394 research outputs found
Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda. Il "Progetto riduzione " del teatro Massimo di Palermo.
No full textIl progetto del Teatro Massimo di Palermo realizzato da G. Damiani Almeyda non è stato realizzato, in quanto non vincitore del relativo concorso. La ricostruzione digitale, eseguita a partire dai disegno originali, ne consente la visualizzazione tridimensionale del modello, nonché la simulazione del contesto urbano in cui l'edificio sarebbe stato inserito, qualora il progetto fosse risultato vincitore
Il Progetto Migrant and ethnic minority Education on Transplantation and Organ donation and process Optimization (ME TOO)
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Attestato Ada. Piano dei corsi Società Dante Alighieri
No full textIl Piano dei Corsi ADA è uno strumento di programmazione pensato per aiutare il direttore didattico o il docente nella definizione dei corsi, dei livelli di competenza e dei contenuti dell’offerta formativa dei corsi di lingua italiana della Società Dante Alighieri. Nasce con un duplice obiettivo: da un lato si propone di fornire uno standard didattico a una rete, quella della Dante, che raggiunge quasi ogni angolo del mondo e che ha una grandissima varietà di interlocutori, ognuno con la sua storia e le sue esigenze; dall’altro intende garantire a tutti gli studenti che scelgono i Comitati “Dante Alighieri” come luogo di formazione linguistica una formazione di alta qualità, ispirata alle migliori pratiche della glottodidattica contemporanea e ai princìpi sintetizzati dal Consiglio d’Europa nel Quadro comune europeo di riferimento per le lingue
Attitude, intention and will expression on post-mortem organ donation in the Italian population
No full textBackground: More than 8000 people are waiting for organ transplantation in Italy. Even though most of the population has a positive attitude towards organ donation, the percentage of consent to donation remains low (only 68.2% of the expressions in 2021). Exploring different points of view and variables that might play a role in this process is very important to foster a culture of organ donation and specific policy implementation.
Methods: A mixed-method study was conducted in 2021 in collaboration with the National Centre for Transplantation and involved 353 participants (healthcare professionals, citizens, opinion leaders, registry office employees) that completed a questionnaire to assess their attitudes towards organ donation and will expression before and after participating to a focus group on the topic. Statistical analyses were conducted with SPSS.
Findings: Results showed that 93.8% of participants reported a positive attitude towards donation, which significantly increased participating in the focus group (p<.001). Only 50.4% of the sample expressed their will at the time of the study. Significant correlations were found between a positive attitude and being a woman (p <.045), higher education (p<.004), familiarity with donation (p<.001); and between having expressed one’s will and familiarity with donation (p <.024) and being registered to donation associations (p<.001).
Discussion: Differences in attitude and will expression in each group (especially opinion leaders and registry office employees) underline the need to implement targeted interventions and policies to foster the creation of a culture of donation and to support citizens in expressing their will consciously
Kidney transplantation and withdrawal rates among wait-listed first-generation immigrants in Italy
No full textBackground: Multiple barriers diminish access to kidney transplantation (KT) in immigrant compared to non-immigrant populations. It is unknown whether immigration status reduces the likelihood of KT after wait-listing despite universal healthcare coverage with uniform access to transplantation.
Methods: We retrospectively collected data of all adult waiting list (WL) registrants in Italy (2010-20) followed for 5 years until death, KT in a foreign center, deceased-donor kidney transplant (DDKT), living-donor kidney transplant (LDKT) or permanent withdrawal from the WL. We calculated adjusted relative probability of DDKT, LDKT and permanent WL withdrawal in different immigrant categories using competing-risks multiple regression models.
Results: Patients were European Union (EU)-born (n = 21 624), Eastern European-born (n = 606) and non-European-born (n = 1944). After controlling for age, sex, blood type, dialysis vintage, case-mix and sensitization status, non-European-born patients had lower LDKT rates compared to other immigrant categories: LDKT adjusted relative probability of non-European-born vs. Eastern European-born 0.51 (95% CI: 0.33-0.79; P = 0.002); of non-European-born vs. EU-Born: 0.65 (95% CI: 0.47-0.82; P = 0.001). Immigration status did not affect the rate of DDKT or permanent WL withdrawal.
Conclusions: Among EU WL registrants, non-European immigration background is associated with reduced likelihood of LDKT but similar likelihood of DDKT and permanent WL withdrawal. Wherever not available, new national policies should enable coverage of travel and medical fees for living-donor surgery and follow-up for non-resident donors to improve uptake of LDKT in immigrant patients, and provide KT education that is culturally competent, individually tailored and easily understandable for patients and their potential living donors
Inequities in Organ Donation and Transplantation Among Immigrant Populations in Italy: A Narrative Review of Evidence, Gaps in Research and Potential Areas for Intervention
No full textImmigrants from outside Europe have increased over the past two decades, especially in Southern European countries including Italy. This influx coincided with an increased number of immigrants with end-stage organ diseases. In this narrative review, we reviewed evidence of the gaps between native-born and immigrant populations in the Organ Donation and Transplantation (ODT) process in Italy. Consistent with prior studies, despite the availability of a publicly funded health system with universal healthcare coverage, non-European-born individuals living in Italy are less likely to receive living donor kidney transplantation and more likely to have inferior long-term kidney graft function compared with EU-born and Eastern European-born individuals. While these patients are increasingly represented among transplant recipients (especially kidney and liver transplants), refusal rates for organ donation are higher in some ethnic groups compared with native-born and other foreign-born referents, with the potential downstream effects of prolonged waiting times and inferior transplant outcomes. In the process, we identified gaps in relevant research and biases in existing studies. Given the Italian National Transplant Center’s (CNT) commitment to fighting inequities in ODT, we illustrated actions taken by CNT to tackle inequities in ODT among immigrant communities in Italy
Association of Immigration Background with Kidney Graft Function in a Publicly Funded Health System: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study in Italy
No full textThe impact of immigration background on kidney graft function (eGFR) is unknown. Italy has a publicly funded health system with universal coverage. Since immigration from non-European Union (EU) countries beyond Eastern Europe is a recent and extensive phenomenon, Italy is a rather unique setting for studying the effect of immigration status as a socioeconomic and cultural condition. We retrospectively identified all adult deceased donor kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) in Italy (2010-2015) and followed them until death, dialysis or 5-years post-transplantation; 6,346 were EU-born, 161 Eastern European-born, and 490 non-European-born. We examined changes in eGFR after 1-year post-transplant using multivariable-adjusted joint longitudinal survival random-intercept Cox-regression. Compared to EU-born KTRs, in non-European-born KTRs the adjusted average yearly eGFR decline was -0.96 mL/min/year (95% confidence interval: -1.48 to -0.45; P<0.001), whereas it was similar in Eastern European-born KTRs (+0.02 mL/min/year [-0.77 to +0.81; P =0.96]). Adjusted five-year transplant survival did not statistically differ between non-European-born, Eastern European-born and EU-born. In those surviving beyond 1-year, it was 91.8% in EU-born (87.1 to 96.8), 92.5% in Eastern European-born (86.1 to 99.4), and 89.3% in non-European-born KTRs (83.0 to 96.0). This study provides evidence that among EU KTRs, non-European immigration background is associated with eGFR decline
ePlanning: an Ontology-based System for Building Individualized Education Plans for Students with Special Educational Needs
No full textThis paper presents the results of a two years research project aimed atadopting semantic web technology to draft the IEP (IndividualizedEducation Plan) for pupils with special educational needs in school. Itincludes a report of lessons learned through the collaborative building ofan ontology in a concrete and multidisciplinary context, as well as indeveloping an ontology-based decision support system
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