Ricostruzione di flussi veicolari su scala regionale: progettazione e implementazione di un modello

Si mostrano i passi seguiti nello sviluppo di un modello matematico e simulativo che mira a ricostruire il campo di flusso veicolare della rete stradale della regione Emilia Romagna. Si descrivono le fonti di dati utilizzate per la ricostruzione: dispositivi GPS a bassa capillarità e spire induttive su strada; si discute delle caratteristiche dei dati e dei problemi intrinseci e contingenti da cui sono affetti, nonché delle metodologie adottate nel tentativo di risolvere questi problemi. Si illustra l’idea centrale alla base delle ricostruzioni, e si descrive un criterio di validazione del modello. Si mostrano i risultati dei vari algoritmi ideati, ognuno affiancato dal parametro di validità, evidenziando quale metodo produca risultati migliori. Si conclude discutendo delle potenzialità del modello in termini di applicabilità in altre regioni o zone geografiche.

Delayed HIV diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy: inequalities by educational level, COHERE in EuroCoord.

OBJECTIVES In Europe and elsewhere, health inequalities among HIV-positive individuals are of concern. We investigated late HIV diagnosis and late initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) by educational level, a proxy of socioeconomic position. DESIGN AND METHODS We used data from nine HIV cohorts within COHERE in Austria, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, collecting data on level of education in categories of the UNESCO/International Standard Classification of Education standard classification: non-completed basic, basic, secondary and tertiary education. We included individuals diagnosed with HIV between 1996 and 2011, aged at least 16 years, with known educational level and at least one CD4 cell count within 6 months of HIV diagnosis. We examined trends by education level in presentation with advanced HIV disease (AHD) (CD4 <200 cells/μl or AIDS within 6 months) using logistic regression, and distribution of CD4 cell count at cART initiation overall and among presenters without AHD using median regression. RESULTS Among 15 414 individuals, 52, 45,37, and 31% with uncompleted basic, basic, secondary and tertiary education, respectively, presented with AHD (P trend <0.001). Compared to patients with tertiary education, adjusted odds ratios of AHD were 1.72 (95% confidence interval 1.48-2.00) for uncompleted basic, 1.39 (1.24-1.56) for basic and 1.20 (1.08-1.34) for secondary education (P < 0.001). In unadjusted and adjusted analyses, median CD4 cell count at cART initiation was lower with poorer educational level. CONCLUSIONS Socioeconomic inequalities in delayed HIV diagnosis and initiation of cART are present in European countries with universal healthcare systems and individuals with lower educational level do not equally benefit from timely cART initiation.

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S. A. Spira

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The conflict of conscience,

Original title: An excellent new Commedie, Intituled: The Conflict of Conscience. Contayninge, A most lamentable example, of the dolefull desperation of a miserable worldlinge, termed, by the name of Philologvs, who forsooke the trueth of Gods Gospel, for feare of the losse of lyfe, & worldly goods. Compiled, by Nathaniell Woodes. Minister in Norwich ... At London, Printed, by Richarde Bradocke ... 1581. Based on the story of Francesco Spira, a convert to Romanism.

Die Eschatologie der Juden nach Talmud und Midrasch

Salomon Spira

Quantification of upper limb motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease using a smartphone

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