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L’obiettivo psicosociale principale nella cura dei tumori pediatrici consiste nell’aiutare i bambini e le loro famiglie ad affrontare la diagnosi e le prospettive che ne derivano. I bambini e le loro famiglie hanno bisogno del nostro aiuto, anche se la maggior parte di loro si scontra con la diagnosi senza apparentemente manifestare segni di cedimento. Da un lato dobbiamo cercare di aiutare il bambino e la sua famiglia che hanno un bisogno immediato del nostro supporto, dall’altro occorre portare avanti una ricerca controllata e scientificamente valida, finalizzata a distinguere gli interventi efficaci da quelli inefficaci. L’assistenza clinica ottimale consiste nell’applicazione delle migliori scoperte oggi disponibili, basate sull’evidenza e applicate nel contesto culturale locale. Il personale sanitario può dare ascolto attento ai bambini e alle loro famiglie per capire in che modo essi agiscono e rispondono all’assistenza che viene loro offerta. Modificare il proprio approccio sulla base del livello di soddisfazione delle famiglie nei confronti dell’assistenza offerta può aiutare a migliorare il servizio.

The paper discusses key policy issues faced by new member States as they prepare for the next financial perspective, which is expected to address key challenges of the European Union growth and convergence. While expenditure of the EU budget over the 2007-2013 period can only be a partial solution to economic problems faced by member states, it will nonetheless be an important resource for new member states and can help them to accelerate their path of convergence, if used wisely. In order for EU funds to have a significant and positive impact, new member States must overcome absorption problems on macroeconomic, financial and administrative/institutional levels. In the paper we argue that the final outcome in terms of growth and fiscal equilibrium in new member States in the period of the next financial perspective will depend on the objective they choose (real vs nominal convergence) and their ability to resolve absorption related problems, particularly problems with financial and administrative absorption.

The ageing of the immune system, immunosenescence, is associated with important remodelling changes in all lymphoid organs and its cells. However, the pace of ageing differs between people with the same chronological age, indicating that it may be thus influenced by extrinsic factors, including the chronic stress. In fact, young adults under chronic psychosocial stress may present immunosenescence features similarly to those found in older adults. Immunosenescence contributes to the onset and clinical course of age-related diseases such as neurodegenerative disorders, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. This article reviews that premature immunosenescence is observed in adults under chronic psychological stress as well as in healthy adolescents with history of childhood maltreatment. Superimposing stress during ageing is associated with further decline in adaptive immunity, increased inflammaging, accelerated cellular senescence and increased susceptibility to infections. This is of great interest for the COVID-19 pandemic, making the chronically stressed older adults of particular risk for worsen disease outcomes and poor vaccine responses.

Il contributo affronta il tema del bullismo collocandolo culturalmente dentro la società post-moderna. La paura caratterizzata da liquidità e contingenza è diventata una delle manifestazioni dell’umanità di oggi, con tutti i meccanismi di difesa che, consapevolmente e non, vengono attivati anche tra i più giovani. Il fenomeno del bullismo, nella sua complessità, può essere letto come una espressione della "paura fai da te", una reazione scomposta, di attrazione e repulsione verso la diversità e la debolezza dell’altro, difficile da gestire anche in relazione alla propria fragilità. I dati del bullismo nel nostro Paese sono in diminuzione ma, se contestualizzati all’interno del sistema inclusivo che caratterizza il sistema italiano da più di quaranta anni, sono ancora troppo significativi. Le politiche, le culture e la pratiche scolastiche hanno il compito di crescere per permettere ad ogni diversità di essere riconosciuta e ad ogni differenza di essere promossa. Le sfide della formazione di base dei docenti, della progettazione integrata della classe e della cura educativa rappresentano possibili punti su cui investire

Climate change involves fundamental international asymmetries in terms of its sources and impacts. The World Development Report 2010 presents an optimistic picture of the possibilities for tackling global warming, its optimism rather at odds with the gloomy prospects that may well be in store for the world, and which the Report itself documents with a wealth of findings and projections from climatology and social-scientific studies. Its central message is the need for "climate-smart policies" i.e. those that enhance development, reduce vulnerability, and finance transition to low-carbon growth paths. While it may be readily conceded that climate- smart choices can enhance development, there is no warrant for the claim that growth per se, particularly when it is inequitable, is not part of the problem.

The study aims to develop a theoretical model of “satisfaction-loyalty-involvement” in modern HRM-architecture to create a mechanism to strengthen employee involvement in the production process. The study statistically determined the socio-psychological factors influencing satisfaction, loyalty, and involvement in professional activity. It was found that an employee’s attitude (on the example of respondents from Russia) to a company (satisfaction-loyalty-involvement) depends on gender: correlation coefficient 0.631, (p < 0.05), age: 0.690 (p < 0.05), total years in office: 0.572 (p < 0.05), but the greatest – on the level of education – 0.807 (p < 0.05), and does not depend on marital status (0.241), having children (0.041) and level of wages (0.062). According to the results of the correlation analysis the individual psychological features influencing the level of satisfaction were determined. The received information is important for managers and executives to take constructive action and manage their workforce intelligently.

Navigating towards a sustainable future, Algeria engages in strategic resource management to fulfill its 2030 vision. This study delineates a Fuzzy Goal Programming (FGP) model, inte-grating economic objectives with ecological and energy sustainability. The framework priori-tizes renewable energy, marking a decisive pivot from traditional hydrocarbon reliance to meet global environmental mandates. It also maps out a strategic redistribution of the workforce, signifying a shift towards a diversified, innovation-led economy that embraces sustainable methodologies. The implementation of the model offers a robust, empirical tool for decision-makers, harmonizing Algeria’s specific socio-economic attributes with broader, global sus-tainability trends. The outcome is a blueprint for a robust, renewable-centric economy, posi-tioning Algeria at the forefront of sustainable development and energy reform.

The article discusses the issue of the prevention of violent radicalization processes (Khosrokhavar, 2014) in schools, in the Italian context, focusing on their jihadist-type declination, and it intends to propose an interpretation based on the intercultural approach (Schiavinato &amp; Mantovani 2005; Mantovani, 2008; Schiavinato 2015) to the difference management in public contexts (Rhazzali, 2016). This perspective allows us to move the scientific debate away from the predominantly securitarian and emergency perspective, widely adopted by public policies, that removes from the political agenda the issue of an effective and fair management of cultural and religious plurality in the society and in the public space, by adopting an approach which is defined in the literature as “policed multiculturalism” (Ragazzi, 2015). Moreover, the securitarian discourse is a leading argument of some political parties and, encouraged by the mass media, is still dominant in common sense discourses. The intercultural perspective, on the other hand, proposes a more complex interpretation that includes not only the issue of immigration, but also allows to question the changes affecting society and everyone lives, in relation to the interconnections and exchanges that characterise the current era. It therefore considers personal and individual experience within a web of relationships co-constructed in everyday interactions, that are in turn situated in a wider social and cultural framework, which gives sense and influences them and, at the same time, is signified and influenced by them. The intercultural approach, in this respect, does not renounce taking a position of criticism and questioning of exclusion or inferiorisation dynamics, that operate both on interpersonal level and in everyday relationships, and on the broader level of the social processes that frame them.

The objective of this paper is to estimate the effect of Contract Farming (CF) on the efficiency of broiler farmers in Indonesia. We used comprehensive socio-economic data of 438 broiler farmers in Indonesia. To achieve this objective we used causal-comparative research (CCR) design. Stochastic frontier production (SFP) employed to estimate farm efficiency. Then, the effect of CF on farm efficiency was estimated using propensity score matching (PSM). The results showed that the average technical efficiency of broiler farmers is 74.22%.  Participation in CF increases TE by 7.4% and chick productivity by 12.5%. A policy that promotes farmer participation in CF is likely to improve the efficiency of broiler farmers since it is associated with improved input use intensity.

Health is multi-dimensional and its determinants are not just bio-medical, but also socio-cultural and politico-administrative. Sociology of health developed in twentieth century as a specialized branch of sociology to address the widening health needs of human population. Sociology of health in India passed through several phases and complemented as well incorporated disciplines often identified as medical sociology and sociology of medicine. Parsonian system theory, interactionist perspective, conflict approach, phenomenological approach and empiricism have lasting impact on various researches conducted in India in last six decades. This paper is analytical in nature and focuses on four aspects: (i) development of sociology of health as an independent branch of sociology; (ii) three phases of its development in India; (iii) contexts and popular themes; and (iv) its future.

Health is multi-dimensional and its determinants are not just bio-medical, but also socio-cultural and politico-administrative. Sociology of health developed in twentieth century as a specialized branch of sociology to address the widening health needs of human population. Sociology of health in India passed through several phases and complemented as well incorporated disciplines often identified as medical sociology and sociology of medicine. Parsonian system theory, interactionist perspective, conflict approach, phenomenological approach and empiricism have lasting impact on various researches conducted in India in last six decades. This paper is analytical in nature and focuses on four aspects: (i) development of sociology of health as an independent branch of sociology; (ii) three phases of its development in India; (iii) contexts and popular themes; and (iv) its future.