482 research outputs found
Mild cognitive impairment
No full textIl cluster dei disturbi neurocognitivi comprende varie sindromi differenziabili in base all'eziologia, all'insorgenza e alla progressione stadiale dei sintomi, ai criteri e alle tecniche impiegabili per la valutazione, la riabilitazione e il monitoraggio delle abilità cognitive e funzionali nel tempo.
Alla luce delle evidenze scientifiche e dell'esperienza di professionisti medico-sanitari nell'assistenza di persone affette da compromissione cognitiva, il manuale illustra le manifestazioni cliniche associate alle principali patologie organiche e neurodegenerative, orientando clinici e studiosi nella scelta di protocolli mirati all'ottenimento di un profilo neuropsicologico per il corretto inquadramento diagnostico dei pazienti.
L'integrazione di schemi e appendici nel volume facilita l'apprendimento dei contenuti teorici e fornisce una pocket guide per la somministrazione dei test e la processazione e interpretazione dei punteggi
"Bias and Efficiency of Single vs. Double Bound Models for Contingent Valuation Studies: a Monte Carlo Analysis"
No full textMalattia di Alzheimer
No full textIl cluster dei disturbi neurocognitivi comprende varie sindromi differenziabili in base all'eziologia, all'insorgenza e alla progressione stadiale dei sintomi, ai criteri e alle tecniche impiegabili per la valutazione, la riabilitazione e il monitoraggio delle abilità cognitive e funzionali nel tempo. Alla luce delle evidenze scientifiche e dell'esperienza di professionisti medico-sanitari nell'assistenza di persone affette da compromissione cognitiva, il manuale illustra le manifestazioni cliniche associate alle principali patologie organiche e neurodegenerative, orientando clinici e studiosi nella scelta di protocolli mirati all'ottenimento di un profilo neuropsicologico per il corretto inquadramento diagnostico dei pazienti. L'integrazione di schemi e appendici nel volume facilita l'apprendimento dei contenuti teorici e fornisce una pocket guide per la somministrazione dei test e la processazione e interpretazione dei punteggi
The Impact of Military Downsizing on Two Italian Communities: A Counterfactual Approach Using the Synthetic Control Method
No full textIn this paper, we propose a quasi-experimental approach to assess the
effect that downsizing of the largest experimental military base in Europe,
located in Sardinia, Italy, had on local economies. The study shows the
fruitfulness of the Synthetic Control method for assessment of socioeconomic
impacts on a single treated unit when other standard methods for
impact evaluation are not feasible. It is shown that the local communities
analysed have been characterised by different levels of frailty, which
should be attentively considered if further downsizing of the base will
be placed on the political agenda
A multivariate framework to explore firms' internationalization patterns: the role of individual heterogeneity
No full textIn this paper, we explore the internationalization pattern of firms and its relationship with firms’ heterogeneity. Besides the more traditional exports and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), we consider various forms of non-equity internationalization. The use of a Multivariate Probit Model allows us to assess the associations among the choices driving the firms’ internationalization strategy as a whole and, at the same time, to avoid a priori assumptions on the internationalization patterns. From the empirical evidence, two main results emerge. At first, we observe that Italian firms jointly adopt various internalization forms, others than exports and FDI, conditionally to characteristics of the firms. The hypothesis reported in literature of a complementary or subsidiary relationship between exports and FDI is then confirmed also for non-equity internationalization forms. Secondly, we find that the heterogeneity of firms, measured by a large range of variables, has an important role in defining the choice of firms on the patterns of internalization. Thus in this context, we endorse the emerging opinion asserting that various dimensions other than productivity are relevant
Decomposing productivity differential: evidence from foreign owned and domestic firms in Italy
No full textUsing the idea of the multidimensional generalization of the Duncans’ index (Silber 1992), the productivity per worker differential across groups of firms can be decomposed into different components attributed to differences in: sectoral productivity, investment in human and physical capital, employment and other determinants. More specifically, for decomposing group productivity differential we propose an Oaxaca’s decomposition – based approach which assumes a Reimer’s weighting scheme An application of the decomposing method aimed at evaluating productivity differences across foreign owned and domestic firms in Italy is also provided
Profiling identification with Europe and the EU project in the European regions
No full textRecent political events in the European Union (EU) highlighted a growing dissatisfaction of citizens in several EU regions with the EU institutions' management of socio-economic and financial challenges. This eventually led to a political legitimization crisis, whose drivers are partially shared among EU regions and partially area-specific. However, the relation between citizens' identification with the EU project and the regions' characteristics has not been analysed yet. In this article, we fill in this gap by addressing three research questions: i) To what extent do EU citizens identify with Europe and the EU project? ii) Do European regions have different patterns and level of identification? iii) Are the results driven by specific socio-economic variables? Answering these questions is crucial to inform a more inclusive and resilient design of the EU Cohesion Policy in a crucial period for reforming the EU. To this purpose, we develop a novel probabilistic classification model, IdentEU, which embeds with the concept of individual identification with Europe. We use micro-level data from a survey implemented within the PERCEIVE project. We find that the influencing variables that mostly affect (citizens and) regions' identification with the European project are: trust in the EU institutions, the effectiveness of EU Cohesion Policy and spending, and the level of corruption. These issues gain relevance at the light of three main challenges that affected the EU socio-economic development path in the last decade, i.e. the 2008 financial crisis, the globalization process, and Brexit
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