cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
What if form follows function? The exploration of suitability in the city of Skopje
E se la forma seguisse la funzione? L’esplorazione della desiderabilità nella città di Skopje
Creators: name: Pensa, Stefano; Politecnico Di Torino
name: Masala, Elena; Politecnico Di Torino
name: Marina, Ognen; Faculty Of Architecture, “University Sts. Cyril And Methodius” Skopje, MK
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: Urban form and function; geovisualization; dynamic maps; PSS; GIS; grasshopper.
Forma e funzione urbana; geo-visualizzazione; mappe dinamiche; PSS; GIS; grasshopper.

description: The integration of interactive visualization with GIS technologies is nowadays a new frontier in supporting the processes of urban design and planning. Informed three-dimensional modelling systems can provide new insights in understanding both the elements which constitute the city and the relationships among these elements. One key outcome of this combination is the analysis of suitability of residential areas with urban functions. This topic, studied for the Taftalidze residential area in Skopje (Macedonia), generates a relationships between public facilities and perceived quality of life, providing a new urban morphology. The interactive exploration of this new landscape offers a large amount of project elements to investigate, allowing planners and designers to create an own knowledge and awareness on urban questions to be solved.
description: L’integrazione della visualizzazione interattiva con le tecnologie GIS rappresenta oggigiorno un consistente supporto per i processi di pianificazione e progettazione urbana. I sistemi informatici di modellazione tridimensionale offrono nuove opportunità per comunicare i dati territoriali e far comprendere le relazioni che li interconnettono. Esiti rilevanti di questa unione provengono dall'analisi della compatibilità delle funzioni urbane con le aree residenziali. Questo tema, studiato per l'area “Taftalidze” di Skopje (Macedonia), genera una relazione tra i servizi pubblici e la qualità percepita della vita, fornendo una nuova morfologia urbana. L'esplorazione interattiva di questo nuovo paesaggio offre  elementi progettuali da indagare, consentendo ai progettisti di creare una propria conoscenza e consapevolezza sulle questioni urbane in esame.
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GEOMETRIYA VA KOMPYUTER GRAFIKASINING INTEGRATSIYASI
Creators: name: Sobirova, Dinora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada geometriya va kompyuter grafikasining integratsiyasi masalalari o‘rganiladi. Geometriya, ayniqsa, 3D modellash va kompyuter grafikasida qanday muhim rol o‘ynashi, uning asosiy matematik prinsiplariga tayanib, virtual dunyo yaratish jarayonida qanday qo‘llanilayotganligi tahlil etiladi. Maqolada geometriyaning kompyuter grafikasi sohasidagi amaliy usullari, algoritmlar va texnologiyalar haqida qisqacha ma'lumot beriladi. Bunda, 3D modellarni yaratish, transformatsiyalar va ray tracing kabi muhim metodlar ko‘rib chiqiladi.
Additional file 1 of Enhancing the capacity of the mental health and substance use health workforce to meet population needs: insights from a facilitated virtual policy dialogue
Creators: name: Leslie, Kathleen
name: Bartram, Mary
name: Atanackovic, Jelena
name: Chamberland-Rowe, Caroline
name: Tulk, Christine
name: Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Initial (deductive) coding scheme for the policy dialogue based on main research study.
Rapid Implementation and Evaluation of Virtual Health Training in a Subspecialty Hospital in British Columbia, in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Creators: name: Hassani, Kasra
name: McElroy, Theresa
name: Coop, Melissa
name: Pellegrin, Joelle
name: Wu, Wan Ling
name: Janke, Rita
name: Johnson, L. Kit
Publisher: name: Frontiers Media
Year: 2021

description: Introduction: Adoption of virtual health (VH) solutions in healthcare has been challenging; this changed rapidly after implementation of physical distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the pandemic, British Columbia’s Children’s and Women’s sub-specialty hospitals rapidly trained and scaled up support to equip staff and clinicians to use VH. Methods: Ninety-minute live online training workshops and frequently updated online support materials were offered for 6 weeks. Training was monitored via feedback collected at training sessions and a brief post-training survey. After training completion, a second survey was circulated to measure utilization outcomes and experiences with VH. Results: Eight hundred and ninety-five participants representing 82% of staff requiring support were trained through 101 sessions; 348 (38.9%) and 272 (30.4%) responses were collected for the monitoring and outcome surveys, respectively. Overall, 89% agreed that training was relevant to their needs; participants indicated average 58.1% (SD = 26.6) and 60.6% (SD = 25.2) increase in knowledge and confidence in VH after training; 90.1% had booked or conducted VH sessions. Increase in confidence was more pronounced in participants with lesser previous exposure to VH, but number of sessions conducted post-training and percentage of successful sessions were independent of previous exposure. For future training and support, participants suggested subject-tailored trainings, asynchronous trainings, and availability of experienced users. Discussion: Training is key to success of VH implementation. Moving forward, core competencies in VH should be developed to support standardization and allow for evaluation and quality improvement. Incorporation of VH training in continuous professional development and onboarding is also highly recommended.
Additional file 22 of The development of early pioneer neurons in the annelid Malacoceros fuliginosus
Creators: name: Kumar, Suman
name: Sharat Chandra Tumu
name: Helm, Conrad
name: Hausen, Harald
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 22 Evolution of Sox genes. Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf). Unrooted maximum-likelihood tree (IQ-TREE, model LG + R8 chosen by Modelfinder). Branches with approximate Bayes test ≥0.98 are labelled. Sequences of M. fuliginosus are highlighted in red. Genes we found being expressed in the analyzed stages are marked by arrows.
Web GIS for the promotion of cultural heritage. The experience of Busachi
Web GIS per la promozione del patrimonio culturale. L’esperienza di Busachi
Creators: name: Casu, Paola; Università Di Cagliari
name: Pisu, Claudia; Università Di Cagliari
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: Web Gis; Cloud; Urban shape; Cultural heritage; Geospatial data
Web Gis; Cloud; Forma urbana; Patrimonio culturale; Dati georeferenziati

description: Almost the whole extension of the built area, in the village of Busachi, located in the center of Sardinia, is included in the perimeter of the old town, but, nevertheless, it appears to be without a plan, targeted to its revitalization. The proposed study shows the analysis of urban stratification focusing on a particular historical period (XVI century) that has led to the definition of the shape of the center. The ultimate aim is to develop an information system of divulgation. We have created a Web GIS that combines data in a shared system using the tools offered by Google and some of its applications such as Google Earth and Google Fusion Tables, through which it will be possible highlight the particularities and specificities of the center.
description: Il paese di Busachi, situato al centro della Sardegna, vede quasi tutta l'estensione dell'abitato delimitata nel centro storico, ma nonostante ciò risulta essere privo di una pianificazione mirata alla sua rivitalizzazione. Lo studio proposto riporta l’analisi della stratificazione urbana ponendo l’attenzione su un particolare periodo storico (XVI secolo) che ha portato alla definizione dell’attuale forma del centro stesso. Obiettivo ultimo è quello di sviluppare un sistema informativo di divulgazione creando un Web GIS che combina i dati in un sistema condiviso tramite gli strumenti offerti da Google e da alcuni suoi applicativi tra cui Google Earth e Google Fusion Tables, attraverso cui sarà possibile evidenziare le particolarità e specificità del centro.
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Do dimensions of childhood adversity differ in their direct associations with youth psychopathology? A meta-analysis.
Creators: name: Hilerio, Romola
name: Kitagawa, Yukihiro
name: Lee, Amy Hyoeun
name: Mirhashem, Rebecca
name: Rodriguez, Micaela
name: Bernard, Kristin
Publisher: name: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Year: 2024

description: Growing evidence supports the unique pathways by which threat and deprivation, two core dimensions of adversity, confer risk for youth psychopathology. However, the extent to which these dimensions differ in their direct associations with youth psychopathology remains unclear. The primary aim of this preregistered meta-analysis was to synthesize the associations between threat, deprivation, internalizing, externalizing, and trauma-specific psychopathology. Because threat is proposed to be directly linked with socioemotional development, we hypothesized that the magnitude of associations between threat and psychopathology would be larger than those with deprivation. We conducted a search for peer-reviewed articles in English using PubMed and PsycINFO databases through August 2022. Studies that assessed both threat and deprivation and used previously validated measures of youth psychopathology were included. One hundred and twenty-seven articles were included in the synthesis (N> = 163,767). Results of our three-level meta-analyses indicated that adversity dimension significantly moderated the associations between adversity and psychopathology, such that the magnitude of effects for threat (r's = .21-26) were consistently larger than those for deprivation (r's = .16-.19). These differences were more pronounced when accounting for the threat-deprivation correlation. Additional significant moderators included emotional abuse and youth self-report of adversity. Findings are consistent with the Dimensional Model of Adversity and Psychopathology, with clinical, research, and policy implications.
Additional file 2 of Enhancing the capacity of the mental health and substance use health workforce to meet population needs: insights from a facilitated virtual policy dialogue
Creators: name: Leslie, Kathleen
name: Bartram, Mary
name: Atanackovic, Jelena
name: Chamberland-Rowe, Caroline
name: Tulk, Christine
name: Bourgeault, Ivy Lynn
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Adapted (inductive) coding scheme for the policy dialogue.
Handreichung zum Umgang mit Forschungssoftware
Creators: name: Katerbow, Matthias
name: Feulner, Georg
name: Bornschein, Mathias
name: Brembs, Björn
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: Die vorliegende Handreichung beschreibt Herausforderungen für den Umgang mit Forschungssoftware und gibt Handlungsempfehlungen für die Entwicklung, die Anwendung und das Anbieten von Forschungssoftware. Gerade im Zuge der politischen Debatte über den digitalen Wandel in den Wissenschaften ist die Relevanz von Forschungssoftware für das moderne wissenschaftliche Arbeiten deutlich hervorzuheben. Quelle: https://zenodo.org/
Multimedia Information System of the commercial activities in Bologna.
Sistema Informativo Multimediale delle attività commerciali a Bologna.
Creators: name: Bartolomei, Cristiana; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: Multimedia Information; Trade; Design, Bologna
Archivio informativo; Commercio; Disegno, Bologna

description: The article proposes an adequate methodological approach for operational monitoring and catalog the trade and crafts in the historic center of Bologna, in order to be able to allow proper development, through the creation of a Multimedia Information System.
description: L’articolo propone un adeguato percorso metodologico operativo per il monitoraggio e il censimento del patrimonio commerciale ed artigianale del centro storico di Bologna, al fine di poterne favorire un’adeguata valorizzazione, attraverso la creazione di un sistema informativo multimediale.
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The utility of behavioral biometrics in user authentication and demographic characteristic detection: a scoping review
Creators: name: White, J. W.
name: Adams, E. L.
name: Zhong, Z.
name: Finnegan, O. L.
name: Armstrong, B.
name: Zhu, X.
name: Weaver, R. G.
name: Nelakuditi, S.
name: von Klinggraeff, L.
name: Bastyr, M.
name: Parker, H.
name: Burkart, S.
name: Beets, M. W.
name: Willis, E. A.
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2024

description: Background Objective measures of screen time are necessary to better understand the complex relationship between screen time and health outcomes. However, current objective measures of screen time (e.g., passive sensing applications) are limited in identifying the user of the mobile device, a critical limitation in children’s screen time research where devices are often shared across a family. Behavioral biometrics, a technology that uses embedded sensors on modern mobile devices to continuously authenticate users, could be used to address this limitation. Objective The purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the current state of behavioral biometric authentication and synthesize these findings within the scope of applying behavioral biometric technology to screen time measurement. Methods We systematically searched five databases (Web of Science Core Collection, Inspec in Engineering Village, Applied Science & Technology Source, IEEE Xplore, PubMed), with the last search in September of 2022. Eligible studies were on the authentication of the user or the detection of demographic characteristics (age, gender) using built-in sensors on mobile devices (e.g., smartphone, tablet). Studies were required to use the following methods for authentication: motion behavior, touch, keystroke dynamics, and/or behavior profiling. We extracted study characteristics (sample size, age, gender), data collection methods, data stream, model evaluation metrics, and performance of models, and additionally performed a study quality assessment. Summary characteristics were tabulated and compiled in Excel. We synthesized the extracted information using a narrative approach. Results Of the 14,179 articles screened, 122 were included in this scoping review. Of the 122 included studies, the most highly used biometric methods were touch gestures (n = 76) and movement (n = 63), with 30 studies using keystroke dynamics and 6 studies using behavior profiling. Of the studies that reported age (47), most were performed exclusively in adult populations (n = 34). The overall study quality was low, with an average score of 5.5/14. Conclusion The field of behavioral biometrics is limited by the low overall quality of studies. Behavioral biometric technology has the potential to be used in a public health context to address the limitations of current measures of screen time; however, more rigorous research must be performed in child populations first.Systematic review registrationThe protocol has been pre-registered in the Open Science Framework database (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/92YCT).
Additional file 1 of Mapping the PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) patient and caregiver journey using a patient-centered approach
Creators: name: Rodríguez-Laguna, Lara
name: Davis, Kristen
name: Finger, Mellenee
name: Aubel, Dawn
name: Vlamis, Robin
name: Johnson, Craig
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Additional file 1. Patient journey.
“The city above the city”, report of a teaching experience
“La città sopra la città”, cronaca di un’esperienza didattica
Creators: name: Continenza, Romolo; Università Dell'Aquila
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: Drawing; Drafting; City; Lightness; Design
Disegno; Citta’; Leggerezza; Progetto

description: Theme of the experience conducted in the Architectural Drawing II course academic year 2011/2012 project workshop, at the University og L'Aquila, Engineering-Architecture degree course was to design a new mode to point out the qualities of the historical center spaces, hitten by the 2009 earthquake, to the people passing along the Aquila valley, but especially to its original inhabitants, now dispersed in city huge outskirts. Light, sound, music and light materials had to be the the project’s raw material, a way to provide an inverse perspective on the tragedy of this city, until today condemned to its social fabric crushing, due to the abandonment of its historical center. The drawings documents students adherence to the statement of Architectural project ethical aspects.
description: Tema di un’esperienza condotta nel laboratorio del corso di Disegno dell’Architettura II, a.a. 2011/2012) presso l’Universita’ dell’Aquila, Laurea in ingegneria Edile-Architettura U.E. e’ quello di progettare nuove modalita’ per segnalare a chi si trovasse a passare nella conca aquilana, ma soprattutto ai suoi originari abitanti, oggi dispersi su un’ampia area del territorio circostante, la qualita’ degli spazi del centro storico della citta’, vittima del sisma del 2009. Luce, suono, musica e materiali leggeri dovevano costituire la materia prima del progetto, un modo per fornire una prospettiva inversa sul dramma della citta’, sino ad oggi condannata alla frantumazione del suo tessuto sociale, a causa dell’abbandono del suo centro storico. I disegni documentano una appassionata partecipazione degli studenti assieme ad una piena consapevolezza del valore etico del progetto d’Architettura
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title: Journeys beyond binaries : storytelling and polyphony in the narratives of Gabriella Ghermandi, Igiaba Scego, Ubax Cristina Ali Farah and Amara Lakhous
Creators: name: Prisco, Mario
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/02wn5qz54
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2015

description: In the last two decades, in media and political discourses, Italianness has been increasingly represented as a homogeneous and compact entity, which is intruded on and contaminated by immigrants. In this study, the binary opposition between Italians and migrants is investigated from the perspective of writers who inhabit a liminal space, between at least two cultures, with the main intent to problematize the binary itself and to show its nature of fabrication. On the basis of Said’s contrapuntal method, the novels by Ghermandi, Scego, Ali Farah and Lakhous are thought to establish a counterpoint with dominant discourses about Italianness. With the firm belief that discourses about postcolonial Italy must address its colonial past, the works analysed are considered as in dialogue with both colonial and postcolonial discourses. A dialogical relation is established, within the study, between Ghermandi’s Regina di fiori e di perle and Flaiano’s Tempo di uccidere. Written from the perspectives of the colonized and the colonizers respectively, both novels unveil colonial crimes and faults in Ethiopia, thus being counter-narratives about official representations of Italian colonialism. In Scego’s Rhoda and Oltre Babilonia and Ali Farah’s Madre piccolo, like threads, the individual stories of Somali exiles intertwine to create a fabric, whose pattern reveals the importance of the legacy of colonialism within contemporary Italy. Mainly situated between Italian and Somali cultures, the protagonists experience traumas, suffering and loss but finally attain a contrapuntal awareness between the two cultural poles. They become conscious of how enriching their in-between position is; they affirm the value of their hybrid identity. With a further zoom into postcolonial Italy, Lakhous’ Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a piazza Vittorio and Divorzio all’islamica a viale Marconi analyse the binary ‘us-Italians’ versus ‘thosemigrants’ in two microcosms in Rome. General polarizations such as Islam and the West emerge as factors which are exploited in order to exacerbate tensions and divisions. In addition, Italianness appears to be an internally fragmented entity, which is imagined as compact and homogeneous, as a reaction to the influx of immigrants. Against any logic of binarism, the novels by Ghermandi, Scego, Ali Farah and Lakhous reveal the constant effort to create a passage between two poles and to uphold a dialogical relation between them; crossings over and hybridity are continuously affirmed. With their highly important affirmation of multiplicity, the works challenge any essentializing notion of identity and any narrow representation of Italianness, within multiethnic contemporary Italy.
Urban design and modeling: applications and perspectives on GIS
Modellazione e progetto urbano: applicazioni e prospettive per i GIS
Creators: name: Mingucci, Roberto; Università Di Bologna
name: Muzzarelli, Aurelio; Università Di Bologna
name: Bravo, Luisa; Università Di Bologna
name: Garagnani, Simone; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: ICAR17 - Disegno; ICAR20 - Tecnica e Pianificazione Urbanistica; ICAR21 - Urbanistica
modellazione integrata; GIS; progettazione urbana
integrated modeling; GIS; Urban design

description: In recent years, GIS systems have evolved because of technological advancements that make possible the simultaneous management of multiple amount of information.Interesting aspects in their application concern the site documentation at the territorial scale taking advantage of CAD/BIM systems, usually working at the building scale instead.In this sense, the survey using sophisticated equipment such as laser scanners or UAV drones quickly captures data that can be enjoyed across even through new “mobile” technologies, operating in the web-based information systems context. This paper aims to investigate use and perspectives pertaining to geographic information technologies, analysis and design tools meant for modeling at different scales, referring to results of research experiences conducted at the University of Bologna.
description: I sistemi GIS si sono evoluti negli ultimi anni in ragione di avanzamenti tecnologici che consentono la gestione contemporanea di molteplici quantità di dati informativi. Aspetti interessanti nella loro applicazione riguardano la documentazione alla scala territoriale con i sistemi di modellazione CAD/BIM, operanti solitamente alla scala edilizia. In tal senso, il rilievo con apparati sofisticati come i laser scanner o i droni UAV consente di acquisire speditivamente dati che possono essere fruiti trasversalmente anche attraverso le nuove tecnologie di comunicazione “mobili”, capaci di operare nell’ambito di sistemi informativi basati sul web. Il presente contributo ha l’obiettivo di indagare l’uso attuale e le prospettive delle tecnologie dell’informazione geografica, nell’analisi e nella modellazione progettuale alle diverse scale, sulla base di esiti di esperienze di ricerca condotte presso l’Università di Bologna.
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Professional nursing attributes: Promoting empathy development and evaluating relationships among empathy, emotional intelligence, and competency in nursing students
Creators: name: Roberts, Michele
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Empathy

description: Design: Quasi-experimental pre/post-test control group study with randomization. Correlation and mediation analyses were used to explore relationships between empathy, EI, and nursing competency. Data reported here were obtained as part of a larger study that also evaluated observed empathic behaviors and student engagement during simulated clinical experiences.
description: Sample and Setting: A convenience sample of students (n = 71) enrolled in either the 4-year traditional or 14-month second-degree BSN program at Rutgers University School of Nursing.
Reading Publics: Books, Communities and Readers in the Early History of American Public Libraries
Creators: name: Glynn, Tom
Publisher: name: Brill
Year: 2018
Subjects: Social libraries
Proprietary libraries
Subscription libraries
Public libraries
Public institutions
Public good

description: In order to understand the history of the modern public library in the United States, we have to start with the history of the social libraries of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The public libraries we know today evolved from these early public libraries. And that evolution sheds light on and is an important part of the history of books and reading. The history of public libraries helps us understand race, class, and gender in the construction of the reader; the reception of fiction and the role the market played in what readers read; and the public and private goods that reading was expected to serve. Public libraries were also, from their inception, protean public institutions. Their history allows us to explore the shifting definitions of a public institution and the public good; and how, why and to what extent government was expected to promote that public good. The history of American public libraries is a critical part of the social, cultural, and political history of the United States.
STEM performance and supply: assessing the evidence for education policy
Creators: name: Salzman, Hal
name: Benderly, Beryl Lieff
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2020
Subjects: STEM workforce
STEM policy
Education policy
STEM demand
STEM supply
Education performance
STEM Education

description: The relationship between education policy and workforce policy has long been uneasy. It is widely believed in many quarters of American society that the U.S. education system is in decline and, what’s more, that it bears significant responsibility for a wide range of social ills, including stagnant wages, increasing inequality, high unemployment, and overall economic lethargy. However, as analyzed in this paper, the preponderance of evidence suggests that the U.S. education system has produced ample supplies of students to respond to STEM labor market demand. The “pipeline” of STEM-potential students is similarly strong and expanding.
A Country Practice: A study of mediation in scriptwriting practice
Creators: name: Giarrusso, Vincent
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This thesis examines scriptwriting practice and its interaction with production processes in Australian film. From the perspective of the scriptwriter, the investigation explores creative practice within the film development and production process. The thesis makes two key contributions to the knowledge and understanding of Australian filmmaking. Using an autoethnographic method, it firstly examines the experience of scriptwriting from an insider’s perspective. Secondly, it shifts the emphasis in film studies from textual analysis to the field of theories of practice to provide grounded insights into Australian filmmaking and a new approach to investigating creative practice in the field of film.
Childhood obesity treatment and prevention. Psychological perspectives of clinical approaches
Creators: name: Quattropani, Maria Catena
name: Buccheri, Teresa
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2013

description: Objective: This work focuses on clinical psychologist’ presence within childhood obesity prevention programmes in several countries. Method: The Authors collected articles considering psychological, biological and social aspects linked to childhood obesity. Results: Studies reveal that childhood obesity prevention programmes are based on biological, medical and educational aspects; clinical psychologists up until now have been engaged almost exclusively in the treatment of obesity. Conclusions: There is a clear need to consider psychological aspects (emotional, cognitive and relational) related to the childhood obesity’s causes and involve psychologists in its prevention projects. Keywords: childhood obesity, overweight, multidisciplinary approach, clinical psychology, prevention, treatment
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
An Efficient Smoothing and Thresholding Image Segmentation Framework with Weighted Anisotropic-Isotropic Total Variation
Creators: name: Xin, Jack
name: Lou, Yifei
name: Bui, Kevin
name: Park, Fredrick
Publisher: name: Springer Nature
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we design an efficient, multi-stage image segmentation framework that incorporates a weighted difference of anisotropic and isotropic total variation (AITV). The segmentation framework generally consists of two stages: smoothing and thresholding, thus referred to as smoothing-and-thresholding (SaT). In the first stage, a smoothed image is obtained by an AITV-regularized Mumford-Shah (MS) model, which can be solved efficiently by the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMMs) with a closed-form solution of a proximal operator of the ℓ1-αℓ2 regularizer. The convergence of the ADMM algorithm is analyzed. In the second stage, we threshold the smoothed image by K-means clustering to obtain the final segmentation result. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed segmentation framework is versatile for both grayscale and color images, efficient in producing high-quality segmentation results within a few seconds, and robust to input images that are corrupted with noise, blur, or both. We compare the AITV method with its original convex TV and nonconvex TVp(0<p<1) counterparts, showcasing the qualitative and quantitative advantages of our proposed method.
Relationship between weak central coherence and mental states understanding in children with Autism and in children with ADHD.
Creators: name: Filippello, Pina
name: Marino, Flavia
name: Oliva, Patrizia
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2013

description: The central coherence involves the processes of perceptual coding and attention mechanisms, highly deficient in children with ADHD (Booth & Happé, 2010). According to this theory, also children with autism are overly focused on details to the expense of a global perspective, and this negatively affects their ability to integrate environmental stimuli into a coherent whole (Happé, Booth, Charlton, Hughes, 2006). The aim of this study was to determine differences in central coherence of children with high functioning autism (ASD; n=10), children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD; n=10) and typically developing peers (n=10). Individuals with ADHD exhibit significant deficits in perceptual skills and problem solving, failing also in mental states understanding tasks. While the children with autism spectrum disorder show impairments in making pragmatic inferences. Future research should therefore concentrate on the investigation of the cognitive and psychological mechanisms underlying these effects.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
A metaphor for the group analysis
Creators: name: Ferraro, Anna Maria
name: Lo Verso, Girolamo
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2013

description: The clinical practice and the theoretic elaboration are two activities that require a clear epistemological framework, a methodological severity and also a suitable integration with the mythopoeic aspects of human existence.  
With particular reference to these last, the article suggests some considerations useful for the comprehension of the group therapeutic  experience, through the allegorical use of the features, and the historical and mythical vicissitude of the Mediterranean Sea. 
Sea that, thanks to its morphological climatic characteristics, as well as to its evocative faculties give us  some starting points for thinking about the therapeutic work in the long term groups.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
LRWD1 expression is regulated through DNA methylation in human testicular embryonal carcinoma cells
Creators: name: Hung, Jui-Hsiang
name: Cheng, Han-Yi
name: Tsai, Yung-Chieh
name: Pan, Hsien-An
name: Omar, Hany A
name: Chiu, Chien-Chih
name: Su, Yin-Mei
name: Lin, Yung-Ming
name: Teng, Yen-Ni
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2021

description: Background: Sperm growth and maturation are correlated with the expression levels of Leucine-rich repeat and WD repeat-containing protein 1 (LRWD1), a widely expressed protein in the human testicles. The decrease in LRWD1 cellular level was linked to the reduction in cell growth and mitosis and the rise in cell microtubule atrophy rates. Since DNA methylation has a major regulatory role in gene expression, this study aimed at exploring the effect of the modulation of DNA methylation on LRWD1 expression levels. Results: The results revealed the presence of a CpG island up of 298 bps (− 253 ~ + 45) upon LRWD1 promoter in NT2/D1 cells. The hypermethylation of the LRWD1 promoter was linked to a reduction in the transcription activity in NT2/D1 cells, as indicated by luciferase reporter assay. The methylation activator, floxuridine, confirmed the decrease in the LRWD1 promoter transcriptional activity. On the other hand, 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine (5-Aza-dc, methylation inhibitor), significantly augmented LRWD1 promoter activity and the expression levels of mRNA and proteins. Furthermore, DNA methylation status of LRWD1 promoter in human sperm genomic DNA samples was analyzed. The results indicated that methylation of LRWD1 promoter was correlated to sperm activity. Conclusions: Thus, the regulation of LRWD1 expression is correlated with the methylation status of LRWD1 promoter, which played a significant role in the modulation of spermatogenesis, sperm motility, and vitality. Based on these results, the methylation status of LRWD1 promoter may serve as a novel molecular diagnostic marker or a therapeutic target in males’ infertility.
Temperament and Generativity during the life span
Creators: name: Rizzo, Amelia
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2013

description: Abstract
This review aimed to collect and discuss a variety of studies that utilized the Temperament and Chatacter Inventory (TCI), an instrument developed by Cloninger in 1993, based on his psychobiological model of temperament and character. Searching on PubMed, 26 from 828 researches has been selected on the basis of four criteria: (a) articles published in English between 1993 and 2013 and identified as empirical or longitudinal studies; (b) reaserches conducted in non pathological sample; (c) measuring temperamental traits or dimensions with the TCI; (d) regarding relevant topics to generativity. Implication for Temperament and character of couples and about the transmission of temperament from parents to children are pointed out. In conlcusion it can be said that TCI is a valid instrument that can describe and predict couples relationship and child temperament and character, until the late adulthood.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
Slowly but surely: Adverbs support verb learning in 2-year-olds
Creators: name: Syrett, Kristen
name: Arunachalam, Sudha
name: Waxman, Sandra R.
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general--Adverb
Verb learning
Language Acquisition

description: To acquire the meanings of verbs, toddlers make use of the surrounding linguistic information. For example, 2-year-olds successfully acquire novel transitive verbs that appear in semantically rich frames containing content nouns (“The boy is gonna pilk a balloon”), but they have difficulty with pronominal frames (“He is gonna pilk it”) (Arunachalam & Waxman, 2010). We hypothesized that adverbs might facilitate toddlers’ verb learning in these sparse pronominal frames if their semantic content directed toddlers’ attention to aspects of the event that are relevant to the verb’s meaning (e.g., the manner of motion). As predicted, the semantic information from a specific manner-of-motion adverb (slowly) supported verb learning, but other adverbs lacking this semantic content (nicely, right now) did not. These results provide the first evidence that adverbs can facilitate verb learning in toddlers and highlight the interaction of syntactic and semantic information in word learning.
Tokophobia: when fear of childbirth prevails
Creators: name: Scollato, Alessandra
name: Lampasona, Roberta
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2013

description: The aim of the present article is to start to analyze the tokophobic condition by reporting the main studies that since the end of the nineties have drawn the attention both of the medical community and the public to a disorder that currently seems to involve an increasing number of women. In the first part we will try to trace a brief history of “tokophobia”, of which term we will report the etymology and try to give a definition according to current parameters. This phobia will then be analyzed by highlighting its primary causes, associated factors and its consequences. In the second part of this paper, the results of further studies on the subject will be reported, giving particular attention to the research carried out by Hofberg and Brockinton (2000). Finally, we will try to give a brief overview of the possible treatments currently provided to mitigate, when it is not possible to heal it, the tokophobic condition.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
Implicit memory Interconnections between Neuroscienses and Subjectual Groupanalysis
Creators: name: Lampasona, Roberta
name: Lo Verso, Girolamo
name: Giorgi, Antonino
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2013

description: In this work we will talk about implicit memory, a function of mind which contains and represents the first traces of environmental interaction and which follows us for all our life. We will talk about discoveries in neuroscientific field which contribute clarifying change’s places and mechanisms. In proposing a satisfying explanation of implicit memory, and moreover its emotional implications, we will address the possible existing interconnections between neuroscienses, starting from neuronal plasticity constructs and networks, and subjectual group analysis, explicating the mind-body-relation paradigm, with the purpose of integrating particular opinions to enrich a common vision.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
Mental health of transgender youth following gender identity milestones by level of family support
Creators: name: Tran, Nathaniel
name: Campbell, Travis
name: Mann, Samuel
name: Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen
Publisher: name: Rutgers University
Year: 2024
Subjects: Gender Issues
Health Economics
LGBTQ Studies

description: IMPORTANCE: Transgender youth are at an elevated risk for adverse mental health outcomes compared with their cisgender peers. Identifying opportunities for intervention is a priority.
description: OBJECTIVE: To estimate differences in the association between gender identity milestones and mental health outcomes among transgender youth, stratified by level of family support.
description: DESIGN, SETTINGS, AND PARTICIPANTS: This retrospective cohort study compares changes in mental health outcomes among transgender youth who initiate gender identity milestones compared with those who initiate the same milestones 1 year later, stratified by level of family support, using the 2015 US Transgender Survey. The analytic samples included 18 303 transgender adults aged 18 and older who had initiated at least 1 gender identity milestone between ages 4 and 18 years.
description: EXPOSURE: Four gender identity milestones: feeling one’s gender was different, thinking of oneself as transgender, telling another that one is transgender, and living full-time in one’s gender identity, stratified by 3 levels of family support: supportive, neutral, and adverse.
description: MAIN OUTCOMES: Age at first suicide attempt and at running away.
description: RESULTS: Study participants included 18 303 transgender adults (10 288 [56.2%] assigned female at birth; 14 777 [80.7%] White). Initiating a gender identity milestone was associated with a higher risk of suicide attempt and running away from home among transgender youth. This finding was driven by children who live in unsupportive families. For example, thinking of oneself as transgender was associated with a meaningful increase in the overall probability of attempting suicide among those in either adverse families (estimate = 1.75 percentage points; 95% CI, 0.47-3.03) or neutral families (estimate = 1.39 percentage points; 95% CI, 0.72-2.05). Among youth living with supportive families, there were no statistically significant associations between gender identity milestones and adverse mental health outcomes and 95% CIs generally ruled out any meaningful associations.
description: CONCLUSION: These results demonstrate that without a supportive family environment, gender identity development increases the risk of transgender youth attempting suicide or running away from home. Social services and community resources to establish supportive relationships between transgender children and their parents are essential.
Relationship between temperament and anxiety disorders: a systematic review
Creators: name: Liotta, Marco
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2013

description: The relationship between anxiety disorders and personality traits, in their temperamental and character dimensions, has been the subject of numerous studies using the dimensional approach of the psychobiological personality.  The aim of this review was to identify temperament and character traits linked both to anxiety symptoms and to specific anxious disorders comparing the data obtained from studies using the two forms of Cloninger temperament and character inventory (TCI and TCI-R). Besides the study aimed to identify, through the comparison of data, the most appropriate model to represent the relationship between personality traits and anxiety disorders.  Results showed a high direct correlation between the temperamental dimension of Harm Avoidance and anxiety symptoms and an high inverse correlation between the character dimension of Self-Directedness and anxiety symptoms. Moreover specific anxiety disorders has showed typical correlation with specific temperamental and character traits. The comparison between the longitudinal studies argues in favor of a “precursor model” of explanation of these correlations whereby personality can be used to individuate early manifestations of anxiety disorder.
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 1, No 1 (2013)
Nuove stagioni per DISEGNARECON
New seasons for DISEGNARECON
Creators: name: Mingucci, Roberto; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2013

description: Editoriale del numero 11/2013.
description: Editorial of issue #11/2013.
description: DISEGNARECON; Vol. 6, n. 11 (2013) - GIS & Disegno urbano, a cura di Roberto Mingucci e Ana Clara Mourão Moura; 1 - 2
Additional file 1 of The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Knowledge Hub: developing an open platform for facilitating high-quality clinical research
Creators: name: Driver, Samuel
name: Gray, Shan
name: Sikhondze, Welile
name: Awuonda, Ken
name: Wilcox, Helena
name: Segrt, Alexis
name: Pandya, Lara
name: Roth, Johanna
name: Makanga, Michael
name: Lang, Trudie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1. Process for identification of existing tools and resources and gap analysis.
Additional file 2 of The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) Knowledge Hub: developing an open platform for facilitating high-quality clinical research
Creators: name: Driver, Samuel
name: Gray, Shan
name: Sikhondze, Welile
name: Awuonda, Ken
name: Wilcox, Helena
name: Segrt, Alexis
name: Pandya, Lara
name: Roth, Johanna
name: Makanga, Michael
name: Lang, Trudie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2. Search terms used for existing resource identification: Data sharing and data management.