157 research outputs found
La spirale siriana. ‘Assadismo’, frammentazione sociale e persistenza del regime”.
No full textIl saggio propone una lettura della rivolta siriana del 2011 a partire dall'analisi dalle dinamiche storico-politiche che hanno caratterizzato l'autoritarismo siriano dal 1971 fino ad oggi
Spatial analysis of the risk of multiple cancers in relation to a petrochemical plant
No full textIn Environmental Epidemiology studies, the effects of the presence of a source of pollution on the population health can be evaluated by models that consider the distance from the source as a possible risk factor. We introduce a hierarchical Bayesian model in order to investigate the association between the risk of multiple pathologies and the presence of a single pollution source. Our approach provides the possibility to incorporate spatial effects and other confounding factors within a logistic regression model. Spatial effects are decomposed into the sum of a disease-specific parametric component accounting for the distance from the point source and a common semi-parametric component that can be interpreted as a residual spatial variation. The model is applied to data from a spatial case–control study to evaluate the association of the incidence of different cancers with the residential location in the neighborhood of a petrochemical plant in the Brindisi area (Italy)
Onde T negative giganti all'elettrocardiogramma: cosa c'è dietro? [Giant negative T waves on the electrocardiogram: What is underneath?]
No full textUn ragazzo di 29 anni si è sottoposto a visita cardiologica preliminare a sport agonistico.
Asintomatico, privo in anamnesi di familiarità per malattie cardiovascolari e per morte improvvisa, nonché di fattori di rischio cardiovascolare. L’esame clinico era negativo e la pressione arteriosa nella norma.
Il suo ECG mostrava ritmo sinusale a 61 b/min, ingrandimento atriale sinistro, ipertrofia ventricolare sinistra e alterazioni secondarie della ripolarizzazione ventricolare con onde T negative giganti (onde T negative ≥10 mm 1) nelle derivazioni precordiali (V4-V5).
La valutazione ecocardiografica mostrava un ventricolo sinistro di normali volumi intracavitari, con ipertrofia uniforme e ipertrofia dei muscoli papillari (massimo spessore parietale 17 mm), dilatazione atriale sinistra, sezioni destre nei limiti, in assenza di valvulopatie di rilievo [...]A 29-year-old man underwent a cardiology examination prior to competitive sports.
He was asymptomatic, with no family history of cardiovascular disease or sudden cardiac death, and no cardiovascular risk factors. Clinical examination was unremarkable, and blood pressure was normal.
His ECG showed sinus rhythm at 61 beats/min, left atrial enlargement, left ventricular hypertrophy, and secondary ventricular repolarization abnormalities with giant negative T waves (negative T waves ≥10 mm) in the precordial leads (V4-V5).
Echocardiography showed a left ventricle with normal intracavitary volumes, with uniform hypertrophy and hypertrophy of the papillary muscles (maximum wall thickness 17 mm), left atrial dilation, right ventricular sections within normal limits, and no significant valvular disease [...
Evaluating people's awareness about climate changes and environmental issues: A case study
No full textIn the last decade, environmental issues have become a major topic of public opinion. People have begun to develop increasing environmental awareness and positive attitudes toward ecological matters. In particular, young people have begun to actively participate in environmental challenges by organizing green movements and engaging with policymakers. In this perspective, this study explores two main aspects: 1) awareness of the potential impacts of climate change and of environmental issues in each individual's daily life, and 2) the relationship between attitudes and pro-environmental actions. To this end, we analyse qualitative data obtained from a tailored online survey involving either students from a selected group of Italian High schools or volunteer respondents from the students' acquaintances. A total of 1834 responses are analysed using statistical tools to assess the multiple objectives of the survey. We distinguish between young and adult respondents and examine the relationships between awareness, personal experience, and risk perception in the two groups. We then propose a Multiple Correspondence Analysis that focuses on youth attitudes to examine the factors that influence their propensity to environmental issues and to determine the impact of global green movements on the onset or acceleration of their environmental awareness. Although the results show a more pessimistic view of the threats posed by environmental crises, our results highlight that younger generations have a deeper awareness of environmental conditions and are committed to environmental recovery by adopting “good ecological practices” and “active ecological behaviors.
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