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Pierluigi Gallo, Josep Maria Guerrero, Rossano Musca, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Juan Carlos Vasquez Quintero, Gaetano Zizzo. Effects of COVID19 pandemic on the Italian power system and possible countermeasures. Electric Power Systems Research 2021; 201. [ DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2021.107514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
The paper analyses the dramatic effects of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Italian power system, considering the impacts on load and generation, market issues and ancillary services provision. During the period between March and May 2020, the Italian scenario was considered as exemplary due to the large reduction of loads and thermal generation caused by the hard lockdown across the Country. Italy has experienced the most severe effects of pandemic in terms of increase of death rates and of pressure on the health system as well as severity of the countermeasures. As a domino effect, the total lockdown of one of the most industrialized countries in the world has created an emergency situation that has put a big stress on the power system, reducing the possibility for the system to recover under contingencies. The weakness of the system in such an extreme situation is analyzed in depth using open data, while some countermeasures for providing resilience to the power systems in such cases are analyzed in simulation. Two technologies are here considered as exemplary countermeasures for providing resilience to the Italian power system: Fast Frequency Response by Photovoltaic and Wind plants with rated power above 10 MVA and the massive implementation of Demand Response programs through Energy communities and aggregation using Blockchain technology. The simulations show, on one hand, that the frequency recovery under contingency seems compromised in the current situation and that the support from such innovative technologies can provide a significant relief bringing the operational features close to those before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wentworth AJ, Byrne JD, Orguc S, Sands J, Maji S, Tov C, Babaee S, Huang HW, Boyce H, Chai PR, Min S, Li C, Chu JN, Som A, Becker SL, Gala M, Chandrakasan A, Traverso G. Prospective Evaluation of the Transparent, Elastomeric, Adaptable, Long-Lasting (TEAL) Respirator. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci 2020; 3:1076-1082. [PMID: 33330837 PMCID: PMC7671102 DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.0c00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFR) and surgical masks are essential in reducing airborne disease transmission, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, currently available FFR's and masks have major limitations, including masking facial features, waste, and integrity after decontamination. In a multi-institutional trial, we evaluated a transparent, elastomeric, adaptable, long-lasting (TEAL) respirator to evaluate success of qualitative fit test with user experience and biometric evaluation of temperature, respiratory rate, and fit of respirator using a novel sensor. There was a 100% successful fit test among participants, with feedback demonstrating excellent or good fit (90% of participants), breathability (77.5%), and filter exchange (95%). Biometric testing demonstrated significant differences between exhalation and inhalation pressures among a poorly fitting respirator, well-fitting respirator, and the occlusion of one filter of the respirator. We have designed and evaluated a transparent elastomeric respirator and a novel biometric feedback system that could be implemented in the hospital setting.
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- Adam J. Wentworth
- Division
of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- David
H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Division
of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- David
H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
- Harvard
Radiation Oncology Program, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
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- Microsystems
Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Microsystems
Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Microsystems
Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Division
of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- David
H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Division
of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- David
H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Division
of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- David
H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
- Division
of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- The
Fenway Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
- Department
of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- David
H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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- Division
of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
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- Department
of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
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- Division
of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Division
of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
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- Microsystems
Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Division
of Gastroenterology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- David
H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States
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Khattak MF, Horne S. The Use of CT Coronary Angiography and CT Fractional Flow Reserve in the Investigation of Patients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease. Cureus 2020; 12:e7908. [PMID: 32494523 PMCID: PMC7263411 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.7908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Objective To assess the diagnostic performance of CT fractional flow reserve (CT-FFR) and to assess whether its use in addition to CT coronary angiography (CTCA) changed the investigation and management of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Method A retrospective case note review was carried out for 200 consecutive patients at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, United Kingdom, who had CTCA sent for Heartflow CT-FFR analysis (HeartFlow, Redwood City, CA) between January 2018 and December 2019. Results Patients with CT-FFR > 0.8 were significantly less likely to require further investigation with coronary angiography (p: < 0.00001) than those with CT-FFR < 0.8. The use of CT-FFR significantly reduced need for further functional imaging (6% vs 26%) (p: 0.00012). A total of 15 patients in this study had both a CT-FFR and an invasive FFR measured, with seven (46.66%) of the CT-FFRs correlating with the invasive FFR. Approximately 54% of patients who had a CT-FFR < 0.8 were found to have an invasive FFR of >0.8. Of the 56 patients who underwent coronary angiography, the CT Coronary Artery Disease-Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) and angiography CAD-RADS were the same in 66% of the cases with 82% of CT CAD-RADS results being within ±1 of the angiography CAD-RADS. Conclusion The use of CT-FFR alongside CTCA led to a significant reduction in need for coronary angiography and functional testing. Further studies are required to look at the diagnostic accuracy of CT-FFR in direct comparison with invasive FFR.
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Pravda NS, Kornowski R. Coronary Stenosis Physiology and Novel Technologies. Rambam Maimonides Med J 2020; 11:RMMJ.10398. [PMID: 32374260 PMCID: PMC7202444 DOI: 10.5041/rmmj.10398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An accurate functional assessment of coronary artery stenosis is pivotal in the management and clinical outcomes of patients. The hemodynamic relevance of coronary artery stenoses can be assessed using coronary flow surrogates, namely fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR). This review provides an overview of these indexes, their clinical relevance, as well as a review of the literature supporting their use. It also reviews novel image-based FFR (e.g. FFRangio), the evidence showing the accuracy of this technique when compared to conventional wire-based techniques, as well as the clinical implications of non-invasive coronary artery stenosis functional assessments.
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- Nili Schamroth Pravda
- Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
- The Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
- The Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Shiode N, Okimoto T, Tamekiyo H, Kawase T, Yamane K, Kagawa Y, Fujii Y, Ueda Y, Hironobe N, Kato Y, Hayashi Y. A Comparison between the Instantaneous Wave-free Ratio and Resting Distal Coronary Artery Pressure/Aortic Pressure and the Fractional Flow Reserve: The Diagnostic Accuracy Can Be Improved by the Use of both Indices. Intern Med 2017; 56:749-753. [PMID: 28381739 PMCID: PMC5457916 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Objectives The fractional flow reserve (FFR) is an index of the severity of coronary stenosis that has been clinically validated in several studies. The instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) and the resting distal coronary artery pressure/aortic pressure (Pd/Pa) are nonhyperemic pressure-derived indices of the severity of stenosis. This study sought to examine the diagnostic accuracy of the iFR and resting Pd/Pa with respect to hyperemic FFR. Methods Following an intracoronary injection of papaverine, the iFR, resting Pd/Pa, and FFR were continuously measured in 123 lesions in 103 patients with stable coronary disease. Results The iFR and resting Pd/Pa values were strongly correlated with the FFR (R=0.794, p<0.001, R=0.832, p<0.0001, respectively). A receiver operator curve (ROC) analysis revealed that the optimal iFR cut-off value for predicting an FFR of <0.80 was 0.89 (AUC 0.901, sensitivity 84.1%, specificity 80.0%, positive predictive value 69.8%, negative predictive value 90.0%, diagnostic accuracy 81.3%), while the optimal resting Pd/Pa cut-off value was 0.92 (AUC 0.925, sensitivity 90.9%, specificity 78.5%, positive predictive value 70.2%, negative predictive value 93.9%, diagnostic accuracy 82.9%). The lesions with an iFR value of ≤0.89 and a Pd/Pa value of ≤0.92 were defined as double-positive lesions, while the lesions with an iFR value of >0.89 and a Pd/Pa value of >0.92 were defined as double-negative lesions. In these 109 lesions, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and diagnostic accuracy were 92.3%, 82.9%, 75.0%, 95.1%, and 86.2%, respectively. Conclusion This analysis demonstrated that the iFR and resting Pd/Pa were strongly correlated with the FFR and that the diagnostic accuracy of the iFR was similar to that of the resting Pd/Pa. The diagnostic accuracy can be improved with the use of both the iFR and the resting Pd/Pa.
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- Nobuo Shiode
- Department of Cardiology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Japan
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Parthasarathy A, Bartlett E. Two-channel recording of auditory-evoked potentials to detect age-related deficits in temporal processing. Hear Res 2012; 289:52-62. [PMID: 22560961 PMCID: PMC3371184 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Auditory brainstem responses (ABRs), and envelope and frequency following responses (EFRs and FFRs) are widely used to study aberrant auditory processing in conditions such as aging. We have previously reported age-related deficits in auditory processing for rapid amplitude modulation (AM) frequencies using EFRs recorded from a single channel. However, sensitive testing of EFRs along a wide range of modulation frequencies is required to gain a more complete understanding of the auditory processing deficits. In this study, ABRs and EFRs were recorded simultaneously from two electrode configurations in young and old Fischer-344 rats, a common auditory aging model. Analysis shows that the two channels respond most sensitively to complementary AM frequencies. Channel 1, recorded from Fz to mastoid, responds better to faster AM frequencies in the 100-700 Hz range of frequencies, while Channel 2, recorded from the inter-aural line to the mastoid, responds better to slower AM frequencies in the 16-100 Hz range. Simultaneous recording of Channels 1 and 2 using AM stimuli with varying sound levels and modulation depths show that age-related deficits in temporal processing are not present at slower AM frequencies but only at more rapid ones, which would not have been apparent recording from either channel alone. Comparison of EFRs between un-anesthetized and isoflurane-anesthetized recordings in young animals, as well as comparison with previously published ABR waveforms, suggests that the generators of Channel 1 may emphasize more caudal brainstem structures while those of Channel 2 may emphasize more rostral auditory nuclei including the inferior colliculus and the forebrain, with the boundary of separation potentially along the cochlear nucleus/superior olivary complex. Simultaneous two-channel recording of EFRs help to give a more complete understanding of the properties of auditory temporal processing over a wide range of modulation frequencies which is useful in understanding neural representations of sound stimuli in normal, developmental or pathological conditions.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Clinard CG, Tremblay KL, Krishnan AR. Aging alters the perception and physiological representation of frequency: evidence from human frequency-following response recordings. Hear Res 2010; 264:48-55. [PMID: 19944140 PMCID: PMC2868068 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2009] [Revised: 11/21/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Older adults, even with clinically normal hearing sensitivity, have auditory perceptual deficits relative to their younger counterparts. This difficulty may in part, be related to a decline in the neural representation of frequency. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of age on behavioral and physiological measures of frequency representation. Thirty two adults (ages 22-77), with hearing thresholds 25 dB HL at octave frequencies 0.25-8.0 kHz, participated in this experiment. Frequency discrimination difference limens (FDLs) were obtained at 500 and 1000 Hz using a two-interval, two-alternative forced choice procedure. Linear regression analyses showed significant declines in FDLs at both frequencies as age increased. Frequency-following responses (FFRs) were elicited by 500 and 1000 Hz tonebursts, as well as at frequencies within and outside those FDLs. Linear regression of FFR phase coherence and FFR amplitude at frequencies at and slightly below 1000 Hz showed significant decreases as age increased. Therefore, pitch discrimination, as measured by FDLs, and neural representation of frequency, as reflected by FFR, declined as age increased. Although perception and neural representation concurrently declined, one was not predictive of the other.
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- Christopher G. Clinard
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 N.E. 42 St. Box 354875, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 N.E. 42 St. Box 354875, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, Heavilon Hall, RoomB-11, 500 Oval Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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