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Preliminary Estimation of Deoxynivalenol Excretion through a 24 h Pilot Study

2015

A duplicate diet study was designed to explore the occurrence of 15 Fusarium mycotoxins in the 24 h-diet consumed by one volunteer as well as the levels of mycotoxins in his 24 h-collected urine. The employed methodology involved solvent extraction at high ionic strength followed by dispersive solid phase extraction and gas chromatography determination coupled to mass spectrometry in tandem. Satisfactory results in method performance were achieved. The method"s accuracy was in a range of 68%108%, with intra-day relative standard deviation and inter-day relative standard deviation lower than 12% and 15%, respectively. The limits of quantitation ranged from 0.1 to 8 μg/Kg. The matrix effect w…

THE ECONOMIC INTERVENTION STRATEGY OF THE INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PALESTINE. A CASE STUDY: THE SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS

Many countries around the world, both developed and developing, are characterized by high level of unemployment. This phenomenon has profound implications not only for economic activity, by limiting the amount of labour supply and therefore potential output, but also for political and social unrest, as the experience of many Middle-Eastern and North-African economies has recently shown. Unemployment is particularly relevant for Palestine. Indeed, since the mid-1990s, Palestine is one of the countries in the world with the highest rate of unemployment. Persistently high unemployment reflect several characteristics of the Palestinian economy, mostly important the dependence on the Israeli's e…

Factors Differentiating Rural and Urban Population in Determining Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Chronic Cardiovascular Disease: A Pilot Stu…

2021

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyze selected variables differentiating rural from urban populations, as well as identify potentially increased levels of depression and anxiety in patients with chronic cardiovascular disease. The study was carried out in 193 patients. The study used the Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal Schedule (CANSAS), the Health Behavior Inventory Questionnaire (HBI), the WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale–Modified Version (HADS-M). Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient test and logistic regression were used for analyses. In rural patients, we observed a relationship between anxiety and …

Luoghi urbani scomparsi e architetture mai realizzate nella riconfigurazione 3D del Rione Conceria di Palermo

2018

L'oggetto di studio è lo scomparso Rione Conceria all'interno del Centro Storico di Palermo. È una vasta area urbana, che si estende lungo la Via Maqueda, Via Roma, Corso Vittorio Emanuele e Via Bandiera, che storicamente faceva parte di un unico sistema urbano che cuciva il mercato del Capo con il Mercato della Vucciria. Le operazioni urbanistiche del secolo scorso (il taglio di via Roma, il il progetto di riorganizzazione dell'intero rione, la costruzione della Galleria delle Vittorie) hanno cancellato quasi definitivamente sia le sue presenza architettoniche che l'impianto del suo tessuto viario. The object of study is the disappeared Rione Conceria inside the Historical Center of Palerm…

Analysis of the impact on tourism of the megaproject-based urban development strategy. The case of the city of Valencia

2017

Desde finales de los años 80 del pasado siglo, las ciudades europeas están desarrollando políticas de gestión urbana en la línea de lo que se ha venido en denominar city-marketing, urban-branding, o urbanismo neoliberal. El objetivo de estas políticas es posicionar a la ciudad en el contexto internacional potenciando su singularidad, para lo cual la principal estrategia ha sido la construcción de mega-edificios y la organización de eventos con impacto en los medios de comunicación globales. El aumento de la atractividad turística en las ciudades es utilizado como un indicador de éxito de dichas políticas. La ciudad de Valencia no ha sido ajena a este tipo de estrategias. El presente artícul…

Uzbekistānas nacionālās ekonomikas ilgtspējīga attīstība, pamatojoties uz investīciju projektiem.

2018

Izvēles tēmas aktualitāte nosaka fakts, ka laika gaitā atsevišķu reģionu un teritoriju pamatotam ilgtspējības līmenim. Tomēr lielākā daļa valstu izmanto ilgtspējīgus attīstības rādītājus, kas ļauj attīstīt ekonomiku, uzlabot sociālo un vides stāvokli. Pētījuma objekts ir Uzbekistānas Republikas tautsaimniecība, kas atrodas pārejas procesā uz tirgus ekonomiku, kur ilgtspējīgas attīstības jautājumi attīstība. Pētījuma priekšmets ir procesu un attiecību kopums, kas notiek Uzbekistānas tautsaimniecībā ilgtspējīgas attīstības sasniegšanā. Bakalaura darba mērķis ir izpētīt reformu un investīciju projektu kvalitāti Uzbekistānas tautsaimniecības kardinālas restrukturizācijas dēļ un sniegt ieteikumu…

Nursing students' perceptions of a video-based serious game's educational value: A pilot study.

2018

Abstract Background Despite an increasing number of serious games (SGs) in nursing education, few evaluation studies specifically address their educational value in terms of face, content, and construct validity. Objectives To assess nursing students' perceptions of a video-based SG in terms of face, content, and construct validity. In addition, the study assessed perceptions of usability, individual factors, and preferences regarding future use. Design A pilot study was conducted. Setting and Participants An SG prototype was implemented as part of two simulation courses in nursing education: one for home health care and one for hospital medical-surgical wards. The SG aimed to teach clinica…

Governance of Projects: Generating value by linking projects with their permanent organisation

2019

Abstract There exists little research into how value is effectively generated by temporary projects from the wider perspective of a permanent organisation. This paper investigates empirically how ‘Governance of Projects’ – the way in which a single, permanent organisation identifies, creates, and subsequently harvests value through multiple projects – occurs in four private-sector case companies. Data were collected from in-depth interviews with a wide range of employees and from internal operational documents. These data were codified and analysed as evidence of the types and intensity of links between organisational elements. The results illuminate the complex interplay of links that are …

Wastewater-based epidemiology for early warning of SARS-COV-2 circulation: A pilot study conducted in Sicily, Italy

2022

There is increasing evidence of the use of wastewater-based epidemiology to integrate conventional monitoring assessing disease symptoms and signs of viruses in a specific territory. We present the results of SARS-CoV-2 environmental surveillance activity in wastewater samples collected between September 2020 and July 2021 in 9 wastewater treatment plants (WTPs) located in central and western Sicily, serving over 570,000 residents. The presence of SARS-CoV-2, determined in 206 wastewater samples using RT-qPCR assays, was correlated with the notified and geo-referenced cases on the areas served by the WTPs in the same study period. Overall, 51% of wastewater samples were positive. Samples we…

Calibration and simulation of ASM2d at different temperatures in a phosphorous removal pilot plant

2006

In this work, an organic and nutrient removal pilot plant was used to study the temperature influence on phosphorus accumulating organisms. Three experiments were carried out at 13, 20 and 24.5 degrees C, achieving a high phosphorus removal percentage in all cases. The ASM2d model was calibrated at 13 and 20 degrees C and the Arrhenius equation constant was obtained for phosphorus removal processes showing that the temperature influences on the biological phosphorus removal subprocesses in a different degree. The 24.5 degrees C experiment was simulated using the model parameters obtained by means of the Arrhenius equation. The simulation results for the three experiments showed good corresp…