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Presentació del Dossier monogràfic 'La scuola italiana fra letteratura e cinema'
No full textPresentació, a càrrec dels editors, del Dossier monogràfic 'La scuola italiana fra letteratura e cinema'
Attachment Styles and Well-Being in Adolescents: How Does Emotional Development Affect This Relationship?
No full textSocial and emotional factors such as emotional competence and self-esteem are protective factors that promote adolescent mental health and well-being. In this paper, we will examine the combined contribution of these socio-emotional factors in addition to personal factors, in the prediction of psychological adjustment and subjective well-being in adolescence. The study included 840 adolescents aged between 12 and 16 years old (M = 13.37, SD = 1.16, 51.4% girls). We measured personal variables (sex, age, number of siblings), socio-emotional variables (emotional competence and self-esteem), psychological adjustment (emotional and behavioural problems) and subjective well-being (life satisfaction and affect balance). Besides descriptive analysis and Pearson bivariate correlations, two different methodologies were performed, including hierarchical regression models and a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The results show that emotional competence is a protective factor for optimal adjustment and well-being, and suggest that self-esteem reinforces this relation. Different patterns were observed for female and male adolescents of different ages and with different family backgrounds. The practical implications of our findings for intervention programs have been discussed
La fecundidad hermenéutica de la interculturalidad
No full textLa fecundidad hermenéutica de la interculturalida
Closed linear spaces consisting of strongly norm attaining Lipschitz functionals
No full textGiven a pointed metric space , we study when there exist -dimensional linear subspaces of consisting of strongly norm-attaining Lipschitz functionals, for . We show that this is always the case for infinite metric spaces, providing a definitive answer to the question. We also study the possible sizes of such infinite-dimensional closed linear subspaces , as well as the inverse question, that is, the possible sizes of the metric space given that such a subspace exists. We also show that if the metric space is -precompact, then the aforementioned subspaces need to be always separable and isomorphically polyhedral, and we show that for spaces containing isometrically, they can be infinite-dimensional
Skin temperature measurement in individuals with spinal cord injury during and after exercise: systematic review
No full textBackground Athletes with spinal cord injury (SCI) have difficulties in maintaining thermal homeostasis during exercise due to their lower sweat capacity and skin vasodilation. Skin temperature (Tsk) assessment, as opposed to core temperature, has become more widely accepted due to its non-invasive nature. The aims of this systematic review was to collate research studies that measured Tsk of individuals with SCI during or after exercise, study their Tsk response, taking into account the method employed, the environmental and exercise conditions, and to identify the different cooling strategies and their effect during exercise. Methods Pubmed, Web of Science and Scopus databases were searched to identify the articles published since year 2000. Two reviewers working independently extracted data and assessed the quality of the articles included. If they disagreed, a third reviewer was consulted. ROBINS-I scale was used to assess the quality of the articles, and the review has been conducted in agreement with PRISMA guidelines. Results Twenty studies were included in this review. 84% of them presented moderate, serious or critical risk of bias. The entire of the studies assessed Tsk during exercise, but only seven studies measured it during rest or after exercise. Eighteen studies used contact thermometry to assess Tsk and the two remaining studies employed non-contact techniques. Seven studies were conducted in warm conditions (>31.5°C) and the remaining studies in moderate conditions (10°C to 26.6°C). According to cooling strategies, ice vests and water spray are effective in reducing Tsk and decreasing the risk of heat stroke. Conclusions The 90% of the studies applied contact thermometry and due to their effect in the data assessed, it is necessary more research into the SCI population using infrared thermography due to its differences in characteristics, methodology, and applications. The methodological differences among studies make difficult to perform a meta-analys
Aspectos pragmáticos y prosódicos de las topicalizaciones en la conversación coloquial
No full textUna forma prototípica de ruptura estructural en la conversación son las topicalizaciones, asociadas a una alteración del orden de palabras. A partir de la propuesta de segmentación de unidades del Grupo Val.Es.Co. (2014), nuestro trabajo divide tales topicalizaciones en dos grupos: subactos sustantivos topicalizados a la izquierda o «anticipadores» (SSTA) y subactos sustantivos topicalizados a la derecha o «clarificadores» (SSTC). Nuestro estudio sostiene como hipótesis que un análisis basado en unidades conversacionales, tomando en consideración el funcionamiento sintáctico-pragmático y la prosodia de estas estructuras, permitirá ofrecer una explicación más acorde de su papel en la lengua hablada
Detecting spatio-temporal mortality clusters of European countries by sex and age
No full textBackground: Mortality decreased in European Union (EU) countries during the last century. Despite these similar trends, there are still considerable differences in the levels of mortality between Eastern and Western European countries. Sub-group analysis of mortality in Europe for different age and sex groups is common, however to our knowledge a spatio-temporal methodology as in this study has not been applied to detect significant spatial dependence and interaction with time. Thus, the objective of this paper is to quantify the dynamics of mortality in Europe and detect significant clusters of mortality between European countries, applying spatio-temporal methodology. In addition, the joint evolution between the mortality of European countries and their neighbours over time was studied. Methods: The spatio-temporal methodology used in this study takes into account two factors: time and the geographical location of countries and, consequently, the neighbourhood relationships between them. This methodology was applied to 26 European countries for the period 1990-2012. Results: Principally, for people older than 64 years two significant clusters were obtained: one of high mortality formed by Eastern European countries and the other of low mortality composed of Western countries. In contrast, for ages below or equal to 64 years only the significant cluster of high mortality formed by Eastern European countries was observed. In addition, the joint evolution between the 26 European countries and their neighbours during the period 1990-2012 was confirmed. For this reason, it can be said that mortality in EU not only depends on differences in the health systems, which are a subject to national discretion, but also on supra-national developments. Conclusions: This paper proposes statistical tools which provide a clear framework for the successful implementation of development public policies to help the UE meet the challenge of rethinking its social model (Social Security and health care) and make it sustainable in the medium term
Long Daytime Napping Is Associated with Increased Adiposity and Type 2 Diabetes in an Elderly Population with Metabolic Syndrome.
No full textResearch examining associations between objectively-measured napping time and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is lacking. This study aimed to evaluate daytime napping in relation to T2D and adiposity measures in elderly individuals from the Mediterranean region. A cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from 2190 elderly participants with overweight/obesity and metabolic syndrome, in the PREDIMED-Plus trial, was carried out. Accelerometer-derived napping was measured. Prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for T2D were obtained using multivariable-adjusted Cox regression with constant time. Linear regression models were fitted to examine associations of napping with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Participants napping ≥90 min had a higher prevalence of T2D (PR 1.37 (1.06, 1.78)) compared with those napping 5 to <30 min per day. Significant positive associations with BMI and WC were found in those participants napping ≥30 min as compared to those napping 5 to <30 min per day. The findings of this study suggest that longer daytime napping is associated with higher T2D prevalence and greater adiposity measures in an elderly Spanish population at high cardiovascular risk
Neuroblastoma olfatorio orbitario (estesioneuroblastoma): estudio anatomo-clínico
No full textEspañol Presentamos el caso de un estesioneuroblastoma, tumoración de la cavidad nasal rara y que además suele presentarse con síntomas nasales por lo que acude a consulta otorrinolaringológica. Nuestro caso debutó con síntomas oculares que debido a ser muy banales al principio confundieron y retrasaron el diagnóstico. A propósito de esto realizamos una revisión bibliográfica de este tipo de tumoraciones y corroboramos las dificultades que en la actualidad persisten de predictibilidad, curso clínico, diagnóstico y tratamiento de estos tumores y la discusión sobre su origen, y terminología. English We report a clinical case of esthesioneuroblastoma which is a rare nasal cavity neoplasm. It usually begins with nasal syntoms and it is seen before by the otorrynolaringologist. In our case it began with vanal ocular syntoms which created confussion and retarded diagnosis. We make a bibliographic review of this kind of neoplasm and agree with difficulti es in prediction, clinical curse, diagnosis and treatment that persite nowadays and the discussion about their origin and terminology
10Vida: A Mental and Physical Health Intervention for Chronically Ill Adolescents and Their Caregivers in the Hospital Setting: An Open Study
No full textSuffering from a chronic disease (CD) in adolescence can significantly impact the emotional health of adolescents and their families. MHealth can be a useful tool for these groups. However, few intervention programmes include the family system. The aim is to design an intervention programme (10Vida) for a paediatric population with a CD, and their families, to improve their adaptation to the disease. The study is a quasi-experimental repeated measures design in a open study, where the patients themselves, and their families, are their own control group. Participants will receive an intervention of seven individual sessions: five sessions with each patient, and two sessions with their caregivers. In the case of the patients, the aim is to improve their emotional state, their self-esteem, and their emotional competencies, reducing their perceived threat of illness. Furthermore, in the case of the caregivers, the aim is to improve their emotional state and reduce their burden. Indirectly, working with caregivers and those being cared for will improve family ties. The pilot study will involve 25 to 30 chronically ill adolescents aged between 12 and 16 years and their primary caregivers. Following the results, the necessary modifications will be included, and the programme will be offered to adolescents and their families who are willing to participate