200,297 research outputs found
Introduction to "Citizens' health services"
No full textIt's an introduction to the debate on citizenship in health care is nowadays really important, not only in Italy. The critical reflections connected to the new practices of citizenship are increasing. We try to answer to some issues as: the citizens' actvism can create a real partecipation? the citizens' actvism can produce an effective empowerment
Rapporto di Valutazione Dicembre 2008
No full textRelazione annuale del Nucleo di Valutazione dell'Università di Bologna, dove L. Altieri cura in particolare le parti dedicate alla valutazione della mobilità internazionale degli studenti (in entrata e in uscita) e della ricerca scientitifica: in particolare l'andamento dei finanziamenti della ricerca secondo le varie fonti di provenienza; l'accesso delle unità bolognesi ai fondi PRIN, l'improdduttività di - marginali- ricercatori, le ricadute della Peer Revie
Altieri modified Nesbit corporoplasty for the treatment of penile curvature: Comparison of local anesthesia vs loco-regional anesthesia on the clinical outcomes
No full textObjective: To compare the safety profile and clinical outcomes of Altieri-modified Nesbit corporoplasty using two different anesthesia methods including spinal anesthesia and local anesthesia. Materials and methods: A total of 40 patients with congenital penile curvature (CPC) and Peyronie’s disease (PD) underwent Altieri-modified Nesbit corporoplasty. Group 1 (n = 20) received spinal anesthesia, and Group 2 (n = 20) received local anesthesia. The patients were categorized into age groups (< 30 years, 31-45 years, 46-60 years, and 61-75 years) for analysis. Clinical outcomes, post-operative complications, hospital stay, pain levels, and other parameters were assessed. Results: The results showed that 2 patients (10%) reported postoperative complications, including headache, arterial hypotension, and penile foreskin necrosis from the spinal anesthesia group. Whereas, in the local anesthesia group, 1 patient (5%) reported scar phimosis. Further, post-operative pain was predominantly very mild, with 16 patients (80%) in the spinal anesthesia group and 14 patients (70%) in the local anesthesia group experiencing minimal discomfort. Age did not significantly impact hospital stay, post-operative intestinal disorders, constipation, lower urinary tract symptoms, voiding burning, or dysuria. Conclusions: Spinal anesthesia may lead to more post-operative complications and longer hospital stays compared to local anesthesia. Age does not significantly affect most clinical outcomes but can influence post-operative pain in patients receiving local anesthesia
Uno studio sul tardo Settecento romano: l'Apoteosi di Psiche nella Sala Pompeiana di Palazzo Altieri
No full textIl contributo, pubblicato nella rivista dell’Associazione Bancaria Italiana in collaborazione con Miriam Mirolla, docente presso l’Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, dà conto dei primi risultati di una ricerca in corso su un ambiente fra i più rappresentativi del palazzo Altieri a piazza del Gesù, sede dell’ABI. Si tratta della cosiddetta Sala Pompeiana, realizzata da un’équipe di artisti guidata da Felice Giani all’interno dell’appartamento del principe Paluzzo Altieri e della consorte Marianna di Sassonia nell’ultimo decennio del XVIII secolo, che gli studi condotti dalle autrici sulla composizione della decorazione e i soggetti in essa raffigurati mostrano essere in realtà una Sala di Psiche. Nel contributo si offre una prima ricognizione del significato delle scene inserite nelle pareti e nell’affresco della volta, verificandone l’originalità alla luce della lunga fortuna del mito di Psiche nell’arte e cultura europee e proponendone una lettura aggiornata alle grandi novità filosofiche, politiche e sociali emerse dalle diverse rivoluzioni in corso in Europa in quel secolo
Strumenti di ausilio alla segmentazione e all'etichettatura di corpora per approssimazioni successive
No full textThe impact of tooth-borne vs computer-guided bone-borne rapid maxillary expansion on pain and oral health–related quality of life: a parallel cohort study
No full textIntroduction: The primary aim of this study was to investigate and compare perceived pain intensity and oral health–related quality of life (OHRQOL) results during the activation phase of rapid maxillary expansion (RME), with tooth-borne and bone-borne devices. In addition, a secondary aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between pain scales and the shortened Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire. Methods: Thirty-six subjects (16 girls and 20 boys) with a mean age of 12.3 years (standard deviation, 0.82 years) were randomized into 2 groups. Group A received treatment with hyrax appliance, and group B received a computer-guided skeletal RME appliance. The same type of expansion screw and screw activation or expansion protocol were used. Two rating scales were used to assess the subject's pain during the activation phase of RME: a Graphic Rating Scale for Pain (GRS) and the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale (FPS). The OHIP-14 was used to evaluate the impact of RME on OHRQOL before the beginning of the treatment at day 3 and day 7 follow-ups. Painkillers were forbidden during the active phase of RME. Descriptive statistics, Student t test, and Pearson correlation were used. Significance was set at P ≤0.05. Results: A total of 36 subjects, divided into 2 groups, were treated in the study. Regarding the level of pain, the Student t test showed statistically significant higher pain in group B—although only on the first day of screw activation (GRS, P = 0.01; FPS, P <0.01). For the following days, there were no significant differences in pain levels between groups. The OHIP-14 showed no statistically significant difference at baseline (P = 0.32) and day 3 (P = 0.88) and day 7 (P = 0.85) follow-ups between the 2 groups. The Pearson correlation coefficient showed a statistically significant association between the 2 different scales of pain (GRS and FPS) but not a statistically significant correlation between GRS and FPS scales and OHIP-14. Conclusions: A higher perceived pain intensity in the patients treated using a bone-borne computer-guided skeletal RME appliance was limited to the first day of screw activation. There were no statistically significant differences between the 2 types of treatment in terms of their impact on OHRQOL and no statistically significant correlation between pain scales and the OHIP-14 questionnaire
The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown on Caregivers of People With Dementia
No full textBackground: Caregivers of people with dementia (pwD) are at risk of depression, anxiety, and burden. COVID-19 pandemic and government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure might increase psychological symptoms in caregivers. The authors performed a study to measure the change of psychological symptoms during quarantine or self-isolation for COVID-19 in a sample of Italian caregivers of pwD, and to investigate if the resilience is associated with psychological changes in the sample. Methods: Eighty-four caregivers of pwD completed an online survey including questionnaires assessing depressive symptomatology and anxiety before and during the lockdown, caregiver burden and levels of resilience. Results: The multivariate analysis of variance revealed an effect of time (before and during the lockdown) in the whole group on depression scores; a significant interaction between time and resilience was found on anxiety scores, revealing that caregivers with high resilience showed a more significant increase of anxiety levels during lockdown than caregivers with low resilience. Moreover, the regression analysis revealed that caregiver burden was associated negatively with resilience scores, and positively with higher functional dependence. Conclusion: COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown produced psychological consequences in caregivers of pwD, with an increase of levels of depression. Moreover, high resilience had a negative effect on anxiety levels and no effect on depressive symptomatology during the lockdown; moreover, it was associated with lower levels of caregiver burden. All caregivers, even those with high resilience levels, should be addressed to psychological interventions to reduce levels of depression, anxiety and caregiver burden
Comparison of changes in skeletal, dentoalveolar, periodontal, and nasal structures after tooth-borne or bone-borne rapid maxillary expansion: a parallel cohort study
No full textIntroduction: This parallel cohort study aimed to assess the dentoalveolar, skeletal, periodontal, and airway effects of tooth-borne (hyrax) and computer-guided miniscrew-supported rapid palatal expansion appliances. Methods: Thirty-six subjects were randomly allocated into 2 groups. Eighteen subjects (mean age, 12.2 years; male-to-female ratio, 10:8) were assigned to receive treatment with the hyrax appliance (group A), and 18 subjects were treated with the computer-guided miniscrew-supported appliance (group B). The same type of expansion screw and expansion protocol was used in both groups. Linear and angular measurements of skeletal, dentoalveolar, periodontal, and nasal floor changes were performed on the pretreatment and posttreatment cone-beam computed tomography images (6-month follow-up). Descriptive statistics and the independent Student t test were used for the statistical analysis. Intraoperator reliability was evaluated using a 2 sample t test. The level of significance was P ≤0.05. Results: Ten subjects were censured because posttreatment cone-beam computed tomography imaging was not performed because of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. In the remaining 26 subjects, increases in linear measurements were observed in both groups. The transversal skeletal increase was greater and statistically significant in the group treated with the bone-borne expander (P ≤0.05). The dentoalveolar transverse diameters were greater in the tooth-supported expander group, with no statistically significant difference between the groups. The buccal inclination of the maxillary first molar was observed in the group with the tooth-borne expander, with a statistically significant difference between the 2 groups. A slight reduction of buccal and palatal thicknesses at the level of the maxillary first molars was observed in both groups, smaller in the skeletal expander group, with a statistically significant difference between the 2 groups only on the right buccal cortical plate. The width of the nasal floor increased more in the group with skeletal expander with a statistically significant difference of 2 mm. Conclusions: Computer-guided miniscrew-supported maxillary expanders allowed a greater transversal increase of the nasal-maxillary skeletal structures by reducing the dentoalveolar side effects of the tooth-supported devices
SegWin: A Tool for Segmenting, Annotating and Controlling the Creation of a Database of Spoken Italian Varieties
No full textLa disinclusione del secondo molare mandibolare con I'utilizzo del filo di ottone: uno studio clinico prospettico. The treatment of impacted mandibular second molars using brass wire: a prospective clinical study
No full textOBIETTIVI
Valutare l’efficacia della tecnica del
filo di ottone per l’uprighting dei secondi
molari mandibolari (MM2) inclusi
mesio-angolati, l’influenza della
germectomia del terzo molare inferiore
(MM3) sul tempo di trattamento
e l’impatto della germectomia sulla
qualità della vita del paziente.
MATERIALI E METODI
24 MM2 sono stati sottoposti a
trattamento di disinclusione con
germectomia (gruppo A) o senza
germectomia (gruppo B).
RISULTATI
Tutti i MM2 sono stati disinclusi. Non
c’è stata una differenza statisticamente
significativa nel tempo di trattamento
tra i due gruppi. La germectomia
ha influenzato negativamente
la qualità della vita del paziente.
CONCLUSIONI
La tecnica del filo di ottone è efficace.
La germectomia del MM3
non influenza il tempo di trattamento,
ma incide negativamente
sulla qualità della vitaOBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of brass wire ligature to correct a moderately me- sially-impacted mandibular second molar (MM2). The influence of third mandibular molar (MM3) germecto- my on the treatment time and its impact on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) were also evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS 24 MM2 impacted were randomly assigned to receive either a wire brass treatment with germectomy (group A) or without germectomy (group B). RESULTS In all cases the impaction was corrected. The paired comparisons between group A and group B showed no statistically significant difference in the treatment time and a statistically significant difference of OHRQoL. CONCLUSIONS The brass wire technique is effective. The combined use of germectomy does not influence the treatment time but has a negative impact on OHRQoL
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