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Bertrand Westphal, L’Infini culturel. Théorie littéraire et fragilité du divers, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2023, 203 pp., ISBN 978-90-04-52160-5.
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J. N. Blanc, Polarville. Images de la ville dans le roman policier, Lyon, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2023, p. 344
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Strain GG in Children with Functional Abdominal Pain
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Title: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Strain GG in Children with Functional Abdominal Pain
Authors: Francavilla, Ruggiero; Miniello, Vito; Magistà, Anna Maria; De Canio, Angela; Bucci, Nunzia; Castellaneta, Stefania; Lionetti, Elena; Indrio, Flavia; Peccarisi, Lucia; Gagliardi, Francesca; Polimeno, Lorenzo; Cavallo, Luciano
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J. Huppe, J.-P. Bertrand, F. Claisse (dir.), Réarmements critiques dans la littérature française contemporaine
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LONDON CALLING. OFF-SITE BUILDING STRATEGIES FOR HOUSING DEMAND: THE UK CASE
No full textToday, a strong re-proposal of building prefabrication is at the basis of the new housing policies that can be detected in main evolved industrial contexts. Off-Site is the word through which the theme of prefabrication seems to recur under new auspices. Among the Countries of the European continent more involved in this new challenge, Great Britain offers several insights, considering its consolidated culture in the field of urban development and its historically dynamic real estate market. Great Britain and its capital, in particular, represent an ideal point of view to understand the potentialities and the criticalities of this new building culture, in the UK explicitly supported by specific housing policies. Starting from the author consolidated interest for technological innovation applied to housing issues and coherently with the historical attention that the same author has over the years perpetrated for the British social, economic and productive context (considered as an advanced context), the paper critically illustrates an innovative housing program underway in the City of London (based on the application of Off-Site production principles), questioning about new prefab housing potentialit
Analysis of Refractive Errors in a Large Italian Cohort of Pediatric Subjects Post the COVID-19 Pandemic
No full textBackground: The prevalence of refractive errors has sharply risen over recent decades. Despite the established role of genetics in the onset and progression of such conditions, the environment was also shown to play a pivotal role. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic has majorly impacted people's lifestyles and healthy habits, especially among the youth, which might have led to a significant increase in this trend. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the actual prevalence of refractive errors in a large cohort of pediatric patients. Methods: A large cohort of 496 participants was screened through anamnesis, a non-cycloplegic autorefractometry, a corrected and uncorrected visual acuity assessment, and a questionnaire and was retrospectively evaluated. Results: Overall, refractive errors were present in 25.1% of eyes, of which 14.6% were diagnosed with myopia/myopic astigmatism and 10.5% with hyperopia/hyperopic astigmatism. Among the patients enrolled, 298 (60%) had their eyes checked one year earlier or before and 122 (25%) had never had ophthalmological consultations; a total of 105 (21%) needed glasses and 34 (7%) required a change in their previous prescription. A substantial increase in daily electronic device screen exposure was declared by 426 patients (87.6%). Conclusions: Pediatric patients appear to have a higher prevalence of refractive errors than before
Predicting Building Energy Demand and Retrofit Potentials Using New Climatic Stress Indices and Curves
No full textBuilding energy requalification in Italy and Europe has been much discussed in recent years due to the high percentage of existing buildings with poor energy performance. In this context, it is useful to obtain a user-friendly and fast tool to predict the thermal energy demand (TED) for space conditioning and the related primary energy consumption (PEC) as a function of climatic stress. In this study, the SLABE methodology (simulation-based large-scale uncertainty/sensitivity analysis of building energy performance) is used to simulate representative Italian buildings, varying parameters such as geometry, envelope and HVAC (heating, ventilating and space conditioning) systems. MATLAB® in combination with EnergyPlus is used to analyze 200 buildings belonging to two structural types (multi-family buildings and apartment blocks) built in 1961–1975. Nine scenarios (as-built scenarios and eight retrofit ones) are investigated in 63 climatic locations. A regression analysis shows that the classical HDDs (heating degree days) approach cannot give an accurate prediction of TED because solar radiation is not accounted for. Thus, new climatic indices are developed alongside solar radiation, including the heating stress index (HSI), the cooling stress index (CSI) and the yearly climatic stress index (YCSI). The purpose of our work is to obtain climatic stress curves for the prediction of TED and PEC. Testing of this novel approach is performed by comparison with another building energy simulation tool, showing a low discrepancy, i.e., the coefficient of variation of the root mean square error is between 12% and 28%, which confirms certain reliability of the approach here proposed
Supplemental Material - Endovascular treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke and tandem occlusion due to internal carotid artery dissection: A multicenter experience
No full textSupplemental Material for Endovascular treatment of patients with acute ischemic stroke and tandem occlusion due to internal carotid artery dissection: A multicenter experience by Valerio Da Ros, Federica Pusceddu, Simona Lattanzi, Jacopo Scaggiante, Fabrizio Sallustio, Federico Marrama, Monica Bandettini di Poggio, Gianpaolo Toscano, Francesca Di Giuliano, Claudia Rolla-Bigliani, Maria Ruggiero, Niccolo Haznedari, Alessandro Sgreccia, Giuseppina Sanfilippo, Cinzia Finocchi, Marina Diomedi, Santino O Tomasi, Paolo Palmisciano, Giuseppe E Umana, Lidia Strigari, Christoph J Griessenauer, Francesca Pitocchi, Francesco Garaci, Roberto Floris in The Neuroradiology Journal</p
Stratégie et tactique urbaines dans Les Saisons de Louveplaine, de Cloé Korman
No full textIn this article we propose an interpretation of the ways space is represented in Cloé Korman’s “roman de banlieue” Les Saisons de Louveplaine (2013). Considering Michel de Certeau’s critique of urban life, we consider the imaginary banlieue of Louveplaine as a space which is constantly read and written by its inhabitants. This enunciation of the space sometimes takes the form of a detective story, sometimes of a fantastic tale, and it seems inextricably linked to the character’s pedestrian paths
Psychological Reactions during and after a Lockdown: Self-Efficacy as a Protective Factor of Mental Health
No full textThe aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of home confinement/social isolation (i.e., lockdown), imposed to reduce large-scale spread of a disease in the population, on the mental health of individuals. Through an online survey during the lockdown (DL) related to COVID-19 (1085 respondents, 627 females, agerange: 18-82) (Italy, 23 April-2 May 2020), we revealed that situational factors, i.e., the presence of children at home and female gender, and psychological factors, i.e., a greater sense of isolation, lower perception of safety outside the home and higher trait anxiety, predicted higher levels of state anxiety (R2 = 0.58). The same factors, but with young age instead of the presence of children, predicted higher levels of perceived stress (R2 = 0.63). Then, these data were compared with those collected after the lockdown (AL) (174 respondents, 128 females, agerange: 19-78) (Italy, 1 July-31 October 2021). The results showed that along with a reduced sense of isolation (DL = 2.90 vs. AL = 2.10) and an increased perception of safety outside the home (DL = 2.63 vs. AL = 3.05), a reduction in state anxiety (DL = 45.76 vs. AL= 40.88) and stress appeared (DL = 18.84 vs. AL = 17.63). However, the situation was better for men than for women. Perceived self-efficacy emerged as a protective factor for mental health (R2range: 0.03-0.27). The results are discussed in light of the evidence on the effects of lockdown on individuals worldwide. These results may be used to make more educated decisions on targeted help for individuals who may be most adversely affected by the adoption of lockdowns in the future
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