G. Ferrari

Publication List Details

Period

1048 - 2009

Number

125

Co-Authors

Speedy motions of a body immersed in an infinitely extended medium (2009)

Buttà, P., Ferrari, G., Marchioro, C.

We study the motion of a classical point body of mass M, moving under the action of a constant force of intensity E and immersed in a Vlasov fluid of free particles, interacting with the body via a...

Coherent transport of atomic wave packets in amplitude-modulated optical lattices under the effect of gravity (2009)

Alberti, A., Ferrari, G., Ivanov, V. V., Tino, G. M.

We report on the experimental realization of a dynamical control of transport of ultra-cold atoms loaded in an accelerated and amplitude-modulated 1D optical lattice potential. We tailor the...

Topic 01: Acute HIV Infection P01-01 (2008)

Plasma Fas Lig, Sg Plonk, Ma Moody, G Ferrari, Kj Weinhold, Cf Reich, ...

during the time of viral load ramp-up in acute HIV-1 infection

A quantum sensor for atom-surface interactions below 10 $\mu$m (2008)

Sorrentino, F., Alberti, A., Ferrari, G., Ivanov, V. V., Poli, N., Schioppo, M., ...

We report about the realization of a quantum device for force sensing at micrometric scale. We trap an ultracold $^{88}$Sr atomic cloud with a 1-D optical lattice, then we place the atomic sample...

Flexible High Bitrate Modem Architecture, European (2008)

M. Torregiani, R. Cusani, F. Delli Priscoli, G. Ferrari

A novel Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) currently developed in the WIND-FLEX project(Wireless Indoor

Formation Of A Cold Antihydrogen Beam in AEGIS For Gravity Measurements (2008)

Testera, G., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Boscolo, I., Brambilla, N., Brusa, R. S., ...

The formation of the antihydrogen beam in the AEGIS experiment through the use of inhomogeneous electric fields is discussed and simulation results including the geometry of the apparatus and...

Engineering the quantum transport of atomic wavefunctions over macroscopic distances (2008)

Alberti, A., Ivanov, V. V., Tino, G. M., Ferrari, G.

The manipulation of matterwave represents a milestone in the history of quantum mechanics. It was at the basis of its experimental validation through the observation of diffraction of matter on...

Abstract Global Types and Network Services (2008)

G. Ferrari, E. Moggi, R. Pugliese

Mobility seems to be a fundamental aspect for global computing, however it gives rise to a lot of relevant security problems. We address the problem of protecting hosts from attacks or misbehavior of...

Coherent Delocalization of Atomic Wave Packets in Driven Lattice Potentials (2008)

Ivanov, V. V., Alberti, A., Schioppo, M., Ferrari, G., Artoni, M., Chiofalo, M. L., ...

Atomic wave packets loaded into a phase-modulated vertical optical-lattice potential exhibit a coherent delocalization dynamics arising from intraband transitions among Wannier-Stark levels....

Formation Of A Cold Antihydrogen Beam in AEGIS For Gravity Measurements (2008)

Testera, G., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Boscolo, I., Brambilla, N., Brusa, R. S., ...

The formation of the antihydrogen beam in the AEGIS experiment through the use of inhomogeneous electric fields is discussed and simulation results including the geometry of the apparatus and...

Proposed antimatter gravity measurement with an antihydrogen beam (2008)

AEGIS Proto-Collaboration, Kellerbauer, A., Amoretti, M., Bonomi, G., Boscolo, I., Belov, A. S., ...

The principle of the equivalence of gravitational and inertial mass is one of the cornerstones of general relativity. Considerable efforts have been made and are still being made to verify its...

F-WAN 2002 Preliminary Version Guardians for Ambient-Based Monitoring Abstract (2007)

G. Ferrari, E. Moggi, R. Pugliese

In the Mobile Ambients of Cardelli and Gordon an ambient is a unit for mobility, which may contain processes (data) and sub-ambients. Since the seminal work of Cardelli and Gordon, several...

MetaKlaim: Metaprogramming for Global Computing (2007)

G. Ferrari, E. Moggi, R. Pugliese

Most foundational models for global computing have focused on the spatial dimension, however global computing requires also new ways of thinking about the temporal dimension. In particular, with no...

Targeting amyloid-beta in glaucoma treatment (2007)

Guo, L., Salt, T.E., Luong, V., Wood, N., Cheung, W., Maass, A., ...

The development of the devastating neurodegenerative condition, Alzheimer's disease, is strongly associated with amyloid-beta (Abeta) deposition, neuronal apoptosis, and cell loss. Here, we provide...

Wireless Sensor Networks: Performance Analysis in Indoor Scenarios (2007)

G. Ferrari, P. Medagliani, S. Di Piazza, M. Martalò

We evaluate the performance of realistic wireless sensor networks in indoor scenarios. Most of the considered networks are formed by nodes using the Zigbee communication protocol. For comparison, we...

Wireless Sensor Networks: Performance Analysis in Indoor Scenarios (2007)

G. Ferrari, P. Medagliani, S. Di Piazza, M. Martalò

We evaluate the performance of realistic wireless sensor networks in indoor scenarios. Most of the considered networks are formed by nodes using the Zigbee communication protocol. For comparison, we...

ITREOH building of regional capacity to monitor recreational water: Development of a non-commercial microcystin ELISA and its impact on public health policy (2006)

Brena, B M, Diaz, L, Sienra, D, Ferrari, G, Ferraz, N, Hellman, U, ...

In 2001, a University of California, Davis-University of the Republic, Montevideo, partnership created a Fogarty ITREOH program to exploit the potential of ELISA to provide a low-cost environmental...

Laser cooling and trapping of atomic strontium for ultracold atom physics, high-precision spectroscopy and quantum sensors (2006)

Sorrentino, F., Ferrari, G., Poli, N., Drullinger, R., Tino, G. M.

This review describes the production of atomic strontium samples at ultra-low temperature and at high phase-space density, and their possible use for physical studies and applications. We describe...

Cooling and trapping of ultra-cold strontium isotopic mixtures (2006)

Poli, N., Drullinger, R. E., Ferrari, G., Leonard, J., Sorrentino, F., Tino, G. M.

We present the simultaneous cooling and trapping of an isotopic mixture in a magneto-optical trap and we describe the transfer of the mixture into a conservative, far-off resonant dipole trap. The...

Long-lived Bloch oscillations with bosonic Sr atoms and application to gravity measurement at micrometer scale (2006)

Ferrari, G., Poli, N., Sorrentino, F., Tino, G. M.

We report on the observation of Bloch oscillations on the unprecedented time scale of severalseconds. The experiment is carried out with ultra-cold bosonic strontium-88 loaded into a vertical optical...

Cooling of Sr to high phase-space density by laser and sympathetic cooling in isotopic mixtures (2006)

Ferrari, G., Drullinger, R. E., Poli, N., Sorrentino, F., Tino, G. M.

Based on an experimental study of two-body and three-body collisions in ultracold strontium samples, a novel optical-sympathetic cooling method in isotopic mixtures is demonstrated. Without...

Spectroscopic Performance of the DEPMOS Detector/Amplifier Device with Respect to Different Filtering Techniques and Operation Conditions (2006)

Porro, M., Ferrari, G., Fischer, P., Hälker, O., Harter, M., Herrmann, S., ...

A DePMOS structure provides detection and amplification jointly, and it is free of interconnection stray capacitance. To fully exploit the intrinsic low noise of the device an electrical model has...

Added entries UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (2006)

G. Ferrari, P. Ezhilchelvan, I. Mitrani, Giovanna Ferrari, Paul Ezhilchelvan, Isi Mitrani, ...

A general model of an e-business system comprising an application server and a database engine is analyzed and evaluated. Incoming jobs may have to wait in an external queue; when admitted for...

Modelization of Thermal Fluctuations in G Protein-Coupled Receptors (2005)

Pennetta, C., Akimov, V., Alfinito, E., Reggiani, L., Gomila, G., Ferrari, G., ...

We simulate the electrical properties of a device realized by a G protein coupled receptor (GPCR), embedded in its membrane and in contact with two metallic electrodes through which an external...

{alpha}2-Chimaerin, cyclin-dependent kinase 5/p35, and its target collapsin response mediator protein-2 are essential components in semaphorin 3A-induced growth-cone collapse (2004)

Brown, M., Jacobs, T., Eickholt, B., Ferrari, G., Teo, M., Monfries, C., ...

Neurite outgrowth is influenced by positive and negative signals that include the semaphorins, an important family of axonal outgrowth inhibitors. Here we report that the Rac GTPase activating...

Sympathetic cooling of bosonic and fermionic Lithium gases towards quantum degeneracy (2004)

Schreck, F., Ferrari, G., Corwin, K.L., Cubizolles, Julien, Khaykovich, L., ...

Sympathetic cooling of two atomic isotopes is experimentally investigated. Using forced evaporation of a bosonic 7Li gas in a magnetic trap, a sample of 3 10^5 6Li fermions has been sympathetically...

Formation of a Matter-Wave Bright Soliton (2004)

Khaykovich, L., Schreck, F., Ferrari, G., Bourdel, Thomas, Cubizolles, Julien, Carr, Lincoln, ...

We report the production of matter-wave solitons in an ultracold lithium 7 gas. The effective interaction between atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate is tuned with a Feshbach resonance from repulsive...

Quasipure Bose-Einstein Condensate Immersed in a Fermi Sea (2004)

Schreck, F., Khaykovich, Lev, Corwin, K., Ferrari, G., Bourdel, Thomas, Cubizolles, Julien, ...

We report the observation of co-existing Bose-Einstein condensate and Fermi gas in a magnetic trap. With a very small fraction of thermal atoms, the 7Li condensate is quasi-pure and in thermal...

Shot Noise in Linear Macroscopic Resistors (2004)

Gomila, G., Pennetta, C., Reggiani, L., Sampietro, M., Ferrari, G., Bertuccio, G.

We report on a direct experimental evidence of shot noise in a linear macroscopic resistor. The origin of the shot noise comes from the fluctuation of the total number of charge carriers inside the...

Precision frequency measurement of visible intercombination lines of strontium (2003)

Ferrari, G., Cancio, P., Drullinger, R., Giusfredi, G., Poli, N., Prevedelli, M., ...

We report the direct frequency measurement of the visible 5s$^2$ $^1$S$_0$-5s 5p$^3$P$_1$ intercombination line of strontium that is considered a possible candidate for a future optical frequency...

Higher-order types and meta-programming for global computing (2003)

G. Ferrari, E. Moggi, R. Pugliese

MetaKlaim is a case study in modeling the spatial, temporal and security aspects necessary for global computing. MetaKlaim integrates MetaML (an extension of SML for multi-stage programming) and...

Higher-order types and meta-programming for global computing (2003)

G. Ferrari, E. Moggi, R. Pugliese

MetaKlaim is a case study in modeling the spatial, temporal and security aspects necessary for global computing. MetaKlaim integrates MetaML (an extension of SML for multi-stage programming) and...

Formation of a Matter-Wave Bright Soliton (2002)

Khaykovich, L., Schreck, F., Ferrari, G., Bourdel, T., Cubizolles, J., Carr, L. D., ...

We report the production of matter-wave solitons in an ultracold lithium 7 gas. The effective interaction between atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate is tuned with a Feshbach resonance from repulsive...

Collisional properties of ultracold K-Rb mixtures (2002)

Ferrari, G., Inguscio, M., Jastrzebski, W., Modugno, G., Roati, G., Simoni, A.

We determine the inter-species s-wave triplet scattering length a3 for all K-Rb isotopic mixtures by measuring the cross-section for collisions between 41K and 87Rb in different temperature regimes....

Formation of a Matter-Wave Bright Soliton (2002)

Khaykovich, L., Schreck, F., Ferrari, G., Bourdel, Thomas, Cubizolles, Julien, Carr, Lincoln, ...

We report the production of matter-wave solitons in an ultracold lithium 7 gas. The effective interaction between atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate is tuned with a Feshbach resonance from repulsive...

Formation of a Matter-Wave Bright Soliton (2002)

Khaykovich, L., Schreck, F., Ferrari, G., Bourdel, Thomas, Cubizolles, Julien, Carr, Lincoln, ...

We report the production of matter-wave solitons in an ultracold lithium 7 gas. The effective interaction between atoms in a Bose-Einstein condensate is tuned with a Feshbach resonance from repulsive...

Letters in the Earth Sciences: their historic value and present-day scientific relevance (2002)

Ferrari, G.

Scientific letters, of great importance in the history of science and scientific instrumentation, have a particular importance for those sectors of earth sciences in which structured observation...

Guardians for ambient-based monitoring (2002)

G. Ferrari, E. Moggi, R. Pugliese

In the Mobile Ambients of Cardelli and Gordon an ambient is a unit for mobility, which may contain processes (data) and sub-ambients. Since the seminal work of Cardelli and Gordon, several...

Collapsin response mediator protein switches RhoA and Rac1 morphology in N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells and is regulated by Rho kinase (2001)

Hall, C., Brown, M., Jacobs, T., Ferrari, G., Cann, N., Teo, M., ...

The formation and directional guidance of neurites involves dynamic regulation of Rho family GTPases. Rac and Cdc42 promote neurite outgrowth, whereas Rho activation causes neurite retraction. Here...

A quasi-pure Bose-Einstein condensate immersed in a Fermi sea (2001)

Schreck, F., Khaykovich, L., Corwin, K. L., Ferrari, G., Bourdel, T., Cubizolles, J., ...

We report the observation of co-existing Bose-Einstein condensate and Fermi gas in a magnetic trap. With a very small fraction of thermal atoms, the 7Li condensate is quasi-pure and in thermal...

alpha 2-chimaerin, a Cdc42/Rac1 regulator, is selectively expressed in the rat embryonic nervous system and is involved in neuritogenesis in N1E-115 neuroblastoma cells (2001)

Hall, C., Michael, G.J., Cann, N., Ferrari, G., Teo, M., Jacobs, T., ...

Neuronal differentiation involves Rac and Cdc42 GTPases. alpha -Chimaerin, a Rac/Cdc42 regulator, occurs as alpha 1- and alternatively spliced Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing alpha 2-isoforms....

Sympathetic cooling of bosonic and fermionic Lithium gases towards quantum degeneracy (2001)

Schreck, F., Ferrari, G., Corwin, K.L., Cubizolles, Julien, Khaykovich, L., ...

Sympathetic cooling of two atomic isotopes is experimentally investigated. Using forced evaporation of a bosonic 7Li gas in a magnetic trap, a sample of 3 10^5 6Li fermions has been sympathetically...

Quasipure Bose-Einstein Condensate Immersed in a Fermi Sea (2001)

Schreck, F., Khaykovich, Lev, Corwin, K., Ferrari, G., Bourdel, Thomas, Cubizolles, Julien, ...

We report the observation of co-existing Bose-Einstein condensate and Fermi gas in a magnetic trap. With a very small fraction of thermal atoms, the 7Li condensate is quasi-pure and in thermal...

Sympathetic cooling of bosonic and fermionic Lithium gases towards quantum degeneracy (2001)

Schreck, F., Ferrari, G., Corwin, K.L., Cubizolles, Julien, Khaykovich, L., ...

Sympathetic cooling of two atomic isotopes is experimentally investigated. Using forced evaporation of a bosonic 7Li gas in a magnetic trap, a sample of 3 10^5 6Li fermions has been sympathetically...

Quasipure Bose-Einstein Condensate Immersed in a Fermi Sea (2001)

Schreck, F., Khaykovich, Lev, Corwin, K., Ferrari, G., Bourdel, Thomas, Cubizolles, Julien, ...

We report the observation of co-existing Bose-Einstein condensate and Fermi gas in a magnetic trap. With a very small fraction of thermal atoms, the 7Li condensate is quasi-pure and in thermal...

Global types and network services (2001)

G. Ferrari, E. Moggi, R. Pugliese

Mobility seems to be a fundamental aspect for global computing, however it gives rise to a lot of relevant security problems. We address the problem of protecting hosts from attacks or misbehavior of...

Sympathetic cooling of bosonic and fermionic Lithium gases towards quantum degeneracy (2000)

Schreck, F., Ferrari, G., Corwin, K. L., Cubizolles, J., Khaykovich, L., ...

Sympathetic cooling of two atomic isotopes is experimentally investigated. Using forced evaporation of a bosonic 7Li gas in a magnetic trap, a sample of 3 10^5 6Li fermions has been sympathetically...

The effects of earthquakes in historical cities: the peculiarity of the Italian case (2000)

Guidoboni, E., Ferrari, G.

Knowledge of the urban seismic scenario raises complex elements for technical and cultural consideration which may improve the analysis of the conservation and restoration of historical buildings and...

Historical variables of seismic effects: economic levels, demographic scales and building techniques (2000)

Guidoboni, E., Ferrari, G.

During the analysis of the historical seismicity of Italy, territorial and social elements emerged that in the long term have strongly influenced the effects of the earthquakes. These elements are...

Seismic scenarios and assessment of intensity: some criteria for the use of the MCS scale (2000)

Ferrari, G., Guidoboni, E.

The macroseismic scale used for the classification of the more than 33100 seismic effects of the Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes (CFTI3) is the Mercalli Cancani Sieberg (MCS). As in all...

Reducing the subjectivity of intensity estimates: the Fuzzy Set approach (2000)

Vannucci, G., Gasperini, P., Ferrari, G.

We describe a method for the encoding and the computer analysis of the macroseismic effects deduced from historical sources allowing the complete formalization of the process of seismic intensity...

Deriving numerical estimates from descriptive information: the computation of earthquake parameters (2000)

Gasperini, P., Ferrari, G.

We describe here how the origin time, the epicenter location, the epicentral intensity and the magnitude of the earthquakes included in the Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes (CFTI3) have been...

The effects of earthquakes in historical cities: the peculiarity of the Italian case (2000)

Guidoboni, E.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy, Ferrari, G.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy

Knowledge of the urban seismic scenario raises complex elements for technical and cultural consideration which may improve the analysis of the conservation and restoration of historical buildings and...

Historical variables of seismic effects: economic levels, demographic scales and building techniques (2000)

Guidoboni, E.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy, Ferrari, G.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy

During the analysis of the historical seismicity of Italy, territorial and social elements emerged that in the long term have strongly influenced the effects of the earthquakes. These elements are...

Seismic scenarios and assessment of intensity: some criteria for the use of the MCS scale (2000)

Ferrari, G.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy, Guidoboni, E.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy

The macroseismic scale used for the classification of the more than 33100 seismic effects of the Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes (CFTI3) is the Mercalli Cancani Sieberg (MCS). As in all...

Deriving numerical estimates from descriptive information: the computation of earthquake parameters (2000)

Gasperini, P.; Dipartimento Di Fisica, Università Di Bologna, Italy, Ferrari, G.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy

We describe here how the origin time, the epicenter location, the epicentral intensity and the magnitude of the earthquakes included in the Catalogue of Strong Italian Earthquakes (CFTI3) have been...

Historical cities and earthquakes: Florence during the last nine centuries and evaluations of seismic hazard (1995)

Guidoboni, E., Ferrari, G.

The authors' aim in the following study is to contribute to the assessment of the seismic hazard of historical cities. From this preliminary analysis the general characteristics of the seismicity...

Macroseismic intensity evaluation with the (1995)

Ferrari, G., Gasperini, P., Guidoboni, E.

The use of a macroseismic scale often requires subjective choices and judgments which may produce inhomogeneities and biases in the resulting intensities. To get over this problem it would be...

Historical cities and earthquakes: Florence during the last nine centuries and evaluations of seismic hazard (1995)

Guidoboni, E.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy, Ferrari, G.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy

The authors' aim in the following study is to contribute to the assessment of the seismic hazard of historical cities. From this preliminary analysis the general characteristics of the seismicity...

Macroseismic intensity evaluation with the (1995)

Ferrari, G.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy, Gasperini, P.; Dipartimento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universitá Di Firenze, Italy, Guidoboni, E.; SGA, Storia Geofisica Ambiente, Bologna, Italy

The use of a macroseismic scale often requires subjective choices and judgments which may produce inhomogeneities and biases in the resulting intensities. To get over this problem it would be...

EFFECT OF CHRONIC ETHANOL ADMINISTRATION ON THIAMINE TRANSPORT IN MICROVILLOUS VESICLES OF RAT SMALL INTESTINE (1989)

GASTALDI, G., CASIROLA, D., FERRARI, G., RINDI, G.

The effect of long-term ethanol administration on the membrane mechanism of thiamine entry in rat enterocytes was investigated by using microvillous vesicles of small intestine. Experiments were...

Long-term Effects of Parathyroidectomy on Cardiac and Autonomic Nervous System Functions in Haemodialysis Patients (1988)

Zucchelli, P., Santoro, A., Zucchelli, A., Spongano, M., Ferrari, G.

Ten patients receiving regular haemodialysis therapy who underwent parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism were investigated to evaluate the effects of parathyroid hormone on left...

Etude expérimentale des mécanismes d'activation thermique dans le déplacement d'une paroi de Bloch à 180° (1981)

Porteseil, J.L., Cotillard, J.C., Vergne, R., Ferrari, G.

Cet article est consacré à l'étude des déplacements thermiquement activés d'une paroi de Bloch à 180° dans un monocristal de Fe-Si. On décrit les résultats de deux types d'expériences :...

Etude expérimentale des mécanismes d'activation thermique dans le déplacement d'une paroi de Bloch à 180° (1981)

Porteseil, J.L., Cotillard, J.C., Vergne, R., Ferrari, G.

Cet article est consacré à l'étude des déplacements thermiquement activés d'une paroi de Bloch à 180° dans un monocristal de Fe-Si. On décrit les résultats de deux types d'expériences :...

Etude expérimentale des mécanismes d'activation thermique dans le déplacement d'une paroi de Bloch à 180° (1981)

Porteseil, J.L., Cotillard, J.C., Vergne, R., Ferrari, G.

Cet article est consacré à l'étude des déplacements thermiquement activés d'une paroi de Bloch à 180° dans un monocristal de Fe-Si. On décrit les résultats de deux types d'expériences :...

Stimulation of 45Ca efflux from smooth muscle cells by metabolic inhibition and high K depolarization (1976)

Martinelli, B, Campailla, E, Ferrari, G

The characteristics of the extracellular and cellular calcium exchange in taenia coli have been studied by efflux experiments under different experimental conditions. The exchange of extracellularly...

QoS Control of E-business Systems through Performance Modelling and Estimation (1048)

G. Ferrari, Giovanna Ferrari

E-business systems provide the infrastructure whereby parties interact electronically via business transactions. At peak loads, these systems are susceptible to large volumes of transactions and...

Clonal analysis of stably transduced human epidermal stem cells in culture.

Mathor, M B, Ferrari, G, Dellambra, E, Cilli, M, Mavilio, F, Cancedda, R, ...

We have transduced normal human keratinocytes with retroviral constructs expressing a bacterial beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) gene or a human interleukin-6 (hIL-6) cDNA under control of a long...

Schwann cells transplanted in the lateral ventricles prevent the functional and anatomical effects of monocular deprivation in the rat.

Pizzorusso, T, Fagiolini, M, Fabris, M, Ferrari, G, Maffei, L

We investigated whether the transplant of Schwann cells prevents the physiological and morphological effects of monocular deprivation in the rat. On the day of eye opening in rats (postnatal day 14),...

Schwann cells promote the survival of rat retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve section.

Maffei, L, Carmignoto, G, Perry, V H, Candeo, P, Ferrari, G

Schwann cells (SCs) are known to play an important role for the regeneration of mammalian peripheral nerves. Their effect is likely due to the production of neuronotrophic and/or supportive factors....

A nonproducer, interfering human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 provirus can be transduced through a murine leukemia virus-based retroviral vector: recovery of an anti-HIV mouse/human pseudotype retrovirus.

Federico, M, Nappi, F, Ferrari, G, Chelucci, C, Mavilio, F, Verani, P

The expression of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 provirus (F12-HIV) cloned from a nonproducer, chronically infected CD4 down-regulated Hut-78 cell clone (F12) does not lead to the...

Dominant inhibitory Ras delays Sindbis virus-induced apoptosis in neuronal cells.

Joe, A K, Ferrari, G, Jiang, H H, Liang, X H, Levine, B

Mature neurons are more resistant than dividing cells or differentiating neurons to Sindbis virus-induced apoptotic death. Therefore, we hypothesized that mitogenic signal transduction pathways may...

In vivo genetic variability of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 V3 region.

Boeri, E, Giri, A, Lillo, F, Ferrari, G, Varnier, O E, Ferro, A, ...

The principal neutralizing epitope of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) lies between two invariant cysteines in the third variable region (V3) of the viral envelope (gp120), and its...

Combined pancreas and kidney transplantation normalizes protein metabolism in insulin-dependent diabetic-uremic patients.

Luzi, L, Battezzati, A, Perseghin, G, Bianchi, E, Terruzzi, I, Spotti, D, ...

In order to assess the combined and separate effects of pancreas and kidney transplant on whole-body protein metabolism, 9 insulin-dependent diabetic-uremic patients (IDDUP), 14 patients after...

Proliferative inhibition by dominant-negative Ras rescues naive and neuronally differentiated PC12 cells from apoptotic death.

Ferrari, G, Greene, L A

We have used the nerve growth factor (NGF)-responsive PC12 cell line as a model to examine the role of cell cycle progression in apoptotic neuronal cell death triggered by withdrawal of trophic...

Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in urinary bladder carcinoma by in situ hybridisation.

De Gaetani, C, Ferrari, G, Righi, E, Bettelli, S, Migaldi, M, Ferrari, P, ...

AIMS: To investigate the sensitivity of an in situ hybridisation system to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in transitional cell bladder cancer and to evaluate the advantages of analysing...

High efficiency myogenic conversion of human fibroblasts by adenoviral vector-mediated MyoD gene transfer. An alternative strategy for ex vivo gene therapy of primary myopathies.

Lattanzi, L, Salvatori, G, Coletta, M, Sonnino, C, Cusella De Angelis, M G, Gioglio, L, ...

Ex vivo gene therapy of primary myopathies, based on autologous transplantation of genetically modified myogenic cells, is seriously limited by the number of primary myogenic cells that can be...

Transport of thiamine by brush-border membrane vesicles from rat small intestine.

Casirola, D, Ferrari, G, Gastaldi, G, Patrini, C, Rindi, G

1. Microvillous vesicles obtained by a Ca2+ precipitation method from the intestine of adult Wistar albino rats were incubated at 25 degrees C with [35S]- or [3H]thiamine of high specific activity....

Clonal analysis of stably transduced human epidermal stem cells in culture.

Mathor, M B, Ferrari, G, Dellambra, E, Cilli, M, Mavilio, F, Cancedda, R, ...

We have transduced normal human keratinocytes with retroviral constructs expressing a bacterial beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) gene or a human interleukin-6 (hIL-6) cDNA under control of a long...

Schwann cells transplanted in the lateral ventricles prevent the functional and anatomical effects of monocular deprivation in the rat.

Pizzorusso, T, Fagiolini, M, Fabris, M, Ferrari, G, Maffei, L

We investigated whether the transplant of Schwann cells prevents the physiological and morphological effects of monocular deprivation in the rat. On the day of eye opening in rats (postnatal day 14),...

Schwann cells promote the survival of rat retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve section.

Maffei, L, Carmignoto, G, Perry, V H, Candeo, P, Ferrari, G

Schwann cells (SCs) are known to play an important role for the regeneration of mammalian peripheral nerves. Their effect is likely due to the production of neuronotrophic and/or supportive factors....

A nonproducer, interfering human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 provirus can be transduced through a murine leukemia virus-based retroviral vector: recovery of an anti-HIV mouse/human pseudotype retrovirus.

Federico, M, Nappi, F, Ferrari, G, Chelucci, C, Mavilio, F, Verani, P

The expression of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 provirus (F12-HIV) cloned from a nonproducer, chronically infected CD4 down-regulated Hut-78 cell clone (F12) does not lead to the...

Dominant inhibitory Ras delays Sindbis virus-induced apoptosis in neuronal cells.

Joe, A K, Ferrari, G, Jiang, H H, Liang, X H, Levine, B

Mature neurons are more resistant than dividing cells or differentiating neurons to Sindbis virus-induced apoptotic death. Therefore, we hypothesized that mitogenic signal transduction pathways may...

In vivo genetic variability of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 V3 region.

Boeri, E, Giri, A, Lillo, F, Ferrari, G, Varnier, O E, Ferro, A, ...

The principal neutralizing epitope of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) lies between two invariant cysteines in the third variable region (V3) of the viral envelope (gp120), and its...

Combined pancreas and kidney transplantation normalizes protein metabolism in insulin-dependent diabetic-uremic patients.

Luzi, L, Battezzati, A, Perseghin, G, Bianchi, E, Terruzzi, I, Spotti, D, ...

In order to assess the combined and separate effects of pancreas and kidney transplant on whole-body protein metabolism, 9 insulin-dependent diabetic-uremic patients (IDDUP), 14 patients after...

Proliferative inhibition by dominant-negative Ras rescues naive and neuronally differentiated PC12 cells from apoptotic death.

Ferrari, G, Greene, L A

We have used the nerve growth factor (NGF)-responsive PC12 cell line as a model to examine the role of cell cycle progression in apoptotic neuronal cell death triggered by withdrawal of trophic...

Detection of human papillomavirus DNA in urinary bladder carcinoma by in situ hybridisation.

De Gaetani, C, Ferrari, G, Righi, E, Bettelli, S, Migaldi, M, Ferrari, P, ...

AIMS: To investigate the sensitivity of an in situ hybridisation system to detect human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in transitional cell bladder cancer and to evaluate the advantages of analysing...

High efficiency myogenic conversion of human fibroblasts by adenoviral vector-mediated MyoD gene transfer. An alternative strategy for ex vivo gene therapy of primary myopathies.

Lattanzi, L, Salvatori, G, Coletta, M, Sonnino, C, Cusella De Angelis, M G, Gioglio, L, ...

Ex vivo gene therapy of primary myopathies, based on autologous transplantation of genetically modified myogenic cells, is seriously limited by the number of primary myogenic cells that can be...

Transport of thiamine by brush-border membrane vesicles from rat small intestine.

Casirola, D, Ferrari, G, Gastaldi, G, Patrini, C, Rindi, G

1. Microvillous vesicles obtained by a Ca2+ precipitation method from the intestine of adult Wistar albino rats were incubated at 25 degrees C with [35S]- or [3H]thiamine of high specific activity....

IL-7 enhancement of antigen-driven activation/expansion of HIV-1-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursors (CTLp).

Ferrari, G, King, K, Rathbun, K, Place, C A, Packard, M V, Bartlett, J A, ...

CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes are an important component in the immunologic control of human viral diseases. IL-7, a stromal cell-derived cytokine, has been demonstrated to enhance both anti-tumour...

Prevalence of tic disorders among primary school students in the city of Pavia, Italy

Lanzi, G, Zambrino, C, Termine, C, Palestra, M, Ferrari, G, Orcesi, S, ...

Background: The prevalence of tic disorders in children varies from 1% to 29% depending on the characteristics of the study population, the diagnostic criteria, and the study design and methods.

Acute HIV infection: the impact of anti-retroviral treatment on cellular immune responses

Hicks, C B, Gay, C, Ferrari, G

The overall value of initiating anti-retroviral therapy during the acute phase of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection remains unclear. From a clinical perspective, the lack of data...

Constructing a Social Accounting Matrix for Sardinia

G. Ferrari, Giorgio Garau, P. Lecca

Recently, the Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) has been resurrected as a policy analysis tool and, in the last decade, attention has been paid to SAM multipliers, as well as to the use of the SAM as a...