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Efficacy of wrist robot-aided orthopedic rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2021
Background In recent years, many studies focused on the use of robotic devices for both the assessment and the neuro-motor reeducation of upper limb in subjects after stroke, spinal cord injuries or affected by neurological disorders.
Giulia Aurora Albanese, Elisa Taglione, Cecilia Gasparini, Sara Grandi, Foebe Pettinelli, Claudio Sardelli, Paolo Catitti, Giulio Sandini, Lorenzo Masia, Jacopo Zenzeri   +9 more
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Radon Spatial Variations in University’s Buildings Located in an Italian Karst Region

Atmosphere, 2021
In the framework of a collaboration between INAIL and University of Salento, an indoor radon survey in 54 buildings belonging to the UniSalento University (Southeast Italy) was carried out.
Federica Leonardi, Teresa Botti, Giuliana Buresti, Anna Paola Caricato, Alberto Chezzi, Carlo Pepe, Sabina Spagnolo, Sabrina Tonnarini, Miriam Veschetti, Rosabianca Trevisi   +9 more
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Aflatoxins exposition in the agrifood industry workers

Italian Journal of Mycology, 2020
Aflatoxins are mycotoxins produced by some Aspergillus species. They are remarkably toxic and included among the most known carcinogenic substances. Article 139 of the Italian presidential decree of 30 June 1965, no.
Eva Masciarelli, Laura Casorri, Marco Di Luigi, Barbara Ficociello, Angelo Cichelli, Giovanni Pacioni   +5 more
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Analytical Method for Assessing Stability of a Counterbalanced Forklift Truck Assembled with Interchangeable Equipment

Applied Sciences, 2023
Counterbalanced forklift trucks (FLT) are frequently used in combination with interchangeable equipment in order to handle loads in different manners. The main risks which may arise after assembling interchangeable equipment to a FLT are related to the ...
Leonardo Vita, Davide Gattamelata
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Factors Affecting Indoor Radon Levels in Buildings Located in a Karst Area: A Statistical Analysis

Atmosphere, 2023
In this paper, the averages annual radon concentrations in buildings placed in a karst area are analyzed in order to understand which factors may affect the occurrence of high levels of radon indoor. Statistical analysis on the radon dataset is performed
Teresa Botti, Giuliana Buresti, Anna Paola Caricato, Alberto Chezzi, Federica Leonardi, Laura Luzzi, Rosabianca Trevisi   +6 more
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Oxidative stress in occupational exposure to styrene vapors and dangerous chemicals in the shipbuilding industry

Frontiers in Toxicology, 2023
Introduction: In the shipbuilding industry, workers are exposed to a variety of dangerous chemicals, styrene being one of them. The International Agency for Research on Cancer classified styrene as a chemical belonging to group 2A, which means it is ...
Daniela Pigini, Enrico Paci, Rachele Guglielmetti, Giovanna Tranfo, Mariangela Spagnoli, Annarita Fetoni, Annarita Fetoni, Laura Tricarico, Renata Sisto   +8 more
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Application of Near-Miss Management Systems: An Exploratory Field Analysis in the Italian Industrial Sector

Safety, 2023
Near-miss events are usually identified as adverse events that could have turned into incidents/injuries but, due to an intervention of a safety system or by chance, developed into harmless situations instead.
Giulio Paolo Agnusdei, Maria Grazia Gnoni, Fabiana Tornese, Diego De Merich, Armando Guglielmi, Mauro Pellicci   +5 more
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Natural substances as biocides in the fungi treatment on artistic products to protect the environment and health of restoration workers

Italian Journal of Mycology, 2023
Cultural heritage artefacts, such as stone works, books, manuscripts, and parchments, are subjected to severe biodeterioration processes over time caused by fungi, algae, lichens, and complex communities of microbial biofilms.
Laura Casorri, Eva Masciarelli, Barbara Ficociello, Federica Ietto, Federica Incoronato, Marco Di Luigi, Claudio Beni, Giovanni Pacioni   +7 more
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Medicinal herbs and multiple sclerosis: Overview on the hard balance between new therapeutic strategy and occupational health risk

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by demyelination and axonal loss of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite its spread throughout the world, the mechanisms that determine its onset are still to be defined.
Erica Costantini, Eva Masciarelli, Laura Casorri, Marco Di Luigi, Marcella Reale   +4 more
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The onset of occupational diseases in mushroom cultivation and handling operators: a review

Italian Journal of Mycology, 2019
The paper presents a review on health hazards involving operators that cultivate and handle mushrooms. Intensive production of edible and medicinal fungi is a common agricultural management all over the world and involves a number of operators whose ...
Barbara Ficociello, Eva Masciarelli, Laura Casorri, Angelo Cichelli, Giovanni Pacioni   +4 more
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