A5010558028- Family Support in Illness
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Social Representations and Identity
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Educational and Social Studies
- Mental Health via Writing
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Digital Storytelling and Education
- Semiotics and Representation Studies
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
- Italian Literature and Culture
- Moringa oleifera research and applications
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Child Therapy and Development
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment
Federico II University Hospital
2013-2025
University of Naples Federico II
2015-2024
University of Cagliari
1994-2023
Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Consorziale - Policlinico Bari
2023
Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital
2022
Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla
2022
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Cagliari
2019
University of Perugia
2015-2017
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
2013
J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital
2005
To assess whether the immune derangement previously observed in SAPHO syndrome could be linked to variations blood TH1, TH2 or TH17 lymphocytes frequency. Seven patients with a protracted course of disease were studied ex-vivo for intracellular cytokines production by means flow-cytometry and compared matched groups Psoriatic Arthritis healthy controls. The Kruskal-Wallis test on median three categories showed that there is significant association between levels category (p value = 0.02474)....
The effect of dietary supplementation with flax and alfalfa sprouts (40 g/d) on bioactive compounds cholesterol contents hen's egg was examined. Thirty White Leghorn hens, 26 weeks age, were fed, for 66 days, three diets that included control (standard diet – C), standard + (A), (F). Productive performance hens recorded daily. content plasma yolk, the presence in egg, also analysed. Supplementation reduced probably due to synergy between different (polyunsaturated fatty acids - PUFAs,...
Within a semiotic and psychodynamic frame, we present discuss the psychological construct of modal articulation. By modality, mean way subject organizes meaning his/her own experience according to categories necessity, possibility, opportunity, will, knowledge, permission, duty. Modality is relevant topic in some branches philosophy, logics, linguistics, semiotics, but there no systematic discourse about it psychology. The proposal this work deal with interesting promising features...
Temporality is a fundamental dimension of each narrative process meaning making. In fact, the narration constructs and organizes temporal frames that connect one's own experiences. From this point view, oncological illness experienced as traumatic experience interrupts sense continuity life, resulting in configuration different frames, which are not always able to support processes elaboration experience. The aim article explore way modal verbal predicates (must, can, will, know) organized...
Abstract Circulating endothelial cells (CEC) represent a restricted peripheral blood (PB) cell subpopulation with high potential diagnostic value in many endothelium-involving diseases. However, whereas the interest CEC studies has grown, standardization level of their detection not. Here, we undertook task to align phenotypes and counts, by standardizing novel flow cytometry approach, within network six laboratories. were identified as alive/nucleated/CD45negative/CD34bright/CD146positive...
Previous research has agreed that meaning-making is a key element in the promotion of patients’ well-being during and after traumatic event such as cancer. In this paper, we focus on an underestimated related to crisis/rupture process with respect time perspective. We consider 40 narratives breast cancer patients at different times treatment, undergoing chemotherapy biological therapy. collected data through writing technique. performed interpretative thematic analysis highlighted specific...
Following the One Health approach, designing multidimensional strategies to orient healthcare in promoting health and preventive processes has become paramount. In particular, prevention domain, cancer screening attendance is still unsatisfactory many populations requires specific consideration. To this end, following a research-intervention logic, study aims investigate experiences meanings that users of public services associate with prevention, particularly participation screenings. The...
Breast cancer survivors often report internal sensations of discomfort that influence body image or the subjective representation one's appearance, which can cause a disconnection between and personal identity. 12 breast were involved in group psychological intervention focused on management autobiographical memories related to their own after cancer. Three open questions administered pre, post 1 month later intervention. Autobiographical analyzed with qualitative methodology explore...
There is literary evidence stating that expressive writing affects health outcomes. Nevertheless, the processes underlying its benefits remain unclear. In our previous article, we described of writing; in this investigate meaning-making traumatic experiences parents children with leukemia off-therapy. We collected writings 23 and grouped them according to parents' psychological outcome (low/good/high) respect anxiety, as assessed during a follow-up. qualitatively analyzed texts written by...
A diagnosis of breast cancer is considered a potential traumatic event associated with physical and psychological effects. In literature, an exploration experience in young women lacking, able to shed light on the narrative processes meaning-making specific phases treatment, as may be initial impact onset cancer. Meaning-making are determinant aspects when dealing events. The research took place at National Cancer Institute Pascale Naples. We collected 50 ah hoc interviews explore different...
Breast cancer (BC) in younger age is a critical and potentially traumatic experience that can interrupt the continuity of self-narrative during crucial phase. In Narrative Identity framework translation memories into autobiographical narratives an internal external process plays key role meaning-making, social relationships self-coherence. The aim this study to examine function memory (AMN) play adaptation BC medical treatment. Seventeen women below 50 years received prompts provide at four...
Research into the change processes underlying benefits of expressive writing is still incomplete. To fill this gap, we investigated linguistic markers in cognitive and emotional processing among women with breast cancer, highlighting differences peculiarities during different treatment phases. A total 60 writings were collected from 20 women: 10 receiving chemotherapy biological therapy. We performed a series repeated measures ANOVA for most meaningful LIWC categories, including...
This study assesses the effects of Guided Written Disclosure Protocol on psychological distress in mothers and fathers off-therapy acute lymphoblastic leukemia children. An experimental group participated writing intervention with a control subject only to test-taking standards. The Symptom Questionnaire Profile Mood States were administered at baseline, post-intervention, follow-up. had significant progressive reduction anxiety, depression, somatic symptoms, hostility, tension–anxiety,...
The adaptation of chickens to free-range rearing systems mainly involves the locomotory behavior, which is very different in fast-growing (FG) and slow-growing (SG) strains. This study aimed compare effect moderate activity (induced prolonged) on blood oxidative status a chicken strain with that one. Thirty FG (Ross 308) birds 30 SG (Hubbard) were divided into 2 groups for each subjected treatments: no exercise (the control group [C]) 1 h walking at 4 km/h [E]). Daily was promoted by...
During pregnancy and the transition toward motherhood, a special time for restructuring of female identity representational world, dreaming may play an important function in psychic life. If we accept that psychological psychosocial risk factors influence representation during pregnancy, this article explores, from psychodynamic perspective, how presence/absence biological is represented into women’s dream narration. Forty dreams pregnant women (20 healthy pregnancies/20 at risk) were...
Breast cancer is a potential traumatic event associated with psychological symptoms, but few studies have analysed its impact in under-50 women. Emotional processing successful function integrating experiences. This work the relationship between emotional and symptoms during three phases of treatment (before hospitalization, counselling after surgery adjuvant therapy) 50 women under age breast cancer. Mixed-effects models tested statistical differences among phases. There were significant...
The concept that a traumatic experience, such as cancer, can lead to positive change and transformation of self, life relationships was named post-traumatic growth (PTG). A large amount research measured PTG in cancer survivors arguing an interpretation the construct outcome. Recently, qualitative shows different types narrative PTG, but markers their functions remain still unclear. Within mixed-method, we aim highlight transformative functions, underlying within 12 survivors’ narratives...
The recent literature shows an increase of breast cancer in women under 50, however still few are the studies which analyse impact disease this specific target age. This study aims at exploring most prevalent topics Italian blogs who have received a diagnosis before age order to understand their experience illness and characteristics women’s narrations different times after (1 year, 2 years, 3 years). We collected textual corpus 4 performed thematic analysis. Five themes resulted, which,...
A significant proportion of HIV-infected patients experiencing a late diagnosis highlights the need to define immunological protocols able help clinicians in identifying at higher risk for failure. The aim study was evaluate feasibility easy cytometric tests defining effect antiretroviral treatment (cART) on homeostasis and predictive markers early immune recovery. Chronic HIV infected (n = 202) were enrolled prospective multicentric study, their profile studied before (w0) after 24 weeks...
Purpose Consistent with current literature, which highlights the role of narration as a key tool for exploring processes by people construct meaning their critical experiences authors propose theoretical and methodological model to analyse narratives illness identify any innovative aspects. The generative mind presented refers semiotic, narrative socio-constructivist perspective according constitutes one possible affective pre-verbal sense experience is transformed into that can be...