Quality of Life and Personality Traits in Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma and Their First-Degree Caregivers.

Asbestos exposure causes significant pleural diseases, including malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). Taking into account the impact of MPM on emotional functioning and wellbeing, this study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and personality traits in patients with MPM and their first-degree caregivers through the World Health Organization Quality of Life–BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). The sample was composed of 27 MPM patients, 55 first-degree relatives enrolled in Casale Monferrato and Monfalcone (Italy), and 40 healthy controls (HC). Patients and relatives reported poorer physical health than the HC. Patients had a higher overall sense of physical debilitation and poorer health than relatives and the HC, more numerous complaints of memory problems and difficulties in concentrating, and a greater belief that goals cannot be reached or problems solved, while often claiming that they were more indecisive and inefficacious than the HC. First-degree relatives reported lower opinions of others, a greater belief that goals cannot be reached or problems solved, support for the notion that they are indecisive and inefficacious, and were more likely to suffer from fear that significantly inhibited normal activities than were HC. In multinomial regression analyses, partial models indicated that sex, physical comorbidities, and the True Response Inconsistency (TRIN-r), Malaise (MLS), and Behavior-Restricting Fears (BRF) dimensions of the MMPI-2-RF had significant effects on group differences. In conclusion, health care providers should assess the ongoing adjustment and emotional wellbeing of people with MPM and their relatives, and provide support to reduce emotional distress

Impact of polarisation mode dispersion infield demonstration of 40Gbit/s solitontransmission over 500 km

40Gbitis single-wavelength altemate-polarisation soliton transmission over 5 0 0 h has been successfully demonstrated in a field trial using dispersion-shifted fibre. Comparisons with an equivalent laboratory trial and numerial simulations show that the main source of impairment is polarisation mode dispersion

Antropología aplicada. Escenarios y experiencias en América Latina

Antropología Aplicada. Escenarios y experiencias en América Latina es la traducción al español del dossier publicado en inglés (Human Organization vol. 81, Número 2, 2022), con la intención de promover la antropología aplicada en el continente americano. Su difusión a una audiencia hispano-parlante fomentará el diálogo y estimulará tanto la enseñanza como la promoción de una antropología atenta a dar respuesta a las necesidades locales. A través de temas de relevancia hemisférica -como la migración, los derechos humanos, la interculturalidad, el desarrollo participativo y la educación universitaria-, los artículos instruyen sobre la antropología aplicada en Ecuador, México, Perú, Colombia, Guatemala, Argentina. El texto no solo contribuye al conocimiento de múltiples expresiones de la antropología aplicada en dichos países a tráves de estudios de casos; impulsa, además, el diálogo con quienes la practican en Estados Unidos y Canadá. Su lectura contribuirá al debate, a la difusión del conocimiento, y a su aplicación práctica

Unusual Polarization Properties of Single-Mode Randomly Birefringent Spun Fibers

We compare the different polarization properties of unspun fibers with respect to spun fibers, considering both unidirectional and period spin functions. We consider in particular the consequence in terms of statistical properties as well as correlation length of the signal state of polarization

Low-cost Resilience Schemes for the Optical Ethernet

Special Issue on ”Optical Ethernet