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The contribution fits into the framework of Digital Heritage, within the diagnostic process, leading up to restoration. Control and monitoring of architectural heritage are still open topics, with respect to requirements as simplicity, non-invasiveness and cost-effectiveness of both procedures and equipment. A peculiar gap concerns the accessibility to the artefact, which could be compromised by bad state of preservation, poor hygienic/sanitary conditions, or unsafe post-emergency circumstances, as well as by considerable extent, complex morphology, or incidental access conditions, due to the simultaneous presence of multiple working groups.In recent years, literature is moving towards an optimization of the investigation phases, by implementing digital technologies for the acquisition, elaboration and interpretation of 2D/3D data, to assess the state of conservation of a building or its main components. Besides, digital image processing and artificial intelligence are progressively rationalizing the analysis of the collected data. Furthermore, easy common devices, like spherical cameras or smartphones, have been introduced for the virtual reconstruction and representation of architectural environments, with the purpose of assessing their morphology and conditions. However, there is still an absence of harmonized standard procedures.To address these issues, the paper proposes a rapid pipeline, involving easy-to-use devices and expeditious procedures, to remotely assess, quantify, and monitor the extension of surface decay of historical buildings. A workflow based on the use of 360° images and videogrammetry has been defined and tested on a representative case study, both for its cultural value and for its limited accessibility, demonstrating a great suitability to the topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of our study was to estimate the prevalence of not-diagnosed hypertension and to determine 10-year risk of coronary heart disease in a random sample of individuals in ASL 3 of Lagonegro (PZ). The sample was based on the whole population assisted by 21 General Practitioners. All General Practitioners filled a form for each patient containing social-demographic, anthropometric and clinical data. The study included only patients aged 35 to 74 years, without a previous diagnosis of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and that were not taking antihypertensive drugs (N=335). The directly standardized prevalence of prehypertension was 0.54 (IC95%: 0.47-0.59) and that of hypertension was 0.33 (IC95%: 0.28-0.38). The prevalence of both, prehypertension and hypertension was higher in males than in females, as well as in old compared to young adults. Cardiovascular risk factors as Body Mass Index (BMI), diabetes, a family history of dyslipidemia and diabetes were more frequent among prehypertensive and hypertensive individuals, than in normotensive ones. We also estimated the risk of an acute coronary event in patients whit blood pressure higher than 140/90 mmHg. The calculation, carried out through Framingham algorithm, showed that 1 out of 10 hypertensive subject had a 10-years risk of developing coronary heart disease and that males had a higher risk compared to females. Our study highlights the fundamental role of General Practitioners may play in earlier diagnosis prehypertension and hypertension in the general population, thus adopting practices oriented to healthy promotion and prevention.

Serum zinc levels were investigated in patients with chronic liver diseases and in control subjects. The results shows that serum zinc was significantly decreased in patients with chronic liver diseases, in contrast to controls. Zinc deficiency seems to be related to hepatic injury and not to alcoholic intake.