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Qualità Ossea e Osteoporosi: un nuovo metodo di valutazione antropologica su reperti scheletrici umani recenti ed antichi
No full textOsteoporosis is a major health problem in the world; it is an insidious disease that, silently, reduces bone mass making the bones weak and more prone to fractures. The attention that is paid is very great, especially in industrialized countries where the life expectancy is high and in which osteoporosis is becoming a disease with high social impact. In paleopathology, many studies have focused on bone loss in past populations. The aim of these works is to define the traces of a disease that is only apparently modern. The current study investigates a new methodological approach to assess bone health in recent and ancient human skeletal remains. The use of the Quantitative Ultrasonometry (QUS), applied for the first time on skeletal samples, has allowed to evaluate bone tissue identifying characteristics not only related to its mass and density, but also to the structure and to its elastic component. Starting to the differences found between sexes and age, ultrasonometric standard were created to provide a reference point for archaeological and to help identify osteoporosis or simple bone loss cases. The application of this method on a medieval sample has allowed to validate it on an archaeological sample demonstrating its efficacy
Dati antropologici preliminari su alcune sepolture del Bronzo recente provenienti dalla necropoli di Castello del Tartaro (Verona)
No full textLa Dama di Ficarolo: analisi antropologica
No full textL’area dell’insediamento romano di Chiunsano, nel territorio comunale di Gaiba (Rovigo), già indagata da Alfonso Alfonsi con alcune trincee nel 1904, è stata oggetto di nove campagne di scavo, condotte sistematicamente dal 1992 al 2000 dall’Università di Bochum, sotto la direzione del prof. Hermann Büsing. Il volume presenta l’esito delle ricerche sul campo da parte di diversi specialisti. Lo studio antropologico riguarda in particolare i resti scheletrici della cosiddetta “Dama ”, caratterizzata da un particolare corredo funerario che, per la ricchezza e la provenienza eterogenea degli oggetti d’ornamento, è stato datato tra la seconda metà del V e gli inizi del VI secolo d.C., testimoniando una frequentazione del sito anche in epoca tardoantica
Dati antropologici preliminari su alcune sepolture del Bronzo recente provenienti dalla necropoli di Castello del Tartaro (Verona)
No full textLe Grandi Valli Veronesi custodiscono una storia millenaria che con impeto vigoroso ed incessante è giunta sino a noi. L’abitato di Castello del Tartaro, con la sua necropoli, è un lascito culturale importante per approfondire, penetrare e comprendere questa determinata società e, più in generale, per gettare luce su un periodo affascinante come quello del Bronzo e, in particolare, quello del BR. L’area della necropoli, che è stata scoperta nel 1989, si trova a meno di 100 m a N-W dall’omonimo abitato e le sue reali dimensioni sono tutt’oggi sconosciute; diverse campagne di scavo, succedutesi nel
corso degli anni, hanno portato alla luce un gran numero di tombe sia ad inumazione che a cremazione. I corredi funebri sono
presenti solo in alcune tombe e sono tutti di tipo femminile. Essi permettono un inquadramento globale della necropoli nell’Età
del bronzo recente. L’indagine antropologica preliminare ha preso in considerazione 9 sepolture ad inumazione. Il campione
esaminato, nonostante la frammentarietà ed il cattivo stato di conservazione, si è rivelato particolarmente interessante sotto diversi punti di vista. Le analisi antropologiche hanno evidenziato, insieme alla robustezza di alcuni tratti scheletrici, la presenza
di stress funzionali associabili a rilevanti sforzi fisici sostenuti sia dagli arti inferiori che da quelli superiori; tracce di squatting,
di camminate vigorose su piani accidentati e di sollevamento e trasporto di grandi carichi sono evidenti. L’analisi dentaria,
inoltre, ha palesato alti gradi di usura associata ad usi extra-masticatori dei denti. Sebbene il numero di sepolture preso in considerazione sia ridotto, si è riusciti a delineare un primo e stimolante quadro che incoraggia e sprona il proseguo dello studio di questa importante necropoli
Body image and weight perceptions in relation to actual measurements by means of a new index and level of physical activity in Italian university students
Get PDFBackground: Body image perception depends on anthropometric and psychological factors. Body dissatisfaction is influenced by the socio-cultural environment and is associated with eating disorders and low self-esteem. This study examined the body image perception, the degree of dissatisfaction and the weight status perception inconsistency in relation to sex, weight status and amount of physical activity in a sample of university students. Methods: The participants were 734 university students (354 females aged 21.5 ± 2.9 yrs and 380 males aged 22.1 ± 3.6 yrs) recruited from the second year of the Sport Sciences degree program. A self-administered questionnaire was used to acquire socio-demographic and sport participation information. Height, weight, BMI and weight status were considered for each subject. Body image perception was assessed by a silhouette matching technique. A new index, FAI (Feel status minus Actual status Inconsistency), was used to assess weight status perception inconsistency. Results: A large proportion of the sample had normal weight status. On average, females chose as feel status a significantly higher figure than the males (4.7 versus 3.8) and they would have liked to have a significantly thinner figure than the males (3.4 versus 3.6). Therefore, the mean FID (Feel minus Ideal Discrepancy) values (positive in both sexes) were significantly higher in females than in males, meaning higher dissatisfaction. The mean FAI values were positive in females and negative in males, indicating a tendency of the women to overestimate their weight status and of the men to underestimate it. Men were more physically active than women. Less active women showed significantly lower body weight and BMI than more active women. Men less engaged in physical activity showed significantly higher FID than more active men. Conclusions: These results show greater dissatisfaction and higher weight status perception consistency in females than in males among Italian university students examined. Our findings suggest that the FAI index can be very useful to evaluate the perceived weight status by body image in comparison to actual weight status assessed
anthropometrically
Percezione dell'immagine corporea e stato nutrizionale in un campione di studenti universitari
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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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