Purpose: A mandatory plan on West Nile (WNV) and Usutu (USUV), aimed at an early detection of viral circulation, is implemented in Italy through an active and passive monitoring.Here we report data on WNV and USUV circulation from 2018 till 2020 in birds and equids in three Northwestern regions of Italy (Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley).Methods
A Review of Coffee By-Products Including Leaf, Flower, Cherry, Husk, Silver Skin, and Spent Grounds as Novel Foods within the European Union
The coffee plant Coffea spp.offers much more than the well-known drink made from the roasted coffee bean.During its cultivation and production, a wide variety of by-products are accrued, most of which are currently unused, thermally recycled, or used as animal feed.The aim of this review is to provide an overview of novel coffee products in the foo
Management of autoimmune hemolytic anemia in children and adolescents: A single center experience
Objective: To present and discuss the treatment of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA).Materials and Methods: The medical records of all patients (n=19) diagnosed in a tertiary hematology center between 1999 and 2010 were retrospectively reviewed.Results: Median age at diagnosis of AIHA was 5 years (range: 4 months-17 years).In all, 13 patients had
Optimal Location Allocation Strategy of Gas-fired Unit in Transmission Network
The gas-fired generation has Apparel recently become an important power source for power systems.The increasing integration of gas-fired units (GFUs) brings a problem of location allocation strategy for power system planners.This paper proposes a bi-level maximum-minimum optimal placement model of GFUs to improve the static voltage stability in the