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Dr. Massimo Aria
Statistics for Social Sciences, Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Naples Federico II, Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia I-80126 Napoli, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 27 June 2021 in Machine Learning with Applications
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The growing success of Machine Learning (ML) is making significant improvements to predictive models, facilitating their integration in various application fields. Despite its growing success, there are some limitations and disadvantages: the most significant is the lack of interpretability that does not allow users to understand how particular decisions are made. Our study focus on one of the best performing and most used models in the Machine Learning framework, the Random Forest model. It is known as an efficient model of ensemble learning, as it ensures high predictive precision, flexibility, and immediacy; it is recognized as an intuitive and understandable approach to the construction process, but it is also considered a Black Box model due to the large number of deep decision trees produced within it. The aim of this research is twofold. We present a survey about interpretative proposal for Random Forest and then we perform a machine learning experiment providing a comparison between two methodologies, inTrees, and NodeHarvest, that represent the main approaches in the rule extraction framework. The proposed experiment compares methods performance on six real datasets covering different data characteristics: n. of observations, balanced/unbalanced response, the presence of categorical and numerical predictors. This study contributes to picture a review of the methods and tools proposed for ensemble tree interpretation, and identify, in the class of rule extraction approaches, the best proposal.

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Massimo Aria; Corrado Cuccurullo; Agostino Gnasso. A comparison among interpretative proposals for Random Forests. Machine Learning with Applications 2021, 6, 100094 .

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Massimo Aria, Corrado Cuccurullo, Agostino Gnasso. A comparison among interpretative proposals for Random Forests. Machine Learning with Applications. 2021; 6 ():100094.

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Massimo Aria; Corrado Cuccurullo; Agostino Gnasso. 2021. "A comparison among interpretative proposals for Random Forests." Machine Learning with Applications 6, no. : 100094.

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Published: 17 June 2021 in Animals
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Octopuses represent interesting model studies for different fields of scientific inquiry. The present study provides a bibliometric analysis on research trends in octopuses biological studies. The analysis was executed from January 1985 to December 2020 including scientific products reported in the Web of Science database. The period of study was split into two blocks (“earlier period” (EP): 1985−2010; “recent period” (RP): 2011−2020) to analyze the evolution of the research topics over time. All publications of interest were identified by using the following query: ((AK = octopus) OR (AB = octopus) OR (TI = octopus)). Data information was converted into an R-data frame using bibliometrix. Octopuses studies appeared in 360 different sources in EP, while they increased to 408 in RP. Sixty countries contributed to the octopuses studies in the EP, while they were 78 in the RP. The number of affiliations also increased between EP and RP, with 835 research centers involved in the EP and 1399 in the RP. In the EP 5 clusters (i.e., “growth and nutrition”, “pollution impact”, “morphology”, “neurobiology”, “biochemistry”) were represented in a thematic map, according to their centrality and density ranking. In the RP the analysis identified 4 clusters (i.e., “growth and nutrition”, “ecology”, “pollution impact”, “genes, behavior, and brain evolution”). The UK with Ireland, and the USA with Canada shared the highest number of publications in the EP, while in the RP, Spain and Portugal were the leading countries. The current data provide significant insight into the evolving trends in octopuses studies.

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Anna Di Cosmo; Claudia Pinelli; Anna Scandurra; Massimo Aria; Biagio D’Aniello. Research Trends in Octopus Biological Studies. Animals 2021, 11, 1808 .

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Anna Di Cosmo, Claudia Pinelli, Anna Scandurra, Massimo Aria, Biagio D’Aniello. Research Trends in Octopus Biological Studies. Animals. 2021; 11 (6):1808.

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Anna Di Cosmo; Claudia Pinelli; Anna Scandurra; Massimo Aria; Biagio D’Aniello. 2021. "Research Trends in Octopus Biological Studies." Animals 11, no. 6: 1808.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2021 in International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology
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This paper performs a bibliometric analysis of all the servitization literature written during the last three decades, providing its social, intellectual, and conceptual structures. The methodology is based on the R-package bibliometrix for the analysis of co-citation, collaboration, and co-occurrence, applied to all the servitization literature published from 1988 to 2017 indexed in Scopus and WoS databases. Results from the 615 reviewed articles synthesize, consolidate, and improve the existing knowledge on the phenomenon. The study allows the identification of the leading authors, institutions, works, and keywords that compose the servitization publications related to the last three decades, suggesting useful metrics for researchers, new potential entrants, and practitioners. Moreover, offering a definition of servitization, the study provides lexicon consistency to both servitization researchers and practitioners, fostering the constructive accumulation of knowledge on the topic. Lastly, the study provides suggestions for future studies and collaborations opportunities.

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Luna Leoni; Massimo Aria. A Thirty-Year Bibliometric Analysis on Servitization. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology 2021, 12, 73 -95.

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Luna Leoni, Massimo Aria. A Thirty-Year Bibliometric Analysis on Servitization. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology. 2021; 12 (3):73-95.

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Luna Leoni; Massimo Aria. 2021. "A Thirty-Year Bibliometric Analysis on Servitization." International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology 12, no. 3: 73-95.

Journal article
Published: 13 April 2021 in Cancers
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Quality of sleep (QoS) and mood may impair oral cancer survivors’ wellbeing, however few evidences are currently available. Therefore, we aimed to assess the prevalence of sleep disorders, anxiety and depression among five-year oral cancer survivors (OC survivors). 50 OC survivors were compared with 50 healthy subjects matched for age and sex. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), the Hamilton Rating Scales for Depression and Anxiety (HAM-D, HAM-A), the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), the Total Pain Rating Index (T-PRI) were administered. The global score of the PSQI, ESS, HAM-A, HAM-D, NRS, T-PRI, was statistically higher in the OC survivors than the controls (p-value: <0.001). QoS of OC survivors was significantly impaired, especially with regard to some PSQI sub-items as the subjective sleep quality, sleep latency and daytime dysfunction (p-value: 0.001, 0.029, 0.004). Moreover, poor QoS was negatively correlated with years of education (p-value: 0.042 *) and positively correlated with alcohol consumption (p-value: 0.049 *) and with the use of systemic medications (p-value: 0.044 *). Sleep disorders and mood disorders are common comorbidities in OC survivors; therefore, early assessment and management before, during and after treatment should be performed in order to improve the quality of life of OC survivors.

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Roberta Gasparro; Elena Calabria; Noemi Coppola; Gaetano Marenzi; Gilberto Sammartino; Massimo Aria; Michele Mignogna; Daniela Adamo. Sleep Disorders and Psychological Profile in Oral Cancer Survivors: A Case-Control Clinical Study. Cancers 2021, 13, 1855 .

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Roberta Gasparro, Elena Calabria, Noemi Coppola, Gaetano Marenzi, Gilberto Sammartino, Massimo Aria, Michele Mignogna, Daniela Adamo. Sleep Disorders and Psychological Profile in Oral Cancer Survivors: A Case-Control Clinical Study. Cancers. 2021; 13 (8):1855.

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Roberta Gasparro; Elena Calabria; Noemi Coppola; Gaetano Marenzi; Gilberto Sammartino; Massimo Aria; Michele Mignogna; Daniela Adamo. 2021. "Sleep Disorders and Psychological Profile in Oral Cancer Survivors: A Case-Control Clinical Study." Cancers 13, no. 8: 1855.

Review
Published: 21 November 2020 in Animal Cognition
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In recent decades, cognitive and behavioral knowledge in dogs seems to have developed considerably, as deduced from the published peer-reviewed articles. However, to date, the worldwide trend of scientific research on dog cognition and behavior has never been explored using a bibliometric approach, while the evaluation of scientific research has increasingly become important in recent years. In this review, we compared the publication trend of the articles in the last 34 years on dogs’ cognitive and behavioral science with those in the general category “Behavioral Science”. We found that, after 2005, there has been a sharp increase in scientific publications on dogs. Therefore, the year 2005 has been used as “starting point” to perform an in-depth bibliometric analysis of the scientific activity in dog cognitive and behavioral studies. The period between 2006 and 2018 is taken as the study period, and a backward analysis was also carried out. The data analysis was performed using “bibliometrix”, a new R-tool used for comprehensive science mapping analysis. We analyzed all information related to sources, countries, affiliations, co-occurrence network, thematic maps, collaboration network, and world map. The results scientifically support the common perception that dogs are attracting the interest of scholars much more now than before and more than the general trend in cognitive and behavioral studies. Both, the changes in research themes and new research themes, contributed to the increase in the scientific production on the cognitive and behavioral aspects of dogs. Our investigation may benefit the researchers interested in the field of cognitive and behavioral science in dogs, thus favoring future research work and promoting interdisciplinary collaborations.

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Massimo Aria; Alessandra Alterisio; Anna Scandurra; Claudia Pinelli; Biagio D’Aniello. The scholar’s best friend: research trends in dog cognitive and behavioral studies. Animal Cognition 2020, 24, 541 -553.

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Massimo Aria, Alessandra Alterisio, Anna Scandurra, Claudia Pinelli, Biagio D’Aniello. The scholar’s best friend: research trends in dog cognitive and behavioral studies. Animal Cognition. 2020; 24 (3):541-553.

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Massimo Aria; Alessandra Alterisio; Anna Scandurra; Claudia Pinelli; Biagio D’Aniello. 2020. "The scholar’s best friend: research trends in dog cognitive and behavioral studies." Animal Cognition 24, no. 3: 541-553.

Full article
Published: 19 August 2020 in Papers in Regional Science
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The objective of this paper is to highlight the link between the development of the transport system and the trust that citizens place in institutions' initiatives. A theoretical model has been specified according to which perceived power and knowledge of the transportation system influence the perceived benefits of local policies as well as the awareness of the relative costs. Such aspects, on their turn, influence and are linked to trust both in the local transport and in the local policy in general. Model estimation has been carried out through the results of a survey employed in the metropolitan area of the city of Naples (South of Italy) performing a Structural Equation Model with Partial Least Square estimation (PLS‐PM).

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Francesca Pagliara; Massimo Aria; Lucia Russo; Valentina Della Corte. A theoretical model linking the development of the transportation system with citizens' trust in government actors. Papers in Regional Science 2020, 100, 273 -285.

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Francesca Pagliara, Massimo Aria, Lucia Russo, Valentina Della Corte. A theoretical model linking the development of the transportation system with citizens' trust in government actors. Papers in Regional Science. 2020; 100 (1):273-285.

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Francesca Pagliara; Massimo Aria; Lucia Russo; Valentina Della Corte. 2020. "A theoretical model linking the development of the transportation system with citizens' trust in government actors." Papers in Regional Science 100, no. 1: 273-285.

Original article
Published: 13 August 2020 in Oral Diseases
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Objectives This randomized open‐label trial compared the efficacy and tolerability of vortioxetine (15 mg/daily) with different antidepressants in the treatment of patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome (BMS). Methods 150 BMS patients were randomized into five groups and treated with either vortioxetine, paroxetine (20 mg/ daily), sertraline (50 mg/ daily), escitalopram (10 mg/ daily) or duloxetine (60 mg/ daily).The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Total Pain Rating Index (T‐PRI), Hamilton Rating Scales for Depression (HAM‐D) and Anxiety (HAM‐A) and Clinical Global Impression Improvement (CGI‐I) and Efficacy scales (CGI‐E) were performed at baseline and after 2, 4, 6 and 12 months of treatment. Any Adverse Events (AEs) were tabulated for each group. Descriptive statistics, including the Kruskal‐Wallis non‐parametric test and the Friedman non‐parametric test for median comparisons between different times, were used. Results All the antidepressants (AD) were associated with a significant decrease in the VAS, T‐PRI, HAM‐A, HAM‐D, CGI‐I and CGI‐E scores in the long‐term (P < .001). However, the response rate of the Vortioxetine group showed a significant reduction after six months. The medians, after 6‐months, were: VAS 0.0; T‐PRI 2.0; HAM‐A 7.0; HAM‐D 7.0, CGI‐I 1.0 and CGIE 1.0 with a lower incidence of AEs (P < .019). Conclusion Vortioxetine was efficacious with a shorter latency of action and fewer AEs compared with other ADs.

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Daniela Adamo; Giuseppe Pecoraro; Noemi Coppola; Elena Calabria; Massimo Aria; Michele Davide Mignogna. Vortioxetine versus other antidepressants in the treatment of burning mouth syndrome: An open‐label randomized trial. Oral Diseases 2020, 27, 1022 -1041.

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Daniela Adamo, Giuseppe Pecoraro, Noemi Coppola, Elena Calabria, Massimo Aria, Michele Davide Mignogna. Vortioxetine versus other antidepressants in the treatment of burning mouth syndrome: An open‐label randomized trial. Oral Diseases. 2020; 27 (4):1022-1041.

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Daniela Adamo; Giuseppe Pecoraro; Noemi Coppola; Elena Calabria; Massimo Aria; Michele Davide Mignogna. 2020. "Vortioxetine versus other antidepressants in the treatment of burning mouth syndrome: An open‐label randomized trial." Oral Diseases 27, no. 4: 1022-1041.

Journal article
Published: 28 July 2020 in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
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This research establishes the theoretical link between the development of tourism and citizens' trust. The research is grounded in political economy of state intervention in tourism and draws from social exchange theory to build the theoretical model. The latter incorporates variables such as trust, power, knowledge, and benefits and costs of tourism, which are central to any exchange process between social actors. The model distinguishes and proposes a theoretical relationship between domain specific political trust and generic political trust. The former refers to citizens' trust in local government in the specific context of tourism development while the latter refers to citizens' general level of trust in local government. The model is tested using data collected from residents of the metropolitan area of Naples, Italy. Results suggest that residents’ trust in local government in the specific context of tourism strongly influences their general level of trust, suggesting a spill-over effect of political trust. We demonstrated empirically that political trust in the context of tourism and the general trust in an institution are theoretically distinct concepts. The constructs we used to conceptualize tourism development has distinct influence on the two dimensions of political trust.

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Francesca Pagliara; Massimo Aria; Lucia Russo; Valentina Della Corte; Robin Nunkoo. Validating a theoretical model of citizens’ trust in tourism development. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 2020, 73, 100922 .

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Francesca Pagliara, Massimo Aria, Lucia Russo, Valentina Della Corte, Robin Nunkoo. Validating a theoretical model of citizens’ trust in tourism development. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 2020; 73 ():100922.

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Francesca Pagliara; Massimo Aria; Lucia Russo; Valentina Della Corte; Robin Nunkoo. 2020. "Validating a theoretical model of citizens’ trust in tourism development." Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 73, no. : 100922.

Special issue article
Published: 20 June 2020 in Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine
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Objectives A systematic bibliometric analysis was performed to investigate trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder (COSD) research worldwide and compare the contributions of different countries/institutions, scientific journals, authors, keywords, and citations. Methods Web of Science database from 1985 to 2018 was systematically searched to identify all relevant articles using the MeSH terms “complex oral sensitivity disorder” and all synonyms used in the literature. We included original articles, review articles, letters to the editor, and book chapters in the English language and in 27 different ISI categories of medical sciences. Several bibliometric indicators were used. Results We identified 10 633 articles, of which only 3349 were eligible with only 443 being included for quantitative analyses. The annual percentage growth rate for article publication was 9.16 fractionalized articles with the most productive countries (reported only in 428 out of 443 articles) being Italy (n = 66, 15.42%) followed by USA (n = 61, 14.25%) and with Italy achieving the greatest number of citations (n = 1415). Similarly, the most productive institution for article publication was the University of Turku, Finland, with 39 (8.8%) published articles. Among the top 20 departments, 15 were affiliated with dental institutions. The most productive source was “Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine” with 38 (8.58%) articles, whereas the most productive author was “Lopez‐Jornet P” with 19 articles (6.52 fractionalized articles). Conclusions There is an increasing trend for publications on COSD. Collaboration among different countries must improve in order to implement research on this disorder, which seems to be mainly a condition for the dental discipline.

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Giulio Fortuna; Massimo Aria; Carmela Iorio; Michele D. Mignogna; Gary D. Klasser. Global research trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder: A systematic bibliometric analysis of the framework. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 2020, 49, 1 .

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Giulio Fortuna, Massimo Aria, Carmela Iorio, Michele D. Mignogna, Gary D. Klasser. Global research trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder: A systematic bibliometric analysis of the framework. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine. 2020; 49 (6):1.

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Giulio Fortuna; Massimo Aria; Carmela Iorio; Michele D. Mignogna; Gary D. Klasser. 2020. "Global research trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder: A systematic bibliometric analysis of the framework." Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 49, no. 6: 1.

Special issue article
Published: 18 June 2020 in Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine
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Objectives A systematic bibliometric analysis of the structure of knowledge was performed to investigate the co‐word analysis, the co‐citation analysis, and the social network analysis regarding complex oral sensitivity disorder (COSD). Methods Web of Science database from 1985 to 2018 was systematically searched to identify all relevant articles using the MeSH terms “complex oral sensitivity disorder” and all synonyms used in the literature. We included original articles, review articles, letters to the editor, and book chapters in the English language and in 27 different ISI categories of medical sciences. Several bibliometric indicators were used. Results The co‐word analysis identified 741 KeyWords Plus (KWP) grouped into 4 different clusters. The terms “pain,” “management,” “prevalence,” and “efficacy” reached the highest centrality, whereas the top 10 KWP had a frequency of 7%‐29% in 443 articles. Over a period of 32 years, a complex thematic evolution occurred, going from 2 to 6 different themes, and the KWP migration rate from one cluster to another ranged from 11% to 100%. The co‐citation network analysis based on the complete reference list (5932 references) of 443 articles identified only 2 clusters for journals, authors, and articles. The most prominent co‐cited journal was “Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology” (centrality: 171.75), the most co‐cited author was “Grushka M” (centrality: 330.95), and the most co‐cited article was “Grushka M. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol (1987) 63 :30‐36” (centrality: 269.79). On the other hand, the direct citation network revealed that “Scala A et al, 2003” reached both the highest global citation score (GCS = 231) and local citation score (LCS = 161). Lastly, the social network analysis revealed an isolated collaboration among groups of authors, or countries or institutions. The worldwide collaboration analysis indicated that United States‐Israel and United Kingdom‐Italy were the most collaborative countries. Conclusions The structure of knowledge of publications on COSD revealed that research in this field has been dominated by few core topics and a limited collaboration among authors and institutions from different countries. More multicenter studies on COSD are warranted in the near future when launching new projects.

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Giulio Fortuna; Massimo Aria; Alfonso Piscitelli; Michele D. Mignogna; Gary D. Klasser. Global research trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder: A systematic bibliometric analysis of the structures of knowledge. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 2020, 49, 1 .

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Giulio Fortuna, Massimo Aria, Alfonso Piscitelli, Michele D. Mignogna, Gary D. Klasser. Global research trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder: A systematic bibliometric analysis of the structures of knowledge. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine. 2020; 49 (6):1.

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Giulio Fortuna; Massimo Aria; Alfonso Piscitelli; Michele D. Mignogna; Gary D. Klasser. 2020. "Global research trends in complex oral sensitivity disorder: A systematic bibliometric analysis of the structures of knowledge." Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 49, no. 6: 1.

Original article
Published: 12 June 2020 in Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine
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Background Autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering diseases (AMBDs) represent a heterogeneous group of organ‐specific and potentially life‐threatening diseases. We sought to determine the relationship between clinical remission and therapeutic regimens with clinical type and phenotype of AMBDs, as well as clinical outcomes achieved based on different therapeutic regimens. Methods A retrospective single‐center study on 169 AMBDs patients, including pemphigus vulgaris (PV), mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP), paraneoplastic autoimmune multiorgan syndrome (PAMS), and lichen planus pemphigoides (LPP), was performed from 1994 to 2019 in an oral medicine tertiary center, where we collected sociodemographic data, clinical type and phenotype, prescribed therapies, and related outcomes. Results The mean age of AMBDs patients was 55.0 ± 16.4 years. They were followed for a mean of 8.4 ± 5.8 years. The majority of these patients (62.1%) were successfully managed with conventional immunosuppressive therapy (CIST) alone. However, 37.9% of patients required additional biological treatments, either because they were non‐responders or developed severe side effects from CIST, or because of the rapid and severe progression of the disease. Overall, complete clinical remission was achieved in 92.3% of patients. A statistically significant difference was noted between the frequency distribution of AMBDs patients among different therapeutic regimens (P = .002), of different clinical phenotype and type of AMBDs patients and clinical remission (P = .012 and P = .005, respectively). No difference was reported regarding clinical outcomes and different therapeutic regimens. Conclusions AMBDs' management may be challenging, nonetheless CIST and biologic regimens introduced, when needed as reliable alternatives to CIST, result in a very high percentage of CCR.

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Elena Calabria; Giulio Fortuna; Massimo Aria; Michele D. Mignogna. Autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering diseases in the south of Italy: a 25‐year retrospective study on 169 patients. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 2020, 49, 672 -680.

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Elena Calabria, Giulio Fortuna, Massimo Aria, Michele D. Mignogna. Autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering diseases in the south of Italy: a 25‐year retrospective study on 169 patients. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine. 2020; 49 (7):672-680.

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Elena Calabria; Giulio Fortuna; Massimo Aria; Michele D. Mignogna. 2020. "Autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering diseases in the south of Italy: a 25‐year retrospective study on 169 patients." Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 49, no. 7: 672-680.

Original research
Published: 11 March 2020 in Social Indicators Research
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We provide a novel approach to evaluate access to health care based on the monetization of access barriers individuals face. This approach allows to distinguish the opportunities individuals enjoy from their utilization of health services, permitting a better assessment of potential, as opposed to revealed, access. An application to Italian data on heart valve replacement shows that the methodology we provide can be easily applied to quantify the share of the population to which access is precluded and the key determinants of denied access.

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Antonio Abatemarco; Massimo Aria; Sergio Beraldo; Francesca Stroffolini. Measuring Disparities in Access to Health Care: A Proposal Based on an Ex-ante Perspective. Social Indicators Research 2020, 150, 549 -568.

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Antonio Abatemarco, Massimo Aria, Sergio Beraldo, Francesca Stroffolini. Measuring Disparities in Access to Health Care: A Proposal Based on an Ex-ante Perspective. Social Indicators Research. 2020; 150 (2):549-568.

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Antonio Abatemarco; Massimo Aria; Sergio Beraldo; Francesca Stroffolini. 2020. "Measuring Disparities in Access to Health Care: A Proposal Based on an Ex-ante Perspective." Social Indicators Research 150, no. 2: 549-568.

Journal article
Published: 10 March 2020 in Animals
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Octopus vulgaris possesses highly sophisticated sense organs, processed by the nervous system to generate appropriate behaviours such as finding food, avoiding predators, identifying conspecifics, and locating suitable habitat. Octopus uses multiple sensory modalities during the searching and selection of food, in particular, the chemosensory and visual cues. Here, we examined food choice in O. vulgaris in two ways: (1) We tested octopus’s food preference among three different kinds of food, and established anchovy as the preferred choice (66.67%, Friedman test p < 0.05); (2) We exposed octopus to a set of five behavioural experiments in order to establish the sensorial hierarchy in food choice, and to evaluate the performance based on the visual and chemical cues, alone or together. Our data show that O. vulgaris integrates sensory information from chemical and visual cues during food choice. Nevertheless, food choice resulted in being more dependent on chemical cues than visual ones (88.9%, Friedman test p < 0.05), with a consistent decrease of the time spent identifying the preferred food. These results define the role played by the senses with a sensorial hierarchy in food choice, opening new perspectives on the O. vulgaris’ predation strategies in the wild, which until today were considered to rely mainly on visual cues.

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Valeria Maselli; Al-Sayed Al-Soudy; Maria Buglione; Massimo Aria; Gianluca Polese; Anna Di Cosmo. Sensorial Hierarchy in Octopus vulgaris’s Food Choice: Chemical vs. Visual. Animals 2020, 10, 457 .

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Valeria Maselli, Al-Sayed Al-Soudy, Maria Buglione, Massimo Aria, Gianluca Polese, Anna Di Cosmo. Sensorial Hierarchy in Octopus vulgaris’s Food Choice: Chemical vs. Visual. Animals. 2020; 10 (3):457.

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Valeria Maselli; Al-Sayed Al-Soudy; Maria Buglione; Massimo Aria; Gianluca Polese; Anna Di Cosmo. 2020. "Sensorial Hierarchy in Octopus vulgaris’s Food Choice: Chemical vs. Visual." Animals 10, no. 3: 457.

Original research
Published: 04 February 2020 in Social Indicators Research
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Social Indicators Research (SIR) year by year has consolidated its preeminent position in the debate concerning the study of all the aspects of quality of life. The need of a journal focused on the quantitative evaluation of social realities and phenomena dating back to the seventies, when a new branch of Social Science—called Social Indicators Research—came into the international scientific landscape. This paper aims at reviewing the whole collection of publications appeared on SIR from 1989 to 2018, providing a complete overview of the main factor that affected the journal in the last 30 years. The approach followed to analyse this extensive corpus of documents relies upon the theoretical framework of bibliometric studies.

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Massimo Aria; Michelangelo Misuraca; Maria Spano. Mapping the Evolution of Social Research and Data Science on 30 Years of Social Indicators Research. Social Indicators Research 2020, 149, 803 -831.

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Massimo Aria, Michelangelo Misuraca, Maria Spano. Mapping the Evolution of Social Research and Data Science on 30 Years of Social Indicators Research. Social Indicators Research. 2020; 149 (3):803-831.

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Massimo Aria; Michelangelo Misuraca; Maria Spano. 2020. "Mapping the Evolution of Social Research and Data Science on 30 Years of Social Indicators Research." Social Indicators Research 149, no. 3: 803-831.

Author correction
Published: 08 November 2019 in Scientific Reports
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An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper

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Domenico Fulgione; Maria Buglione; Daniela Rippa; Martina Trapanese; Simona Petrelli; Daria Maria Monti; Massimo Aria; Rita Del Giudice; Valeria Maselli. Author Correction: Selection for background matching drives sympatric speciation in Wall Gecko. Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 1 -1.

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Domenico Fulgione, Maria Buglione, Daniela Rippa, Martina Trapanese, Simona Petrelli, Daria Maria Monti, Massimo Aria, Rita Del Giudice, Valeria Maselli. Author Correction: Selection for background matching drives sympatric speciation in Wall Gecko. Scientific Reports. 2019; 9 (1):1-1.

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Domenico Fulgione; Maria Buglione; Daniela Rippa; Martina Trapanese; Simona Petrelli; Daria Maria Monti; Massimo Aria; Rita Del Giudice; Valeria Maselli. 2019. "Author Correction: Selection for background matching drives sympatric speciation in Wall Gecko." Scientific Reports 9, no. 1: 1-1.

Journal article
Published: 06 September 2019 in Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine
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Pemphigus vulgaris patients with exclusive oral involvement (OPV) treated with conventional immunosuppressive therapy may be non-responders or experience severe side effects and/or relapses. In such cases, rituximab could be used as an adjuvant in recalcitrant OPV patients. A retrospective single-center study on patients with oral pemphigus vulgaris treated with RTX at a dose of 375 mg/m2 was performed, evaluating the complete clinical and immunological remission, side effects of RTX, and possible correlation between anti-desmoglein (Dsg) 3 antibodies and clinical remission. We treated 10 OPV patients, of which 60% had a moderate and 40% mild disease severity before therapy with RTX. Complete clinical remission (CCR) was achieved in 100% of OPV patients, of which 20% developed side effects and 20% experienced a relapse in a mean time of 15.2 ± 10.2 weeks. The mean time for CCR was achieved in 19.8 ± 10.3 weeks, whereas the duration of the CCR consisted in 37.4 ± 33.5 weeks. OPV patients underwent a mean follow-up of 57.2 ± 37.7 weeks. In all patients, the mean of pemphigus disease area index (PDAI) decreased from 20.3 ± 14.1 to 0.4 ± 0.0, whereas the mean Dsg3 value dropped from 157.1 ± 40.6 to 67.0 ± 26.6 after therapy with RTX. However, no correlation was found between PDAI and anti-Dsg3 antibodies before and after therapy with RTX (P > .05). RTX represents a valid and safe alternative as an adjuvant in OPV patients with low rate of relapses and side effects.

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Giulio Fortuna; Elena Calabria; Elvira Ruoppo; Daniela Adamo; Massimo Aria; Massimo Amato; Michele D. Mignogna. The use of rituximab as an adjuvant in the treatment of oral pemphigus vulgaris. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 2019, 49, 91 -95.

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Giulio Fortuna, Elena Calabria, Elvira Ruoppo, Daniela Adamo, Massimo Aria, Massimo Amato, Michele D. Mignogna. The use of rituximab as an adjuvant in the treatment of oral pemphigus vulgaris. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine. 2019; 49 (1):91-95.

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Giulio Fortuna; Elena Calabria; Elvira Ruoppo; Daniela Adamo; Massimo Aria; Massimo Amato; Michele D. Mignogna. 2019. "The use of rituximab as an adjuvant in the treatment of oral pemphigus vulgaris." Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 49, no. 1: 91-95.

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Published: 10 August 2019 in Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
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To evaluate the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) by comparing the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) and Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) tests, assessing their dependence with pain, anxiety and depression and, secondly, to analyse the changes in time after treatment with psychotropic drugs. Twenty-six patients and 26 controls were included. The GOHAI, OHIP-14, visual analogue scale (VAS) and the Hamilton Rating Scales for Depression and Anxiety (HAM-D and HAM-A) were performed at baseline (time 0) and after 6 months of treatment (time 1). Descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney non-parametric test for two independent samples and the Wilcoxon non-parametric test for two paired samples were used. The scores from all outcome measurements were statistically significantly different between the cases and controls (P < .001) with a strong correlation between the GOHAI and the OHIP-14 (P < .001). The BMS patients showed a statistically significant improvement in the VAS, HAM-D and HAM-A scores from time 0 to time 1 (P < 0.001), and in the OHIP-14 scores (P < .004**) after the treatment, but no statistically significant difference in the GOHAI score (.464). Burning mouth syndrome patients showed poorer scores on all scales compared to the healthy subjects with a lower OHRQoL. OHIP-14 gives a greater weight to psychological and behavioural outcomes in evaluating oral health than GOHAI, and therefore, it is a more effective questionnaire in terms of the evaluation of the treatment response. The management of BMS can improve pain, anxiety and depression and the OHRQoL.

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Daniela Adamo; Giuseppe Pecoraro; Giulio Fortuna; Massimo Amato; Gaetano Marenzi; Massimo Aria; Michele Davide Mignogna. Assessment of oral health‐related quality of life, measured by OHIP‐14 and GOHAI, and psychological profiling in burning mouth syndrome: A case‐control clinical study. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 2019, 47, 42 -52.

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Daniela Adamo, Giuseppe Pecoraro, Giulio Fortuna, Massimo Amato, Gaetano Marenzi, Massimo Aria, Michele Davide Mignogna. Assessment of oral health‐related quality of life, measured by OHIP‐14 and GOHAI, and psychological profiling in burning mouth syndrome: A case‐control clinical study. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 2019; 47 (1):42-52.

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Daniela Adamo; Giuseppe Pecoraro; Giulio Fortuna; Massimo Amato; Gaetano Marenzi; Massimo Aria; Michele Davide Mignogna. 2019. "Assessment of oral health‐related quality of life, measured by OHIP‐14 and GOHAI, and psychological profiling in burning mouth syndrome: A case‐control clinical study." Journal of Oral Rehabilitation 47, no. 1: 42-52.

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Published: 05 August 2019 in Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
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We would like to note the following corrections to the original version of Zhang, Sun, Lin and Ren.

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Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo; Gloria Lagetto; Chiara Dinoi; Erika Belfiore; Elisa Lombi; Stefano Blasi; Massimo Aria; Enrico Ciavolino. Correction to: Which Methodological Practice(s) for Psychotherapy Science? A Systematic Review and a Proposal. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science 2019, 54, 249 -250.

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Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo, Gloria Lagetto, Chiara Dinoi, Erika Belfiore, Elisa Lombi, Stefano Blasi, Massimo Aria, Enrico Ciavolino. Correction to: Which Methodological Practice(s) for Psychotherapy Science? A Systematic Review and a Proposal. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 2019; 54 (1):249-250.

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Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo; Gloria Lagetto; Chiara Dinoi; Erika Belfiore; Elisa Lombi; Stefano Blasi; Massimo Aria; Enrico Ciavolino. 2019. "Correction to: Which Methodological Practice(s) for Psychotherapy Science? A Systematic Review and a Proposal." Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science 54, no. 1: 249-250.

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Published: 22 July 2019 in Pain Medicine
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To evaluate the efficacy of a new multimodal antidepressant, vortioxetine (VO), in the management of burning mouth syndrome (BMS). Longitudinal single-assessment open-label pilot study. University hospital. Subjects. Thirty BMS patients were enrolled. BMS patients were treated with topical clonazepam and a flexible dose of VO (10 mg, 15 mg, or 20 mg). The visual analog scale (VAS), the Total Pain Rating Index (T-PRI), the Hamilton Rating Scales for Depression (HAM-D) and Anxiety (HAM-A), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were performed at baseline (time 0) and after two (time 1), four (time 2), six (time 3), and 12 months (time 4) of treatment. Descriptive statistics and the Wilcoxon nonparametric test for two paired samples were used. The BMS patients showed a statistically significant improvement in VAS and T-PRI scores from baseline (median [interquartile range {IQR}] = 10.0 [10-10] and 22.0 [20-24], respectively) to time 4 (median [IQR] = 0.0 [0-0] and 8.0 [7-9], P < 0.001, respectively). Similarly, the HAM-A and HAM-D and PSQI scores showed an improvement from time 0 (median [IQR] = 20 [15.8-22], 19 [16-20.3], and 4.0 [4-7.3], respectively) to time 4 (median [IQR] = 6.0 [6-7], 6.0 [6-7], and 3.0 [3-4], respectively, P < 0.001). VO is efficacious and well tolerated in the treatment of BMS in firstline therapy on account of its better receptor pharmacological profile and in second-line treatment for patients who have only partially responded or have reported adverse effects to previous treatments.

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Daniela Adamo; Giuseppe Pecoraro; Massimo Aria; Gianfranco Favia; Michele Davide Mignogna. Vortioxetine in the Treatment of Mood Disorders Associated with Burning Mouth Syndrome: Results of an Open-Label, Flexible-Dose Pilot Study. Pain Medicine 2019, 1 .

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Daniela Adamo, Giuseppe Pecoraro, Massimo Aria, Gianfranco Favia, Michele Davide Mignogna. Vortioxetine in the Treatment of Mood Disorders Associated with Burning Mouth Syndrome: Results of an Open-Label, Flexible-Dose Pilot Study. Pain Medicine. 2019; ():1.

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Daniela Adamo; Giuseppe Pecoraro; Massimo Aria; Gianfranco Favia; Michele Davide Mignogna. 2019. "Vortioxetine in the Treatment of Mood Disorders Associated with Burning Mouth Syndrome: Results of an Open-Label, Flexible-Dose Pilot Study." Pain Medicine , no. : 1.

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Published: 25 June 2019 in Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science
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Three main methodological practices have been employed in psychotherapy science: the empirical-quantitative, empirical-qualitative, and theoretical one. Some scholars have argued for a monopoly of the empirical-quantitative methodological practice, sustained by scientific monism. This systematic review aims at exploring the contribution of each methodological practice to the field. Fifteen journals were searched from 2003 to 2013. A total of 9796 publications and 9915 studies met inclusion criteria and were coded for the methodological practice employed. Empirical-quantitative studies were the most published overall, over time, and in most of the journals considered. This overwhelming prevalence increased when considering the citation rates of the publications. We argue that these results are indicative of a quantitative monopoly, which in turn is due to a lack of critical thinking sustaining scientific monism. We call for disciplinary critical thinking and the consequent scientific pluralism valuing the plurality, diversity, and multiplicity of all the existing methodological practices.

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Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo; Gloria Lagetto; Chiara Dinoi; Erika Belfiore; Elisa Lombi; Stefano Blasi; Massimo Aria; Enrico Ciavolino. Which Methodological Practice(s) for Psychotherapy Science? A Systematic Review and a Proposal. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science 2019, 54, 215 -248.

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Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo, Gloria Lagetto, Chiara Dinoi, Erika Belfiore, Elisa Lombi, Stefano Blasi, Massimo Aria, Enrico Ciavolino. Which Methodological Practice(s) for Psychotherapy Science? A Systematic Review and a Proposal. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 2019; 54 (1):215-248.

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Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo; Gloria Lagetto; Chiara Dinoi; Erika Belfiore; Elisa Lombi; Stefano Blasi; Massimo Aria; Enrico Ciavolino. 2019. "Which Methodological Practice(s) for Psychotherapy Science? A Systematic Review and a Proposal." Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science 54, no. 1: 215-248.