CYBERBULLYING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT FOR EMOTIONAL ORIENTATION AND CYBERBULLYING PREVENTION

Cyberbullying as a new form of bullying demands new coping strategies. As a result of new technology there has been a constant growth in the spread of harmful online behavior. The instant project \u201cCyberbullying and new technology\u201d, which started from cooperation between school and university, was planned for pupils in the third year at \u201cLeonardo Da Vinci\u201d secondary school in Palermo. The project was started and carried out within the school setting with a focus on students, parents and teachers. Objectives: the main aim was to identify useful actions and precautions to help face cyberbullying (on smartphone and mobile applications) using technology to create a campaign of peer to peer sensitization. Methods: the methods applied in the classroom have been drawn from community pedagogy and psychology, as well as through direct teaching that allowed students to be participant and protagonist in this process of providing information and training in prevention. In the first phase the use of role-play, groupe parole and focus groups facilitated a rethinking of new technology, which was then used in the second phase when the pupils independently produced multimedia material aimed at dealing cyberbullying. Results: the brief project permitted the creation of significant educational products for the school (a pictorial/graphic exhibition by the pupils, sensitizing advertisements and videos shared among students and teachers) and the publication of an information brochure developed from cooperation between the school, the Sicilian Regional Government, the Centro Siciliano Sturzo and the department of Community Psychology at the University of Palermo. Conclusion: \u201cCyberbullying and new technology\u201d is aimed at the caring professions. It is justified, in theory and practice by elements of community pedagogy and psychology for didactic experimentation with new strategies and methods, to counter the risks associated with the complicated problem of cyberbullying. The description of this field experience is aimed at prevention and comparison of this phenomenon

Per una comunità educante: il servizio educativo domiciliare tra mondi della vita familiare e territorio

The home visiting was created in order to provide accompanying and support to vulnerable families, through educational and training actions. The aim of this paper is a reflection on the home visiting that promotes forms of educating communities, through active participation of all the actors involved (families, educators, schools, associations and services). These aspects will be underlined by recalling an experience of home visiting in Palermo in 2019, with a focus on the role of educational co-responsibility between families and communities

Il “Servizio Genitori Unipa”: un impegno pedagogico di ricerca e di Terza Missione a sostegno della genitorialità

The paper aims to present the Parents Service of the University of Palermo as an expression of its Third Mission. This Service was born during the Covid-19 pandemic starting from the educational needs expressed by some student mothers, in relation to their right to study in the difficult relationship with motherhood experiences marked by contextual but also personal and family difficulties. Starting from a reflection on being a mother and student in our society, Vielle illustrated the meaning of the Service which today dedicates specific attention to student-parents, offering educational support but above all support for parenting, promotion of parenting competences, and gender-based violence prevention, in the perspective of a broader cultural and community change

The model of schools for health in Europe: startup of the IGEA network for the city of Palermo

The contribution analyses the process of creating of the IGEA network (Integrated Generativity Actors) inscribed in the framework of the Schools for Health in Europe (SHE network). This model moves from a focus on school context only (as single setting) to the integration of schools and their surrounding community services, sports clubs, hospitals, workplace, informal contexts (building integrated multi-setting approach) (SHE, 2019; Novara & Guidi, 2022). According to an eco-social approach in health promotion, actions at the school level should always be linked with actions in the local community (Laverack, 2020) in order to develop healthy cities that are inclusive, safe and resilient (WHO, 2016). That is the priority assumption of the European network of schools that promote health, which includes 43 European countries since 1992, as well as Italy. An agreement between ASP (Agency Healthcare Local) and the University of Palermo supports, technically and scientifically, the SHE network (called IGEA) of the metropolitan city of Palermo, in the process of building and starting up it. The aim is to implement a structured and systematic plan for the health, well-being and social capital development of all pupils and teaching and non-teaching staff. The partnership between ASP and University of Palermo had enable the realization of this plan trough different phases: 1. Information and sharing of specialist documentation and sources relating to the network of schools that promote health, according to the indications of the European model (SHE network manual and related annexes), disseminating concepts, terminology, assumptions, actions, values, goals and a common language. 2. Analysis of training needs, consisting in the design and implementation of an electronic form for the collection and analysis of preliminary information about the general orientation of schools interested in health issues. 3. Training aimed at school managers, with face-to-face and interactive work sessions, in order to stimulate their awareness of the global model of health, pursued by the SHE network. 4. Group work, composed of all school actors (students, managers, families, technical staff, local stakeholders), to investigate and develop the four components of the SHE Model (healthy school policy, school physical and social environments, community and services links, health personal skills). 5. Drafting of the health plan of each school from a health global perspective. Phases to become / remain a health promoting school will be illustrated and particularly the way in which the process had initiated, upscaled, sustained, and inspired in Palermo and in Sicily, bringing together 18 schools in a new network agreement capable to drive a bottom up decisional process about policy and actions promoting global health

Dataset on gait patterns in degenerative neurological diseases

We collected the gait parameters and lower limb joint kinematics of patients with three different types of primary degenerative neurological diseases: (i) cerebellar ataxia (19 patients), (ii) hereditary spastic paraparesis (26 patients), and (iii) Parkinson's disease (32 patients). Sixty-five gender-age matched healthy subjects were enrolled as control group. An optoelectronic motion analysis system was used to measure time-distance parameters and lower limb joint kinematics during gait in both patients and healthy controls

Synthesis, structural studies and biological properties of new TBA analogues containing an acyclic nucleotide

A new modified acyclic nucleoside, namely N(1)-(3-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpropyl)-thymidine, was synthesized and transformed into a building block useful for oligonucleotide (ON) automated synthesis. A series of modified thrombin binding aptamers (TBAs) in which the new acyclic nucleoside replaces, one at the time, the thymidine residues were then synthesized and characterized by UV, CD, MS, and (1)H NMR. The biological activity of the resulting TBAs was tested by Prothrombin Time assay (PT assay) and by purified fibrinogen clotting assay. From a structural point of view, nearly all the new TBA analogues show a similar behavior as the unmodified counterpart, being able to fold into a bimolecular or monomolecular quadruplex structure depending on the nature of monovalent cations (sodium or potassium) coordinated in the quadruplex core. From the comparison of structural and biological data, some important structure-activity relationships emerged, particularly when the modification involved the TT loops. In agreement with previous studies we found that the folding ability of TBA analogues is more affected by modifications involving positions 4 and 13, rather than positions 3 and 12. On the other hand, the highest anti-thrombin activities were detected for aptamers containing the modification at T13 or T12 positions, thus indicating that the effects produced by the introduction of the acyclic nucleoside on the biological activity are not tightly connected with structure stabilities. It is noteworthy that the modification at T7 produces an ON being more stable and active than the natural TBA

Computed Tomography Structured Reporting in the Staging of Lymphoma: A Delphi Consensus Proposal

Abstract Structured reporting (SR) in radiology is becoming increasingly necessary and has been recognized recently by major scientific societies. This study aims to build structured CT-based reports for lymphoma patients during the staging phase to improve communication between radiologists, members of multidisciplinary teams, and patients. A panel of expert radiologists, members of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), was established. A modified Delphi process was used to develop the SR and to assess a level of agreement for all report sections. The Cronbach's alpha (Cα) correlation coefficient was used to assess internal consistency for each section and to measure quality analysis according to the average inter-item correlation. The final SR version was divided into four sections: (a) Patient Clinical Data, (b) Clinical Evaluation, (c) Imaging Protocol, and (d) Report, including n = 13 items in the "Patient Clinical Data" section, n = 8 items in the "Clinical Evaluation" section, n = 9 items in the "Imaging Protocol" section, and n = 32 items in the "Report" section. Overall, 62 items were included in the final version of the SR. A dedicated section of significant images was added as part of the report. In the first Delphi round, all sections received more than a good rating (≥3). The overall mean score of the experts and the sum of score for structured report were 4.4 (range 1-5) and 1524 (mean value of 101.6 and standard deviation of 11.8). The Cα correlation coefficient was 0.89 in the first round. In the second Delphi round, all sections received more than an excellent rating (≥4). The overall mean score of the experts and the sum of scores for structured report were 4.9 (range 3-5) and 1694 (mean value of 112.9 and standard deviation of 4.0). The Cα correlation coefficient was 0.87 in this round. The highest overall means value, highest sum of scores of the panelists, and smallest standard deviation values of the evaluations in this round reflect the increase of the internal consistency and agreement among experts in the second round compared to first round. The accurate statement of imaging data given to referring physicians is critical for patient care; the information contained affects both the decision-making process and the subsequent treatment. The radiology report is the most important source of clinical imaging information. It conveys critical information about the patient's health and the radiologist's interpretation of medical findings. It also communicates information to the referring physicians and records this information for future clinical and research use. The present SR was generated based on a multi-round consensus-building Delphi exercise and uses standardized terminology and structures, in order to adhere to diagnostic/therapeutic recommendations and facilitate enrolment in clinical trials, to reduce any ambiguity that may arise from non-conventional language, and to enable better communication between radiologists and clinicians