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  1. Article ; Online: "The scum of the scum of the scum": Rose Romano's search for sisterhood.

    Mazzucchelli, Chiara

    Journal of lesbian studies

    2014  Volume 18, Issue 3, Page(s) 298–309

    Abstract: This article explores the interplay of ethnicity and sexuality in poet Rose Romano's work, especially as she engages in a complex, and, at times, highly debatable identity politics. In her poetry, Romano denounces the oppression she experiences as a ... ...

    Abstract This article explores the interplay of ethnicity and sexuality in poet Rose Romano's work, especially as she engages in a complex, and, at times, highly debatable identity politics. In her poetry, Romano denounces the oppression she experiences as a lesbian, a Sicilian American, and even as an "Olive" ethnic in the lesbian publishing community. Particularly interesting is her strained relationship with the multicultural lesbian community due to disagreements around the concept of race, and, consequently, of racial hierarchies. With her poetry, Rose Romano questioned all kinds of categorizations that do not take into account the complexities of her multi-faceted identity.
    MeSH term(s) Community Networks ; Female ; Homosexuality, Female ; Humans ; Identification (Psychology) ; Poetry as Topic ; Sicily ; Social Identification ; Social Perception ; United States
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2221436-7
    ISSN 1540-3548 ; 1089-4160
    ISSN (online) 1540-3548
    ISSN 1089-4160
    DOI 10.1080/10894160.2014.887940
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  2. Book ; Online: The heart and the island

    Mazzucchelli, Chiara

    a critical study of Sicilian American literature

    (SUNY series in Italian / American culture)

    2015  

    Author's details Chiara Mazzucchelli
    Series title SUNY series in Italian / American culture
    Keywords American literature/Sicilian American authors/History and criticism ; American literature/History and criticism ; Sicilian Americans/Intellectual life
    Language English
    Size Online-Ressource
    Publisher State University of New York Press
    Publishing place Albany
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note Includes bibliographical references and index
    ISBN 1438459238 ; 1438459246 ; 9781438459233 ; 9781438459240
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  3. Article ; Online: Comment on Inzucchi et al. Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes, 2015: A Patient-Centered Approach. Update to a Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2015;38:140-149.

    Mazzucchelli, Chiara / Bordone, Caterina / Maggi, Davide / Cordera, Renzo

    Diabetes care

    2015  Volume 38, Issue 8, Page(s) e125–6

    MeSH term(s) Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy ; Disease Management ; Humans ; Hyperglycemia/drug therapy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comment ; Letter
    ZDB-ID 441231-x
    ISSN 1935-5548 ; 0149-5992
    ISSN (online) 1935-5548
    ISSN 0149-5992
    DOI 10.2337/dc15-0156
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  4. Article ; Online: The interplay between diabetes, depression and affective temperaments: A structural equation model.

    Belvederi Murri, Martino / Mamberto, Sara / Briatore, Lucia / Mazzucchelli, Chiara / Amore, Mario / Cordera, Renzo

    Journal of affective disorders

    2017  Volume 219, Page(s) 64–71

    Abstract: Background: Diabetes and depression are reciprocally linked, but few studies modeled their interplay considering the influence of affective temperaments (AT) and demographic factors.: Methods: Participants with type 1 and type 2 diabetes (T1DM and ... ...

    Abstract Background: Diabetes and depression are reciprocally linked, but few studies modeled their interplay considering the influence of affective temperaments (AT) and demographic factors.
    Methods: Participants with type 1 and type 2 diabetes (T1DM and T2DM, n=279) recruited from Diabetes Units were assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego-autoquestionnaire version (TEMPS-A), Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS), Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) and Cumulative Illness Rating Scales (CIRS). Glycosylated hemoglobin levels (HBA1C) was used as index of glycemic control. The bi-directional association between glycemic control, depression and candidate mediators was examined with Structural Equation Modeling, testing the impact of moderator variables (AT, diabetes type, age and gender) with multigroup comparison.
    Results: The association between HBA1C and depressive symptoms was mediated by diabetes-related distress,, while there was no definite evidence of depression influencing HBA1C through changes of adherence, tiredness, appetite, alcohol intake or smoking. Among individuals with AT, distress was unrelated to HBA1C and had a higher impact on depression; adherence was inversely association with HBA1C. Moreover, physical comorbidities impacted on depression. While diabetes type had a moderation role, age and gender did not affect the model.
    Limitations: Cross sectional design, lack of objective measures of diet and physical activity.
    Conclusions: Glycemic control seem to influence the severity of depressive symptoms, but the reciprocal association seems non-significant. AT and diabetes type may shape this relationship influencing distress and adherence to medications. Findings may aid interventions aimed at improving patients' care and quality of life.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-09
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 135449-8
    ISSN 1573-2517 ; 0165-0327
    ISSN (online) 1573-2517
    ISSN 0165-0327
    DOI 10.1016/j.jad.2017.05.018
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  5. Book ; Online: When Spectral Modeling Meets Convolutional Networks

    Andika, Irham Taufik / Jahnke, Knud / van der Wel, Arjen / Bañados, Eduardo / Bosman, Sarah E. I. / Davies, Frederick B. / Eilers, Anna-Christina / Jaelani, Anton Timur / Mazzucchelli, Chiara / Onoue, Masafusa / Schindler, Jan-Torge

    A Method for Discovering Reionization-era Lensed Quasars in Multi-band Imaging Data

    2022  

    Abstract: Over the last two decades, around 300 quasars have been discovered at $z\gtrsim6$, yet only one has identified as being strongly gravitationally lensed. We explore a new approach -- enlarging the permitted spectral parameter space, while introducing a ... ...

    Abstract Over the last two decades, around 300 quasars have been discovered at $z\gtrsim6$, yet only one has identified as being strongly gravitationally lensed. We explore a new approach -- enlarging the permitted spectral parameter space, while introducing a new spatial geometry veto criterion -- which is implemented via image-based deep learning. We first apply this approach to a systematic search for reionization-era lensed quasars, using data from the Dark Energy Survey, the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy Hemisphere Survey, and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.Our search method consists of two main parts: (i) the preselection of the candidates based on their spectral energy distributions (SEDs) using catalog-level photometry and (ii) relative probabilities calculation of the candidates being a lens or some contaminant, utilizing a convolutional neural network (CNN) classification. The training data sets are constructed by painting deflected point-source lights over actual galaxy images, to generate realistic galaxy-quasar lens models, optimized to find systems with small image separations, i.e., Einstein radii of $\theta_\mathrm{E} \leq 1$ arcsec. Visual inspection is then performed for sources with CNN scores of $P_\mathrm{lens} > 0.1$, which leads us to obtain 36 newly selected lens candidates, which are awaiting spectroscopic confirmation. These findings show that automated SED modeling and deep learning pipelines, supported by modest human input, are a promising route for detecting strong lenses from large catalogs that can overcome the veto limitations of primarily dropout-based SED selection approaches.

    Comment: 24 pages, 17 figures, and 2 tables. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal. We welcome comments from the reader
    Keywords Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies ; Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics ; Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ; Computer Science - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition ; Computer Science - Machine Learning
    Subject code 520
    Publishing date 2022-11-26
    Publishing country us
    Document type Book ; Online
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  6. Article ; Online: Real-world use of self-monitoring of blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes: an urgent need for improvement.

    Rossi, Maria Chiara / Lucisano, Giuseppe / Ceriello, Antonio / Mazzucchelli, Chiara / Musacchio, Nicoletta / Ozzello, Alessandro / Nicolucci, Antonio / Di Bartolo, Paolo

    Acta diabetologica

    2018  Volume 55, Issue 10, Page(s) 1059–1066

    Abstract: Aims: To assess use of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in the context of a continuous quality improvement initiative (AMD Annals).: Methods: 14 quality-of-care indicators were developed, including frequency of SMBG, ... ...

    Abstract Aims: To assess use of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in the context of a continuous quality improvement initiative (AMD Annals).
    Methods: 14 quality-of-care indicators were developed, including frequency of SMBG, fasting blood glucose (FBG), and post-prandial glucose (PPG) levels, and hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia episodes. Clinical data and SMBG values downloaded from any glucose meter were obtained from electronic medical records. The most frequently used glucose-lowering treatment regimens were identified and the indicators were assessed separately by regimen.
    Results: Overall, 21 Italian centers and 13,331 patients (accounting for 35,657 HbA1c tests and 8.44 million SMBG values collected during 2014 and 2015) were included in the analysis; 11 therapeutic regimens were selected. Patients in regimens not including insulin performed 15-23 measurements per patient-month, those treated with basal insulin 32.1 tests/patient-month, and those treated with basal and short-acting insulin 53-58 tests/patient-month. In all treatment regimens, PPG measurements represented a minority of all tests; pre-breakfast measurements accounted for about 50% of all FBG values. Mean FBG levels exceeded 130 mg/dl in 49.3-88.3% of the cases in the different treatment regimens, while PPG levels were over 140 mg/dl in 46.7-81.0%. From 5.7 to 32.7%, patients in the different regimens had at least one episode of hypoglycemia (< 70 mg/dl), while from 3.7 to 47.7% had at least one episode of hyperglycemia (> 300 mg/dl).
    Conclusions: SMBG is underutilized in patients with T2DM treated or not with insulin. In all treatment groups, PPG is seldom investigated. Poor metabolic control and rates of hyper- and hypoglycemia deserve consideration in all treatment groups.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Blood Glucose/analysis ; Blood Glucose/metabolism ; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring/methods ; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring/standards ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology ; Female ; Glycated Hemoglobin A/analysis ; Glycated Hemoglobin A/metabolism ; Health Services Needs and Demand ; Humans ; Hyperglycemia/drug therapy ; Hyperglycemia/epidemiology ; Hypoglycemia/blood ; Hypoglycemia/chemically induced ; Hypoglycemia/epidemiology ; Insulin/therapeutic use ; Italy/epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Patient Compliance/statistics & numerical data ; Postprandial Period ; Quality Improvement ; Quality of Health Care/standards ; Retrospective Studies
    Chemical Substances Blood Glucose ; Glycated Hemoglobin A ; Insulin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-07-30
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1097676-0
    ISSN 1432-5233 ; 0940-5429
    ISSN (online) 1432-5233
    ISSN 0940-5429
    DOI 10.1007/s00592-018-1186-z
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  7. Article ; Online: Glucose-targeted therapy for subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus: primum non nocere.

    Maggi, Davide / Bordone, Caterina / Briatore, Lucia / Cheli, Valeria / Fontana, Luigi / Mazzucchelli, Chiara / Montecucco, Fabrizio / Adami, Gianfranco / Cordera, Renzo

    European journal of clinical investigation

    2017  Volume 47, Issue 10, Page(s) 691–693

    MeSH term(s) Blood Glucose/analysis ; Blood Glucose/drug effects ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy ; Drug Delivery Systems ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperglycemia/prevention & control ; Hypoglycemic Agents/administration & dosage ; Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology ; Male ; Severity of Illness Index ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Blood Glucose ; Hypoglycemic Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2017-08-31
    Publishing country England
    Document type Editorial
    ZDB-ID 186196-7
    ISSN 1365-2362 ; 0014-2972 ; 0960-135X
    ISSN (online) 1365-2362
    ISSN 0014-2972 ; 0960-135X
    DOI 10.1111/eci.12791
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  8. Article: HOMA, BMI, and Serum Leptin Levels Variations during Antiviral Treatment Suggest Virus-Related Insulin Resistance in Noncirrhotic, Nonobese, and Nondiabetic Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Patients.

    Grasso, Alessandro / Malfatti, Federica / Andraghetti, Gabriella / Marenco, Simona / Mazzucchelli, Chiara / Labanca, Sara / Cordera, Renzo / Testa, Roberto / Picciotto, Antonino

    Gastroenterology research and practice

    2015  Volume 2015, Page(s) 975695

    Abstract: Objective. To investigate the relationship between insulin resistance and viral load decay in nondiabetic and noncirrhotic genotype 1 chronic HCV patients during peginterferon and ribavirin treatment and the possible influence of BMI and leptin as ... ...

    Abstract Objective. To investigate the relationship between insulin resistance and viral load decay in nondiabetic and noncirrhotic genotype 1 chronic HCV patients during peginterferon and ribavirin treatment and the possible influence of BMI and leptin as metabolic confounders. Methods. 75 consecutive noncirrhotic, nonobese, and nondiabetic patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C treated with peginterferon alpha 2a plus ribavirin were evaluated. HOMA-IR, serum leptin, and BMI were measured in all patients at baseline and at weeks 12 and 48, whereas viral load was measured at the same time points and then 24 weeks after the end of treatment. Results. HOMA-IR was significantly associated with both BMI and leptin at baseline. During peginterferon plus ribavirin treatment, there was a significant reduction of HOMA-IR at weeks 12 and 48 from baseline (P = 0.033 and 0.048, resp.) in patients who achieved an early viral load decay (EVR), a trend not observed in patients who not achieved EVR. No variations during treatment were observed regarding BMI and leptin irrespective of EVR. Conclusion. The early reduction of HOMA-IR but not of BMI and leptin during antiviral treatment in noncirrhotic, chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 patients who achieved EVR suggests a viral genesis of insulin resistance in patients with nonmetabolic phenotype.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-03-03
    Publishing country Egypt
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2435460-0
    ISSN 1687-630X ; 1687-6121
    ISSN (online) 1687-630X
    ISSN 1687-6121
    DOI 10.1155/2015/975695
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  9. Article ; Online: An 800-million-solar-mass black hole in a significantly neutral Universe at a redshift of 7.5.

    Bañados, Eduardo / Venemans, Bram P / Mazzucchelli, Chiara / Farina, Emanuele P / Walter, Fabian / Wang, Feige / Decarli, Roberto / Stern, Daniel / Fan, Xiaohui / Davies, Frederick B / Hennawi, Joseph F / Simcoe, Robert A / Turner, Monica L / Rix, Hans-Walter / Yang, Jinyi / Kelson, Daniel D / Rudie, Gwen C / Winters, Jan Martin

    Nature

    2018  Volume 553, Issue 7689, Page(s) 473–476

    Abstract: Quasars are the most luminous non-transient objects known and as a result they enable studies of the Universe at the earliest cosmic epochs. Despite extensive efforts, however, the quasar ULAS J1120 + 0641 at redshift z = 7.09 has remained the only one ... ...

    Abstract Quasars are the most luminous non-transient objects known and as a result they enable studies of the Universe at the earliest cosmic epochs. Despite extensive efforts, however, the quasar ULAS J1120 + 0641 at redshift z = 7.09 has remained the only one known at z > 7 for more than half a decade. Here we report observations of the quasar ULAS J134208.10 + 092838.61 (hereafter J1342 + 0928) at redshift z = 7.54. This quasar has a bolometric luminosity of 4 × 10
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018--25
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120714-3
    ISSN 1476-4687 ; 0028-0836
    ISSN (online) 1476-4687
    ISSN 0028-0836
    DOI 10.1038/nature25180
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  10. Article ; Online: Polyphenol intake and cardiovascular risk factors in a population with type 2 diabetes: The TOSCA.IT study.

    Vitale, Marilena / Vaccaro, Olga / Masulli, Maria / Bonora, Enzo / Del Prato, Stefano / Giorda, Carlo B / Nicolucci, Antonio / Squatrito, Sebastiano / Auciello, Stefania / Babini, Anna C / Bani, Laura / Buzzetti, Raffaella / Cannarsa, Emanuela / Cignarelli, Mauro / Cigolini, Massimo / Clemente, Gennaro / Cocozza, Sara / Corsi, Laura / D'Angelo, Federica /
    Dall'Aglio, Elisabetta / Di Cianni, Graziano / Fontana, Lucia / Gregori, Giovanna / Grioni, Sara / Giordano, Carla / Iannarelli, Rossella / Iovine, Ciro / Lapolla, Annunziata / Lauro, Davide / Laviola, Luigi / Mazzucchelli, Chiara / Signorini, Stefano / Tonutti, Laura / Trevisan, Roberto / Zamboni, Chiara / Riccardi, Gabriele / Rivellese, Angela A

    Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

    2016  Volume 36, Issue 6, Page(s) 1686–1692

    Abstract: Background: The role of polyphenol intake on cardiovascular risk factors is little explored, particularly in people with diabetes.: Aim: To evaluate the association between the intake of total polyphenols and polyphenol classes with the major ... ...

    Abstract Background: The role of polyphenol intake on cardiovascular risk factors is little explored, particularly in people with diabetes.
    Aim: To evaluate the association between the intake of total polyphenols and polyphenol classes with the major cardiovascular risk factors in a population with type 2 diabetes.
    Methods: Dietary habits were investigated in 2573 males and females participants of the TOSCA.IT study. The European Prospective Investigation on Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) questionnaire was used to assess dietary habits. In all participants, among others, we assessed anthropometry, plasma lipids, blood pressure, C-reactive protein and HbA1c following a standard protocol. The USDA and Phenol-Explorer databases were used to estimate the polyphenol content of the habitual diet.
    Results: Average intake of polyphenols was 683.3 ± 5.8 mg/day. Flavonoids and phenolic acids were the predominant classes (47.5% and 47.4%, respectively). After adjusting for potential confounders, people with the highest intake of energy-adjusted polyphenols (upper tertile) had a more favorable cardiovascular risk factors profile as compared to people with the lowest intake (lower tertile) (BMI was 30.7 vs 29.9 kg/m
    Conclusions: Polyphenol intake is associated with a more favorable cardiovascular risk factors profile, independent of major confounders. These findings support the consumption of foods and beverages rich in different classes of polyphenols particularly in people with diabetes.
    Clinical trial: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Study ID number: NCT00700856.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Cardiovascular Diseases/blood ; Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control ; Cholesterol, HDL/blood ; Cholesterol, LDL/blood ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood ; Diet ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Female ; Flavonoids/administration & dosage ; Flavonoids/blood ; Humans ; Hydroxybenzoates/administration & dosage ; Hydroxybenzoates/blood ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nutrition Assessment ; Polyphenols/administration & dosage ; Polyphenols/blood ; Prospective Studies ; Risk Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Triglycerides/blood
    Chemical Substances Cholesterol, HDL ; Cholesterol, LDL ; Flavonoids ; Hydroxybenzoates ; Polyphenols ; Triglycerides ; phenolic acid (I3P9R8317T)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-11-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Clinical Trial, Phase IV ; Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial
    ZDB-ID 604812-2
    ISSN 1532-1983 ; 0261-5614
    ISSN (online) 1532-1983
    ISSN 0261-5614
    DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.11.002
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