5 research outputs found
Suicide risk in schizophrenia with particular attention to awareness of illness and stigmatization.
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Gender differences in the evaluation of suicide risk among psychiatric inpatients
No full textObject: Suicide risk is often underestimated among psychiatric inpatients, leading to greater mortality both during hospitalization and soon after discharge. Method: We performed careful suicide assessment among 56 psychiatric inpatients that were administered a number of psychometric instruments to evaluate suicide risk, anxiety and depression. Results: In this sample, women were more anxious, more depressed and were at higher risk of suicide. This is an unusual finding as male patients are commonly reported as those more prone to perform a suicidal act. Conclusions: Results from such investigation point to gender differences when suicide risk is taken into account, suggesting that preventive measures should be implemented for those at risk regardless of well-known risk factors for suicide. © 2006 Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l
First development of a LMHF vibration system for cell incubators
No full textIn cellular mechanobiology, the controlled application of vibrations plays a key role in investigating cell behavior and its response to mechanical stimuli. The study herein proposed focuses on the design, development, and testing of a low-magnitude high-frequency (LMHF) vibrating system optimized for cell incubators. The system is designed to operate within the controlled environment of cell incubators, i.e., at a temperature of 37 °C and relative humidity of 85 %. Moreover, the system is controlled from the outside in order not to compromise the heated environment of the incubator. A further advantage of the proposed device lies in the customized setting of vibration parameters (excitation amplitude and frequency) which allows the refinement and optimization of the experimental approach. In order to assess the metrological performance of the prototype first tests have been performed with an excitation amplitude of 3.5 ± 0.4 m•s-2 at 60 Hz. Results confirm that the developed system is stable throughout the tests, with an average maximum acceleration recorded of 3.3 ± 0.6 m•s-2
