Validation of the italian translation of the affective neuroscience personality scales

Summary.-The theoretical perspective on affective neuroscience advanced by Panksepp, identified six basic innate affective systems: the SEEK, FEAR, ANGER, SADNESS, PLAY, and CARE systems. (3) It has been proposed that the fundamental elements of human personality and its variants may be based on the different expressions of these basic emotional systems and their combinations. A self-report inventory, the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales (ANPS), has been devised with the aim of studying and evaluating personality from this perspective. This study reports data on the initial validation of ANPS Italian translation on a sample of 418 adult participants. Descriptive statistics for each scale were calculated, assessing also their internal consistency, as a measure of reliability and factorial validity. Acceptable internal consistency was found in all but one scale (SADNESS), and a second-order factor analysis identified a more general affective feature of personality hinging on relational characteristics, independent of the dimensions of general positive and negative affect

Ipsilateral motor evoked potentials in a patient with unihemispheric cortical atrophy due to Rasmussen encephalitis

The role of the ipsilaterally descending motor pathways in the recovery mechanisms after unilateral hemispheric damage is still poorly understood. Motor output reorganization was investigated in a 56-year-old male patient with acquired unilateral hemispheric atrophy due to Rasmussen encephalitis. In particular, the ipsilateral corticospinal pathways were explored using focal transcranial magnetic stimulation. In the first dorsal interosseous and wrist extensors muscles, the median amplitudes of the ipsilateral motor evoked potentials induced by transcranial magnetic stimulation in the patient were higher than those of 10 age-matched healthy control subjects. In the biceps brachii muscle, the median amplitudes of the ipsilateral motor evoked potentials were the second largest in the patient compared to the controls. This study demonstrated a reinforcement of ipsilateral motor projections from the unaffected motor cortex to the hemiparetic hand in a subject with acquired unihemispheric cortical damage

Nouveaux regards sur le philosophe stoïcien Lucius Annaeus Cornutus

Le recueil d’articles présenté ici est consacré au stoïcien Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (né vers 10-20 et mort après 65), figure à la fois éminente de la pensée antique, puisqu’il fut le maître de Perse et de Lucain, et un peu méconnue. Pourtant, ses travaux présentent l’immense intérêt de porter à la fois sur la philosophie, la grammaire et la rhétorique, et d’être rédigés pour partie en grec, en ce qui concerne la philosophie, et pour partie en latin, dans le domaine grammatical. Les six contributions que l’on va lire mettent toutes en exergue l’importance et l’originalité de l’œuvre philosophique et philologique de Cornutus. The present papers are devoted to the Stoic Lucius Annaeus Cornutus (born about 10–20 A.D. and died after 65 A.D.), both a prominent figure in Antiquity, since he was the master of Persius and Lucan, and a quite obscure one today. However, his work is extremely interesting insofar as it bears on philosophy, grammar and rhetoric. Moreover, it is written both in Greek, as far as philosophy is concerned, and in Latin, for the grammatical part. The six papers collected in this issue highlight the importance and the originality of the philosophical and philological work of Cornutus. Gli studi qui raccolti sono dedicati allo Stoico Lucio Anneo Cornuto (nato intorno al 10-20 d.C. e morto dopo il 65 d.C.), che era una figura eminente del pensiero antico, poiché era il maestro di Persia e Lucano, ma una figura un po' sconosciuta. Tuttavia, le sue opere presentano l'immenso interesse di vertere sulla filosofia, la grammatica e la retorica, e di essere scritte parzialmente in greco, per quanto riguarda la filosofia, e parzialmente in latino, nel campo della grammatica. Questi sei studi tutti evidenziano l'importanza e l'originalità dell'opera filosofica e filologica di Cornuto

Exposure to antineoplastic drugs in health care and blood chemistry parameters

Objectives. The purpose of the research is to evaluate whether the exposure to antineoplastic drugs of health workers may cause alteration of blood chemistry parameters. Materials and Methods. Research was conducted on 5800 health workers employed in a hospital in a big Italian city. The final sample is composed of 57 people in charge of cytotoxic drugs compared with 57 subjects not exposed; each worker underwent a general clinical examination and determination of the following values: complete blood count (CBC), white blood cell count (WBC), total protein, BUN, total bilirubin, creatinine, GOT, GPT, alkaline phosphatase, gamma GT. Statistical analysis of data was based on calculation of the mean, standard deviation and the distribution into classes according to the nature of each variable. Differences were considered significant when p was <= 0.05. Results. The mean and the distribution of values of total bilirubin were significantly higher in the workers exposed to antineoplastic drugs than in workers non-exposed; the mean and the distribution of values of monocytes were significantly lower in subjects exposed compared to controls. Conclusions. According to the results antiblastic drugs, at the doses used in the departments we studied, can induce an increase in the values of total bilirubin for liver toxicity and a reduction in the monocyte line due to myelosuppression. Clin Ter 2012;163(6):e387-39