{"title":"The personal injury compensation in EU law: attempts to standardize the European discipline starting from Resolution 7-75 of the Council of Europe","authors":"F. Castrica","doi":"10.11138/PR/2013.2.1.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PR/2013.2.1.027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122284276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The accident and emergency department as monitoring centre of human mobility: the Bangladesh experience","authors":"G. Bertazzoni","doi":"10.11138/PER/2015.5.1.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PER/2015.5.1.001","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: the Accident and Emergency Departments (A&E-D) are privileged eyewitnesses of the health needs of a population that resides or transits in a given area. Through the experience acquired in Rome’s Umberto 1° Policlinico’s A&E, we report the experience gained the study results of admissions of citizens from Bangladesh are re-","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134359741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chronic hematoma in the lumbar ligamentum flavum. Case report","authors":"C. Pizzoni","doi":"10.11138/PER/2017.6.4.064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PER/2017.6.4.064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130826501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk assessment of repetitive and strain movements of the upper limbs in a pig head processing company","authors":"M. Pellegrini","doi":"10.11138/PER/2014.3.2.071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PER/2014.3.2.071","url":null,"abstract":"Background: the processing of pig heads is a processing high repetitive activity and at high risk of biomechanical overload of the upper limbs. Objectives: to assess the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limbs and in particolar carpal tunnel in a group of workers assigned to pig head processing. Methods: a clinical investigation and assessment of occupational risk in a pig head processing company was carried out. Results: the clinical investigation showed the presence of carpal tunnel syndrome in 14 percent of cases. The ergonomic analysis of work showed an high risk for disorders of the upper limbs. Discussion: the results of ergonomic work analysis have shown the causal role played by risk factors including the repetitiveness, the use of force, the awkward postures and the absence of recovery time. Conclusions: the adoption of preventive solutions as a rational distribution of recoveries, the alternation of tasks, the use of knives of ergonomic type, have proven effective in reducing the risk of biomechanical overload of the upper limbs.","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114584902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Sigmund Freud to Michel Foucault: a study on sexuality","authors":"G. Tomei","doi":"10.11138/PER/2016.5.2.066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PER/2016.5.2.066","url":null,"abstract":"The studies on sexuality have been numerous over time, from the first analysis of the nineteenth century psychiatry to the accurate remarks of Michel Foucault. Psychoanalysis has taken much interest on sexuality, above all has tried to detect all forms of repression of libido society wielded on the individual since his early life. Following a period of repression of sexuality and of highly restrictive rules of conduct, according to many analysts including Herbert Marcuse, the Society has changed position on this topic adopting a whole new attitude, after 1968, more permissive and tolerant about the sexual practices of individuals. The scholar Michel Foucault has identified in the dichotomy between ‘alliance device’ and ‘sexuality device’ the evolution of the relationship of the social fabric with the sexuality. A relationship that form being highly prescriptive and limiting was becoming encouraging of the practices and of the general decriminalization, favoring a pervasive, imperceptible and invasive sexualization, for a hedonistic transformation of the existence based on consumption.","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"37 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123528858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legal aspects of transsexualism: the italian scenario in comparison with other european countries","authors":"P. Francesco","doi":"10.11138/PR/2013.2.4.155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PR/2013.2.4.155","url":null,"abstract":"Background: at the time of the birth, a sex is assigned based on the examination of the external genitalia so that this sex is made to coincide with the biological sex. However, there are cases where the legal sex does not match with the real one or or does not match at a later time. Sometimes the psychological component differs from the biological one; in this case the multiple components of human sexuality (the phenotypic, genetic, psychological, social and cultural components) clearly emerge. If the chromosomal or phenotypic elements are privileged, there may be realities such as those associated with transsexualism likely to be denied and ignored. The issues relating to the rights of transsexuals have traditionally drawn the attention of scholars from various cultural backgrounds (physicians, psychologists, lawyers). The national and supranational measures aimed at protecting their rights have witnessed historical changes which have ended by depriving them of medical content to the detriment of a regulatory framework aimed at removing the discriminating factors. Objectives: the authors illustrate the actual innovations brought at a national and supranational level in the field of gender rectification by taking a quick look at the situation in Europe and in particular at the Italian, English and Spanish situations. Methods: the authors have analyzed Law no. 164 of April 14th 1982, and Legislative Decree No. 150 of September 1st, 2011, capturing their main points of innovation and focusing on the legal relevance of psychosocial conditions. They have also analyzed how transsexualism is configured in the European Parliament Resolution no. 1117, 12th September 1989, in the European Parliament Resolution of 28th September 2011 and in English and Spanish laws. Results/Discussion and Conclusions: the analysis shows that there are important differences in the European legislations as concerns the change of name following sex rectification, the institution of marriage, the need for a review by a panel of experts and whether or not to undergo surgery in order to obtain sex rectification. The Spanish and English laws do not require surgery; Italian law affirms the need for the presence of “modifications of sexual characteristics”: a general indication that could be considered as limited to secondary sexual characteristics and therefore sufficient to suggest a hormonal treatment in the absence of surgery. European legislations still have further important steps to take to meet the supranational demands and to protect the transsexual subjects in their entirety in view of empowering them to express their gender identity, which is an integral part of their personality, freedom and dignity, without the need to undergo medical or surgical treatments.","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124645518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testmed. Process management in emergency medicine","authors":"M. Suppa","doi":"10.11138/PR/2012.1.2.081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PR/2012.1.2.081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129520978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Caciari, T. Casale, A. Sancini, E. Weiderpass, P. Frati, S. D. Sio, F. Sinibaldi, Claudia Di Pastena, B. Scala, Paola Francesca Maria Buccisano, Assunta Capozzella, V. D. Giorgio, V. Colasanti, S. Marchione, Michele Penna, F. Tomei, G. Tomei, M. V. Rosati
{"title":"Asbestos and onset of mesothelioma: case report","authors":"T. Caciari, T. Casale, A. Sancini, E. Weiderpass, P. Frati, S. D. Sio, F. Sinibaldi, Claudia Di Pastena, B. Scala, Paola Francesca Maria Buccisano, Assunta Capozzella, V. D. Giorgio, V. Colasanti, S. Marchione, Michele Penna, F. Tomei, G. Tomei, M. V. Rosati","doi":"10.11138/PR/2013.2.2.071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PR/2013.2.2.071","url":null,"abstract":"L'asbesto (o amianto) è un minerale appartenente al gruppo dei silicati fibrosi. Fino al 1991,per le caratteristiche dell’amianto,cioè la notevole resistenza alle elevate temperature, la sua conformazione in fibre e il costo molto basso è stato utilizzato per produrre materiali in grado di resistere alle alte temperature. I silicati di amianto a matrice solida avevano trovato largo uso in edilizia, nell’ impiantistica resistente al calore, nelle tubature per acquedotti e fognature, nei pannelli e fogli per controsoffittature, negli intonaci e come materiale fonoassorbente. Anche nell’industria manifatturiera è stato largamente impiegato per la produzione di manufatti ed oggetti di uso domestico, come isolante termico per alte e le basse temperature,condotte antifiamma, per la produzione di elettrodomestici con utilizzo di alte temperature (stufe, phon, etc.), nei freni nelle frizioni, negli schermi parafiamma nelle guarnizioni, nella produzione di tessuti per indumenti in grado di proteggere dal calore (guanti, tute ignifughe) e di tessuti da arredo resistenti a temperature elevate. L’esposizione ad atmosfere contenenti amianto può essere causa di numerose patologie come l’asbestosi polmonare, i mesoteliomi e il carcinoma polmonare. Le forme più nocive di amianto sono gli anfiboli, fra questi la crocidolite è quella con maggior potenziale neoplastico. Tuttavia, la diagnosi di malattia professionale correlata ad amianto non è semplice né automatica, occorre rispettare una serie di criteri, verificando markers immunoistochimici, monitoraggi biologici ed ambientali, anche personali, per accertare una correlazione effettiva. Inoltre, le conoscenze riguardo alle patologie asbesto-correlate ed i criteri diagnostici si sono evoluti nel tempo, e considerando il periodo di latenza delle malattie, in particolare delle neoplasie, è difficile verificare l’esposizione pregressa dei pazienti che hanno manifestato clinicamente la malattia solo in tempi recenti, magari 10-20 anni dopo l’ultima supposta esposizione. Riportiamo due case report di mesotelioma maligno, di supposta origine professionale amianto-correlata, discutendone l’eziologia alla luce di un Asbestos and onset of mesothelioma: Case Report www.preventionandresearch.com 136 Apr-Jun 2013|P&R Scientific|Volume 3|N°2 excursus della letteratura. Per censire, analizzandola, tutta la conoscenza scientifica circa la relazione tra salute umana e asbesto, prodotta dall’inizio della storia dell’utilizzo industriale ad oggi, abbiamo consultato la letteratura in rete tramite motori di ricerca con utilizzazione di parole chiave. Sono state interrogate con questo sistema le principali banche di dati scientifici mondiali (Pubmed, Cochrane, Embase, Tripdatabase), sono state censite un totale di 13551 pubblicazioni per ricostruire come e quando sono state pubblicate informazioni sui danni attribuibili ad asbesto. Gli argomenti fondamentali censiti sono stati: “Amianto e danni alla salute”, “Amianto e Mesotelioma Ma","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128220608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trichinellosis: epidemiology and prevention","authors":"G. Troiano, M. Alfonzo, I. Mercurio, N. Nante","doi":"10.11138/PER/2016.5.2.070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PER/2016.5.2.070","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129970322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Giannico, F. Perri, A. Suppi, B. Trevisani, G. Oliva, O. Giannico, D. Clemente, M. Manigrasso, C. Vernale, P. Avino
{"title":"Investigation on the correlations between vitreo-retinal disorders and atmospheric particulate matter in individuals working in Taranto","authors":"C. Giannico, F. Perri, A. Suppi, B. Trevisani, G. Oliva, O. Giannico, D. Clemente, M. Manigrasso, C. Vernale, P. Avino","doi":"10.11138/PER/2016.5.2.075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11138/PER/2016.5.2.075","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: several epidemiological studies have already highlighted the effects that fine atmospheric particulate matter has on health in terms of increasing mortality, hospital admissions and also respiratory diseases in the cardiovascular system. The purpose of this study is to assess the possible correlation between inhalation of fine fraction of particulate matter missing in the air and disease outbreaks in vitreoretinal tract in the workplace of ILVA steel plant in Taranto. Materials and methods: from June 2013 to December 2014 were examined both 57 male individuals aged between 25 and 58 years, working at the ILVA steel plant in Taranto and 52 male individuals aged between 25 and 58 who were just residents in the city of Taranto. For each of them a complete eye examination was performed with particular reference to the posterior segment of the eye (indirect ophthalmoscopy with Schepens unit). All the examined individuals had visual acuity perfectly normal and no optic nerve lesion. All the general and ocular medical history revealed no pre-existing conditions worthy of note. It was then conducted a statistical analysis of the data obtained by means of a chi-squared test by applying the correction according to Yates, which is appropriately used when the number of observations is less than 500. The significance level considered was 5%. Therefore, they were considered statistically significant values of p <0.05. Results: during this work, statistical significance were highlighted between the two groups examined. The workers examined in 84% of cases have retinal disorders; 27% individuals had retinal disorders among residents examined in the city of Taranto. Discussion: from the resulting data can be assumed that micro-respiratory bronchiole blockages can lead to gridlock and consequent retinal venous congestion.","PeriodicalId":109386,"journal":{"name":"Prevention and Research","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121237136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}