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Challenges of Development: Asian Perspectives
No full textThis book collects the essays of a distinguished group of scholars, practitioners and officials focusing on Asia, one of the key areas of the developing world. The themes presented in this book reflect topical challenges faced by this continent in its much striven efforts for development. The editors’ intention has been to promote the knowledge of the perception by Asian Countries of their developing needs and of the policy measures that can be used to foster development. What is the role assigned, in the perspective of key Asian countries, to crucial factors like fundamental rights, the rule of law, environmental protection, trade liberalization? The concepts of development, environmental protection, climate change, use and distribution of natural resources are discussed through the well-known paradigm of sustainable development. But this exercise is more focused, being carried out through the lens of key ideas, and from the perspective of the various countries-areas and the personal views of the respective authors. These key notions are the rights to life and to development, and more generally human rights, equitable distribution of resources, common but differentiated responsibility, the pivotal role of finance, trade and knowledge-and-technology transfer to developing countries to trigger and support sustainable development. Analyzing the challenges of development from an Asian perspective does not lead to results which are only of limited interest to this continent. It is exactly because of its protean complexity that Asia can offer useful lessons for development in other areas of the developing world – and maybe even beyond
Prognostic significance of inflammatory-related parameters in patients with anal canal cancer
No full textPurpose: To investigate the correlation between inflammatory-related parameters and overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) in anal canal cancer population. Methods and materials: Patients diagnosed with anal canal carcinoma and treated with curative intent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) were included. Data about pre-treatment complete blood count were collected. Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR), fibrinogen (F), and a combination of these (F-NLR score) were correlated with OS. Results: A total of 58 patients were enrolled. In multivariate analysis, the strongest OS prognostic factor was NLR, with a hazard ratio (HR) for low NLR compared to high NLR of 1.30 (95% confidence interval 1.01–14.12). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that patients with high NLR, F, and F-NLR had significantly shorter OS and DFS. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first study providing evidence that elevated pre-treatment NLR, F, and F-NLR score significantly correlate with worse survival outcomes in patients with anal canal carcinoma. In view of our findings, future clinical trials in anal canal cancer patients are warranted to verify our results
Perfusion and adrenergic inervation in a selected group of patient with ischemic caridopatology
No full textAdolescenti e coetanei. Evoluzione dei rapporti di gruppo
No full textLa prima parte del capitolo affronta alcuni temi dell'esperienza degli adolescenti con i gruppi di coetanei. Considera le caratteristiche e le principali tipologie di tali gruppi e la loro natura dinamica, passando poi ad esaminare gli studi compiuti , sia a proposito di come si genera la cultura dei pari, sia alle funzioni che tale appartenenza esercita sui processi adolescenziali, specie sulla ristrutturazione del concetto di sè. In questo quadro sono illustrati i principali risultati della parte di ricerca rivolta ad approfondire l'esperienza concretra di preadolescenti ed adolescenti nei gruppi di coetanei in termini di partecipazione, di sostegno percepito in rapporto ai compiti di sviluppo e del riverbero che il legame con il proprio gruppo ha sull'identità sociale
Stress/Rest TC-99m-MIBI to evaluate functional significance of anomalous coronary artery
No full textPerfusion and adrenergic inervation in a selected group of patients with ischemic cardiopatology
No full textLung perfusion SPET in the evaluation of rt-PA thrombolytic management of pulmonary embolism
No full textCorrelation between bone imaging and the clinical picture in two unsuspected cases of progressive diaphyseal dysplasia (Engelmann's disease)
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