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Cicchella Domenico Hoogewerff Jurian Albanese Stefano Adamo Paola Lima Annamaria Taiani Manuela V. E. De Vivo Benedetto 《Environmental geochemistry and health》2016,38(2):619-637
Environmental Geochemistry and Health - The results of a large geochemical study on various environmental media (soil, stream sediment, groundwater, surface water, lettuce and human hair) of the... 相似文献
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Stefano Albanese Pietro Iavazzo Paola Adamo Annamaria Lima Benedetto De Vivo 《Environmental geochemistry and health》2013,35(3):283-297
The Sarno river basin covers an area of 500 km2 collecting the waters of Solofrana and Cavaiola tributaries. Originally it manly represents a source of livelihood for inhabitants by fishing and transporting goods; currently, the Sarno river, still partially used for irrigation, is affected by an extreme environmental degradation as a result of uncontrolled outflow of industrial waste. Within the framework of a wider geochemical prospecting project aiming at characterizing the whole territory of the Campania region, 89 stream sediment samples with a sampling density of 1 sample per 5 km2 were collected in the river basin and analyzed by means of inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry in order to assess the environmental conditions at a regional scale. A GIS-aided technique, based on both the actual distribution of potentially harmful elements and their regional background values, was used to generate the maps of the contamination factors and of the contamination degrees for As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Pb and Zn. Furthermore, a factor analysis was performed to assess the nature and the extent of contamination sources for the river sediments. Results showed that the Sarno river basin could be divided in two “environmental status” units: one, low contaminated, corresponding to the hilly and mountain areas, and the second, from moderately to very highly contaminated, corresponding to the economically developed areas of the valley floor characterized by a high population density. This work was developed within a project that aims to investigate the relationships between environmental pollution and human health by analyzing environmental media (stream sediments, water, soil and vegetation) together with human hair of resident population. In this context, the spatial correlation between the extremely compromised environmental conditions of developed areas and the incidence rate of liver cancer in the same area was also explored posing the need of a careful costs/benefits analysis to assess whether the deterioration of the environment, that could adversely affect the conditions of public health, is worth the economic development. 相似文献
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L. Meredith B. Albanese T. Whyte T. Gibson M. Fitzharris M. Baldock 《Traffic injury prevention》2019,20(2):169-173
Objective: Fractures are a common injury among motorcycle riders and can have serious health implications. Impact protection (IP) has been designed to help prevent fractures, yet there are conflicting opinions as to whether this IP does in fact help prevent fractures in real-world crashes. This work aimed to (1) use simulated dummy impacts to examine whether existing types of IP could reduce the force transferred to the underlying bone to below fracture tolerance levels and (2) investigate whether current European Standard (EN 1621-1) test procedures for impact protectors designed for motorcyclists are sufficient to ensure fracture protection.Method: Twenty-three shoulder and 7 knee IP specimens were tested using a 23-kg impactor contacting axially along the clavicle and femur of an anthropomorphic test device (ATD) at an energy level corresponding to the fracture tolerance of these bones. Sixteen IP specimens were the same as those worn by motorcycle riders involved in crashes where injury outcome was known (knee: n?=?3; shoulder: n?=?13) and the IP had been previously tested to EN 1621-1. Other IP tested represented a wide range of IP available for purchase at a motorcycle accessory store. Double and triple layers of IP were also tested. Energy attenuated during the dummy impacts was compared to energy attenuated when tested to EN 1621-1.Results: Of the 23 shoulder IP tested, the average percentage reduction of transferred force to the shoulder from the baseline test was 7.6?±?4.8%. The percentage reduction of transferred force to the knee from the baseline was 43.9?±?7.5%. The entire group of knee IP tested reduced the transferred force to the knee to below the 10-kN injury threshold for the femur. There was a positive but nonsignificant correlation between the ATD test and the EN 1621-1 impact test performance, suggesting that the European standard test method likely provides a good indication of IP performance. However, given the low correlation coefficient, the relationship between IP performance in the European standard test method and injury protection remains unclear.Conclusion: Though the energy attenuation test method in the European standard may be an appropriate approach, distinct differences in injury protection performance observed between knee and shoulder IP indicate that there may be a need for different performance criteria for IP designated to protect different body regions. 相似文献
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E. Battisti A. Albanese L. Bianciardi A. I. Fiaschi M. Rigato A. Vittoria G. L. Messa N. Giordano 《The Environmentalist》2009,29(2):190-195
The utility and the safety of the extremely low frequencies (ELF) electromagnetic fields in the treatment of numerous diseases
have been demonstrated. Moreover, the effects of these fields seem to depend on their respective codes (frequency, intensity,
waveform). We want to value the effects and the safety of the therapeutic application of a musically modulated electromagnetic
field (TAMMEF) system, which field is piloted by a musical signal and its parameters (frequency, intensity, waveform) are
modified in time, randomly varying within the respective ranges, so that all possible codes can occur during a single application.
Sixty subjects, affected by shoulder periarthritis were enrolled in the study and randomly divided into three groups of 20
patients each: the first exposed to TAMMEF, the second exposed to ELF, the third exposed to a simulated field. All subjects
underwent a cycle of 15 daily sessions of 30 min each and a clinical examination upon enrolment, after 7 days of therapy,
at the end of the cycle and at a follow-up 30 days later. All the patients of TAMMEF group and ELF group completed the therapy
without the appearance of side effects: they presented a significant improvement of the subjective pain and the functional
limitation, which remained stable at the follow-up examination. In those exposed to a simulated field group, there was no
improvement of the pain symptoms or articular functionality. This study suggests that the TAMMEF system is efficacious and
safe in the control of pain symptoms and in the reduction of functional limitation in patients with shoulder periarthritis.
Moreover, the effects of the TAMMEF system cover those produced by the ELF field. 相似文献
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Antonietta Albanese E. Battisti G. Pompella A. Ghezzi A. Vittoria G. L. Messa A. L. Pasqui G. Campoccia L. Bianciardi N. Giordano G. Galassi 《The Environmentalist》2009,29(2):196-199
In our paper we studied the effects of exposure to ELF (extremely low frequency) or musically generated TAMMEF (therapeutic
application of musically modulated electromagnetic fields) electromagnetic fields on the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α)
release induced by a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from cultured human lymphomonocytes of peripheral blood. Lymphomonocytes, isolated
from blood donors buffy-coat, were prepared using standard techniques in cell culture flasks, kept in CO2 incubator, with controlled temperature and humidity for 5 days. Flasks were subjected to an ELF electromagnetic field (100 Hz
sinusoidal) or to TAMMEF electromagnetic fields (with intensity, frequency, and wave shape randomly modified in time, so that
all possible codes can occur during a single application). The TNF-α release was determined by ELISA test every 24 h for 92 h
and the results were evaluated by a non-parametric test. LPS induces a stronger TNF-α release in cultures that were subjected
to ELF when compared with cultures subjected to TAMMEF, at each time period of the experimental protocol. These results seem
to indicate that TAMMEF is able to induce a complex modulation of LPS-induced TNF-α release, a cytokine with pro inflammatory
property whose release during chronic or neoplastic inflammatory diseases has strong negative effects on several organ systems. 相似文献
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A. Albanese E. Battisti N. Giordano A. Vittoria M. Rigato R. Leoncini D. Vannoni 《The Environmentalist》2011,31(2):176-180
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative condition involving the joints caused by metabolic changes in chondrocytes metabolism.
Treatment with magnetic fields (EMFs) produces benefits to patients affected by this pathology. The present research has the
aim to investigate, by a proteomic approach, the effect of magnetic fields on cultured chondrocytes, because EMFs interferes
greatly with OA chondrocytes metabolism. Human osteoarthritic chondrocytes were obtained from the femur head of osteoarthritis
adult patients and were cultured under standard conditions and exposed for precise times both to extremely low-frequency (ELF;
100-Hz) electromagnetic fields and to the Therapeutic Application of Musically Modulated Electromagnetic Fields (TAMMEF),
which are characterized by variable frequencies, intensities, and wave shapes. We tested the effects of the different exposure
by 2-DE analysis and demonstrated that chondrocytes metabolism was highly influenced by the treatment with EMFs; in fact many
proteins change their expression after the stimulation, but differently, depending on whether we use ELF or TAMMEF system. 相似文献
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N. Giordano P. Papakostas E. Battisti A. Albanese M. Rigato A. Montella R. Nuti 《The Environmentalist》2009,29(2):157-160
The study and observation of electromagnetic phenomena have followed the evolution of human thought from the dawn of civilization
to the present day; also magnetotherapy has followed a similar path. Magnetotherapy has been applied and continues to be applied
in many branches and fields of medicine, as it accelerates the healing of fractures, has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties
that can help in inflammatory or degenerative diseases of bones, joints and the peripheral nervous system, and stimulates
the healing of open skin lesions (such as bed sores, diabetic ulcers) etc. If magnetotherapy has so many fields of application
in medicine, we may therefore ask why doubts, prejudice and limitations to its therapeutic use still exist. This brief historical
excursion wants to give a small contribution to answer the question. 相似文献
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Paolo Valera Patrizia Zavattari Stefano Albanese Domenico Cicchella Enrico Dinelli Annamaria Lima Benedetto De Vivo 《Environmental geochemistry and health》2014,36(1):79-98
Complex multifactorial disorders usually arise in individuals genetically at risk in the presence of permissive environmental factors. For many of these diseases, predisposing gene variants are partly known while the identification of the environmental component is much more difficult. This study aims to investigate whether there are correlations between the incidence of two complex traits, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes, and some chemical elements and compounds present in soils and stream sediments in Europe. Data were obtained from the published literature and analyzed by calculating the mean values of each element and of disease incidence for each Country, respectively, 17 for multiple sclerosis and 21 for type 1 diabetes. Correlation matrices and regression analyses were used in order to compare incidence data and geochemical data. R correlation index and significance were evaluated. The analyses performed in this study have revealed significant positive correlations between barium and sodium oxide on one hand and multiple sclerosis and diabetes incidences on the other hand that may suggest interactions to be evaluated between silicon-rich lithologies and/or marine environments. The negative correlations shown by cobalt, chromium and nickel (typical of silicon-poor environment), which in this case can be interpreted as protective effects against the two diseases onset, make the split between favorable and protective environments even more obvious. In conclusion, if other studies will confirm the involvement of the above elements and compounds in the etiology of these pathologies, then it will be possible to plan strategies to reduce the spread of these serious pandemics. 相似文献
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E. Battisti A. Albanese L. Bianciardi E. Piazza M. Rigato A. Vittoria G. L. Messa N. Giordano 《The Environmentalist》2007,27(4):441-445
Numerous studies have demonstrated the utility of extremely low frequencies (ELF) electromagnetic fields in the treatment
of pain. Moreover, the effects of these fields seems to depend on their respective codes. In our study we want to value the
effects and the safety of the TAMMEF (Therapeutic Application of a Musically Modulated Electromagnetic Field) system, which
field is piloted by a musical signal and its parameters are modified in time, randomly varying within the respective ranges,
so that all possible codes can occur during a single application. Ninety subjects, affected by chronic low back pain, were
enrolled in the study and randomly divided into three groups of 30 patients each: A exposed to TAMMEF, B exposed to ELF, C
exposed to a simulated field. All subjects underwent a cycle of 15 daily sessions of 30 minutes each and a clinical examination
upon enrolment, after 7 days of therapy, at the end of the cycle and at a follow-up 30 days later. All the patients of groups
A and B completed the therapy without the appearance of side effects: they presented a significant improvement of the subjective
pain and the functional limitation, which remained stable at the follow-up examination. In group C, there was no improvement
of the pain symptoms or articular functionality. This study suggests that the TAMMEF system is efficacious and safe in the
treatment of patients with chronic low back pain. 相似文献
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