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Managing bipolar youths in a psychiatric inpatient emergency service
No full textManaging bipolar youths in a psychiatric inpatient emergency service.
Masi G, Mucci M, Pias P, Muratori F.
IRCCS Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Via
dei Giacinti 2, 56018 Calambrone, Pisa, Italy. [email protected]
Among the youths referred to our Psychiatric Inpatient Emergency Service, we
focused on bipolar disorder (BD), to explore predictive elements for the outcome.
Fifty-one patients (30 males, 21 females, age range 8-18 years, mean age 14.2 ±
3.1 years) received a diagnosis of BD, according to historical information,
prolonged observations, and a structured clinical interview (K-SADS-PL).
Twenty-seven patients (52.9%) were responders at the end of hospitalization
according to CGI-I 1 or 2 and 50% decrease of both Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
(BPRS) and Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS). Responders received a longer
hospitalization. Non responders were more severe at baseline, had higher scores
at BPRS (namely positive symptoms), and were more aggressive.
Environmental/social stressors and comorbidities were frequent, but they did not
affect the outcome. In summary, BD in emergency settings may represent a subtype
with clinical and therapeutic peculiarities, and specific challenges for mental
health services
Laminarina e zolfo nel contenimento dell'oidio del melo in Trentino
Full text linkNegli anni 2022 e 2023 è stata condotta in Trentino una sperimentazione di campo per valutare la laminarina, induttore di resistenza nelle piante, nel contenimento dell’oidio del melo. Le prove sono state realizzate in un meleto della cv Gala con un disegno sperimentale a blocchi randomizzati. La laminarina (Vacciplant®), applicata con un intervallo di tempo tra 7 e 10 giorni, è stata confrontata con zolfo (Thiopron®) e la sua miscela con zolfo. Tutte le tesi sono state confrontate tra loro e con una strategia di difesa standard basata su fungicidi di sintesi attualmente registrati su melo. In entrambi gli anni di prova, al rilievo finale, la tesi testimone non trattata mostrava la quasi totalità delle foglie colpite (>90%) con valori elevati di gravità (57% nel 2022, 78% nel 2023). La laminarina in miscela con zolfo, similarmente alla tesi standard chimica, ha sempre garantito i migliori valori di efficacia (46% diffusione e 11% gravità nel 2022, 35% e 10% nel 2023). L’impiego in fitoiatria della laminarina quale induttore di resistenza, potrebbe contribuire a differenziare l’approccio alla difesa antioidica del melo. Sarà necessario raccogliere ulteriori evidenze sperimentali per ottimizzarne l’utilizzo in pieno campoIn 2022 and 2023 a field trial was carried out to evaluate laminarin, a natural elicitor of the plant defence, against apple powdery mildew. The trial was settled in an apple orchard of Gala cultivar. The experiment design was a randomized block with five treatments; laminarin (Vacciplant®) with timing of 7-10 days, and sulfur (Thiopron®) both used alone, their tank mixture, a synthetic fungicides-based protection strategy and an untreated. At the end of experiments, the untreated suffered heavy damages on leaves by powdery mildew with incidence values higher than 90% in both years and severity of 57% in 2022 and 78% in 2023 respectively. The mixture of laminarin and sulfur scored the higher protection results in a similar way to chemical products. Laminarin as elicitor in inducing resistance in plants could contribuite to realize a different type of approach in crop protection. It will be necessary to acquire more evidence to better understand their utilization in the fiel
Effetto del biochar sull’adsorbimento dei nitrati in un terreno franco-limoso-argilloso.
No full textProlactin levels in young children with pervasive developmental disorders during risperidone treatment
No full textValutazione di prodotti alternativi per ridurre il potenziale ascosporico di Venturia inaequalis
No full textUn basso potenziale ascosporico in campo è la condizione di base per una corretta pianificazione della strategia di difesa contro la ticchiolatura del melo. La rimozione dei residui vegetali, l’impiego di urea e la calce dolomitica rappresentano le soluzioni riconosciute come valide per la riduzione dell’inoculo. È stato allestito un esperimento con l’utilizzo di lettiere artificiali di foglie infette da ticchiolatura, per sperimentare l’efficacia di prodotti alternativi. La prova, durata tre anni, svolta nel periodo da dicembre a maggio, ha confrontato una tesi non trattata, il Remedier®, formulato a base di Trichoderma spp., l’urea, fertilizzante inorganico, e il siero di latte, ammendante organico. Le lettiere trattate rispettivamente con urea in autunno, con Remedier in primavera e con siero di latte ad autunno e primavera, hanno consentito di diminuire la produzione di spore in riferimento al non trattato. La riduzione, valore medio di due anni, è stata di circa il 60% per l’urea, del 50% per l’agente di biocontrollo e del 40% per il siero di latte. In particolare la strategia d’impiego di Remedier se ulteriormente indagata, potrebbe essere implementata con maggiori probabilità di successo, soprattutto in agricoltura biologica, dove non è possibile intervenire nella gestione dell’inoculo di ticchiolatura se non mediante onerose operazioni di tipo meccanico o l’utilizzo della calceA low level of inoculum is a prerequisite to planning an effective protection strategy against apple scab. To date inoculum reduction approaches proven to be effective are treatments with urea, dolomitic lime and removing leaf litter from orchard. It was settled an experiment to evaluate alternative products applications to reduce the effectiveness of the apple scab inoculum of artificial leaves litters. Remedier, Trichoderma based product, urea, inorganic fertilizer and whey, organic amendant, were compared during a three overwintering period study. A partial reduction of the ascospores production if compared to untreated leaves litters, it was achieved respectively by autumn application of urea, spring application of Remedier and both autumn and spring applications of whey. From two years assessments the spore reduction was about 60% for urea, 50% for Remedier and 40% for whey. Trichoderma based product, could be an interesting option to reduce the apple scab inoculum especially in organic farming where there are no others means, the costly mechanical operations and use of dolomitic lime apar
Psychiatric Emergency Department for Youth: A Challenge for the Future of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
No full textGoing 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
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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