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Longitudinal Leisure Activity Profiles and Their Associations with Recovery Experiences and Job Performance

2017

We aimed to identify longitudinal leisure activity profiles among working adults and their links to recovery experiences and job performance. Leisure activities, recovery experiences, and job performance were investigated among 831 employees using survey data collected in spring 2013 (T1) and 2014 (T2). Through latent profile analysis (LPA), four stable longitudinal leisure activity profiles were identified. “Social Sports(wo)men” (46%) engaged in physical and social activities but rarely in creative or cultural activities. “Active Artists” (23%) pursued all leisure activities, particularly creative activities. “Socially & Culturally Inactives” (17%) exercised frequently but seldom engaged …

Sociology and Political Sciencevapaa-ajantoiminnat050109 social psychologyLeisure activityEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)työDevelopmental psychologySocial supportrecoveryworkMental stress0502 economics and business0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesta516Employee healthta315ta515Contextual performancesuorituskykyWork engagementoff-job activitiesPsykologia - Psychology05 social sciencesOrganizational interventionsta3141ta3142leisure timejob performanceJob performanceTourism Leisure and Hospitality Managementta5141jaksaminenPsychologyleisure activitiesfree time050203 business & managementvapaa-aika
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Spatio-temporal small area surveillance of the COVID-19 pandemic

2022

Abstract The emergence of COVID-19 requires new effective tools for epidemiological surveillance. Spatio-temporal disease mapping models, which allow dealing with small units of analysis, are a priority in this context. These models provide geographically detailed and temporally updated overviews of the current state of the pandemic, making public health interventions more effective. These models also allow estimating epidemiological indicators highly demanded for COVID-19 surveillance, such as the instantaneous reproduction number R t , even for small areas. In this paper, we propose a new spatio-temporal spline model particularly suited for COVID-19 surveillance, which allows estimating a…

Statistics and Probabilitymedicine.medical_specialtyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)instantaneous reproduction numberComputer sciencespatio-temporal modellingPublic healthPublic health interventionsdisease mappingCOVID-19Context (language use)Management Monitoring Policy and LawData scienceArticleSpatio-temporal modellingUnit of analysisPandemicmedicineEpidemiological surveillanceDisease mappingInstantaneous reproduction numberComputers in Earth SciencesTourism
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Women in technology-oriented fields

2015

This study focuses on investigating the main elements that have an effect on women’s decisions to enter a career in technology-oriented fields, and more specifically, to discover whether studying crafts, especially technical work, during basic education affects their decisions in this context. The study was carried out using a semi-structured questionnaire, and the data consist of the responses from 12 female technology education teachers and 12 female engineering students. A qualitative theory oriented content analysis was carried out through identifying, coding, analysing and reporting the patterns within the data. The findings revealed that the most influential career anchor identified b…

Technology educationnaisetta222Engineeringbusiness.industryengineeringApplied psychologyGeneral MedicineQualitative theoryCareer orientationSupportive interventionsinsinööritaitoContent analysistechnologyteknologiata516womenbusinessSocial psychologyCompetence (human resources)career orientationCoding (social sciences)Australasian Journal of Technology Education
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L'intonaco Li Vigni nell'architettura del XX secolo a Palermo. Nuove conoscenze e applicazioni diagnostiche per la manutenzione

2013

Il saggio presenta lo studio degli intonaci formulati per imitare le pietre e i marmi naturali che si diffondono in Sicilia all’inizio del XX secolo ed evidenzia che le prime applicazioni e la diffusione delle nuove malte, anche nel resto dell’Italia, risentono delle sperimentazioni condotte in tutta l’Europa. Il contributo riassume i risultati di una rigorosa e capillare ricognizione tra i brevetti conservati presso l’Archivio Centrale dello Stato a Roma inerenti alle malte per il confezionamento dell’intonaco a “finta pietra”, ne analizza i contenuti in modo critico e pone in risalto i contatti culturali con le sperimentazioni dei materiali in atto nell’ambito dei grandi cantieri di resta…

The paper presents the study of the plaster formulated to imitate the natural stones and marbles that are popular in Sicily in the early twentieth century and points out that the first applications and the dissemination of new mortars also in the rest of Italy feels the influence of the experiments conducted throughout Europe . The contribution summarizes the results of a rigorous and thorough reconnaissance of patents kept in the Archivio Centrale dello Stato in Rome relating to mortars for plastering an artificial stone critically analyzes the content and emphasizes cultural contacts with the experiments on large-scale restoration projects in Italy and France in the late nineteenth century. The analysis of the architectural surfaces is developed with instrumental tests: the levels of adhesion of finishing surface are characterized in particular through a campaign of thermographic investigations and diagnosis is drawn to show that the consolidation of the layers and reintegration are interventions to be introduced ​​within the restoration project and maintenance program.Settore ICAR/19 - Restauro
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Tommaso Maria Napoli Utriusque Architecturae Compendium Roma 1688 Breve trattato sulle fabbriche civili e militari e la conservazione delle architett…

2013

Il volume Tommaso Maria Napoli Utriusque Architecturae Compendium Roma 1688 Breve trattato sulle fabbriche civili e militari e la conservazione delle architetture del frate domenicano Tommaso Maria Napoli, vuole contribuire ad accrescere le nostre conoscenze sui principi che dovevano sottendere alla realizzazione dell’architettura civile e militare del periodo barocco e tardo barocco, così come espressi nel breve trattato scritto dal frate architetto, nato a Palermo, Tommaso Maria Napoli (1659-1725), e pubblicato a Roma alla fine del Seicento. Alla traduzione dal latino del trattato, redatta da esperti (Fabio Zarbo e Pietro Zarbo), è inclusa un’interessante ricerca, redatta congiuntamente c…

The volume Tommaso Maria Napoli Utriusque Architecturae Brief Compendium 1688 Rome treaty on civil and military factories and preservation of the architecture of the Dominican friar Tommaso Maria Napoli wants to help increase our understanding of the principles that should underpin the realization of civil and military baroque and late baroque period as expressed in the short treatise written by the monk architect born in Palermo Tommaso Maria Napoli (1659-1725) and published in Rome at the end of the seventeenth century. This translation from the Latin of the treaty drawn up by experts (Fabio Zarbo e Pietro Zarbo) included is an interesting research drafted jointly with Giuseppe Tantillo status of some of the architecture without realizing or attributed to the architect Tommaso Maria Napoli. In fact some cards are attached to the volume on the substance and state of preservation of the cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Dubrovnik (Croatia) of the villas Valguarnera and Palagonia in Bagheria (near Palermo Italy) of the monument to the Immaculate and one of the towers of the church of San Domenico in Palermo (Italy). The volume is enriched by the presentation and afterword by Francesco Tomaselli that among other things starting from the definition of Restoration expressed by Tommaso Maria Napoli in his book presents a stimulating reflection on the meaning of Restoration. The essay Tommaso Maria Napoli Utriusque Architecturae Compendium 1688 ... is the first of the series Monument Document for the conservation of the architectural heritage and environment: Theory knowledge interventions publisher Aracne in Rome with director Francesco Tomaselli and with Comittee Scientific and editorial international.Settore ICAR/19 - Restauro
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Giustizia ambientale e recupero delle aree verdi: il caso di Palermo

2021

L’urban shrinkage è diventata una questione centrale tanto nel dibattito scientifico quanto nell’agenda politica di diverse città europee. Secondo i dati EUROSTAT (2019), circa il 40% delle città europee con più di 200.000 abitanti stanno perdendo popolazione; una contrazione che si esplicita maggiormente, sotto il profilo spaziale, in una progressiva sottoutilizzazione del patrimonio edificato, così come nel contestuale incremento di aree e terreni in stato di abbandono. In questo quadro controverso di mutazione strutturale della città, così come l’abbiamo conosciuta, le politiche urbane alla prova in Europa tentano di declinare la decrescita quale occasione strategica di investimento sull…

Urban shrinkage became a central issue in both the scientific debate and the political agenda of several European cities. According to EUROSTAT data (2019) about 40% of European cities with more than 200000 inhabitants are losing population. A shrinkage that is more explicit in a progressive underutilization of the built heritage as well as in the concomitant increase of abandoned areas. In this controversial framework of structural mutation of the city urban policies in Europe try to decline the degrowth as a strategic opportunity to invest in green areas in order to increase urban quality and to act simultaneously on the development of local economies. With respect to the above framework this contribution focuses on the evaluation of the effects that the project of new public green spaces have generated on some sample areas on the outskirts of the city of Palermo. An urban context where according to the latest Svimez Report (2019) the phenomenon of urban shrinkage represents a constantly growing trend and on which the new Master Plan operates through a revival of interventions on environmental capital and urban green areas of the city.Settore ICAR/21 - Urbanistica
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Increasing Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake: A Review of the Evidence

2021

This article reviews the latest research on behavioral interventions to increase vaccine acceptance and uptake identifying the policies that work and underlying the determinants of their success. We focus primarily on studies that appeared after the publication of Brewer et al.’s (2017) in-depth survey of the behavioral literature on vaccination. We identify four major types of interventions that were tested in the lab, online or in the field: social norms-based interventions, opting-out strategies, reminders and recalls, and loss-framed/gain-framed messages (tailored to a particular population or not). Studies covered in this article can be a valuable resource to researchers as well as to …

VaccinationMedical educationeducation.field_of_studyResource (project management)Work (electrical)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PopulationPsychological interventionBehavioural sciencesBehavioral interventionsPsychologyeducationSSRN Electronic Journal
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Endothelin-1-Mediated Drug Resistance in EGFR-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma.

2020

Abstract Progression on therapy in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is often evaluated radiographically, however, image-based evaluation of said therapies may not distinguish disease progression due to intrinsic tumor drug resistance or inefficient tumor penetration of the drugs. Here we report that the inhibition of mutated EGFR promotes the secretion of a potent vasoconstrictor, endothelin-1 (EDN1), which continues to increase as the cells become resistant with a mesenchymal phenotype. As EDN1 and its receptor (EDNR) is linked to cancer progression, EDNR-antagonists have been evaluated in several clinical trials with disappointing results. These trials were based on a hypothesis that…

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ACancer ResearchLung NeoplasmsAmbrisentanOncology and CarcinogenesisDrug ResistanceBiological AvailabilityAntineoplastic AgentsDrug resistanceCell LineMiceErlotinib HydrochlorideGefitinibIn vivomedicineAnimalsHumansOncology & CarcinogenesisNon-Small-Cell LungProtein Kinase InhibitorsLungCancerTumor microenvironmentTumorEndothelin-1business.industryCarcinomaLung CancerCancerEvaluation of treatments and therapeutic interventionsGefitinibmedicine.diseaseEndothelin 1Xenograft Model Antitumor AssaysErbB ReceptorsOncologyVasoconstriction5.1 Pharmaceuticals6.1 PharmaceuticalsCancer cellMutationCancer researchNeoplasmDevelopment of treatments and therapeutic interventionsbusinessmedicine.drug
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Adolescentes en situación de reiterado absentismo escolar : un estudio a partir de las diligencias de investigación penal de la fiscalía de Valencia

2017

Resumen:Los adolescentes españoles se enfrentan actualmente a serios problemas. En el ámbito de la formación sobresalen el fracaso y el abandono escolar temprano, los cuales centran gran parte de los debates de la política educativa y las investigaciones académicas, dada su destacada incidencia en las trayectorias futuras del alumnado. Directamente relacionado con ambos se encuentra el absentismo escolar, el cual concita menos atención y en el que se centra nuestra investigación. Esta se basa en fuentes escasamente analizadas: los Expedientes de Diligencias de Investigación Penal abiertos por la Fiscalía de Valencia durante 2016 por reiterado absentismo escolar, 89 expedientes que implican …

adolescenciaenseñanza secundariadiscriminación socialdocumento administrativoabsentismoSchool absenteeismAdolescentsEducationPolitical scienceValenciaEducational interventionsHumanitiesCriminal punishmentprotección a la infancia
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The Roles of Adherence and Usage Activity in Adolescents' Intervention Gains During Brief Guided Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

2022

OBJECTIVEThis study investigated the roles of adherence and usage activity in adolescents’ (n = 161) gains during a 5-week web intervention program based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).METHODProgram adherence was calculated as adherence percentage in relation to intended usage, whereas completion percentage, usage time, and usage weeks were used as indicators for usage activity. Subjective well-being was measured by self-reported life satisfaction and stress before and after the intervention.RESULTSFirst, regression analysis results showed that higher adherence predicted an increase in life satisfaction during intervention. Second, three subgroups of adolescents were identified …

aktiivisuusonline interventionsusage activityhyväksymis- ja omistautumisterapiaExperimental and Cognitive Psychologysitoutuminenpsykoterapiaweb-based psychological interventionsacceptance and commitment therapyPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologynuoretmobiilipalvelutadolescentsadherenceinterventioverkkopalvelutJournal of cognitive psychotherapy
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