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  1. Article: What counts as relevant criticism? Longino's critical contextual empiricism and the feminist criticism of mainstream economics.

    Lari, Teemu

    Studies in history and philosophy of science

    2024  Volume 104, Page(s) 88–97

    Abstract: I identify and resolve an internal tension in Critical Contextual Empiricism (CCE) - the normative account of science developed by Helen Longino. CCE includes two seemingly conflicting principles: on one hand, the cognitive goals of epistemic communities ...

    Abstract I identify and resolve an internal tension in Critical Contextual Empiricism (CCE) - the normative account of science developed by Helen Longino. CCE includes two seemingly conflicting principles: on one hand, the cognitive goals of epistemic communities should be open to critical discussion (the openness of goals to criticism principle, OGC); on the other hand, criticism must be aligned with the cognitive goals of that community to count as "relevant" and thus require a response (the goal-relativity of response-requiring criticism principle, GRC). The co-existence of OGC and GRC enables one to draw both approving and condemning judgments about a situation in which an epistemic community ignores criticism against its goals. This tension results from conflating two contexts of argumentation that require different regulative standards. In the first-level scientific discussion, GRC is a reasonable principle but OGC is not; in the meta-level discussion about science, the reverse holds. In meta-level discussion, the relevance of criticism can be established by appealing to goals of science that are more general than the goals of a specific epistemic community. To illustrate my revision of CCE, I discuss why feminist economists' criticism of the narrowness of the goals pursued in mainstream economics is relevant criticism.
    MeSH term(s) Empiricism ; Feminism ; Motivation ; Existentialism ; Judgment
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-16
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 202358-1
    ISSN 1879-2510 ; 0039-3681
    ISSN (online) 1879-2510
    ISSN 0039-3681
    DOI 10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.02.005
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  2. Article: Effects of Co/Ce molar ratio and operating temperature on nanocatalyst performance in the Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

    Taherzadeh Lari, Tahereh / Mirzaei, Ali Akbar / Atashi, Hossein

    RSC advances. 2017 July 10, v. 7, no. 55

    2017  

    Abstract: Iron–cobalt–cerium three-metal nanoparticles have been obtained by a solvothermal method for converting synthesis gas into light olefins. The effect of various fabrication molar ratios of Co/Ce and the effect of the operating temperature (270–400 °C) on ... ...

    Abstract Iron–cobalt–cerium three-metal nanoparticles have been obtained by a solvothermal method for converting synthesis gas into light olefins. The effect of various fabrication molar ratios of Co/Ce and the effect of the operating temperature (270–400 °C) on the activity and selectivity were demonstrated. The nanocatalyst with a 1 : 1/4 Co/Ce molar ratio at an operating temperature of 300 °C performed optimally in selectivity converting synthesis gas into light olefin. The nanocatalysts prepared with different Co/Ce molar ratios were characterized. The morphology, structure and magnetic behavior were established by SEM, EDX, FTIR, XRD and VSM *techniques.
    Keywords Fischer-Tropsch reaction ; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ; X-ray diffraction ; catalysts ; cobalt ; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis ; magnetism ; nanoparticles ; olefin ; scanning electron microscopy ; synthesis gas ; temperature
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2017-0710
    Size p. 34497-34507.
    Publishing place The Royal Society of Chemistry
    Document type Article
    ISSN 2046-2069
    DOI 10.1039/c7ra05490d
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  3. Article: Influence of Fabrication Temperature and Time on Light Olefin Selectivity of Iron–Cobalt–Cerium Mixed Oxide Nanocatalyst for CO Hydrogenation

    Taherzadeh Lari, Tahereh / Atashi Hossein / Mirzaei Ali Akbar

    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2016 Dec. 28, v. 55, no. 51

    2016  

    Abstract: The Fischer–Tropsch synthesis process is a polymerization reaction in which various chain lengths of product can be produced from a mixture of CO and H₂ (synthesis gas). A solvothermal technique was used to synthesize magnetic iron–cobalt–cerium ... ...

    Abstract The Fischer–Tropsch synthesis process is a polymerization reaction in which various chain lengths of product can be produced from a mixture of CO and H₂ (synthesis gas). A solvothermal technique was used to synthesize magnetic iron–cobalt–cerium mixed oxide nanoparticles. Process variables such as reaction temperature and time can play an important role in a chemical process. The results showed that the optimal preparation time and temperature in order to enhance light olefin (C₂–C₄) selectivity is 18 h and 120 °C. The effects of experimental variables including temperature (120, 150, 180 °C) and reaction time (10, 14, 18 h) were investigated. The nanoparticles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), temperature programed-reduction (TPR), Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Average crystalline size determined from XRD patterns ranged over 4.5–8.3 nm. The results indicate that reaction temperature and time have marked effects on the magnetic properties of nanoparticles changing from a ferromagnetic behavior to a superparamagnetic one at a reaction temperature of 120 °C. TPR profiles of the nanoparticles synthesized at different temperatures revealed that reducibility shifted to higher temperatures. XPS results verified Fe³⁺, Co²⁺, and Ce³⁺ of oxidation states.
    Keywords carbon monoxide ; cobalt ; energy-dispersive X-ray analysis ; engineering ; Fischer-Tropsch reaction ; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ; hydrogen ; hydrogenation ; iron ; magnetic properties ; magnetism ; nanoparticles ; olefin ; oxidation ; polymerization ; scanning electron microscopy ; synthesis gas ; temperature ; X-ray diffraction ; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2016-1228
    Size p. 12991-13007.
    Publishing place American Chemical Society
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 1484436-9
    ISSN 1520-5045 ; 0888-5885
    ISSN (online) 1520-5045
    ISSN 0888-5885
    DOI 10.1021%2Facs.iecr.6b03171
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  4. Article ; Online: Comparing the performance of three panels rules of blood smear review criteria on an Italian multicenter evaluation.

    Pipitone, S / Germagnoli, L / Da Rin, G / Di Fabio, A / Fanelli, A / Fiorini, F / Francione, S / Marini, A / Papa, A / Benegiamo, A / Lari, T / Siviero, F / Lorubbio, M / Borin, M / Seghezzi, M / Ciardelli, M L / Dima, F / Gioia, M / Buoro, S

    International journal of laboratory hematology

    2017  Volume 39, Issue 6, Page(s) 645–652

    Abstract: Background: The aims of this study were to compare the diagnostic accuracy of blood smear review criteria, by means of three different panel rules, those proposed by: the International Consensus Group for Hematology [41-ICGH rules], the Italian Survey [ ... ...

    Abstract Background: The aims of this study were to compare the diagnostic accuracy of blood smear review criteria, by means of three different panel rules, those proposed by: the International Consensus Group for Hematology [41-ICGH rules], the Italian Survey [IS rules] and the Working Group on Hematology-SIBioC (WGH) consensus rules (WGH rules).
    Methods: This study is based on 2707 peripheral blood (PB) samples referred for routine hematological testing to the WGH-associated laboratories displaced all over the Italian territory. The PB samples were processed on seven different hematology analyzers (HAs): Advia 2120i, XE-2100, BC-6800, ABX Pentra, XN-1000, Cell-DYN Sapphire, and DxH800, respectively. All the results provided by the HAs were analyzed through the application of three different blood smear review criteria: that is, the 41-ICGH, IS, and WGH rules. Finally, data were compared with those obtained by optical microscopy (OM), as the current gold standard.
    Results: The overall the agreement OM classification with ICGH, IS, and WGH panel rules is 0.83, 0.83, and 0.85, respectively. The false negatives are 2.1%, 3.0%, and 2.9%, while false positives are 15.1%, 13.7%, and 11.7%, respectively. All the seven HAs showed variable interinstrument performance, as three different criteria for OM review were adopted on each of them from time to time.
    Conclusion: These results presented show that the customization of validation rules is necessary for enhancing the quality of hematological testing and optimizing workflow.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2268590-X
    ISSN 1751-553X ; 1751-5521 ; 0141-9854
    ISSN (online) 1751-553X
    ISSN 1751-5521 ; 0141-9854
    DOI 10.1111/ijlh.12720
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  5. Article ; Online: Dental arch dimensions of adolescent Kuwaitis with untreated ideal occlusion: variation and validity of proposed expansion indexes.

    Rastegar-Lari, Tannaz / Al-Azemi, Rashed / Thalib, Lukman / Årtun, Jon

    American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics

    2012  Volume 142, Issue 5, Page(s) 635–644

    Abstract: Introduction: The purposes of this study were to analyze the variations in dental arch dimensions of a large representative sample of adolescent Kuwaitis with untreated almost ideal occlusion and to test the validity of proposed expansion indexes and ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: The purposes of this study were to analyze the variations in dental arch dimensions of a large representative sample of adolescent Kuwaitis with untreated almost ideal occlusion and to test the validity of proposed expansion indexes and multivariate linear regression with inclusion of lateral and posteroanterior cephalometric parameters for estimation of dental arch width.
    Methods: Study models and both lateral and posteroanterior cephalograms of 143 Kuwaitis, aged 13 to 14 years, clinically diagnosed with untreated almost ideal occlusion during screening of a population-based sample, were examined. Maxillary and mandibular arch dimensions were measured by using a digital caliper accurate to 0.01 mm, and cephalometric parameters were measured electronically.
    Results: All dimensions were greater in boys than in girls (P <0.001) and demonstrated wide individual variations. Maxillary arch-width estimates according to 3 proposed expansion indexes differed from the actual dimensions (P <0.001), with more than 60% of the dimensions having discrepancies greater than 1.0 mm and explained variances from 0.12 to 0.20. Multivariate linear regression with inclusion of cephalometric parameters provided better estimates, with explained variances from 0.29 to 0.44.
    Conclusions: The tested expansion indexes provide poor estimates of maxillary arch widths, with low explained variances. Multivariate linear regression provides better estimates, with moderate explained variances.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Arabs ; Cephalometry ; Dental Arch/anatomy & histology ; Dental Occlusion, Centric ; Female ; Humans ; Kuwait ; Linear Models ; Male ; Reference Standards ; Reference Values ; Reproducibility of Results ; Sex Characteristics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Validation Studies
    ZDB-ID 356699-7
    ISSN 1097-6752 ; 0889-5406 ; 0002-9416
    ISSN (online) 1097-6752
    ISSN 0889-5406 ; 0002-9416
    DOI 10.1016/j.ajodo.2012.05.018
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  6. Article: Association of B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia.

    Carulli, G / Marini, A / Baccelli, E / Lambelet, P / Lari, T / Azzarà, A

    Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR

    2007  Volume 26, Issue 3, Page(s) 421–424

    Abstract: A 62-year-old man presented with fatigue, pallor and mild weight loss. Laboratory studies showed Hb 7.6 g/dl, Hct 21.8%, WBC 108x10(9)/1, PLT 143x10(9)/1. At morphological examination, circulating cells appeared as 60% blasts and 40% lymphocytes, with ... ...

    Abstract A 62-year-old man presented with fatigue, pallor and mild weight loss. Laboratory studies showed Hb 7.6 g/dl, Hct 21.8%, WBC 108x10(9)/1, PLT 143x10(9)/1. At morphological examination, circulating cells appeared as 60% blasts and 40% lymphocytes, with smudge cells. A bone marrow aspirate showed infiltration by blasts (50%) and lymphocytes (40%); alpha-naphtyl-acetate esterase was positive in 90% of blasts, while myeloperoxidase was positive in 10%. The immunologic phenotype of blasts was characterized by the co-expression of CD13, CD33, CD14, CD4, CD15, CD64, CD117, HLA-DR, CD11b. Lymphocytes were characterized by a B-CLL immunophenotype: CD19+, CD5+, CD23+, CD20+(dim), FMC7+(dim), K light chain+(dim). Karyotype was normal and PCR assays for AML-ETO, CBFbeta-MYH11, PML-RARalpha, BCR-ABL and bcl-1/JH translocation were negative. Coexistence of CLL and AML with monoblastic features was diagnosed. Simultaneous appearance of CLL and AML has rarely been described and represents a peculiar biological phenomenon.
    MeSH term(s) Flow Cytometry ; Humans ; Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/diagnosis ; Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/metabolism ; Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/diagnosis ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/metabolism ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/diagnosis ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/pathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2007-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 803138-1
    ISSN 0392-9078
    ISSN 0392-9078
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  7. Article ; Online: Performance evaluation of the automated nucleated red blood cell count of five commercial hematological analyzers.

    Da Rin, G / Vidali, M / Balboni, F / Benegiamo, A / Borin, M / Ciardelli, M L / Dima, F / Di Fabio, A / Fanelli, A / Fiorini, F / Francione, S / Germagnoli, L / Gioia, M / Lari, T / Lorubbio, M / Marini, A / Papa, A / Seghezzi, M / Solarino, L /
    Pipitone, S / Tilocca, E / Buoro, S

    International journal of laboratory hematology

    2017  Volume 39, Issue 6, Page(s) 663–670

    Abstract: Introduction: Recent automated hematology analyzers (HAs) can identify and report nucleated red blood cells (NRBC) count as a separate population out of white blood cells (WBC). The aim of this study was to investigate the analytical performances of ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: Recent automated hematology analyzers (HAs) can identify and report nucleated red blood cells (NRBC) count as a separate population out of white blood cells (WBC). The aim of this study was to investigate the analytical performances of NRBC enumeration on five top of the range HAs.
    Methods: We evaluated the within-run and between-day precision, limit of blank (LoB), limit of detection (LoD), and limit of quantitation (LoQ) of XE-2100 and XN-module (Sysmex), ADVIA 2120i (Siemens), BC-6800 (Mindray), and UniCel DxH 800 (Beckman Coulter). Automated NRBC counts were also compared with optical microscopy (OM).
    Results: The limits of detection for NRBC of the BC-6800, XN-module, XE-2100, UniCel DxH 800, and ADVIA 2120i are 0.035×10
    Conclusion: Regards to NRBC counting, the performances shown by BC-6800, XN-module, and XE-2100 are excellent also a low count, ADVIA 2120i and UniCel DxH 800 need to be improved.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2268590-X
    ISSN 1751-553X ; 1751-5521 ; 0141-9854
    ISSN (online) 1751-553X
    ISSN 1751-5521 ; 0141-9854
    DOI 10.1111/ijlh.12722
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  8. Article ; Online: B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with t(4;11)(q21;q23) in a young woman: evolution into mixed phenotype acute leukemia with additional chromosomal aberrations in the course of therapy.

    Carulli, Giovanni / Marini, Alessandra / Ferreri, Maria I / Azzarà, Antonio / Ottaviano, Virginia / Lari, Tiziana / Rocco, Melania / Giuntini, Stefano / Petrini, Mario

    Hematology reports

    2012  Volume 4, Issue 3, Page(s) e15

    Abstract: About 5% of adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias (B-ALL) are characterized by t(4;11)(q21;q23), which confers peculiar features to this B-ALL subtype, including a very immature immunophenotype and poor prognosis. We describe the case of a 21-year- ... ...

    Abstract About 5% of adult B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias (B-ALL) are characterized by t(4;11)(q21;q23), which confers peculiar features to this B-ALL subtype, including a very immature immunophenotype and poor prognosis. We describe the case of a 21-year-old female who presented with B-ALL carrying the t(4;11)(q21;q23) and blasts positive for CD19, TdT, CD79a, CD38, HLA-DR. Before completing the Hyper-CVAD (hyperfractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone) therapy regimen, the B-cell leukemic clone still was detected, but an additional leukemic clone appeared, with morphology and immunophenotype (CD13, CD33, CD64, CD38, CD56, CD15, CD4(dim)) compatible with derivation from the myeloid/monocytic lineage. Karyotype showed the co-existence of three cell lines, with persistence of t(4;11)(q21;q23) and appearance of +8,+12,+13 and two der(4). The patient died because of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Our report describes a rare, possible evolution of such a subtype of B-ALL, with transformation into mixed phenotype acute leukemia in the course of therapy. This finding suggests a blast cell derivation from a common lymphoid/monocytic precursor leading to a final bilineal acute leukemia.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2012-09-06
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2586645-X
    ISSN 2038-8330 ; 2038-8330
    ISSN (online) 2038-8330
    ISSN 2038-8330
    DOI 10.4081/hr.2012.e15
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  9. Article ; Online: Myelomatous meningitis evaluated by multiparameter flow cytometry : report of a case and review of the literature.

    Marini, Alessandra / Carulli, Giovanni / Lari, Tiziana / Buda, Gabriele / Lambelet, Paola / Ciancia, Eugenio M / Benedetti, Edoardo / Caracciolo, Francesco / Ferreri, Maria Immacolata / Pesaresi, Ilaria / Rousseau, Martina / Ottaviano, Virginia / Azzarà, Antonio / Petrini, Mario

    Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology : JCEH

    2014  Volume 54, Issue 2, Page(s) 129–136

    Abstract: Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in multiple myeloma (MM) is uncommon. Among its possible presentations, leptomeningeal involvement of MM, also termed central nervous system myelomatosis (CNS-MM) is rare and is characterized by the presence of ... ...

    Abstract Central nervous system (CNS) involvement in multiple myeloma (MM) is uncommon. Among its possible presentations, leptomeningeal involvement of MM, also termed central nervous system myelomatosis (CNS-MM) is rare and is characterized by the presence of neoplastic plasma cells in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). So far, 187 cases of CNS-MM have been reported : the great majority of them were diagnosed by cytological assays and flow cytometry was used in only eight cases. We describe a case of CNS-MM in a 62-year-old woman, previously treated with chemotherapy (VTD) and autologous peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for stage IIIB IgG-λ MM. After achieving a very good partial response, the patient showed progression of disease, with an extramedullary localization. During administration of second-line therapy, the patient showed severe neurological symptoms. MRI resulted negative. Diagnosis of CNS-MM was made by multiparameter flow cytometry, which showed the presence of CD56(+) plasma cells in a CSF sample, in the absence of plasma cell leukemia. In this paper we also present a review of the eight previous cases of CNS-MM diagnosed by flow cytometry. We found that the application of flow cytometry in cases of MM with neurological symptoms allows a rapid diagnosis of CNS-MM and provides useful information about plasma cell phenotype (including CD56 expression). Some cases of CNS-MM are characterized by normal MRI. In addition, some evidences deriving from the review of literature suggest that CSF monitoring by flow cytometry in such cases might be used to evaluate the efficacy of drugs capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier.
    MeSH term(s) Cerebrospinal Fluid/cytology ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Flow Cytometry ; Humans ; Immunophenotyping ; Meningeal Neoplasms/diagnosis ; Meningeal Neoplasms/secondary ; Middle Aged ; Multiple Myeloma/diagnosis ; Multiple Myeloma/pathology ; Plasma Cells/metabolism ; Plasma Cells/pathology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-10-16
    Publishing country Japan
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2395568-5
    ISSN 1880-9952 ; 1346-4280
    ISSN (online) 1880-9952
    ISSN 1346-4280
    DOI 10.3960/jslrt.54.129
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  10. Article: La larva L2 di Toxocara canis come agente immunomodulatore.

    Lari, T / Banchieri, L / Lombardi, S / Esposito, F

    Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita

    1986  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 469–472

    Title translation The L2 larva of Toxocara canis as an immunomodulating agent.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antibody Formation ; Erythrocytes/immunology ; Female ; Immunization/methods ; Larva/immunology ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred BALB C ; Sheep ; Toxocara/growth & development ; Toxocara/immunology
    Language Italian
    Publishing date 1986
    Publishing country Italy
    Document type English Abstract ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 950344-4
    ISSN 0021-2571
    ISSN 0021-2571
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