Search results for "third"

Sviluppi recenti dell’economia sociale nell’Unione europea

2017

L'obiettivo globale del presente studio è quello di esaminare gli sviluppi recenti del settore dell'economia sociale (ES) nell'Unione europea (UE) e nei suoi 28 Stati membri. Lo studio si concentra su tre ambiti specifici: anzitutto, l'economia sociale e i concetti/movimenti emergenti relativi allo spazio che si apre tra gli Stati e il mercato/le imprese a scopo di lucro; in secondo luogo, le politiche pubbliche in senso lato elaborate negli ultimi anni a livello sia dell'UE che degli Stati membri al fine di rafforzare il settore dell'economia sociale; e, in terzo luogo, la quantificazione del peso dell'economia sociale in ciascuno Stato membro dell'UE. La presente ricerca non si limita ad …

Resilient Organizations in the Third Sector. Professionalized Membership Associations, Social Enterprises, Modern Hybrids

2018

How do nonprofit organizations manage to survive? How are they able to adapt to changed environments without losing their distinctiveness? Fifteen case studies of nonprofit organizations operating across Europe tell us a story of how to make ends meet. The cases presented, identified and analyzed in the framework of the European Union-funded research project Third Sector Impact (TSI) (Enjolras et al. 2018)1 , are organizations that are confronted with an increasingly hostile environment in terms of the availability of resources and co-operation with government. Some of them, particularly those in Southern Europe and in the U.K., suffer from austerity politics and financial cutbacks; some ar…

Ultrasonic mensuration of fetal limb bones in the second and third trimesters

1987

Growth of fetal limb bones has been examined in a prospective cross-sectional study in 530 patients between 13 and 42 weeks of gestation by ultrasound. The length of the femur, tibia, humerus, and radius were measured in all cases, and fibula and ulna in 393 cases. For each week of gestation mean lengths (+/- 2 standard deviations) were calculated. All limb bones showed linear growth from 13 weeks to 25 weeks of gestation, after which the growth curve appeared nonlinear. A strong linear relationship (r greater than 0.98) between the BPD and bone length was found for each bone. In five aborted fetuses, prenatal sonographic measurements of the ossified diaphyses were compared with the postnat…

Frame-based and frameless endoscopic procedures in the third ventricle.

1997

Stereotactic guidance is useful for planning an accurate trajectory to the third ventricle. A guiding block with a ball joint was developed for frame-based endoscopy and adaptors for arm-based and armless navigation systems. Between 1992 and 1996, 52 patients were operated on endoscopically in the third ventricle under stereotactic guidance. Thirty-eight ventriculostomies, 13 biopsies and 10 cystic lesions were performed. The coordinates of two points were calculated; one in the foramen of Monro and the second in the third ventricle. The ventriculostomy was performed under endoscopic control bluntly with a Fogarty catheter in front of the basilar artery. Twenty-seven (71%) of the patients h…

Creating sanctioning norms in the lab: the influence of descriptive norms in third-party punishment

2019

ABSTRACTThird-party punishment is a form of peer-to-peer sanctioning that is influenced by descriptive norms. The present study aims to investigate how aggregate peer punishment and the presence of...

Predicting who fails to meet the physical activity guideline in pregnancy: a prospective study of objectively recorded physical activity in a populat…

2016

Background A low physical activity (PA) level in pregnancy is associated with several adverse health outcomes. Early identification of pregnant women at risk of physical inactivity could inform strategies to promote PA, but no studies so far have presented attempts to develop prognostic models for low PA in pregnancy. Based on moderate-to-vigorous intensity PA (MVPA) objectively recorded in mid/late pregnancy, our objectives were to describe MVPA levels and compliance with the PA guideline (≥150 MVPA minutes/week), and to develop a prognostic model for non-compliance with the PA guideline. Methods From a multi-ethnic population-based cohort, we analysed data from 555 women with MVPA recorde…

Improving accuracy of the intermediate splint in substantial intermaxillary sagittal discrepancies using an extra anterior anchorage point: technical…

2021

Background To describe a technical feature that increases the stability of the intermediate splint in patients where bimaxillary surgery with great maxillary/mandibular advancements are planned. Material and Methods Prospective evaluation of the intermediate splint dental vertical penetration in patients undergoing bimaxillary surgery where great sagittal discrepancy occur in the anterior sector between the upper and lower jaws when the intermediate splint is placed by adding an extra intermaxillary fixation (IMF) screw (2x9 mm) placed between the central incisors of the maxilla and fixed to the most anterior aspect of the intermediate splint following the direction of the sagittal maxillo-…

In the literature: March 2016

2016

The way clones resistant to anti-EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor) inhibition evolve in non-small cell lung cancer is far from being determined. In an international cooperative effort led by investigators at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the origin of acquired resistance mediated by the EGFRT790M mutation has been further elucidated. That mutation, recognised as gatekeeper and present in about 60% of pretreated cases with anti-EGFRs, could occur either from the selection of previously existing EGFR790M cell clones or by the evolution of originally EGFR790M-negative drug-tolerant cells. In a series of elegant experiments, the authors show that these drug-tolerant cells have a di…

“Healthy to Heaven” : Middle-Agers Looking Ahead in the Context of Wellness Consumption

2016

Concentrating on personal health and well-being has become a central objective for people living in wealthy societies. In an age of consumerism, the current health enthusiasm can be observed particularly in the fast-growing wellness industry, the popularity of which has increased, in particular, among mature consumers, a trend also evident in people's individual strategies for aging well. As it is generally assumed that aging people consume wellness mainly to delay signs of aging, this study focuses on this understudied phenomenon with the aim of deepening the profile of mature wellness consumers. The data consist of eight group interviews of Finnish middle-agers (50–65 years). Interviewees…

Relativistic international development and its potential for implementing self-determination in Ethiopia: Policy recommendations

This paper is an abstract of policy recommendations based on my presentation to the 2019 Annual Conference of Oromo Studies Association. It is included in the official Proceedings of the Conference. A longer paper was published open access in Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo, XXII, n. 21 (2), 2019, title: 'The relativistic attitude in development: reflections on the implementation of the Ethiopian multinational Constitution'.