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Giovani volontari fra tradizione e innovazione: un'indagine tra gli studenti dell'Emilia Romagna
No full textAs witnessed by current international debates, volunteering is changing. The paper juxtaposes the concepts of classical "collective" volunteering – collectivist and with an ideological twist – and "reflexive", which points to new forms – individualistic, characterized by the search for self-fulfillment and intangible assets. If the former contributed to structure the identity of the volunteer, the latter is bound to the breakdown of individual personalities, fragmented into a chaotic series of social roles lived in watertight compartments. Yet several studies reveal that even among new, “reflexive” volunteers the ideal size and the construction of identity remain a shared and appreciated value. The essay will analyze the volunteering experiences of respondents (by way of a questionnaire administered to a sample of 1,195 students enrolled in various Emilia-Romagna high schools during the academic year 2013/2014, built to represent the proportions by province and type of school), to find confirmations of the transition between traditional and contemporary ways of being a volunteer and the persistence, within them, of a connection with the sense of self and identity building
Diffusione e caratteristiche del welfare aziendale nelle piccole e medie imprese dell'Emilia Romagna
No full textOggetto del capitolo è la sintesi dei principali risultati di una ricerca sviluppata in Emilia Romagna che ha coinvolto 756 aziende di diversa grandezza in termini di dipendenti e fatturato. Obiettivo dell’indagine era monitorare la diffusione di misure di welfare aziendale sul territorio e i fattori che ne favoriscono l’attivazione.
Al crescere delle dimensioni delle imprese aumentano le misure di welfare attivate, con diversa collocazione geografica in regione: nelle province di Rimini, Piacenza, Parma e Ferrara circa l’85% delle imprese contattate ha attivato una qualche misura di welfare, contro il 37% delle imprese attive in provincia di Reggio Emilia. Secondo le imprese le misure di welfare sono attivate principalmente per migliorare il clima aziendale, e ritengono che tale aspettativa sia in effetti raggiunta. Un focus specifico ha riguardato le misure di conciliazione vita-lavoro, quali il telelavoro, il job sharing, la flessibilità di orario e il part-time verticale e orizzontale, congedi e permessi extra, soluzioni di smart working o lavoro agile, la banca delle ore, sul fronte flessibilità lavorativa. Sul fronte beni e servizi, invece, è stata indagata la presenza di asili nido aziendali o interaziendali, rimborsi di spese scolastiche, borse di studio, centri educativi e dopo scuola, campus estivi, servizi in azienda per il disbrigo di incombenze quotidiane, consulenze pediatriche e pedagogiche, convenzioni con fornitori di servizi. L’ultima macroarea oggetto di indagine ha riguardato i dispositivi attivati in favore delle non autosufficienza: rimborsi spese relative ad anziani a carico, convenzioni con centri residenziali diurni, consulenza e orientamento polizze assicurative per i dipendenti.
In questa area le misure attivate sono poche, il 67% delle aziende non ne attiva nessuna. Il primato positivo resta a Piacenza, Parma e Rimini. Sono principalmente le misure di flessibilità ad essere adottate e non in modo universalistico verso tutti i dipendenti: a Parma e Piacenza, infatti, esse sono dirette per lo più agli impiegati. Non così a Rimini, dove sono coinvolti tutti i dipendenti. Quando ci si chieda se cambi qualcosa a livello territoriale non considerando le misure di flessibilità oraria, si osserva che in effetti anche sotto questo aspetto è Rimini la provincia in cui è più probabile che vengano attivate misure di conciliazione anche di altro tipo.
Inoltre, se tenendo conto di flessibilità e part-time, il numero di dipendenti non conta sulla probabilità di adottare misure di conciliazione, un effetto considerevole invece è esercitato dal numero di donne impiegate in azienda. Ciò porta a concludere che le misure orientate a una gestione flessibile degli orari lavorativi siano fortemente influenzate dalla presenza femminile, e che, invece, tutte le altre misure di conciliazione siano, piuttosto, legate alle dimensioni aziendali in termini di numero di dipendenti. In definitiva, il mancato pieno sviluppo del welfare aziendale nelle piccole e medie imprese documentato nella ricerca evidenzia un terreno ancora relativamente vergine che potrebbe – se opportunamente supportato – costituire un banco di prova e di sviluppo di pratiche innovative
Nonsurgical treatment of an adult patient with severe transversal skeletal discrepancy: Tooth bone-borne tandem expander and hybrid aligner approach
No full textBackground: Although they have proven effective in the resolution of mild to moderate malocclusions, aligners demonstrate substantial limitations. More complex malocclusions therefore require a combination of auxiliaries, or a hybrid approach involving both aligners and fixed appliances, such as miniscrew-supported appliances or sectionals. This case report presents a 25-year-old female patient with a severe transversal discrepancy associated with an anterior open-bite tendency effectively treated with a tooth bone-borne palatal expander characterized by two expansion screws (tandem expander) and a hybrid treatment with aligners. Methods: After accurate matching between the pretreatment cone-beam computed tomography scan and digital models, four self-drilling miniscrews were inserted palatally using a computer- aided design and computer-aided manufacturing surgical template to guide their correct and safe placement, and a tooth bone-borne appliance was fitted. After this first phase, the hybrid clear aligner approach was used to obtain alignment, leveling, and arch coordination, with the use of a partial lingual fixed appliance. Results: Transverse maxillary deficiency was corrected, crowding has been resolved, Class I molar and canine relationship were obtained, and marginal ridges has been aligned. Conclusions: Double jackscrew of the tandem expander enabled effective expansion of both the posterior segments as required to correct the skeletal discrepancy and the anterior region, thus relieving the dental crowding. Lingual sectional appliances have been shown to increase the effectiveness of clear aligners which, on the other hand, have been shown to be effective in closing the anterior bite by retroclination of the maxillary and mandibular incisors and, only minimally, by extrusion movements
Skeletal anchorage for strategic treatment of hyperdivergent Class III malocclusion in adult patients
No full textWhen an adult patient exhibits a Class III malocclusion with both skel- etal and dental components, orthognathic surgery may be the only way to obtain both an ideal occlusion and an esthetic profile.1 Surgery requires a highly motivated patient, however, and is often declined because of the associated biological and financial costs
A new functional approach to Class II treatment with clear aligners in growing patients
No full textIn this edition of the Aligner Corner, the authors present two case reports using the F22* aligner system with a
mandibular-advancement feature referred to as the “advancement block.” This is a protuberance of plastic placed behind the upper incisors that causes the patient to posture forward, thus imparting functional-appliance
forces to the aligners. In the first case, a 10-year-old male wore the advancement aligner for 10 months and achieved a correction to Class I. The second phase, which occurred two years later, consisted of six months
of treatment with aligners and a fixed sectional appliance using lingual buttons on the lower left lateral incisor, canine, and first premolar. In the second case, the female patient had already undergone 12 months of rapid palatal expansion at age 6, during the mixed dentition. Her aligner and mandibular-advancement phase commenced
at age 12 and involved nine sets of aligners, with the advancement block added only to the last tray. As in the first
case, the mandibular advancement occurred first (10 months), followed by refinement (three months), resulting in a
still-impressive 13-month treatment time. As always, there are many ways to reach the same objectives, but these authors did achieve excellent results
Hybrid Aligner Therapy for Growing Patients with Anterior Open Bites
No full textAnterior open bite is one of the most challenging malocclusions to treat. The etiology is generally multifactorial, involving a combination of skeletal, dental, and soft-tissue problems. The prevalence is reportedly 17-18% among all children in the mixed dentition,2-4 but increases to 36.3% in patients with prolonged sucking habits and hyperdivergent vertical relationships.
Night-time 3D-printed aligners and intermaxillary elastics for treatment of an adolescent Class II subdivision patient
No full textDespite the increased demand for clear aligners in recent years, the ex- pense and the need for nearly full-time wear may discourage their use by patients and clinicians. Two further limitations are the apparent lack of efficacy of aligners in treating severe malocclusions and the high level of patient cooperation required
Guardare, conoscere, narrare il Decameron. Una postilla su Panfilo
No full textIl saggio indaga un particolare aspetto della funzione di Panfilo nel Decameron: ovvero, la sua capacità di guardare, di decostruire e conoscere, attraverso il racconto, le ambiguità e i paradossi della realtà
Class III treatment with skeletal alternating rapid maxillary expansion and constriction protocol and facemask followed by clear aligners
No full textClass III malocclusions can be caused by a combination of skeletal factors including maxillary retrusion, mandibular protrusion, or both, with a strong genetic influence. The typical Class III skeletal imbalance is
established early in life and worsens over time, with no spontaneous correction, and should therefore be treated as early as possible to take advantage of the greater responsiveness of the circummaxillary suture
Treatment of skeletal Class III malocclusion in adolescents using miniscrew-supported orthopedic and fixed orthodontic appliances
No full textSkeletal Class III malocclusion is characterized by maxillary retru- sion, mandibular protrusion, or a combination of the two.1,2 This type of malocclusion is among the most challenging for orthodontists to treat, since unfavorable growth will compromise any clinical improve- ments in 20-25% of patients.3 Fac- tors affecting the success of treat-
ment include the patient’s age and sex, a family history of Class III malocclusion, and the severity of the sagittal discrepancy
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