Attività svolte dall'Unità Supporto al RUP periodo luglio-ottobre 2023

Vista la grandissima rilevanza che le procedure di acquisto di beni e servizi e l’affidamento di lavori assumono nelle varie attività dell'Ente, particolare attenzione è stata rivolta da parte degli organi di governo del CNR alla necessità di supportare il ruolo e le funzioni del responsabile unico del procedimento (oggi Responsabile Unico di Progetto) negli appalti e nelle concessioni. Con provvedimento del Direttore Generale CNR n. 63 del 31/05/2023 è stata istituita l'Unità Supporto al RUP afferente alla Direzione Generale per adempiere alle disposizioni dell’art. 31 del Decreto Legislativo 18 aprile 2016 n. 50 che, al comma 9, espressamente prevedeva che “La stazione appaltante, allo scopo di migliorare la qualità della progettazione e della programmazione complessiva, può, nell'ambito della propria autonomia organizzativa e nel rispetto dei limiti previsti dalla vigente normativa, istituire una struttura stabile a supporto dei RUP, anche alle dirette dipendenze del vertice della pubblica amministrazione di riferimento”

Conduct disorders and psychopathy in children and adolescents: Aetiology, clinical presentation and treatment strategies of callous-unemotional traits

Conduct Disorder (CD) is a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by a repetitive and persistent pattern of behaviour in which the basic rights of others and major age-appropriate social norms or rules are violated. Callous Unemotional (CU) traits are a meaningful specifier in subtyping CD for more severe antisocial and aggressive behaviours in adult psychopathology; they represent the affective dimension of adult psychopathy, but they can be also detected in childhood and adolescence. The CU traits include lack of empathy, sense of guilt and shallow emotion, and their characterization in youth can improve our diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic abilities. A strong genetic liability, in interaction with parenting and relevant environmental factors, can lead to elevated levels of CU traits in children. We pointed out that CU traits can be detected in early childhood, may remain stable along the adolescence, but a decrease following intensive and specialized treatment is possible. We here provide a narrative review of the available evidences on CU traits in three main domains: aetiology (encompassing genetic liability and environmental risk factors), presentation (early signs and longitudinal trajectories) and treatments

Phantom Phone Signals in youths: Prevalence, correlates and relation to psychopathology

The term Phantom Phone Signals (PPS) refers to the perception of a mobile phone ringing, vibrating and blinking when in fact it did not. Data in youth are lacking, and controversies exist on whether PPS is related to psychopathology. In the present study, we showed data on the prevalence of PPS in a population (N = 2959) of students aged 10 to 14 years. We also explored the possible association between PPS and emotional or behavioural problems. Our results showed that PPS is a relatively common phenomenon with a prevalence rate of 58.9%, being more frequent in females. In univariate and multivariate analyses, we also found an association between the presence of PPS and emotional problems and temper tantrums, after accounting for relevant covariates. PPS is a relevant phenomenon to be considered in youth. It is common and may be a signal for emotional problems