Spanish Validation of the Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale: Which Dimension of Meaning in Life Is More Associated With Psychopathology in P…

2022

BackgroundTo assess three dimensions of Meaning in Life (comprehension, purpose, and mattering) the Multidimensional Existential Meaning Scale (MEMS) was developed, however, the MEMS's factorial structure has not yet been confirmed in a Spanish-speaking sample. A question that remains unanswered is which of the three dimensions of MiL are associated with psychopathology in clinical samples.Aims(1) to analyze the psychometric properties of the MEMS in a Spanish non-clinical population, and (2) to identify which of the three dimensions of MiL shows the strongest relationship with depression, anxiety and positive affect in a clinical population.MethodThe non-clinical sample, consisted of N = 1…

Assessing and modeling nitrite inhibition in microalgae-bacteria consortia for wastewater treatment by means of photo-respirometric and chlorophyll f…

2022

Abstract Total nitrite (TNO2 = HNO2 + NO−2) accumulation due to the activity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) was monitored in microalgae-bacteria consortia, and the inhibitory effect of nitrite/free nitrous acid (NO2-N/FNA) on microalgae photosynthesis and inhibition mechanism was studied. A culture of Scenedesmus was used to run two sets of batch reactors at different pH and TNO2 concentrations to evaluate the toxic potential of NO2-N and FNA. Photo-respirometric tests showed that NO2-N accumulation has a negative impact on net oxygen production rate (OPRNET). Chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis was used to examine the biochemical effects of NO2-N stress and the mechanism of NO2-N inhi…

L’ATTIVITÀ PREPARATORIA DELLE RIUNIONI DEL CONSIGLIO DEI MINISTRI. IL PRECONSIGLIO

2022

Il capitolo, secondo un approccio storico-giuridico, esamina l'attività preparatoria del Consiglio dei Ministri, soffermandosi in particolare sulla riunione denominata "Preconsiglio".

Mapping of the perigastric lymphatic network using indocyanine green fluorescence imaging and tissue marking dye in clinically advanced gastric cance…

2022

Abstract Background Using indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence imaging and tissue marking dyes (TMDs), perigastric lymphatic mapping and their pathological correlation were examined to see whether ICG staining covers all metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) in advanced gastric cancer (AGC). Methods Patients with AGC who underwent open distal or total gastrectomy were enrolled. ICG was serially injected intraoperatively into the subserosa along the greater and lesser curvatures. Stomach specimens were examined under a near-infrared camera. ICG-stained LNs were named, excised, and tattooed with different colored TMDs to retrace the exact location after pathological examinations. Results A total of 68…

Zur Trennung von Unrecht und Schuld im Strafrecht: Sinn und Grenzen in der italienischen Strafrechtswissenschaft

2022

Il lavoro esamina la tenuta della distinzione fra illecito e colpevolezza nel sistema penale italiano, alla luce di un confronto critico con la teoria delle norme che ne viene talvolta indicata come presupposto necessario. Der Beitrag untersucht die Unterscheidung zwischen Unrecht und Schuld im italienischen Strafrechtssystem im Lichte eines kritischen Vergleichs mit der Theorie der Normen, die manchmal als notwendige Voraussetzung dafür angegeben wird.

Dinamiche della disuguaglianza e della robotizzazione: Un'analisi longitudinale

2022

Il crescente trend di automazione dei processi produttivi sta alimentando non poche preoccupazioni circa la possibilità che, in un futuro non troppo remoto, una quota rilevante di lavori tradizionali sarà rimpiazzata tout-court dai robot o dall’intelligenza artificiale, esacerbando, conseguentemente, le disuguaglianze. Con particolare riferimento all’impatto dei robot su svariati indicatori del mercato del lavoro, la letteratura empirica, attualmente, si è rivelata infruttuosa nel fornire risposte definitive ed esaustive, producendo evidenze contrastanti. Il presente contributo si inserisce nel dibattito in corso, proponendo un’indagine sulle dinamiche della robotizzazione e delle disparità…

“Castrazioni culturali”. Riflessioni sociologiche a partire dalla normativizzazione binaria del sesso e la medicalizzazione del corpo intersex

2022

The article aims to discuss how and when the social construct of sex as a binary concept was built and spread over the last two centuries and how it affected the condition of intersex people. It will also address the role played by the medical community in creating practices that reproduce sex anatomical st andards, thus the medical legitimization of some forms of violence and social marginalization by which bodies that go beyond the sex and gender binary are medicalized and treated. Guidelines adopted in Italy will be the case study. Current situation of int ersex people will be analyzed, considering the demands of the intersex international community and addressing whether the measures ta…

Strategies for waste recycling : the mechanical performance of concrete based on limestone and plastic waste

2022

Recycling is among the best management strategies to avoid dispersion of several types of wastes in the environment. Research in recycling strategies is gaining increased importance in view of Circular Economy principles. The exploitation of waste, or byproducts, as alternative aggregate in concrete, results in a reduction in the exploitation of scarce natural resources. On the other hand, a productive use of waste leads to a reduction in the landfilling of waste material through the transformation of waste into a resource. In this frame of reference, the paper discusses how to use concrete as a container of waste focusing on the waste produced in limestone quarries and taking the challenge…

Muscle-tendon morphomechanical properties of non-surgically treated Achilles tendon 1-year post-rupture

2022

Background\ud Achilles tendon rupture appears to alter stiffness and length of the tendon. These alterations may affect the function of tendon in force transmission and in energy storage and recovery. We studied the mechanical properties of the Achilles' tendon post-rupture and their association with function.\ud Methods\ud Twenty-four (20 males, 4 females) participants (mean age: 43 y, 176 cm, 81 kg) were recruited. Ultrasonography and dynamometry were used to assess the muscle-tendon unit morphological and mechanical properties of non-surgically treated patients 1-year post rupture.\ud Findings\ud Injured tendons were longer with difference of 1.8 cm (95%CI: 0.5–1.9 cm; P < 0.001), and th…

The equidistribution of some Mahonian statistics over permutations avoiding a pattern of length three

2022

Abstract We prove the equidistribution of several multistatistics over some classes of permutations avoiding a 3-length pattern. We deduce the equidistribution, on the one hand of inv and foz e ″ statistics, and on the other hand that of maj and makl statistics, over these classes of pattern avoiding permutations. Here inv and maj are the celebrated Mahonian statistics, foz e ″ is one of the statistics defined in terms of generalized patterns in the 2000 pioneering paper of Babson and Steingrimsson, and makl is one of the statistics defined by Clarke, Steingrimsson and Zeng in (1997) [5] . These results solve several conjectures posed by Amini in (2018) [1] .

The clinical and molecular spectrum of QRICH1 associated neurodevelopmental disorder

2022

De novo variants in QRICH1 (Glutamine-rich protein 1) has recently been reported in 11 individuals with intellectual disability. The function of QRICH1 is largely unknown but it is likely to play a key role in the unfolded response of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress through transcriptional control of proteostasis. In this study, we present 27 additional individuals and delineate the clinical and molecular spectrum of the individuals (n=38) with QRICH1 variants. The main clinical features were mild to moderate developmental delay/intellectual disability (71%), non-specific facial dysmorphism (92%) and hypotonia (39%). Additional findings included poor weight gain (29%), short stature (29%)…

Green, rapid and simultaneous determination of ‘alternative preservatives’ in cosmetic formulations by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

2022

Abstract Some hydroxylated compounds commonly used in cosmetic formulations including short chain glycols, benzylic alcohols, and organic acids show antimicrobial activity, although they are not considered as preservatives according to the existing European legislation. These ‘alternative preservatives’ are not exempt of potential side-effects for cosmetics users. The aim of this work is to develop a simple and affordable analytical method useful for the simultaneous and green determination of fourteen compounds used as ‘alternative preservatives’ in cosmetic samples with different matrices. The proposed method allows a rapid sample preparation by simple dissolution or dispersion of the sam…

5G V2V Communication With Antenna Selection Based on Context Awareness: Signaling and Performance Study

2022

Enhanced vehicle-to-everything (eV2X) communication is one of the key challenges to be addressed by the fifth generation (5G) of cellular mobile communications. In particular, eV2X includes some 5G vehicular applications targeting fully autonomous driving which require ultra-high reliability. Although vehicular communications are by default assumed between single antennas located on the roof of the transmitter and receiver vehicles, prior art has shown that there are other antenna positions more suitable for V2X communication, depending on the specific communication context. Antenna selection can be used in this case to select one specific antenna or a subset of them better suited for a cer…

Repeatability and reliability of the diabetic foot self-care questionnaire in Arabic patients: A transcultural adaptation.

2022

Abstract Purpose The diabetic foot self-care questionnaire is considered a self-care evaluation tool with 16 questions for assessing diabetic foot health disorders. To date, the DFSQ has been validated in different languages, but an Arabic version was lacking. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to translate and validate the Arabic version of the DFSQ (DFSQ-AR). Method A suitable method was developed for the translation protocol and cross-cultural validation from Spanish to Arabic. Regarding the total marks from each sub-scale, agreement degrees and confidence were analyzed using Cronbach's α and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), respectively. In addition, the mean ± standar…

Chemical-state analyses of Ni, Zn, and W ions in NiWO$_4$-ZnWO$_4$ solid solutions by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

2022

The chemical states of Ni, Zn, and W in microcrystalline NiWO$_4$-ZnWO$_4$ solid solutions were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The recorded spectra of the Ni 2p, Zn 2p, and W 4f photoelectron lines and Ni L$_2$M$_{23}$M$_{45}$, Zn L$_3$M$_{45}$M$_{45}$, and W N$_4$N$_{67}$N$_{7}$ Auger-transition lines show pronounced changes with increasing Zn concentration. The positions of the resolved photoelectron and Auger-transition lines were combined to construct so-called chemical-state plots (Wagner or Auger-parameter plots) for metal ions in solid solutions. With increasing Zn concentration, the Auger parameter increases for Ni and decreases for W, thus evidencing a lowering and an…

Nanotechnologies and Radiation Processes : Online meeting (Riga, 3–4 February 2022)

2022

The Institute of Chemical Physics of the University of Latvia held an online conference session “Nanotechnologies and Radiation Processes” on the 3rd and the 4th of February of 2022. The session was organised within the framework of the 80th International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia. The Book of Abstracts of the session focuses on such topics as energy harvesting, storage processes, development of functional materials, radiation processes in solids, growth, and fundamental studies of topological insulator nanostructures.

Neural correlates of morphological processing and its development from pre-school to the first grade in children with and without familial risk for d…

2022

Previous studies have shown that the development of morphological awareness and reading skills are interlinked. However, most have focused on phonological awareness as a risk factor for dyslexia, although there is considerable diversity in the underlying causes of this reading difficulty. Specifically, the relationship between phonology, derivational morphology, and dyslexia in the Finnish language remains unclear. In the present study, we used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to measure the brain responses to correctly and incorrectly derived Finnish nouns in 34 first grade Finnish children (21 typically developing and 13 with familial risk for dyslexia). In addition, we compared longitudinall…

Endoscopic training during fellowship: A nationwide French study

2022

ABSTRACT Background In France, it is mandatory that gastroenterology fellows have mastered the basic level of endoscopy by the end of training. The aim of this study was to assess improvement in the quality of fellows’ endoscopy training in France during the last four years. Methods All fellows in France in training were eligible for participation. A 21-item questionnaire was sent out. The primary outcome was the completion by fourth year fellows of all the number of procedures recommended. Results were compared with those of a 2016 survey. Results Two-hundred-and-sixty-five fellows responded to the survey. The participation rate was 47.0%. The mean age was 27.3 ± 1.0 years and 56.4% were f…

Role of calcium carbonate in the process of heavy metal biosorption from solutions: synergy of metal removal mechanisms.

2022

AbstractThe effect of calcium carbonate on the removal efficiency of cations of the selected heavy metals Cu, Zn and Pb from aqueous solutions using various biosorbents (BS) was investigated under laboratory static conditions. The main mechanism of biosorption of heavy metal cations is ion exchange, whereas the reaction with calcium carbonate results in precipitation of poorly soluble carbonates and hydroxides of the examined heavy metals. Studies conducted under static conditions have shown that the effect of Cu and Zn cations removal from solutions is better when using a mixture of BS and CaCO3 as compared to the effect of process, in which these two components were used separately. Remov…

Il funzionamento del Consiglio dei ministri

2022

Lo studio affronta la disamina delle modalità di funzionamento del Consiglio dei ministri (Cdm), dei processi di formazione e di assunzione delle deliberazioni, tenendo conto delle vicende storiche, giuridiche e politiche che hanno caratterizzato tale organo collegiale.

Analysis of the impact of sex and age on the variation in the prevalence of antinuclear autoantibodies in Polish population: a nationwide observation…

2022

AbstractThe detection of antinuclear autoantibody (ANA) is dependent on many factors and varies between the populations. The aim of the study was first to assess the prevalence of ANA in the Polish adult population depending on age, sex and the cutoff threshold used for the results obtained. Second, we estimated the occurrence of individual types of ANA-staining patterns. We tested 1731 patient samples using commercially available IIFA using two cutoff thresholds of 1:100 and 1:160. We found ANA in 260 participants (15.0%), but the percentage of positive results strongly depended on the cutoff level. For a cutoff threshold 1:100, the positive population was 19.5% and for the 1:160 cutoff th…

Insegnare facendo, imparare dimenticando

2022

Il saggio riflette sulla pedagogia dell'architettura e sull'insegnamento della progettazione architettonica di prima annualità. Attraverso l'esperienza didattica di alcuni maestri e contemporanei rintraccia una linea di condotta per la propria esperienza didattica che discute criticamente i fondamenti disciplinare dell'architettura.

Structural Validity of the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score for Orthopaedic Pathologies with Rasch Measurement Theory

2022

Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors A B S T R A C T Background: The Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS) is one of the most frequently used patient reported outcome measures for foot and ankle conditions. The aim is to test the structural validity of the Finnish version of the FAOS using Rasch Measurement Theory. Methods: FAOS scores were obtained from 218 consecutive patients who received operative treatment for foot and ankle conditions. The FAOS data were fitted into the Rasch model and person separation index (PSI) calculated. Results: All the five subscales provided good coverage and targeting. Three subscales presented unidimensional structure. Thirty-eight of the 42 items had orde…

Multispectral fluorescence sensitivity to acidic and polyphenolic changes in Chardonnay wines – The case study of malolactic fermentation

2022

International audience; In this study, stationary and time-resolvedfluorescence signatures, were statistically and chemometrically analyzed among three typologies of Chardonnay wines (A, B and C) with the objectives to evaluate their sensitivity to acidic and polyphenolic changes. For that purpose, a dataset was built using Excitation Emission Matrices of fluorescence (N = 103) decomposed by a Parallel Factor Analysis (PARAFAC), andfluorescence decays (N = 22), mathematically fitted, using the conventional exponential modeling and the phasor plot representation. Wine PARAFAC component C4 coupledwith its phasor plot g and s values enable the description of malolactic fermentation (MLF) occur…

La personne âgée en portage de repas : quel statut nutritionnel ?

2022

Pharmacological Neuroenhancement, Perceived Stress, and Resilience in Spine Surgeons–A Cross-Sectional Survey

2022

Background Spine surgeons are usually exposed to high workload and demanding work conditions. Although the relationship between pharmacological neuroenhancement (PNE) and resilience (i.e., the ability to recover from stress), as well as perceived stress and resilience-enhancing factors, has been investigated in the general population, less is known about the impact of those factors in spine surgeons. This study aimed to close that gap by investigating the relationship between PNE use and resilience, perceived stress, or resilience-enhancing factors in spine surgeons. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey in a sample of 582 spine surgeons in German-speaking countries (Austria, German…

Il sex work maschile: dalla strada al web

2022

Historically deviant conducts like homosexuality and prostitution gave rise to a social actor which has to convert his resources into money. Social scripts of male sex worker are very different from the female ones, just considering the way of introducing the professionist or also considering the way of having the sexual intercourse. The aim of this paper is to show through an international literature review how male sex working has changed from a historical/sociological point of view. Keywords: homosexuality; sexwork; digitalsexwork; maleprostitution; onlyfans; pornography.

Instruments measuring fatalism: A systematic review.

2022

This systematic review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing scales for fatalism, along with information regarding their methodological robustness. A systematic search was conducted in PsycINFO (PsycARTICLES and Psychology and Behavioral Sciences), PubMed, Scopus, MEDLINE, and Web of Science. Articles were selected if they described a Self-Report questionnaire properly designated for assessing fatalism (both original developments and further validations), if they included a measure in which fatalism is the core construct rather than a subscale of a multidimensional scale, and if they were published in peer-reviewed journals in the English language. The methodological qual…

Analytical Solutions of Viscoelastic Nonlocal Timoshenko Beams

2022

A consistent nonlocal viscoelastic beam model is proposed in this paper. Specifically, a Timoshenko bending problem, where size- and time-dependent effects cannot be neglected, is investigated. In order to inspect scale phenomena, a stress-driven nonlocal formulation is used, whereas to simulate time-dependent effects, fractional linear viscoelasticity is considered. These two approaches are adopted to develop a new Timoshenko bending model. Analytical solutions and application samples of the proposed formulation are presented. Moreover, in order to show influences of viscoelastic and size effects on mechanical response, parametric analyses are provided. The contributed results can be usefu…

Akadēmiķa Jāņa Endzelīna 149. dzimšanas dienas atceres starptautiskā zinātniskā konference "Valodas reģionālie varianti": tēzes, 2022. gada 22.–23. f…

2022

Tēžu krājumā apvienotas LU Latviešu valodas institūta rīkotās akadēmiķa Jāņa Endzelīna (1873–1961) 149. dzimšanas dienas atcerei veltītās starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences tēzes, kuras iesnieguši 36 konferences dalībnieki no Latvijas, Lietuvas un Polijas. Akadēmiķa atceres konferences tiek rīkotas jau kopš 1963. gada. 2022. gada 22.–23. februāra konference “Valodas reģionālie varianti” tika veltīta dialektoloģijai. Konferences tēžu krājums ietver pētījumus par dialektiem, izloksnēm un valodas paveidiem – valodu, ko runā pagastos, novados un plašākos reģionos. The collection of abstracts comprises 33 summaries of papers presented in the International Scientific Conference „Regional Vari…

Dataset of the COVID-19 lockdown survey conducted by GIPEyOP in Spain

2022

This article introduces a dataset that captures relevant in- formation about the living conditions, feelings, and habits of residents in Spain during ninety nine days of home confinement. This and other measures, imposed by the Government of Spain to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on the population, have brought with them important economic, labor, and social changes, which have been accompanied by various modifications (some only temporary) in Spaniards habits and behaviours. Data collection was carried out through the implementation of a questionnaire with 33 questions, which was sent by email to the collaborators of GIPEyOP (Elections and Public Opinion Research Group from the Unive…

Terroir peut-il être un terme en oenologie? Exploitation sémantique de données situées en contexte vini-viticole

2022

International audience; Ce chapitre interroge la place du lexème terroir dans les discours français sur le vin, en posant la question de son statut de terme. Il part de la constatation selon laquelle ces discours sont le plus souvent abordés à travers le prisme d’une conception réductrice de la terminologie aboutissant à une fétichisation naïve du mot, sorti de son contexte et de toute l’écologie du discours nécessaire à sa saisie véritablement pragma-sémantique. Après une mise en contexte intégrant les acquis de la recherche en communication-marketing sur cette question, le terme terroir est positionné à l’intersection entre les trois catégories que nous postulons pour le lexique œnologiqu…

Development of a novel in vitro system for biomedical applications

2022

Nella ricerca scientifica e medica, l'uso degli animali ha apportato notevoli benefici all’uomo. Sebbene la loro fisiologia non imiti perfettamente il corpo umano, essi agiscono come perfetti "modelli" per lo studio delle malattie umane e lo sviluppo di nuovi farmaci e trattamenti. Tuttavia, secondo la Food and Drug Administration (FDA), solo l'8% dei farmaci testati sugli animali è considerato sicuro ed efficace per l'uso sull’essere umano, il 92% non lo è. Questi tassi di fallimento estremamente elevati nello sviluppo di farmaci, insieme ai costi in forte aumento, hanno portato molti ricercatori a rivalutare il valore degli studi in vivo sugli animali. Questo è stato il motivo per cui, ne…

Surgical outcomes of diaphragmatic resection during cytoreductive surgery for advanced gynecological ovarian neoplasia: A randomized single center cl…

2022

Introduction: Ovarian cancer (OC) represent nearly 4% of gynecologic malignancies and it is often diagnosed at advanced stage. Diaphragmatic surgery, a fundamental step of advanced stage ovarian cancer (ASOC) debulking surgery, is associated with a high post-operative complication incidence, which is supposedly reduced with thoracostomy tube placement. We assessed the role of intra-operative thoracostomy tube placement, as a prevention measure for post-operative complications, after diaphragmatic resection. Methods: This was a single center prospective randomized trial. Ovarian cancer patients, who underwent mono-lateral diaphragmatic resection, were randomized 1:1 into two arms. Arm A incl…

Fortifier l'alimentation des personnes âgées : encore trop peu de stratégies efficaces pour lutter contre la dénutrition

2022

Gitelman-Like Syndrome Caused by Pathogenic Variants in mtDNA

2022

Contains fulltext : 248375.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND: Gitelman syndrome is the most frequent hereditary salt-losing tubulopathy characterized by hypokalemic alkalosis and hypomagnesemia. Gitelman syndrome is caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in SLC12A3, encoding the Na(+)-Cl(-) cotransporter (NCC) expressed in the distal convoluted tubule. Pathogenic variants of CLCNKB, HNF1B, FXYD2, or KCNJ10 may result in the same renal phenotype of Gitelman syndrome, as they can lead to reduced NCC activity. For approximately 10 percent of patients with a Gitelman syndrome phenotype, the genotype is unknown. METHODS: We identified mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants in th…