Five-year longitudinal evaluation of quality of life in a cohort of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma     

Giusti M  Melle G  Fenocchio M  Mortara L  Cecoli F  Caorsi V  Ferone D  Minuto F  Rasore E 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2011,12(3):163-173

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) generally has a favorable outcome. Thyroid disease, treatments, stress, and comorbidity can compromise health-related quality of life (QoL) and indirectly weigh upon the outcome. From 2004 to 2008, we evaluated QoL longitudinally in 128 DTC subjects. During scheduled examinations, subjects were asked to undergo a semi-structured psychiatric interview and five rated inventories. The same examination was conducted in 219 subjects after surgery for benign thyroid pathology. Low scores represent a better QoL. DTC and control subjects were similar in terms of age, male/female ratio, concomitant psychopharmacological treatments, and frequency of psychiatric diseases. In DTC subjects, Billewicz scale (BS) scores showed an increasing trend over time, especially among females. The ad hoc thyroid questionnaire (TQ) scores were similar in both groups and did not change over time, but at the end of the study ad hoc TQ and BS were significantly related. Ad hoc TQ scores were also related to age on entry to the study. In both male and female DTC subjects, Hamilton’s tests for anxiety (HAM-A), but not for depression (HAM-D), showed an improving trend. At the end of the study, HAM-A and HAM-D scores were comparable to those of the control group. HAM-A and HAM-D were both positively correlated with the stage of cancer and the time between diagnosis and treatment. Only HAM-D correlated with age on entry to the study. Kellner symptom questionnaire (KSQ) item scores were higher in DTC subjects than in controls. The change over time in the items including anxiety, somatization, depression, and hostility was significant. Somatization and hostility were more significantly reduced in DTC females than in DTC males. Hostility scores were significantly lower in DTC subjects than in controls at the end of the study. Somatization and depression were significantly related to staging on diagnosis and age on entry to the study. Our study confirms a wide variation of illness perception in DTC subjects, which is generally unrelated to the favorable clinical follow-up of the disease. Psychological evaluation during long-term follow-up improved QoL scores, which reached the same levels noted in subjects with a history of thyroid surgery for benign thyroid pathology. Our data indicate that special attention should be paid to QoL in older DTC subjects and those with more severe staging on diagnosis.  相似文献   

Measuring the academic reputation through citation networks via PageRank     

Francesco Alessandro Massucci  Domingo Docampo 《Journal of Informetrics》2019,13(1):185-201

The objective assessment of the prestige of an academic institution is a difficult and hotly debated task. In the last few years, different types of university rankings have been proposed to quantify it, yet the debate on what rankings are exactly measuring is enduring.To address the issue we have measured a quantitative and reliable proxy of the academic reputation of a given institution and compared our findings with well-established impact indicators and academic rankings. Specifically, we study citation patterns among universities in five different Web of Science Subject Categories and use the PageRank algorithm on the five resulting citation networks. The rationale behind our work is that scientific citations are driven by the reputation of the reference so that the PageRank algorithm is expected to yield a rank which reflects the reputation of an academic institution in a specific field. Given the volume of the data analysed, our findings are statistically sound and less prone to bias, than, for instance, ad–hoc surveys often employed by ranking bodies in order to attain similar outcomes. The approach proposed in our paper may contribute to enhance ranking methodologies, by reconciling the qualitative evaluation of academic prestige with its quantitative measurements via publication impact.  相似文献   

Biphasicity of the time-response curve and amnesic effect of electroconvulsive shock in passive avoidance conditioning     

Francesco Robustelli  Anne Geller  Murray E. Jarvik 《Learning & behavior》1973,1(4):251-253

Mice were trained in a one-trial passive avoidance task and retested 2 min, 5 min, 10 min, 30 min, or 24 h later. A biphasic time-response curve was obtained with art initial increase to 5 min, a subsequent decrease, and another increase to 24 h. Other groups of Ss were administered electroconvulsive shock (ECS) 2, 5, 10, or 30 min after training and retested 24 h later. The response curve shape of the ECS-treated groups was found to correspond to that concerning the different retest times, suggesting a negative correlation between ECS amnesic effect and the strength of the conditioned response at the time of ECS administration. The inadequacy of the hypotheses, according to which ECS interferes with a gradual monotonic process, to explain ECS amnesic effect is discussed.  相似文献   

SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS     

Francesco Cordasco 《The Educational forum》2013,77(2):282-283

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Blacks and the Military in American History by Jack D. Foner. New York: Praeger, 1974. 278 pp. $10.00     

Francesco Cordasco 《The Educational forum》2013,77(1)

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Advertising     

Francesco M. Nicosia  W.A. Evans  Robin Wright 《Communication Booknotes Quarterly》2013,44(2):16-17

Francesco M. Nicosia (ed.) Advertising, Management, and Society: A Business Point of View (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1974—available in hardback and paper but prices not given)

W.A. Evans' Advertising Today and Tomorrow (London: Allen & Unwin, 1974—about $15.00)

Robin Wright's The Day the Pigs Refused to Be Driven to Market: Advertising and the Counter Revolution (New York: Random House, 1974—$7.95)  相似文献   

Protective action against fungal growth of two consolidating products applied to wood     

Marina Clausi  Gino Mirocle Crisci  Mauro Francesco La Russa  Marco Malagodi  Annamaria Palermo  Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo   《Journal of Cultural Heritage》2011,12(1):28-33

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Indirect estimation of injected mortar volume in historical walls using the electrical resistivity tomography     

Nasser Abu Zeid  Marco Balducci  Francesco Bartocci  Roberto Regni  Giovanni Santarato 《Journal of Cultural Heritage》2010,11(2):220-227

The electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) represents one of the widely used geophysical techniques for the exploration of the subsurface. In the last few years, this method has been demonstrated to be an efficient reconnaissance tool not only for monitoring degradation status of walls and foundations of historical buildings, but also for imaging the spatial distribution of injected mortar, commonly employed for consolidation purposes. A 3D resistivity tomography survey was carried out on four selected wall portions of the historical church of Montepetriolo, Perugia, Central Italy. The obtained 3D resistivity distribution models before and after grouting provided suggestive images of the internal structure of the studied walls. Moreover, the spatial distribution of the zones being filled with mortar was determined quantitatively by scaling the post- to the preinjection resistivity values. Using a well known correlation between resistivity and porosity, established in the geophysical community, a further step towards a more quantitative assessment was attempted to indirectly determine the unit volumes of the injected mortar The obtained results were satisfactory and in some cases almost similar to the yard data. Furthermore, two flat-jack tests confirmed the local increment of the mechanical resistance of the studied left front (2) and right lateral (3) wall portions.  相似文献   

民法法系中的律师与体育法     

意弗朗切斯科·德尔芬尼  赵毅  钟旻桔 《体育与科学》2014,(6)

体育法是民法法系与普通法系在法律实践上融汇的领域。两大法系尽管存在着法律传统和法律思维上的差别,但法律实务的现实要求却跨过了这种隔阂。民法法系的体育法律师更需注意到这种两大法系的融汇趋势,从而在类似于体育赞助合同这样的体育法实务操作中汲取普通法的经验。  相似文献   

Anthropometry and body composition of female handball players according to competitive level or the playing position     

Chiara Milanese  Francesco Piscitelli  Chiara Lampis  Carlo Zancanaro 《Journal of sports sciences》2013,31(12):1301-1309

Abstract

Anthropometry and body composition were investigated in 43 female handball players from the Italian championships, grouped according to their competitive level (elite vs. sub-elite) or their playing position [goalkeeper (n = 7), back (n = 14), wing (n = 18), or pivot (n = 4)]. The anthropometry consisted of several circumferences, lengths, widths, and skinfold measurement at six sites; the regional and total body compositions were assessed by means of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). One-way ANOVA was used for statistical analysis, with a Bonferroni post-hoc test where needed. The results showed that elite players have significantly lower percentages of fat and higher bone mineral content than sub-elite as well as a clear tendency to accrue more lean mass, especially in upper limbs. Overall, the physical characteristics and body composition of handball players in Italy compared unfavourably with those in other countries, suggesting a need for improved selection and training. When playing position was included in the analysis of the whole group of handball players (n = 43) significant differences were found between the stature, mass, body mass index (BMI), several skinfolds, circumferences and lengths, and total body mineral mass, lean mass and fat mass of players in different positions. Post-hoc analysis suggests that players on the wing and in goalkeeper positions differed most from one another. These findings confirm and expand on previous data about the presence of anthropometric differences within playing positions in handball.  相似文献