Search results for "indicator"

BMC Public Health

2022

Background In the past decades, climate change has been impacting human lives and health via extreme weather and climate events and alterations in labour capacity, food security, and the prevalence and geographical distribution of infectious diseases across the globe. Climate change and health indicators (CCHIs) are workable tools designed to capture the complex set of interdependent interactions through which climate change is affecting human health. Since 2015, a novel sub-set of CCHIs, focusing on climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability indicators (CCIEVIs) has been developed, refined, and integrated by Working Group 1 of the “Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health an…

Reporting heterogeneity in health: an extended latent class approach

2012

This article explores how individual socio-economic characteristics affect unobserved heterogeneity in self-reporting behaviour and health production using a multivariate finite mixture model. Results show a positive relationship between objective and subjective observable health indicators and true health and support the existence of self-reporting bias related to socio-economic characteristics and individual life styles.

2021

(1) Background: The use of social media has become an integral part of adolescents’ daily lives. However, the intensive use of social media can develop into a health-threatening addiction, but unfavourable health consequences can occur even with less use. Social media user groups categorized as no-risk, moderate risk (of developing problematic behaviour), and problematic use were examined with reference to their prevalence, their associations with individual determinants and health, and the increased health risk between groups. (2) Methods: The Finnish nationally representative HBSC data (persons aged 11, 13, and 15, n = 3408) and descriptive and binary logistic regression analysis were app…

Do different models induce changes in mortality indicators? That is a key question for extending the Lee-Carter model

2021

[EN] The parametric model introduced by Lee and Carter in 1992 for modeling mortality rates in the USA was a seminal development in forecasting life expectancies and has been widely used since then. Different extensions of this model, using different hypotheses about the data, constraints on the parameters, and appropriate methods have led to improvements in the model's fit to historical data and the model's forecasting of the future. This paper's main objective is to evaluate if differences between models are reflected in different mortality indicators' forecasts. To this end, nine sets of indicator predictions were generated by crossing three models and three block-bootstrap samples with …

Assessment of quality of air in Palermo by chemical (ICP-OES) and cytological analyses on leaves of Eucalyptus camaldulensis

2013

In this work, we studied the influence of air pollution on the morpho-structural, biochemical and chemical composition of Eucalyptus camaldulensis leaves. Analyses were carried out on 22 samples collected in Palermo (Italy) area. Considering the mean concentrations (in unwashed leaves) of investigated metals, nutrient elements as Fe (214 mg kg(-1) dry weight (d.w.)), Mn (160 mg kg(-1) d.w.) and Zn (39 mg kg(-1) d.w.) were the most abundant, whereas Pb (5.6 mg kg(-1) d.w.) and Cd (0.072 mg kg(-1) d.w.) showed the lowest concentrations. The values of metal pollution index (MPI) ranged from 6.0 (station no. 15) to 25 (station no. 8) and from 4.0 (station no. 16) to 17 (stations no. 7 and no. 1…

DIETA GLUTEN-FREE (DGF) IN SOGGETTI CELIACI E QUALITA' DELLA VITA

2015

IntroduzioneLa celiachia è una malattia sistemica autoimmune innescata dall’ingestione di glutine in individui geneticamente predisposti. Nell’adulto le presentazioni atipiche con sintomi extraintestinali e gastrointestinali aspecifici sono sempre più comuni. In particolare, la celiachia può indurre cambiamenti psicologici nell’individuo affetto, influenzando principalmente la percezione del benessere. Una dieta rigorosamente priva di glutine (DGF) da seguire per tutta la vita rappresenta l’unica terapia disponibile. Tuttavia, il rispetto rigoroso di una DGF può potenzialmente influenzare la qualità di vita del celiaco e, d’altra parte, l’ atteggiamento e le aspettative del paziente hanno u…

Key indicators and information systems for the evaluation and planning of birthing hospital services

2016

The evaluation, monitoring and management of hospital of birth services requires the availability of a set of information and tools able to orient decision making process, in order to ensure an adequate level of quality of services provided. Given the complexity of birth-related services, a set of indicators related with the multiple dimensions of healthcare quality are required; these include: volume of activity, complexity of birth, territorial distribution and residents-hospital distance, infrastructures, and inter-hospital transfers. The present Paper proposes an integrated system of indicators for the promotion and improvement of birth-related services in the Sicily region, which takes…

Development of a conceptual model of sustainable building from a university

2021

Introduction: In this paper, the authors aim is to develop a conceptual model that aims to facilitate the processes of implementing sustainability and / or assessment of sustainable performance in a Higher Education Building (HEB). The conceptual model could also be used to compare two or more buildings of higher education in terms of sustainability. Methodology: The authors started the scientific research with the literature review in order to identify and analyze the most relevant aspects that are frequently assess and could influencing the components of sustainability in higher education institutions. These aspects were clustered into categories and for each of them were established obje…

In vivo detection of cytokeratin filament network breakdown in cells treated with the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid.

2001

We have previously described vulva carcinoma-derived A-431 subclone AK13-1, which stably expresses fluorescently labeled cytokeratin filaments (CKFs). Time-lapse fluorescence microscopy of these cells permits the continuous monitoring of the dynamics of the CKF cytoskeleton in vivo. To study mechanisms and principles of CKF disassembly as it occurs, e.g., during mitosis and liver disease, we have treated cells with the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid (OA), which induces complete CKF network breakdown within 3–5 h without significantly affecting the organization of the actin- and tubulin-based cytofilaments. In time-lapse movies, we find that the network breakdown starts at the cell perip…

Application of a 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine ELISA for measuring the lymphoproliferative response to human cytomegalovirus in HIV-1-infected patients

2002

Assessment of the lymphoproliferative response to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) may help to identify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-infected patients at high risk of developing HCMV end-organ disease. The tritiated thymidine ([3H]-TdR)-incorporation assay is the gold standard for measuring lymphoproliferative responses, though it is unsuitable as a routine laboratory procedure. An alternative non-radioactive technique, a 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, was applied for measuring T-cell proliferation in response to HCMV. Stimulation of either 1 x 10(5) or 5 x 10(4) peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)/well with 10 PFU/well (before inactivation) of …