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Zaga Christ (prince d'Éthiopie)
No full textPrince éthiopien, Zaga Christ (v. 1610-1638), né à Dambaya (ou Dembea), serait le fils de Za Dengel, ou Arzo, lui-même neveu du négus Särsä Dengel, qui règne de 1563 à 1597. Le décès de ce dernier provoque une longue crise successorale. Za Dengel profite de l’affaiblissement du jeune héritier en titre, son cousin germain, Yaqob, et s’empare du pouvoir en 1603-1604, mais trouve la mort à cette date, lors de la révolte armée d’une faction rivale. Le frère aîné de Zaga Christ, Côme, est à son t..
La disciplina fiscale degli sportivi non professionisti
No full textNel contributo viene esaminata la disciplina fiscale, ai fini delle imposte sui redditi, dei proventi conseguiti da sportivi non professionist
Tobacco Worker’s Lung: A Neglected Subtype of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
No full textTobacco worker’s lung (TWL) is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) affecting workers exposed to tobacco leaves and molds in the humidified environment of the tobacco production industry. Limited epidemiological data point to a prevalence of TWL that is not negligible and probably underestimated. As in other types of HP, an acute vs. chronic presentation depends on the pattern of the exposure. Therefore, the clinical presentation can vary from an acute influenza-like syndrome, mostly self-limiting with the removal of the exposure, to an insidious onset of cough, exertional dyspnea, fatigue and weight loss in chronic presentations, where fibrotic changes may be observed. The main treatment strategy is the removal of the exposure to tobacco dust and molds, while the main aim of corticosteroid therapy is to reduce morbidity and prevent complications, namely the development of pulmonary fibrosis and permanent lung dysfunction. Despite the fact that TWL is quite well described, preventive measures are not usually adopted in the tobacco production industry. We present here a state of the art review of this neglected, preventable, but still prevalent and occupational-related subtype of HP
Considerations on the article De Bernardis, E., & Busà, L. (2020). A putative role for the tobacco mosaic virus in smokers’ resistance to COVID-19 Medical Hypotheses, 110153
No full textA putative role for the tobacco mosaic virus in smokers’ resistance to COVID- 19 was supposed by de Bernardis and co-authors. However, there are several issues that need to be addressed: putative “high mortality rate of smokers infected by SARS-CoV-2”, “poor collection of medical history details in an emergency situation”, reverse causation (i.e. smokers with severe symptoms may stop smoking before admission to hospital and therefore be counted as non-smokers; alternatively, people presenting with COVID-19 may be less likely to admit to being current smokers); self-selection (smokers with COVID-19 may be less likely to present to hospital, either because they have died or they self-treat in the community, e.g. because of lack of access to funds, given that smoking has a strong negative association with socio-economic position); cohort effects (smoking prevalence declines with age and older people are more likely to be hospitalised if they are infected).
Other authors showed that smoking increases the risk of severe COVID-19 by around two-fold and meta-analyses reported higher prevalence of comorbidities, many of which are tobacco-related diseases, in patients with severe COVID-19 reporting an OR = 2.25 (95% CI: 1.49–3.39) for developing severe Covid-19 among patients with a smoking history.
In the light of all these considerations, the validity of the affirmation made by de Bernardis and colleague about the “resistance of tobacco smokers to the SARSCoV-2 infection”, either for infection, or for progression and severity of COVID-19, is not convincing
author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 – Supplemental material for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct
No full textSupplemental material, author-bios-SRD-19-0063.R1 for The Network Structure of Police Misconduct by George Wood, Daria Roithmayr and Andrew V. Papachristos in Socius</p
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe 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
No full text“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
Italian respiratory Physicians and tobacco dependence treatment: Results of a survey
No full textSeveral scientific evidences underline the importance of tobacco treatment in preventing and to treating smoking related diseases and in reducing mortality due to tobacco smoking. According to European Respiratory Society recommendations, tobacco treatment in patients with respiratory diseases is a high priority and an integral component of the therapy. By the analysis of 221 questionnaires filled by Italian respiratory physicians in december 2007 during the XXXIX Congresso Nazionale AIPO - VIII Congresso UIP, we suggest that tobacco treatment is not a routine activity for Italian respiratory physicians. Intensive treatment (counselling > 10 minutes and pharmacological treatment) recommended by guidelines is scarcely widespread. Diagnosis of tobacco dependence is rarely supported by easily applicable instruments like Fagerström Test and exhaled carbon monoxide measurement; the diagnosis of tobacco dependence is seldom registered on hospital discharge. Antismoking Centers are actually scarcely diffused in Chest Clinics, but 41% of respiratory physicians that actually have not an Antismoking Center inside their hospital believe that it should be useful and hope it possible to activate it with adequate support
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