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Considerazioni su 'crisi' e 'resilienza' nell'impero romano del IV secolo
No full textThis paper provides some thoughts about 'crisis' and 'resilience' in the fourth century AD, with a focus on the usurpations, civil wars, and religious conflicts in the Roman empir
Physycal Exercise And Multiple Sclerosis: Effects On Inflammatory Index
Full text linkBackground.The aim of this study was to investigate, in patients with Multiple Sclerosis, the possible anti inflammatory effect of physical exercise; for this reason we are evaluated the serum levels of specific inflammatory markers like pro and anti inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress.
Methods.Twenty-two patients (10 male and 12 female, with an average of 49 years of age), with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, were enrolled. Each patient underwent a program of therapeutic exercise in hypo-gravity (swimming pool) within an 8 week period in a Day-Hospital regimen and at the beginning and at the end of the treatment had undergone, previous informed consent, to provide a blood sample. TNF-alpha, IL-6, IL-10, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Total Antioxidant Status were measured before and after therapeutic exercise. Cytokines concentration were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on two monoclonal antibodies (R&D Systems, Inc. Minneapolis, USA), plasma ROMs (mainly hydroperoxides) were evaluated by performing the d-ROM test (Diacron International s. r. l., Grosseto, Italy) and plasma antioxidant capacity was measured using a TAS kit (Randox Laboratories, Crumlin, UK). Data obtained were compared by paired t test.
Results. We observed a significant decrease after the training program in IL-6 (P0.05) at the end of the eight week of treatment.
Conclusions The hypo-gravity exercise induce a significant reduction of chronic inflammatory state which characterizes patients with Multiple Sclerosis
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
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