Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining the presence of a target microorganism in a biological sample comprising the steps of: providing a strip made of porous material, said strip having at least one fixation zone on which at least one phage exposing a peptide selective for said microorganism is fixed, and a deposition zone, separated from said fixation zone and intended to receive a portion of said biological sample, said phage being bound to a marker in deactivated form; contacting said biological sample with said strip on said deposition zone and eluting said microorganism through said strip so that said microorganism reaches said fixation zone to form a phage-target microorganism complex and release said marker in activated form; detecting said marker in activated form.

Abstract: An image classification method, in particular medical images, for example radiographic images, wherein a sub-image RI which contains, for example, a Region Of Interest (ROI) in which a portion of limb and a prosthesis inserted into the same limb are visible is subjected to a classification process designed to define whether the sub-image RI belongs to a first class C1 of images with a respective first probability P1 or to a second class of images C2 with a respective probability P2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the antibacterial treatment of a solid surface comprising the steps of: a) activation of said surface by means of oxygen plasma; b) deposition from the vapor phase of a silane or siloxane having at least one fluorocarburic terminal group. A method is also provided for the antibacterial treatment of a solid surface comprising the step of functionalizing said surface with nanoparticles of gamma-Fe2O3.

Abstract: A stem for a hip prosthesis, with fixed or modular neck, which includes a stem body divided into a proximal region and a distal region, the body of the stem forming an anterior wall, a posterior wall, a medial wall, and a lateral wall. The anterior wall, the posterior wall, and the medial wall are provided at least partially with a porous structure with undercuts, the lateral wall being provided with a machining allowance.

Abstract: A stem for a hip prosthesis, with fixed or modular neck, which includes a stem body divided into a proximal region and a distal region, the body of the stem forming an anterior wall, a posterior wall, a medial wall, and a lateral wall. The anterior wall, the posterior wall, and the medial wall are provided at least partially with a porous structure with undercuts, the lateral wall being provided with a machining allowance.