102 research outputs found
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE on E-HEALTH/M-HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES: EVALUATING the TRANSPARENCY and THOROUGHNESS
No full textObjectives: Evaluation is crucial for integration of e-Health/m-Health into healthcare systems and health technology assessment (HTA) could offer sound methodological basis for these evaluations. Aim of this study was to look for HTA reports on e-Health/m-Health technologies and to analyze their transparency, consistency and thoroughness, with the goal to detect areas that need improvement. Methods: PubMed, ISI-WOS, and University of York - Centre for Reviews and Dissemination-electronic databases were searched to identify reports on e-Health/m-Health technologies, published up until April 1, 2016. The International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) checklist was used to evaluate transparency and consistency of included reports. Thoroughness was assessed by checking the presence of domains suggested by the European network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) HTA Core Model. Results: Twenty-eight reports published between 1999 and 2015 were included. Most were delivered by non-European countries (71.4 percent) and only 35.7 percent were classified as full reports. All the HTA reports defined the scope of research whereas more than 80 percent provided author details, summary, discussed findings, and conclusion. On the contrary, policy and research questions were clearly defined in around 30 percent and 50 percent of reports. With respect to the EUnetHTA Core Model, around 70 percent of reports dealt with effectiveness and economic evaluation, more than 50 percent described health problem and approximately 40 percent organizational and social aspects. Conclusions: E-Health/m-Health technologies are increasingly present in the field of HTA. Yet, our review identified several missing elements. Most of the reports failed to respond to relevant assessment components, especially ethical, social and organizational implications
Behaviour of an instrumented reinforced embankment
No full textThe paper deals with the case of an overpass, composed of two reinforced earth embankment, linked by a three-span bridge. One of them have been instrumented with electric strain gauges. The Authors present a comparison between experimental and theoretical values of the tensile tension on three characteristic reinforcing elements
Settlement of a silo subjected to cyclic loading
No full textThe paper presents the vertical settlement values for a corn silo located at Ca' Mello, close to Porto Tolle (Italy), and compares it with the theoretical results obtained using a simplified one-dimensional consolidation theory, under cyclic tirangulard-shaped loading. Settlements of the silo's lateral sides range between two extremes, corresponding to the filling and emptying of the silo. A steady state condition seems to have benn reached after a few loading-unloading cycles
Aspetti filosofici della traduzione in Leibniz
No full textThis paper investigates some semantic and pragmatic issues in Leibniz’s theory of translation. Section 1 considers the relation between translation and paraphrase and the role of periphrasis as a substitute for verbatim translation. Section 2 ascribes to Leibniz an embryonic distinction between the propositional content of a sentence (what every language has the means to translate) and its expressive force or emphasis (what gets lost in translation). Section 3 reconstructs Leibniz’s reflection on non-compositional structures like idioms and argues that translatability also depends on compositionality. Finally, Section 4 explores Leibniz’s way of distinguishing between what the text says and what its author means to say
Prove geotecniche di laboratorio
No full textLa conoscenza delle metodologie di esecuzione delle prove di laboratorio costituisce uno dei presupposti per l'analisi critica dei risultati e per la valutazione del significato che può essere attribuito ai parametri che con esse si ottengono. Nel libro sono presentate per capitoli, le procedure che vengosno seguite nelle prove di classificazion, di permeabilità, di compressibilità e di resistenza.. Vengono illustrati, nei vari casi, le apparecchiature e le metodologie usate per la determinazione dei vari parametri, corredate da esempi di calcolo che rendono più comprensibile ed esauriente la trattazione
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