Real-world efficacy and safety of luspatercept and predictive factors of response in patients with lower risk myelodysplastic syndromes with ring sideroblasts

Identification of Compact Equivalent Circuit Model for Metamaterial Structures

In this work, a simple and efficient circuit modelling of metamaterial structures, providing a compact circuit able to describe accurately the device over a large bandwidth of operation is proposed. The equivalent circuit model is obtained by the identification process of the load in terms of shunt branches constituted by reactive elements that can be both positive and negative. The circuit model is validated by analysing the Split Ring Resonator (SRR) structure. The presence of negative elem...

Open reduction and k-wires fixation of medial humeral epicondyle fractures with intra-articular elbow entrapment in children

Background. Medial epicondyle fracture (MEF) is a common injury of all elbow fractures in the pediatric and adolescent population and is often associated with elbow dislocation. Traditional management by cast immobilization increasingly is being replaced with early open reduction and K-wires or screws fixation. A consensus about the correct treatment of MEF is currently lacking in the medical literature. The aim of this study was to report the clinical and radiographic outcomes and the compli...

The several faces of the medicalization of birth. Italy and its peculiarities

Background: Medical-scientific advances in maternal care gradually improved the health of mothers and new-borns. However, this has contributed to increasing levels of medicalization, defined as the overuse of medical interventions even in low-risk pregnancies and childbirths. In Italy pregnancy and birth still appear to be rather medicalized than in the rest of Europe. Moreover, the uneven distribution of these practice over the territory appears to be evident. The purpose of this article is ...