Ricerc@Sapienza

Measuring self-care behaviors is crucial in diabetes research worldwide. Having a common measure of self-care represents an unmet need limiting the development of the science. The Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory was developed to address limitations of previous tools that were not theoretically grounded, strong in psychometrics, and clinically validated. However, the generalizability and comparability of the Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory has not been tested across cultures and languages.

The results of Cubitt et al. on the spectral gap problem add a new chapter to the issue of undecidability in physics, as they show that it is impossible to decide whether the Hamiltonian of a quantum many-body system is gapped or gapless. This implies, amongst other things, that a reductionist viewpoint would be untenable. In this paper, we examine their proof and a few philosophical implications, in particular ones regarding models and limitative results.

Starting from the view of economy as the field in which the sustainable dynamics of a society are expressed (Barile, et al. 2013, 2014; Espejo, 2014), the aim of this work is to investigate the hidden and sensitive relation which links together the evolution of the managerial theories and that of production systems, integrating an empirical and a theoretical approach.
The main question of research is summarized as follows:

We read with interest the paper by Hamada et al.1 (covered vs uncovered metal stents for malignant gastric outlet obstruction. Systematic review and metaanalysis”).
We prospectively analyzed the clinical outcomes of 72 patients2,3 and we came to similar conclusions. Conceptually, covered stents present the advantage of preventing tumor ingrowth within the stent and, being more compliant, they could facilitate pyloric motility. However, they dislodge
more easily, and distal migration of the stent can lead to serious consequences ...

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods 2018

The book collects the extended versions of the best papers presented at the 6-th edition of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Application and methods

The nature of the data of financial systems raises several theoretical and methodological issues, which not only impact finance, but have also philosophical and methodological implications, viz. on the very notion of data. In this paper I will examine several features of financial data, especially stock markets data: these features pose serious challenges to the interpretation and employment of stock markets data, weakening the ‘myth of data’. In particular I will focus on two issues: (1) the way data are produced and shared, and (2) the way data are processed.

For many architects, who attribute to memory a fundamental role in their creative process, Rome and its multiple spatiality have been and continue to be extraordinary sources of inspiration.
Its ruins, expression of the fragment and unfinished condition, have been used as a bare architecture, pluging in a new building, or as a layer on which build up the following one. Their building systems and urban role have attracted architects from different eras.

Historical accounts of the earliest experiments in blood transfusion celebratework done in France and England in 1667 to 1668. Less attention has been given to pioneering experiments conducted at the same period in Italy.We review records of the first blood transfusion experiments conducted in 17th century Italy. Using original source documents, we provide details of early experiments focusing on the identity of early researchers, their instruments, and techniques.