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Integral methods in science and engineering
No full textThis book is an outgrowth of the sixth international conference on integral methods in science and engineering. The chapters focus on the solution of mathematical models from various physical domains, using integral methods in conjunction with approximation schemes. Integral Methods in Science and Engineering describes the construction and application of various analytic and numerical integration techniques. Problem solving in areas such as solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, thermoelasticity, plates and shells, liquid crystals, diffusion and diffraction theory, Hamiltonian systems, resonance, nonlinear waves, plasma, flight dynamics, and structural networks are presented in an accessible manner. The book offers a vehicle for the quick dissemination of new results in these domains, and will help create an ideal environment for investigative interdisciplinary study among a variety of research areas
Intervento multidisciplinare in un caso di schizofrenia in comorbilità con obesità morbigena iatrogena, complicanze obesity-related e binge eating disorder
No full textGli antipsicotici di seconda generazione sono frequentemente associati ad incremento ponderale, a sindrome metabolica e a disturbi alimentari NAS (binge eating disorder). In questo lavoro presentiamo il caso di una paziente di 45 anni con una schizofrenia paranoide in forma residuale che nel corso di 15 anni di terapia con antipsicotici atipici ha sviluppato un’obesità morbigena (150 kg, IMC = 58,5 kg/m2), un BED e gravi complicanze biologiche obesity-related, tra cui sindrome metabolica e sindrome delle apnee notturne con ipoventilazione diurna. La paziente è stata sottoposta ad un trattamento in ricovero di 14 settimane, specifico per pazienti obesi in comorbilità psichiatrica. È stato condotto un progressivo passaggio da clozapina verso aripiprazolo in sovrapposizione. È stato realizzato un intervento psicologico individuale e di gruppo orientato alla riabilitazione del comportamento alimentare e all’acquisizione di uno stile di vita più sano. L’intervento prevedeva inoltre una riabilitazione motoria attraverso sessioni di attività fisica adattata giornaliera secondo un programma personalizzato. In fase di dimissione si è assistito ad un miglioramento di tutte le dimensioni psicopatologiche come riportato dall’SCL-90 e dalla BPRS. Lo stato fisico, gravemente scaduto all’ingresso, è risultato notevolmente migliorato in base ai dati clinici e bioumorali. Il calo ponderale alla dimissione è risultato di 29 kg (-14%); al follow-up a 3 mesi si è rilevato un ulteriore calo ponderale di 26,8 kg, pari a 102,2 kg (IMC=40,8 kg/m2). Conclusioni: l’esperienza riportata sottolinea l’importanza di un assessment specifico e di un intervento multidisciplinare nel caso di pazienti schizofrenici che presentino gravi complicanze biologiche. L’utilizzo di strategie integrate di cura, con antipsicotici di seconda generazione, interventi educazionali e cognitivo-comportamentali e esercizio fisico, rappresenta una rilevante risorsa terapeutica che mira al benessere globale del paziente psicotico, in una visione della cura che mira al recupero più completo possibile di tutte le dimensioni della persona (recovery)
Adapted physical activity in an integrated approach to obesity and binge eating disorders
No full textIl trattamento del binge eating disorder e della emotional eating in regime ricoveriale: descrizione di un programma di cura multidisciplinare e dei risultati su un campione di pazienti.
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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
Discordant resistance interpretations in multi-treated HIV-1 patients.
No full textThe routine determination of drug resistance has become an important part of the clinical management of HIV-1 infected patients. Plasma samples from 130 individuals treated for at least 1 year with multiple NRTIs and NNRTIs were tested for the presence of mutations correlated to drug resistance. Since interpretation criteria represent a crucial point for virologists and clinicians, often complicated by the presence of novel and/or complex mutations patterns, we analyzed results interpreted by TruGene HIV-1 (Visible Genetics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and VirtualPhenotype (Virco, Mechelen, Belgium). A high degree of concordance was found for NNRTIs whereas NRTIs interpretation was highly discrepant. Since different approaches to monitoring resistance reflect different interpretation of results, the prediction of drugs resistance from a given HIV sequence might be contradictory and requires accurate standardization and unique interpretative rules
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