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I resti di testuggini della tomba 15 di Poggio delle Granate: atto rituale o semplice intrusione post-deposizionale?
No full textIn questo lavoro sono esaminati i resti faunistici rinvenuti nella tomba 15 di Poggio delle Granate a Populonia
Pharmacotherapy of idiopathic generalized epilepsies
No full textIdiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE) represent about 20% of all epilepsies, are genetically determined and comprise several subgroups of syndromes. Although complete seizure control is achievable in about 80% of patients with IGE syndromes, a substantial group remains with inadequate control and unsatisfactory long-term outcome. Several new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have been studied in children with IGE
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
Diagnostic and prognostic value of rudimentary spike and wave in children with febrile seizures
No full textNeonatal status epilepticus vs recurrent neonatal seizures: clinical findings and outcome.
No full textBackground: Although most children with status epilepticus have a good prognosis, its effects on
newborns are unclear.
Objective: We compare the neurodevelopmental consequences of recurrent seizures and status
epilepticus in newborns.
Methods: One hundred six newborns with video-EEG–confirmed seizures, consecutively admitted
to the neonatal intensive care unit of the University of Parma between January 1999 and
December 2004, were enrolled in the study. Fifty-one were preterm and 55 were full-term newborns.
Neonatal status epilepticus was defined as continuous seizure activity for at least 30
minutes or recurrent seizures lasting a total of 30 minutes without definite return to the baseline
neurologic condition of the newborn between seizures. Neurologic outcome was assessed at
24 months of corrected age.
Results: Thirty-six newborns had a normal outcome, 20 died, and 50 presented an adverse outcome.
All but 1 of the 26 subjects with neonatal status epilepticus had an adverse outcome. Birth
weight, severely abnormal cerebral ultrasound scans, and status epilepticus were independent
predictors of abnormal outcome. Depending on gestational age (GA), neonatal status epilepticus
seems to be a risk factor of adverse outcome in full-term newborns (GA 37 weeks: odds ratio
[OR] 20.312, 95% CI 2.417 to 170.679, p 0.006), and a risk factor of epilepsy in early
preterm and full-term newborns (GA 29 weeks: OR 10.500, 95% CI 1.211 to 91.026, p
0.033; GA 37 weeks: OR 6.517, 95% CI 1.321 to 32.148, p 0.021).
Conclusion: Newborns with status epilepticus are at high risk of severe neurologic disability and
postneonatal epilepsy. This is particularly evident in early preterm and full-term infants
Variations 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
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