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Monica Pellerone,1 Calogero Iacolino,1 Giuseppe Mannino,2 Ivan Formica,3 Simona Maria Zabbara1 1Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, “Kore” University of Enna, Enna, Sicily, Italy; 2Department of Jurisprudence, “LUMSA” University, Rome, Italy; 3Department of Cognitive, Psychological, Pedagogical Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Study of Messina, Messina, Sicily, Italy Background: The literature emphasizes the role of early interpersonal experiences in the development of cognitive vulnerability; in particular, interruptions in early family relationships, parental unavailability and dysfunctional parenting are potential evolutionary precursors to negative cognitive style and emotional disorders.Materials and methods: This study measured the relationship of retrospective ratings on parental bonding with cognitive patterns in a group of Italian adults. The objectives of this study were as follows: to analyze the influence of age and education level on cognitive domains; to verify whether being parents and living at home with parents affect both parenting style and cognitive domains; to investigate how the type of the maternal and paternal parenting independently affects cognitive styles; to measure the predictive variables for the use of cognitive dysfunctional patterns and to investigate age as a moderating variable of the relation between parenting styles and cognitive domains in a group of adult men and women. The research involved 209 adults (118 males and 91 females) living in Sicily (Italy) aged between 20 and 60 years (M = 37.52; SD = 11.42). The research lasted for 1 year. The instruments used were the Parental Bonding Instrument to measure the perception of parenting during childhood and the Young Schema Questionnaire-3 to investigate cognitive patterns.Results: Data show that being a younger adult male with mother’s parenting style characterized by a lower level of nurturance is predictive of the disconnection and rejection domain, whereas, being a younger adult woman, with a higher level of maternal control is predictive of the impaired limits domain.Conclusion: This study underlines that because mothers and fathers establish different bonds with their children, care and control by both parents might impact different domains of development. Keywords: parenting, maladaptive cognitive domains, behavioral strategies, emotional responses

Giuseppe Mannino,1 Barmak Abdolrahimzadeh,2 Silvia Calafiore,1 Gianmario Anselmi,1 Cristina Mannino,1 Alessandro Lambiase3 1Ophthalmology Unit, Saint Andrea Hospital, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sense Organs, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy; 2Polimed Beltramelli Medical Centre, Rome, Italy; 3Department of Sense Organs, Ophthalmology Unit, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy Abstract: Ultrasound biomicroscopy is a non-invasive imaging technique, which allows high-resolution evaluation of the anatomical features of the anterior segment of the eye regardless of optical media transparency. This technique provides diagnostically significant information in vivo for the cornea, anterior chamber, chamber angle, iris, posterior chamber, zonules, ciliary body, and lens, and is of great value in assessment of the mechanisms of glaucoma onset. The purpose of this paper is to review the use of ultrasound biomicroscopy in the diagnosis and management of rare diseases of the anterior segment such as mesodermal dysgenesis of the neural crest, iridocorneal endothelial syndrome, phakomatoses, and metabolic disorders. Keywords: glaucoma, rare diseases, ultrasound biomicroscopy, neural crest, iridocorneal syndrome, phakomatoses, metabolic disorders

The use of nanostructured materials is increasingly widespread thanks to their particular properties that can improve the performance of devices in various scientific applications. One of them is in the architecture of perovskite solar cells characterized by high photoconversion efficiency values that make them able to compete with silicon solar cells. In this framework, we deposited TiO 2 sponges by reactive sputtering based on a grazing-incidence geometry combined with the local oxidation of species. The deposited material gains 50% porosity in volume through depths of hundreds of nanometers and consists of a forest of uniform rods separated by mesopores (pipelines) arising from the grazing geometry. Many previous studies showed how TiO 2 can improve the efficiency of perovskite solar cells. In this article, we investigated the change of the wettability values of the TiO 2 samples before and after a postdeposition thermal annealing treatment. For comparison, the influence of the annealing on the wettability of the glass substrate is also reported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A detailed characterization of the structural changes induced by xenon preamorphizing implant (PAI) treatment on ultralow energy arsenic-implanted (001) silicon is described. It is observed that end-of-range defects, present after implant below the amorphous-to-crystalline interface, transform from small Si interstitial clusters to dislocation loops during annealing depending on the implant conditions.

Research describing the diffusion of boron in silicon after ultralow energy implantation is presented. Diffusion models based on cluster evolution and the kick-out model are investigated.

Current Western societies are characterized by a deep anthropological and socio-institutional crisis. The many signs of this turmoil indicate a creeping affectivization of the public sphere. Psychoanalysis can play a pivotal role in understanding the current socio-institutional scenario beyond a reductionist splitting between individual and society. The affective valence of the forms of social action stimulates and offers the opportunity, for psychoanalytic psychology, to broaden its horizons concerning problems and processes which are crucial to the future challenges. Addressing affective dynamics enables fundamental advances to be made in understanding the reactions against uncertainty and the loss of social bonds. In a dynamic semiotic perspective, affects are forms of embodied, a-semantic, hyper-generalized sensemaking processes. They pragmatically ground cognition, and their roots are cultural, linking forms of intersubjectivity and ways of thinking and acting. From this standpoint, a model of counteractions and interventions can be organized in terms of the development of semiotic capital. This consists of intangible symbolic resources that enable people to internalize the systemic bond to the public sphere and experience it as a basic drive for their thoughts and actions. Semiotic capital instantiates what is psychoanalytically defined as 'thirdness', namely the acknowledgment of otherness. The promotion and implementation of 'intermediate settings', with social practices where meaningful interpersonal bonds are active, can drive social development in terms of thirdness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study the metal-catalyzed synthesis of Si nanowires (Si-NWs) in a plasma based chemical vapor deposition system. In these deposition systems due to the high efficiency of precursor molecule dissociation, both uncatalyzed and catalyzed growth mechanisms can take place. The first one gives rise to the formation of the quasi one-dimensional (1D) Si-NWs, while the second one to a continuous two-dimensional (2D) Si layer over the substrate or on the nucleated Si-NWs. The Si-NWs formation is then the result of the competition between these two processes. The control parameters ruling these two contributions are here explored. Samples with different weights of 1D and 2D growth are deposited and characterized by using a plasma based chemical vapor deposition apparatus operating at T < 400 °C. It is found that the main control parameter of these processes is the plasma power through the distribution of the precursor dissociation products. By properly tuning the power, Si-NWs with 1 × 1010 cm-2 of density, up to 1 μm long and without uncatalyzed growth are obtained. The optical functionality of the samples, grown with different 1D/2D contributions, is investigated and it is demonstrated that the uncatalyzed layer produces a total reflectance as high as ∼40%, similar to that found in a planar Si wafer, while the highly dense Si-NWs, without the uncatalyzed deposition, produce a total reflectance of ∼15%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]