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Non Linear Signal Processing of Data Signals for Symbol Synchronization
No full textXXII Convegno Internazionale delle Comunicazion
COVID-19 outbreak and steroids administration: are patients treated for Sars-Cov-2 at risk of adrenal insufficiency?
No full textBrain-Oriented Strategies for Neuroprotection of Asphyxiated Newborns in the First Hours of Life
No full textPerinatal asphyxia represents the first cause of severe neurological disabilities and the second cause of neonatal death in term-born babies. Currently, no treatment can prevent immediate cell death from necrosis, but some therapeutic interventions, such as therapeutic hypothermia (TH), can reduce delayed cell death from apoptosis. TH significantly improves the combined outcome of mortality or major neurodevelopmental disability, but the number of patients to be treated is 7 to get 1 child with no adverse neurological outcome. The aim of this educational review is to analyze the other care strategies to be implemented to improve the neurological outcome of children with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Hypocapnia, hypoglycemia, pain control, and functional brain monitoring are recognized as appropriate approaches to improve outcome in critically ill infants with HIE. Pharmacologic neuroprotective adjuncts are currently under investigation. New drugs such as allopurinol and melatonin seem to provide positive effects although more randomized controlled trials are required to establish the effective therapeutic scheme. In the meantime, sustaining the respiratory, metabolic, and cardiovascular system during TH can be a valuable aid in managing and treating the patient with HIE in an optimal way. (c) 2023 Published by Elsevier Inc
LA QUALITA' DELLA VITA DEI RAGAZZI. RICERCHE SOCIALI SULL'ADOLESCENZA E LA PREADOLESCENZA.
No full textPROTOHISTORIC ITALIAN CERAMICS: TOWARDS A GENERAL FABRICS CLASSIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION
No full textThis is the first synthetic and comparative presentation of the petrographic classification of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age pottery as result of the interdisciplinary project Wikipottery per-formed by our team over the last 30 years. We analyzed collections from the Central Mediterranean and designed a specific database to store, standardize, classify and share the data. We show here the results from 88 archaeological sites and 1654 samples classified into 169 fabrics: technological compositions that identify the petrographic signatures of individual production centres/workshops/ individuals. These rigorous compositional formulae are conceptually on the same level as the mor-phological types defined by quantitative approaches. We present this general experiment and discuss the relevance of ceramic technological/compositional data for the reconstruction of environment, circulation, cultural identity, complexity and innovation in ancient societies
Effectiveness of long-term rosiglitazone administration in patients with Cushing's disease
No full textHealthy and binge eating behaviours: the motivational processes underlying peer pressure
No full textThe WHO underlined the importance of a healthy diet for the psychophysical well-being of the person. Self Determination Theory highlighted how the interaction between contextual, such as peer pressure, and motivational factors play a fundamental role in promoting healthy eating habits. The present study aims to assess if peer pressure affects eating habits and binge eating through the mediation of motivation. Questionnaires were administered to 588 young-adults aged between 18 and 24 years (M = 20.56, DS = 1.78) in the Italian context. Results suggest that Peer Pressure predicted Controlled Motivation and Autonomous Motivation, and that motivation predicted Eating Behaviors and Binge Eating. In addition, Peer Pressure also has a direct effect on Binge Eating. The results confirm the importance of investigating contextual and motivational factors in the area of prevention and intervention in eating habits
Italo-Mycenaean and other Aegean-influenced pottery in Late Bronze Age Italy: the case for regional production
No full textDecorated Italo-Mycenaean (IM) pottery, a high-status class found and made over three centuries from the Italian Late Middle Bronze Age onwards, was the subject of a large archaeological and archaeometric enquiry published by the present authors in 2014. The present paper focuses on identifying IM’s centres of production. The results of chemical analysis of IM using mainly ICP-ES make a strong case for regional production, irrespective of findspots in several parts of Italy. This accords well with the relative stylistic individuality of IM observed among the finds of IM across many parts of Italy, suggesting that IM is a powerful archaeological indicator of the way local communities were constructing and negotiating their identities at this crucial time of social and economic change at the end of the Bronze Age. A picture of more dispersed intra-regional production emerges from the combined chemical and petrographic analysis of two other pottery classes displaying Aegean influence: wheel-made Grey ware and decorated Final Bronze Age/Early Iron Age (FBA/EIA) pottery from sites in present-day Apulia and from Broglio di Trebisacce in Calabria. Potters manufacturing the former applied their knowledge of the wheel and kiln firing to handmade impasto shapes which were largely shared by local communities within a region. The results obtained for the latter reflect demands of the new elites of the emerging FBA/EIA in southern Italy to create symbols expressing a new cultural identity: this pottery’s style, especially of Protogeometric, was uniform but its production was localised
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