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The role of heavy vehicles in road safety: Technical improvements and training of professional drivers in EU activities
2011
This paper proposes an analysis of initiatives and measures that the EU has developed, both in terms of research and normative, in order to improve the safety of freight vehicles. The actions undertaken by the EU under the program for road safety, with particular attention to the road freight sector, the more representative, are the following: - Improving the visibility of heavy duty vehicles (HDV), - The elimination of points with poor visibility from the HDV, - Evaluation of measures to reduce accidents related to tires condition, - The standardization and improvement of initial and continuing training of professional drivers. The classification of defects which are considered to have ser…
Fission Product Activity Measurements in Air Particulate Filters Collected after Fukushima Accident at Palermo, Italy
2012
In the framework of routine operation of AGN-201 COSTANZA Nuclear research reactor, measurements of radionuclide air concentration are periodically performed by filtering an high volume of air through paper filters and by using HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry. After Fukushima accident, a series of samplings was carried out with a daily frequency so to detect the possible arrival of air radioactive contamination and to follow its evolution. Particulate collection was performed by suction of atmospheric air through 45cm × 45cm Sofiltra-Poelman HYN-75 (Bleu type) cellulose filter paper using a high-volume air sampler located on the roof of our department 20 m above ground-level. The sampling time …
Il danno da perdita del rapporto parentale negli ordinamenti stranieri e la sua compatibilità con il principio dell'ordine pubblico: raffronti compar…
2021
The essay deals with the damage caused by loss of parental relationship and how it is regulated in various foreign legal systems. In particular, it will analyze the evolution of the Italian concept of the limit of “ordine pubblico”, as regulated by L. 218/1995, through a jurisprudence analysis and it will be highlighted that there is a hard core of this concept, which is linked to the protection of fundamental human rights, which cannot be affected by any foreign legal system. Finally, it will be seen how also the regulation of damages caused by the loss of parental relationship, being related to the protection of fundamental human rights, is intimately connected with the concept of “ordine…
Autobiografie interrotte. Plasticità distruttrice, riconfigurazioni estetiche e identità accidentali
2023
Che relazione esiste tra il corpo di ciascun individuo e la sua identità individuale? La nostra identità rimane immutata nel tempo, permettendoci di narrare un’autobiografia lineare, o possono sopraggiungere eventi accidentali che contribuiscono a modificarla radicalmente, dando vita a una nuova versione di noi stessi, a una nuova storia? In questo articolo ci proponiamo di rispondere a tali domande partendo dalle riflessioni della pensatrice francese Catherine Malabou. Affronteremo il problema della costruzione e della decostruzione dell'identità individuale alla luce dell'ontologia dell'incidente, analizzando il concetto di plasticità negativa e cercando di delineare come un evento accide…
Forensic investigation in aircraft accident with the aid of CT (MSCT), and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): our experience
2011
The autors report their experience in a case of air disaster in which a Tuninter airlines ATR 72 fallen down into the sea near Capo Gallo coast (Palermo, Italy) with 39 persons on board, resulting in six-teen victims. In the present contribute the authors argued the causes of the death and analysed patternes of injuries sustained by passengers involved in the fatal airplane accident using the conventional autopsy combined with postmortem Multi Slice Computed Tomography (MSCT) examination.
Hábitos de sueño de la población infantil del Grau de Gandía. Un estudio descriptivo.
2012
El insomnio es es trastorno de sueño infantil más frecuente y puede aparecer en la edad lactante o en la etapa preescolar, siendo de utilidad para la detección precoz el uso de cuestionarios de sueño, como la versión española del Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire (PSQ). Nos planteamos conocer la prevalencia de los trastornos de sueño en una población de 3 a 6 años del Grau de Gandía, utilizando para ello la versión española del PSQ mediante una encuesta autocumplimentada por los padres de los alumnos de los diferentes colegios. Se ha realizado un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal, recogiéndose 144 encuestas válidas, realizándose la entrada de los datos en una base de datos EXCEL para su …
Los Centros de Reconocimiento de Conductores veinte años después
2008
Si bien existe una tradicion espanola en la aplicacion de los conocimientos psicologicos a la prevencion de accidentes de circulacion, que arranca desde la decada de 1920, no se convirtio en un fenomeno de masas hasta mediados de los anos 80 cuando, al extenderse desde los conductores profesionales a todos los conductores, llego a un numero creciente de espanolas y espanoles. Esta accion preventiva, que fue el primer rol profesional de intervencion psicologica legalmente regulado en Espana, definido incluso antes de la existencia formal de una autentica practica academica en Psicologia, es hoy una destacada fuente de empleo para los titulados en Psicologia y goza de plena actualidad, como d…
Stress conceptions in life event research: Towards a person‐centred perspective
1987
The present article focuses on a discussion of the theoretical foundations of life event research. Since critical life events are usually regarded as stressful events, the main question is which concepts of stress are employed in different life event approaches and what is their rationale. The discussion centres on two topics that have to be treated independently: the question of specificity vs nonspecificity and the question of individualized vs normative weightings. It is shown that different life event approaches rely on different concepts of stress. Numerous objections lead to a rejection of the nonspecificity concept and a normative proceeding. However, even when a specificity view of…
Actitudes de la policía ante la intervención en casos de violencia contra la mujer en las relaciones de pareja: influencia del sexismo y la empatia
2010
This study analyzed the influence of sexism (benevolent and hostile) and empathy on police attitudes towards intervening in partner violence against women (preferences to enforce the law depending on whether the victim is willing to press charges against the offender). The sample was 409 police officers. Results from a 2x2x2 factorial design yielded main effects of benevolent sexism, and a significant interaction between hostile sexism and empathy. Implications for training and selection of police officers working in the area of partner violence against women are considered.
DETECTING FALLS AT HOME: USER-CENTERED DESIGN OF A PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGY
2016
Falling is the main cause of domestic accidents and fatal injuries to seniors at home. In this paper, we describe the design process for a new pervasive technology (CIRDO). The aim of this technology is to detect falls (via audio and video sensors) and to alert the elderly's family or caregivers. Two complementary studies were performed. Firstly, the actual risk situations of older adults were analyzed. Secondly, social acceptance was investigated for the different homecare field stakeholders. Our results highlight the tensions among social actors towards the tool and their impacts on technology acceptance by the elderly. Also, we show a significant change in the fall process due to the dev…