Competencies for innovation and employability: Rhetoric and reality from a Southern Italian region

2015 ◽  
pp. 36-57
Author(s):  
Lidia Greco
Keyword(s):  
Italian Region

scholarly journals AB0520 FIVE-YEAR RATE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IN ANCA-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIDES IN THE ITALIAN REGION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA (2013-2017)

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1557.2-1558
Author(s):  
L. Quartuccio ◽  
E. Treppo ◽  
S. De Vita ◽  
F. Valent
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis ◽  
Burden Of Illness ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Administrative Databases ◽  
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Potential Health ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Friuli Venezia Giulia

Background:ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) are a group of systemic vasculitis carrying a high risk of hospitalization because the multiorgan involvement, the acute nature of some clinical manifestations, the chronic but very disabling course of some other manifestations and finally the risk of severe infections due to chronic glucocorticoid and immunosuppressor administration. However, data on hospitalization due to ANCA-associated vasculitis are still scarce.Objectives:to estimate the rate of the first hospitalization or the death in patients suffering from AAV in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia (about 1,200,000 inhabitants) from year 2013 to 2017.Methods:integration of the information coming from many administrative databases were used to this end. The Regional Health Information System of Friuli Venezia Giulia was used as the source of information for this retrospective cohort study. The system covers the entire regional population and includes various electronic health administrative databases that can be linked with one another on an individual basis through a unique encrypted identifier. In particular, the following databases were matched: the database of the regional potential health care beneficiaries (including demographic information and the residential history of all of the subjects living in the region), the hospital discharge database, the database of exemptions from medical charges were used for this study, the database of the different regional laboratories. The population under study was selected based on the following inclusion criteria: patients were residents in Friuli Venezia Giulia and they had to carry the exemption code for AAV, including Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA), or Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA), or Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA). This population was observed from 2013 to 2017. The coded event was the occurrence of the first hospitalization or the death. Also, all the hospitalization and their main discharge diagnoses were registered.Results:103 patient with AAV were identified. The number of patients with at least one hospitalization/death was 74/103 (71,8%). Seven patients died during the observation period (6,6%). The whole number of hospitalizations was 285 in 74 patients. 55/74 (74,3%) patients experienced more than one hospitalization. In the majority of the hospitalizations (119/285, 41,7%), the cause of hospitalization was directly attributable to the disease itself, while the second cause of hospitalization was the infections (26/285, 9,1%). In 10/103 patients (9,7%), an end stage renal disease was recorded as event. The presence of at least one positivity for ANCA antibodies was documented in 76/103 patients (73,8%), mainly in patients carrying GPA. Globally, the presence of ANCA antibody seems to be associated with greater likelihood of an event (p=0,07, log-rank test). The first event occurred in 50% of ANCA-positive patients within 180 days from diagnosis, while in 50% of ANCA negative patients in 859 days. 6 out of the 7 deaths occurred in ANCA positive patients.Conclusion:the rate of hospitalization in AAV is very high confirming the high health care burden of illness. The disease itself is often the cause of the hospitalization, as well as the infectious complication, highlighting the need for more effective treatments, and glucocorticoid sparing therapies. ANCA antibody may represent a biomarker of a more serious disease.Disclosure of Interests:Luca Quartuccio Consultant of: Abbvie, Bristol, Speakers bureau: Abbvie, Pfizer, Elena Treppo: None declared, Salvatore De Vita Consultant of: Roche, GSK, Speakers bureau: Roche, GSK, Novartis, Francesca Valent: None declared

Antibodies against Hepatitis C Virus in Hemodialysis Patients in the Central Italian Region of Umbria: Evaluation of Some Risk Factors

Nephron ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Brugnano ◽  
D. Francisci ◽  
G. Quintaliani ◽  
M. Gaburri ◽  
G. Nori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Italian Region

scholarly journals Time Series Seasonal Analysis Based on Fuzzy Transforms

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferdinando Di Martino ◽  
Salvatore Sessa
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Seasonal Forecasting ◽  
Weather Station ◽  
Fuzzy Transform ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Mean Temperature ◽  
Forecasting Method ◽  
Seasonal Analysis ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Universe Of Discourse

We define a new seasonal forecasting method based on fuzzy transforms. We use the best interpolating polynomial for extracting the trend of the time series and generate the inverse fuzzy transform on each seasonal subset of the universe of discourse for predicting the value of a an assigned output. Like first example, we use the daily weather dataset of the municipality of Naples (Italy) starting from data collected from 2003 till to 2015 making predictions on the following outputs: mean temperature, max temperature and min temperature, all considered daily. Like second example, we use the daily mean temperature measured at the weather station “Chiavari Caperana” in the Liguria Italian Region. We compare the results with our method, the average seasonal variation, ARIMA and the usual fuzzy transforms concluding that the best results are obtained under our approach in both examples.

scholarly journals The role of education, knowledge and human resources for the agricultural development in the perspective of new cap: an hypothesis of change in Basilicata

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Contò ◽  
M. Fiore ◽  
P. La Sala ◽  
P. Papapietro
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Network Education ◽  
Dummy Variable ◽  
New Models ◽  
The Relationship

The role of education, knowledge and human resources in the agribusiness becomes of primary importance for the development of agricultural sector and, more generally, of the territory. The main objective of the present paper is to verify the role of investment in human resources and, consequently, in services for the agricultural development for the dynamics of rural development, trade and international cooperation of agribusiness.After a literature review, the paper firstly analyses the characteristics of the Italian Region of Basilicata, selected for our empirical application, and secondly develops an econometric model to explain the relationship between the rural GDP and a set of economic variables and of network-education-social (NES) dummy variable. These NES is representative of social, educational and, network factors, describing the degree of openness of the region firm. As expected, the results show that farmers may act as engines for economic development when they are trained on the basis of the needs and requirements related to innovation and research, and they are assisted through new models of organization of agricultural services.

scholarly journals The Importance of Network Contract Model for SMEs` Growth. The Case of an Italian Region

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (34) ◽  
pp. 434
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Granata
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Research Method ◽  
National Level ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Extended Study ◽  
New Business ◽  
Multimethod Approach

Aim: The aim of this paper is to analyze the strategic validity of Italian network contract in order to define a new business model for contemporary enterprises. Methodology: The research method is deductive-inductive with a multimethod approach. The sources are collected through semi-structured interviews and open sources, scientific books and papers, and sectorial database. Findings: The present research is the first step taken in conducting an extended study on a territorial, regional, and national level. Limitations: Research limitations are based on the restricted data used in the present phase of the work. Implications: The paper aim at integrating existing literature for academic community and decision makers. Originality: The research represents essential characteristics of Italian network contract, by emphasizing its framework and validity, in order to recognize an innovative business model in increasing the enterprises competition in the market.

Territorial level for biofuel production—Case study of an Italian region

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 2222-2231 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Paiano ◽  
G. Camaggio ◽  
G. Lagioia
Keyword(s):  
Biofuel Production ◽  
Italian Region

Clinical and virological survey of patients with hepatitis B surface antigen in an Italian region: Clinical considerations and disease burden

2009 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
pp. 1882-1886 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Torre ◽  
Monica Basso ◽  
Edoardo G. Giannini ◽  
Marcello Feasi ◽  
Silvia Boni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Surface Antigen ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
Hepatitis B Surface Antigen ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Clinical Considerations

INNOVATION AND STRATEGIC TYPES OF FAMILY SMEs: A TEST AND EXTENSION OF MILES AND SNOW'S CONFIGURATIONAL MODEL

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 257-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL PITTINO ◽  
FRANCESCA VISINTIN
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Contextual Variables ◽  
Italian Region ◽  
Configurational Approach ◽  
Family Smes ◽  
Innovation Strategies ◽  
Friuli Venezia Giulia ◽  
Configurational Model

In this paper is we attempt to construct and validate a typology of innovation strategies among family SMEs applying the Miles and Snow's configurational model. We also try to extend the scope of the model testing the fit between entrepreneurial, managerial and governance characteristics and innovative posture of the firm. Research has been carried out on a representative sample of small and medium family firms of the Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia. Results indicate that significant differences in the mentioned contextual variables exist among different strategic typologies of family firms, however some questions remain unanswered and more effort is needed to develop the configurational approach in the field of family business.

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