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  1. Article ; Online: Decoding of Multiple Wrist and Hand Movements Using a Transient EMG Classifier.

    D'Accolti, Daniele / Dejanovic, Katarina / Cappello, Leonardo / Mastinu, Enzo / Ortiz-Catalan, Max / Cipriani, Christian

    IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

    2023  Volume 31, Page(s) 208–217

    Abstract: The design of prosthetic controllers by means of neurophysiological signals still poses a crucial challenge to bioengineers. State of the art of electromyographic (EMG) continuous pattern recognition controllers rely on the questionable assumption that ... ...

    Abstract The design of prosthetic controllers by means of neurophysiological signals still poses a crucial challenge to bioengineers. State of the art of electromyographic (EMG) continuous pattern recognition controllers rely on the questionable assumption that repeated muscular contractions produce repeatable patterns of steady-state EMG signals. Conversely, we propose an algorithm that decodes wrist and hand movements by processing the signals that immediately follow the onset of contraction (i.e., the transient EMG). We collected EMG data from the forearms of 14 non-amputee and 5 transradial amputee participants while they performed wrist flexion/extension, pronation/supination, and four hand grasps (power, lateral, bi-digital, open). We firstly identified the combination of wrist and hand movements that yielded the best control performance for the same participant (intra-subject classification). Then, we assessed the ability of our algorithm to classify participant data that were not included in the training set (cross-subject classification). Our controller achieved a median accuracy of ~96% with non-amputees, while it achieved heterogeneous outcomes with amputees, with a median accuracy of ~89%. Importantly, for each amputee, it produced at least one acceptable combination of wrist-hand movements (i.e., with accuracy >85%). Regarding the cross-subject classifier, while our algorithm obtained promising results with non-amputees (accuracy up to ~80%), they were not as good with amputees (accuracy up to ~35%), possibly suggesting further assessments with domain-adaptation strategies. In general, our offline outcomes, together with a preliminary online assessment, support the hypothesis that the transient EMG decoding could represent a viable pattern recognition strategy, encouraging further online assessments.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Wrist/physiology ; Electromyography/methods ; Artificial Limbs ; Hand/physiology ; Wrist Joint ; Algorithms ; Movement/physiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-31
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1166307-8
    ISSN 1558-0210 ; 1063-6528 ; 1534-4320
    ISSN (online) 1558-0210
    ISSN 1063-6528 ; 1534-4320
    DOI 10.1109/TNSRE.2022.3218430
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  2. Article ; Online: Autohydrolysis Application on Vine Shoots and Grape Stalks to Obtain Extracts Enriched in Xylo-Oligosaccharides and Phenolic Compounds.

    Difonzo, Graziana / Troilo, Marica / Casiello, Michele / D'Accolti, Lucia / Caponio, Francesco

    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 28, Issue 9

    Abstract: Agronomic practices and the winemaking process lead to the production of considerable quantities of waste and by-products. These are often considered waste with negative effects on environmental sustainability. However, vine shoots and grape stalks can ... ...

    Abstract Agronomic practices and the winemaking process lead to the production of considerable quantities of waste and by-products. These are often considered waste with negative effects on environmental sustainability. However, vine shoots and grape stalks can be reused, representing a potential source of xylo-oligosaccharides and polyphenols. In this context, the purpose of this work was to obtain enriched extracts using three different autohydrolysis treatments with (i) H
    MeSH term(s) Vitis/chemistry ; Phenols ; Oligosaccharides/chemistry ; Polyphenols ; Plant Extracts/chemistry ; Antioxidants/pharmacology ; Ethanol
    Chemical Substances Phenols ; Oligosaccharides ; Polyphenols ; Plant Extracts ; Antioxidants ; Ethanol (3K9958V90M)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-27
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1413402-0
    ISSN 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    ISSN (online) 1420-3049
    ISSN 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049
    DOI 10.3390/molecules28093760
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  3. Article: Pathogen Control in the Built Environment: A Probiotic-Based System as a Remedy for the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance

    D’Accolti, Maria / Soffritti, Irene / Bini, Francesca / Mazziga, Eleonora / Mazzacane, Sante / Caselli, Elisabetta

    Microorganisms. 2022 Jan. 20, v. 10, no. 2

    2022  

    Abstract: The high and sometimes inappropriate use of disinfectants and antibiotics has led to alarming levels of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and to high water and hearth pollution, which today represent major threats for public health. Furthermore, the current ...

    Abstract The high and sometimes inappropriate use of disinfectants and antibiotics has led to alarming levels of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and to high water and hearth pollution, which today represent major threats for public health. Furthermore, the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has deeply influenced our sanitization habits, imposing the massive use of chemical disinfectants potentially exacerbating both concerns. Moreover, super-sanitation can profoundly influence the environmental microbiome, potentially resulting counterproductive when trying to stably eliminate pathogens. Instead, environmentally friendly procedures based on microbiome balance principles, similar to what applied to living organisms, may be more effective, and probiotic-based eco-friendly sanitation has been consistently reported to provide stable reduction of both pathogens and AMR in treated-environments, compared to chemical disinfectants. Here, we summarize the results of the studies performed in healthcare settings, suggesting that such an approach may be applied successfully also to non-healthcare environments, including the domestic ones, based on its effectiveness, safety, and negligible environmental impact.
    Keywords Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ; antibiotic resistance ; environmental impact ; health services ; microbiome ; pandemic ; pathogens ; pollution ; public health ; sanitation
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0120
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2720891-6
    ISSN 2076-2607
    ISSN 2076-2607
    DOI 10.3390/microorganisms10020225
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  4. Article: Bacteriophages as a Potential 360-Degree Pathogen Control Strategy.

    D'Accolti, Maria / Soffritti, Irene / Mazzacane, Sante / Caselli, Elisabetta

    Microorganisms

    2021  Volume 9, Issue 2

    Abstract: Bacteriophages are viruses that exclusively kill bacteria and are the most ubiquitous organisms on the planet. Since their discovery, bacteriophages have been considered an important weapon to fight human and animal infections of bacterial origin due to ... ...

    Abstract Bacteriophages are viruses that exclusively kill bacteria and are the most ubiquitous organisms on the planet. Since their discovery, bacteriophages have been considered an important weapon to fight human and animal infections of bacterial origin due to their specific ability to attack the associated target bacteria. With the discovery of antibiotics, phage treatment was progressively abandoned in Western countries. However, due to the recent emergence of growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to antibiotics, interest in phage use in human therapy has once again grown. Similarly, at the environmental level, the extensive use of disinfectants based on chemicals, including biocides in agriculture, has been associated with the emergence of resistance against disinfectants themselves, besides having a high environmental impact. Due to these issues, the applications of phages with biocontrol purposes have become an interesting option in several fields, including farms, food industry, agriculture, aquaculture and wastewater plants. Notably, phage action is maintained even when the target bacteria are multidrug resistant (MDR), rendering this option extremely interesting in counteracting AMR emergence both for therapeutical and decontamination purposes. Based on this, bacteriophages have been interestingly proposed as environmental routine sanitizers in hospitals, to counteract the spread of the pathogenic MDR bacteria that persistently contaminate hard surfaces. This review summarizes the studies aimed at evaluating the potential use of phages as decontaminants, with a special focus on hospital sanitation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-27
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2720891-6
    ISSN 2076-2607
    ISSN 2076-2607
    DOI 10.3390/microorganisms9020261
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  5. Article: Next-generation sequencing and PCR technologies in monitoring the hospital microbiome and its drug resistance.

    Cason, Carolina / D'Accolti, Maria / Soffritti, Irene / Mazzacane, Sante / Comar, Manola / Caselli, Elisabetta

    Frontiers in microbiology

    2022  Volume 13, Page(s) 969863

    Abstract: The hospital environment significantly contributes to the onset of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), which represent one of the most frequent complications occurring in healthcare facilities worldwide. Moreover, the increased antimicrobial ... ...

    Abstract The hospital environment significantly contributes to the onset of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), which represent one of the most frequent complications occurring in healthcare facilities worldwide. Moreover, the increased antimicrobial resistance (AMR) characterizing HAI-associated microbes is one of the human health's main concerns, requiring the characterization of the contaminating microbial population in the hospital environment. The monitoring of surface microbiota in hospitals is generally addressed by microbial cultural isolation. However, this has some important limitations mainly relating to the inability to define the whole drug-resistance profile of the contaminating microbiota and to the long time period required to obtain the results. Hence, there is an urgent need to implement environmental surveillance systems using more effective methods. Molecular approaches, including next-generation sequencing and PCR assays, may be useful and effective tools to monitor microbial contamination, especially the growing AMR of HAI-associated pathogens. Herein, we summarize the results of our recent studies using culture-based and molecular analyses in 12 hospitals for adults and children over a 5-year period, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of the techniques used.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-28
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2587354-4
    ISSN 1664-302X
    ISSN 1664-302X
    DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2022.969863
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  6. Article: Pathogen Control in the Built Environment: A Probiotic-Based System as a Remedy for the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance.

    D'Accolti, Maria / Soffritti, Irene / Bini, Francesca / Mazziga, Eleonora / Mazzacane, Sante / Caselli, Elisabetta

    Microorganisms

    2022  Volume 10, Issue 2

    Abstract: The high and sometimes inappropriate use of disinfectants and antibiotics has led to alarming levels of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and to high water and hearth pollution, which today represent major threats for public health. Furthermore, the current ...

    Abstract The high and sometimes inappropriate use of disinfectants and antibiotics has led to alarming levels of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and to high water and hearth pollution, which today represent major threats for public health. Furthermore, the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has deeply influenced our sanitization habits, imposing the massive use of chemical disinfectants potentially exacerbating both concerns. Moreover, super-sanitation can profoundly influence the environmental microbiome, potentially resulting counterproductive when trying to stably eliminate pathogens. Instead, environmentally friendly procedures based on microbiome balance principles, similar to what applied to living organisms, may be more effective, and probiotic-based eco-friendly sanitation has been consistently reported to provide stable reduction of both pathogens and AMR in treated-environments, compared to chemical disinfectants. Here, we summarize the results of the studies performed in healthcare settings, suggesting that such an approach may be applied successfully also to non-healthcare environments, including the domestic ones, based on its effectiveness, safety, and negligible environmental impact.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-20
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2720891-6
    ISSN 2076-2607
    ISSN 2076-2607
    DOI 10.3390/microorganisms10020225
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  7. Article ; Online: Direct Synthesis of 3-Aryl Substituted Isocoumarins and Phthalides through Palladium Acetate Catalyzed C(sp

    Aloia, Andrea / Casiello, Michele / D'Accolti, Lucia / Fusco, Caterina / Nacci, Angelo / Monopoli, Antonio

    Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

    2022  Volume 28, Issue 65, Page(s) e202202350

    Abstract: A novel Pd-catalysed oxidative coupling between benzoic acids and vinylarenes or acrylates to furnish isocoumarins and phthalides is reported. The reaction proceeds smoothly in molten tetrabutylammonium acetate via a selective C-H bond activation, with ... ...

    Abstract A novel Pd-catalysed oxidative coupling between benzoic acids and vinylarenes or acrylates to furnish isocoumarins and phthalides is reported. The reaction proceeds smoothly in molten tetrabutylammonium acetate via a selective C-H bond activation, with very low percentage of ligand-free palladium acetate as the catalyst, under atmospheric pressure of oxygen. Sub-stoichiometric amount of copper acetate is also required as a reoxidant for the palladium.
    MeSH term(s) Palladium/chemistry ; Isocoumarins/chemistry ; Ionic Liquids ; Catalysis ; Acetates
    Chemical Substances Palladium (5TWQ1V240M) ; Isocoumarins ; phthalide (8VV922U86J) ; Ionic Liquids ; Acetates
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-19
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1478547-X
    ISSN 1521-3765 ; 0947-6539
    ISSN (online) 1521-3765
    ISSN 0947-6539
    DOI 10.1002/chem.202202350
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  8. Article ; Online: Calcitermin-Loaded Smart Gels Activity against

    Bellotti, Denise / D'Accolti, Maria / Pula, Walter / Huang, Nicolas / Simeliere, Fanny / Caselli, Elisabetta / Esposito, Elisabetta / Remelli, Maurizio

    Gels (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 9, Issue 2

    Abstract: Calcitermin is an antimicrobial peptide of 15 amino acids found in human nasal fluid characterized by antifungal and antibacterial properties. ...

    Abstract Calcitermin is an antimicrobial peptide of 15 amino acids found in human nasal fluid characterized by antifungal and antibacterial properties.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2813982-3
    ISSN 2310-2861 ; 2310-2861
    ISSN (online) 2310-2861
    ISSN 2310-2861
    DOI 10.3390/gels9020165
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  9. Article ; Online: Pollutants abatement in aqueous solutions with geopolymer catalysts: A photo fenton case.

    Clausi, Marina / Savino, Stefano / Cangialosi, Federico / Eramo, Giacomo / Fornaro, Antonio / Quatraro, Luca / Pinto, Daniela / D'Accolti, Lucia

    Chemosphere

    2023  Volume 344, Page(s) 140333

    Abstract: Environmental pollution is a serious threat to human health and the natural environment, and it has aroused widespread concern. One of the most effective processes in the removal of pollutants from wastewater is the Fenton reaction. This process is based ...

    Abstract Environmental pollution is a serious threat to human health and the natural environment, and it has aroused widespread concern. One of the most effective processes in the removal of pollutants from wastewater is the Fenton reaction. This process is based on the production of highly reactive •OH radicals due to the rapid reaction between Iron ions and hydrogen peroxide under acidic conditions. The hydroxyl radical has a high oxidation potential of E°(•OH/H
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Wastewater ; Environmental Pollutants ; Hydrogen Peroxide/chemistry ; Iron/chemistry ; Water ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
    Chemical Substances Wastewater ; Environmental Pollutants ; Hydrogen Peroxide (BBX060AN9V) ; Iron (E1UOL152H7) ; Water (059QF0KO0R) ; Water Pollutants, Chemical
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120089-6
    ISSN 1879-1298 ; 0045-6535 ; 0366-7111
    ISSN (online) 1879-1298
    ISSN 0045-6535 ; 0366-7111
    DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140333
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  10. Article: Coinfection of Dermal Fibroblasts by Human Cytomegalovirus and Human Herpesvirus 6 Can Boost the Expression of Fibrosis-Associated MicroRNAs.

    Soffritti, Irene / D'Accolti, Maria / Maccari, Clara / Bini, Francesca / Mazziga, Eleonora / Arcangeletti, Maria-Cristina / Caselli, Elisabetta

    Microorganisms

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 2

    Abstract: Tissue fibrosis can affect every type of tissue or organ, often leading to organ malfunction; however, the mechanisms involved in this process are not yet clarified. A role has been hypothesized for Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and Human Herpesvirus 6 ( ... ...

    Abstract Tissue fibrosis can affect every type of tissue or organ, often leading to organ malfunction; however, the mechanisms involved in this process are not yet clarified. A role has been hypothesized for Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infections as triggers of systemic sclerosis (SSc), a severe autoimmune disease causing progressive tissue fibrosis, since both viruses and antiviral immune responses toward them have been detected in patients. Moreover, HCMV or HHV-6A infection was reported to increase the expression of fibrosis-associated transcriptional factors and miRNAs in human dermal fibroblasts. However, it is unlikely that they have separate effects in the infected host, as both viruses are highly prevalent in the human population. Thus, our study aimed to investigate, by quantitative real-time PCR microarray, the impact of HCMV/HHV-6A coinfection on the expression of pro-fibrotic miRNAs in coinfected cells, compared to the effect of single viruses. The results showed a possible synergistic effect of the two viruses on pro-fibrotic miRNA expression, thus suggesting that HCMV and HHV-6 may enhance each other and cooperate at inducing enhanced miRNA-driven fibrosis. These data may also suggest a possible use of virus-induced miRNAs as novel diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers for SSc and its clinical treatment.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-06
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2720891-6
    ISSN 2076-2607
    ISSN 2076-2607
    DOI 10.3390/microorganisms11020412
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