The Effect of Insurance on Farmers' Production, Technical Efficiency and Input Use: An Endogenous Stochastic Frontier Model to Analyse the Italian Case

The presence of risk in the agricultural sector has important implications for production decision-making and, therefore, the economic and environmental performance of farms. Given the risky environment, the EU policymakers introduced several risk management tools aimed at the reduction of the income variability of farms. The adoption of risk management tools impacts production decision-making in several ways. Therefore, analysing the interrelation between farm performances and risk managemen...

Restoration of systemic redox balance and mitochondrial function by directly acting antivirals in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronic HCV patients

Detection of prognostic biomarkers and application in clustering patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma, according to the risk of relapse

Most head and neck cancers derive from the mucosal epithelium of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx and are known collectively as head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), accounting for over 600,000 new cases diagnosed per year and of these, more than 300.000 new cases annually are reported to take origin from the surface of the oral mucosa. Current evidence supports that these subsites exhibit distinctive molecular and clinical behaviors, leading to an "anatomical bias" both for resea...

Role of a Nutraceutical Mixture in Ameliorating Liver Steatosis by Preventing Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in a NAFLD Model

Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease leading to liver transplantation. There is an increase in economic and clinical burden of NAFLD in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease. The reason behind the NAFLD progression to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is not completely understood. Recently, the deficiency of micronutrients (e.g., vitamins, minerals, and other elements) has been suggested as crucial in NAFLD progres...