Search results for " Interventions"

New Directions for Use of Systemic Drug Delivery in Anti-aging Medicine

2020

Abstract Anti-aging medicine has become a popular topic in recent years. It considers biological aging a revertible process that physiologically serves no posi tive function. Different technologies in systemic delivery and various strategies that characterize and optimize the performance of systemic delivery have been covered in this book. These technologies are essential for the establishment of a technical platform for interventive biogerontology. As the last chapter of this book, we would like to highlight some directions for future applications of systemic drug delivery in anti-aging medicine. We believe that biological aging and aging-related diseases are strongly associated with genet…

A school trip and three modelling tasks. A experience in a secondary classroom

2015

[EN] This paper describes an experimence conducted in a ninth grade classroom. Three modeling tasks have been designed both related with the organization of a school trip. The main objective is to obtain the aspects to be considered when we propose this kind of tasks. For this aim we will analyze the result of experience thought the student’s responses in order to identify and classify the difficulties encountered them

Known knowns and known unknowns on behavior change interventions and mechanisms of action.

2020

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of research play an important role in summarizing current knowledge on the efficacy of the behavior change techniques and mechanisms of action that comprise behavioral interventions. The current reviews in the science of behavior change (SOBC) special issue represent a ‘step change’ in evaluating current evidence on behavior change interventions and mechanisms. This concluding article outlines the key findings and emerging issues identified in the reviews (‘known knowns’), and summarizes the evidence gaps highlighted by the reviews that need to be addressed in future research (‘known unknowns’). Specifically, findings of the reviews indicate that: tests …

Effectiveness of patient-targeted interventions to increase cancer screening participation in rural areas: A systematic review.

2019

Abstract Background Cancer is a major public health problem worldwide. The GLOBOCAN estimated 18.1 million new cases of cancer and 9.6 million deaths from cancer in 2018. In some of the more frequent cancers, mortality can be significantly reduced through cancer screening programs. Nevertheless, socially disadvantaged groups have difficulties in benefitting from these screening programs, especially rural populations. Objective To identify, characterize and summarize patient-targeted interventions aimed at increasing cancer screening participation among rural populations. Methods An exhaustive literature search was performed in the most relevant bibliographic databases for biomedical researc…

Screening for Slow Reading Acquisition in Norway and Finland : a Quest for Context Specific Predictors

2020

Early identification of children at risk of developing reading difficulties is crucial for effective interventions. While orthographies and educational contexts differ, predictors included in early at-risk screening tend to remain rather homogeneous across countries. In this study, we compared longitudinal prediction patterns of being among the 20 percent lowest performing in reading fluency by the end of Grade 1 in Norway (N = 918) and Finland (N =378). The two countries differ in orthographic consistency (semi-transparent versus transparent), age at school entry and pre-primary education. Letter knowledge, phoneme isolation and rapid automatized naming (RAN) were unique predictors in the …

L’esperienza della maternità in adolescenza e le azioni di supporto al benessere psicologico e sociale

2015

Lo scopo del presente lavoro è analizzare l’adattamento alla gravidanza e al ruolo genitoriale in adolescenza, presentando una panoramica delle recenti ricerche che ne hanno approfondito le conseguenze sullo sviluppo di madre e bambino. Muovendo dal rilievo dei costi psicosociali della genitorialità precoce, sono descritti, inoltre, i programmi di prevenzione che possono ridurre l’iniziazione ai comportamenti sessuali, aumentare l’uso dei contraccettivi e diminuire le gravidanze precoci nelle adolescenti e alcune strategie di intervento a sostegno della genitorialità, finalizzate a rafforzare la rete di protezione nei confronti delle giovani mamme.

The current obsession of age-related diseases and the race in identifying effective treatments and preventive interventions

2017

Vulnerabilità sociali e diseguaglianze digitali post pandemia: l’inclusione trascurata dei migranti

2022

The pandemic has been an event capable of radicalising trends that were already underway: growth in inequalities, crisis in central and local administrations, crisis in public regulation and essential public services (health, education, training and work), increase in areas of social vulnerability. Recent studies and research clearly confirm the link between social vulnerability, inequalities, exclusion and Covid-19 in the experience of non-Italian citizens, as well as the close connection between exposure to a high risk of contagion and conditions of poverty and social margin- ality, defined as stratification of precariousness linked to the migrant experience. Nevertheless, this specific s…

BULLYING AND STRATEGIES FOR CONTRASTING THE PHENOMENON IN ITALIAN SCHOOL

2016

After about twenty years, Italy can be considered one of the European Nations that has more invested in terms of support for inclusion and prevention for confronting the problem of bullying in the school. This article aims to set the problem of bullying in the framework of Italian school restructuring process. Starting from a literature review about bullying since 1970s to date, on the bases of the outcomes of some studies previously conducted, the author aims to explain because the phenomenon of bullying it is accompanied by raising the mandatory school. Through the research of eminent scholars, she argues that the crisis of values and the loss of the perspective for the future of teenager…

Experiencing the Smart City Concept: the Challenge of Intelligent District

2016

La città del futuro diventa un complesso sistema a geometria variabile, dove l'ICT è il driver principale di tutte le connessioni - collante della smart city - strumento intelligente che abilita il dialogo tra sistemi diversi. L'uomo rimane l'attore principale di tutte le trasformazioni, perchè ridisegna le sue abitudini, corregge i suoi comportamenti e condivide idee e soluzioni che si vanno affinando continuamente. Le aree dove ci sono più grandi innovazioni sono il campo della mobilità, dell'energia e dell'ICT. La dimensione del distretto intelligente sembra l'unico modulo convincente per testare sistemi, tecnologie e processi. L'interfaccia più interessante da esaminare è la relazione t…