21 research outputs found
[Complicated migraine during the growing years. Clinical study of a personal case series]
No full text[Efficacy of cyproheptadine in the therapy of essential headache in the developmental age]
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Corrigendum to ‘Gene mutational profile of BRCAness and clinical implication in predicting response to platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma’ [Euro J Cancer 171 (2022) 232–241, (S0959804922002829), (10.1016/j.ejca.2022.05.004)]
No full textThe authors regret that Carles Fabregat-Franco's name was incorrectly given in the original article as Carles Fabregat. This has now been corrected in the online article. The correct author details are: Carles Fabregat-Franco bb Gastrointestinal Cancer Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital & Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused
Racial differences in assessing quality of care: The role of caregiving skills
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Gender differences in positive aspects of caregiving
No full textMen are expected to take on increasing roles in dementia caregiving in the future, but little is known about how they appraise such roles when compared with women.
We examined differences in measures of positive aspects of caregiving (PAC) among 141 male and 468 female caregiver s of individuals with Alzheimer's disease from the NIH Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer 's Care Health (REACH) study sites in Birmingham, Memphis and Philadelphia. Men reported higher scores on the self-affirmation subscale of the PAC measure [24.0 v 22.3, t (638) = 3.01, p<.01) but d id not differ on the out look on life subscale [12.0 v 11.9, t (638) = 0.31 , p=.75).
We then examined three categories of variables that might help explain the relationship between gender and self -affirmation - demographic characteristics o f the caregiver, psychosocial characteristics of the caregiver and characteristics related to the caregiving situation. Religiosity, anxiety, depression, behavioral bother and social support were related to both gender and the self -affirmation subscale.
Subsequent mediation analysis suggested t hat religiosity and social support suppressed the relationship between gender and self-affirmation and anxiety mediated this relationship. Sobel statistics for depression and behavioral bother indicated that neither variable had a statistically significant impact on the relationship between gender and self-affirmation. Our results suggest that the relationship between self -affirmation and gender is complex and partially masked by gender differences in religiosity and social support.This research was supported by the University of Alabama Center for Mental Health and AgingPoster Presentatio
Raman microspectroscopy interrogating 19th and 20th century painted trades union banners
No full textWe have previously developed protocols for the application of Raman microspectroscopy to studies on painted textiles. We have further assessed the value of such microanalyses in the identification of both inorganic and organic constituents, including original components and consolidants used in conservation treatments. This paper presents the results of a recent study on a number of 19th- and 20th-century trades union banners directed at collating a spectral database of inorganic pigments used in the illustrations and at probing the preparative process prior to painting. Such information will contribute to an understanding of the manufacture of such banners and their current condition, leading to the development of optimum conservation procedures.While Raman spectroscopy has the potential to be used in situ and, with the appropriate protocol, is non-destructive, nonetheless we have found that the analysis of resin-embedded cross-sections is to be preferred with microtoming providing the cleanest sample surface. The optimum methodology for acquiring good quality Raman spectra is described including operation in the confocal mode, with consideration of fluorescence, interference from resin, laser-induced photochemistry, and so on
Descrizione degli Indicatori e Fonti dei dati
No full textLa situazione demografica, lo stato di salute e l’organizzazione dell’assistenza sanitaria sono stati analizzati mediante l’utilizzo di una serie di indicatori quantitativi, definiti come quelle caratteristiche, di un individuo, di una popolazione o di un ambiente, che possono essere misurate e che sono strettamente associate al fenomeno di interesse, che non è direttamente misurabile. Un indicatore serve a descrivere sinteticamente, in modo diretto o approssimato, un fenomeno ed a misurarne le sue variazioni nel tempo e tra realtà diverse. Una misura (per esempio il tasso di mortalità) è un indicatore di un dato fenomeno (per esempio lo stato di salute) quando è in grado di modificarsi al variare degli aspetti del fenomeno stesso (se lo stato di salute peggiora, la mortalità aumenta).Una misura, o un insieme di misure, costituiscono un indicatore dopo che ne sia stata valutata l’affidabilità, ovvero la capacità di misurare i veri cambiamenti del fenomeno di interesse in modo riproducibile. Allo scopo di utilizzare indicatori di cui sia stata accertata l’affidabilità e per rendere possibili i confronti tra la realtà italiana e quella di altri Paesi, gli indicatori utilizzati nel presente Rapporto Osservasalute sono stati scelti tra quelli elencati nel progetto European Community Health Indicators (ECHI); a questi sono stati aggiunti degli indicatori costruiti per alcuni aspetti specifici non contemplati nel progetto. Gli indicatori sono stati definiti sulla base dei fenomeni che si volevano misurare e tenendo conto della disponibilità di dati attendibili e di qualità accettabile per tutte le aree territoriali considerate. Nei singoli Capitoli, per ciascun indicatore è stata predisposta una scheda dove sono riportati, oltre al metodo di calcolo, il significato ed i limiti dell’indicatore stesso
