Bradykinesia assessment in children with cerebral palsy and periventricular leukomalacia.

Objective: To analyse the motor phenotype with a focus on bradykinesia in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) in the setting of periventricular leukomalacia (PVL).

Methodology: Analysis of a cohort of 25 children with CP and PVL. The Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and the Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) were used to classify the severity of motor function.

Photoelectrochromic Devices with Enhanced Power Conversion Efficiency.

In the present work, we propose a new architecture for partly covered photoelectrochromic devices with a modified anode layout, so that the TiO film is deposited first on the substrate, covering a small part of its surface, followed by the WO film that covers the remaining device area. As a result, the TiO film can be subjected to the proper thermal and chemical treatment without affecting the electrochromic performance of the WO film. The proposed design led to photoelectrochromic (PEC) devices with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) four times higher than that of typical partly covered devices, with a measured maximum of 4.

[Cross-over epidemiologic study of symptoms and respiratory function in workers at a furniture factory].

An epidemiological survey on symptoms and diseases (collected with CNR standardized questionnaire) and on lung function (forced vital capacity and derived indexes; CO diffusing capacity) has been carried on in workers of a furniture plant in Arezzo. Significantly higher prevalence rates of cough in smokers than in non smokers, and of cough, phlegm, wheeze in non smoker workers than in the control group from a general population sample were present. A not significant relationship of symptoms and working years was also found.