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L'omicidio-suicidio nel settorato dell'Unità di Medicina legale di Parma (2003-2012)
No full textThe research regards homicide-suicide (dyadic Death) autopsies which took place at the Unità di Medicina Legale in Parma from 2003 to 2012. Variables examinated in the analysis include age and sex of perpetrators and victims, type of weapon used, location of the homicide and results of toxicological investigation. The sex of offenders is predominantly male (M:F =4:1) and the victims were mostly female (M:F = 2:5). Firearms were the predominant method of Death in both homicides and suicides Relationships between offender-victim and the psychodynamic determinants leading upthe onset of homicides and suicides is then analyzed. Data were compared with the national and international scientific literature. The data emerging from the case histories were compared with those of autopsy cases of the same Unità di Medicina Legale relatively to the case of murder-suicide in the period 1983-2002. The comparison has partially confirmed the data collected from the previous survey, presenting some differences with respect to the weapon used and the type of interpersonal relationship between perpetrator and victim. The degree of relationship most frequently affected is that of the parent-child relationship. In conclusion, it is shown that only the teoretical analysis of these phenomena can structure campaigns to reduce the rate of Dangerousness and prevent this event
Patolologia neoplastica e libertà di cura: aspetti medico legali della prescrizione off label in oncologia
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Gli Autori, dopo aver preso in rassegna le varie forme attraverso le quali può articolarsi la prescrizione off label e dopo aver esaminato l’iter autorizzativo che precede l’immissione in commercio di un farmaco, analizzano l’epidemiologia del fenomeno, con particolare riguardo all’ambito dell’Oncologia, e le ragioni che in ambito clinico possono portare alla prescrizione di un farmaco al di fuoi delle indicazioni per le quali vi è stata l’autorizzazione da parte delle Autorità Regolatorie. Vengono quindi presi in considerazione gli aspetti medico legali dell’utilizzo secondo modalità off label di un farmaco, in particolare per ciò che concerne la libertà di cura del medico e i relativi profili di responsabilità professionale, alla luce del quadro normativo italiano e delle indicazioni giurisprudenziali in materia
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
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
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
Evaluation of a nourishment programme with a webcam: the case of Levanto (La Spezia, Italy)
No full textHigh resolution seismic stratigraphy and physical property of the late Quaternary sediments in the Northern Joides Basin (Ross-Sea, Antartica)
No full textA new sign allowing diagnosis in the pathologies of the extensor tendons of the hand
No full textIntroduction: The thorough knowledge of the anatomy of the extensor tendon system of the hand is crucial for clinical examination and detection of tendon injuries. The Juncturae between the EDCII and other extensor tendons presents different incidences, shapes (“r” or “y”) and morphologies (Type I, II, III). The EIP does not receive connection. These characteristics may result in variable effects on extensor tendons during active finger movements. The purpose of this study is to investigate and describe a new sign helping diagnosis for injuries or pathologies of EIP and EDC index finger (EDC II), based on a cadaveric dissection and clinical observation. Materials and methods: The authors performed a clinical observational study in 520 patients in order to distinctly evaluate by means of inspection and palpation the EIP and EDC II tendons and an anatomical analysis of extensor tendon apparatus of long fingers was then performed in 89 cadaver hands focusing the investigation on the juncturae system. Results: The observational studies showed that during the flexion of the III, IV and V fingers, associated to the active extension of the I and II fingers, the EDC of the III, IV and V fingers moved the EDC II in ulnar direction by means of juncturae action. The EIP remained in its position becoming visible and isolated from the migrated EDC II. Conclusions: This feature allows the distinct clinical evaluation by observation and palpation of both EDC II and EIP tendons and may be helpful in clinical conditions such as diagnosis of tendon lesions, pre-operative planning of EIP transfer and extensor tendon tenolysis associated to soft tissue scar at the second MPj
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