bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Benefits and difficulties in implementing family psychoeducational interventions for schizophrenia in mental health services: results from a multicentre Italian study
Authors: Magliano Lorenza , Fiorillo Andrea , Malangone Claudio , Rosa Corrado De , Favata Grazia , Sasso Annarita , Prezioso Monica , Pezzenati Laura , Gentile Floralba , Casale Lucetta , Bondi Emi , Test Giuseppina Robustelli , Lella Michele Di , Biscussi Elisabetta , Degl'Innocenti Francesco , Bellini Rossella , Nunzio Rita Di , Matrella Lucia , Salmeri Rosa , Cantone Rosario , Gargiulo Luisa , Esposito Aniello , Delcuratolo Vincenzo , Giannini Maria , Maresca Luisa , Cavaliere Giovanna , Scandone Barbara , Folla Matteo , Raffaeli Mauro , Innocente Paola , Dagianti Flavia , Lucania Stefania , Scorsino Angela , Bardicchia Francesco , Cerullo Gennaro , Curreli Riccardo , Miscali Silvana , Scordato Mario , Campo Graziella , Mameli Cinzia , Sodde Carla , D'Ambra Luigi , Malacarne Anna , Maj Mario , Lavoro Gruppo Di 
Published: October 2011

SUMMARYAims – This study aims to explore: a) the feasibility of psycho-educational interventions for families of users with schizophrenia in clinical practice by trained staff; b) the benefits and problems encountered by professionals in the use of these interventions. Methods – 46 professionals from 23 Italian Mental Health Sen'ices (MHS) attended at a three-module training course in psycho-educational interventions and four supervisions in the subsequent year. Following the course, participants provided the intervention to families of users with schizophrenia. The difficulties and benefits encountered by trainees to use the intervention were registered on the Family Intervention Schedule.Results – 83% of the participants completed the training course. Following the course, the intervention started in 71 families from 17 MHS. 76% of trainees provided the intervention to 2-5 families, while 13% of them only held informative sessions on schizophrenia. During the supervision period, the organisational difficulties experienced by the professionals were stable, while the benefits increased. Differences in benefits and difficulties were detected in relation to the trainees’ experience and professional roles. Conclusions – It is possible to introduce psycho-educational interventions in MHS after a relatively brief period of training and supervision of the staff. Organisational difficulties need to be addressed to increase the dissemination of these interventions on a large scale.Declaration of Interest: None of the authors has had any interest or he/she has received any form of support, including that from drug companies and honoraria for lectures and consultancies, potentially in conflict with this scientific work. None of the authors has received any form of fee for his/her participation in this study. This study was supported by grants received from the “M. Lugli” Foundation (grant n. 2/18/8) and from the National Institute of Health, Italy (grant no. 1AL/F3).
The use of the Italian version of theParental Bonding Instrument(PBI) in a clinical sample and in a student group: an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis study
Authors: Scinto Antonella , Marinangeli Maria Grazia , Kalyvoka Artemis , Daneluzzo Enrico , Rossi Alessandro 
Published: October 2011

RIASSUNTOScopo- Il presente studio ha lo scopo di verificare la validità di costrutto della versione italiana del questionarioParental Bonding Instrument(PBI) che misura lo stile genitoriale come ricordato dal figlio.Materiali e metodi- Il questionario è stato somministrato ad un gruppo di 102 studenti dell'Università degli Studi de L'Aquila (62 maschi e 40 femmine) ed a 128 pazienti (76 maschi e 52 femmine) consecutivamente ricoverati in un reparto di psichiatria per un episodio indice. Nel gruppo dei pazienti ed in quello degli studenti sono state confrontate le medie dei valori delle due dimensioni («cura» e «protezione») per ciascun genitore in ogni gruppo, con un t-test per campioni indipendenti. Dopo la verifica della consistenza interna degli item del questionario calcolando il valore dell'alfa di Cronbach, è stata effettuata un'analisi fattoriale esplorativa per studenti e pazienti separatamente per individuare i fattori latenti del questionario e un'analisi fattoriale confermatoria nel gruppo di studenti per valutare l'adeguatezza dei dati reali rispetto ai modelli proposti in letteratura.Risultati- La versione italiana del PBI, ha dimostrato di differenziare i 2 gruppi e di possedere una buona consistenza interna degli item. L'analisi fattoriale esplorativa condotta nel gruppo degli studenti identificava due fattori che spiegavano il 44.6% ed il 44.3% della varianza per le scale del PBI della madre e del padre rispettivamente, mentre nel gruppo dei pazienti identificava due fattori che spiegavano il 49.3% ed il 46.6% della varianza per le scale del PBI rispettivamente della madre e del padre.Conclusioni- I pazienti affetti da patologie psichiatriche evidenziano una bassa «cura»/alta «protezione» rispetto agli studenti, confermando l'associazione tra unpatternaffettivo diaffectionless controle la presenza di un disturbo psichiatrico.
Expressions of depression in Alzheimer's disease. The current scientific debate
Authors: Balestrieri Matteo 
Published: October 2011

RIASSUNTOScopo– In questa rassegna sono stati raccolti ed analizzati i dati conoscitivi provenienti da ricerche che si occupano della relazione tra depressione e malattia di Alzheimer (Alzheimer's Disease, AD).Metodo– E' stata analizzata in modo sistematico la letteratura, attingendo sia alle segnalazione presenti nella banca-datiMedlineche alle informazioni ricavabili da una analisi ragionata degli studi pubblicati.Risultati– La prevalenza di segni e sintomi depressivi nei pazienti con AD è piuttosto elevata (40-50%). II ruolo della depressione all'interno dell'AD (indipendente, prodromo, fattore di rischio) deve in realtà essere ancora definito. I dati sulla familiarità per la depressione suggeriscono che l'AD agisca come stimolo scatenante la depressione su una base di vulnerabilità genetica. Su un versante biologico l'insorgenza di depressione nell'AD potrebbe derivare da uno sbilanciamento tra sistema colinergico e noradrenergico, mentre sul versante della comprensione psicologica la depressione costituirebbe una reazione di lutto per il decadimento cognitivo. Gli attuali strumenti diagnostici validati in pazienti con AD costituiscono un buon ausilio nella clinica e nella ricerca. L'individuazione di una depressione nel corso di un AD rimane in realtà sempre difficoltosa se non sono presenti sintomi affettivi franchi, poichè i sintomi cognitivi, psicomotori e vegetativi appartengono sia alia depressione che all'AD. I disturbi affettivi più frequentemente riportati sono la depressione maggiore e la distimia. Nel trattamento farmacologico si suggerisce l'utilizzo dei farmaci antidepressivi con minori effetti anticolinergici. Buoni risultati sono stati ottenuti anche adattando diversi tipi di psicoterapia alle particolari esigenze del paziente demente.Conclusioni– L'attuale dibattito scientifico si basa su conoscenze ancora limitate e parcellizzate. La futura ricerca in questo campo dovrà produrre studi che siano in grado di soddisfare criteri di indagine più rigidi, con una migliore definizione dei casi, una stratificazione per fattori di rischio ed una prospettiva longitudinale.
Financial literacy and retirement preparation in the Netherlands
Authors: ALESSIE ROB , VAN ROOIJ MAARTEN , LUSARDI ANNAMARIA 
Published: October 2011

AbstractWe present new evidence on financial literacy and retirement preparation in the Netherlands based on two surveys conducted before and after the onset of the financial crisis. We document that while financial knowledge did not increase from 2005 to 2010, in 2010 significantly more individuals report having thought about their retirement. Using information on financial conditions and financial knowledge of relatives, we find a positive causal effect of financial literacy on retirement preparation. Employing the panel feature of our dataset, we show that the effect of financial knowledge on retirement planning is bound to be positive.
Financial literacy and pension plan participation in Italy
Authors: FORNERO ELSA , MONTICONE CHIARA 
Published: October 2011

AbstractRecent pension reforms in Italy require individuals to decide whether to participate in pension funds, how much to contribute, and how to invest their wealth, raising concerns about their ability to deal with financial matters. Using the Bank of Italy's Survey on Household Income and Wealth (SHIW), our empirical analysis shows that most individuals lack knowledge of basic concepts such as interest rates and inflation. Men, the more educated, and residents in the Centre–North possess higher financial literacy. We also find that financial literacy has a positive and significant impact on the probability of pension plan participation.
Financial literacy and retirement planning: the Russian case
Authors: KLAPPER LEORA , PANOS GEORGIOS A. 
Published: October 2011

AbstractWe examine the relationship between financial literacy and retirement planning in Russia, a country with a relatively old and rapidly ageing population, large regional disparities, and emerging financial markets. We find that only 36% of respondents in our sample understand interest compounding and only half can answer a simple question about inflation. In a country with widespread public pension provisions, we find that financial literacy is significantly and positively related to retirement planning involving private pension funds. Thus, along with encouraging the availability of private retirement plans, efforts to improve financial literacy can be pivotal to the expansion of the use of such funds.
Financial literacy and retirement planning in Japan
Authors: SEKITA SHIZUKA 
Published: October 2011

AbstractThe level of financial literacy is not high in Japan. Although a majority of respondents were able to correctly answer a simple question about interest rates, more than half were not able to correctly answer a question about risk diversification. Many respondents stated they did not know the answer to the financial literacy questions, which might indicate that Japanese are very cautious and only answer when confident in their response. Women, the young, and those with lower incomes and lower educational attainment have the lowest levels of financial literacy, and financial literacy increases the probability of having a retirement savings plan.
Assessing financial literacy in 12 countries: an OECD/INFE international pilot exercise
Authors: ATKINSON ADELE , MESSY FLORE-ANNE 
Published: October 2011

AbstractThe OECD International Network on Financial Education has addressed the demand for an internationally comparable measure of financial literacy by developing a financial literacy questionnaire that can be used across a diverse range of countries. This questionnaire takes into account knowledge, behaviours, and attitudes related to personal finance and is designed to identify similarities and differences in levels of financial literacy around the world. It is currently being piloted in 12 countries, with the expectation that the final survey instrument will become a useful tool for policy-makers, academics, and financial education programme designers seeking to identify robust questions to assess financial literacy.
The Tortured Brain
Authors: Elbert Thomas , Schauer Maggie , Ruf Martina , Weierstall Roland , Neuner Frank , Rockstroh Brigitte , Junghöfer Markus 
Published: October 2011

Traumatic stressors such as water boarding, electric shock, or false execution all activate similar bodily, affective, and cognitive responses even when they are quite different from one another. As a result, the memory traces merge into a “trauma network” that includes sensory memories but becomes detached from the particular episodic memory; that is, the trauma network has no time or place. As, with increasing traumatic experiences, more and more cues become integrated in the network, the threshold for excitation is continually lowered and the individual is likely to show frequent alarm and other defense responses to reminders of the trauma. Neuroplastic mechanisms determine subsequent reorganization of brain circuitry in order to adapt to a presumed permanent need for defense. We hypothesized that aversive pictorial material is differentially processed in visual as well as frontal and limbic areas of the traumatized brain. We used Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (three pictures per second) to present aversive, neutral, and appetitive pictorial stimuli. Event-related magnetic fields were recorded in 41 survivors of torture and organized violence who suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as 43 controls with a comparable ethnic background. Traumatized individuals showed an early shift in the processing of aversive pictures from sensory visual areas to fronto-temporal areas and the amygdala compared to controls without trauma-related symptoms. For survivors, as opposed to controls, these stimuli automatically activate aspects of the defense cascade and thus lead to an excitation of action-related neural activity. We conclude that an enlarged fear network in survivors of organized violence has a low excitation threshold, thus leading to prominent PTSD symptoms. A disintegration of the fear network by reconnecting its elements to the respective episodic memory or by some form of inhibition of the network may bring relief.
Earthquake prediction from fault movement monitoring in California
Authors: Hofmann Renner B. 
Published: October 2011

Annual measurements of the distance between station marks on either side of the San Andreas fault have yielded estimates of fault movement. Measurements have been made by the California Department of Water Resources on over 500 miles of the San Andreas and related faults with a Model 2A Geodimeter since 1959. Results have been reported by this author and others in California's Department of Water Resources Bulletin 116‐6, Geodimeter Fault Movement Investigations in California, May 1968, and in Proceedings of the 2nd United States‐Japan Conference on Research Related to Earthquake Prediction Problems, June 1966.Earthquakes of Richter Magnitude 4.5 to 6 were often preceded by anomalous fault movements measured with the Geodimeter. These events have been analyzed during the past year to determine their effectiveness in providing earthquake warnings.
Survey of short courses in hydrology and related fields: 1967–1968—A preliminary report
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The U.S./IHD Work Group on Education and Training conducted a survey of short courses in hydrology that are open to foreign and domestic participants. The original survey, conducted in January 1967, was updated through June 1968. A few more recent short courses have been added as information became available.Questionnaires were sent to 63 institutions in 1967 (35 replies received) and to 69 institutions in 1968 (42 replies received).
International Association of Hydrogeology Meeting: Tokyo, Japan, August 18–21, 1971
Authors: Callahan J. T. 
Published: October 2011

More than 300 persons, including more than 160 non‐Japanese, registered for the Asian Regional Meeting of the International Association of Hydrogeology Countries represented included Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, Iran, Turkey, United Arab Republic, Ethopia, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Nepal India, Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, ECAFE, Argentina, the United States, and the host country, JapanThe main emphasis of the program was artificial recharge, hut several papers dealt with groundwater development and the occurrence of groundwater. The meeting consisted of two days of technical papers, a one‐day field trip to the experimental groundwater recharge site of the Geological Survey of Japan, and a second day devoted to visiting the manufacturers of pumps, well drilling equipment, and other allied water development and treatment equipment
Glaciers
Authors: Benson, C. , Harrison W. , Raymond C. , Meier M. , Shreve R. , Weller G. 
Published: October 2011

There is so much common ground between studies of seasonal and perennial snow and ice that it is difficult to subdivide the broad field of glaciology (which includes all aspects of research on snow, ice, and frozen ground) in to the current AGU subcommittees of ‘Snow and Ice’ and ‘Glaciers’. A merger of the two U.S. subcommittees is now being considered.The mass balance of a glacier is the connection between the glacier's meteorological environment and its dynamic response to that environment. Heat and mass fluxes to the surface determine components of mass balances; the net mass balance at each point represents a thickening or thinning of glacier which determines changes in glacier flow. Knowledge of mass balance is crucial to any understanding of the relation of glacier dynamics to climatic variations.
Program on engineering aspects of heat disposal from power generation
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A special one‐week summer program on Engineering Aspects of Heat Disposal from Power Generation will be held at the MIT Department of Civil Engineering, Parsons Laboratory for Water Resources and Hydrodynamics, from June 26 through June 30, 1972.This program is designed for engineers, ecologists, educators, and members of the utility industry and regulatory agencies who are concerned with the problem of heat disposal associated with fossil and nuclear power generation. Emphasis will be placed on the use of predictive techniques in assessing the feasibility of alternative methods of heat disposal. Topics will include mathematical and physical modeling and field measurements for once‐through cooling processes in lakes, rivers, estuaries, and the ocean; heat dissipation in cooling ponds, wet and dry cooling towers; and engineering and cost considerations in meeting thermal discharge criteria and environmental impact and constraints.
1973 International IEEE/G“AP Symposium on USNC/URSI Meeting”Call for Papers
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The 1973 Main Meeting sponsored by the U.S. National Committee of URSI and the 1973 IEEE International Antennas and Propagation Symposium will be held jointly at the Engineering Center of the Univers ity of Colorado. URSI and IEEE/G AP technical programs will be arranged separately except for the appropriate coordination.Authors are invited to present theoretical, experimental, and developmental papers in their fields of interest related to the following topics: radio measurements and standards, radio and nonionized media, ionospheric radio, magnetospheric radio, radio and radar astronomy, radio waves and transmission of informat ion, radio electronics, antennas, scattering and diffraction, electromagnetic theory, guided and unguided propagation of radio waves, and allied fields of radio physics, such as plasmas. Deadline for submission for all authors is May 28, 1973.
Short Course on Marine Acoustics
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

A short course on Marine Acoustics will be held June 25–29, 1973, at Texas A&M University. The course is designed to present both basic and selected advanced topics in marine acoustics and to provide additional graduate education for scientists and engineers. Emphasis will be placed on environmental aspects and civil uses.A degree in engineering, science, or mathematics and a knowledge of differential equations are necessary. Deadline for applications is May 21, and they should be sent to Marine Acoustics Course, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
Precipitation distribution in mountainous areas
Authors: Rechard P. A. 
Published: October 2011

The symposium on ‘The Distribution of Precipitation in Mountainous Areas’ was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization in coopration with the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and the Norwegian Organizing Committee. One hundred and ten scientists in the fields of meteorology and hydrology, representing 28 countries, discussed various aspects of precipitation, its measurement, and the influence of orographic features on precipitation.During the discussion on types of instruments and techniques for measuring precipitation, the difficulties in obtaining precise measurements were highlighted. Regardless of the instrument used, the major source of error in the catch of precipitation gages is wind. This is true everywhere, but wind effects are more pronounced in mountainous areas because of topographically influenced eddies, higher average wind speeds, and, most significantly, because a larger proportion of the annual amount of precipitation occurs in the form of snow.
International Symposium on Geomorphic Processes in Arid Environments
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

The Commission on Present‐Day Geomorphic Processes of The International Geographic Union with the cosponsorship of The Commission on Erosion and Sedimentation of IAHS, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Israel National Committee, IUG, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem are organizing an International Symposium on Geomorphic Processes in Arid Environments to be held at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem on March 18–23, 1974. The objectives of the symposium are to review the present state of research on geomorphic processes in arid and semiarid environments.Topics for papers are to include such subjects as processes in deserts, dynamics of landform relationships in deserts, techniques, applied geomorphology in deserts. Papers should be submitted by September 30, 1973, to the Organizing Committee.
Colorado approves National Hail Research Experiment
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

Colorado has approved the application of the National Center for Atmospheric Research for a permit to conduct the 1973 field research program of the National Hail Research Experiment in northeastern Colorado this spring and summer. According to William Swinbank, director of the hail experiment, NHRE has two goals: to learn more about the physics and dynamics of hailstorms and to test the feasibility of using cloud seeding to reduce damaging hail. Swinbank emphasizes that the program is a scientific experiment, not a large‐scale weather modification program.The experiment is designed to study hailstorms over a five‐year period in an area along the Colorado‐Nebraska border northwest of Sterling and southeast of Kimball, Nebraska. More than 200 ground stations have been set up to measure hailfall, rainfall, and other weather features in this area, which is roughly in the shape of a square 25 miles on each side. Two meteorological radar systems, one at the NHRE field headquarters near Grover, Colorado, and the other just north of Fort Morgan, are used to track and probe hailstorms. Research aircraft, weather balloons, and other tools of atmospheric research are used to gather additional data.
U.S.–Soviet Earthquake Prediction Exchange Program
Authors: Anonymous  
Published: October 2011

As a result of President Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union in May 1973, a program of environmental exchange was established under the guidance of the Council on Environmental Quality. One project under this program is earthquake prediction.The first phase of the earthquake prediction exchange was completed in April 1973 with the visit to the U.S. by M.A. Sadovsky, I. L. Nersesov, and S. Kh. Nigmatulaev of the Institute of the Physics of the Earth, and the signing of an agreement between the USSR and USA Working Groups. Members of the USA Working Group include C. R. Allen, J. N. Brune, J. P. Eaton, L. Knopoff, R. B. Matthiesen, F. Press, K. V. Steinbrugge, and L.R. Sykes with R. E. Wallace and L. R. Alldredge serving as cochairmen.