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The interspecific transmission of pathogens can occur frequently in the environment. Among wild bees, the main spillover cases are caused by pathogens associated with Apis mellifera, whose colonies can act as reservoirs. Due to the limited availability of data in Italy, it is challenging to accurately assess the impact and implications of this phenomenon on the wild bee populations. In this study, a total of 3372 bees were sampled from 11 Italian regions within the BeeNet project, evaluating the prevalence and the abundance of the major honey bee pathogens (DWV, BQCV, ABPV, CBPV, KBV, Nosema ceranae, Ascosphaera apis, Crithidia mellificae, Lotmaria passim, Crithidia bombi). The 68.4% of samples were positive for at least one pathogen. DWV, BQCV, N. ceranae and CBPV showed the highest prevalence and abundance values, confirming them as the most prevalent pathogens spread in the environment. For these pathogens, Andrena, Bombus, Eucera and Seladonia showed the highest mean prevalence and abundance values. Generally, time trends showed a prevalence and abundance decrease from April to July. In order to predict the risk of infection among wild bees, statistical models were developed. A low influence of apiary density on pathogen occurrence was observed, while meteorological conditions and agricultural management showed a greater impact on pathogen persistence in the environment. Social and biological traits of wild bees also contributed to defining a higher risk of infection for bivoltine, communal, mining and oligolectic bees. Out of all the samples tested, 40.5% were co-infected with two or more pathogens. In some cases, individuals were simultaneously infected with up to five different pathogens. It is essential to increase knowledge about the transmission of pathogens among wild bees to understand dynamics, impact and effects on pollinator populations. Implementing concrete plans for the conservation of wild bee species is important to ensure the health of wild and

La fase di invecchiamento rappresenta un momento critico caratterizzato da cambiamenti nella vita quotidiana e nelle relazioni sociali dei soggetti. La solitudine e l’isolamento sociale emergono come indicatori significativi di una transizione all’età anziana più soggetta a fragilità biologiche, psicologiche e relazionali. Il contributo si concentra sulla transizione all’età anziana e il suo impatto sulle reti sociali e familiari dei soggetti coinvolti. L’obiettivo dell’analisi è comprendere, attraverso la voce degli anziani e delle loro persone di riferimento, la qualità delle reti di supporto e di sostegno durante questa transizione. Mediante la lente del capitale sociale, il lavoro contribuisce alla comprensione di come le risorse e le relazioni vengono messe in gioco per affrontare le sfide dell’invecchiamento e come la qualità dei legami influenza il presente e il futuro degli individui coinvolti.

The COVID-19 crisis has accelerated the adoption of digital content and services, particularly in Italy, a country historically slower in embracing communication technologies (European Commission, 2023). Mobility restrictions have hastened the digitalization of daily life, including communication, entertainment, and utility services (Auditel & Censis, 2022). Older individuals, traditionally less digitally proficient, have faced challenges adapting to this rapid digitalization (Rolandi et al., 2020, NIHR, 2022). However, early evidence suggests that this digital acceleration may not be sufficient to bridge the digital divide, especially among older populations (Litchfield et al., 2021, Colombo et al., 2023). This paper explores the changes occurring in the relationship between older people and new technologies based on data provided by longitudinal qualitative research, which involved a panel of 40 over-65 residents in the Lodigiano region, the first red zone – affected by the pandemic and its restrictions – in Europe. This contribution aims to highlight how active seniors have experienced a transformation in their approach to technology from the onset of the pandemic (2020) to the present day. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and then imported into the NVivo application for content analysis. Grounded Theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) was utilized, involving several stages. The analysis also aimed to formulate ideal types for interpreting the diverse approaches to digital adoption among the older population. From the present study, it emerged that the rapid process of digitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic has not effectively bridged the digital divide, but rather widened it. The swift digitalization of public services highlights the challenges in ensuring inclusivity, especially for older individuals. While digitalization can benefit those with support networks, it further marginalizes isolated seniors. Policy-makers need to consider existing care

Pollinators are vitally important for the maintenance of ecosystems and the reproduction of most spontaneous and cultivated plants. However, in the last decades, they are suffering from an alarming decline, with the spread of pathogens and parasites being one of the main causes. Apis mellifera L. is the best-studied pollinator, and several studies have highlighted the presence of some of its pathogens in many other insect species. However, until now we have little or no indication of the effects these pathogens may have on other species. Here, we analysed the prevalence and load of several honey bee pathogens in different developmental stages of the non native species, giant resin bee, Megachile sculpturalis Smith. Also, newly emerged adults of three wild hymenopteran species, M. sculpturalis, Heriades truncorum (L.) and Ancistrocerus sp., nesting in a bee hotel were analysed. We found Nosema ceranae and CBPV in all three species analysed, and in M. sculpturalis with an increasing trend in parasite and virus levels from early to late stages. In addition, in free-ranging M. sculpturalis adults, we also found DWV, BQCV and AmFV. All viruses found were replicative. Our results indicate that honey bee viruses and parasites can replicate in wild Hymenoptera and their pre-imaginal developmental stages. Therefore, the considered viruses and parasites can be considered multi-host viruses and parasites, and wild pollinators could act not only as a reservoir but also as amplification hosts, highlighting an important threat not only for wild but also for managed bees, because they may result in spillback infections.

L’intervista diadica intergenerazionale (IDI) in co-presenza, presentata nel volume, è uno strumento di raccolta dati, che è finalizzato a fare emergere la dimensione relazionale, con particolare riferimento alle relazioni tra le generazioni all’interno delle reti familiari e amicali. La domanda di ricerca a cui si può provare a rispondere con lo strumento dell’intervista diadica può essere ricondotta alla seguente: cosa succede nella relazione che può essere interessante per spiegare il comportamento di ego e di alter, e quindi quando le relazioni sono generative o de-generative del benessere dei soggetti che appartengono a due generazioni (ad es., genitori- figli / nonni -nipoti). In queste pagine si dà conto di come l’intervista diadica intergenerazionale (IDI) - che appartiene alla famiglia delle interviste diadiche - possa essere applicata allo studio di tutti quei fenomeni sociali in cui la relazione tra le generazioni acquisti un ruolo interessante per il ricercatore. In particolare sono messi in evidenza gli elementi che l’accomunano alle interviste diadiche in generale e gli aspetti peculiari; sono analizzati i punti di forza e i limiti nel suo utilizzo, le attenzioni che il ricercatore deve avere nel costruire un setting che consenta alle parti coinvolte di co-produrre informazioni/dati utili al ricercatore; si evidenzia quindi la specificità dei dati prodotti all’interno della triade, che comprende anche l’intervistatore e viene proposto anche un possibile modello interpretativo dei dati raccolti.

Aging is an inevitable process for all human beings. Aging not only affects the personal life of individuals, but also has an impact on society as a whole: a country with many elderly people is a more fragile, less innovative country, with higher costs in terms of health and pension expenditure. In this context, information and communication technologies (ICT) can offer an important support in addressing some of the challenges related to ageing, improving communication between generations, access to information and the possibility of remaining active and involved in society, mitigating the negative effects of aging and transforming the elderly into a resource for the community. The complexity and importance of the topic has led different disciplines to study (from different points of view) the relationship between aging and the use of ICT.The present study aims to investigate the theme of aging and how it is studied in relation to digital technologies from an interdisciplinary perspective. Due to the heterogeneity of perspectives and analyses in this field of study, a careful examination of interdisciplinary scientific journals focused on aging processes was required. Therefore, the analysis of scientific production was focused on two international scientific journals: The Gerontologist and Research on Aging

Il contributo presenta le caratteristiche che connotano le diadi, composte da anziano e persona di riferimento, nelle risposte fornite a fronte di uno stressor di natura clinica, sociale o economica.

The present work aims to analyze the life experiences of university students, based on the data obtained in a national scale research that began in March 2021 and targeted the students of all Italian universities, through the spread (in collaboration with the cnsu) of an online survey. The research questions that will be addressed are: What was the impact of the familiar cultural capital in the study choices made by university students? If and how has changed the concept of knowledge attributed to the university as institution, in the students’ opinion? The analysis combines quantitative data regarding the students’ academic experience and familiar cultural capital with qualitative data emerging from the value attributed to the university by the students. In this way we analyze the change and the persistence of the image that young people have about the expert knowledge diffused by the university. We also discuss how this (more or less) new image triggers unexpected questions regarding the topic of the right to study.

Il contributo presenta le caratteristiche che connotano le diadi, composte da anziano e persona di riferimento, nelle risposte fornite a fronte di uno stressor di natura clinica, sociale o economica.

Background and purpose: Oropharyngeal dysphagia is generally recognized to increase the risk of malnutrition; however, its role in patients with neurodegenerative disease has yet to be determined. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the impact of swallowing function on malnutrition risk in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Methods: Patients with oral nutrition and diagnosis of Huntington disease (HD), Parkinson disease (PD), or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) were recruited. Demographic and clinical data were collected. The swallowing assessment included a fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing, an oral phase assessment, and a meal observation scored with the Mealtime Assessment Scale (MAS). Malnutrition risk was assessed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment. Results: Overall, 148 patients were recruited (54 HD, 33 PD, and 61 ALS). One hundred (67.6%) patients were considered at risk of malnutrition. In the multivariate analysis, age ≥ 65 years (odds ratio [OR] = 3.16, p = 0.014), disease severity (moderate vs mild OR = 3.89, severe vs mild OR = 9.71, p = 0.003), number of masticatory cycles (OR = 1.03, p = 0.044), and MAS safety (OR = 1.44, p = 0.016) were significantly associated with malnutrition risk. Conclusions: Prolonged oral phase and signs of impaired swallowing safety during meals, together with older age and disease severity, are independent predictors of malnutrition risk in neurodegenerative diseases. This study broadens the focus on dysphagia, stressing the importance of early detection not only of pharyngeal signs, but also of oral phase impairment and meal difficulties through a multidimensional swallowing assessment.

Il contributo affronta le relazione tra la diade e gli eventi stressogeni che possono condurre alla fragilizzazione dell'anziano/a

Il contributo indaga le trasformazioni che hanno interessato le famiglie italiane nel periodo pandemico.

Il saggio presenta i riferimenti simbolici e i valori che orientano gli studenti in relazione alla loro esperienza di vita e di studio durante il periodo universitario. In particolare, vengono delineate le diverse componenti valoriali che sono prioritarie sia in termini generali per gli studenti universitari, sia in termini più specifici per determinate categorie di studenti. In un secondo momento vengono analizzate la correlazione tra i diversi orientamenti valoriali e l’approccio all’esperienza universitaria. Come cambia l’esperienza di vita degli studenti universitaria in rapporto ai valori per loro fondamentali? Infine, si propone un modello universitario rispondente alle diverse articolazioni valoriali degli studenti.

Presentazione della ricerca e dell'organizzazione dei contributi.

Come si è modificata la vita dei giovani universitari durante la pandemia? Quali direzioni prenderanno gli atenei e l'intero sistema accademico italiano? Quale sarà il ruolo della tecnologia? La ricerca presentata nel volume prova a rispondere a queste domande a partire dall'esperienza vissuta dagli studenti universitari, che attraverso un questionario - realizzato in collaborazione con il Consiglio Nazionale degli Studenti Universitari - racconta il proprio percorso di laurea, tra ostacoli, trasformazioni e possibilità.

Il contributo analizza il particolare ruolo degli operatori pastorali all’interno delle parrocchie italiane in relazione all’uso delle tecnologie comunitarie. Nello specifico, verranno presentati: da un lato, i profili degli operatori impegnati nella pastorale prima della pandemia, attraverso i dati di un sondaggio online che ha coinvolto 3.350 operatori; dall’altro, i contributi forniti dagli operatori durante la pandemia per il proseguimento delle attività pastorali, attraverso l’analisi di due casi di buone pratiche digitali. Infine, l’analisi delle strategie adottate dagli operatori pastorali nell’uso delle tecnologie digitali, sia prima che durante l’evento pandemico, consente di rilevare l’importante relazione tra competenze relazionali e competenze digitali nella promozione delle attività pastorali.

Recensione del testo: Donati P. (ed.), La teoria relazionale nelle scienze sociali: sviluppi e prospettive

A wide spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases has been associated with pathogenic variants in the PNPLA6 (patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 6) gene, including spastic paraplegia type 39, Gordon—Holmes, Boucher—Neuhauser, Oliver—Mc Farlane, and Laurence—Moon syndromes. These syndromes present variable and overlapping clinical symptoms, encompassing cerebellar ataxia, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, chorioretinal dystrophy, spastic paraplegia, muscle wasting, peripheral neuropathy, and cognitive impairment. In the present study, we performed a wide genetic screening in 292 patients presenting with ataxia or spastic paraplegia using a probe-based customized gene panel, covering >200 genes associated with spinocerebellar diseases. We identified six novel and four recurrent PNPLA6 gene variants in eight patients (2.7%). Six patients presented an infantile or juvenile onset (age <18), and two patients had an adult onset. Cerebellar ataxia was observed in seven patients and spastic paraplegia in one patient. Progression of cerebellar symptoms was slow in all patients, who retained ambulation even after a mean disease duration of 15 years. Brain MRI showed cerebellar atrophy in 6/8 patients, more pronounced in superior and dorsal vermis lobules (I to VII). Additional clinical features included hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (5/8), growth hormone deficiency (2/8), peripheral axonal neuropathy (4/8), cognitive impairment (3/8), chorioretinal dystrophy (2/8), and bilateral vestibular areflexia with a reduced visual vestibule-ocular reflex (1/8). In accordance with previous studies, chorioretinal dystrophy was the most frequent presenting symptom in early onset patients, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in juvenile onset cases, and cerebellar ataxia in adult patients. One patient had an initial clinical presentation compatible with Cerebellar Ataxia with Neuropathy and Vestibular Areflexia Syndrome (CANVAS), but no pathological expansions in the RFC1 gene. I

Objectives: Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is the most common hereditary ataxia, characterized by multisystemic manifestations including neurological, cardiological, and skeletal abnormalities. In this study, we aimed to analyze the incidences of disease-related and unrelated comorbidities occurring in different stages of the disease progression. Methods: We analyzed longitudinal data from a 10-year prospective observational study in a cohort of 175 FA patients with disease onset < 25 years. We analyzed the time of diagnosis for the most frequently reported medical conditions, with respect to age and disease duration of each patient. Results: In the early stage of the disease, scoliosis (53.3%), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (46.7%), and pes cavus (33.3%) were the most frequently diagnosed conditions, sometimes occurring even before the onset of ataxia. Diabetes, bone fractures, and depression have the same incidence at all disease stages. In patients with > 20 years of disease duration, the most frequent complications were hearing and visual loss (20% and 26%), arrhythmias (16%), and psychosis (18%). Thirteen patients presented hallucinations/delusions in the absence of neurological acute events or mental illness predisposing to psychotic manifestations. Six of these patients fulfill the diagnostic criteria for Charles Bonnet syndrome. Conclusions: Incidence of FA-related medical conditions varies according to disease duration. In patients with very long disease duration, we observed an unexpectedly high incidence of visual and auditory pseudo-hallucinations that were not previously reported in FA patients. We hypothesized that these late complications may be possibly related to the severe sensory deafferentation syndrome observed in the advanced stages of FA disease.

La Direzione Generale Famiglia, Solidarietà Sociale, Disabilità e Pari opportunità della Regione Lombardia ha affidato al Centro di Ateneo Studi e Ricerche sulla Famiglia dell’Università Cattolica la realizzazione di una ricerca il cui obiettivo di carattere generale è quello di raccogliere spunti e idee innovative dai territori e da chi lavora sul campo, nell’ottica di ripensare le politiche regionali per la famiglia e di avviare sul territorio nuove esperienze di intervento per l famiglie. La ricerca ha implicato il coinvolgimento di persone con differenti competenze e provenienze, caratterizzate tutte da una significativa e prolungata esperienza nel campo delle politiche e degli interventi per la famiglia intese in senso ampio (famiglia con bambini, adolescenti, giovani, fragilità, conciliazione famiglia lavoro, famiglie con anziani o disabili, ecc.). Il modello a cui si è fatto riferimento è quello del Family Impact Lens. Attraverso l’uso di specifiche metodologie, quali la tecnica Delphi, integrata con la Scala delle Priorità Obbligate, illustrate nel paragrafo successivo, è stato realizzato un percorso che ha portato a circoscrivere in modo sempre più preciso alcune proposte condivise dagli stakeholders coinvolti e che sono state oggetto di discussione nell’ambito dei convegni e dei laboratori svoltisi nell’estate 2021 e che hanno visto la partecipazione di enti appartenenti al pubblico e al privato sociale della Lombardia.

Despite convincing evidence that routine patient reported outcomes and experience measure-ments (PRMs) can improve symptom control, patient well-being and the performance of healthcare systems, PRMs are not commonly used in cancer care, due to barriers at various level. Our project is aimed at achieving a stepwise integration of electronic PRMs (ePRMs) assessment into routine cancer care. The feasibility study presented in our paper is aimed at assessing the knowledge, use and attitudes toward PRMs in a comprehensive cancer centre and explore how ePRMs can contribute to patients participation along the care pathway. We will discuss the findings of two focus group administered (the first with patients, the second one with health professionals). Our results indicate an acceptable level of knowledge of com-mon PRMs tools and a positive attitude towards the routine implementation of ePRMs in the oncology area. Nonetheless, patients and health professionals show some divergences in the way of interpreting PRMs as instruments of participation. From the point of view of patients, PRMs represent a tool above all to report their health status, needs and their level of satisfac-tion, while for clinicians it represents an instrument to collect more information useful for the decision-making process.

This contribution aims to explore some of the major changes occurring in women’s transition to frailty during ageing, through the data from a qualitative survey and the lens of intergenerational relationships. As prominent figures in family care and supportive relationships, women will be observed from an intergenerational dialogue perspective, which allows to recognize the needs and potential of a supportive relationship. By analysing five real-life stories through dyadic interviews between five elderly women and their respective reference person, we seek to stimulate discussion on the protective and empowerment factors arising from family relationships, and on the risk factors, hindering this transition. The outcome is a multidimensional view of frailty, which distinguishes between ‘fragility’ and ‘frailty’ and includes both risk and resource factors.

This contribution provides an analysis of the perception that frail elderly people and their primary networks have of local policies aimed at supporting them. To offer an overview on the emerging needs that arise from the elderly population, the results of a national qualitative research, carried out in the field between January 2020 and April 2021, will be presented. The research involved a total of 62 dyads, consisting of an elderly person and a reference person. The key concepts of the analysis are two: the concept of transition to the frailty of the elderly subject and the concept of community care, within which the questions about the care of frailty subjects can emerge. The research questions are the following: what needs doing the subjects express, which of these become a social question that can be collected by policies in a community care perspective, what differences emerge from the different profiles of the dyads? To answer these questions, we have analysed, through the N'Vivo software, the material that emerged from the dyadic interviews to understand how the relationships support are configured, how they face the transition and what different resources are able to activate to face the critical events, already arisen in the path of each one., La presente contribución propone un análisis del punto de vista de las personas mayores frágiles y de sus redes primarias (familiares o amigos cercanos) sobre las formas de ayuda que tienen a su disposición y las demandas sociales que son capaces de expresar a las políticas locales. Los contenidos, que se ponen a disposición del lector, proceden de una investigación cualitativa, realizada en Italia entre enero de 2020 y abril de 2021, en la que participaron un total de 62 díadas, compuestas por una persona mayor y una persona de referencia, designada por la persona mayor como aquella o aquel en quien puede confiar en caso de necesidad. A través de entrevistas diádicas, se exploraron varios factores implicados en la transición de las personas mayores a la fragilidad. Hay dos conceptos a los que se hace referencia esencialmente: el concepto de transición a la fragilidad del sujeto mayor; el concepto de atención comunitaria como idea rectora de las políticas sociales, dentro de las cuales pueden surgir las demandas de atención de los sujetos frágiles. La pregunta de investigación es la siguiente: ¿qué necesidades expresan nuestros sujetos, cuáles de ellas se convierten en una demanda social que puede ser atendida por las políticas desde una perspectiva de atención comunitaria, qué diferencias surgen de los distintos perfiles de los protagonistas? Para responder a estas preguntas hemos analizado, a través del programa informático N'Vivo, el material surgido de las entrevistas diádicas con el fin de comprender cómo se configuran las relaciones de apoyo, cómo afrontan la transición y qué recursos diferentes son capaces de activar para hacer frente a los acontecimientos críticos, que ya han surgido en la trayectoria de cada uno.

Identificazione e analisi di buone pratiche nelle attività pastorali attraverso l'uso delle tecnologie digitali

Presentazione della metodologia adottata nella ricerca empirica e nello studio

Analisi delle reti di relazioni presenti nelle parrocchie

Presentazione del contesto socio-strutturale delle parrocchie italiane e dei profili relazionali delle parrocchie

Contains fulltext : 294768.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access), Although the best-known spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are triplet repeat diseases, many SCAs are not caused by repeat expansions. The rarity of individual non-expansion SCAs, however, has made it difficult to discern genotype-phenotype correlations. We therefore screened individuals who had been found to bear variants in a non-expansion SCA-associated gene through genetic testing, and after we eliminated genetic groups that had fewer than 30 subjects, there were 756 subjects bearing single-nucleotide variants or deletions in one of seven genes: CACNA1A (239 subjects), PRKCG (175), AFG3L2 (101), ITPR1 (91), STUB1 (77), SPTBN2 (39), or KCNC3 (34). We compared age at onset, disease features, and progression by gene and variant. There were no features that reliably distinguished one of these SCAs from another, and several genes-CACNA1A, ITPR1, SPTBN2, and KCNC3-were associated with both adult-onset and infantile-onset forms of disease, which also differed in presentation. Nevertheless, progression was overall very slow, and STUB1-associated disease was the fastest. Several variants in CACNA1A showed particularly wide ranges in age at onset: one variant produced anything from infantile developmental delay to ataxia onset at 64 years of age within the same family. For CACNA1A, ITPR1, and SPTBN2, the type of variant and charge change on the protein greatly affected the phenotype, defying pathogenicity prediction algorithms. Even with next-generation sequencing, accurate diagnosis requires dialogue between the clinician and the geneticist.

L’associazionismo familiare rappresenta un oggetto di studio apparentemente ‘‘di nicchia’’ nel contesto delle società occidentali, per diversi motivi. Innanzitutto, l’indeterminatezza rispetto a cosa si intenda, a livello sociale, con il termine famiglia che, senza sciogliere tale ambiguità, è permanentemente e diffusamente ricorrente nel dibattito pubblico politico, economico, culturale e sociale.

L’intervista diadica intergenerazionale (IDI) in co-presenza è uno strumento di raccolta dati – che appartiene alla famiglia delle interviste diadiche – finalizzato a fare emergere la dimensione relazionale, con particolare riferimento alle relazioni tra le generazioni all’interno delle reti familiari e amicali. In queste pagine si dà conto di come l’intervista diadica intergenerazionale possa essere applicata allo studio di tutti quei fenomeni sociali in cui la relazione tra le generazioni acquisti un ruolo interessante per il ricercatore. In modo più specifico, le domande di ricerca a cui si può provare a rispondere con lo strumento dell’intervista diadica intergenerazionale possono essere ricondotte alle seguenti: cosa succede nella relazione che può essere interessante analizzare per spiegare il comportamento di ego e di alter? Quando le relazioni sono generative o de-generative del benessere dei soggetti che appartengono a due generazioni (ad es., genitori-figli/nonni-nipoti)? Nel volume sono messi in evidenza gli elementi che l’accomunano alle interviste diadiche in generale e gli aspetti peculiari; sono analizzati i punti di forza, i limiti nel suo utilizzo e le attenzioni che il ricercatore deve avere nel costruire un setting che consenta alle parti coinvolte di coprodurre informazioni/dati utili; si evidenzia, quindi, la specificità dei dati prodotti considerando anche il ruolo dell’intervistatore; infine, viene proposto un possibile modello interpretativo dei dati raccolti.

Quale posto occupa la famiglia nell'esperienza di vita degli studenti universitari.

Finalità e scopi della ricerca nazionale sulla vita degli studenti universitari al tempo del Covid-19

Come si configura l'associazionismo studentesco nella contemporaneità

Quale posto occupa la famiglia nell'esperienza di vita degli studenti universitari.

La ricerca sociologica ha mostrato un crescente interesse nei confronti del pa-trimonio morale delle giovani generazioni e dei processi di trasmissione intergene-razionale dei valori (Barni, 2009; Inglehart, 2018), già a partire dagli anni '90 del Novecento. Nell’ambito della letteratura internazionale e nazionale, per molto tem-po, la «buona riuscita» della trasmissione intergenerazionale familiare è stata con-nessa alla continuità dei valori tra le generazioni, intesa come similarità. Recente-mente questa prospettiva ha dato spazio a un altro approccio che rivede il concetto stesso di continuità, riconoscendo che l’efficacia del processo di trasmissione si ha nella misura in cui vi è spazio anche per l’innovazione del portato morale (Cigoli, Scabini, 2006). All’interno di questa prospettiva, i figli assumono quindi il ruolo di co-costruttori e co-protagonisti della trasmissione alla pari delle generazioni (Lüscher, 2011). A tal proposito, nel presente lavoro cercheremo di indagare e ap-profondire i valori che contraddistinguono la generazione z, cercando di capire quale relazione esista tra i valori assunti dai giovani adulti e quelli invece mag-giormente promossi dalle generazioni precedenti. Tale finalità sarà raggiunta attra-verso l’analisi dei risultati prodotti dall’indagine Evs (2018) e uno studio di caso condotto sugli studenti frequentanti l’Università Cattolica di Milano., The purpose of this contribution is to study the importance of values and the inter-generational transmission from the point of view of the z generation. Through the Evs2018 data and a case study that involved 716 subjects between the ages of 20-25 years, we have analyzed the values considered most important by young people, those believed to be inherited from parents, the knowledge of their family history and intergenerational solidarity. An in-depth study was also carried out in relation to the values that became most important for young people during the Covid19 health emergency. The main results have highlighted some aspects of continuity and specificity between the different generations and confirmed the importance of the gender dimension in the intergenerational transmission processes.

Finalità e scopi della ricerca nazionale sulla vita degli studenti universitari al tempo del Covid-19

Come si configura l'associazionismo studentesco nella contemporaneità

L’invecchiamento della popolazione e la differenziazione dei bisogni connessi alla vita anziana rappresentano elementi di criticità per gli interventi di welfare a livello locale. Il presente contributo introduce il concetto di fragilità, nella sua dimensione bio-psico-sociale, in relazione alla vita anziana e quindi ai bisogni che emergono dai processi di invecchiamento. Si analizzano quindi le spese nazionali, regionali e locali per i servizi alla popolazione anziana, distinguendo tra servizi rivolti alla fragilità anziana (flessibili, frammentari e sussidiari) e servizi rivolti alla popolazione anziana nel suo insieme (standard, strutturali e centralizzati). L’analisi permette di far emergere le forti disuguaglianze che caratterizzano il nostro territorio.

analisi delle reti familiari nell'esperienza di vita degli studenti universitari

Background: Lombardy was severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic since February 2020 and the Health System underwent rapid reorganization. Outpatient clinics were stopped for non-urgent patients: it became a priority to manage hundreds of fragile neurological patients who suddenly had less reference points. In Italy, before the pandemic, Televisits were neither recognized nor priced. Methods: At the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, we reorganized outpatient clinics to deliver Neuro-telemedicine services, including Televisits and Teleneurorehabilitation, since March 2020. A dedicated Working Group prepared the procedure, tested the system, and designed satisfaction questionnaires for adults and children. Results: After a pilot phase, we prepared a procedure for Telemedicine outpatient clinics which was approved by hospital directions. It included prescription, booking, consenting, privacy and data protection, secure connection with patients (Teams Microsoft 365), electronic report preparation and delivery, reporting, and accountability of the services. During the March–September 2020 period, we delivered 3167 Telemedicine services, including 1618 Televisits, to 1694 patients (972 adults, 722 children) with a wide range of chronic neurological disorders. We successfully administered different clinical assessment and scales. Satisfaction among patients and caregivers was very high. Conclusions: During the dramatic emergency, we were able to take care of more than 1600 patients by organizing Neuro-telehealth in a few weeks, lessening the impact of the pandemic on fragile patients with chronic neurological disorders; this strategy is now stably embedded in our care pathways. In Italy, Telehealth is at present recognized and priced and is becoming a stable pillar of the health system.

Background: The European Friedreich's Ataxia Consortium for Translational Studies (EFACTS) investigates the natural history of Friedreich's ataxia. We aimed to assess progression characteristics and to identify patient groups with differential progression rates based on longitudinal 4-year data to inform upcoming clinical trials in Friedreich's ataxia. Methods: EFACTS is a prospective, observational cohort study based on an ongoing and open-ended registry. Patients with genetically confirmed Friedreich's ataxia were seen annually at 11 clinical centres in seven European countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Data from baseline to 4-year follow-up were included in the current analysis. Our primary endpoints were the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) and the activities of daily living (ADL). Linear mixed-effect models were used to analyse annual disease progression for the entire cohort and subgroups defined by age of onset and ambulatory abilities. Power calculations were done for potential trial designs. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02069509. Findings: Between Sept 15, 2010, and Nov 20, 2018, of 914 individuals assessed for eligibility, 602 patients were included. Of these, 552 (92%) patients contributed data with at least one follow-up visit. Annual progression rate for SARA was 0·82 points (SE 0·05) in the overall cohort, and higher in patients who were ambulatory (1·12 [0·07]) than non-ambulatory (0·50 [0·07]). ADL worsened by 0·93 (SE 0·05) points per year in the entire cohort, with similar progression rates in patients who were ambulatory (0·94 [0·07]) and non-ambulatory (0·91 [0·08]). Although both SARA and ADL showed slightly greater worsening in patients with typical onset (symptom onset at ≤24 years) than those with late onset (symptom onset ≥25 years), differences in progression slopes were not significant. For a 2-year parallel-group trial, 230 (115 per group) patients would be r

The contribution intends to present the results of a research – included in the national program “Redesign – frail elderly, intergenerational solidarity and aging friendly communities” – which analyzed the local program of the Zone Plans (ZP) of some territories of our country with the aim of verifying whether and how much the issue of the frailty of the elderly is taken into consideration. After an introduction that focuses on the issue of fragility, as it is addressed by international literature, the contribution proposes the demographic framework of the Italian population and the extent of the phenomenon of population aging, and then focuses on an analysis of the content of the ZP of the municipalities of Milan, Brescia, Abbiategrasso (MI), Verona, Ponte di Piave (TV), Larino (CB), Isernia and Lecce. In particular, through the analysis of four thematic areas present in the ZP (services for the elderly, the aging of the population, the relationship between frailty and elderly life, the role of the caregiver) three ways of understanding frailty was identified, variously declined in the different territories studied: institutional, semi-multidimensional and multidimensional. A strong correlation was observed between the conceptualization of frailty in elderly life and the social offer: more the fragility assumes social, economic and psychological characteristics – in addition to the bio-medical aspects (multidimensional fragility) – more the services promoted by the administrations extend on various fronts by involving in the operational structure not only public actors, but also coming from proximity networks and / or from the private social sector

L’Italia è un Paese che diventa ogni giorno più vecchio. Un numero sempre più significativo di soggetti si trova in condizione di vulnerabilità e/o di fragilità, ed è maggiormente a rischio di incorrere in una perdita funzionale e/o di autonomia. Tali condizioni si sono accentuate durante l’emergenza sanitaria: è necessario ora introdurre degli interventi di prossimità che, da un lato, permettano all’anziano di non cadere in un vortice di abbandono e di scoraggiamento e, dall’altro, sostengano realmente il carico di cura dei figli.

L’università quale centro e luogo di relazioni molteplici tra studenti, docenti, personale tecnico e amministrativo, trova la propria collocazione entro le organizzazioni sociali di medie o grandi dimensioni. In quanto gruppo organizzato, l’università non è solo spazio di formazione, lavoro e scambio, ma è sempre ed inevitabilmente contesto relazionale. Tale aspetto ha acquisito particolare rilievo nel momento di interruzione delle attività in presenza a causa di Covid19. Alcune variabili del questionario sul capitale sociale, la partecipazione e le reti permettono di mettere in luce caratteristiche della partecipazione sociale alla vita universitaria degli studenti prima e durante la Fase 1 dell’emergenza sanitaria.

The changes imposed by globalization on statehood require a rethinking of emerging social categories. Is it possible to identify specific forms of partnership in an increasingly de-contextualized and decentralized context? What role does statehood play in this dimension? In order to answer these questions, we will proceed with the analysis of a particular case – family associations – which intercepts at the same time: the sociality of the subjects involved, national regulation and globalization.

Analisi dell'associazionismo familiare nel contesto globale

La retorica della crisi che ha investito tutti i campi dell’umano e della società non ha rispar­miato l’istituzione familiare e con essa i corpi intermedi, le reti informali e formali di impegno sociale e civile. In contro tendenza rispetto a una visione individualistica della società, il volume presenta due fenomeni sociali tra loro diver­si, ma accomunati da una stretta aderenza alla matrice familiare e alle forme associative. Da un lato, la ricerca che ha come oggetto le associa­zioni familiari nel contesto europeo intercetta le organizzazioni formate da famiglie che operano in favore degli interessi e del benessere fami­gliare a più livelli territoriali. Dall’altro, la ricerca incentrata sul Comitato Difendiamo i Nostri Figli affronta il complesso tema della libertà di edu­cazione di cui è portatrice la famiglia in quanto istituzione sociale. L’accostamento di queste due prospettive, tra loro eterogenee, propone una lettura trasversale della generatività sociale del­la famiglia, che si manifesta attraverso la forma­zione di soggetti collettivi guidati da un interes­se congiunto per le tematiche familiari, e inoltre mette in evidenza le potenzialità di cui la realtà familiare è portatrice in un contesto caratteriz­zato da contraddizioni, conflitti e transizioni.

Il presente contributo intende evidenziare quale influenza hanno avuto le misure di distanziamento sociale dovute alla COVID-19 sull’organizzazione e sulla tipologia di servizi sociosanitari erogati agli anziani. I servizi agli anziani tradizionalmente indirizzati ai bisogni di non autosufficienza si stanno orientando verso un allargamento della platea di utenti, a fronte del riconoscimento della categoria di fragilità, come una delle nuove chiavi di lettura dei bisogni. Seguendo questa tendenza, in alcune regioni italiane, durante l’emergenza sanitaria si sono attivati processi di innovazione dei servizi alla persona. Tali processi possono essere letti attraverso tre linee direttrici: il potenziamento di nuovi interventi, una nuova organizzazione integrata dei servizi tra pubblica amministrazione ed enti di Terzo settore e, infine, l’empowerment delle reti informali

We typically search for images by keywords, e.g., when looking for images of apples, we would enter the word “apple” as query. However, there are limitations. For example, if users input keywords in a specific language, then they may miss results labeled in other languages. Moreover, users may have an image of the object they want to obtain more information about, e.g., a landmark, but they may not know the name of it. In such scenario, word-based search is not adequate, while imagebased search would be ideally suited. These needs drive us to develop a purely content-based image search engine, meaning that users can search images with an image as query. Motivated by this use case with numerous applications, in this paper we propose and validate an image query based search engine..., Circuits and Systems