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GeoVisualization and the Digital City (Special Issue Guest Editorial)

This introductory chapter explores notions of the Digital City through four action types relating to complimentary levels of function and contends that geovisualization is a key component. An interdisciplinary and international workshop on GeoVisualization and the Digital City is reported upon and the process developed for supporting an stimulating cross-disciplinary research and publication in...

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j Abstract After legislative changes in 1978, Italian psychiatry underwent a thorough overhaul, with the gradual closure of all Mental Hospitals. A nation-wide network of Departments of Mental Health now deliver outpatient and inpatient care, but also run semi-residential and residential facilities (the latter with 2.9 beds per 10,000 inhabitants). Hospital care is delivered through small psych...

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It is with great pleasure that I introduce this specia l i s sue of Aging Successfully that focuses on Preventive Gerontology. Aging successfully is dependent on the individual himself or herself. While health professionals can act as a guide through life’s journey, it is only through one’s own efforts that the best outcomes can be assured. This issue provides tools that all of us can use to ag...

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Microbial species participate in the genesis of a substantial number of malignancies worldwide, and conservative estimates indicate that >15% of all cancer cases are attributable to infectious agents. Helicobacter pylori is the most common bacterial infection worldwide, and colonization typically lasts for decades in the absence of targeted antimicrobial therapy. One biological cost to this lon...