Data about self-perceived food choice (FC) changes and their determinants during COVID-19 lockdowns are limited. This study investigated how the Italian lockdown affected self-perceived food purchases (FP), occurrence of impulse buying (IB), household food waste production (HFWP) and their determinants. A web-based cross-sectional survey was distributed in May 2020, collecting an opportunistic sample of the Italian population. A total of 1865 (70% females) people were enrolled, the median age was 29 (IQR 16.0). Most of the sample increased overall FP (53.4%), food consumption (43.4%), reduced HFWP (53.7%) and halved the prevalence of IB (20.9%) compared to the period before the lockdown (42.5%). Baking ingredients, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit and chocolate had the largest sales increase by individuals, while bakery products, fresh fish and salted snacks purchases highly decreased. Increased FP was associated with the occurrence of IB (adjOR 2.48, p < 0.001) and inversely associated with not having worked during lockdown (adjOR 0.71, p = 0.003). Multivariable logistic regressions revealed occurrence of IB was associated with low perceived dietary quality (adjOR 2.22, p < 0.001), resulting at risk, according to the Emotional Overeating Questionnaire (EOQ, adjOR 1.68, p < 0.001), and inversely associated with decreased HFWP (adjOR 0.73, p < 0.012). Reduced HFWP was associated with higher perceived dietary quality (adjOR 2.27, p < 0.001) and negatively associated with low score at WHO-5 Well-Being Index (adjOR 0.72, p = 0.002). The Italian lockdown highly affected FC behaviours, leading to positive and sustainable habits towards food purchase and consumption. Public health interventions are needed to keep these new positive effects and avoid negative consequences in case of future lockdowns.
Developing a new therapy for people with Parkinson's disease that can affect symptoms such as gait and impulse control. The CALM project (Capturing Basal Ganglia Dynamics for accurate and versatile Deep Brain Stimulation Therapies), coordinated by Alberto Mazzoni, assistant professor at the BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, has obtained important funding from the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza Applicata (FISA), the new programme of the Italian Ministry for Universities and Research to enhance Italian research.
CALM was selected within the 'Engineering and Technology' category, has a duration of 60 months, and aims to change the approach to therapy for Parkinson's disease.
'In the past few years, I have been working on the neural origin of many aspects of Parkinson's disease: the alterations in leg and arm movements, problems with impulse control and verbal communication. The challenge now is to put together all the elements of the Parkinson's puzzle in order to be able to develop effective therapies for a broader spectrum of symptoms, without side effects,' says Alberto Mazzoni, who with his research laboratory, the Computational Neuroengineering Lab, is carrying out work to understand the analysis of dysfunctions in the neural circuits at the origin of various diseases.
In order to advance the project's goals, it is necessary to make a qualitative advance in understanding the dynamics of the areas of the brain involved (the basal ganglia) and how this changes in the case of disease. The CALM project will study the links between motor and cognitive symptoms and the effects of therapies on the nervous system in the long term. This new knowledge will enable the development of two new technologies: a simulated environment in which it will be possible to test the effects of various possible therapies on a virtual copy of the patient's brain; and an algorithm to be used in combination with the latest Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) models that can identify symptoms in real time and act to interrupt them immediately.
"The main practical spin-off of the project will be the development of computational and computer systems to support the clinic, which will enable doctors to provide personalised therapies for Parkinson's disease, even for currently difficult-to-treat symptoms such as gait dysfunction and dysfunction of the mechanisms," says Alberto Mazzoni. "Why the acronym CALM? One of the symptoms of Parkinson's that we aim to be able to treat for the first time is impulse control disorder, which is present in 10/15% of individuals with Parkinson's and leads to addiction to gambling, pathological shopping, hypersexuality and similar behaviour. Understanding the origin of this particular symptom would also contribute to a broader understanding of how decisions are made by the human nervous system'.
Abstract:Near fault seismic records may contain impulsive motions in velocity-time history. The seismic records can be identified as impulsive and non-impulsive depending on the features that their waveforms have. These motions can be an indicator of directivity or fling step effect, and they may cause dangerous effects on structures; for this reason, there is increasing attention on this subject in the last years. In this study, we collect the major earthquakes in Italy, with a magnitude large or equal to Mw 5.0, and identify the impulsive motions recorded by seismic stations. We correlate impulsive motions with directivity and fling step effects. We find that most earthquakes produced impulsive signals due to the directivity effect, though those at close stations to the 30 October 2016 Amatrice earthquake might be generated by the fling step effect. Starting from the analyzed impulses, we discuss on the potential influence of site effects on impulsive signals and suggest a characterization based on the main displacement directions of the impulsive horizontal displacements. Finally, we discuss on the damage of three churches in Emilia, which were subject to impulsive ground motion, underlying in a qualitative way, how the characteristics of the pulses may have had influences the structural response of the façades.Keywords: near-fault ground motion; impulsive signal; ground motion-damage relation
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Diagnosis of SAD is not based on a single and standardized method and cannot be restricted to a single technique or parameter [30]. Multiple tests are available for assessment of SAD, including functional tests such as spirometry, impulse oscillometry, single and multiple breath washout; washout testing do not include only nitrogen washout, as this is associated with some methodological problems (e.g., NO back diffusion and measurement times) [31]. Regarding imaging techniques useful in assessing SAD, both HRCT and quantitative computed tomography (QTC) are important for differentiation of, e.g., functional small airway disease and emphysema [32]. Finally, xenon magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been demonstrated to be useful for understanding the underlying pathophysiology [33]. Moreover, invasive procedures like surgical biopsy and transbronchial biopsy can be performed when non-invasive procedures are not satisfactory in achieving the diagnosis [34].
The aim of the present study is to estimate the prevalence of impulse control disorders (ICDs) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in a population of elderly patients with Parkinson's Disease living in the community.
From Milan boardrooms to Parma dairy farms, Calisto Tanzi was long viewed as a model Italian entrepreneur--modest, hardworking and, above all, generous. Over four decades, as he built Parmalat, the food company he founded in Parma in 1961, into a worldwide giant with annual sales of $9.6 billion, he showered the town with his philanthropy. A pious Catholic, Tanzi helped pay for a major restoration of Parma's 11th century basilica. He poured cash into the local pro-soccer team, restored the theater and financed programs for the poor, AIDS patients and drug addicts. "He has got that impulse in him to just... To continue reading: responsiveAd(className: "subscribe-link",ads: [type: "desktop",size: "142x70",cm: position: "subscribebtn", type: "text",type: "tablet",size: "142x70",cm: position: "subscribebtn", type: "text",// Mobile 300type: "mobile",size: "142x70",config: zone: "219200",site: "28275",size_x: "142", size_y: "70",type: "-1"]); or Log-In
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