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Association between osteocalcin and cognitive performance in healthy older adults
2016
Sex-specific signatures of intrinsic hippocampal networks and regional integrity underlying cognitive status in multiple sclerosis
2021
Abstract The hippocampus is an anatomically compartmentalized structure embedded in highly wired networks that are essential for cognitive functions. The hippocampal vulnerability has been postulated in acute and chronic neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis, while the patterns of occurring inflammation, neurodegeneration or compensation have not yet been described. Besides focal damage to hippocampal tissue, network disruption is an important contributor to cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis patients. We postulate sex-specific trajectories in hippocampal network reorganization and regional integrity and address their relationship to markers of neuroinflammation, cognitive/memory per…
Elaborazione e validazione di modelli dell’impatto antropico e dei cambiamenti climatici sulle qualità dei suoli in Sicilia, con particolare attenzio…
Il declino della sostanza organica e l’erosione idrica sono due fattori di rischio di degrado del suolo fra i più diffusi in Sicilia. In che misura è possibile contrastarli modificando le attività antropiche ed in particolare quelle in ambito agricolo? Lo scopo della presente ricerca di dottorato è stato quello di mettere a punto dei modelli che permettessero di spiegare le relazioni esistenti fra le azioni dell’uomo in ambito agricolo con la sostanza organica e con l’erosione idrica nei suoli siciliani, tenendo conto anche del clima. Le due indagini sono state svolte separatamente, in parallelo, in aree agricole della Sicilia occidentale per la sostanza organica, sull’intero territorio sic…
Production and Efficiency in 21 Industrialized Countries from 1966 to 2007 to Analyse the Italy’s Decline: Application of a Stochastic Frontier Model…
2008
This paper uses a stochastic frontier production model to estimate the technical efficiency of 21 nations among the more industrialized countries in the world for the wide period from 1966 to 2007. A Cobb-Douglas with labour and capital as inputs, GDP as output and efficiency with exponential distribution appears to work good from a statistical point of view. This model is used to estimate in a bayesian approach the efficiency score of these 21 countries. The bayesian way, applied via Gibbs sampling, is here useful to avoid problems about the small number of observations. So, each efficiency score is obtained as mean of 10,000 draws. The results underline a general and progressive efficienc…
Loneliness in adult people: its relationships with stress, health and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning
2022
El sentiment de solitud és un dels principals problemes de les societats occidentals. En els últims anys els avanços en internet ens han portat a ser una societat més connectada que mai, a pesar d’açò, aquest sentiment s’està incrementant. Per sobreviure i prosperar, els éssers humans necessitem dels altres per satisfer les necessitats d’afecte, pertinença i reconeixement. D’aquesta manera, la solitud sorgeix de la discrepància entre les relacions íntimes i socials desitjades i les reals. La investigació indica que la solitud està relacionada amb l’estrès i amb diverses conseqüències en la salut tant física com psicològica. Aquesta es pot experimentar al llarg de la vida, encara que és més …
Outdoor environment, mobility decline and quality of life among older people
2011
Sakē popularitātes kritums Japānas modernajā sabiedrībā: iemesli un risinājumi
2017
Bakalaura darba nosaukums ir “Sakē popularitātes kritums Japānas modernajā sabiedrībā: iemesli un risinājumi”. Šajā darbā autore ir izpētījusi sakē vēsturi no seniem laikiem līdz mūsdienām. Darba mērķis ir uzzināt iemeslus sakē popularitātes kritumam mūsdienu Japānā kā arī izprast, ko sakē nozīmē Japāņiem. Inovāciju parādīšanas Japānā nenozīmēja veco, tradicionālo vērtību aizmiršanu. Japānas sabiedrībā vecais un jaunais daudzos gadījumos ir gājis roku rokā. Viens no pierādījumiem tam ir šajā darbā aprakstītais fenomens, ka mūsdienu japāņi dzer gan tradicionālo sakē, gan importētos dzērienus. Bakalaura darbs sastāv no 50 lpp. Tajā ir 3 nodaļas. Pirmajā nodaļā stāstīts par vispārējo sakē vēst…