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PREDICTING BLADDER CANCER AT THE EMERGENCY UNIT: THE IMPACT OF HEMOGLOBIN VALUE
2014
Aim of the study Haematuria represents the most common symptom at presentation in patients with bladder Cancer (BCa). However, no study has tested the predictors of BCa in patients presenting with haematuria. This prospective study was aimed to assess the factors associated with the presence of BCa in patients presenting at our emergency unit due to gross-hematuria. Materials and methods All patients presenting at the emergency unit of our institution for their first episode of gross haematuria between January and December 2012 were evaluated. All clinical patient characteristics, including the ongoing antiplatelets and/or oral anticoagulative treatment, were recorded. Demographical, hemato…
Heterogeneous Photocatalysis for Selective Formation of High-Value-Added Molecules: Some Chemical and Engineering Aspects
2018
This review deals with the parameters that influence heterogeneous photocatalysis (PC) for selective synthesis of high-value chemicals by itself or in combination with other technologies. In particular, the parameters related to the photocatalysts, such as crystallinity degree, type of polymorph, surface acid-base properties, exposure of particular crystalline facets, coupling of different semiconductors, position of the valence and conduction band edge, addition of doping agents, and those related to the reaction system, such as setup configuration and reactor geometry, type of solvent, type and amount of photocatalyst, affecting the selectivity toward specific products are described and d…
Contributo alla conoscenza delle proprietà termofisiche delle murature storiche palermitane
2014
This paper presents the preliminary findings of in situ measurements of thermal transmittance taken in a monumental complex in Palermo. The objective of energy efficiency, one of the main aspects of sustainable construction, is now relevant also for historic architecture. The research aims at analysing the energy performance of the stone walls of the complex, characterized by various thickness, age and construction features. Measurements are taken in accordance with the international standard ISO 9869:1994. The U-values so obtained are compared with tabular data from the Italian standard UNI/TS 11300-1:2008 and with values calculated following the UNI EN ISO 6946:2008. Nine preliminary meas…
Why do we reject the wisdom from the past? Reflections on the practical dimension of values in historical education
2020
W czasach szybkich zmian i dużej ilości informacji wiele osób, zwłaszcza młodych, nie przywiązuje większej wagi do przeszłości. Dzieje się tak pomimo, że edukacja historyczna rozwija intelektualnie i duchowo, budując tożsamość jednostki i narodu oraz pomagając zrozumieć problemy teraźniejszości. Edukacja historyczna to zbiór wielu czynników, które generalnie wiążą się z wykorzystywaniem osiągnięć naszych przodków oraz ewolucją ich postaw. W edukacji historycznej wartości te zajmują ważne miejsce. Historia pozwala nam zrozumieć zachowanie innych ludzi, ich emocje i potrzeby. W historii bardzo ważne jest przestrzeganie norm i zasad tolerancji oraz demokracji. Wartości edukacji historycznej bu…
Values as a hobby: the transformation and survival of cultural ritual values in the process of desecration
2023
The paper examines how values lose their sacred or protected significance and turn into values as a hobby. Using an excerpt from Arundhati Roy's novel “The God of Small Things”, a trend of transformation of values is outlined, which raises questions about the importance of different values, both sacred and secular, for the representatives of these values. In short, the question is one of the value of values: is their practice (affirmation) meaningful in the basic sense of these values, or is this practice mere imitation as a hobby? The article gives several examples that show the versatility of this topic. The case of Qutb’s Islamism highlights the importance of the distinction between priv…
Can corporate social responsibility (CSR) be recruited? : an insight to future employees' values and perceptions on attractive employers
2013
Many businesses acknowledge that they want to achieve the best possible employees in order to succeed in the markets in the near future. This study takes a stance on who these employees, the future talents, are and what do they value, especially from the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) point of view. Thus future employees’ values and their aspirations towards attractive employers are observed in this qualitative, theme-interview based study conducted to Master’s level students of University of Jyväskylä, School of Business and Economics. The results show that there are five (5) different classes of future employees, which are Environmental Idealists, Equality Enhancers, Corporate Mone…
Human Resources – A Value Driven Perspective
2019
The information age has changed many of the “classical” business activities by altering the core values and management principles. Human resources management has also changed and has adapted to the new challenges of the 21st -century information age. The hunt for knowledge and for the determined business value is driven by more complex and far-reaching human resources activities. Companies must change their “classic” view on human resources to prevail and to be successful in the new complex and speed century. Human resources have changed its old working principles to fit the requirements of constant data, information, and knowledge “hunting” and morphed to a proactive and dynamic business v…
Participants' outcome expectations and changes in well-being and ill-being in mindfulness based intervention for burnout
2015
Tietoisuustaitopohjaisten interventioiden tuloksellisuudesta työuupumuksen hoidossa Suomessa on vielä vähän tutkimustietoa. Hoitoa koskevien odotusten yhteyttä hoidon tuloksellisuuteen tietoisuustaitopohjaisissa interventioissa on myös tutkittu vähän. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli tarkastella tietoisuustaito-, hyväksyntä- ja arvopohjaiseen menetelmään perustuvaan ja työuupumuksen hoitoon tarkoitettuun Muupu-interventioon osallistuneiden (n = 88) psyykkisen hyvinvoinnin ja työpahoinvoinnin muutoksia sekä hoitoa koskevien odotusten yhteyttä näihin muutoksiin. Itsearvioitua psyykkisen hyvinvoinnin muutosta mitattiin emotionaalisen-, psykologisen- ja sosiaalisen hyvinvoinnin mittareilla. …
The dynamics of Italian competitive positioning in the Mediterranean Bluefin tuna industry
2020
The bluefin tuna or Thunnus thynnus is one of the widely recognised fish species since ancient times. Italy is the most important players in the international arena, however, the introduction of a system of total allowable catches and other measures established by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, has deeply changed the competitive positioning of Italy. The aim of this study is to perform an analysis of the comparative advantage of Italy by using the relative trade advantage index. Findings reveal that Italy has gained a competitive advantage in the Maltese market and has suffered a loss of the historical competitive advantage in the Japanese one. Results …
Formaciones sociales y opresión en Marx
2018
The text explains the difference between Marx?s concept of «oppression» and others as «coercion» by Durkheim or «domination» by Weber. The article then establishes, in a methodical way, the centrality of a passage from Capital, in which three different theories on «oppression» appear. It?s explained that two of them are rather a philosophical antinomy. The other, relative to the heteronomy of social time, can be completed by defining the heteronomy of social space, which gives it analytical virtuality. Some examples are given.