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1. Dry eye disease and spondyloarthritis: expanding the spectrum of systemic inflammatory disorders associated with ocular surface disease. Data from the international AIDA Network Spondyloarthritis Registry

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Antonio Vitale, Valeria Caggiano, Eduardo Martín-Nares, Nunzia Di Meglio, Cristian Sica, Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola, Maria Orsetta Perfetti, Alessandra Pagliara, Giorgia Guidetti, Alex Fonollosa, Roberta Lopez, Jessica Sbalchiero, Jurgen Sota, Ester Carreño, Perla Ayumi Kawakami-Campos, Stefano Gentileschi, Alejandra de-la-Torre, Gian Marco Tosi, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Alberto Balistreri, Bruno Frediani, Luca Cantarini, and Claudia Fabiani

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dry eye disease (DED), spondyloarthritis, diagnosis, break-up time (BUT), Schirmer test, ocular surface, Medicine (General), R5-920
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ObjectiveDry eye disease (DED) is a condition associated with a myriad of systemic disorders. According to recent preliminary data, axial spondylarthritis (axial-SpA) could represent a new entity associated with DED. Therefore, this study aimed to assess DED in patients with axial SpA by performing quantitative and qualitative specific tests to investigate the potential association between DED and ocular surface damage in patients with axial-SpA and to identify potential variables associated with DED.MethodsA total of 71 patients with axial-SpA who fulfilled the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) classification criteria and 19 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. Both the patients and the controls underwent a complete ocular assessment aimed at evaluating the tear film and ocular surface, which included the Schirmer test, tear break-up time (TBUT), fluorescein staining, and lissamine green staining. The Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire was administered to all patients.ResultsDED symptoms were reported in 46 (64.8%) patients and three (15.8%) healthy controls (p = 0.0004). The odds ratio for receiving a diagnosis of axial-SpA based on the presence of dry-eye-related symptoms was 9.2 (95% C.I. 2.72–42.52, p = 0.001). The Schirmer test values of < 6 mm/5 min were observed in 31 (43.7%) patients with axial-SpA and two (10.5%) healthy controls (p = 0.013); a TBUT of

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2024
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3. Total Eclipse of Work?:Neue Protestformen in der gig economy am Beispiel des Foodora Streiks in Turin

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Giorgio Di Cesare, Cristian Sica, and Stefania Animento

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Soziologie, Means of production, Gig Economy, 05 social sciences, bringdienste, Face (sociological concept), 050801 communication & media studies, Ocean Engineering, Capitalism, Fordism, 0506 political science, Public space, 0508 media and communications, Precarity, plattformökonomie, Work (electrical), Political economy, Political science, foodora, 050602 political science & public administration, Digitaler Kapitalismus, Digital economy, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Arbeit
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Contemporary capitalism is characterized by the expansion of the digital economy, in which new forms of exploitation and of value creation are taking place. In particular, in the gig economy cheap labour is organized and managed via digital platforms. While new forms of protest are also spreading, there is a lack of research on the ways workers of this sector are organizing in order to face hyper-exploitation and precarity. We analyse the case of the Foodora workers in Turin, who have been organizing protests and a strike in the past months. While Italian unions are slow in facing the challenges brought by the transformation of work since the end of Fordism, these and other precarious workers have been developing innovative forms of protests, including a new form of strike, which is much more autonomous than the Fordist one. We highlight some aspects of the Foodora protest, in particular the re-appropriation of public space and the misuse of the means of production, which are turned into weapons against the employer. Finally, we look closer at the property of algorithms as a key issue for future struggles in the digital economy.

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2017
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