LIVIVO - The Search Portal for Life Sciences

zur deutschen Oberfläche wechseln
Advanced search

Search results

Result 1 - 7 of total 7

Search options

  1. Article: Beauveria bassiana keratitis: Management of an atypical clinical presentation

    Ducange, Pietro / Verdina, Tommaso / Stiro, Fabio / Grottola, Antonella / Orlando, Gabriella / Delvecchio, Giancarlo / Mastropasqua, Rodolfo

    Medical mycology case reports. 2021 Sept., v. 33

    2021  

    Abstract: We report an atypical presentation of Beauveria bassiana keratitis which unusually presented in a 85-year-old patient with a corneal ulcer with an anterior segment inflammation and hypopyon. Despite negative culture and unspecific results from panfungal ... ...

    Abstract We report an atypical presentation of Beauveria bassiana keratitis which unusually presented in a 85-year-old patient with a corneal ulcer with an anterior segment inflammation and hypopyon. Despite negative culture and unspecific results from panfungal PCR-based sequencing, the patient was treated for a presumed fungal infection. Following clinical deterioration an emergency surgical intervention with apposition of a corneal patch was performed. Infection resolution was achieved following the introduction of systemic voriconazole to the topical one.
    Keywords Beauveria bassiana ; cornea ; fungi ; inflammation ; keratitis ; mycology ; patients ; polymerase chain reaction
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-09
    Size p. 1-4.
    Publishing place Elsevier B.V.
    Document type Article
    Note NAL-AP-2-clean
    ISSN 2211-7539
    DOI 10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.05.001
    Database NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA)

    More links

    Kategorien

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

    Inter-library loan at ZB MED

    Your chosen title can be delivered directly to ZB MED Cologne location if you are registered as a user at ZB MED Cologne.

  2. Article: Beauveria bassiana keratitis: Management of an atypical clinical presentation.

    Ducange, Pietro / Verdina, Tommaso / Stiro, Fabio / Grottola, Antonella / Orlando, Gabriella / Delvecchio, Giancarlo / Mastropasqua, Rodolfo

    Medical mycology case reports

    2021  Volume 33, Page(s) 1–4

    Abstract: We report an atypical presentation ... ...

    Abstract We report an atypical presentation of
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-05-25
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Case Reports
    ISSN 2211-7539
    ISSN 2211-7539
    DOI 10.1016/j.mmcr.2021.05.001
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

    Inter-library loan at ZB MED

    Your chosen title can be delivered directly to ZB MED Cologne location if you are registered as a user at ZB MED Cologne.

  3. Article ; Online: SK-MOEFS: A Library in Python for Designing Accurate and Explainable Fuzzy Models

    Gallo, Gionatan / Ferrari, Vincenzo / Marcelloni, Francesco / Ducange, Pietro

    Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems

    Abstract: Recently, the explainability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and algorithms is becoming an important requirement in real-world applications. Indeed, although AI allows us to address and solve very difficult and complicated problems, AI-based tools ...

    Abstract Recently, the explainability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and algorithms is becoming an important requirement in real-world applications. Indeed, although AI allows us to address and solve very difficult and complicated problems, AI-based tools act as a black box and, usually, do not explain how/why/when a specific decision has been taken. Among AI models, Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems (FRBSs) are recognized world-wide as transparent and interpretable tools: they can provide explanations in terms of linguistic rules. Moreover, FRBSs may achieve accuracy comparable to those achieved by less transparent models, such as neural networks and statistical models. In this work, we introduce SK-MOEFS (acronym of SciKit-Multi Objective Evolutionary Fuzzy System), a new Python library that allows the user to easily and quickly design FRBSs, employing Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms. Indeed, a set of FRBSs, characterized by different trade-offs between their accuracy and their explainability, can be generated by SK-MOEFS. The user, then, will be able to select the most suitable model for his/her specific application.
    Keywords covid19
    Publisher PMC
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-50153-2_6
    Database COVID19

    Kategorien

    Inter-library loan at ZB MED

    Your chosen title can be delivered directly to ZB MED Cologne location if you are registered as a user at ZB MED Cologne.

  4. Article ; Online: A Distributed Fuzzy Associative Classifier for Big Data.

    Segatori, Armando / Bechini, Alessio / Ducange, Pietro / Marcelloni, Francesco

    IEEE transactions on cybernetics

    2017  Volume 48, Issue 9, Page(s) 2656–2669

    Abstract: Fuzzy associative classification has not been widely analyzed in the literature, although associative classifiers (ACs) have proved to be very effective in different real domain applications. The main reason is that learning fuzzy ACs is a very heavy ... ...

    Abstract Fuzzy associative classification has not been widely analyzed in the literature, although associative classifiers (ACs) have proved to be very effective in different real domain applications. The main reason is that learning fuzzy ACs is a very heavy task, especially when dealing with large datasets. To overcome this drawback, in this paper, we propose an efficient distributed fuzzy associative classification approach based on the MapReduce paradigm. The approach exploits a novel distributed discretizer based on fuzzy entropy for efficiently generating fuzzy partitions of the attributes. Then, a set of candidate fuzzy association rules is generated by employing a distributed fuzzy extension of the well-known FP-Growth algorithm. Finally, this set is pruned by using three purposely adapted types of pruning. We implemented our approach on the popular Hadoop framework. Hadoop allows distributing storage and processing of very large data sets on computer clusters built from commodity hardware. We have performed an extensive experimentation and a detailed analysis of the results using six very large datasets with up to 11 000 000 instances. We have also experimented different types of reasoning methods. Focusing on accuracy, model complexity, computation time, and scalability, we compare the results achieved by our approach with those obtained by two distributed nonfuzzy ACs recently proposed in the literature. We highlight that, although the accuracies result to be comparable, the complexity, evaluated in terms of number of rules, of the classifiers generated by the fuzzy distributed approach is lower than the one of the nonfuzzy classifiers.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-09-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2168-2275
    ISSN (online) 2168-2275
    DOI 10.1109/TCYB.2017.2748225
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

    Inter-library loan at ZB MED

    Your chosen title can be delivered directly to ZB MED Cologne location if you are registered as a user at ZB MED Cologne.

  5. Article ; Online: Twitter as a sentinel tool to monitor public opinion on vaccination: an opinion mining analysis from September 2016 to August 2017 in Italy.

    Tavoschi, Lara / Quattrone, Filippo / D'Andrea, Eleonora / Ducange, Pietro / Vabanesi, Marco / Marcelloni, Francesco / Lopalco, Pier Luigi

    Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics

    2020  Volume 16, Issue 5, Page(s) 1062–1069

    Abstract: Social media have become a common way for people to express their personal viewpoints, including sentiments about health topics. We present the results of an opinion mining analysis on vaccination performed on Twitter from September 2016 to August 2017 ... ...

    Abstract Social media have become a common way for people to express their personal viewpoints, including sentiments about health topics. We present the results of an opinion mining analysis on vaccination performed on Twitter from September 2016 to August 2017 in Italy. Vaccine-related tweets were automatically classified as against, in favor or neutral in respect of the vaccination topic by means of supervised machine-learning techniques. During this period, we found an increasing trend in the number of tweets on this topic. According to the overall analysis by category, 60% of tweets were classified as neutral, 23% against vaccination, and 17% in favor of vaccination. Vaccine-related events appeared able to influence the number and the opinion polarity of tweets. In particular, the approval of the decree introducing mandatory immunization for selected childhood diseases produced a prominent effect in the social discussion in terms of number of tweets. Opinion mining analysis based on Twitter showed to be a potentially useful and timely sentinel system to assess the orientation of public opinion toward vaccination and, in future, it may effectively contribute to the development of appropriate communication and information strategies.
    MeSH term(s) Child ; Humans ; Italy ; Public Opinion ; Social Media ; Vaccination ; Vaccines
    Chemical Substances Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-03-02
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2664176-8
    ISSN 2164-554X ; 2164-5515
    ISSN (online) 2164-554X
    ISSN 2164-5515
    DOI 10.1080/21645515.2020.1714311
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    In stock of ZB MED Cologne/Königswinter

    Zs.A 6967: Show issues Location:
    Je nach Verfügbarkeit (siehe Angabe bei Bestand)
    bis Jg. 2021: Bestellungen von Artikeln über das Online-Bestellformular
    ab Jg. 2022: Lesesaal (EG)

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

  6. Article ; Online: Successful treatment of Fusarium keratitis after photo refractive keratectomy.

    Cavallini, Gian Maria / Ducange, Pietro / Volante, Veronica / Benatti, Caterina

    Indian journal of ophthalmology

    2013  Volume 61, Issue 11, Page(s) 669–671

    Abstract: A 39-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a history of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), performed two weeks prior; slit-lamp examination revealed diffuse conjunctival congestion, corneal ulcer and stromal infiltration. After 5 days of ... ...

    Abstract A 39-year-old woman presented to our hospital with a history of photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), performed two weeks prior; slit-lamp examination revealed diffuse conjunctival congestion, corneal ulcer and stromal infiltration. After 5 days of antifungal and antibacteric treatment, the infiltrate progressively increased so that a therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty was necessary. The microbiological analyses revealed the presence of fungal filaments. Twenty days after surgery the patient had recurrent fungal infiltrate in the donor cornea with wound dehiscence. We performed a second penetrating keratoplasty. With the matrix-assisted-laser-desorption-ionization-time-of-flight analysis (MALDI-TOF) we identified a Fusarium solani. Intravenous amphothericine B, a combination of intracameral and intrastromal voriconazole and intracameral amphotericine B were administered. After 6 months from the last surgery the infection was eradicated. The management of fungal keratitis after PRK depends on many factors: In our experience, a prompt keratoplasty and the use of intracameral antifungal medication proved to be very effective.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Antifungal Agents/administration & dosage ; Cornea/microbiology ; Cornea/pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Eye Infections, Fungal/drug therapy ; Eye Infections, Fungal/etiology ; Eye Infections, Fungal/microbiology ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Fusariosis/drug therapy ; Fusariosis/etiology ; Fusariosis/microbiology ; Fusarium/isolation & purification ; Humans ; Keratitis/drug therapy ; Keratitis/etiology ; Keratitis/microbiology ; Myopia/surgery ; Ophthalmic Solutions ; Photorefractive Keratectomy/adverse effects ; Pyrimidines/administration & dosage ; Surgical Wound Infection/drug therapy ; Surgical Wound Infection/etiology ; Surgical Wound Infection/microbiology ; Triazoles/administration & dosage ; Voriconazole
    Chemical Substances Antifungal Agents ; Ophthalmic Solutions ; Pyrimidines ; Triazoles ; Voriconazole (JFU09I87TR)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-11-01
    Publishing country India
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 187392-1
    ISSN 1998-3689 ; 0301-4738
    ISSN (online) 1998-3689
    ISSN 0301-4738
    DOI 10.4103/0301-4738.120213
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    In stock of ZB MED Cologne/Königswinter

    Zs.B 329: Show issues Location:
    Je nach Verfügbarkeit (siehe Angabe bei Bestand)
    bis Jg. 2021: Bestellungen von Artikeln über das Online-Bestellformular
    ab Jg. 2022: Lesesaal (EG)
    Zs.MO 598: Show issues

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

  7. Article: Chemical injury treated with autologous limbal epithelial stem cell transplantation and subconjunctival bevacizumab.

    Cavallini, Gian Maria / Pellegrini, Graziella / Volante, Veronica / Ducange, Pietro / De Maria, Michele / Torlai, Giulio / Benatti, Caterina / Forlini, Matteo

    Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)

    2014  Volume 8, Page(s) 1671–1673

    Abstract: Background: Limbal stem cell (LSC) deficiency leads to corneal opacity due to a conjunctivalization of the corneal surface. LSC transplantation, which can be followed by corneal keratoplasty, is an effective procedure to restore corneal transparency; ... ...

    Abstract Background: Limbal stem cell (LSC) deficiency leads to corneal opacity due to a conjunctivalization of the corneal surface. LSC transplantation, which can be followed by corneal keratoplasty, is an effective procedure to restore corneal transparency; however, a common cause of failure of this procedure is neovascularization (NV).
    Methods: A 59-year-old man with a 21-year history of a corneal chemical burn caused by phosphoric acid in his left eye was examined. He presented with unilateral total LSC deficiency with severe conjunctivalization and a corrected distance visual acuity that was limited to hand motion.
    Results: We reported the short-term in vivo efficacy of subconjunctival bevacizumab for progressive corneal NV in a patient with LSC deficiency that underwent LSC transplantation. Four months after autologous LSC transplantation and 1 month after the second subconjunctival bevacizumab injection, the patient's corrected distance visual acuity was 1/10.
    Conclusion: Subconjunctival injection of bevacizumab can reduce the corneal NV, reducing conjunctival inflammation and supporting restoration of a stable ocular surface that is able to counteract graft failure, with no toxicity for the transplanted LSC.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-08-30
    Publishing country New Zealand
    Document type Case Reports
    ISSN 1177-5467
    ISSN 1177-5467
    DOI 10.2147/OPTH.S65298
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

    More links

    Kategorien

    Order via subito

    This service is chargeable due to the Delivery terms set by subito. Orders including an article and supplementary material will be classified as separate orders. In these cases, fees will be demanded for each order.

    Inter-library loan at ZB MED

    Your chosen title can be delivered directly to ZB MED Cologne location if you are registered as a user at ZB MED Cologne.

To top