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| 1 | Long-term outcome and prognostic factors of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma显示文摘AIM: To evaluate the long-term outcome and prognostic factors of patients with hilar cholangiocarinoma. METHODS: Ninety-six consecutive patients underwent treatment for malignant hilar bile duct tumors during 1995–2005. Of the 96 patients, 20 were initially treated with surgery (n = 2 R0 / n = 18 R1). In non-operated patients, data analysis was performed retrospectively. RESULTS: Among the 96 patients, 76 were treated with endoscopic transpapillary (ERC, n = 45) and/or percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD, n = 31). The mean survival time of these 76 patients undergoing palliative endoscopic and/or percutaneous drainage was 359 ± 296 d. The mean survival time of patients with initial bilirubin levels > 10 mg/dL was significantly lower (P < 0.001) than patients with bilirubin levels < 10 mg/dL. The mean survival time of patients with Bismuth stage Ⅱ (n = 8), Ⅲ (n = 28) and Ⅳ (n = 40) was 496 ± 300 d, 441 ± 385 d and 274 ± 218 d, respectively. Thus, patients with advanced Bismuth stage showed a reduced mean survival time, but the difference was not significant. The type of biliary drainage had no significant beneficial effect on the mean survival time (ERC vs PTBD, P = 0.806). CONCLUSION: Initial bilirubin level is a significant prognostic factor for survival of patients. In contrast, age, tumor stage according to the Bismuth-Corlette classification, and types of intervention are not significant prognostic parameters for survival. Palliative treatment with endoscopic or percutaneous biliary drainage is still suboptimal, new diagnostic and therapeutic tools need to be evaluated. | Andreas Weber Sonja Landrock Jochen Schneider Manfred Stangl Bruno Neu Peter Born Meinhard Classen Thomas Rsch Roland M Schmid Christian Prinz | 2007 | World Journal of Gastroenterology2007,13,9: | 23 |
| 2 | Endoscopic transpapillary brush cytology and forceps biopsy in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma显示文摘AIM: To evaluate the sensitivity of brush cytology and forceps biopsy in a homogeneous patient group with hilar cholangiocarcinoma.METHODS: Brush cytology and forceps biopsy were routinely performed in patients with suspected malignant biliary strictures. Fifty-eight consecutive patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) including forceps biopsy and brush cytology in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma between 1995-2005.RESULTS: Positive results for malignancy were obtained in 24/58 patients (41.4%) by brush cytology and in 31/58 patients (53.4%) by forceps biopsy. The combination of both techniques brush cytology and forceps biopsy resulted only in a minor increase in diagnostic sensitivity to 60.3% (35/58 patients). In 20/58 patients (34.5%), diagnosis were obtained by both positive cytology and positive histology, in 11/58 (19%) by positive histology (negative cytology) and only 4/58 patients (6.9%) were confirmed by positive cytology (negative histology).CONCLUSION: Brush cytology and forceps biopsy have only limited sensitivity for the diagnosis of malignant hilar tumors. In our eyes, additional diagnostic techniques should be evaluated and should become routine in patients with negative cytological and histological findings. | Andreas Weber Claus von Weyhern Falko Fend Jochen Schneider Bruno Neu Alexander Meining Hans Weidenbach Roland M Schmid Christian Prinz | 2008 | World Journal of Gastroenterology2008,14,7: | 17 |
| 3 | How many cases of laryngopharyngeal reflux suspected by laryngoscopy are gastroesophageal reflux disease-related?显示文摘AIM:To investigate the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD) in patients with a laryngoscopic diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal reflux(LPR).METHODS:Between May 2011 and October 2011,41 consecutive patients with laryngopharyngeal symptoms(LPS) and laryngoscopic diagnosis of LPR were empirically treated with proton pump inhibitors(PPIs) for at least 8 wk,and the therapeutic outcome was assessed through validated questionnaires(GERD impact scale,GIS;visual analogue scale,VAS).LPR diagnosis was performed by ear,nose and throat specialists using the reflux finding score(RFS) and reflux symptom index(RSI).After a 16-d wash-out from PPIs,all patients underwent an upper endoscopy,stationary esophageal manometry,24-h multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH(MII-pH) esophageal monitoring.A positive correlation between LPR diagnosis and GERD was supposed based on the presence of esophagitis(ERD),pathological acid exposure time(AET) in the absence of esophageal erosions(NERD),and a positive correlation between symptoms and refluxes(hypersensitive esophagus,HE).RESULTS:The male/female ratio was 0.52(14/27),the mean age ± SD was 51.5 ± 12.7 years,and the mean body mass index was 25.7 ± 3.4 kg/m 2.All subjects reported one or more LPS.Twenty-five out of 41 patients also had typical GERD symptoms(heartburn and/or regurgitation).The most frequent laryngoscopic findings were posterior laryngeal hyperemia(38/41),linear indentation in the medial edge of the vocal fold(31/41),vocal fold nodules(6/41) and diffuse infraglottic oedema(25/41).The GIS analysis showed that 10/41 patients reported symptom relief with PPI therapy(P < 0.05);conversely,23/41 did not report any clinical improvement.At the same time,the VAS analysis showed a significant reduction in typical GERD symptoms after PPI therapy(P < 0.001).A significant reduction in LPS symptoms.On the other hand,such result was not recorded for LPS.Esophagitis was detected in 2/41 patients,and ineffective esophageal motility was found in 3/41 patients.The MII-pH analysis showed an abnormal AET in 5/41 patients(2 ERD and 3 NERD);11/41 patients had a normal AET and a positive association between symptoms and refluxes(HE),and 25/41 patients had a normal AET and a negative association between symptoms and refluxes(no GERD patients).It is noteworthy that HE patients had a positive association with typical GERD-related symptoms.Gas refluxes were found more frequently in patients with globus(29.7 ± 3.6) and hoarseness(21.5 ± 7.4) than in patients with heartburn or regurgitation(7.8 ± 6.2).Gas refluxes were positively associated with extraesophageal symptoms(P < 0.05).Overall,no differences were found among the three groups of patients in terms of the frequency of laryngeal signs.The proximal reflux was abnormal in patients with ERD/NERD only.The differences observed by means of MII-pH analysis among the three subgroups of patients(ERD/NERD,HE,no GERD) were not demonstrated with the RSI and RFS.Moreover,only the number of gas refluxes was found to have a significant association with the RFS(P = 0.028 andP = 0.026,nominal and numerical correlation,respectively).CONCLUSION:MII-pH analysis confirmed GERD diagnosis in less than 40% of patients with previous diagnosis of LPR,most likely because of the low specificity of the laryngoscopic findings. | Nicola de Bortoli Andrea Nacci Edoardo Savarino Irene Martinucci Massimo Bellini Bruno Fattori Linda Ceccarelli Francesco Costa Maria Gloria Mumolo Angelo Ricchiuti Vincenzo Savarino Stefano Berrettini Santino Marchi | 2012 | World Journal of Gastroenterology2012,18,32: | 11 |
| 4 | Building an Earth Observations Data Cube: lessons learned from the Swiss Data Cube (SDC) on generating Analysis Ready Data (ARD)显示文摘Pressures on natural resources are increasing and a number of challenges need to be overcome to meet the needs of a growing population in a period of environmental variability.Some of these environmental issues can be monitored using remotely sensed Earth Observations(EO)data that are increasingly available from a number of freely and openly accessible repositories.However,the full information potential of EO data has not been yet realized.They remain still underutilized mainly because of their complexity,increasing volume,and the lack of efficient processing capabilities.EO Data Cubes(DC)are a new paradigm aiming to realize the full potential of EO data by lowering the barriers caused by these Big data challenges and providing access to large spatio-temporal data in an analysis ready form.Systematic and regular provision of Analysis Ready Data(ARD)will significantly reduce the burden on EO data users.Nevertheless,ARD are not commonly produced by data providers and therefore getting uniform and consistent ARD remains a challenging task.This paper presents an approach to enable rapid data access and pre-processing to generate ARD using interoperable services chains.The approach has been tested and validated generating Landsat ARD while building the Swiss Data Cube. | Gregory Giuliani Bruno Chatenoux Andrea De Bono Denisa Rodila Jean-Philippe Richard Karin Allenbach Hy Dao Pascal Peduzzi | 2017 | Big Earth Data2017,1,1: | 7 |
| 5 | The HEPD particle detector of the CSES satellite mission for investigating seismo-associated perturbations of the Van Allen belts显示文摘CSES(China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite) is a mission developed by CNSA(Chinese National Space Administration) and ASI(Italian Space Agency), to investigate the near-Earth electromagnetic, plasma and particle environment, for studying the seismo-associated disturbances in the ionosphere-magnetosphere transition zone. The anthropogenic and electromagnetic noise,as well as the natural non-seismic electromagnetic emissions is mainly due to tropospheric activity. In particular, the mission aims to confirming the existence of possible temporal correlations between the occurrence of earthquakes for medium and strong magnitude and the observation in space of electromagnetic perturbations, plasma variations and precipitation of bursts with highenergy charged particles from the inner Van Allen belt. In this framework, the high energy particle detector(HEPD) of the CSES mission has been developed by the Italian LIMADOU Collaboration. HEPD is an advanced detector based on a tower of scintillators and a silicon tracker that provides good energy and angular resolution and a wide angular acceptance, for electrons of 3–100 Me V, protons of 30–200 Me V and light nuclei up to the oxygen. CSES satellite has been launched on February 2^(nd), 2018 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center(China). | AMBROSI Giovanni BARTOCCI Simona BASARA Laurent BATTISTON Roberto BURGER William J. CARFORA Luca CASTELLINI Guido CIPOLLONE Piero CONTI Livio CONTIN Andrea DE DONATO Cinzia DE SANTIS Cristian FOLLEGA Francesco M. GUANDALINI Cristina IONICA Maria IUPPA Roberto LAURENTI Giuliano LAZZIZZERA Ignazio LOLLI Mauro MANEA Christian MARCELLI Laura MASCIANTONIO Giuseppe MERGE Matteo OSTERIA Giuseppe PACINI Lorenzo PALMA Francesco PALMONARI Federico PANICO Beatrice PATRIZII Laura PERFETTO Francesco PICOZZA Piergiorgio POZZATO Michele PUEL Matteo RASHEVSKAYA Irina RICCI Ester RICCI Marco RICCIARINI Sergio Bruno SCOTTI Valentina SOTGIU Alessando SPARVOLI Roberta SPATARO Bruno VITALE Vincenzo | 2018 | Science China(Technological Sciences)2018,61,5: | 6 |
| 6 | The quasiparticle band dispersion in epitaxial multilayer silicene显示文摘 | Paola De Padova Jose Avila Andrea Resta Ivy Razado-Colambo Claudio Quaresima Carlo Ottaviani Bruno Olivieri Thomas Bruhn Patrick Vogt Maria Carmen Asensio Guy Le Lay | 2013 | Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter2013,,: | 4 |
| 7 | Natural history of a randomized trial comparing distal spleno-renal shunt with endoscopic sclerotherapy in the prevention of variceal rebleeding:A lesson from the past显示文摘AIM: To compare endoscopic sclerotherapy (ES) with distal splenorenal shunt (DSRS) in the prevention of recurrent variceal bleeding in cirrhotic patients during a long-term follow-up period. METHODS: In 1984 we started a prospective, controlled study of patients with liver cirrhosis. Long-term follow-up presents a natural history of liver cirrhosis complicated by advanced portal hypertension. In this study the effects of 2 types of treatment, DSRS or ES, were evaluated. The study population included 80 patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension referred to our department from October 1984 to March 1991. These patients were drawn from a pool of 282 patients who underwent either elective surgery or ES during the same period of time. Patients were assigned to one of the 2 groups according to a random number table: 40 to DSRS and 40 to ES using polidocanol. RESULTS: During the postoperative period, no DSRS patient died, while one ES patient died of uncontrolled hemorrhage. One DSRS patient had mild recurrent variceal hemorrhage despite an angiographically patent DSRS and another patient suffered duodenal ulcer rebleeding. Eight ES patients suffered at least one episode of gastrointestinal bleeding: 4 from varices and 4 from esophageal ulcerations. Eight ES patients developed transitory dysphagia. Long-term follow- up was completed in all patients except for 5 cases (2 DSRS and 3 ES patients). Five-year survival rates for shunt (73%) and ES (56%) groups were statistically different: in this follow-up period and in subsequent follow-ups this difference decreased and ceased to be of statistical relevance. The primary cause of deathbecame hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Four DSRS patients rebled due to duodenal ulcer, while eleven ES patients had recurrent bleeding from esophago-gastric sources (seven from varices, three from hypertensive gastropathy, one from esophageal ulcerations) and two from unknown sources. Nine DSRS and 2 ES patients developed a chronic encephalopathy; 13 DSRS and 5 ES patients suffered at least one episode of acute encephalopathy. Five ES patients had esophageal stenoses, which were successfully dilated. CONCLUSION: In a subgroup of patients with good liver function, DSRS with a correct portal-azygos disconnection more effectively prevents variceal rebleeding than ES. However, this positive effect did not influence the long-term survival because other factors (e.g. HCC) were more important in deciding the fate of the cirrhotic patients with portal hypertension. | Roberto Santambrogio Enrico Opocher Mara Costa Savino Bruno Andrea Pisani Ceretti Gian Paolo Spina | 2006 | World Journal of Gastroenterology2006,12,39: | 4 |
| 8 | Complications of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage in patients with dilated and nondilated intrahepatic bile ducts显示文摘 | Andreas Weber Jochen Gaa Bogdan Rosca Peter Born Bruno Neu Roland M. Schmid Christian Prinz | 2008 | European Journal of Radiology2008,,3: | 3 |
| 9 | Comparisons between glucose analogue 2-deoxy-2-(^(18)F)fluoro-D-glucose and ^(18)F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography/computed tomography in breast cancer patients with bone lesions显示文摘AIM: To compare 2-deoxy-2-(^(18)F)fluoro-D-glucose(^(18)FFDG) and ^(18)F-sodium(^(18)F-NaF) positron emission tomography/computed tomography(PET/CT) accuracy in breast cancer patients with clinically/radiologically suspected or known bone metastases.METHODS: A total of 45 consecutive patients with breast cancer and the presence or clinical/biochemical or radiological suspicion of bone metastatic disease underwent ^(18)F-FDG and ^(18)F-fluoride PET/CT. Imaging results were compared with histopathology when available, or clinical and radiological follow-up of at least 1 year. For each technique we calculated: Sensitivity(Se), specificity(Sp), overall accuracy, positive and negative predictive values, error rate, and Youden's index. Mc Nemar's χ~2 test was used to test the difference in sensitivity and specificity between the two diagnostic methods. All analyses were computed on a patient basis, and then on a lesion basis, with consideration ofthe density of independent lesions on the coregistered CT(sclerotic, lytic, mixed, no-lesions) and the divergent site of disease(skull, spine, ribs, extremities, pelvis). The impact of adding ^(18)F-Na F PET/CT to the work-up of patients was also measured in terms of change in their management due to ^(18)F-Na F PET/CT findings. RESULTS: The two imaging methods of ^(18)F-FDG and ^(18)F-fluoride PET/CT were significantly different at the patient-based analysis: Accuracy was 86.7% and 84.4%, respectively(Mc Nemar's χ~2 = 6.23, df = 1, P = 0.01). Overall, 244 bone lesions were detected in our analysis. The overall accuracy of the two methods was significantly different at lesion-based analysis(Mc Nemar's χ~2 = 93.4, df = 1, P < 0.0001). In the lesion density-based and site-based analysis, ^(18)F-FDG PET/CT provided more accurate results in the detection of CT-negative metastasis(P < 0.002) and vertebral localizations(P < 0.002); ^(18)F-Na F PET/CT was more accurate in detecting sclerotic(P < 0.005) and rib lesions(P < 0.04). ^(18)F-Na F PET/CT led to a change of management in 3 of the 45 patients(6.6%) by revealing findings that were not detected at ^(18)F-FDG PET/CT. CONCLUSION: ^(18)F-FDG PET/CT is a reliable imaging tool in the detection of bone metastasis in most cases, with a diagnostic accuracy that is slightly, but significantly, superior to that of ^(18)F-Na F PET/CT in the general population of breast cancer patients. However, the extremely high sensitivity of ^(18)F-fluoride PET/CT can exploit its diagnostic potential in specific clinical settings(i.e., small CT-evident sclerotic lesions, high clinical suspicious of relapse, and negative ^(18)F-FDG PET and conventional imaging). | Selene Capitanio Francesca Bongioanni Arnoldo Piccardo Claudio Campus Roberta Gonella Lucia Tixi Mehrdad Naseri Michele Pennone Vania Altrinetti Ambra Buschiazzo Irene Bossert Francesco Fiz Andrea Bruno Andrea DeCensi Gianmario Sambuceti Silvia Morbelli | 2016 | World Journal of Radiology2016,8,2: | 3 |
| 10 | Complete mesocolic excision and central vascular ligation in colorectal cancer in the era of minimally invasive surgery显示文摘Since the 19th century,appropriate lymphadenectomy has been considered a cornerstone of oncologic surgery and one of the most important prognostic factors.This approach can be applied to any surgery for gastrointestinal cancer.During surgery for colon and rectal cancer,an adequate portion of the mesentery is removed together with the segment of bowel affected by the disease.The adequate number of lymph nodes to be removed is standardized and reported by several guidelines.It is mandatory to determine the appropriate extent of lymphadenectomy and to balance its oncological benefits with the increased morbidity associated with its execution in cancer patients.Our review focuses on the concept of“complete mesenteric excision(CME)with central vascular ligation(CVL),”a radical lymphadenectomy for colorectal cancer that has gained increasing interest in recent years.The aim of this study was to evaluate the evolution of this approach over the years,its potential oncologic benefits and potential risks,and the improvements offered by laparoscopic techniques.Theoretical advantages of CME are improved local-relapse rates due to complete removal of the intact mesocolic fascia and improved distance recurrence rates due to ligation of vessels at their origin(CVL)which guarantees removal of a larger number of lymph nodes.The development and worldwide diffusion of laparoscopic techniques minimized postoperative trauma in oncologic surgery,providing the same oncologic results as open surgery.This has been widely applied to colorectal cancer surgery;however,CME entails a technical complexity that can limit its wide minimally-invasive application. This review analyzesresults of these procedures in terms of oncological outcomes, technical feasibilityand complexity, especially within the context of minimally invasive surgery. | Marzia Franceschilli Sara Di Carlo Danilo Vinci Bruno Sensi Leandro Siragusa Vittoria Bellato Roberto Caronna Piero Rossi Giuseppe Cavallaro Andrea Guida Simone Sibio | 2021 | World Journal of Clinical Cases2021,9,25: | 2 |
| 11 | Depression, Anxiety and Anger in Subtypes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients显示文摘 | Maria Rosaria A. Muscatello Antonio Bruno Gianluca Pandolfo Umberto Micò Simona Stilo Mariagrazia Scaffidi Pierluigi Consolo Andrea Tortora Socrate Pallio Giuseppa Giacobbe Luigi Familiari Rocco Zoccali | 2010 | Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings2010,,1: | 2 |
| 12 | Precision Phenotyping Reveals Novel Loci for Quantitative Resistance to Septoria Tritici Blotch显示文摘Accurate,high-throughput phenotyping for quantitative traits is a limiting factor for progress in plant breeding.We developed an automated image analysis to measure quantitative resistance to septoria tritici blotch(STB),a globally important wheat disease,enabling identification of small chromosome intervals containing plausible candidate genes for STB resistance.335 winter wheat cultivars were included in a replicated field experiment that experienced natural epidemic development by a highly diverse but fungicide-resistant pathogen population.More than 5.4 million automatically generated phenotypes were associated with 13,648 SNP markers to perform the GWAS.We identified 26 chromosome intervals explaining 1.9-10.6%of the variance associated with four independent resistance traits.Sixteen of the intervals overlapped with known STB resistance intervals,suggesting that our phenotyping approach can identify simultaneously(i.e.,in a single experiment)many previously defined STB resistance intervals.Seventeen of the intervals were less than 5 Mbp in size and encoded only 173 genes,including many genes associated with disease resistance.Five intervals contained four or fewer genes,providing high priority targets for functional validation.Ten chromosome intervals were not previously associated with STB resistance,perhaps representing resistance to pathogen strains that had not been tested in earlier experiments.The SNP markers associated with these chromosome intervals can be used to recombine different forms of quantitative STB resistance that are likely to be more durable than pyramids of major resistance genes.Our experiment illustrates how high-throughput automated phenotyping can accelerate breeding for quantitative disease resistance. | Steven Yates Alexey Mikaberidze Simon GKrattinger Michael Abrouk Andreas Hund Kang Yu Bruno Studer Simone Fouche Lukas Meile Danilo Pereira Petteri Karisto Bruce A.McDonald | 2019 | Plant Phenomics2019,1,1: | 2 |
| 13 | Type I Gastric Carcinoids: A Prospective Study on Endoscopic Management and Recurrence Rate显示文摘 | Merola Elettra Sbrozzi-vanni Andrea Panzuto Francesco D’ambra Giancarlo Di Giulio Emilio Pilozzi Emanuela Capurso Gabriele Lahner Edith Bordi Cesare Annibale Bruno Delle Fave Gianfranco | 2012 | Neuroendocrinology2012,,3: | 2 |
| 14 | The European experience with double-balloon enteroscopy: indications, methodology, safety, and clinical impact显示文摘 | Simona Di Caro Andrea May Dimitri G.N. Heine Lucia Fini Bruno Landi Lucio Petruzziello Christophe Cellier Chris J. Mulder Guido Costamagna Christian Ell Antonio Gasbarrini | 2005 | Gastrointestinal Endoscopy2005,,4: | 2 |
| 15 | Solid propulsion for space applications: An updated roadmap显示文摘 | Jean-Francois Guery I-Shih Chang Toru Shimada Marilyn Glick Didier Boury Eric Robert John Napior Robert Wardle Christian Pérut Max Calabro Robert Glick Hiroto Habu Nobuhiro Sekino Gilles Vigier Bruno d’Andrea | 2009 | Acta Astronautica2009,,1: | 2 |
| 16 | Inhibition of Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling Accelerates Atherosclerosis and Induces an Unstable Plaque Phenotype in Mice显示文摘 | Ziad Mallat Andrea Gojova Carmen Marchiol-Fournigault Bruno Esposito Caroline Kamaté Régine Merval Didier Fradelizi Alain Tedgui | 2001 | Circulation Research: Journal of the American Heart Association2001,,10: | 2 |
| 17 | A diffusive-convective model for the dynamics of population-toxicant interactions:some analytical and numerical results显示文摘 | Bruno Buonomo Andrea DiLiddo Ivonne Sgura | 1999 | Mathmatical Biosciences1999,157,: | 1 |
| 18 | The European experience with double-balloon enteroscopy: indications, methodology, safety, and clinical impact显示文摘 | Simona Di Caro Andrea May Dimitri G.N. Heine Lucia Fini Bruno Landi Lucio Petruzziello Christophe Cellier Chris J. Mulder Guido Costamagna Christian Ell Antonio Gasbarrini | 2005 | Gastrointestinal Endoscopy2005,,4: | 1 |
| 19 | Inferior Olivary Nucleus Involvement in Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disorders: Does It Play a Role in Neuroimaging Pattern-Recognition Approach?显示文摘 | Marisol Mirabelli-Badenier Giovanni Morana Claudio Bruno Maja Di Rocco Pasaquale Striano Eusa De Grandis Edvige Veneselli Andrea Rossi Roberta Biancheri | 2015 | Neuropediatrics2015,,: | 1 |
| 20 | Synergistic effect between few layer graphene and carbon nanotube supports for palladium catalyzing electrochemical oxidation of alcohols显示文摘Few layer graphene (FLG), multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a nanotube-graphene composite (CNT-FLG) were used as supports for palladium nanoparticles. The catalysts, which were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, were used as anodes in the electrooxidation of ethanol, ethylene glycol and glycerol in half cells and in passive direct ethanol fuel cells. Upon Pd deposition, a stronger interaction was found to occur between the metal and the nanotube-graphene composite and the particle size was significantly smaller in this material (6.3 nm), comparing with nanotubes and graphene alone (8 and 8.4 nm, respectively). Cyclic voltammetry experiments conducted with Pd/CNT, Pd/FLG and Pd/CNT-FLG in 10 wt% ethanol and 2 M KOH solution, showed high specific currents of 1.48, 2.29 and 2.51 mA μg-1 Pd , respectively. Moreover, the results obtained for ethylene glycol and glycerol oxidation highlighted the excellent electrocatalytic activity of Pd/CNT-FLG in terms of peak current density (up to 3.70 mA μg-1 Pd for ethylene glycol and 1.84 mA μg-1 Pd for glycerol, respectively). Accordingly, Pd/CNT-FLG can be considered as the best performing one among the electrocatalysts ever reported for ethylene glycol oxidation, especially considering the low metal loading used in this work. Direct ethanol fuel cells at room temperature were studied by obtaining power density curves and undertaking galvanostatic experiments. The power density outputs using Pd/CNT, Pd/FLG and Pd/CNT-FLG were 12.1, 16.3 and 18.4 mW cm2 , respectively. A remarkable activity for ethanol electrooxidation was shown by Pd/CNT-FLG anode catalyst. In a constant current experiment, the direct ethanol fuel cell containing Pd/CNT-FLG could continuously deliver 20 mA cm2 for 9.5 h during the conversion of ethanol into acetate of 30%, and the energy released from the cell was about 574 J. | Bruno F. Machado Andrea Marchionni Revathi R. Bacsa Marco Bellini Julien Beausoleil Werner Oberhauser Francesco Vizza Philippe Serp | 2013 | Journal of Energy Chemistry2013,22,2: | 1 |