Numerical simulation of dark lanes in post-flare supra-arcade (2009)
Costa, A., Elaskar, S., Fernandez, C., Martinez, G.
We integrate the MHD ideal equations to simulate dark void sunwardly moving structures in post--flare supra--arcades. We study the onset and evolution of the internal plasma instability to compare...
Numerical simulation of the internal plasma dynamics of post-flare loops (2009)
Fernandez, C. A., Costa, A., Elaskar, S., Schulz, W.
We integrate the MHD ideal equations of a slender flux tube to simulate the internal plasma dynamics of coronal post-flare loops. We study the onset and evolution of the internal plasma instability...
Allestimenti e benessere per la scrofaia (2008)
Allestimenti e benessere per la scrofaia / A. Costa. - In: Rivista di Suinicoltura. - ISSN 0035-662X. - 49:11(2008 Nov). - p. 46-59.
Il settore svezzamento negli impianti intensivi (2008)
Il settore svezzamento negli impianti intensivi / A. Costa. - In: Rivista di Suinicoltura. - ISSN 0035-662X. - 49:11(2008 Nov). - p. 60-68.
TWODEE-2: A shallow layer model for dense gas dispersion on complex topography (2008)
Folch, A.; Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia, Costa, A.; Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia, Hankin, R. K. S.; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
TWODEE-2 is a FORTRAN 90 code based on previous code (TWODEE). It is designed to solve the shallow water equations for fluid depth, depth-averaged horizontal velocities and depth-averaged fluid...
Determinate versus indeterminate fecundity in horse mackerel (2008)
Gordo, L., Costa, A., Abaunza, P., Lucio, P., Figueiredo, I.
No consensus has been reached yet on the question whether horse mackerel has a determinate or an indeterminate fecundity. This problem has been discussed based on three main criteria: (a) oocyte size...
NeuroSerum: A Neural Net-based Diagnostic Aid Tool for Serum Electrophoresis (2007)
Costa Cabestany Moreno, A. Costa, A. Costa, J. Cabestany, J. Cabestany, J. M. Moreno, ...
.- Using a standard laboratoty medical test, --serum electrophoresis-- 1 , several pathologic conditions, such as liver cirrhosis or nephrotic syndrome can be diagnosed. In all of these cases, the...
Convergence properties of the cross-entropy method for discrete optimization (2007)
Costa, A., Jones, O. D., Kroese, D. P.
We present new theoretical convergence results on the cross-entropy (CE) method for discrete optimization. We show that a popular implementation of the method converges, and finds an optimal solution...
Spoonish spanerisms: A lexical bias effect in Spanish (2006)
Hartsuiker, Robert, ANTON-MENDEZ, I, Roelstraete, Bjorn, COSTA, A
Veronesi, U., Mariani, L., Decensi, A., Formelli, F., Camerini, T., Miceli, R., ...
Purpose: The synthetic retinoid fenretinide administered for 5 years for prevention of second breast cancer showed no difference after a median of 8 years, but a possible reduction in premenopausal...
Veronesi, U., Mariani, L., Decensi, A., Formelli, F., Camerini, T., Miceli, R., ...
Purpose: The synthetic retinoid fenretinide administered for 5 years for prevention of second breast cancer showed no difference after a median of 8 years, but a possible reduction in premenopausal...
THE ELECTRON ENERGY DEPENDENCE OF THE TL RESPONSE FOR CVD DIAMONDS (2006)
Wrobel, F., Serrano, B., Benabdesselam, M., Iacconi, P., Costa, A.
The thermoluminescent (TL) response of CVD diamond is investigated after bombarding a sample with monoenergetic electrons (at 6 and 21 MeV). Irradiations are performed at room temperature with a...
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF A MEDICAL LINEAR ACCELERATOR FOR RADIOTHERAPY USE (2006)
Serrano, B., Hachem, A., Franchisseur, E., Hérault, J., Marcié, S., Costa, A., ...
A Monte Carlo code MCNPX (Monte Carlo N-particle) was used to model a 25 MV photon beam from a PRIMUS (KD2-Siemens) medical linear electron accelerator at the Centre Antoine Lacassagne in Nice. The...
Veronesi, U., Mariani, L., Decensi, A., Formelli, F., Camerini, T., Miceli, R., ...
Purpose: The synthetic retinoid fenretinide administered for 5 years for prevention of second breast cancer showed no difference after a median of 8 years, but a possible reduction in premenopausal...
ABE, O, ABE, R, ENOMOTO, K, KIKUCHI, K, KOYAMA, H, MASUDA, H, ...
ABE, O, ABE, R, ENOMOTO, K, KIKUCHI, K, KOYAMA, H, MASUDA, H, ...
Pfeiffer, T.; Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia, Costa, A.; Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia
A simple semianalytical model was applied to simulate the tephra deposits produced by two Plinian phases called B1 and D1 of the Agnano-Monte Spina eruption (4100BP) within the Campli Flegrei...
Pfeiffer, T.; Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia, Costa, A.; Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica E Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia
A simple semi-analytical model presented in Pfeiffer et al. (in press) (“Hazmap”-modified version) was applied to reconstruct the tephra deposit of a Plinian or sub-Plinian phase (called Astroni...
The effect of cork-stripping damage on diameter growth of Quercus suber L. (2004)
Costa, A., Pereira, H., Oliveira, A.
The Mediterranean cork oak (Quercus suber L.) agro-forestry system is oriented towards cork production, with cork being extracted from tree stem and branches as planks by cutting with an axe and...
Etude comparee de la production des determinants dans differentes langues (2003)
Caramazza, A., Miozzo, M., Costa, A., Schiller, Niels O., Alario, F.-Xavier
Viscous heating in fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity: implications for magma flows (2003)
Viscous heating plays an important role in the dynamics of fluids with strongly temperature-dependent viscosity because of the coupling between the energy and momentum equations. The heat generated...
Viscous heating in fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity: implications for magma flows (2003)
Viscous heating plays an important role in the dynamics of fluids with strongly temperature-dependent viscosity because of the coupling between the energy and momentum equations. The heat generated...
A Mobile Hyper Redundant Mechanism for Search and Rescue Tasks (2003)
A. Wolf, H. B. Brown, R. Casciola, A. Costa, M. Schwerin, E. Shamas, ...
Abstract- In this work we introduce a new concept of a search and rescue robotic system that is composed of an elephant trunk-like robot mounted on a mobile base. This system is capable not only of...
A Mobile Hyper Redundant Mechanism for Search and Rescue Tasks (2003)
A. Wolf, H. B. Brown, R. Casciola, A. Costa, M. Schwerin, E. Shamas, ...
Abstract- In this work we mtmduce a new concept of a searcb and rescue robotic system that is composed of an elephant trunk-like robot mounted on a mobile base. This system is capable not only of...
J. Armstrong, C. Cachin, M. Correia, A. Costa, H. Mir, N. F. Neves, ...
are stored in PDF, with the report number as filename. Alternatively, reports are available by post from the above address.
Externalities In, Externalities In, A Costa, A Costa, Rican Watershed, Rican Watershed, ...
The worsening degradation of natural resources urgently requires the adoption of more sustainable management practices. This need has led to growing interest and investment in monitoring systems for...
Variation in cork production of the cork oak between two consecutive cork harvests (2001)
The variation in the cork produced by individual trees (Quercus suber L.) in three distinct locations, Mora, Alcácer do Sal and Benavente, is characterized by measurements made during two...
START: A European state-of-the-art on-line instrument for clinical oncologists (1999)
Casali, P., Licitra, L., Tondini, C., De Braud, F., Bruzzi, P., Costa, A., ...
START (‘State-of-the-Art Oncology in Europe’), a freely available resource on the Internet, is a European ‘information base’ of current clinical approaches to human tumours. Its aim is to...
Regional integration for widescale transplant coordination: the AIRT model (1999)
Costa, A, Ridolfi, L, Taddei, S, Venturoli, N, Petrini, F, Martinelli, G
Biologic activity of tamoxifen at low doses in healthy women (1998)
Decensi, A, Bonanni, B, Guerrieri-Gonzaga, A, Gandini, S, Robertson, C, Johansson, H, ...
Can Fenretinide Protect Women Against Ovarian Cancer? (1995)
DE PALO, G., VERONESI, U., CAMERINI, T., FORMELLI, F., MASCOTTI, G., BONI, C., ...
Comparison of flecainide and procainamide in cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (1993)
MADRID, A. H., MORO, C., MARÍN-HUERTA, E., MESTRE, J. L., NOVO, L., COSTA, A.
In this prospective, controlled and randomized cross-over study we tried to establish the efficiency and safety of flecainide vs procainamide for the treatment of acute atrial fibrillation. Eighty...
Pavlovsky, S., Stantarelli, M. T., Muriel, F. Sackmann, Fernández, I., Garcia, I., Schwartz, L., ...
A total of 151 patients with previously untreated Hodgkin's disease, clinical stages III-IV A & B, were randomized to receive CVPP for 6 cycles, or CVPP plus RT 3000 cGy to previously involved areas...
ENERGY DEPENDENCE OF PROTON INDUCED L-SUBSHELL IONIZATION CROSS SECTION RATIOS FOR Ag (1987)
Costa, A., Parente, F., Costa-Lima, M., Ramos, M.
Thick targets of Ag were bombarded by 0.6 - 1.8 MeV protons accelerated by the 2 MV Van de Graaff generator at Sacavem, Portugal. The Lβ X-ray spectra were obtained with a plane crystal...
ENERGY DEPENDENCE OF PROTON INDUCED L-SUBSHELL IONIZATION CROSS SECTION RATIOS FOR Ag (1987)
Costa, A., Parente, F., Costa-Lima, M., Ramos, M.
Thick targets of Ag were bombarded by 0.6 - 1.8 MeV protons accelerated by the 2 MV Van de Graaff generator at Sacavem, Portugal. The Lβ X-ray spectra were obtained with a plane crystal...
Flow cytometric analysis of ploidy in colorectal cancer: a multicentric experience.
Silvestrini, R., D'Agnano, I., Faranda, A., Costa, A., Zupi, G., Cosimelli, M., ...
Ploidy and cell proliferation determined by flow cytometry were assessed on colorectal cancers from patients admitted to two Italian cancer research centres. A total of 181 patients were followed...
Cell kinetics: an independent prognostic variable in stage II melanoma of the skin.
Costa, A., Silvestrini, R., Mezzanotte, G., Vaglini, M., Grignolio, E., Clemente, C., ...
The prognostic role of cell kinetics (expressed as 3H-thymidine labelling index, 3H-TdR LI) was assessed on 145 patients with pathologic stage II melanoma subjected only to therapeutic lymph node...
Costa, A., Silvestrini, R., Giardini, R., Messina-Gabrielli, G., Boracchi, P., Veneroni, S.
The 3H-thymidine labelling index (3H-dT LI) of cell suspensions from fresh material and the flow cytometric S-phase (FCM-S) of nuclei recovered from paraffin blocks were determined on the same...
Villa, R., Zaffaroni, N., Gornati, D., Costa, A., Silvestrini, R.
The radiation-induced genotoxic damage in three established cell lines and 15 primary cultures of human malignant melanoma and ovarian carcinoma showing different radiosensitivity was tested by the...
Decensi, A., Robertson, C., Rotmensz, N., Severi, G., Maisonneuve, P., Sacchini, V., ...
The combination of tamoxifen and transdermal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may potentially reduce risks and side-effects of either agent, but an adverse interaction could attenuate their...
Costa, A., Silvestrini, R., Mochen, C., Lequaglie, C., Boracchi, P., Faranda, A., ...
The identification of biomarkers to complement pathological stage for a more accurate prognosis and help clinicians decide on treatment is still an open problem for patients with lung cancer....
Tamoxifen reduces plasma homocysteine levels in healthy women.
Cattaneo, M., Baglietto, L., Zighetti, M. L., Bettega, D., Robertson, C., Costa, A., ...
Treatment with tamoxifen is associated with reduced incidence of myocardial infarction. As plasma homocysteine is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, we studied the effects of...
Favoni, R. E., De Cupis, A., Bruno, S., Yee, D., Ferrera, A., Pirani, P., ...
The potent mitogenic activity of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) on breast epithelium is inhibited by retinoic acid in oestrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer cell lines. We studied and...
Chest X-ray survey in the follow-up of breast cancer patients.
Ciatto, S., Pacini, P., Andreoli, C., Cecchini, S., Iossa, A., Grazzini, G., ...
The authors report on 182 cases of intrathoracic metastases (ITM = lung, pleura or mediastinum) observed as first single recurrences in the course of the follow-up of patients treated for primary...
Paradiso, A, Simone, G, Lena, M De, Leone, B, Vallejo, C, Lacava, J, ...
The clinical relevance of bax and bcl-2 protein expression has been investigated in 84 patients with recurrent or metastatic colorectal cancer submitted to a chemotherapy regimen including...