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Antonio Bova

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Verified email at unicatt.it
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Genistein supplementation and estrogen replacement therapy improve endothelial dysfunction induced by ovariectomy in rats

…, B Deodato, M Ferlito, GM Campo, A Bova… - Cardiovascular …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Background: We investigated the effect of genistein, a phytoestrogen derived from a soy diet
with a flavonoid chemical structure, on endothelial dysfunction induced by estrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the efficacy of 50% autologous serum eye drops in different ocular surface pathologies

F Semeraro, E Forbice, O Braga, A Bova… - BioMed research …, 2014 - hindawi.com
Purpose. This study evaluated the efficacy of 50% autologous serum eye drops in ocular
surface diseases not improved by conventional therapy. Methods. We analyzed two groups: (1) …

Radiant flux density, energy density and fuel consumption in mixed-oak forest surface fires

…, MB Dickinson, AS Bova - International Journal of …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Closing the wildland fire heat budget involves characterising the heat source and energy
dissipation across the range of variability in fuels and fire behaviour. Meeting this challenge will …

Precisely timed dopamine signals establish distinct kinematic representations of skilled movements

A Bova, M Gaidica, A Hurst, Y Iwai, J Hunter… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Brain dopamine is critical for normal motor control, as evidenced by its importance in Parkinson
Disease and related disorders. Current hypotheses are that dopamine influences motor …

“You must eat the salad because it is nutritious”. Argumentative strategies adopted by parents and children in food-related discussions at mealtimes

A Bova, F Arcidiacono - Appetite, 2014 - Elsevier
At mealtimes, the evaluation of the appropriate (or not appropriate) behavior concerning the
food is often assumed as a topic of discourse. The aim of this study is to single out the …

[HTML][HTML] A way forward for fire-caused tree mortality prediction: modeling a physiological consequence of fire

KL Kavanagh, MB Dickinson, AS Bova - Fire Ecology, 2010 - Springer
Current operational methods for predicting tree mortality from fire injury are regression-based
models that only indirectly consider underlying causes and, thus, have limited generality. A …

Investigating children's Why-questions: A study comparing argumentative and explanatory function

A Bova, F Arcidiacono - Discourse Studies, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Questions represent a crucial tool of interaction between parents and children from a very
early age. This study aims to investigate which function – argumentative or explanatory – most …

Critical review of the building downwash algorithms in AERMOD

RL Petersen, SA Guerra, AS Bova - Journal of the Air & Waste …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The only documentation on the building downwash algorithm in AERMOD (American
Meteorological Society/US Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Model), referred to as …

An automated rat single pellet reaching system with high-speed video capture

…, A Toader, S Peng, S Shue, T John, A Bova… - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Single pellet reaching is an established task for studying fine motor control in
which rats reach for, grasp, and eat food pellets in a stereotyped sequence. Most incarnations …

Beyond “fire temperatures”: calibrating thermocouple probes and modeling their response to surface fires in hardwood fuels

AS Bova, MB Dickinson - Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2008 - cdnsciencepub.com
The maximum temperatures of thermocouples, temperature-sensitive paints, and calorimeters
exposed to flames in wildland fires are often called “fire temperatures” but are determined …