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Diet and Women: A Complex Relationship That We Need to Know Better [Letter]
Full text linkWe read with great interest the manuscript Dietary, Psychological and Lifestyle Factors Associated with Premenstrual Symptoms by AlQuaiz A and coworkers1 and found it extremely important from the point of view of the impact of lifestyle on premenstrual symptoms.
The authors explored the associations of dietary habits, mental distress and lifestyle factors with premenstrual symptoms and its prevalence among women, aged 18 to 50 years, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
They found that several potentially modifiable factors, such as diet, quality of food and stress, were positively associated with symptoms and suggested that increasing women awareness of healthy lifestyles may help reduce the occurrence of premenstrual symptoms
Papillomavirus Infection and Prevention: How Much Does the Sicilian Population Know? An Observational Study
Full text linkHuman papillomavirus is a sexually transmitted virus that is responsible not only for uterine cervical cancer, but also for the oral and oropharyngeal cancers. In this latter case, the virus indiscriminately affects both sexes at any age. Vaccination plays a key role in preventing infection and its possible consequences. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the degree of awareness of papillomavirus infection and its possible prevention in the Sicilian population. A prospective observational study was carried out on the Sicilian population through a self-administered questionnaire, consisting of 10 multiple-choice questions. The survey lasted from June 2021 to December 2021. A total of 844 respondents were included: 60.90% were female and 53.55% were aged between 21 and 30 years. Most of the surveyed population knew about the virus and the existence of the vaccine, however, many of them did not know about virus's effects on the oral and oropharyngeal sites (49.17%), or about the indication for vaccination for males (39.69%). Oral and oropharyngeal papillomavirus-related cancers are an increasingly frequent finding, especially in young adults. Therefore, it is necessary and quite mandatory to educate the population about the risks that certain voluptuous habits may cause, with the help of general practitioners, schools, social media, and social networks
Metodologie integrate di rilievo e modellazione tridimensionale per l'indagine sulle volte composte laterizie in Palazzo Grosso a Riva presso Chieri di Bernardo Antonio Vittone. / Integrated methodologies of survey and 3D modeling aimed to analysis of masonry compound vaults in Palazzo Grosso in Riva presso Chieri by Bernardo Antonio Vittone.
No full textIl contributo descrive metodologie integrate di rilievo e modellazione tridimensionale, finalizzate all'indagine sulla conformazione intradossale delle volte composte laterizie, messe a punto in palazzo Grosso. Le analisi, utili a confrontarsi con le problematiche di restauro e recupero, sostenute dal riferimento alla letteratura architettonica, hanno consentito di paragonare i disegni di progetto con gli esiti formali, evidenziando le discrepanze fra modello ideale e realtà costruita generate dai necessari adeguamenti alle tecnologie disponibili e alle successive deformazioni delle strutture.
This paper describes integrated methodologies of survey and three-dimensional modeling, aimed to analysis on intrados shape of masonry compound vaults, developed in Palazzo Grosso. The survey, useful to deal with the problems of restoration and recovery, which made it possible to compare the design drawings with the outcomes of shape, highlighting the discrepancy between the ideal model and constructed reality generated during the building phase, by the necessary adjustments to the available technologies, and the following deformation of the structures occurred over time
Introduzione, inquadramento nosologico e classificazione dell’insufficienza mitralica funzionale e ischemica
No full textTeaching gender medicine can enhance the quality of healthcare
Full text linkTeaching gender and sex differences is fundamental in medical classes because it has a strong impact in reducing disparity in treatment, in defining effective and personalized therapies that respect the different physiology and pathophysiology of women. Furthermore, it is the prerequisite for the pharmacoequity
NBI and Laryngeal Papillomatosis: A Diagnostic Challenge: A Systematic Review
Full text linkNarrow-band imaging (NBI) represents a valid aid in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) diagnosis for detecting vascular changes. However, LSCC and laryngeal papillomatosis (LP) show similar vascular patterns that may lead to misdiagnosis and improper treatment. This review aims to deepen this NBI limit in order to stress a careful preoperative evaluation of laryngeal lesions. The research was carried out on PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus databases using specific keywords. The topic of research was assessed by these parameters: accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values. This review included only five articles: they demonstrated that NBI is better than white-light endoscopy in detecting LSCC and LP. They also reported that LP is frequently mistaken for LSCC, resulting in high rates of false positives using NBI. This is the first review that emphasized this NBI limitation in distinguishing between LP and LSCC in cases of a type V pattern of intraepithelial papillary capillary loop. Although NBI application increased the rate of early cancer detection, LP reduces NBI accuracy. This drawback may lead to misdiagnosis and improper treatment. Our advice is to be careful in cases of type V pattern on NBI and to research LP epithelial and clinical features because it could be a pitfall
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
Advances in ventilatory treatment for OSAS
No full textContinuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most widely used treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and was established four decades ago. An alternative option is to use bilevel ventilation, in order to improve compliance to treatment especially in patients who need a high therapeutic pressure to prevent nocturnal respiratory events. Automatic CPAP or bilevel ventilation are also established among OSA therapeutic choices, and are generally indicated in cases of highly variable therapeutic pressure. The major advances in the field regard OSAS in the context of uncomplicated obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), in which either CPAP or bilevel ventilation yield comparable results, and the increasingly popular use of telemedicine in OSA management. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major determinant of the shift from traditional clinic-based management to using telemedicine whenever possible. In addition, availability of CPAP data recorded in millions of patients has allowed big-data studies on adherence to CPAP or bilevel ventilation over prolonged periods of time. It can be foreseen that e-Health programs will soon be used for most of the clinical activities in the OSA field
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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