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Ulnar nerve Pulsed Radio Frequency (PRF) pain treatment in a patient with sarcoma surgically treated
No full textNursing competencies in palliative care. A self-evaluation survey in the province of Belluno, Italy
No full textObjectives. To explore the perceived self-competence level of palliative care nurses in the province of Belluno (Italy), compared to Core Curriculum in Palliative Care Nursing (CCICP) competencies and to identify own strengths and weaknesses
Evaluation of muscle energy in isometric maintenance as an index of muscle fatigue in roller speed skating
Full text linkRoller speed skating is a discipline in which muscle fatigue plays an important role
in athletes; in this work, we wanted to evaluate whether a methodological
approach based on the energy required to maintain an isometric muscle
contraction for one minute, indexed on the MVIC (maximum voluntary isometric
contraction), i.e. % RMS/MVIC can give results similar to the frequency decay
analysis/time in terms of usability for athlete training and injury prevention. Right
and left gluteus maximus and vastus lateralis muscles (involved in the propulsive
phase of skating ) were examined separately by surface electromyography in
three competitive athletes in short-track speed skating on asphalt. The results
showed an asymmetry between the right (less resistant) and left (more resistant)
lower limb, in all three athletes, from the point of view of fatigue, in both
investigated muscles. Furthermore, a trend in terms of fatigue resistance was
found that was directly proportional to skill in both muscles studied. This can be
of help in better planning the training of street speed skaters (which although
similar to the discipline on ice is not completely superimposable) with the dual
purpose of improving their performance and preventing injuries, often linked to
the degree of right-left muscle asymmetry
The rehabilitation tailor: applying personalized medicine to cancer recovery
Full text linkThis journal recently published the launch of a personalized rehabilitation project
called “the rehabilitation tailor” (1), at the National Cancer Institute of Aviano, Italy. The program is dedicated to women who have had breast cancer operations. The challenge was to exploit the most modern technologies and create a rehabilitation path that could be adapted to the patient’s needs and be carried out remotely, allowing her to be educated and supervised during her oncological recovery.
Specifically, this innovative project provides the possibility of working on several
rehabilitation aspects, i.e., pain control, physical exercise for strength and resistance (the Oncology in Motion project), and kinematics for reconstructing the movement impaired by surgery. In the continuation of the path, the Institute’s choice was to use co-production as a tool for involving the various stakeholders, to further improve and customize the
shoulder analysis algorithm available at the Institute and the rehabilitation path “in toto” of these patients. Thanks are also due to the professional athletes who engaged and provided help
Post-breast cancer coaching: the synergy between health and fitness through co-production
No full textThe American College of Sports Medicine states that 150 minutes per week of moderate aerobic
activity improves quality of life, also in patients treated for cancer. Physical activity before, during, and after
oncological treatments increases rates of survival, interval free from sickness, and side effects of treatment.
The importance of physical exercise is often underestimated in Oncology, above all because of the need for
an individualized approach and for a lack of recommendations that are valid for everyone. The literature
now states that rehabilitation and exercise are as important as medical care. The National Cancer Institute
in Aviano (Italy) has started a rehabilitation program for patients treated for breast cancer, followed by an
assisted path to encourage physical activity. Thanks to various co-production processes, this program allows
women to benefit from a personalised plan and it will be possible to assist patients and encourage physical
activity through use of a mobile app. A synergy between the health and fitness worlds has been created,
through co-production, accustoming patients to exercise during and following treatments
Early access to rapid onset opioids therapy in advanced cancer patients can affect their death place?
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Going 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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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