546 research outputs found
Treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with two sustained-release theophylline preparations.
No full textPost-treatment changes of six cytokines in active pulmonary tuberculosis: differences between patients with stable or increased fibrosis
No full textSETTING: Little information is available regarding the relationship between the fibrotic evolution of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and cytokine levels in human bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and serum. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate correlations between profibrotic cytokine levels and post-treatment lung fibrotic evolution. DESIGN: BALE and serum amounts of pro- or anti-inflammatory cytokines were obtained by ELISA before and 6 months after the start of anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy in 13 subjects with PTB. BALE levels were recalculated as ELF (epithelial lining fluid) levels by the urea method. High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of both lungs was performed at the same time. RESULTS: When comparing pre- and post-treatment radiological data, the scores for 2-10 mm nodules, consolidation and fibrosis presented significant differences (P < 0.05). Concomitantly, pre-treatment vs. 6 month concentrations of ELF IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha were decreased (P < 0.05), while those of IL-4 and IL-10 were increased (P < 0.012). At serum level, IFN-gamma decreased, as did TNF-alpha, TGF-beta1 and PDGF-BB (P < 0.05). When the patients were subdivided into two groups, 1) stable or 2) increasing HRCT fibrosis score, significant increases in the second group were observed for ELF/serum values of TGF-beta1 and ELF PDGF-BB (P < 0.05) at 6 months post-treatment. Only serum TGF-beta1 values were significantly associated with the same group before treatment
The grade of dyspnea in patients treated with a theophylline derivative (bamifylline) vs controlled-absorption theophylline
No full textRETURN ON INVESTMENT IN CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY: Measuring the Social, Economic, and Environmental Value of Sustainable Business
No full textIn today’s climate, companies must be economically successful and at the same time take social responsibility. Author Cesar Sandro Saenz Acosta introduces a new SROIM (Social Return on Investment Management) model, to design and measure the social value created by companies. © 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited
Ermeneutica Sociologica
No full textL'autore intende ancorare la sociologia al presupposto che la comprensione dell'essere umano in quanto individuo socialmente definito e costruito risiede nella socialitàThe author intends to anchor the sociology the assumption that the understanding of the human being as an individual socially defined and constructed lies in socializin
Né qui, né altrove : migration, detention, desertion : a dialogue
No full textSandro Mezzadra teaches the History of Contemporary Political Thought at the University of Bologna. He is an active figure in the alternative globalisation movement in Italy, and has been particularly involved in bringing the question of migration to the centre of political struggle in that movement. Sandro is the author of works such as Diritto di fuga: Migrazioni, cittadinanza, globalizzazione (2001) and (with Fabio Raimondi) Oltre Genova, oltre New York: Tesi sul movimento globale (2001). He is also a member of the editorial collective of DeriveApprodi magazine, one of the chief venues in Italy for the critical analysis of contemporary capitalism. We met in Bologna one foggy January afternoon to discuss the global movement, migration, and border control in Europe and Australia
The part-time work and job on call in JustEatTakeaway supplementary company agreement for Takeaway.com Express Italy (Just Eat group) riders
No full textThe comment deals with the part-time work regulation, contained, in particular, in Part II of the JustEatTakeaway supplementary company
agreement. The use of this instrument is expected to be massive, considering that it is, in the parties' plans, the common form of work in the company.
The author analyses the provisions contained in the collective agreement, especially in the light of the discipline contained in the CCNL Logistica, Trasporto, Merci e Spedizione and in the Protocol signed on 18 July 2018 for the same sector. The author also discusses the rules on overtime and supplementary work and the rules on intermittent work, which are also subject to specific contractual regulations
Bridging the Boundaries of Science and Technology: Author-Inventors and Quality of Inventions
No full textA growing body of research examines the relationship between science and technology by using a social network lens to look at the collaboration networks between authors and inventors. Building on this research, we study how publishing inventors’ (author-inventors’) structural position in scientific (co-authorship) and technological (co-invention) networks affects the quality of their inventions. We probe author-inventors’ characteristics by identifying those who act as cutpoints—i.e., those who play a pivotal role in holding the two networks together. Cutpoints can be connected to more or less cohesive subgroups of the scientific network and hence have access to more or less diverse knowledge bases. The results of the analysis suggest that author-inventors’ structural position—in particular, whether they are cutpoints and belong to more cohesive subgroups of the scientific network—is highly consequential for the quality of the inventions with which they are involved. We tested our hypotheses in the emerging field of nanotechnology. The theoretical and managerial implications of the results are discussed
<i>Primavera</i> / <i>The Birth of Venus</i> by Sandro Botticelli. Representations, Reinterpretations
No full textTekst pochodzi z pracy magisterskiej pt. "Primavera" i "Narodziny Wenus" Sandro Botticellego. Reinterpretacje, ekfrazy, reprezentacje (promotor: prof. dr hab. Dariusz Czaja), obronionej w IEiAKUJ w roku 2016. Poświęcony jest rozwojowi badań nad obrazem, ponownym odkryciem dzieł Botticellego w kręgach prerafaelitów oraz ich późniejszej reprezentacji w kulturze.The text is composed of an introduction and third chapter of an M.A. dissertation: “Primavera” / “The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli. Reinterpretations, Ekphrases, Representations (promoter: Prof. Dariusz Czaja), presented at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Jagiellonian University, in 2016. The author deals with the development of research focused on the painting, the rediscovery of Botticelli’s works by pre-Raphaelites, and their subsequent representation in culture
The working time regulation in JustEatTakeaway supplementary company agreement for Takeaway.com Express Italy (Just Eat group) riders
No full textConsidering that the regulation of the time and the possible economic relevance of the phases of waiting for delivery is a field of discussion still access regarding the work of riders, the Author analyzes, in detail, how the JustEatTakeway supplementary company agreement regulates
the working hours of riders. The Author illustrates the discipline contained in the CCNL Logistica,Trasporto, Merci e Spedizione and in the Protocol signed on July 18, 2018 for the same sector, to which the same company agreement in comment refers
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