1,721,325 research outputs found
Competenza sociale e comportamento adattivo
No full textÈ sempre più evidente la necessità per gli specialisti che lavorano con bambini e adolescenti (psicologi, insegnanti, operatori dei diversi settori, ecc.) di poter avere una visione dello sviluppo la più completa possibile.
In tal senso risulta fondamentale l'analisi delle competenze sociali relative a:
- comunicazione,
- responsabilità sociale,
- autonomia,
- rapporti interpersonali.
Conoscendo il livello di competenze sociali del bambino e del pre-adolescente, si è in grado di programmare interventi clinici tesi a migliorare la qualità delle prestazioni del soggetto nella sua integrità di sviluppo.
In questo libro viene illustrata l'applicazione su un campione di 2.000 bambini e pre-adolescenti di età 4-13 anni della scala VABS nella forma ridotta. Tale scala è di semplice applicazione; viene somministrata al genitore o ad una persona che ha familiarità con il bambino mediante un'intervista semistrutturata. Nella sua forma attuale, è frutto di una rielaborazione della famosa scala di Doll sullo sviluppo personale.
Dai risultati emergono valori normativi e interpretazioni cliniche che possono essere d'aiuto nelle diverse attività di sostegno dei genitori per uno sviluppo più armonico dei loro figli
Power doppler sonography and clinical monitoring of short and long term efficacy of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid injection in the osteoarthritis of the thumb base
No full textPower Doppler sonography and clinical monitoring for hyaluronic Acid treatment of rhizarthrosis : a pilot study
No full textTrapeziometacarpal (TMC) joint osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disabling condition in which the impact of visco-supplementation has to be ascertained. We aim to evaluate the efficacy of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid (HA) ultrasound (US)-guided intra-articular injection of TMC joints in OA. 32 TMC joints of 16 patients with symptomatic thumb base OA were treated with three injections of high molecular weight HA at 1-week intervals. Before injection, at week 0, 1, 2, and 24 all patients underwent clinical and US examination. A significant clinical improvement was obtained by the decrease in visual analog scale for pain after 2 weeks of treatment (p = 0.0003) and this result is maintained at week 24 (p = 0.009). The Dreiser's index also decreased after week 2 and remain stable after 6 months. Power Doppler signal significantly decreased after 2 weeks of treatment (p = 0.02), even if this result was not maintained at week 24. No significant decrease in the synovial hypertrophy score was observed during the study. Our preliminary study suggests that US-guided TMC injections by high molecular weight HA may be effective in decreasing local inflammation and pain
Primary antiphospolipid syndrome associated with small aorta syndrome: a case report.
No full textBackground: Leflunomide is the prodrug of the disease modifying antirheumatic metabolite A77 1726. More than 50% of patients withdraw from leflunomide treatment within one year, mainly because of adverse drug reactions. Therapeutic drug monitoring of A77 1726 may be useful in predicting the efficacy of leflunomide treatment. Objective: To study the relation between A77 1726 steady state serum concentrations and disease activity using the 28 joint (DAS28) response. Methods: Outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis on a stable leflunomide dose for >4 months were included. DAS28 score and adverse drug reactions were recorded. Blood samples were taken for determination of A77 1726 concentrations. The primary end point was the relation of serum A77 1726 concentrations with DAS28 response category Results: Serum A77 1726 concentrations were determined in 52 patients. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve showed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.73 (95% confidence interval, 0.54 to 0.93) (p<0.05). The sensitivity exceeded 99% at concentrations below 16 mg/l. DAS28 values at the point of sampling showed no relation with A77 1726 concentrations (AUC of the ROC curve = 0.50 (0.33 to 0.67) (NS)). Conclusions: A77 1726 steady state serum concentrations show a relation with DAS28 response. Determination of serum A77 1726 concentrations in patients with insufficient response to treatment may help when decisions have to be made about continuation of treatment or dose adjustment
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
The efficacy and cost effectiveness of iloprost in the treatment of systemic sclerosis: a comparative analysis
No full textVariations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Le Vineland Adaptive Behaior Scales: contenuto, standardizzazione e applicazioni
No full textÈ sempre più evidente la necessità per gli specialisti che lavorano con bambini e adolescenti (psicologi, insegnanti, operatori dei diversi settori, ecc.) di poter avere una visione dello sviluppo la più completa possibile.
In tal senso risulta fondamentale l'analisi delle competenze sociali relative a:
- comunicazione,
- responsabilità sociale,
- autonomia,
- rapporti interpersonali.
Conoscendo il livello di competenze sociali del bambino e del pre-adolescente, si è in grado di programmare interventi clinici tesi a migliorare la qualità delle prestazioni del soggetto nella sua integrità di sviluppo.
In questo libro viene illustrata l'applicazione su un campione di 2.000 bambini e pre-adolescenti di età 4-13 anni della scala VABS nella forma ridotta. Tale scala è di semplice applicazione; viene somministrata al genitore o ad una persona che ha familiarità con il bambino mediante un'intervista semistrutturata. Nella sua forma attuale, è frutto di una rielaborazione della famosa scala di Doll sullo sviluppo personale
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
- …
