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Amuchina
Amuchina is an Italian sanitizing liquid solution produced by Angelini Industries. The solution, based on sodium hypochlorite, is reported to eliminate 99.9% of bacteria, fungi and viruses. The brand was invented by Oronzio De Nora in 1923. It was acquired by Angelini in 2000. The product is produced in two of Angelini's production lines, one in Ancona, Italy and the other near Switzerland. History The solution was invented by Oronzio De Nora and patented while he was a student at Politecnico di Milano in 1923. He sold the patent prior to founding De Nora. The name is inspired by the Greek word for scratch or abrasion. The product was widely used to prevent tuberculosis starting with the 1939 epidemic. Its use was largely at pharmacies and hospitals until it gained wide popularity during the cholera epidemic in the 1980s. It was also used in the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and H1N1 in 2009. The solution played a big role in Italy's response to the Coronavirus pandemic where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oronzio De Nora
Oronzio De Nora (March 19, 1899June 11, 1995) was an Italian engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Industrie De Nora and inventor of the Amuchina disinfectant. Biography Born to Michele De Nora, a civil engineer specialized in railways and responsible for the aqueduct in Altamura, and Elvira Colonna, he was the older brother of Vittorio, who also became an engineer. After studying in his hometown, he moved to Milan. At a young age, he participated in World War I and was decorated with a War Cross on June 2, 1974. In 1922, he graduated in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan. His thesis focused on the electrolysis of alkali chlorides, the sector in which he made a name for himself worldwide. He opened a laboratory near Milano Centrale railway station, and in 1923, he founded Industrie De Nora, becoming a pioneer in the construction of plants for the production of chlorine and caustic soda. In 1923, he patented Amuchina in Germany, a powerful antibac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelini
Angelini is a large, privately-owned, Italian industrial group operating internationally. Founded in Italy in the early twentieth century, the Angelini group has offices in 21 countries. Owned by Angelini family and currently led by Sergio Marullo di Condojanni and Thea Paola Angelini, the industrial group employs approximately 5800 people. History The antidepressant medication Trazodone was developed in the 1960s by scientists at Angelini. Since 2000, Angelini has been the producer of Amuchina, the sanitizing solution invented by Oronzio De Nora. In a 2018, evaluation of firms' reputation issued by Reputation Institute, Angelini ranked 66th in general and second among life sciences companies. In 2020, Angelini took over ownership of Thermacare after Pfizer spun off the transdermal analgesic patch after its merger with GlaxoSmithKline GSK plc (an acronym from its former name GlaxoSmithKline plc) is a British Multinational corporation, multinational Pharmaceutics, phar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Nora
Industrie De Nora S.p.A. is an Italian multinational company based in Milan that operates in the electrochemistry, electrochemical industry. The company is the world's leading supplier of electrodes for all major industrial electrochemical processes. History The company was founded in 1923 by Italian engineer Oronzio De Nora, who also invented Amuchina, among other things. In 1969, the company began a process of geographical expansion, entering various foreign markets starting with Japan and then expanding to Singapore, Brazil, India, China, and Germany, establishing both subsidiaries and joint ventures. Since 2015, the company has also been operating in the water treatment and water filtration, filtration sector, applying its technological expertise in this field. In December 2021, it was announced that the company, through a joint venture with German corporation Thyssenkrupp, had been awarded the supply of electrolysis systems needed for the construction of the world's lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disinfectant
A disinfectant is a chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces. Disinfection does not necessarily kill all microorganisms, especially resistant bacterial spores; it is less effective than sterilization, which is an extreme physical or chemical process that kills all types of life. Disinfectants are generally distinguished from other antimicrobial agents such as antibiotics, which destroy microorganisms within the body, and antiseptics, which destroy microorganisms on living tissue. Disinfectants are also different from biocides—the latter are intended to destroy all forms of life, not just microorganisms. Disinfectants work by destroying the cell wall of microbes or interfering with their metabolism. It is also a form of decontamination, and can be defined as the process whereby physical or chemical methods are used to reduce the amount of pathogenic microorganisms on a surface. Disinfectants can also be used to dest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sodium Hypochlorite
Sodium hypochlorite is an alkaline inorganic chemical compound with the formula (also written as NaClO). It is commonly known in a dilute aqueous solution as bleach or chlorine bleach. It is the sodium salt of hypochlorous acid, consisting of sodium cations () and hypochlorite anions (, also written as and ). The anhydrous compound is unstable and may decompose explosively. It can be crystallized as a pentahydrate , a pale greenish-yellow solid which is not explosive and is stable if kept refrigerated. Sodium hypochlorite is most often encountered as a pale greenish-yellow dilute solution referred to as chlorine bleach, which is a household chemical widely used (since the 18th century) as a disinfectant and bleaching agent. In solution, the compound is unstable and easily decomposes, liberating chlorine, which is the active principle of such products. Sodium hypochlorite is still the most important chlorine-based bleach. Its corrosive properties, common availability, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polytechnic University Of Milan
The Polytechnic University of Milan (, abbreviated as PoliMi) is a university in Milan, Italy. It is the largest technical university in the country, with about 40,000 enrolled students. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and higher education courses in engineering, architecture and design. Established in 1863 by Francesco Brioschi, the Polytechnic University of Milan is the oldest university in Milan; inspired by German and Swiss polytechnic institutes, Brioschi founded the school in the hope of bettering Italy's scientific and technological progress. By the 20th century, the school had gained international recognition thanks to its influential faculty and a strong emphasis on largely modernist principles. The university is made up of two central campuses in Milan, the ''Bovisa'' and ''Leonardo'', where the majority of the research and teaching activities are located, as well as other satellite campuses in five other cities across Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. The u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventh Cholera Pandemic
The seventh cholera pandemic is the seventh major outbreak of cholera beginning in 1961 and continuing to the present. Cholera has become endemic in many countries. In 2017, WHO announced a global strategy aiming to end the pandemic by 2030. This pandemic is based on the strain called El Tor; it started in Indonesia in 1961 and spread to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), by 1963. It went to India in 1964, and into the Soviet Union by 1966. In July 1970, there was an outbreak in Odessa (now Ukraine) and in 1972 there were reports of outbreaks in Baku, but the Soviet Union suppressed this information. Cholera reached Italy in 1973 from North Africa. Japan and the South Pacific saw a few outbreaks by the late 1970s. In 1971, the number of cases reported worldwide was 155,000. But in 1991, it reached 570,000. The spread of the disease was helped by modern transportation and mass migrations. Mortality rates, however, dropped markedly as governments began modern curative and preventive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002–2004 SARS Outbreak
The 2002–2004 outbreak of SARS, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), infected over 8,000 people from 30 countries and territories, and resulted in at least 774 deaths worldwide. The outbreak was first identified in Foshan, Guangdong, China, in November 2002. The World Health Organization (WHO) was notified of the outbreak in February 2003, and issued a global alert in March 2003. Initially, the cause of the outbreak was unknown, and some media outlets reported that an influenza virus was a potential culprit. The major part of the outbreak lasted about 8 months, and the World Health Organization declared SARS contained on 5 July 2003. However, several SARS cases were reported until May 2004. In late December 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus in the same genus as the one that caused SARS, was discovered in Wuhan, Hubei, China. This strain causes COVID-19, which spread to other areas of Asia, and then worldwide in early 2020, mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Swine Flu Pandemic
The 2009 swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1/swine flu/influenza virus and declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) from June 2009 to August 2010, was the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus (the first being the 1918–1920 Spanish flu pandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu). The first identified human case was in La Gloria, Mexico, a rural town in Veracruz. The virus appeared to be a new strain of H1N1 that resulted from a previous triple reassortment of bird, swine, and human flu viruses which further combined with a Eurasian pig flu virus, leading to the term " swine flu". Unlike most strains of influenza, the pandemic H1N1/09 virus did not disproportionately infect adults older than 60 years; this was an unusual and characteristic feature of the H1N1 pandemic. Even in the case of previously healthy people, a small percentage develop pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This manifests itself as increased breath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trenitalia
Trenitalia Società per azioni, SpA is the primary train operator of Italy. A subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, itself owned by the Italian government. It was established in 2000 following a European Union directive on the deregulation of rail transport. In a comparative study by the European umbrella organization European Federation for Transport and Environment, Transport & Environment (T&E), Trenitalia 2024 achieved the best result of 27 companies. The criteria were reliability, booking, amenities on board and taking bikes on medium and long-distance connections. History The Italian government formed Trenitalia to comply with European Union regulations. The European Commission's First Railway Directive from 1991 (91/440/EC) required separation of accounting between entities which manage the rail infrastructure and entities which provide the actual rail transportation. On 1 June 2000, therefore, Italy created Trenitalia as the primary rail transportation company a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codogno
Codogno (; Lodigiano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of 15,868 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is the main center of the plain known as Basso Lodigiano, which has about 90,000 inhabitants. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on June 26, 1955. History There is evidence of a settlement dating back to Roman penetration of Gaul, where it is thought to have been used as a ''castrum''. The Latin form of the name Codogna was "Cothoneum" and is believed to derive from the name of the consul Aurelius Cotta, conqueror of the Gauls, who inhabited these lands at that time. However, it is not until 997 C.E. that the name of the town is found in print. It is mentioned in a charter of Emperor Otto II. It has also been suggested that the name may be derived from the ''cydonia'' apple, or the ''melo cotogno'', a variety of quince, both common in this region. In 1441, after long jurisdiction by the bishops of Lodi, the settlement was sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Inventions
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marination * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus * ''Italien'' (magazine), pro-Fascist magazine in Germany between 1927 and 1944 See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
