The clinical manifestations of the gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are multiple and heterogeneous, differing according to age and individual susceptibility. The relationship between respiratory manifestations and the gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in children is a contro‐ versial topic on: proving or refuting either cause or effect, with special stress on the most important symptom – coug...

A new programming paradigm for the contro/ of a robot manipu/ator by leaming the mapping between the Cartesian space and thejoint space (inverse Kinematic) is discussed. Jt is based on a neural network model of optimal mappings between two high-dimensional spaces by Kohonen. This paper describes the approach and presents the optimal mapping, based on the principle of maximal information gain. F...

L’obesità è una condizione che interessa più del 30% della popolazione degli USA contro l’11% di quella italiana. Essa, oltre a comportare un maggior rischio di sviluppo di patologie croniche, determina un aumento della spesa sanitaria: è sempre più frequente, in sala operatoria e in terapia intensiva, la gestione di un paziente con un BMI > 30 Kg/m che richieda una strategia diversa rispetto a...

A rcba ll is an input technique for 3-D compute r g raphi cs, using a mouse to adj ust the spati a l orientation of an object. In Arcball, human factors a nd mathematical fund amental s come together excepti o na ll y we ll. Arcball provides cons istency between free and constrained rotati ons using any direction as an axis; consiste nt v isual input and feedback; kinesthetic agreemen t between...

In the context of the Scientific Week 2008 of the Organisation of the European Cancer Institutes, the Italian Network for Tumor Biotherapy (NIBIT), within its initiatives sponsored by Alleanza Contro il Cancro, the Italian Network of Comprehensive Cancer Centers has contributed to organize the Workshop of the European Networks for bio-immunotherapy of tumors. Representatives from the Nordic Cen...

Data quality is a critical issue during the implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Data quality problems can have a significant impact on an organisation’s information system. Therefore, it is essential to understand data quality issues to ensure success in implementing ERP systems. This paper uses SAP as an example of an ERP system and describes a study, which explores...

Le Dieci paradosse degli Accademici Intronati , 1564, è un volume ancora poco noto in cui venti membri dell’accademia senese disputano a coppie su diverse questioni di grande interesse nel Cinquecento, servendosi della tecnica del serio ludere . Quest’opera illustra maniera approfondita le idee accademici senesi che erano ampiamente accettate dall’alta società luogo e, particolare, dalle donne ...

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