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103. Giant chess game enhances spatial navigational skills in 6-years-old children: preliminary findings

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Bocchi, Alessia, Palmiero, Massimiliano, Persichetti, Filippo, Matteoli, Maurizio, Guariglia, Cecilia, and Piccardi, Laura

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AbstractThe game of chess is a valuable extracurricular activity for children, with positive effects on their cognitive skills and academic achievements. We investigated the extent to which the Giant Chess Game (GCG) played on a giant chessboard enhances working memory in “navigational-vista” space and “reaching” space. We also assessed if the GCG enhances mental rotation skills. For 10 weeks, 15 children (GCG group) were involved in a giant chess class, while 15 gender and age-matched children were involved in standard didactics (control group—CG). Children were tested twice, before (T0) and after (T1) the GCG, by tasks aimed at measuring: visuo-spatial working memory (VSWM) in the navigational-vista space (Walking Corsi test); VSWM in the reaching space (Corsi Block-Tapping task); mental rotation (Rotating Flowers test). We found that the GCG group significantly improved its performance more than the CG in VSWM in both navigational-vista space and reaching space, as well as in mental rotation. Our results suggest that the GCG has positive effects on visuo-spatial abilities underlying topographical skills. Therefore, the training using GCG can help enhancing spatial ability and may have a role in contrasting the spreading of navigational deficits such as the Developmental Topographical Disorientation (DTD).

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2024
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110. Perspective Changing in Primary and Secondary Learning: A Gender Difference Study

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Piccardi, L., Risetti, M., and Nori, R.

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In the present study, we investigated the ability of 106 (55 males, 51 females) college students to recall an 8-step path from different viewpoints (0 degrees; 90 degrees; 180 degrees and 270 degrees) after primary and secondary learning without a time limit. For each participant, we computed the time and number of repetitions necessary to learn the path as well as his/her spatial style (landmark, route and survey) using the "Questionnaire on Spatial Representation" (Pazzaglia & De Beni, 2001). We found gender differences in secondary but not in primary learning. Our results support the hypothesis that gender differences emerge only in adverse learning conditions requiring strong spatial ability. Moreover, we observed that computing an individual learning time as well as the specific number of repetitions necessary to learn the environment reduced markedly the presence of individual differences, stressing the importance of the expertise effect in the environmental learning. (Contains 2 tables and 4 figures.)

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2011
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111. Sensory-Motor Rehabilitation in Rett Syndrome: A Case Report

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Pizzamiglio, Maria Rosa, Nasti, Marianna, and Piccardi, Laura

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Rett syndrome (RS) is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that mostly affects females. It is characterized by a regression of motor, cognitive, linguistic, and social abilities and by an inappropriate and stereotypical use of the hands. The purpose of the current study was to explore the possibility of rehabilitating purposeful use of the hands and hand-eye coordination in individuals with this syndrome. G.P., a child affected by RS, received experimental, computerized visual-motor coordination training and a sensory-motor rehabilitative program specifically designed for her based on Piaget's (1937) theory of cognitive development. After 3 years of therapy, G.P. partially regained the use of her hands as an instrument of object knowledge and as a means of communicating with people. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.)

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2008

112. Vida productiva, supervivencia, descartes y muertes de vacas en diferentes cruzamientos de razas lecheras en un sistema a pastoreo.

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Frana Bisang, E., Quercia, E., Pipino, D., Piccardi, M., and Marini, P. R.

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DAIRY cattle, DAIRY farms, CATTLE fertility, FERTILITY, DATABASES, LONGEVITY, COWS, DEATH rate, CATTLE crossbreeding
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2023
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117. Effect of an educational intervention to increase stroke awareness among Italian high school students: A prospective study in Tuscany

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Di Carlo, Antonio, Baldereschi, Marzia, Bovis, Francesca, Piccardi, Benedetta, Linoli, Giovanni, Orlandi, Giovanni, Volpi, Gino, Chiti, Alberto, Tassi, Rossana, Brescia, Alfonso, and Inzitari, Domenico

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Introduction: Stroke in young people shares traditional modifiable risk factors with older groups, and greatly affects quality of life. However, evidence on the effectiveness of educational interventions in young populations, aiming at spreading stroke knowledge and enhancing prevention, is still scarce. We evaluated baseline knowledge of stroke and possible improvements after an educational intervention among Italian high school students, also considering differences related to sex and type of school.Subjects and methods: Using a mixed educational strategy, a prospective evaluation of stroke knowledge was performed in five humanities and sciences (lyceums) and five vocational high schools of Tuscany (students of the 12th and 13th grade). A baseline assessment with a structured questionnaire (21 questions) was followed by a standardized oral presentation, using audiovisual materials. After 3 months, the same questionnaire was re-administered to evaluate the long-term impact of the educational intervention.Results: Overall, 573 students (50.8% males; age range, 17–19 years) were enrolled; 288 (50.3%) were from lyceums and 285 (49.7%) from vocational schools. Follow-up participation was 97.2%. Baseline performances were comparable between groups for most variables examined. At 3 months, all groups showed a significant improvement from baseline regarding reaction to a stroke event, identification of stroke risk factors, such as smoking (from 62.9% to 83.7%; p< 0.001) and alcohol abuse (from 49.6% to 67.2%; p< 0.001), and symptoms. Knowledge of the existence of stroke units and thrombolysis increased from 25.4% to 60.7% (p< 0.001) and from 35.8% to 84.0% (p< 0.001), respectively.Conclusions: Our educational intervention improved stroke awareness in high school students. The effects persisted after 3 months. Improved knowledge in young populations may reduce stroke burden in adult life, increase timely access to therapies, and spread knowledge across families.

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2023
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119. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Based Metabolomics to Predict Early and Late Adverse Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Treated with Intravenous Thrombolysis.

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Licari, Cristina, Tenori, Leonardo, Di Cesare, Francesca, Luchinat, Claudio, Giusti, Betti, Kura, Ada, De Cario, Rosina, Inzitari, Domenico, Piccardi, Benedetta, Nesi, Mascia, Sarti, Cristina, Arba, Francesco, Palumbo, Vanessa, Nencini, Patrizia, Marcucci, Rossella, Gori, Anna Maria, and Sticchi, Elena

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2023
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126. APOE and Alzheimer disease: a major gene with semi-dominant inheritance

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Genin, E, Hannequin, D, Wallon, D, Sleegers, K, Hiltunen, M, Combarros, O, Bullido, M J, Engelborghs, S, De Deyn, P, Berr, C, Pasquier, F, Dubois, B, Tognoni, G, Fiévet, N, Brouwers, N, Bettens, K, Arosio, B, Coto, E, Del Zompo, M, Mateo, I, Epelbaum, J, Frank-Garcia, A, Helisalmi, S, Porcellini, E, Pilotto, A, Forti, P, Ferri, R, Scarpini, E, Siciliano, G, Solfrizzi, V, Sorbi, S, Spalletta, G, Valdivieso, F, Vepsäläinen, S, Alvarez, V, Bosco, P, Mancuso, M, Panza, F, Nacmias, B, Bossù, P, Hanon, O, Piccardi, P, Annoni, G, Seripa, D, Galimberti, D, Licastro, F, Soininen, H, Dartigues, J-F, Kamboh, M I, Van Broeckhoven, C, Lambert, J C, Amouyel, P, and Campion, D

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2011
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136. PrivySeC: A secure and privacy-compliant distributed framework for personal data sharing in IoT ecosystems

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Makhdoom, Imran, Abolhasan, Mehran, Lipman, Justin, Piccardi, Massimo, and Franklin, Daniel

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The contemporary era is experiencing an unprecedented dependence on data generated by individuals via an array of interconnected devices constituting the Internet of Things (IoT). The information amassed through IoT devices serves many objectives, including prescriptive analytics and predictive maintenance, preemptive healthcare measures, disaster mitigation, operational efficiency, and increased yield. In contrast, most applications or systems that rely on user-generated data to fulfill their business objectives face challenges in adhering to privacy protocols. Consequently, users are exposed to many privacy risks. Such infringements upon privacy provisions give rise to apprehensions regarding the authenticity of the processed data. Hence, this paper presents the weaknesses and challenges in current practices and proposes “PrivySeC”, a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)-based framework for privacy preserving and secure sharing of personally and non-personally identifiable information. The security analysis indicates that the proposed solution ensures data privacy by design and complies with most of the requirements mandated by various privacy regulations. Similarly, PrivySeC promises low transaction latency and provides high throughput. Although we have created a privacy-preserving solution for sharing smart farm data, it can be customized to meet the specific privacy requirements of individual applications.

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2024
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