This article aimed to reflect about the importance of the role nurses perform in strategies of health education to lay caregivers, who are important actors in the health/disease process. It is a thematic reflection, built through bibliographic review, which discusses the role of lay caregivers in different stages of the life cycle. Considering the participation of lay caregivers in the Brazilia...

The cellular quality control system degrades abnormal or misfolded proteins and consists of three different mechanisms: the ubiquitin proteasomal system (UPS), autophagy and molecular chaperones. Any disturbance in this system causes proteins to accumulate, resulting in neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, Huntington's ...

A novel, two-scale computational model has been developed to predict the progressive damage and failure responses of fiber-reinforced composite laminates using the material properties at the constituent (fiber and matrix) level. These properties were measured from coupon level tests on a unidirectional lamina of the same material system. In the proposed computational scheme, the macroscale fini...

In order to increase the reliability of the next generation of space transportation systems, the mechanical behavior of polymeric matrix composite (PMC) materials at cryogenic temperatures must be investigated. This paper presents experimental data on the residual mechanical properties of a carbon fiber polymeric composite, IM7/PETI-5 both before and after aging at cryogenic temperatures. Tensi...

Start-ups, among other enterprises, play a major role in the development and/or commercialization of new technologies and the development of national economies, given that firms are the innovation locus for an entire society. In Italy, a recent regulatory intervention has focused on start-ups creating a framework where innovative start-ups are defined and regulated. Among innovative start-ups, ...

The paper presents the Lamb wave attenuation of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) plates on the basis of an experimental transmitter-sensor scheme. We measured separately the S0 and A0 Lamb modes of CFRP plates with three different kind of laminate lay-ups; unidirectional [0]8s (and [90]8s), cross-ply [0, 90]4s, and quasi-isotropic [0,45,-45,90]2s. Several ultrasound transmitters were used...

The domain of food processing is requiring the replacement of human front-end operators to grant standard cleaning conditions and to achieve health and safety thresholds, according to Authorities rules. The development of instrumental robotic equipment is considered with interest, but, at the moment, actual implementations face lags in their acceptation. The paper considers a co-operating built...

The apical surface of mammalian urinary epithelium is covered by numerous scallop-shaped membrane plaques. This plaque consists of four different uroplakins (UPs) and integral membrane proteins. UPs, which are a member of the tetraspanin superfamily, are assembled into plaques that act as an exceptional barrier to water and toxic materials in urine. Within the plaques, the four UPs are organize...

Scale-ups, i.e. firms that grow fast over a short period of time, significantly contribute to job creation and economic growth. This study uses granular firm, establishment employee data understand how relocations, domestic expansions or foreign acquisitions impact the life cycle scale-ups. Around 95% scale-ups remain in their “home” region 2014-20 period, reflecting importance personal local b...