Ricerc@Sapienza

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread increases in mental health problems, including anxiety and de- pression. The development of these and other psychiatric disorders may be related to changes in immune, endocrine, autonomic, cognitive, and affective processes induced by a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Interestingly, many of these same changes can be triggered by psychosocial stressors such as social isolation and rejection, which have become increasingly common due to public policies aimed at reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

Objective: The aim of the present observational study is to report on the data from a large sample of inpatients, clinical staff and other workers at an Italian neurorehabilitation hospital dealing with SARS-CoV-2 infections, in order to analyze how it might have affected the management and the effectiveness of neurorehabilitation. Methods: The data on infection monitoring, obtained by 2,192 swabs, were reported and compared among 253 patients, 722 clinical professionals and 232 other hospital workers.

La pandemia da Covid-19 si presenta nei diversi paesi e nei diversi territori dell’Italia con caratteristiche molto differenti, cosicché non è facile trovare risposte alle numerose domande che i cittadini e gli stessi esperti si pongono. L’informazione resa disponibile dà conto della parte emersa dei contagi e degli esiti ma non consente di controllare né l’effettiva diffusione, né la reale letalità.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 outbreak recorded over the previous months could be characterized as a pandemic. The first known Italian SARS-CoV-2 positive case was reported on 21 February. In some countries, cases of suspected “COVID-19-like pneumonia” had been reported earlier than those officially accepted by health authorities. This has led many investigators to check preserved biological or environmental samples to see whether the virus was detectable on dates prior to those officially stated.

We exploit the provincial variability of COVID-19 cases registered in Italy to select the territorial predictors of the pandemic. Absent an established theoretical diffusion model, we apply machine learning to isolate, among 77 potential predictors, those that minimize the out-of-sample prediction error. We first estimate the model considering cumulative cases registered before the containment measures displayed their effects (i.e. at the peak of the epidemic in March 2020), then cases registered between the peak date and when containment measures were relaxed in early June.

In una situazione di pandemia, di incertezza, di isolamento e distanziamento sociale globali, il lavoro si concentra sull’individuazione delle disposizioni
attivate dagli intervistati nei confronti del futuro. L’«orizzonte delle attese», in cui confluiscono immagini di obiettivi personali plausibilmente raggiungibili,
previsioni per sé e per gli altri formulate in base a competenze e informazioni disponibili, ma anche speranze, desideri, paure e preoccupazioni

L’intento di studiare come fosse divenuta la vita ai tempi del Coronavirus si è tradotto nell’avvio di una web survey, il cui questionario d’indagine è stato ampiamente diffuso su molteplici canali web a partire dal 7 aprile 2020. L’indagine, alla quale hanno partecipato quasi 15.000 italiani, si è posta come obiettivo conoscitivo di carattere generale quello di rilevare le opinioni prevalenti, le rappresentazioni più diffuse, i vissuti e le trasformazioni della vita quotidiana connessi con la delicata fase emergenziale.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov2) outbreak has caused a pandemic rapidly impacting on the way of life of the entire world. This impact in the specific setting of transplantation and immunosuppression has been poorly explored to date. Discordant data exist on the impact of previous coronavirus outbreaks on immunosuppressed patients. Overall, only a very limited number of cases have been reported in literature, suggesting that transplanted patients not necessarily present an increased risk of severe SARS-Cov2-related disease compared to the general population.

The global health crisis due to the fast spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused major disruption in all aspects of healthcare. Transplantation is one of the most affected sectors, as it relies on a variety of services that have been drastically occupied to treat patients affected by COVID-19.

Il contributo attiene ai profili costituzionali dell'emergenza Covid-19 nell'ordinamento federale tedesco, con riguardo al quadro normativo previgente in materia, ai provvedimenti normativi della Federazione e dei sedici Laender tedeschi, e alle più importanti pronunce dei giudici circa la legittimità delle misure limitative dei diritti di libertà introdotte ai diversi livelli di governo per arginare la diffusione dell'epidemia.