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Evaluation of a program for promoting physical activity and well-being: Friuli Venezia Giulia in Movimento
No full textThis article presents an evaluation of the “Friuli Venezia Giulia in Movimento” project, aimed at promoting the culture of movement and well-being in a region which is particularly affected by population ageing. The goals of the project reside in promoting appropriate lifestyles through the endorsement of healthy behaviours (physical activity, healthy nutrition, well-being); increasing the number of physically active people in the various municipal territories, by enhancing or creating new pedestrian paths that reflect the 10,000-step goal; enhancing the local territory by promoting the existing paths and the initiatives already in place; promoting new paths and environments conducive to physical activity for people of all ages; encouraging the creation of new “walking groups” and the adhesion of people to them to promote physical activity and socialisation, with the consequent improvement of psychophysical well-being. Although the evaluation is still on-going, the preliminary results—obtained by means of two surveys and a multilevel model—show that the initial steps of the project have been carried out satisfactorily and that Municipalities still need to be supported in order to achieve good participation on part of the citizens
La fiscalità delle imprese del settore manifatturiero cuneese nel quinquennio 1997-2001
No full textEconomia e finanza delle imprese manifatturiere cuneesi - Secondo Rapporto, (a cura di) D. Vel
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
Capital structure fiscal reforms and non debt tax shields: evidence from a sample of Italian firms
No full textAutomatic identification of edge chipping defects in high precision drilling of cemented carbide
Full text linkAutomatic visual inspection methods for product quality checking are spreading more and more in the present 4.0 manufacturing industry. This paper addresses the automatic inspection of edge integrity in accurate holes obtained by direct drilling of cemented carbide with innovative diamond coated tools. These revolutionary cutting tools, recently appeared on the market, can process extremely hard carbide in the sintered state, with massive increase of productivity with respect to standard methodologies like electrical discharge machining (EDM). However, due to the brittleness of the materials, the mechanical cutting process becomes critical and sensitive to tool breakage and workpiece defects generation. In particular, chipping of the hole edges represents one of the most important issues to monitor and take under control. A software procedure, that analyses high-resolution images taken from optical microscopes, was then developed for that aim. Image processing algorithms were designed and applied to enable the automatic extraction of the holes profile, thus permitting the identification and quantification of the leading edge damage in the radial direction. The proposed approach is fully automatic and is based on a profile segmentation that exploits an edge detection algorithm followed by a contour extraction method based on the solution of a partial differential equation. Dedicated metrics were specifically developed to evaluate the extracted profiles. The approach was validated with a factorial plane involving 1.6 mm diameter holes generated with different cutting parameters and tools on tungsten-carbide (WC) material. The technique resulted suitable for the aim, enabling the automatic characterisation of the defects generation phenomenon throughout the entire tools life. This moves a step toward the implementation of both in-line hole inspection procedures and advanced drilling process control
Recommendations for the surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in Italian long-term care facilities by the GLISTer working group of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI)
No full textLong-term care facilities (LTCFs) are an important reservoir of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Colonization of LTCF residents by MDROs is generally higher in Italy compared to other European countries. The present review by the working group for the study of infections in LTCFs (GLISTer) of the Italian Association of Clinical Microbiologists (AMCLI) aims to propose criteria for a laboratory-based surveillance of MDROs in Italian LTCFs.We recommend the adhesion to three levels of laboratory-based MDROs surveillance in LTCFs: i) mandatory MDRO surveillance by cumulative retrospective analysis of antimicrobial susceptibility data, obtained as part of routine care of clinical specimens. ii) strongly recommended surveillance by active rectal swab cultures or molecular screening to determine colonization with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, should a resident be proven infected. iii) voluntary surveillance by prospective MDRO surveys, mainly based on point prevalence colonization studies, allowing to determine the MDROs baseline prevalence in the facility.Laboratory-based surveillance of MDROs in LTCFs is aimed at providing useful epidemiological information to healthcare providers operating in the facility, but it is only effective if the collected data are used for infection prevention and control purposes, targeting the peculiar aspects of LTCFs
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