“Wake-up time activation” in older adults: first randomized experimental clinical trial

Balance main rely on vestibular, proprioceptive and visual apparatus integrity. In elderly, postural control fails also due to deficit of sensory functions, atrophy of the musculoskeletal system and neuronal reduction. Deterioration of these functions finally lead to abnormality in performing voluntary muscle movements, subjective feeling of vulnerability, insecurity and depression. Besides, physical inactivity (hypokinesia) is a major risk factor for developing coronary artery disease and stroke, contributing to obesity, high blood pressure, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes. For these reasons, especially in elderly, it is important to include physical activity as part of a regular routine. Aim of this randomized controlled trial was to demonstrate that daily subministration of “Wake-up Time Activation” protocol allow individual recovery of balance and tensile properties of periarticular and intra-articular structures, so preventing morning stiffness and reduction of the Range Of Motion (R.O.M.), mainly in the Vertebral Columna. Therefore, we propose to 50 Healthy individuals (age 45-86) of both sexes a peculiar sequence of movements that allow individual recovery of balance and tensile properties of periarticular and intra-articular structures, so preventing morning stiffness and reduction of the Range Of Motion (R.O.M.), mainly in the Vertebral Columna. To verify the effectiveness of this exercises, we scientifically detected, by mean of validated test and instruments, different parameters at tifferent time, for each individual, for two months. Tests were detected at T0 (before starting daily exercises), T1 (after one month of daily exercises), T2 (at the end of the second month of exercises). At each time, on every person, we performed: Cervical Test, Spinal motility, Pelvic motility (mobility); Standing one leg Test (balance); Get up and Go (reactivity); SF-36 (mood/depression); Paint Rating Scales (joint pain). Statistical analysis of obtained results, discussed in detail in the Postrer, scientifically demonstrate that performing of “Wake-up Time Activation” protocol of adapted fisical activity lead to immediate and persistent back pain reduction, articular R.O.M. increase, recovery of balance and coordination, improved autonomy and mood, also in elderly

Il paesaggio della Riviera ligure nei portolani e nelle narrazioni ottocentesche

Sailing directions (or Pilot books) and nautical cartography represent important sources for recon-structing the historical coastal landscape and for analyzing the evolution of urban centers and their ports, especially if compared with coeval books. This research wants to offer an overview of the main features of the Ligurian coast from the point of view of the sailor, therefore from the sea, as they have been described from the nineteenth century scholars and captains before the territorial transformations produced by industrializa-tion and mass tourism. For the analysis of the ports and coastal areas, some travel reports were compared with the pilot books of Giuseppe Albini and Luigi Lamberti. The selection of the case studies is based on the nautical cartography produced by Albini and it was developed through a storytelling which virtually follows a route from west to east

Industrial safety management in the digital era: constructing a knowledge graph from near misses

Learning from incidents is instrumental for modern safety management. Over recent years, a positive safety trend proved a steady decrease in the number of high-consequences adverse events. However, accidents still happen, with various degrees of consequences. Learning should then be enlarged to include near misses, i.e. all those reported events that could have been resulted in an incident or accident but they did not. These events carry large sets of data, which should be investigated systematically to improve the current and future safety management era. Even though near misses are mandatory to be reported in the industrial sectors regulated by the Seveso regulation, the reports themselves are usually written in natural language. In this paper we propose a methodological solution to extract knowledge from near miss reports, relying on the development of a knowledge graph. The knowledge graph is grounded on a custom ontology developed to model information flows as contained in near miss reports. Out of the knowledge graph, an ontological explorative analysis is presented to get information of interest from large set of reports, otherwise difficult to analyze. The exploratory results provide evidence of the benefits of the proposed modelling solution to support safety monitoring and instructing safety interventions

Co-circulation of the two influenza B lineages during 13 consecutive influenza surveillance seasons in Italy, 2004-2017

Since 1985, two antigenically distinct lineages of influenza B viruses (Victoria-like and Yamagata-like) have circulated globally. Trivalent seasonal influenza vaccines contain two circulating influenza A strains but a single B strain and thus provide limited immunity against circulating B strains of the lineage not included in the vaccine. In this study, we describe the characteristics of influenza B viruses that caused respiratory illness in the population in Italy over 13 consecutive seasons of virological surveillance, and the match between the predominant influenza B lineage and the vaccine B lineage, in each season