A CENTRALIDADE DO RITO NA EXPERIÊNCIA RELIGIOSA: UMA ENTREVISTA A GIORGIO BONACCORSO

Giorgio Bonaccorso é monge beneditino da Abadia de Santa Justina, em Pádova (Itália), onde também leciona no Instituto de Liturgia Pastoral vinculado ao mosteiro e ao Pontifício Ateneu Santo Anselmo, em Roma. Suas pesquisas acerca do rito, em diálogo com várias das ciências humanas – História, Biologia, Neurobiologia, Psicologia, Antropologia Cultural, Sociologia, Linguística, Filosofia, Teologia, Fenomenologia, Arte –, têm se destacado e levantado reflexões importantes para a Teologia e as Ciências da Religião. Em 2015, Bonaccorso publicou o livro “Rito”, no qual condensou seu pensamento acerca do tema. Dada a relevância de seu trabalho para pensar o papel da ritualidade na compreensão do fenômeno religioso hoje, pedimos ao professor que nos concedesse uma entrevista, e que também se colocasse em diálogo com a realidade brasileira. A seguir, apresentamos a tradução completa da entrevista, que nesta edição também está disponibilizada no original italiano

Thread-safe lattice Boltzmann for high-performance computing on GPUs

We present thread-safe, highly-optimized lattice Boltzmann implementations, specifically aimed at exploiting the high memory bandwidth of GPU-based architectures. At variance with standard approaches to LB coding, the proposed strategy, based on the reconstruction of the post-collision distribution via Hermite projection, enforces data locality and avoids the onset of memory dependencies, which may arise during the propagation step, with no need to resort to more complex streaming strategies. The thread-safe lattice Boltzmann achieves peak performances, both in two and three dimensions and it allows to sensibly reduce the allocated memory ( tens of GigaBytes for order billions lattice nodes simulations) by retaining the algorithmic simplicity of standard LB computing. Our findings open attractive prospects for high-performance simulations of complex flows on GPU-based architectures

Increased adherence to influenza vaccination among Palermo family pediatricians: a study on safety and compliance of qLAIV vaccination

Background: Influenza represents a serious public health threat, especially for the management of severe cases and complications of the disease, requiring the implementation of control measures. We aimed to assess the acceptance and impact of qLAIV vaccination among a representative sample of family paediatricians (FPs) operating in Palermo Local Health Authority (LHA). To this end we evaluated vaccination coverage rates, comparing it with that observed in Sicilian context, while actively monitoring possible adverse reactions and their severity. Methods: An observational descriptive non-controlled study was conducted in two phases, from September 2022 to June 2023. The first phase involved a formative and educational intervention with a pre-intervention questionnaire to assess the knowledge and attitudes of FPs on paediatric influenza vaccination. The second phase consisted of an active surveillance on qLAIV safety and acceptance among the paediatric population assisted by the participating FPs, from October 2022 to April 2023. Frequencies, chi-squared tests, and comparisons statistics were performed using Stata/MP 14.1. Results: The overall coverage rate among the paediatric population involved in the intervention was 13.2%, with an I.M./qLAIV ratio of vaccine administered of 1/4.25. This coverage rate was significantly higher (p-value <0.001) when compared to the average values reported in the population under the Palermo Local Health Authority (LHA) (6.7%) and in the entire Sicily (5.9%). Adverse events in the qLAIV group were mild, with only 3.3% experiencing them, primarily presenting as a feverish rise (3.2%). No severe adverse reaction was reported. Conclusions: The educational intervention significantly raised paediatric influenza vaccination rates among the participating FPs, and in general improved influenza vaccination coverage rates in the Palermo's LHU. Minimal, non-serious adverse events underscored the vaccine's safety. Training sessions ensured paediatricians stayed informed, enabling them to provide comprehensive information to parents for secure and informed vaccination decisions in their practices