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View article: Active Visual Art Therapy in the General Hospital: Facts and Challenges from an Ethical Perspective
Active Visual Art Therapy in the General Hospital: Facts and Challenges from an Ethical Perspective Open
For decades, art in its many forms has been used to improve patients’ quality of life and mental health. A growing amount of literature has shown the effectiveness of active visual art therapy (AVAT) on different patient outcomes and highl…
View article: Ethical Issues in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: An Update from a Psychosocial Perspective
Ethical Issues in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation: An Update from a Psychosocial Perspective Open
Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) currently represents the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal failure. LDKT is a serious event with profound psychological, interpersonal, familial, and social implications. Over …
View article: Ethics of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescence and Its Implications for Clinical Practice
Ethics of Bariatric Surgery in Adolescence and Its Implications for Clinical Practice Open
Obesity is increasingly prevalent among adolescents. Clinical and research data support the use of bariatric surgery (BS) as a treatment option for severely obese adolescents, with good results in terms of weight loss, improvement or resol…
View article: Covid-19 and Public Transport: two years later. Investigating the transport demand trend in the City of Brescia
Covid-19 and Public Transport: two years later. Investigating the transport demand trend in the City of Brescia Open
Public Transport (PT) extremely suffered from the Covid-19 pandemic. While trying to guarantee the service supply as regularly as possible, great efforts have been made by Transport Companies to deal with constantly changing emergency pres…
View article: Bariatric Surgery: Psychosocial Aspects and Quality of Life
Bariatric Surgery: Psychosocial Aspects and Quality of Life Open
Obesity is a major worldwide health problem, causing an ongoing and decades-long pandemic, which the WHO has termed the “global obesity epidemic”, concurrent with the COVID-19 pandemic [...]
View article: First beams from the 1+ source of the ADIGE injector for the SPES Project
First beams from the 1+ source of the ADIGE injector for the SPES Project Open
The ADIGE (Acceleratore Di Ioni a Grande carica Esotici) injector consists of an electrostatic 1+ beam line, equipped with ion sources able to produce a wide variety of beams, coupled to a magnetic beam line, where charge multiplication is…
View article: Online Videogames Use and Anxiety in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Online Videogames Use and Anxiety in Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
Videogames use has constantly increased among children and adolescents, with uncertain consequences on their health. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of videogames use and addiction in a sample of Italian children during the COVID…
View article: Relationship of Internet Gaming Disorder with Psychopathology and Social Adaptation in Italian Young Adults
Relationship of Internet Gaming Disorder with Psychopathology and Social Adaptation in Italian Young Adults Open
Internet addiction is currently considered a worldwide problem, with a possible impact on mental health. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of internet gaming disorder (IGD) among Italian young adults and to explore its associa…
View article: Commentary: “My Husband Affects Me More Than My Cancer”: Reflections on Simultaneous Intimate Partner Violence and Breast Cancer Experience in a 48-Year-Old Woman'
Commentary: “My Husband Affects Me More Than My Cancer”: Reflections on Simultaneous Intimate Partner Violence and Breast Cancer Experience in a 48-Year-Old Woman' Open
We present our commentary about the case of a 48-year-old woman diagnosed with early breast cancer, already presented as publication. A candidate for mastectomy, she refused immediate reconstruction. She was referred to a psycho-oncologist…
View article: Psychological and Psychopathological Aspects of Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review
Psychological and Psychopathological Aspects of Kidney Transplantation: A Systematic Review Open
Kidney transplantation is a serious event that involves profound psychological, relational and social changes both for the patient and his family context. Assessment of personality profile, awareness of disease, family and social support o…
View article: Nonverbal Communication and Psychopathology in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Nonverbal Communication and Psychopathology in Kidney Transplant Recipients Open
Transplant recipients have difficulty expressing, identifying, and describing their emotional experiences. The Machover human figure test allows us to bring out the deepest contents of a patient's personality, which are normally hidden and…
View article: High Level Software for Beam 6D Phase Space Characterization
High Level Software for Beam 6D Phase Space Characterization Open
Operation of modern particle accelerators require high qualitity beams and conseguently sensitive diagnostic system in order to monitories and characterize the beam during the acceleration and transport. A turn-key high level software BOLI…
View article: Depression after a cardiac arrest: An unpredictable issue to always investigate for
Depression after a cardiac arrest: An unpredictable issue to always investigate for Open
View article: EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Design study towards a compact FEL facility at LNF
EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Design study towards a compact FEL facility at LNF Open
View article: Changes in quality of life and functional capacity after lung transplantation: A single-center experience
Changes in quality of life and functional capacity after lung transplantation: A single-center experience Open
Lung transplantation (LT) increases the life expectancy of patients affected by end stage pulmonary disease; specifically, its ultimate aims are to improve survival and health related quality of life (HRQoL). The aim of the present longitu…
View article: Music, Spatial Task Performance, and Brain Plasticity in Elderly Adults
Music, Spatial Task Performance, and Brain Plasticity in Elderly Adults Open
The effect of music by Mozart on cognitive performance and brain plasticity in elderly adults was explored. To the knowledge of the authors, this is the first study to provide documentary evidence of an increase in brain-derived neurotropi…
View article: Increasing awareness on HIV and STDs: a four-year program on high school in the Province of Pavia
Increasing awareness on HIV and STDs: a four-year program on high school in the Province of Pavia Open