julia, Askevold, Ingolf H, Liese, Juliane, Padberg, Winfried, Coccolini, Federico, Catena, Fausto, Hecker, Andrea, Adam Peckham-Cooper, Adrian Camacho-Ortiz, Aikaterini T. Mastoraki, Aitor Landaluce-Olavarria, Ajay Kumar Pal, Akira Kuriyama, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Alberto Porcu, Aleix Martínez-Pérez, Aleksandar R. Karamarkovic, Aleksei V. Osipov, Alessandro Coppola, Alessandro Cucchetti, Alessandro Spolini, Alessio Giordano, Alexander Reinisch-Liese, Alfie J. Kavalakat, Alin Vasilescu, Amin Alamin, Amit Gupta, Ana Maria Dascalu, Ana-Maria Musina, Anargyros Bakopoulos, Andee Dzulkarnaen Zakaria, Andras Vereczkei, Andrea Balla, Andrea Bottari, Andreas Baumann, Andreas Fette, Andrey Litvin, Aniella Katharina Reichert, Anna Guariniello, Anna Paspala, Anne-Sophie Schneck, Antonio Brillantino, Antonio Pesce, Arda Isik, Ari Kalevi Leppäniemi, Aristeidis Papadopoulos, Aristotelis Kechagias, Ashraf Yehya Abdalla Mohamed, Ashrarur Rahman Mitul, Athanasios Marinis, Athanasios Syllaios, Baris Mantoglu, Belinda De Simone, Benjamin Stefan Weiss, Bernd Pösentrup, Biagio Picardi, Biagio Zampogna, Boris Eugeniev Sakakushev, Boyko Chavdarov Atanasov, Bruno Nardo, Bulent Calik, Camilla Cremonini, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Charalampos Seretis, Chiara Cascone, Christos Chouliaras, Cino Bendinelli, Claudia Lopes, Claudio Guerci, Clemens Weber, Constantinos Nastos, Cristian Mesina, Damiano Caputo, Damien Massalou, Davide Cavaliere, Deborah A. McNamara, Demetrios Demetriades, Desirè Pantalone, Diego Coletta, Diego Sasia, Diego Visconti, Dieter G. Weber, Diletta Corallino, Dimitrios Chatzipetris, Dimitrios K. Manatakis, Dimitrios Ntourakis, Dimitrios Papaconstantinou, Dimitrios Schizas, Dimosthenis Chrysikos, Dmitry Mikhailovich Adamovich, Doaa Elkafrawy, Dragos Seban, Edgar Fernando Hernandez García, Edoardo Baldini, Edoardo Picetti, Edward C. T. H. Tan, Efstratia Baili, Eftychios Lostoridis, Elena Adelina Toma, Elif Colak, Elisabetta Cerutti, Elmin Steyn, Elmuiz A. Hsabo, Emmanouil Ioannis Kapetanakis, Emmanouil Kaouras, Emmanuel Schneck, Emrah Akin, Emre Gonullu, Enes çelik, Enrico Cicuttin, Enrico Pinotti, Erik Johnsson, Ernest E. Moore, Ervis Agastra, Evgeni Nikolaev Dimitrov, Ewen A. Griffiths, Fabrizio D’Acapito, Federica Saraceno, Felipe Alconchel, Felix Alexander Zeppernick, Fernando Machado Rodríguez, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Francesca Pecchini, Francesco Favi, Francesco Ferrara, Francesco Fleres, Francesco Pata, Francesco Pietro Maria Roscio, Francesk Mulita, Frank J. M. F. Dor, Fredrik Linder, Gabriel Dimofte, Gabriel Rodrigues, Gabriela Nita, Gabriele Sganga, Gennaro Martines, Gennaro Mazzarella, Gennaro Perrone, George Velmahos, Georgios D. Lianos, Gia Tomadze, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Giancarlo D’Ambrosio, Gianluca Pellino, Gianmaria Casoni Pattacini, Giorgio Giraudo, Giorgio Lisi, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Giovanni Pirozzolo, Giulia Montori, Giulio Argenio, Giuseppe Brisinda, Giuseppe Currò, Giuseppe Giuliani, Giuseppe Palomba, Giuseppe Roscitano, Gökhan Avşar, Goran Augustin, Guglielmo Clarizia, Gustavo M. Machain Vega, Gustavo P. Fraga, Harsheet Sethi, Hazim Abdulnassir Eltyeb, Helmut A. Segovia Lohse, Herald René Segovia Lohse, Hüseyin Bayhan, Hytham K. S. Hamid, Igor A. Kryvoruchko, Immacolata Iannone, Imtiaz Wani, Ioannis I. Lazaridis, Ioannis Katsaros, Ioannis Nikolopoulos, Ionut Negoi, Isabella Reccia, Isidoro Di Carlo, Iyiade Olatunde Olaoye, Jacek Czepiel, Jae Il Kim, Jeremy Meyer, Jesus Manuel Saenz Terrazas, Joel Noutakdie Tochie, Joseph M. Galante, Justin Davies, Kapil Sugand, Kebebe Bekele Gonfa, Kemal Rasa, Kenneth Y. Y. Kok, Konstantinos G. Apostolou, Konstantinos Lasithiotakis, Konstantinos Tsekouras, Kumar Angamuthu, Lali Akhmeteli, Larysa Sydorchuk, Laura Fortuna, Leandro Siragusa, Leonardo Pagani, Leonardo Solaini, Lisa A. Miller, Lovenish Bains, Luca Ansaloni, Luca Ferrario, Luigi Bonavina, Luigi Conti, Luis Antonio Buonomo, Luis Tallon-Aguilar, Lukas Tomczyk, Lukas Werner Widmer, Maciej Walędziak, Mahir Gachabayov, Maloni M. Bulanauca, Manu L. N. G. 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Wren, Simone Gargarella, Simone Rossi Del Monte, Sofia Esposito, Sofia Xenaki, Soliman Fayez Ghedan Mohamed, Solomon Gurmu Beka, Sorinel Lunca, Spiros G. Delis, Spyridon Dritsas, Stefan Morarasu, Stefano Magnone, Stefano Rossi, Stefanos Bitsianis, Stylianos Kykalos, Suman Baral, Sumita A. Jain, Syed Muhammad Ali, Tadeja Pintar, Tania Triantafyllou, Tarik Delko, Teresa Perra, Theodoros A. Sidiropoulos, Thomas M. Scalea, Tim Oliver Vilz, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Tongporn Wannatoop, Torsten Herzog, Tushar Subhadarshan Mishra, Ugo Boggi, Valentin Calu, Valentina Tomajer, Vanni Agnoletti, Varut Lohsiriwat, Victor Kong, Virginia Durán Muñoz-Cruzado, Vishal G. Shelat, Vladimir Khokha, Wagih Mommtaz Ghannam, Walter L. Biffl, Wietse Zuidema, Yasin Kara, Yoshiro Kobe, Zaza Demetrashvili, Ziad A. Memish, Zoilo Madrazo, Zsolt J. 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Cross-Sectional Studie, ddc:610, Capacity, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, WSES, Time to intervention, Appendicitis, Reconstructive and regenerative medicine Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 10], Cross-Sectional Studies, Emergency, Quarantine, Emergency Medicine, Emergency surgery, Humans, Surgery, Appendiciti, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Emergency surgery, Emergency, Appendicitis, WSES, Time to intervention, Capacity, Quarantine, Pandemics, Diverticulitis, Human
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Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is still ongoing and a major challenge for health care services worldwide. In the first WSES COVID-19 emergency surgery survey, a strong negative impact on emergency surgery (ES) had been described already early in the pandemic situation. However, the knowledge is limited about current effects of the pandemic on patient flow through emergency rooms, daily routine and decision making in ES as well as their changes over time during the last two pandemic years. This second WSES COVID-19 emergency surgery survey investigates the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on ES during the course of the pandemic. Methods A web survey had been distributed to medical specialists in ES during a four-week period from January 2022, investigating the impact of the pandemic on patients and septic diseases both requiring ES, structural problems due to the pandemic and time-to-intervention in ES routine. Results 367 collaborators from 59 countries responded to the survey. The majority indicated that the pandemic still significantly impacts on treatment and outcome of surgical emergency patients (83.1% and 78.5%, respectively). As reasons, the collaborators reported decreased case load in ES (44.7%), but patients presenting with more prolonged and severe diseases, especially concerning perforated appendicitis (62.1%) and diverticulitis (57.5%). Otherwise, approximately 50% of the participants still observe a delay in time-to-intervention in ES compared with the situation before the pandemic. Relevant causes leading to enlarged time-to-intervention in ES during the pandemic are persistent problems with in-hospital logistics, lacks in medical staff as well as operating room and intensive care capacities during the pandemic. This leads not only to the need for triage or transferring of ES patients to other hospitals, reported by 64.0% and 48.8% of the collaborators, respectively, but also to paradigm shifts in treatment modalities to non-operative approaches reported by 67.3% of the participants, especially in uncomplicated appendicitis, cholecystitis and multiple-recurrent diverticulitis. Conclusions The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic still significantly impacts on care and outcome of patients in ES. Well-known problems with in-hospital logistics are not sufficiently resolved by now; however, medical staff shortages and reduced capacities have been dramatically aggravated over last two pandemic years.

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2022
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7. Coupling magnetic levitation of graphene oxide-protein complexes with blood levels of glucose for early detection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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Erica Quagliarini, Damiano Caputo, Roberto Cammarata, Giulio Caracciolo, and Daniela Pozzi

Subjects
Oncology, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Science, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Abstract

Introduction Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has a poor prognosis since often diagnosed too late. Dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia are considered risk factors, but the presence of the tumor itself can determine the onset of these disorders. Therefore, it is not easy to predict which subjects with diabetes or dyslipidemia will develop or have already developed PDAC. Over the past decade, tests based on the use of nanotechnology, alone or coupled with common laboratory tests (e.g., hemoglobin levels), have proven useful in aiding the diagnosis of PDAC. Tests based on magnetic levitation (MagLev) have demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy in compliance with the REASSURED criteria. Here, we aimed to assess the ability of the MagLev test in detecting PDAC when coupled with the blood levels of glycemia, cholesterol, and triglycerides. Methods Blood samples from 24 PDAC patients and 22 healthy controls were collected. Human plasma was let to interact with graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and the emerging coronated systems were put in the MagLev device. Outcomes from Maglev experiments were coupled to glycemia, cholesterol, and triglycerides levels. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) was carried out to evaluate the classification ability of the test in terms of specificity, sensitivity, and global accuracy. Statistical analysis was performed with Matlab (MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA, Version R2022a) software. Results The positions of the levitating bands were measured at the starting point (i.e., as soon as the cuvette containing the sample was subjected to the magnetic field). Significant variations in the starting position of levitating nanosystems in controls and PDACs were detected. The combination of the MagLev outcomes with the blood glycemic levels returned the best value of global accuracy (91%) if compared to the coupling with those of cholesterol and triglycerides (global accuracy of ~ 77% and 84%, respectively). Conclusion If confirmed by further studies on larger cohorts, a multiplexed Maglev-based nanotechnology-enabled blood test could be employed as a screening tool for PDAC in populations with hyperglycemia.

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2022
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8. Role of Neoplastic Markers in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

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Alessandro Coppola, Tommaso Farolfi, Vincenzo La Vaccara, Roberto Cammarata, and Damiano Caputo

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General Medicine
Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is considered one of the “Big Five” lethal cancers, which include lung, bowel, breast and prostate cancer [...]

Published
2022

9. Proficiency testing to evaluate the effectiveness of laboratories analyzing active ingredient in formulation samples

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Chiara Pompili, Angela Santilio, and Roberto Cammarata

Subjects
Toxicology, Active ingredient, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Wettable powder, General Chemical Engineering, Proficiency testing, Methomyl, General Chemistry, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Instrumentation, Mathematics
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This paper describes the organization and evaluation of the proficiency tests (PTs) organized by the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) during 2018 and 2019. The aim of the PTs was to determine the quantity of active ingredient in various formulations of plant protection products (PPPs). In 2018, the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) had organized PTs for the determination of Cymoxanyl, Oxamyl, and Methomyl in three different plant protection product (PPP) formulations. This is the first PT in Italy that uses a commercially available plant protection product in a different formulation, such as a wettable powder (WP), granule (GR), and soluble liquid (SL). In 2019, the ISS organized proficiency testing for the determination of Amisulbron, Dimethomorph, Pirimiphos-methyl, and Propiconazole in four different formulations of PPPs. For this proficiency testing, the commercial PPPs was obtained from the market in the formulation, as wettable dispersible granules (WDG), wettable powder (WP), liquid (L), or emulsifiable concentrate (EC). In 2018, all laboratories obtained data with acceptable values of z-score within limits, except for three of them that returned z-score values higher than 3.5 for the active substances Cymoxanil and Methomyl. In 2019, all laboratories obtained data with acceptable values of z-score within limits, except for three laboratories that returned z-score values higher than 3.5 for the active substances. The performance of the laboratories expressed in terms of modified z-score was satisfactory by almost all participants for all substances.

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2021
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10. Multiplexed Detection of Pancreatic Cancer by Combining a Nanoparticle-Enabled Blood Test and Plasma Levels of Acute-Phase Proteins

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Damiano Caputo, Alessandro Coppola, Erica Quagliarini, Riccardo Di Santo, Anna Laura Capriotti, Roberto Cammarata, Aldo Laganà, Massimiliano Papi, Luca Digiacomo, Roberto Coppola, Daniela Pozzi, and Giulio Caracciolo

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Cancer Research, Oncology, nanotechnology, inflammation, electrophoresis, pancreatic cancer, acute phase proteins, biomarkers, graphene oxide, nanoparticles
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The development of new tools for the early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) represents an area of intense research. Recently, the concept has emerged that multiplexed detection of different signatures from a single biospecimen (e.g., saliva, blood, etc.) may exhibit better diagnostic capability than single biomarkers. In this work, we develop a multiplexed strategy for detecting PDAC by combining characterization of the nanoparticle (NP)-protein corona, i.e., the protein layer that surrounds NPs upon exposure to biological fluids and circulating levels of plasma proteins belonging to the acute phase protein (APPs) family. As a first step, we developed a nanoparticle-enabled blood (NEB) test that employed 600 nm graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and human plasma (HP) (5% vol/vol) to produce 75 personalized protein coronas (25 from healthy subjects and 50 from PDAC patients). Isolation and characterization of protein corona patterns by 1-dimensional (1D) SDS-PAGE identified significant differences in the abundance of low-molecular-weight corona proteins (20–30 kDa) between healthy subjects and PDAC patients. Coupling the outcomes of the NEB test with the circulating levels of alpha 2 globulins, we detected PDAC with a global capacity of 83.3%. Notably, a version of the multiplexed detection strategy run on sex-disaggregated data provided substantially better classification accuracy for men (93.1% vs. 77.8%). Nanoliquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (nano-LC MS/MS) experiments allowed to correlate PDAC with an altered enrichment of Apolipoprotein A-I, Apolipoprotein D, Complement factor D, Alpha-1-antichymotrypsin and Alpha-1-antitrypsin in the personalized protein corona. Moreover, other significant changes in the protein corona of PDAC patients were found. Overall, the developed multiplexed strategy is a valid tool for PDAC detection and paves the way for the identification of new potential PDAC biomarkers.

Published
2022

11. Neoadjuvant Treatments for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Where We Are and Where We Are Going

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Alessandro Coppola, Tommaso Farolfi, Vincenzo La Vaccara, Immacolata Iannone, Francesco Giovinazzo, Elena Panettieri, Mariarita Tarallo, Roberto Cammarata, Roberto Coppola, and Damiano Caputo

Subjects
General Medicine
Abstract

Background: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) represents a challenging disease for the surgeon, oncologist, and radiation oncologist in both diagnostic and therapeutic settings. Surgery is currently the gold standard treatment, but the role of neoadjuvant treatment (NAD) is constantly evolving and gaining importance in resectable PDACs. The aim of this narrative review is to report the state of the art and future perspectives of neoadjuvant therapy in patients with PDAC. Methods: A PubMed database search of articles published up to September 2022 was carried out. Results: Many studies showed that FOLFIRINOX or Gemcitabine-nab-paclitaxel in a neoadjuvant setting had a relevant impact on overall survival (OS) for patients with locally advanced and borderline resectable PDAC without increasing post-operative complications. To date, there have not been many published multicentre randomised trials comparing upfront surgery with NAD in resectable PDAC patients, but the results obtained are promising. NAD in resectable PDAC showed long-term effective benefits in terms of median OS (5-year OS rate 20.5% in NAD group vs. 6.5% in upfront surgery). NAD could play a role in the treatment of micro-metastatic disease and lymph nodal involvement. In this scenario, given the low sensitivity and specificity for lymph-node metastases of radiological investigations, CA 19-9 could be an additional tool in the decision-making process. Conclusions: The future challenge could be to identify only selected patients who will really benefit from upfront surgery despite a combination of NAD and surgery.

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2023
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16. 'El rol indígena en los retos de la gobernanza ambiental de América Latina, reflexionando su incidencia frente al cambio climático'

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Nidia Catherine González Piñeros, Benavides Silva, Fabian, Alexandra Tomaselli, Marzia Rosti, Roberto Cammarata & Chiara Scardozzi (eds.), Gonzalez Pineros, Nidia Catherine, and Benavides Silva, Fabian

Subjects
gobernanza ambiental, participación indígena, políticas energéticas, historia contemporanea
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En las sociedades contemporáneas los objetivos de las políticas del sector energético entran en tensión con las políticas de la gobernanza ambiental. Esto aun más en el caso de las comunidades donde procesos de explotación extractiva a gran escala han dejado efectos nocivos devastadores. Así el conocimiento de éstas comunidades yace en medio a dos fuegos; de una parte, las políticas del nacionalismo energético, que prioriza la maximización de la renta generada por la explotación de los recursos naturales. De otra parte, la presión internacional y local que reclama la implementación de la Agenda de Desarrollo Sostenible teniendo en cuenta las necesidades y los aportes de éstos grupos, en concordancia con criterios institucionales del sistema de gobernanza global para el cambio climático. En este escenario es fundamental reflexionar sobre el rol de las poblaciones indígenas, pues si bien a la luz de indicadores internacionales éstas son vulnerables, existe ya un reconocimiento político, académico, e institucional acerca de la contribución de los valores indígenas (precapitalistas) en la configuración de un nuevo modelo de salvaguarda del planeta.

Published
2017

17. RIGHT, TRUE AND REASONABLE

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RUFINO, Annamaria, Annamaria Rufino,Karl-Heinz Ladeur, Kristin Henrard, Eugenia relano Pastor, Bill Hughes, Vittorio Olgiati, Maria Rita Bartolomei, Flora Di Donato, Raffaello Santagata, Paola Ronfani, Roberta Bosisio, Roberto Cammarata, Vito Marcelletti, Samuele Animali, RUFINO A, PIZZO C., and Rufino, Annamaria

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2011

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