Roman Catholicism is the largest Christian Denomination in Italy. According to a 2005 survey by Eurispes, 87.8% of the population identified themselves as Catholic; of those, 36.8% considered themselves practising Catholics and 30.8% said they attended church every Sunday.

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Dr. Wuwei Liang is a research engineer at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. His research interests include structure and mechanical properties of nanomaterials, fracture, fatigue and reliability. Dr. Min Zhou is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.