A5021879951- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Educational and Social Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Family Support in Illness
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Music Technology and Sound Studies
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Diverse Music Education Insights
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining
- Legal and Labor Studies
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
University of Milan
2014-2024
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2013-2024
University of Ferrara
2023-2024
University of Brescia
2020-2023
Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
2021
University of Parma
2021
University of the Sacred Heart
2021
University of Bologna
2012-2015
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2010-2014
IBM Research - Ireland
2013
Social networks attract lots of new users every day and absorb from them information about events facts happening in the real world. The exploitation this can help identifying mobility patterns that occur an urban environment as well produce services to take advantage social commonalities between people. In paper we set out address problem extracting fragments multiple sparse people life traces, they emerge participation network. To investigate challenging task, analyzed 13 millions Twitter...
The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, the ensuing pandemic, and related containment measures pose considerable challenges to psychological resilience well-being. Researchers are now forced look for resources cope with negative experiences linked this health emergency. According salutogenic approach proposed by Antonovsky, sense coherence (SOC) is a major source resilience. Thus, study aimed at assessing role SOC in moderating link between illness (in terms knowing persons diagnosed COVID-19...
Here we present the overall objectives and approach of SAPERE ("Self-aware Pervasive Service Ecosystems") project, focussed on development a highly-innovative nature-inspired framework, suited for decentralized deployment, execution, management, self-aware adaptive pervasive services in future network scenarios.
A number of studies have focused on Bicultural Identity Integration (BII) to explore whether and how migrants ethnic minorities, who experience multiple cultural belongings, perceive their two backgrounds as compatible (vs. conflictual) study the impact these differences psychosocial well-being. Nevertheless, there is a lack research BII among transracial adoptees, also unique conditions dual belonging. Relying sample 170 adopted adolescents born in Latin American countries subsequently...
The ethnic identity development plays a crucial role in adolescence and emerging adulthood may be more complex for adoptees who do not share their with adoptive families. Evidence from the studies was mixed, strong always found to indicative of improved psychological adjustment. Recently research carried out on minorities has highlighted that relation between well-being could influenced by Bicultural Identity Integration (BII) (Benet-Martínez et al., 2002): It reflects how individuals...
Discovering users' whereabouts patterns is important for many emerging ubiquitous computing applications. Life-log systems, advertisement and smart environments are only some of the applications that can be supported by information regarding user routine behaviors. Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) a powerful mechanism to extract recurrent behaviors high-level (called topics) from mobility data in an unsupervised manner. In this paper we test effectiveness LDA identifying collected with...
Transracial adoptees represent a specific group of immigrants who experience unique immigration processes that bring them face-to-face with two cultural backgrounds: their heritage culture on one hand and national the other hand. However, there is scarcity studies focused way these unfold within adoptive families. This study was aimed at exploring how transracial cope construction ethnic identity. Administering self-report questionnaire to 127 mothers, for total 254 participants, we first...
This study focused on the parent–child relationship and children’s psychological well-being in families with internationally adopted adolescents emerging adults. The study’s goal was twofold: (1) to analyze conflict, communicative openness regard adoption, promotion of volitional functioning as key aspects relationship; (2) measure relative importance each above-mentioned predicting adoptees’ well-being. In analyses, parent child genders developmental stage (adolescence vs. adulthood) were...
Objective The current study was aimed at exploring Italian parents' perceived negative and positive changes in family life during the COVID‐19 pandemic, taking into account role of stage size. Background During emergency millions families drastically changed their daily routines. Little evidence exists on how characteristics, such as size or presence children, are related to families' experience change. Method A large sample 1,407 parents (70.1% mothers) filled an anonymous online survey...
The strong restrictive measures adopted in 2020 against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic Italy have deeply affected general population's mental health. In current longitudinal study, we specifically focus on sense coherence (SOC), both terms comprehensibility/manageability and meaningfulness, among a large sample Italian adults; SOC is potential resource likely to foster ability cope with stressors. A total 2,191 participants (65.8% female) aged 18–82 completed an anonymous online self-report...
Adoption is unanimously considered a lifelong process, but adulthood and parenthood are life cycle stages that up to now have been explored only marginally. The principal aim of the present study twofold: first, analyze whether how might lead adoptee his/her partner reinterpret adoption history and, second, verify attitudes two partners concerning similar or complementary. Thirty-four couples consisting one adopted non-adopted partner, parents, were interviewed graphic instrument, Double...
Abstract Research has consistently shown that discrimination based on ethnic group membership affects the psychological well‐being of minorities. Recent studies revealed is also a relevant experience for international transracial adoptees, who have experienced unique migration process. Yet, there still paucity focused similarities and differences between how immigrants adoptees perceive perceived impacts well‐being, depending identity. Our study aimed to fill these gaps by investigating...
This article describes a didactic experience concerning the interaction between young children and Continuator, an Interactive Reflexive Musical System (IRMS) elaborated at SONY- Computer Science Laboratory in Paris. The general aim was to analyse whether how Continuator can be used kindergartner during daily school activities role of teacher context free play guided with system. took place Bologna (Italy) involved 18 aged 3–5 years. learned dialogue musically system manage various kinds...
Intercountry adoptees constitute a distinct acculturating group that differs from traditional immigrant groups. Yet, there is lack of research examining the psychosocial processes related to well-being this and how these differ other A study carried out in Italy based on sample young immigrants ( N = 168) intercountry 160) tests model which social (perceived discrimination) family factors (parental autonomy support) predict psychological well-being. The also examines whether associations are...
Abstract Ethnic identity has been explored mainly among minorities and only recently transracial adoptees. This process is particularly complex because adoptees do not share their heritage with adoptive families. Research demonstrated that ethnic positively correlated adoptees’ self-esteem psychological well being it enhanced by parents’ cultural socialization, but these studies were carried out in the U.S. context. Moreover construction embedded within social network empirical results...
The presence of flow state was measured and observed in children playing with the MIROR-Improvisation prototype, an interactive reflexive musical system (IRMS). IRMS have been defined as ‘flow machines’ on account their ability to imitate style human a keyboard. Twenty-four (4 8 years old) took part three sessions keyboard consecutive days. In each session, all played without MIROR-Impro, alone friend. One group set-up which reply is more similar child’s input (set-up Same). other Very...
The study aimed to determine the biochemical reference ranges for lambs from birth 1 year of age in tropics. Data were obtained experiments performed several institutions and commercial farms using Santa Inês, Dorper, Lacaune, Morada Nova, Bergamacia Suffolk reared under different conditions (grazing, feedlot, semi-feedlot) 2006 2017. Serum energy-, protein-, mineral-, enzyme-related metabolites evaluated. metabolic energy profile included data glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides,...
Research has been focussing on protective and resistance-related factors that may help people face the long-lasting psychological challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. Sense coherence allows to remain healthy recover after stressful or traumatic life experiences. We aimed at investigating whether, extent which, social support, in terms both family friends mediated well-established link between sense mental health as well COVID-19-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In May...