On the Use of Control Variables in PLS-SEM = Sull’Uso delle Variabili di Controllo nei PLS-SEM

Recentemente diversi autori hanno dedicato attenzione al problema delle variabili di controllo. Nonostante le molte raccomandazioni suggerite per gestire queste variabili in modo pi\uf9 efficiente, le buone pratiche sono ancora ampiamente \ub4 ignorate, in particolare questo argomento non e stato ancora approfondito nei modelli ad equazioni strutturali. Questo lavoro propone alcune linee guida a chi deve utilizzare le variabili di controllo nei modelli ad equazioni strutturali con stima dei minimi quadrati parziali.Several authors have recently devoted more attention to the control variables methodological issue. Despite many recommendations to handle these variables more ef\ufb01ciently, good practices are still widely disregarded, and especially this topic has not yet been studied in depth for structural equation models. This paper suggests best research practices for researchers who deal with the use of control variables in partial least squares structural equation models

Study of employability role in occupational mobility and transition with PLS structural equation model

Frequent reorganization and downsizing processes cause a dramatic increase of occupational transitions, having a strong impact on career models. Whereas job security is assumed to be important in predicting employees\u2019 well-being under a traditional career model, employability is considered crucial for the workers well-being under the new conditions of labour market. In general the concept of employability, from the individual worker\u2019s perspective, is an indicator of his or her opportunity to acquire and to keep an attractive job in the internal or external labour market. While there are several studies on employability of employees, there are only few studies on dismissed workers, who are managing an involuntary transition that is not linked to a personal career project. One of the objectives of labour policies is to set out preventive actions identifying in advance workers who are at risk of long-term unemployment. To implement this objective it is important to identify employability resources and protective factors to play on. However there isn\u2019t enough empirical evidence of the applicability of the construct of employability to involuntary occupational transitions and it is uncertain the dimensions of personal employability that should be developed to minimize the risk of depression and to sustain the worker in his/her search of a new post. Moreover in Italian outplacement services there isn\u2019t an agreed system of employability profiling. Starting from the psycho-social model to employability suggested by Fugate and partners, the aim of our contribution is to analyze the role of employability in re-employment processes for dismissed workers. Through structural equation models we want to study the relation between personal employability resources and mental and physical health. We want therefore to understand if and how some variables influence this relation. These variables have been identified as potential risk factors in unemployment situations: the perception of organizational justice, the perceived employability and the perceived utility of re-employment services. Our research involved dismissed workers in the pharmaceutical sector, who joined programs of requalification and re-employment sponsored by companies within a Welfare-to-Work project called Welfarm

Employability and involuntary occupational transitions management : an explorative research with workers on unemployment benefit

Fragmented nature of current careers has placed at the centre of attention the concept of employability. This paper presents an explorative study aimed at analysing employability during the occupational transition of dismissed workers. In the light of the psychosocial approach suggested by Fugate and colleagues, the principal goal was to explore the relationship between dispositional employability and two crucial aspects of outplacement, re-employment and physical and mental health, hypothesizing a mediating role of perceived employability and perceived utility of outplacement services. The research involved pharmaceutical workers on unemployment benefit. Our analysis confirmed that dispositional employability can be considered as a latent multidimensional construct which sparingly summarizes three latent dimensions (self-efficacy in managing work changes; social capital; work career proactivity). Results highlighted that dispositional employability has a fairly direct impact on physical and mental health, but it is not associated with reemployment. Moreover perceived employability mediates the relationship between dispositional employability and perceived utility of outplacement services, while it doesn\u2019t have a direct connection with psychophysical health. Implications on career counselling are discusse

The importance of sex as a risk factor for hospital readmissions due to pulmonary diseases

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary diseases are a common and costly cause of 30-day readmissions. Few studies have focused on the difference in risk for rehospitalization between men and women in older patients. In this study we analyzed the association between sex and the risk of readmission in a cohort of patients admitted to the hospital for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation and other major pulmonary diseases. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study based on administrative data collected in the Veneto Region in 2016. We included 14,869 hospital admissions among residents aged 6565\u2009years for diagnosis related groups (DRGs) of the most common disorders of the respiratory system: bronchitis and asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, respiratory failure, and COPD. Multilevel logistic regressions were performed to test the association between 30-day hospital readmission and sex, adjusting for confounding factors. RESULTS: For bronchitis and asthma, male patients had significantly higher odds of 30-day readmission than female patients (adjusted odds ratio (aOR), 2.07; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.11-3.87). The odds of readmission for men were also significantly higher for pneumonia (aOR, 1.40; 95% CI, 1.13-1.72), for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure (aOR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.05-1.55), and for COPD (aOR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.00-1.81). CONCLUSIONS: This study found that male sex is a major risk factors for readmission in patients aged more than 65\u2009years with a primary pulmonary diagnosis. More studies are needed to understand the underlying determinants of this phenomena and to provide targets for future interventions

Oncology-led early identification of nutritional risk: a pragmatic, evidence-based protocol (PRONTO)

Simple Summary Early identification of patients on antineoplastic therapy who are at risk for or already malnourished is critical for optimizing treatment success. Malnourished patients are at increased risk for being unable to tolerate the most effective 'level' and 'duration' of treatment, with grave implications for both the short- (during treatment) and long-term outcomes. Herein, we provide a practical PROtocol for NuTritional risk in Oncology (PRONTO) to enable oncologists to identify patients with or at risk of malnutrition for further evaluation and follow-up with members of the multidisciplinary care team (MDT). Additional guidance is included on the oncologist-led provision of nutritional support if referral to a dietary service is not available. Nutritional issues, including malnutrition, low muscle mass, sarcopenia (i.e., low muscle mass and strength), and cachexia (i.e., weight loss characterized by a continuous decline in skeletal muscle mass, with or without fat loss), are commonly experienced by patients with cancer at all stages of disease. Cancer cachexia may be associated with poor nutritional status and can compromise a patient's ability to tolerate antineoplastic therapy, increase the likelihood of post-surgical complications, and impact long-term outcomes including survival, quality of life, and function. One of the primary nutritional problems these patients experience is malnutrition, of which muscle depletion represents a clinically relevant feature. There have been recent calls for nutritional screening, assessment, treatment, and monitoring as a consistent component of care for all patients diagnosed with cancer. To achieve this, there is a need for a standardized approach to enable oncologists to identify patients commencing and undergoing antineoplastic therapy who are or who may be at risk of malnutrition and/or muscle depletion. This approach should not replace existing tools used in the dietitian's role, but rather give the oncologist a simple nutritional protocol for optimization of the patient care pathway where this is needed. Given the considerable time constraints in day-to-day oncology practice, any such approach must be simple and quick to implement so that oncologists can flag individual patients for further evaluation and follow-up with appropriate members of the multidisciplinary care team. To enable the rapid and routine identification of patients with or at risk of malnutrition and/or muscle depletion, an expert panel of nutrition specialists and practicing oncologists developed the PROtocol for NuTritional risk in Oncology (PRONTO). The protocol enables the rapid identification of patients with or at risk of malnutrition and/or muscle depletion and provides guidance on next steps. The protocol is adaptable to multiple settings and countries, which makes implementation feasible by oncologists and may optimize patient outcomes. We advise the use of this protocol in countries/clinical scenarios where a specialized approach to nutrition assessment and care is not available

Universality of pseudogap and emergent order in lightly doped Mott insulators

It is widely believed that high-temperature superconductivity in the cuprates emerges from doped Mott insulators. The physics of the parent state seems deceivingly simple: The hopping of the electrons from site to site is prohibited because their on-site Coulomb repulsion U is larger than the kinetic energy gain t. When doping these materials by inserting a small percentage of extra carriers, the electrons become mobile but the strong correlations from the Mott state are thought to survive; inhomogeneous electronic order, a mysterious pseudogap and, eventually, superconductivity appear. How the insertion of dopant atoms drives this evolution is not known, nor whether these phenomena are mere distractions specific to hole-doped cuprates or represent the genuine physics of doped Mott insulators. Here, we visualize the evolution of the electronic states of (Sr1-xLax)2IrO4, which is an effective spin-1/2 Mott insulator like the cuprates, but is chemically radically different. Using spectroscopic-imaging STM, we find that for doping concentration of x=5%, an inhomogeneous, phase separated state emerges, with the nucleation of pseudogap puddles around clusters of dopant atoms. Within these puddles, we observe the same glassy electronic order that is so iconic for the underdoped cuprates. Further, we illuminate the genesis of this state using the unique possibility to localize dopant atoms on topographs in these samples. At low doping, we find evidence for much deeper trapping of carriers compared to the cuprates. This leads to fully gapped spectra with the chemical potential at mid-gap, which abruptly collapse at a threshold of around 4%. Our results clarify the melting of the Mott state, and establish phase separation and electronic order as generic features of doped Mott insulators.Comment: This version contains the supplementary information and small updates on figures and tex

A new medical record proposal to the prognostic risk assessment for mronj in oncologic patients: “Sapienza head and neck unit” proposal

Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is an adverse event associated with antiresorptive and antiangiogenic drugs. The use of these drugs in the treatment of cancer patients with bone metastasis is necessary and standardized in the literature. A multidisciplinary approach for the patient’s management is strongly recommended. Therefore, it should be necessary to integrate the path of these subjects with a dedicated dental screening in order to first assess the individual risk of developing a MRONJ, and then to plan dental treatments and oral hygiene sessions, and finally to schedule a follow-up to intercept and treat early osteonecrosis. The aim of this manuscript is to propose a new simple medical report to evaluate patients affected by metastatic bone cancer in order to reduce the risk of developing MRONJ

VIVÊNCIAS E POSSIBILIDADES DOCENTES NA RESIDÊNCIA PEDAGÓGICA: UMA APROXIMAÇÃO ENTRE UNIVERSIDADE, EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA E OS SUJEITOS PERTENCENTES A ESSES ESPAÇOS

O presente relato faz referência à participação de dois acadêmicos como residentes no Programa Residência Pedagógica - PRP, vinculado ao Centro de Ciências Humanas e da Educação – FAED, cujo cumprimento se deu por momentos de imersão e docência, nos períodos de 2018.1 a 2019.1, em uma Escola de Educação Básica Municipal da Grande Florianópolis, SC. O referente relato está teoricamente pautado em Freire (1996), Nóvoa (1992); Liz e Martins Filho (2017); Sarmento (2004) e borda vivências do período de docência em uma turma do 4º ano do Ensino Fundamental I o qual relatamos um excerto do projeto realizado que teve por objetivo oportunizar que as/os estudantes (re)conhecessem as proximidades da escola, além de desenvolver compreensão do espaço urbano como um todo dinâmico, sendo o ser humano parte integrante e agente de transformações do mundo em que vive. Descrevemos os motivos para abordagem de tal tema, como iniciamos o trabalho com as/os educandas/os, como foi desenvolvido e finalizado. Para além disso, discutimos acerca da relação entre os sujeitos envolvidos e expressamos nossas percepções advindas da experiência formativa possibilitada pelo PRP.VIVÊNCIAS E POSSIBILIDADES DOCENTES NA RESIDÊNCIA PEDAGÓGICA: UMA APROXIMAÇÃO ENTRE UNIVERSIDADE, EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA E OS SUJEITOS PERTENCENTES A ESSES ESPAÇO

Rifiuti spiaggiati: problema ambientale e di sanità pubblica

L’accumulo sulle spiagge di materiale naturale o antropico raramente è stato esplorato da una prospettiva “One Health”, che ne consideri l’impatto ambientale e sanitario. In questo lavoro, il modello concettuale Determinanti - Pressioni - Stato - Impatti - Risposte (DPSIR) è stato adattato al problema dei rifiuti spiaggiati, ed applicato ad un comune costiero italiano (Nord Toscana) a forte vocazione turistica

Selectivity of Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana to adults of Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae).

Título em português: Seletividade de Metarhizium anisopliae e Beauveria bassiana para adultos de Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)