Taj, David, Iotti, R. C., Rossi, F.
We shall review and discuss the key problem of providing a microscopic modeling of state-of-the-art electronic quantum devices. In particular we shall focus on the description of energy-relaxation...
Taj, David, Iotti, R. C., Rossi, F.
We shall review and discuss the key problem of providing a microscopic modeling of state-of-the-art electronic quantum devices. In particular we shall focus on the description of energy-relaxation...
The Interplanetary Network Supplement to the HETE-2 Gamma-Ray Burst Catalog (2009)
Hurley, K., Barraud, C., Pelangeon, A., Boer, M., Vanderspek, R., ...
Between 2000 November and 2006 May, one or more spacecraft of the interplanetary network (IPN) detected 226 cosmic gamma-ray bursts that were also detected by the FREGATE experiment aboard the...
1: Cork Constraint Computation Centre (2009)
Preference-based Configurators, E. C. Freuder, C. Likitvivatanavong, M. Moretti, F. Rossi, R. J. Wallace
Abstract We consider configuration problems with preferences rather than just hard constraints, and we analyze and discuss the features that such configurators should have. In particular, these...
Feature clustering and mutual information for the selection of variables in spectral data (2009)
C. Krier, D. François, F. Rossi, M. Verleysen
Abstract. Spectral data often have a large number of highly-correlated features, making feature selection both necessary and uneasy. A methodology combining hierarchical constrained clustering of...
A comparison of the notions of optimality in soft constraints and graphical games (2009)
Apt, K.R., Rossi, F., Venable, K.B.
The notion of optimality naturally arises in many areas of applied mathematics and computer science concerned with decision making. Here we consider this notion in the context of two formalisms used...
Buzanska, L, Zychowicz, M, Ruiz, A, Ceriotti, L, Coecke, S, Rausher, H, ...
Stem cell technology combined with emerging surface nano/micro-technologies provides a new tool for better understanding of the mechanisms involved in cell fate decisions and compound-induced adverse...
Preference Aggregation over Restricted Ballot Languages: Sincerity and Strategy-Proofness (2009)
Endriss, U., Pini, M.S., Rossi, F., Venable, K.B.
Voting theory can provide useful insights for multiagent preference aggregation. However, the standard setting assumes voters with preferences that are total orders, as well as a ballot language that...
Sequential multi-photon strategy for semiconductor-based terahertz detectors (2008)
Castellano, F., Iotti, R. C., Rossi, F.
A semiconductor-based terahertz-detector strategy, exploiting a bound-to-bound-to-continuum architecture, is presented and investigated. In particular, a ladder of equidistant energy levels is...
The Gamma--Ray Burst catalog obtained with the Gamma Ray Burst Monitor aboard BeppoSAX (2008)
Frontera, F., Guidorzi, C., Montanari, E., Rossi, F., Costa, E., Feroci, M., ...
We report on the catalog of Gamma--Ray Bursts (GRBs) detected with the Gamma Ray Burst Monitor aboard the BeppoSAX satellite. It includes 1082 GRBs with 40--700 keV fluences in the range from...
Ferrari, C, Trail, L, Pilkington, C, Maillard, S, Cuttica, R, Katsicas, MM, ...
No abstract available.
Fuzzy Conditional Temporal Problems: dynamic consistency and comparison with STPPUs (2008)
M. Falda, F. Rossi, K. B. Venable
Abstract. Conditional Temporal Problems (CTPs) allow for the representation of temporal and conditional plans, dealing simultaneously with uncertainty and temporal constraints. CTPPs generalize CTPs...
Effect of Polymerization on the Boson Peak, from the Liquid to Glassy Phase (2008)
Caponi, S., Corezzi, S., Fioretto, D., Fontana, A., Monaco, G., Rossi, F.
Raman scattering measurements are used to follow the modification of the vibrational density of states in a reactive epoxy{amine mixture during isothermal polymerization. Combining with Brillouin...
Romano, P., Guidorzi, C., Sidoli, L., Montanari, E., Capitanio, F., Amati, L., ...
During our Swift/XRT program to obtain X-ray positions at arcsecond level for a sample of Galactic X-ray binaries, we discovered that SAX J0840.7+2248 is not a binary, but rather BeppoSAX/WFC+GRBM...
Hard and soft constraints for reasoning about qualitative conditional preferences (2008)
C. Domshlak, S. Prestwich, F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, T. Walsh
Abstract. Many real life optimization problems are defined in terms of both hard and soft constraints, and qualitative conditional preferences. However, there is as yet no single framework for...
CP nets: representing and reasoning with preferences of multiple agents (2008)
We introduce £ CP nets, an extension of the CP net formalism to model and handle the qualitative and conditional preferences of multiple agents. We give a number of different semantics for reasoning...
conditional preferences (2008)
C. Domshlak, S. Prestwich, F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, T. Walsh, C. Domshlak, ...
Hard and soft constraints for reasoning about qualitative
Computing Explanations and Implications in (2008)
Preference-based Configurators, E. C. Freuder, C. Likitvivatanavong, M. Moretti, F. Rossi, R. J. Wallace
Abstract We consider configuration problems with preferences rather than just hard constraints, and we analyze and discuss the features that such configurators should have. In particular, these...
1: Cork Constraint Computation Centre (2008)
Preference-based Configurators, E. C. Freuder, C. Likitvivatanavong, M. Moretti, F. Rossi, R. J. Wallace
Abstract We consider configuration problems with preferences rather than just hard constraints, and we analyze and discuss the features that such configurators should have. In particular, these...
Rossi, F., Guidorzi, C., Amati, L., Frontera, F., Romano, P., Campana, S., ...
Using a sample of 14 BeppoSAX and 74 Swift GRBs with measured redshift we tested the correlation between the intrinsic peak energy of the time-integrated spectrum, E_p,i, the isotropic-equivalent...
The search for muon neutrinos from northern hemisphere gamma-ray bursts with AMANDA (2008)
Achterberg, A., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Ahrens, J., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., ...
The search for muon neutrinos from northern hemisphere gamma-ray bursts with amanda (2008)
Achterberg, A., Ackermann, M., Adams, J., Ahrens, J., Andeen, K., Auffenberg, J., ...
The search for muon neutrinos from northern hemisphere gamma-ray bursts with amanda (2008)
ACHTERBERG, A, ACKERMANN, M, ADAMS, J, AHRENS, J, ANDEEN, K, AUFFENBERG, J, ...
Comparing the notions of optimality in CP-nets, strategic games and soft constraints (2008)
Apt, K.R., Rossi, F., Venable, K.B.
The notion of optimality naturally arises in many areas of applied mathematics and computer science concerned with decision making. Here we consider this notion in the context of three formalisms...
Large-area protein nano-arrays patterned by soft lithography (2007)
Ruiz, A., Valsesia, A., Bretagnol, F., Colpo, P., Rossi, F.
Nanostructured polydimethylsiloxane stamps have been used to pattern regular nano-arrays of proteins on polyethylene glycol surfaces by microcontact printing. The master was fabricated by using...
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, Y. Georget, F. Rossi
of local consistency for soft constraints
CNR Pisa, Istituto per le Applicazioni Telematiche, (2007)
S. Bistarelli, M. Marte, F. Rossi
Abstract. Soft constraints are a generalization of classical constraints, where constraints and/or partial assignments are associated to preference or importance levels, and constraints are combined...
General Properties and Termination Conditions for Soft Constraint Propagation (2007)
S. Bistarelli, R. Gennari, F. Rossi
Abstract. Soft constraints based on semirings are a generalization of classical constraints, where tuples of variables ' values in each soft constraint are associated to elements from an...
CNR Pisa, Istituto per le Applicazioni Telematiche, (2007)
S. Bistarelli, M. Marte, F. Rossi
Abstract. Soft constraints are a generalization of classical constraints, where constraints and/or partial assignments are associated to preference or importance levels, and constraints are combined...
Abstract. Soft constraints based on semirings are a generalization of classical constraints, where tuples of variables ' values in each soft constraint are uniquely associated to elements from...
Abstract. Soft constraints based on semirings are a generalization of classical constraints, where tuples of variables ' values in each soft constraint are uniquely associated to elements from...
A 40 MHz-pipelined trigger for K�P2� � decays for the CERN NA48 experiment� (2007)
G. Fischer, C. Avanzini, G. D. Barr, P. Calafiura, M. Cirilli, F. Costantini, ...
The “neutral ” trigger system for the selection of K�P2��P4 � decays of the NA48 CP-violation experiment is described. The trigger system has been implemented in a 40 MHz “dead-time...
U. Montanari, F. Rossi, A M. Hermenegildo
We present in an informal way some preliminary results on the investigation of efficient compile-time techniques for Constraint Logic and Concurrent Constraint Programming. These techniques are...
Explanations and Optimization in Preference-Based Configurators (2007)
M. Moretti, F. Rossi, E. C. Freuder, C. Likitvivatanavong, R. J. Wallace
In this extended abstract we consider con guration problems with preferences rather than just hard constraints, and we analyze and discuss the features that such con gurators should have. In...
General Properties and Termination Conditions for Soft Constraint Propagation (2007)
S. Bistarelli, R. Gennari, F. Rossi
Soft constraints based on semirings are a generalization of classical constraints, where tuples of variables' values in each soft constraint are associated to elements from an algebraic...
General Properties and Termination Conditions for Soft Constraint Propagation (2007)
Abstract. Soft constraints based on semirings are a generalization of classical constraints, where tuples of variables ’ values in each soft constraint are associated to elements from an algebraic...
N. Delannay, F. Rossi, B. Conan-guez, M. Verleysen
Abstract. There has been recently a lot of interest for functional data analysis [1] and extensions of well-known methods to functional inputs (clustering algorithm [2], non-parametric models [3],...
Dynamics-Controlled Truncation Scheme for Nonlinear Dynamics in Semiconductor Microcavities (2007)
Portolan, S., Di Stefano, O., Savasta, S., Rossi, F., Girlanda, R.
We present a systematic theory of Coulomb-induced correlation effects in the nonlinear optical processes within the strong-coupling regime. In this paper we shall set a dynamics controlled truncation...
Gattorno, M., Chicha, L., Gregorio, A., Ferlito, F., Rossi, F., Jarrossay, D., ...
Objectives. Recent laboratory and clinical data suggest that two prototype autoimmune diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis are mainly driven by distinct cytokines,...
The Beam and Detector for the NA48 Neutral Kaon CP Violation Experiment at CERN (2007)
Fanti, V, Lai, A, Marras, D, Musa, L, Nappi, A, Batley, J Richard, ...
The Beam and Detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of $Re(\epsilon^{\prime}/\epsilon)$, and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare K_S and neutral hyperon decays, are...
The beam and detector for the NA48 neutral kaon CP violation experiment at CERN (2007)
Fanti, V., Lai, A., Marras, D., Musa, L., Nappi, A., Batley, R., ...
The beam and detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of Re(ε′/ε), and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare KS and neutral hyperon decays, are described.
The beam and detector for the NA48 neutral kaon CP violation experiment at CERN (2007)
Fanti, V., Lai, A., Marras, D., Musa, L., Nappi, A., Batley, R., ...
The beam and detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of Re(ε′/ε), and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare KS and neutral hyperon decays, are described.
The beam and detector for the NA48 neutral kaon CP violation experiment at CERN (2007)
Fanti, V., Lai, A., Marras, D., Musa, L., Nappi, A., Batley, R., ...
The beam and detector, used for the NA48 experiment, devoted to the measurement of Re(ε′/ε), and for the NA48/1 experiment on rare KS and neutral hyperon decays, are described.
Winner determination in sequential majority voting (2007)
J. Lang, M. S. Pini, F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, T. Walsh
Preferences can be aggregated using a voting rule. Each agent gives their preference orderings over a set of candidates, and a voting rule is used to compute the winner. We consider voting rules...
Winner determination in sequential majority voting (2007)
J. Lang, M. S. Pini, F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, T. Walsh
Preferences can be aggregated using voting rules. We consider here the family of rules which perform a sequence of pairwise majority comparisons between two candidates. The winner thus depends on the...
Incompleteness and Incomparability in Preference Aggregation (2007)
M. S. Pini, F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, T. Walsh
We consider how to combine the preferences of multiple agents despite the presence of incompleteness and incomparability in their preference orderings. An agent’s preference ordering may be...
Incompleteness and Incomparability in Preference Aggregation (2007)
M. S. Pini, F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, T. Walsh
We consider how to combine the preferences of multiple agents despite the presence of incompleteness and incomparability in their preference orderings. An agent’s preference ordering may be...
Gregorio, A., Gambini, C., Gerloni, V., Parafioriti, A., Sormani, M. P., Gregorio, S., ...
Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the pattern of the lymphoid organization in the synovial tissue of patients affected with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods. A total of 40...
Bispectral index and state entropy of the electroencephalogram during propofol anaesthesia (2007)
Iannuzzi, M., Iannuzzi, E., Chiefari, M., Berrino, L., Rossi, F., Bonhomme, V. L., ...
Nonequilibrium Langevin Approach to Quantum Optics in Semiconductor Microcavities (2006)
Portolan, S., Di Stefano, O., Savasta, S., Rossi, F., Girlanda, R.
Recently the possibility of generating nonclassical polariton states by means of parametric scattering has been demonstrated. Excitonic polaritons propagate in a complex interacting environment and...
The slope of the GRB Variability/Peak Luminosity Correlation (2006)
Guidorzi, C., Frontera, F., Montanari, E., Rossi, F., Amati, L., Gomboc, A., ...
From a sample of 32 GRBs with known redshift (Guidorzi et al. 2005) and then a sample of 551 BATSE GRBs with derived pseudo-redshift (Guidorzi 2005), the time variability/peak luminosity correlation...
Terahertz detection schemes based on sequential multi-photon absorption (2006)
Castellano, F., Iotti, R. C., Rossi, F.
We present modeling and simulation of prototypical multi bound state quantum well infrared photodetectors and show that such a detection design may overcome the problems arising when the operation...
Fontana, A., Rossi, F., Viliani, G., Caponi, S., Fabiani, E.
We report new inelastic Raman and neutron scattering spectra for glasses with different degrees of fragility; the data are compared for each sample to obtain the Raman coupling function $C(\omega)$....
Reclassification of Leuconostoc argentinum as a later synonym of Leuconostoc lactis (2006)
Vancanneyt, Marc, ZAMFIR, M, De Wachter, Marjan, Cleenwerck, Ilse, Hoste, Bart, ROSSI, F, ...
Gregorio, A., Gambini, C., Gerloni, V., Parafioriti, A., Sormani, M. P., Gregorio, S., ...
Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the pattern of the lymphoid organization in the synovial tissue of patients affected with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods. A total of 40...
Gattorno, M., Chicha, L., Gregorio, A., Ferlito, F., Rossi, F., Jarrossay, D., ...
Objectives. Recent laboratory and clinical data suggest that two prototype autoimmune diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis are mainly driven by distinct cytokines,...
339 Myocardial strain analysis in an animal model of doxorubicin induced cardiomyopathy (2006)
Di Salvo, G., Piegari, E., Pacileo, G., Castaldi, B., Golino, P., Berrino, L., ...
Gregorio, A., Gambini, C., Gerloni, V., Parafioriti, A., Sormani, M. P., Gregorio, S., ...
Objective. The aim of the study was to evaluate the pattern of the lymphoid organization in the synovial tissue of patients affected with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods. A total of 40...
Gattorno, M., Chicha, L., Gregorio, A., Ferlito, F., Rossi, F., Jarrossay, D., ...
Objectives. Recent laboratory and clinical data suggest that two prototype autoimmune diseases, systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis are mainly driven by distinct cytokines,...
The GRB Variability/Peak Luminosity Correlation: new results (2005)
Guidorzi, C., Frontera, F., Montanari, E., Rossi, F., Amati, L., Gomboc, A., ...
We report test results of the correlation between time variability and peak luminosity of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), using a larger sample (32) of GRBs with known redshift than that available to...
Decoherence-Free Emergence of Macroscopic Local Realism for entangled photons in a cavity (2005)
Portolan, S., Di Stefano, O., Savasta, S., Rossi, F., Girlanda, R.
We investigate the influence of environmental noise on polarization entangled light generated by parametric emission in a cavity. By adopting a recently developed separability criterion, we show...
Pan-European d13C values of air and organic matter from forest ecosystems (2005)
Hemming, D., Yakir, D., Ambus, P., Aurela, M., Besson, C., Black, K., ...
La and Sm are useful in the 'cool' labelling of refractory materials. The feasibility of direct analysis of La and Sm traces strongly depends on the composition of ferrous materials to be tested: the...
Iannuzzi, M., Iannuzzi, E., Rossi, F., Berrino, L., Chiefari, M.
Background. State entropy (SE) is a newly available monitor for depth of anaesthesia. We investigated whether the relationship between predicted effect-site propofol concentration and Bispectral...
Iannuzzi, M., Iannuzzi, E., Rossi, F., Berrino, L., Chiefari, M.
Background. State entropy (SE) is a newly available monitor for depth of anaesthesia. We investigated whether the relationship between predicted effect-site propofol concentration and both bispectral...
Iannuzzi, M., Iannuzzi, E., Rossi, F., Berrino, L., Chiefari, M.
Background. State entropy (SE) is a newly available monitor for depth of anaesthesia. We investigated whether the relationship between predicted effect-site propofol concentration and Bispectral...
Chemical absorption of H2S for biogas purification (2004)
Horikawa,M.S., Rossi,F., Gimenes,M.L., Costa,C.M.M.
This work presents an experimental study of purification of a biogas by removal of its hydrogen sulphide (H2S) content. The H2S was removed by means of chemical absorption in an iron-chelated...
A Value Ordering Heuristic for Local Search in Distributed Resource Allocation (2004)
Petcu, Adrian, Faltings, Boi, Faltings, B., Petcu, A., Rossi, F., Fages, F.
Functional radial basis function network (2004)
N. Delannay, F. Rossi, B. Conan-guez, M. Verleysen
Abstract. There has been recently a lot of interest for functional data analysis [1] and extensions of well-known methods to functional inputs (clustering algorithm [2], non-parametric models [3],...
Functional Radial Basis Function Networks (2004)
Frbfn Delannay Rossi, N. Delannay, F. Rossi, B. Conan-guez, M. Verleysen
There has been recently a lot of interest for functional data analysis [1] and extensions of well-known methods to functional inputs (clustering algorithm [2], non-parametric models [3], MLP [4]).
Near-field light emission from nano- and micrometric complex structures (2003)
Pieruccini, M., Savasta, Salvatore, Girlanda, Raffaello, Iotti, R.C., Rossi, F.
We propose a general theoretical scheme for the investigation of light emitted from nano- and micrometric structures of arbitrary shape and composition. More specifically, the proposed fully...
Mendes,C., Marin,M. E., Quiñones,F., Sifuentes-Osornio,J., Cuilty Siller,C., Castanheira,M., ...
PROTEKT (Prospective Resistant Organism Tracking and Epidemiology for the Ketolide Telithromycin) is a global surveillance study established in 1999 to monitor antibacterial resistance of respiratory...
New results on high-field transport in semiconductor superlattices (2003)
Holfeld,C.P., Rosam,B., Meinhold,D., Glutsch,S., Schäfer,W., Zhang,J., ...
New results on high-field transport in semiconductor superlattices (2003)
Holfeld, C.P., Rosam, B., Meinhold, D., Glutsch, S., Schäfer, W., Zhang, J., ...
The optical properties of an electrically biased semiconductor superlattice are strongly influenced by coupling to other bands. As these coupling mechanisms depend on the strength of the applied...
New results on high-field transport in semiconductor superlattices (2003)
Holfeld, C.P., Rosam, B., Meinhold, D., Glutsch, S., Schäfer, W., Zhang, J., ...
Biffoni, M., Rossi, F., Massuco, S., Silvestro, F., Galloway, S., Burt, G.M., ...
Article focusing on the opportunities and risks for distributed generation in the context of liberalised energy markets.
Biffoni, M., Rossi, F., Massuco, S., Silvestro, F., Galloway, S., Burt, G.M., ...
Article focusing on the opportunities and risks for distributed generation in the context of liberalised energy markets.
Biffoni, M., Rossi, F., Massuco, S., Silvestro, F., Galloway, S., Burt, G.M., ...
Article focusing on the opportunities and risks for distributed generation in the context of liberalised energy markets.
Temporal reasoning with preferences and uncertainty (2003)
N. Yorke-smith, K. B. Venable, F. Rossi
Temporal Constraint Satisfaction Problems allow for reasoning with events happening over time. Their expressiveness has been extended independently in two directions: to account for uncontrollable...
Near-field light emission from nano- and micrometric complex structures (2002)
Pieruccini, M., Savasta, S., Girlanda, R., Iotti, R., Rossi, F.
We propose a general theoretical scheme for the investigation of light emitted from nano- and micrometric structures of arbitrary shape and composition. More specifically, the proposed fully...
Transverse acoustic nature of the excess of vibrational states in vitreous silica (2002)
Pilla, O., Caponi, S., Fontana, A., Montagna, M., Rossi, F., Viliani, G., ...
We present a numerical simulation study of the density-dependence (rho = 2.2 - 4.0 g/cm^3) of the high-energy collective dynamics in vitreous silica at mesoscopic wavevectors (Q = 1 - 18 nm^-1). The...
Soft Concurrent Constraint Programming (2002)
Bistarelli, S., Montanari, U., Rossi, F.
Soft constraints extend classical constraints to represent multiple consistency levels, and thus provide a way to express preferences, fuzziness, and uncertainty. While there are many soft constraint...
Salvetti,A., Frediani,A., Grassi,E., Rossi,F.
Research on the applicability of the Paris theory to aircraft riveted stiffened structures is reported. This research was carried out in two stages: evaluation of the stress intensity factor K in...
Meinhold, D., Rosam, B., Löser, F., Lyssenko, V.G., Rossi, F., ...
We investigate the dynamics of a Bloch-oscillating wave packet in the presence of strong coupling to delocalized above barrier states (Zener tunneling), using time-resolved intraband...
Biolatti, E., D’Amico, I., Zanardi, P., Rossi, F.
A detailed analysis of the electro-optical response of single as well as coupled semiconductor quantum dots is presented. This is based on a realistic—i.e., fully tridimensional—description of...
Soft Constraint Propagation and Solving in Constraint Handling Rules (2002)
S. Bistarelli, T. Frühwirth, M. Marte, F. Rossi
Abstract. Soft constraints are a generalization of classical constraints, which allow for the description of preferences rather than strict requirements. In soft constraints, constraints and partial...
CP networks: semantics, complexity, approximations and extensions (2002)
F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, T. Walsh
CP-networks are an elegant and compact qualitative framework for expressing preferences. Unfortunately, reasoning with CP-networks can be computationally hard. We propose two remedies to this...
Soft Constraint Propagation and Solving in Constraint Handling Rules (2002)
S. Bistarelli, T. Frühwirth, M. Marte, F. Rossi
Abstract. Soft constraints are a generalization of classical constraints, where constraints and/or partial assignments are associated to preference or importance levels, and constraints are combined...
Solving and Learning Soft Temporal Constraints: Experimental Scenario and Examples (2002)
F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, A. Sperduti, L. Khatib, P. Morris, R. Morris
Soft temporal constraint problems allow to describe in a natural way scenarios where events happen over time and preferences are associated to event distances and durations. However, sometimes such...
Two Solvers for Tractable Temporal Constraints With Preferences (2002)
Rossi Venable Khatib, F. Rossi, K. B. Venable, L. Khatib, P. Morris, R. Morris
A number of reasoning problems involving the manipulation of temporal information can naturally be viewed as implicitly inducing an ordering of potential local decisions involving time on the basis...
M. S. Franzin, E. C. Freuder, F. Rossi, R. Wallace
and solution quality
M. S. Franzin, E. C. Freuder, F. Rossi, R. Wallace
We consider multi-agent systems with preferences, which are just standard multi-agent systems, except that each agent can set some preferences over its local data. This makes these systems more...
Learning and Solving Soft Temporal Constraints: An Experimental Study (2002)
F. Rossi, A. Sperduti, K. B. Venable, L. Khatib
Soft temporal constraints problems allow for a natural description of scenarios where events happen over time and preferences are associated with event distances and durations. However, sometimes...
Use of TLD in Evaluating Diagnostic Reference Levels for Some Radiological Examinations (2002)
Berni, D., Gori, C., Lazzari, B., Mazzocchi, S., Rossi, F., Zatelli, G.
The European Council Directive 97/43 introduces diagnostic reference levels (DRL) for all medical examinations involving ionising radiation. Each department has to evaluate patient dose and to...
Rossi,F., Andreazzi,D., Maffucci,M., Pereira,A A.
Resistance of microbes to commonly used antibiotics became a major concern at the end of the last century. Because Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common pathogen in respiratory infections, we...
The trigger for $K^0 \rightarrow \pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ decays of the NA48 experiment at CERN (2001)
Barr, Giles David, Cundy, Donald C, Formenti, F, Gorini, B, Hallgren, Björn I, Iwanski, W, ...
The trigger used for the collection of the samples of $K^{0}$ yields $\pi^{0}\pi^{0}$ decays in the NA48 experiment at CERN uses a novel pipeline design in order to satisfy the demanding...
Design and Simulation of THz Quantum Cascade Lasers (2001)
Koehler, R., Iotti, R. C., Tredicucci, A., Rossi, F.
Strategies and concepts for the design of THz emitters based on the quantum cascade scheme are analyzed and modeled in terms of a fully three-dimensional Monte Carlo approach; this allows for a...
Spin-based optical quantum gates via Pauli blocking in semiconductor quantum dots (2001)
Pazy, E., Biolatti, E., Calarco, T., D'Amico, I., Zanardi, P., Rossi, F., ...
We present a solid-state implementation of ultrafast conditional quantum gates. Our proposal for a quantum-computing device is based on the spin degrees of freedom of electrons confined in...
A novel approach for the control of exciton-exciton Coulomb coupling in semiconductor macroatoms/molecules is proposed. We show that by applying properly tailored external fields, we can induce ---or...
Storage Qubits and Their Potential Implementation Through a Semiconductor Double Quantum Dot (2001)
Pazy, E., D'Amico, I., Zanardi, P., Rossi, F.
In the context of a semiconductor based implementation of a quantum computer the idea of a quantum storage bit is presented and a possible implementation using a double quantum dot structure is...
Nonlinear transport in superlattices: Bloch oscillations and Zener breakdown (2001)
Löser, F., Rosam, B., Meinhold, D., Lyssenko, V.G., Sudzius, M., Dignam, M.M., ...
Semiconductor superlattices have been intensively used as a model system for the investigation of high field transport in solids. Here, we discuss ultrafast optical experiments which allow us to...
Field-induced delocalization and Zener breakdown in semiconductor superlattices (2001)
Rosam, B., Meinhold, D., Löser, F., Lyssenko, V., Leo, K., Glutsch, S., ...
We investigate the energy spectrum and the electron dynamics of a band in a semiconductor superlattice as a function of the electric field. Linear optical spectroscopy shows that, for high fields,...
Learning preferences on temporal constraints: a preliminary report (2001)
F. Rossi, A. Sperduti, L. Khatib, P. Morris, R. Morris
A number of reasoning problems involving the manipulation of temporal information can naturally be viewed as implicitly inducing an ordering of potential local decisions involving time (specifically,...
Learning preferences on temporal constraints: a preliminary report (2001)
F. Rossi, A. Sperduti, L. Khatib
A number of reasoning problems involving the manipulation of temporal information can naturally be viewed as implicitly inducing an ordering of potential local decisions involving time (specifically,...
Soft Constraint Logic Programming and Generalized Shortest Path Problems (2001)
Stefano Bistarelli, Ugo Montanari, F. Rossi, Francesca Rossi, Padova Italy
In this paper we study the relationship between Constraint Programming (CP) and Shortest Path (SP) problems. In particular, we show that classical, multicriteria, partially ordered, and...
Field-Induced Delocalization and Zener Breakdown in Semiconductor Superlattices (2001)
Bechstedt, F., Glutsch, S., Köhler, K., Leo, K., Lyssenko, V. G., Löser, F., ...
Local optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures in the linear regime (2000)
Mauritz, O., Goldoni, G., Molinari, E., Rossi, F.
We present a theoretical approach to calculate the {\it local} absorption spectrum of excitons confined in a semiconductor nanostructure. Using the density-matrix formalism, we derive a microscopic...
Experience on Quality of Service Support by Exploiting Reservation in IP and ATM Networks (2000)
Edwards, C., Rigolio, G., Casaca, A., Shepherd, W.D., Giordano, S., Rossi, F.
Constraint propagation for soft constraints: Generalization and termination conditions (2000)
Abstract. Soft constraints based on semirings are a generalization of classical constraints, where tuples of variables ' values in each soft constraint are uniquely associated to elements from...
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, F. Rossi
Abstract. Soft constraints are very flexible and expressive. However, they also are very complex to handle. For this reason, it may reasonable in several cases to pass to an abstract version of a...
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, F. Rossi
Abstract. Soft constraints are very flexible and expressive. However, they also are very complex to handle. For this reason, it may reasonable in several cases to pass to an abstract version of a...
Abstracting soft constraints (2000)
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, Y. Georget, F. Rossi
We propose an abstraction scheme for soft constraint problems and we study its main properties. Processing the abstracted version of a soft constraint problem can help us in many ways: for example,...
Labeling and Partial Local Consistency for Soft Constraint Programming (2000)
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, Y. Georget, F. Rossi
. In this paper we generalize to soft constraints the approximation techniques usually used for local consistency in classical constraint satisfaction and programming. The theoretical results show...
Labeling and Partial Local Consistency for Soft Constraint Programming (2000)
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, Y. Georget, F. Rossi
. In this paper we generalize to soft constraints the approximation techniques usually used for local consistency in classical constraint satisfaction and programming. The theoretical results show...
Dose Evaluation and Quality Criteria in Dental Radiology (2000)
Gori, C., Rossi, F., Stecco, A., Villari, N., Zatelli, G.
Radioprotection in dental radiology is of particular interest in the framework of the Revised Medical Exposure Directive for the great number of examinations involving the adult as well as the...
Andriani, I., Bernardi, L., Capaccioli, L., Falivene, A.M., Giachini, R., Lazzari, B., ...
The Medical Exposure Directive (MED) in Article 4, Optimisation, introduces the concept of diagnostic reference-levels (DRL) as a tool for optimisation and specifies particular requirements for...
Fontana, A., Dell'Anna, R., Montagna, M., Rossi, F., Viliani, G., Ruocco, G., ...
New Raman and incoherent neutron scattering data at various temperatures and molecular dynamic simulations in amorphous silica, are compared to obtain the Raman coupling coefficient $C(\omega)$ and,...
Acoustic Nature of the Boson Peak in Vitreous Silica (1999)
Masciovecchio, C., Mazzacurati, V., Monaco, G., Ruocco, G., Scopigno, T., Sette, F., ...
New temperature dependent inelastic x-ray (IXS) and Raman (RS) scattering data are compared to each other and with existing inelastic neutron scattering data in vitreous silica (v-SiO_2), in the 300...
Enhancement of Coulomb interactions in semiconductor nanostructures by dielectric confinement (1999)
Goldoni, G., Rossi, F., Orlandi, A., Rontani, M., Manghi, F., Molinari, E.
We present a theoretical analysis of the effect of dielectric confinement on the Coulomb interaction in dielectrically modulated quantum structures. We discuss the implications of the strong...
Multiple quantum phases in artificial double-dot molecules (1999)
Rontani, Massimo, Rossi, F., Manghi, F., Molinari, E.
We study coupled semiconductor quantum dots theoretically through a generalized Hubbard approach, where intra- and inter-dot Coulomb Correlation, as well as tunneling effects are described on the...
C. Luongo, F. Imperatore, M. G. Matera, G. Mangoni, M. Marmo, A. Baroni, ...
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc. (http://www.uhms.org )
Semiring-based CSPs and Valued CSPs: Frameworks, properties, and comparison (1999)
Abstract. In this paper we describe and compare two frameworks for constraint solving where classical CSPs, fuzzy CSPs, weighted CSPs, partial constraint satisfaction, and others can be easily cast....
Labeling and partial arc consistency for soft constraints (1999)
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, Y. Georget, F. Rossi
In this paper we generalize to soft constraints the techniques and approximations usually used for local consistency in classical constraint satisfaction and programming. The theoretical results show...
Abstracting Soft Constraint (1999)
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, Y. Georget, F. Rossi
ing Soft Constraint S. Bistarelli 1 , P. Codognet 2 , Y. Georget 3 , F. Rossi 4 1: Universit`a di Pisa, Dipartimento di Informatica, Corso Italia 40, 56125 Pisa, Italy. E-mail: bista@di.unipi.it 2:...
Abstracting Soft Constraints (1999)
S. Bistarelli, P. Codognet, Y. Georget, F. Rossi
ing Soft Constraints S. Bistarelli 1 , P. Codognet 2 , Y. Georget 3 , F. Rossi 4 1: Universit`a di Pisa, Dipartimento di Informatica, Corso Italia 40, 56125 Pisa, Italy. E-mail: bista@di.unipi.it 2:...
Semiring-based CSPs and valued CSPs : Frameworks, properties and comparison (1999)
S. Bistarelli, U. Montanari, F. Rossi, T. Schiex, G. Verfaillie, H. Fargier
In this paper we describe and compare two frameworks for constraint solving where classical CSPs, fuzzy CSPs, weighted CSPs, partial constraint satisfaction, and others can be easily cast. One is...
Local Optical Spectroscopy in Quantum Confined Systems: A Theoretical Description (1998)
Mauritz, O., Goldoni, G., Rossi, F., Molinari, E.
A theoretical description of local absorption is proposed in order to investigate spectral variations on a length scale comparable with the extension of the relevant quantum states. A general...
Strong exciton binding in quantum structures through remote dielectric confinement (1998)
Goldoni, G., Rossi, F., Molinari, E.
We propose a new type of hybrid systems formed by conventional semiconductor nanostructures with the addition of remote insulating layers, where the electron-hole interaction is enhanced by combining...
First Measurement of the Rate $K^0_L \to \pi \mu \nu \gamma$ (1997)
Bender, M, Augustin, I, Holder, M, Schwarze, I, Ziolkowski, M, Fanti, V, ...
In a preliminary version of the NA48 experiment at the CERN SPS, in which an iron- scintillator sandwich calorimeter was used as a photon detector, the ratio of K$_L \to \pi\mu\nu\gamma$ and K$_L \to...
Excitonic Effects in Quantum Wires (1997)
Goldoni, G., Rossi, F., Molinari, E.
We review the effects of Coulomb correlation on the linear and non-linear optical properties of semiconductor quantum wires, with emphasis on recent results for the bound excitonic states. Our...
Goldoni, G., Rossi, F., Molinari, E.
We propose that the recently realized T-shaped semiconductor quantum wires (T-wires) could be exploited as three-terminal quantum interference devices. T-wires are formed by intersecting two quantum...
Shape-independent scaling of excitonic confinement in realistic quantum wires (1997)
Rossi, F., Goldoni, G., Molinari, E.
The scaling of exciton binding energy in semiconductor quantum wires is investigated theoretically through a non-variational, fully three-dimensional approach for a wide set of realistic...
Gispen, W.H., Buffo, A., Hoftmaat, A.J., Savio, T., Verbeek, J.S., Oberdick, J., ...
B-50/GAP-43 is a nervous tissue-specific protein, the expression of which is associated with axon growth and regeneration. Its overexpression in transgenic mice produces spontaneous axonal sprouting...
Semiring-based Constraint Logic Programming (1997)
S. Bistarelli, U. Montanari, F. Rossi
We extend the Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) formalism in order to handle semiringbased constraint systems. This allows us to perform in the same language both constraint solving and...
Band structure and optical anisotropy in V-shaped and T-shaped semiconductor quantum wires (1996)
Goldoni, G., Rossi, F., Molinari, E., Fasolino, A.
We present a theoretical investigation of the electronic and optical properties of V- and T-shaped quantum wires. Valence band mixing as well as realistic sample geometries are fully included through...
Valence band spectroscopy in V-grooved quantum wires (1996)
Goldoni, G., Rossi, F., Molinari, E., Fasolino, A., Rinaldi, R., Cingolani, R.
We present a combined theoretical and experimental study of the anisotropy in the optical absorption of V-shaped quantum wires. By means of realistic band structure calculations for these structures,...
Valence band spectroscopy in V-grooved quantum wires (1996)
Cingolani, R., Rinaldi, R., Fasolino, A., Molinari, E., Rossi, F., Goldoni, G.
M. Loewe, A. Corradini, A. Corradini, U. Montanari, U. Montanari, F. Rossi, ...
this paper have been developed within the ESPRIT Working Groups COMPUGRAPH (1989-1992) and COMPU61 C A B A+B in
U. Montanari, F. Rossi, Ugo Montanari, Francesca Rossi
) Ugo Montanari and Francesca Rossi Universit`a di Pisa, Dipartimento di Informatica Corso Italia 40, 56125 Pisa, Italy E-mail: fugo,rossig@di.unipi.it Abstract. In this extended abstract we describe...
Partial Order and Contextual Net Semantics for Atomic and Locally Atomic CC Programs (1996)
F. Bueno, M. Hermenegildo, U. Montanari, F. Rossi
We present two concurrent semantics (i.e. semantics where concurrency is explicitely represented) for CC programs with atomic tells. One is based on simple partial orders of computation steps, while...
Diamond-Like Coatings : Microstructural Evolution under Ion Beam Assistance (1995)
Rossi, F., André, B., Van Veen, A., Mijnarends, P., Schut, H., Delplancke, M., ...
Non-hydrogenated diamond-like carbon films have been prepared by Dual Ion Beam Sputtering and Ion Beam Assisted Magnetron. The assistance parameters -ion energy, ion mass, ion flux/atom flux- have...
Increase of B-50/GAP-43 immunoreactivity in uninjured muscle nerves of MDX mice (1995)
Gispen, W.H., Verzé, L., Buffo, A., Rossi, F., Oestreicher, A.B., Strata, P.
Lack of dystrophin in mdx mice leads to muscle fibre degeneration followed by the formation of new myofibres. This degenerationregeneration event occurs in clusters. It is accompanied by...
Diamond-Like Coatings : Microstructural Evolution under Ion Beam Assistance (1995)
Rossi, F., André, B., Van Veen, A., Mijnarends, P., Schut, H., Delplancke, M., ...
Non-hydrogenated diamond-like carbon films have been prepared by Dual Ion Beam Sputtering and Ion Beam Assisted Magnetron. The assistance parameters -ion energy, ion mass, ion flux/atom flux- have...
Diamond-Like Coatings : Microstructural Evolution under Ion Beam Assistance (1995)
Rossi, F., André, B., Van Veen, A., Mijnarends, P., Schut, H., Delplancke, M., ...
Non-hydrogenated diamond-like carbon films have been prepared by Dual Ion Beam Sputtering and Ion Beam Assisted Magnetron. The assistance parameters -ion energy, ion mass, ion flux/atom flux- have...
Magnetic-field effects in the luminescence of V-shaped quantum wires (1995)
Rinaldi, R., Giugno, P. V., Cingolani, R., Rossi, F., Molinari, E., Ferrara, M., ...
Quantum wire heterostructures, such as V- and T-shaped wires, are very promising candidates for low-threshold lasing. A crucial issue is the excitonic vs. free-carrier nature of the radiative...
M. K. Sharief, M. Ciardi, E. J. Thompson, F. Sorice, F. Rossi, V. Vullo, ...
The pathogenesis of brain inflammation and damage by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is unclear. Because blood–brain barrier damage and impaired cerebral perfusion are common features...
M. K. Sharief, M. Ciardi, M. A. Noori, E. J. Thompson, A. Salotti, F. Sorice, ...
The mechanism for the initiation of blood-brain barrier damage and intrathecal inflammation in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is poorly understood. We have recently...
DENSIFICATION PROCESS IN SILICA SOL-GEL : MONITORING BY OPTICAL AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (1991)
Andrianasolo, B., Ferrari, M., Monteil, A., Duval, E., Serughetti, A., Campostrini, R., ...
We present a study of pure (A) and EU3+-doped (B) silica sol-gels. We relate absorption and Raman measurements on sample A with fluorescence spectra of the ion in sample B at different stages of the...
DENSIFICATION PROCESS IN SILICA SOL-GEL : MONITORING BY OPTICAL AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (1991)
Andrianasolo, B., Ferrari, M., Monteil, A., Duval, E., Serughetti, A., Campostrini, R., ...
We present a study of pure (A) and EU3+-doped (B) silica sol-gels. We relate absorption and Raman measurements on sample A with fluorescence spectra of the ion in sample B at different stages of the...
DENSIFICATION PROCESS IN SILICA SOL-GEL : MONITORING BY OPTICAL AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (1991)
Andrianasolo, B., Ferrari, M., Monteil, A., Duval, E., Serughetti, A., Campostrini, R., ...
We present a study of pure (A) and EU3+-doped (B) silica sol-gels. We relate absorption and Raman measurements on sample A with fluorescence spectra of the ion in sample B at different stages of the...
Constraint Satisfaction (1991)
Rina Dechter, F. Rossi, Francesca Rossi
Contents 1 Introduction 3 2 Constraint propagation 5 3 Constraint satisfaction as search 7 4 Tractable classes 9 5 Constraint optimization and soft constraints 10 6 Constraint programming 11 7...
Bronzetti, G., Corsi, C., Chiaro, D.Del, Boccardo, P., Vellosi, R., Rossi, F., ...
The genotoxic potential of methylglyoxal (MG) was studied in Saccharomyces cerevisiae D7 and in Salmonella typhimurium TA97 and TA102 in the presence and in the absence of metabolic activation system...
THERMAL SHIFT AND BROADENING OF THE 2E - 4A2 ZERO-PHONON LINES IN β-ALUMINA : CR3+ CRYSTALS (1985)
Mariotto, G., Montagna, M., Rossi, F.
Luminescence spectra of Li, Na and Ag β-alumina : Cr3+ crystals are reported. The observed inhomogeneous broadenings of the ZPL and their thermal shifts are discussed in terms of crystal...
THERMAL SHIFT AND BROADENING OF THE 2E - 4A2 ZERO-PHONON LINES IN β-ALUMINA : CR3+ CRYSTALS (1985)
Mariotto, G., Montagna, M., Rossi, F.
Luminescence spectra of Li, Na and Ag β-alumina : Cr3+ crystals are reported. The observed inhomogeneous broadenings of the ZPL and their thermal shifts are discussed in terms of crystal...
THERMAL SHIFT AND BROADENING OF THE 2E - 4A2 ZERO-PHONON LINES IN β-ALUMINA : CR3+ CRYSTALS (1985)
Mariotto, G., Montagna, M., Rossi, F.
Luminescence spectra of Li, Na and Ag β-alumina : Cr3+ crystals are reported. The observed inhomogeneous broadenings of the ZPL and their thermal shifts are discussed in terms of crystal...
1 p. l., 355 p., 2 l.
Baron, P, Constantin, G, D'Andrea, A, Ponzin, D, Scarpini, E, Scarlato, G, ...
In this study we examined the effect of myelin P2 protein on some proinflammatory functions exerted by human mononuclear phagocytes. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that P2 protein selectively...
Buchholz, F, Ringrose, L, Angrand, P O, Rossi, F, Stewart, A F
Genomic manipulations using site-specific recombinases rely on their applied characteristics in living systems. To understand their applied properties so that they can be optimally deployed, we...
Labourier, E, Rossi, F, Gallouzi, I E, Allemand, E, Divita, G, Tazi, J
Human DNA topoisomerase I, known for its DNA-relaxing activity, is possibly one of the kinases phosphorylating members of the SR protein family of splicing factors, in vivo. Little is known about the...
Rossi, F, Labourier, E, Gallouzi, I E, Derancourt, J, Allemand, E, Divita, G, ...
Human DNA topoisomerase I not only has DNA relaxing activity, but also splicing factors phosphorylating activity. Topo I shows strong preference for ATP as the phosphate donor. We used photoaffinity...
Zipeto, D, Sarasini, A, Rossi, F, Baldanti, F, Revello, M G, Milanesi, G, ...
In an AIDS patient with a disseminated human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection, presence of HCMV in blood was repeatedly excluded by the shell vial culture method with the HCMV immediate-early (IE)...
Sultan, Y, Rossi, F, Kazatchkine, M D
Plasma samples obtained from a patient 6 wk, 6 months, and 4 yr after recovery from anti-VIII:C (anti-hemophilic factor, where VIII:C = factor VIII procoagulant activity) autoimmune disease were...
Berton, G, Rosen, H, Ezekowitz, R A, Bellavite, P, Serra, M C, Rossi, F, ...
Monoclonal rat antibodies were produced against a subcellular preparation of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-stimulated guinea pig neutrophils that retains NADPH-oxidase activity. Two...
Zanetti, M, Filaci, G, Lee, R H, Del Guercio, P, Rossi, F, Bacchetta, R, ...
We report that an antibody engineered to express three Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) repeats in the third complementarity-determining region of the heavy chain (antigenized antibody) efficiently inhibits the...
Rossi, F, McNagny, M, Smith, G, Frampton, J, Graf, T
Our previous work showed that haematopoietic precursors transformed by the E26 avian leukemia virus undergo multilineage differentiation in response to the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate...
Wallin, R, Rossi, F, Loeser, R, Key, L L
An osteoblast-like human osteosarcoma cell line (U2-OS) has been shown to possess a vitamin K-dependent carboxylation system which is similar to the system in human HepG2 cells and in liver and lung...
Dusi, S, Della Bianca, V, Grzeskowiak, M, Rossi, F
Stimulation of neutrophils with different agonists activates a latent multicomponent NADPH oxidase that reduces molecular oxygen to superoxide anion. Evidence has accumulated that phosphorylation of...
Characterization of human DNA ligase I expressed in a baculovirus-insect cell system.
Gallina, A, Rossi, F, Milanesi, G, Rossi, R, Montecucco, A, Ciarrocchi, G
The baculovirus expression system was used to overexpress human DNA ligase I (hLig I). Approx. 2 mg of recombinant hLig I was produced per 10(8) Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 insect cells infected with...
NADPH oxidase is the enzyme complex responsible for the production of oxygen radicals in phagocytes. On neutrophil stimulation, the cytosolic components of NADPH oxidase, p67phox and p47phox, as well...
Challenge of neutrophils with concanavalin A (ConA), formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP), and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) induced the tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins....
Activation of human neutrophil NADPH oxidase requires the interaction of cytosolic and membrane-associated components. Evidence has been accumulated that in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate...
Composition of partially purified NADPH oxidase from pig neutrophils.
Bellavite, P, Jones, O T, Cross, A R, Papini, E, Rossi, F
The superoxide (O2.-)-forming enzyme NADPH oxidase from pig neutrophils was solubilized and partially purified by gel-filtration chromatography. The purification procedure allowed the separation of...
On neutrophil stimulation, the cytosolic components of NADPH oxidase, p67phox, p47phox, p40phox, as well as the Ras-related G-proteins Rac1 and Rac2, are translocated from the cytosol to cell...
Baron, P, Constantin, G, D'Andrea, A, Ponzin, D, Scarpini, E, Scarlato, G, ...
In this study we examined the effect of myelin P2 protein on some proinflammatory functions exerted by human mononuclear phagocytes. Northern blot analysis demonstrated that P2 protein selectively...
Buchholz, F, Ringrose, L, Angrand, P O, Rossi, F, Stewart, A F
Genomic manipulations using site-specific recombinases rely on their applied characteristics in living systems. To understand their applied properties so that they can be optimally deployed, we...
Labourier, E, Rossi, F, Gallouzi, I E, Allemand, E, Divita, G, Tazi, J
Human DNA topoisomerase I, known for its DNA-relaxing activity, is possibly one of the kinases phosphorylating members of the SR protein family of splicing factors, in vivo. Little is known about the...
Rossi, F, Labourier, E, Gallouzi, I E, Derancourt, J, Allemand, E, Divita, G, ...
Human DNA topoisomerase I not only has DNA relaxing activity, but also splicing factors phosphorylating activity. Topo I shows strong preference for ATP as the phosphate donor. We used photoaffinity...
Zipeto, D, Sarasini, A, Rossi, F, Baldanti, F, Revello, M G, Milanesi, G, ...
In an AIDS patient with a disseminated human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection, presence of HCMV in blood was repeatedly excluded by the shell vial culture method with the HCMV immediate-early (IE)...
Sultan, Y, Rossi, F, Kazatchkine, M D
Plasma samples obtained from a patient 6 wk, 6 months, and 4 yr after recovery from anti-VIII:C (anti-hemophilic factor, where VIII:C = factor VIII procoagulant activity) autoimmune disease were...
Berton, G, Rosen, H, Ezekowitz, R A, Bellavite, P, Serra, M C, Rossi, F, ...
Monoclonal rat antibodies were produced against a subcellular preparation of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-stimulated guinea pig neutrophils that retains NADPH-oxidase activity. Two...
Zanetti, M, Filaci, G, Lee, R H, Del Guercio, P, Rossi, F, Bacchetta, R, ...
We report that an antibody engineered to express three Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) repeats in the third complementarity-determining region of the heavy chain (antigenized antibody) efficiently inhibits the...
Rossi, F, McNagny, M, Smith, G, Frampton, J, Graf, T
Our previous work showed that haematopoietic precursors transformed by the E26 avian leukemia virus undergo multilineage differentiation in response to the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate...
Wallin, R, Rossi, F, Loeser, R, Key, L L
An osteoblast-like human osteosarcoma cell line (U2-OS) has been shown to possess a vitamin K-dependent carboxylation system which is similar to the system in human HepG2 cells and in liver and lung...
Dusi, S, Della Bianca, V, Grzeskowiak, M, Rossi, F
Stimulation of neutrophils with different agonists activates a latent multicomponent NADPH oxidase that reduces molecular oxygen to superoxide anion. Evidence has accumulated that phosphorylation of...
Characterization of human DNA ligase I expressed in a baculovirus-insect cell system.
Gallina, A, Rossi, F, Milanesi, G, Rossi, R, Montecucco, A, Ciarrocchi, G
The baculovirus expression system was used to overexpress human DNA ligase I (hLig I). Approx. 2 mg of recombinant hLig I was produced per 10(8) Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 insect cells infected with...
NADPH oxidase is the enzyme complex responsible for the production of oxygen radicals in phagocytes. On neutrophil stimulation, the cytosolic components of NADPH oxidase, p67phox and p47phox, as well...
Challenge of neutrophils with concanavalin A (ConA), formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP), and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) induced the tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins....
Activation of human neutrophil NADPH oxidase requires the interaction of cytosolic and membrane-associated components. Evidence has been accumulated that in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate...
Composition of partially purified NADPH oxidase from pig neutrophils.
Bellavite, P, Jones, O T, Cross, A R, Papini, E, Rossi, F
The superoxide (O2.-)-forming enzyme NADPH oxidase from pig neutrophils was solubilized and partially purified by gel-filtration chromatography. The purification procedure allowed the separation of...
On neutrophil stimulation, the cytosolic components of NADPH oxidase, p67phox, p47phox, p40phox, as well as the Ras-related G-proteins Rac1 and Rac2, are translocated from the cytosol to cell...
Interferon-gamma inhibits interleukin-8 production by human polymorphonuclear leucocytes.
Cassatella, M A, Guasparri, I, Ceska, M, Bazzoni, F, Rossi, F
Stimulation of human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) with phagocytosable particles [yeast-IgG (Y-IgG)], lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumour necrosis factor (TNF) or...
Berton, G, Cassatella, M, Cabrini, G, Rossi, F
Mouse peritoneal macrophages activated in vivo by the injection of Corynebacterium parvum release larger amounts of superoxide anion (O2-) than macrophages from control mice when stimulated with...
Rheumatological manifestations of infective endocarditis.
Thomas, P, Allal, J, Bontoux, D, Rossi, F, Poupet, J Y, Petitalot, J P, ...
A retrospective study showed musculoskeletal manifestations in 32 of 108 patients treated for infective endocarditis in several departments at the Poitiers CHU. Such manifestations included articular...
Salvarani, C, Macchioni, P, Cremonesi, T, Mantovani, W, Battistel, B, Rossi, F, ...
The radiological changes of the cervical spine were evaluated in 57 patients with psoriatic arthritis and were correlated with clinical, radiological, and immunogenetic features of the disease. Forty...
Guillevin, L, Lhote, F, Sauvaget, F, Deblois, P, Rossi, F, Levallois, D, ...
OBJECTIVES--To test the effectiveness of and tolerance to interferon-alpha 2b (INFa2b) in association with plasma exchanges for the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) related to hepatitis B...
Salvarani, C, Boiardi, L, Macchioni, P, Rossi, F, Tartoni, P, Casadei Maldini, M, ...
OBJECTIVES--To determine if the presence of low percentages of CD8 positive cells or high levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) define a subgroup of patients with more severe polymyalgia...
Rossi, F, Jayne, D R, Lockwood, C M, Kazatchkine, M D
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antigen (ANCA) activity was inhibited in 15 out of 21 sera from patients with acute systemic vasculitis following incubation with normal polyspecific IgG for therapeutic...
Rossi, F, Bellon, B, Vial, M C, Druet, P, Kazatchkine, M D
Administration of HgCl2 to the susceptible Brown-Norway (BN) strain of rats induces an autoimmune disease characterized by polyclonal B cell activation, increased serum levels of IgE and the...
Rossi, F, Sultan, Y, Kazatchkine, M D
Therapeutic, polyspecific, normal immunoglobulins (IVIg) suppress anti-factor VIII (VIII:C) activity of anti-VIII:c autoantibodies in vivo and in vitro. In the present study anti-VIII:C activity was...
Heidland, A, Šebeková, K, Frangiosa, A, De Santo, L S, Cirillo, M, Rossi, F, ...
Objectives: To analyse circulating concentrations of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in patients with severe congestive heart failure (CHF) and after heart transplantation; to identify the...
Developments at Elettra of the Electronics for the Bunch-Arrival Monitor 2007-05-20 - 2007-05-23
L. Pavlovic, M. Ferianis, K.E. Hacker, T. Korosec, ...
Conference presentation
Degradation of acetylcholine in human airways: role of butyrylcholinesterase.
Norel, X., Angrisani, M., Labat, C., Gorenne, I., Dulmet, E., Rossi, F., ...
1. Neostigmine and BW284C51 induced concentration-dependent contractions in human isolated bronchial preparations whereas tetraisopropylpyrophosphoramide (iso-OMPA) was inactive on airway resting...
M1 and M3 muscarinic receptors in human pulmonary arteries.
Norel, X., Walch, L., Costantino, M., Labat, C., Gorenne, I., Dulmet, E., ...
1. Acetylcholine (ACh) and the M1 agonists (McN-A-343 or PD142505) relaxed human isolated pulmonary arteries which were pre-contracted with noradrenaline (10 microM). In preparations where the...
Squadrito, F., Altavilla, D., Squadrito, G., Campo, G. M., Ioculano, M., Canale, P., ...
1. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of an intravenous infusion of a potent and non selective nitric oxide synthase inhibitor S-ethylisothiourea (Ethyl-TU) with that of a nitric oxide...
Fabbri, A, Marchesini, G, Morselli-Labate, A, Rossi, F, Cicognani, A, Dente, M, ...
Study objective: To examine if a positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at the time of crash (≥0.50 g/l), independently of any clinical evidence and laboratory results indicating acute alcohol...
Scheduling of flexible flow lines in an automobile assembly plant
Agnetis, A., Pacifici, A., Rossi, F., Lucertini, M., Nicoletti, S., Nicolo, F., ...
Sharief, M. K., Ciardi, M., Thompson, E. J., Sorice, F., Rossi, F., Vullo, V., ...
The pathogenesis of brain inflammation and damage by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is unclear. Because blood–brain barrier damage and impaired cerebral perfusion are common features...
Sharief, M. K., Ciardi, M., Noori, M. A., Thompson, E. J., Salotti, A., Sorice, F., ...
The mechanism for the initiation of blood-brain barrier damage and intrathecal inflammation in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is poorly understood. We have recently...
Metabotropic Glutamate and Cannabinoid Receptor Crosstalk in Periaqueductal Grey Pain Processing
Palazzos, E, De Novellis, V, Marabese, I, Rossi, F, Maione, S
Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) and cannabinoid receptors are G-protein coupled receptors which have shown synaptic co-operation through small lipid messengers in the central nervous system (CNS). A...