We present new Near-Infrared (J ,K) magnitudes for 114 RR Lyrae stars in the globular cluster ω Cen (NGC 5139) which we combine with data from the literature to construct a sample of 180 RR Lyrae stars with J and K mean magnitudes on a common photometric system. This is presently the largest such 1 Based in part on observations collected with the New Technology Telescope operated at ESO, La Sil...


 Il contributo riporta i risultati di una ricerca sulle auto-rappresentazioni degli apprendenti lingua che, tra il 2020 e 2022, hanno frequentato corsi inglese rivolti a studenti universitari con DSA (Disturbi Specifici dell’Apprendimento) proposti dall’Università Parma. I dati quantitativi qualitativi sono stati ricavati da un corpus autobiografie linguistiche redatte dagli nel corso un’...

In the academic year 2021/2022, SPO Department of Centro di Ateneo Sinapsi Federico II University Naples has set up interactive employability laboratories in some three-year bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs to assess students’ potential at end their studies. The aim this paper, starting from a first accurate statistical elaboration questionnaires AVO BdC, is present experimental laborato...

There is evidence that emotional stimuli capture spatial attention and that visual memory is enhanced for emotional content. Here we examine the relationship between emotional content of stimuli and interactions with spatial memory. To assess spatial memory, a modified version of the Corsi Blocks Task (CBT), utilising emotional stimuli, was employed. In the CBT a series of spatial positions are...

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been extensively used to examine whether neural activities can be selectively increased or decreased with manipulations of current polarity. Recently, the field has reevaluated the traditional anodal-increase and cathodal-decrease assumption due to the growing number of mixed findings that report the effects of the opposite directions. Therefor...

The recent implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in January 2005 created new financial risks for emitting firms. To deal with these risks, options are traded since October 2006. Because the EU ETS is a new market, the relevant underlying model for option pricing is still a controversial issue. This article improves our understanding of this issue by characterizing the condi...

Diabetes mellitus can lead to diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) and cognitive deficits that manifest as peripheral and central neuropathy, respectively. In this study we investigated the relationship between visuospatial working memory (VSWM) capacity and DPN severity, and attempted to improve VSWM in DPN patients via the use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Sixteen DPN patients a...

BACKGROUND Despite the reduction in glycemic derangement in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) through dietary and therapeutic adjustments implemented before, during and after continuous exercise, evidence for its effectiveness with intermittent forms of exercise, such as soccer, is still lacking. METHODS/DESIGN We designed a study protocol for a randomized, crossover, double-blinde...

Spatial span tests (SSTs) such as the Corsi Block Test (CBT) and the SST of the Wechsler Memory Scale are widely used to assess deficits in spatial working memory. We conducted three experiments to evaluate the test-retest reliability and clinical sensitivity of a new computerized spatial span test (C-SST) that incorporates psychophysical methods to improve the precision of spatial span measure...

The aim of the present study was to examine if obese individuals with obesity-related somatic comorbidity (i.e., hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, dyslipidemia, pain disorder) perform worse in neurocognitive tasks compared to obese individuals without any somatic disorder. Neurocognitive functioning was measured by a computerized test battery that consisted of the following tasks: Corsi Bloc...