Bernardi, M., Shankar, F., Hyde, J. B., Mei, S., Marulli, F., Sheth, R. K.
We provide fits to the distribution of galaxy luminosity, size, velocity dispersion and stellar mass as a function of concentration index C_r and morphological type in the SDSS. We also quantify how...
At the present time, SDSS early-type BCGs have larger Re than early-type galaxies of similar L, whether these other objects are in the field, or are satellites in clusters (Re ~ L for BCGs). At fixed...
Ordonez, J F, Rosety, I, Bernardi, M, Diaz, A, Boukhzar, L, Rosety-Rodriguez, M
It is widely accepted that high physical performance may be associated to oxidative damage. The present study was undertaken to ascertain the influence of a mixed protocol based on regular exercise...
Curvature in the scaling relations of early-type galaxies (2008)
We select a sample of about 50,000 early-type galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), calibrate fitting formulae which correct for known problems with photometric reductions of extended...
The luminosity and stellar mass Fundamental Plane of early-type galaxies (2008)
From a sample of ~50000 early-type galaxies from the SDSS, we measured the traditional Fundamental Plane in four bands. We then replaced luminosity with stellar mass, and measured the "stellar mass"...
A Search for the Most Massive Galaxies. II. Structure, Environment and Formation (2008)
Bernardi, M., Hyde, J. B., Fritz, A., Sheth, R. K., Gebhardt, K., Nichol, R. C.
We study a sample of 43 early-type galaxies, selected from the SDSS because they appeared to have velocity dispersion > 350 km/s. High-resolution photometry in the SDSS i passband using HRC-ACS on...
A Search for the Most Massive Galaxies. III. Global and Central Structure (2008)
Hyde, J. B., Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Nichol, R. C.
We used the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope to obtain high resolution i-band images of the centers of 23 single galaxies, which were selected because they have SDSS...
In Search of the Largest Velocity Dispersion Galaxies (2008)
Salviander, S., Shields, G. A., Gebhardt, K., Bernardi, M., Hyde, J. B.
We present Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET) observations for galaxies at redshift z < 0.3 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) showing large velocity dispersions while appearing to be single galaxies...
Recent advances in the natural history of hepatocellular carcinoma (2008)
Trevisani, F., Cantarini, M.C., Wands, J.R., Bernardi, M.
Ongoing advances in liver disease management and basic research in recent years have changed our knowledge of the natural history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Indeed, the natural history of...
Lightning-Correlated Faults in Power Distribution Networks (2007)
Bernardi, M., Borghetti, A., Nucci, C. A., Napolitano, F., Paolone, M., Rachidi, F., ...
Galaxy Star Formation as a function of Environment (2006)
F. J. Castander, M. Bernardi, D. G. Gilbank, P. L. Gómez, T. Goto, C. J. Miller, ...
Galaxy Star Formation as a function of Environment
Tundo, E., Bernardi, M., Hyde, J. B., Sheth, R. K., Pizzella, A.
Black hole masses are tightly correlated with the stellar velocity dispersions of the bulges which surround them, and slightly less-well correlated with the bulge luminosity. It is common to use...
Selection bias in the M_BH-sigma and M_BH-L correlations and its consequences (2006)
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Tundo, E., Hyde, J. B.
It is common to estimate black hole abundances by using a measured correlation between black hole mass and another more easily measured observable such as the velocity dispersion or luminosity of the...
The sigma - L correlation in Nearby Early-Type Galaxies (2006)
Early-type galaxy velocity dispersions and luminosities are correlated. The correlation estimated in local samples (< 100 Mpc) differs from that measured more recently in the SDSS. This is true even...
Bernardi, M., Hyde, J. B., Sheth, R. K., Miller, C. J., Nichol, R. C.
The size-luminosity relation of early-type Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs), R_e ~ L^0.88, is steeper than that for the bulk of the early-type galaxy population, for which R_e ~ L^0.68. In addition,...
Voltages Induced by Cloud Discharges on Overhead Power Lines (2006)
Napolitano, F., Bernardi, M., Borghetti, A., Nucci, C.A., Paolone, M., Rachidi, F.
The quasar epoch and the stellar ages of early-type galaxies (2005)
We investigate the hypothesis that quasars formed together with the stellar populations of early-type galaxies. This hypothesis, in conjunction with the stellar ages of early-type galaxies from...
A search for the most massive galaxies: Double Trouble? (2005)
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Nichol, R. C., Miller, C. J., Schlegel, D., Frieman, J., ...
We describe the results of a search for galaxies with large (> 350 km/s) velocity dispersions. The largest systems we have found appear to be the extremes of the early-type galaxy population:...
Evolution and environment of early-type galaxies (2005)
Bernardi, M., Nichol, R. C., Sheth, R. K., Miller, C. J., Brinkmann, J.
We study the photometric and spectral properties of 39320 early-type galaxies within the SDSS, as a function of both local environment and redshift. The distance to the nearest cluster of galaxies...
The C4 clustering algorithm: clusters of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)
Miller, CJ, Nichol, RC, Reichart, D, Wechsler, RH, Evrard, AE, Annis, J, ...
We present the C4 Cluster Catalog, a new sample of 748 clusters of galaxies identified in the spectroscopic sample of the Second Data Release (DR2) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). The C4...
Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Circular Aperture Photometry (2005)
Alonso, M. V., Bernardi, M., Da Costa, L. N., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
We present R-band CCD photometry for 1332 early-type galaxies, observed as part of the ENEAR survey of peculiar motions using early-type galaxies in the nearby Universe. Circular apertures are used...
Sepsis in cirrhosis: report on the 7th meeting of the International Ascites Club (2005)
Wong, F., Bernardi, M., Balk, R., Christman, B., Moreau, R., Garcia-Tsao, G., ...
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response to the presence of infection, mediated via the production of many cytokines, including tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin (IL)-6, and...
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Nichol, R. C., Schneider, D. P., Brinkmann, J.
We present an analysis of the color-magnitude-velocity dispersion relation for a sample of 39320 early-type galaxies within the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We demonstrate that the color-magnitude...
Correlation between Distribution Systems Faults and Indirect Lightning-Induced Voltages (2004)
Nucci, C.A., Paolone, M., Borghetti, A., Bernardi, M., Malgarotti, S., Mastandrea, I., ...
Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Spectroscopic Data (2003)
Wegner, G., Bernardi, M., Wilmer, C. N. A., Da Costa, L. N., Alonso, M. V., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
We present central velocity dispersions and Mg$_2$ line indices for an all-sky sample of $\sim$ 1178 elliptical and S0 galaxies, of which 984 had no previous measures. This sample contains the...
Stellar and Dynamical Masses of Ellipticals in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Padmanabhan, N., Seljak, U., Strauss, M. A., Blanton, M. R., Kauffmann, G., Schlegel, D. J., ...
We study the variation of the dark matter mass fraction of elliptical galaxies as a function of their luminosity, stellar mass, and size using a sample of 29,469 elliptical galaxies culled from the...
Star formation rate indicators in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
Hopkins, A. M., Miller, C. J., Nichol, R. C., Connolly, A. J., Bernardi, M., Gomez, P. L., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) first data release provides a database of 106000 unique galaxies in the main galaxy sample with measured spectra. A sample of star-forming (SF) galaxies are...
The quasar epoch and the stellar ages of early-type galaxies (2003)
We investigate the hypothesis that quasars formed together with the stellar populations of early-type galaxies. This hypothesis, in conjunction with the stellar ages of early-type galaxies from...
Large Scale Structure in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)
The primary observational goals of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey are to obtain CCD imaging of 10,000 deg^2 of the north Galactic cap in five passbands, with a limiting magnitude in the r-band of 22.5,...
The velocity dispersion function of early-type galaxies (2003)
Sheth, Ravi K., Bernardi, M., Schechter, P. L., Burles, S., Eisenstein, D. J., Finkbeiner, D. P., ...
The distribution of early-type galaxy velocity dispersions, phi(sigma), is measured using a sample drawn from the SDSS database. Its shape differs significantly from that which one obtains by simply...
Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Circular Aperture Photometry (2003)
Alonso, M. V., Bernardi, M., Da Costa, L. N., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
We present R-band CCD photometry for 1332 early-type galaxies, observed as part of the ENEAR survey of peculiar motions using early-type galaxies in the nearby Universe. Circular apertures are used...
Early-type galaxies in the SDSS. II. Correlations between observables (2003)
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Annis, J., Burles, S., Eisenstein, D. J., Finkbeiner, D. P., ...
A magnitude limited sample of nearly 9000 early-type galaxies, in the redshift range 0.01 < z < 0.3, was selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using morphological and spectral criteria. The...
Early-type galaxies in the SDSS. III. The Fundamental Plane (2003)
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Annis, J., Burles, S., Eisenstein, D. J., Finkbeiner, D. P., ...
A magnitude limited sample of nearly 9000 early-type galaxies, in the redshift range 0.01 < z < 0.3, was selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using morphological and spectral criteria. The...
Early-type galaxies in the SDSS. IV. Colors and chemical evolution (2003)
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Annis, J., Burles, S., Finkbeiner, D. P., Lupton, R. H., ...
The colors and chemical abundances of early-type galaxies at redshifts z
Early-type galaxies in the SDSS. I. The sample (2003)
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Annis, J., Burles, S., Eisenstein, D. J., Finkbeiner, D. P., ...
A sample of nearly 9000 early-type galaxies, in the redshift range 0.01 < z < 0.3, was selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey using morphological and spectral criteria. This paper describes how...
The quasar epoch and the stellar ages of early-type galaxies (2003)
We investigate the hypothesis that quasars formed together with the stellar populations of early-type galaxies. This hypothesis, in conjunction with the stellar ages of early-type galaxies from...
Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Circular Aperture Photometry (2003)
Alonso, M. V., Bernardi, M., Da Costa, L. N., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
We present R-band CCD photometry for 1332 early-type galaxies, observed as part of the ENEAR survey of peculiar motions using early-type galaxies in the nearby Universe. Circular apertures are used...
The quasar epoch and the stellar ages of early-type galaxies (2003)
We investigate the hypothesis that quasars formed together with the stellar populations of early-type galaxies. This hypothesis, in conjunction with the stellar ages of early-type galaxies from...
Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies: Circular Aperture Photometry (2003)
Alonso, M. V., Bernardi, M., Da Costa, L. N., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
We present R-band CCD photometry for 1332 early-type galaxies, observed as part of the ENEAR survey of peculiar motions using early-type galaxies in the nearby Universe. Circular apertures are used...
Galaxy Star Formation as a function of Environment (2003)
Balogh , M. L., Bernardi , M., Bower , R. G., Castander , F. J., Connolly , A. J., Gilbank , D. G., ...
Detection of He II reionization in the sloan digital sky survey quasar sample. (2002)
Theuns, T., Bernardi, M., Frieman, J., Hewett, P., Schaye, J., Sheth, R. K., ...
The expansion of the universe leads to a rapid drop in the hydrogen Ly effective optical depth of the intergalactic medium (IGM), N/Aeff(1+z)3.8, between redshifts 4 and 3. Measurements of the...
Detection of He II reionization in the SDSS quasar sample (2002)
Theuns, T., Bernardi, M., Frieman, J., Hewett, P., Schaye, J., Sheth, R. K., ...
The expansion of the Universe leads to a rapid drop in the mean hydrogen Ly-alpha opacity tau of the intergalactic medium (IGM), tau (1+z)^{3.8}, between redshifts 4 and 3. Measurements of the...
A feature at z ~ 3.2 in the evolution of the Ly-alpha forest optical depth (2002)
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Subbarao, M., Richards, G. T., Burles, S., Connolly, A. J., ...
The effective optical depth in the Ly-alpha forest region of 1061 low-resolution QSO spectra drawn from the SDSS database decreases with decreasing redshift over the range 2.5 < z < 4. Although the...
Redshift-distance Survey of Early-type Galaxies: the ENEARc Cluster Sample (2002)
Bernardi, M., Alonso, M. V., Da Costa, L. N., Willmer, C. N. A., Wegner, G., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
This paper presents data on the ENEARc subsample of the larger ENEAR survey of the nearby early-type galaxies. The ENEARc galaxies belong to clusters and were specifically chosen to be used for the...
Redshift-distance Survey of Early-type Galaxies: The D_n-sigma Relation (2002)
Bernardi, M., Alonso, M. V., Da Costa, L. N., Willmer, C. N. A., Wegner, G., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
In this paper R-band photometric and velocity dispersion measurements for a sample of 452 elliptical and S0 galaxies in 28 clusters are used to construct a template D_n-sigma relation. This template...
Galaxy clustering in early Sloan Digital Sky Survey redshift data (2002)
Zehavi, I., Blanton, M. R., Frieman, J. A., Weinberg, D. H., Mo, H. J., Strauss, M. A., ...
We present the first measurements of clustering in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) galaxy redshift survey. Our sample consists of 29,300 galaxies with redshifts 5700 km s(-1) less than or equal...
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release (2002)
Stoughton, C., Lupton, R. H., Bernardi, M., Blanton, M. R., Burles, S., Castander, F. J., ...
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) is an imaging and spectroscopic survey that will eventually cover approximately one-quarter of the celestial sphere and collect spectra of 10 6 galaxies, 100,000...
Caputo, F., Addolorato, G., Domenicali, M., Mosti, A., Viaggi, M., Trevisani, F., ...
— Methadone, a synthetic opioid agonist, is commonly used for the treatment of heroin dependence. Depending on how alcohol addiction is defined, rates of alcoholism vary among those attending...
Early-type galaxies in the SDSS (2001)
Bernardi, M., Sheth, R. K., Annis, J., Burles, S., Eisenstein, D. J., Finkbeiner, D. P., ...
A sample of nearly 9000 early-type galaxies, in the redshift range 0.01
Mg_2-sigma in Early-Type Galaxies and Spiral Bulges (2001)
Chiappini, C., Pellegrini, P. S., Rite, C., Maia, M. A. G., Ogando, R., Ramos, B., ...
We analyze new measurements of the Mg_2 central line strength index and velocity dispersion (sigma) for the galaxies of the ENEAR survey. The observations are now complete (da Costa et al. 2000) and...
Eisenstein, D. J., Annis, J., Gunn, J. E., Szalay, A. S., Connolly, A. J., Nichol, R. C., ...
We describe the target selection and resulting properties of a spectroscopic sample of luminous, red galaxies (LRG) from the imaging data of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). These galaxies are...
A counterrotating core in NGC 7097? (2001)
De Bruyne, Veronique, Dejonghe, Herwig, PIZZELLA, A, BERNARDI, M, ZEILINGER, W
M. Bernardi, M. V. Alonso, G. Wegner, P. S. Pellegrini, ...
R-band photometric and velocity dispersion measurements for a sample of 452 elliptical and S0 galaxies in 28 clusters are used to construct a template D n- relation. This template relation is...
Large-Scale Power Spectrum and Structures From the ENEAR galaxy Peculiar Velocity Catalog (2000)
Zaroubi, S., Bernardi, M., Da Costa, L. N., Hoffman, Y., Alonso, V., Wegner, G., ...
We estimate the mass density fluctuations power spectrum (PS) on large scales by applying a maximum likelihood technique to the peculiarvelocity data of the recently completed redshift-distance...
ENEAR Redshift-Distance Survey: Cosmological Constraints (2000)
Borgani, S., Bernardi, M., Da Costa, L. N., Wegner, G., Alonso, M. V., Willmer, C. N. A., ...
We present an analysis of the ENEAR sample of peculiar velocities of elliptical galaxies, obtained with D_n-\sigma distances. We use the velocity correlation function to analyze the statistics of the...
Models of networked analysis at regional centres for LHC experiments (MONARC). Phase 2 report (2000)
Aderholz, M, Amako, K, Auge, E, Bagliesi, G, Barone, L, Battistoni, G, ...
Redshift-Distance Survey of Early-Type Galaxies. IV. Dipoles of the Velocity Field (1999)
Da Costa, L. N., Bernardi, M., Alonso, M. V., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
We use the recently completed redshift-distance survey of nearby early-type galaxies (ENEAR) to measure the dipole component of the peculiar velocity field to a depth of cz ~ 6000 km/s. The sample...
Da Costa, L. N., Bernardi, M., Alonso, M. V., Wegner, G., Willmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
This is the first in a series of papers describing the recently completed all-sky redshift-distance survey of nearby early-type galaxies (ENEAR) carried out for peculiar velocity analysis. The sample...
Wegner, G., Da Costa, L. N., Alonso, M. V., Bernardi, M., Wilmer, C. N. A., Pellegrini, P. S., ...
The ENEAR project is an all-sky survey of nearby early-type galaxies. About 2200 new spectra and R-band images of over 1500 galaxies together with published data were assembled into a large catalog...
Dark matter in elliptical galaxies: 3-integral modeling (1997)
SAGLIA, RP, BERNARDI, M, BERTOLA, F, PIZZELLA, A, BUSON, LM, De Bruyne, Veronique, ...
ADDOLORATO, G., CASTELLI, E., STEFANINI, G. F., CASELLA, G., CAPUTO, F., MARSIGLI, L., ...
We report the results of an ‘open’ multicentre study evaluating the use, tolerability and therapeutic efficacy of the sodium salt of 4-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) for the medium-term treatment of...
Shape of line profiles and dark matter in E galaxies (1995)
BUSON, LM, BERNARDI, M, BERTOLA, F, PIZZELLA, A, BERTIN, G, STIAVELLI, M, ...
Interaction of licorice on glycyrrhizin pharmacokinetics.
Cantelli-Forti, G, Maffei, F, Hrelia, P, Bugamelli, F, Bernardi, M, D'Intino, P, ...
The effects of components of aqueous licorice root extract (LE) on the pharmacokinetics of glycyrrhizin (G) and glycyrrhetic acid (GA) were investigated in rats and humans. The aim of this work was...
Interaction of licorice on glycyrrhizin pharmacokinetics.
Cantelli-Forti, G, Maffei, F, Hrelia, P, Bugamelli, F, Bernardi, M, D'Intino, P, ...
The effects of components of aqueous licorice root extract (LE) on the pharmacokinetics of glycyrrhizin (G) and glycyrrhetic acid (GA) were investigated in rats and humans. The aim of this work was...
Lymphocytotoxicity test against rabbit hepatocytes in chronic liver diseases.
Facchini, A, Stefanini, G F, Bernardi, M, Miglio, F, Gasbarrini, G, Labö, G
We have studied the cytotoxicity against rabbit liver cells of lymphocytes from the peripheral blood of 71 patients with various liver diseases. The group with chronic active hepatitis and three...
Bernardi, M, Trevisani, F, Santini, C, De Palma, R, Gasbarrini, G
Thirty-seven patients with liver cirrhosis (16 without ascites: group 1; 21 with untreated ascites at the first onset: group 2) were studied during controlled sodium intake (40 mmol/day). Renal...
Renal function impairment induced by change in posture in patients with cirrhosis and ascites.
Bernardi, M, Santini, C, Trevisani, F, Baraldini, M, Ligabue, A, Gasbarrini, G
The assumption of upright posture by patients with liver cirrhosis leads to striking activation of adrenergic and renin-angiotensin systems. The tilting-induced modifications in renal function of...
Impact of interferon therapy on the natural history of hepatitis C virus related cirrhosis
Gramenzi, A, Andreone, P, Fiorino, S, Camma, C, Giunta, M, Magalotti, D, ...
BACKGROUND—The role of interferon treatment on the natural history of hepatitis C virus related cirrhosis is under debate. AIM—To evaluate the effect of interferon on the clinical course of...
Impaired tuftsin activity in cirrhosis: relationship with splenic function and clinical outcome
Trevisani, F, Castelli, E, Foschi, F G, Parazza, M, Loggi, E, Bertelli, M, ...
Background: Cirrhotic patients show increased susceptibility to bacterial infections. It is not known whether tuftsin deficiency, which is associated with an increased incidence of infections in many...
Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection in Italian patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Meliconi, R, Andreone, P, Fasano, L, Galli, S, Pacilli, A, Miniero, R, ...
BACKGROUND: A viral cause of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) was recently suggested by a Japanese study in which a high prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies was detected. A...
Acute multifocal cerebral white matter lesions during transfer factor therapy
FOSCHI, F., MARSIGLI, L., BERNARDI, M., SALVI, F., MASCALCHI, M., GASBARRINI, G., ...
Sepsis in cirrhosis: report on the 7th meeting of the International Ascites Club
Wong, F, Bernardi, M, Balk, R, Christman, B, Moreau, R, Garcia-Tsao, G, ...
Wilkinson, S. P., Bernardi, M., Wheeler, P. G., Smith, I. K., Williams, R.
In 4 patients with cirrhosis and ascites, diuretic therapy resulted in an impairment of renal function that was associated with a rise in plasma renin activity (PRA). In 3, this occurred in the...