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Neurophysiologic Testing in Infants With Usher Syndrome Type 1
2009
Purpose: Usher syndrome type 1 needs to be diagnosed at early age, when speech therapy and cochlear implantation can stimulate communication in a deaf child who will confront an additional visual handicap. Molecular diagnosis is not routinely available. Visual function tests are not easily performed in young children. Before the age of six years, progressive retinal degeneration does not always show fundoscopic changes and few data are available regarding neurophysiologic abnormalities. This study was designed to describe electroretinogram (ERG) and visual evoked potentials (VEP) in a series of fourteen children with Usher syndrome type I.Methods: Monocular ERG and binocular VEP were perfor…
The role of age and life course stage in digital consumption
2018
Digital technologies are an inherent part of consumer environments today. This dissertation investigates older adults’ usage of digital technologies by focusing on the role of age and life course stage in digital consumption in Finland. The dissertation applies theories of technology adoption and use, generations, and life course to examine older adults as digital consumers, the interrelationship between consumption and digital technologies and the effects of age and life course stage on digital consumption. The study utilises both quantitative and qualitative data from five (5) data sets. The results reveal that between the years 1999 and 2014, older adults reported more ecological and les…
Review on Life Cycle Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic Panels
2020
The photovoltaic (PV) sector has undergone both major expansion and evolution over the last decades, and currently, the technologies already marketed or still in the laboratory/research phase are numerous and very different. Likewise, in order to assess the energy and environmental impacts of these devices, life cycle assessment (LCA) studies related to these systems are always increasing. The objective of this paper is to summarize and update the current literature of LCA applied to different types of grid-connected PV, as well as to critically analyze the results related to energy and environmental impacts generated during the life cycle of PV technologies, from 1st generation (traditiona…
"I use it correctly!": The use of ICTs among Italian grandmothers in a generational perspective
2018
In this project, we investigated the role played by digital media and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in building intergenerational and intragenerational relations for grandparents. Specifically, we investigated the possible relationships between grandmothers, children, and grandchildren, with the aim of understanding the dynamics of intergenerational exchanges and how grandmothers experience the use of the Internet as a tool to facilitate communication with family members. The research shows that the reflections regarding the role of the Internet among elderly people are often linked to a generational identity and generational belonging and involve constant comparison wit…
L'interesse delle generazioni future in costituzione
2022
The work aims to analyse the prediction in the Constitution of the interest of future generations, to verify its impact in the political dimension and, consequently, the dynamics of the exercise of public power and administrative activity.
La costruzione simbolica del conflitto generazionale nei discorsi politici di Renzi e Grillo
2018
L’età dei parlamentari italiani e dei principali leader politici è stata al centro delle ultime campagne elettorali nazionali ed europee. In entrambi gli schieramenti, dalla “rottamazione” di Matteo Renzi agli “zombie in poltrona” di Beppe Grillo, gli slogan incitavano a uno svecchiamento della classe politica italiana. Ma chi è il giovane e chi l’anziano al quale si riferiscono i due leader? Quali sono i ruoli che essi prospettano per giovani e anziani? Quali sono le soglie costruite nei discorsi pubblici e nei post sui siti web ufficiali e sui profili nei social network dei due leader? Quale dialettica si è sviluppata? Quali analogie e differenze rispetto alle rappresentazioni proposte da…
¿Cabe hablar de una «generación de la crisis»? Discusión en torno a una noción sobreexplotada
2018
This article states that nowadays there is an overuse (or a misuse) of the «Generation» idea. The discussion among many authors over the «Generation of crisis» concept suggests that it is useful to outline the characteristics of the target of population of the collective of youth who are mainly affected by the economic and social crisis over the past years. Nevertheless, through analyzing the meanings of the «Generation of Crisis» made by Mannheim, Ortega and other classic authors, it is clear that the social class approach together with the generational one are needed to define this concrete concept. The conclusion of the articleis that both approaches are seen as underpinning their utilit…
What is your couple type? Gender ideology, housework-sharing, and babies
2015
AbstractBACKGROUNDIt is increasingly acknowledged that not only gender equality but also gender ideology plays a role in explaining fertility in advanced societies. In a micro perspective, the potential mismatch between gender equality (i.e., the actual sharing taking place in a couple) and gender ideology (i.e., attitudes and beliefs regarding gender roles) may drive childbearing decisions.OBJECTIVEThis paper assesses the impact of consistency between gender equality in attitudes and equality in the division of household labour on the likelihood of having another child, for different parities.METHODSRelying on two-wave panel data of the Bulgarian, Czech, French, Hungarian, and Lithuanian G…
Optimal savings and health spending over the life cycle
2010
This paper investigates the relationship between saving and health spending in a two-period overlapping generations economy. Individuals work in the first period of life and live in retirement in old age. Health spending is an activity that increases quality of life and longevity. Empirical evidence shows that both health spending and saving behave as luxury goods but their behaviour differs markedly according to the level of per capita GDP. The share of saving on GDP has a concave shape with respect to per capita GDP, whereas the share of health spending on GDP increases more than proportionally with respect to per capita GDP. The ratio of saving to spending is nonlinear with respect to in…
Nuevas ecologías del aprendizaje en el currículo: la era digital en la escuela The new learning ecology in the curriculum: the digital age at school
2020
espanolLa expansion y crecimiento de los ambientes de aprendizaje como resultado de la integracion de las TIC han facilitado el surgimiento de distintas formas de interrelacion educativa, provocando un interes en el estudio de las ecologias del aprendizaje y de los ecosistemas educativos digitales. Cada vez es mas necesario un cambio profundo en el proceso ensenanza-aprendizaje ya que el alumnado actualmente dentro del aula demanda un tipo de aprendizaje activo, vivencial y digital. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los nuevos modelos o paradigmas del aprendizaje basados en los intereses de las nuevas generaciones que aprenden en un contexto rodeado de las TIC. La metodologia empleada…