Journal articles: 'Italian volunteers'

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D’Alessandri, Antonio. "Italian volunteers in Serbia in 1914." Balcanica, no. 49 (2018): 17–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/balc1849017a.

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Seven Italian volunteers decided on 29 July 1914 to join the Serbian army responding to a proclamation issued by the son of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Ricciotti. They were Republicans and Anarchists, and saw their engagement as the advance party of Italian volunteers that would eventually force Italy to join the ranks of the Entente in order to accomplish the last phase of the Italian Risorgimento by liberating Trento and Venezia Giulia with the city of Trieste. Five of them were killed on the Drina river, while the remaining two returned soon afterwards to Italy. Nevertheless, their memory was honoured as the first Italian participants in the Great War and as the tangible proof of the Italian engagement in favour of Serbia, and later Yugoslavia.

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Nonnis, Marcello, Davide Massidda, Claudio Cabiddu, Stefania Cuccu, Maria Luisa Pedditzi, and Claudio Giovanni Cortese. "Motivation to Donate, Job Crafting, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Blood Collection Volunteers in Non-Profit Organizations." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 3 (February 3, 2020): 934. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030934.

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This study assesses the levels of and relationships between the Motivation to donate, Job crafting propensity, and the Organizational citizenship behavior of blood collection volunteers in a non-profit association. An Italian sample of AVIS (the Italian Association of Voluntary Blood donors) blood donors (N = 1215) actively involved in organizing blood collection, were asked to complete the Italian version of the Volunteer Function Index, the Job crafting scale, and the Organizational citizenship behavior scale. The tools were verified by Confirmatory factor analysis and their relationships were explored using Structural equation modeling for hidden variables. The three constructs have overall high scores. Motivation to donate and Job crafting show a clear correlation, with the latter influencing volunteer Organizational citizenship behavior. The study highlights the need to take into consideration the Motivation to donate, Job crafting and Organizational citizenship behavior of volunteers, particularly in countries such as Italy, where blood collection is almost exclusively carried out thanks to spontaneous, altruistic, and disinterested commitment.

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Rombach, Meike, Vera Bitsch, Eunkyung Kang, and Francesco Ricchieri. "Comparing German and Italian food banks." British Food Journal 120, no. 10 (October 1, 2018): 2425–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-11-2017-0626.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate food bank actors’ knowledge of food insecurity in Germany and in Italy, as well as interactions between food bank actors and food bank users. The study builds on a knowledge framework from an educational context and applies it to food banks. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a qualitative research approach. In all, 22 in-depth interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed through inductive qualitative content analysis. Findings German and Italian food bank actors interviewed had at least situational knowledge on food insecurity. Some actors of the Italian food bank also showed procedural knowledge. Interactions between food bank personnel and users were affected by feelings of gratitude, shame, anger and disappointment. Originality/value The study explores food bank personnel’s knowledge on food insecurity, which appears to be a knowledge gap, even though many prior studies were dedicated to food banks and food insecurity. The study contributes to knowledge systematization to provide best practice recommendations for volunteer-user interaction, and suggests how food bank managers and volunteers’ knowledge can be improved.

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Guida, Francesco. "The second eastern crisis (1875-1878): Echoes, volunteers and Italian interests." Balcanica, no. 53 (2022): 63–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/balc2253063g.

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The actions of Balkan insurgents during Eastern Crisis of 1875-1878 were closely followed by Giuseppe Garibaldi and his supporters as well as by the Italian politicians and writers that were a part Mazzini?s school of thought. Garibaldi actively sustained the insurgents and his red shirts went to fight in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first year of the Crisis. When the uprising evolved into a war of Serbia and Montenegro against the Ottomans the involvement of red shirts as well as the one of volunteers in general was considerable reduced, with the exception of the Russian contingent under the commandment of the Russian general Mikhail Chernyaev. However, the interest for the ongoing developments in the Bosnia and Herzegovina only changed the form, since Italian politicians and journalists made several projects trying to mobilize Italian general public to support South Slav cause. The Venetian writer Marco Antonio Canini even imagined a confederal solution for the nations in the Danube basin thus trying to overcome the conflicts between the nascent nationalisms that could dispute among them the territorial heritage of the Austria-Hungary after its projected demise. None of the projects were put in practice, but they remain as testimony of Italian interest and involvement into the Great Eastern Crisis and its consequences.

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Burrai, Jessica, Alessandro Quaglieri, Umberto Aitella, Clarissa Cricenti, Ivan D’Alessio, Alessandra Pizzo, Giulia Lausi, Anna Maria Giannini, and Emanuela Mari. "The Fear of COVID-19: Gender Differences among Italian Health Volunteers." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 11 (May 24, 2022): 6369. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19116369.

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Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the fear of being infected was a major concern, resulting in both physical and psychological effects. Despite several studies on fear of COVID-19 in the general population, the effects on healthy volunteers who face COVID-19 on the frontlines have not yet been investigated. Methods: An online survey on specific psychological variables related to COVID-19 was administered to 720 healthy volunteers, and gender differences were investigated. Results: The primary finding was that females showed higher scores in all dimensions assessed. A multiple linear regression conducted on both genders exhibited a similar pattern of predictors, highlighting the pivotal role of negative affect in the male group. Conclusions: The findings suggest that COVID-19 had significant effects on healthy volunteers, especially in the female group. Although the previous literature did not report the crucial role played by the negative affect in the male sample, these results highlight the need to deepen how both genders use different emotional strategies to cope with stressful situations. This study may be useful in the development of specific psychological support and ad hoc training for healthy volunteers.

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Lo Presti, Alessandro. "The Interactive Effects of Job Resources and Motivations to Volunteer Among a Sample of Italian Volunteers." VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 24, no. 4 (April 21, 2012): 969–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-012-9288-7.

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Fiorillo, Damiano. "DO MONETARY REWARDS CROWD OUT THE INTRINSIC MOTIVATION OF VOLUNTEERS? SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS." Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 82, no. 2 (May 9, 2011): 139–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8292.2011.00434.x.

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Dionigi, Alberto. "Personality of Clown Doctors." Journal of Individual Differences 37, no. 1 (January 2016): 49–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1614-0001/a000187.

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Abstract. In recent years, both professional and volunteer clowns have become familiar in health settings. The clown represents a peculiar humorist’s character, strictly associated with the performer’s own personality. In this study, the Big Five personality traits (BFI) of 155 Italian clown doctors (130 volunteers and 25 professionals) were compared to published data for the normal population. This study highlighted specific differences between clown doctors and the general population: Clown doctors showed higher agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and extraversion, as well as lower neuroticism compared to other people. Moreover, specific differences emerged comparing volunteers and professionals: Professional clowns showed significantly lower in agreeableness compared to their unpaid colleagues. The results are also discussed with reference to previous studies conducted on groups of humorists. Clowns’ personalities showed some peculiarities that can help to explain the facility for their performances in the health setting and that are different than those of other groups of humorists.

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Licciardello, Orazio, Graziella Di Marco, and Manuela Mauceri. "Motivations and Perceived Organizational Climate Among Volunteers of Italian Red Cross." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 84 (July 2013): 584–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.06.608.

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Fontana, Panebianco, Picchianti-Diamanti, Laganà, Cavalieri, Potenza, Pracella, Binda, Copetti, and Pazienza. "Gut Microbiota Profiles Differ among Individuals Depending on Their Region of Origin: An Italian Pilot Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 21 (October 23, 2019): 4065. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214065.

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Background and aims: Microbiota heterogeneity among humans is mainly due to genetic background, age, dietary habits, lifestyle and local environments. In this study we investigated whether the gut microbiota profile of Italian healthy volunteers could differ based on their geographical origin. Materials and Methods: 16S rRNA gene sequencing was employed to analyze the gut microbiota of 31 healthy volunteers from three different Italian regions: Apulia (South), Lazio (Center) and Lombardy (North). Results: Differences in microbiota composition were detected when the study participants were grouped by their region of origin and when they were classified based on age classes (p-values < 0.05). Also species richness was significantly different both according to Italian Regions (median richness: 177.8 vs. 140.7 vs. 168.0 in Apulia, Lazio and Lombardy; p < 0.001) and according to age classes (median richness: 140.1 vs. 177.8 vs. 160.0 in subjects < 32, 32–41 and > 41 years; p < 0.001), whereas the Shannon index and beta diversity did not change. Conclusions: This study identified differences in the gut microbiota composition and richness among individuals with the same ethnicity coming from three different Italian regions. Our results underline the importance of studies on population-specific variations in human microbiota composition leading to geographically tailored approaches to microbiota engineering.

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Zollo, Lamberto, Guglielmo Faldetta, Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini, and Cristiano Ciappei. "Reciprocity and gift-giving logic in NPOs." Journal of Managerial Psychology 32, no. 7 (September 11, 2017): 513–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmp-04-2017-0140.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate, through the lens of the gift-giving theory, volunteers’ motivations for intending to stay with organizations. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 379 volunteers from 30 charitable organizations operating in Italy’s socio-healthcare service sector. Bootstrapped mediation analysis was used to test the hypothesized relationships. Findings Volunteers’ reciprocal attitudes and gift-giving intentions partially mediated the relationship between motives and intentions to stay. Practical implications Policy makers of charitable organizations are advised to be more responsive to behavioral signals revealing volunteers’ motivations, attitudes, and intentions. Managers should appropriately align organizational responsiveness with volunteers’ commitment through gift-giving exchange systems. Originality/value The findings reveal that reciprocity and gift giving are significant organizational variables greatly influencing volunteers’ intentions to stay with organizations. Signaling theory is used to explain how volunteers’ attitudes are linked with organizational responsiveness. Furthermore, this study is the first to use an Italian setting to consider motives, reciprocity, and gift giving as they relate to intentions to stay.

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Dionigi, Alberto, Giulia Casu, and Paola Gremigni. "Associations of Self-Efficacy, Optimism, and Empathy with Psychological Health in Healthcare Volunteers." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 16 (August 18, 2020): 6001. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17166001.

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Optimism and self-efficacy have been associated with psychological health. Empathy has also been found to have a unique role in community health volunteering and promote positive functioning. This study investigated whether self-efficacy and optimism were associated with psychological health in terms of psychological and subjective well-being in healthcare volunteers. It also investigated whether empathy added to the explanation of psychological health, over and above that accounted for by self-efficacy and optimism. A convenience sample of 160 Italian clown doctors volunteering in various hospitals completed self-report measures of self-efficacy, optimism, empathy, psychological well-being, and subjective well-being. Results of hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that self-efficacy and optimism were associated with both outcomes and that aspects of empathy, such as others’ perspective taking and personal distress for others’ difficulties, added to the explanation of psychological health with opposite effects. The present study adds to previous research on the role of self-efficacy, optimism, and empathy for community health volunteers’ psychological health. It also offers suggestions regarding the training for this type of volunteer.

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Principi, Andrea, Davide Lucantoni, Sabrina Quattrini, Mirko Di Rosa, and Marco Socci. "Changes in Volunteering of Older Adults in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Motivations." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 22 (November 10, 2022): 14755. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214755.

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This paper elucidates the relationship between possible changes in volunteering experienced by older people during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their motivation to volunteer, as well as the direct or indirect experience of COVID-19 symptoms. Given the well-known positive benefits of volunteering in older age both for individuals (in terms of improved health and wellbeing) and society at large, there is a paucity of studies on older volunteers in the time of COVID-19. In this context, older people’s volunteering was highly challenged due to age-based physical and social restrictions put in place by national governments, which have been considered as ageist by a large part of the gerontological scientific community. This study was carried out on a sample of 240 Italian older volunteers. The results suggest that during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially older volunteers driven by social goals (e.g., opportunities to have relationships with others) were able to continue volunteer activities without needing to change them. The study also clarified that having directly or indirectly experienced COVID-19 symptoms did not influence changes in voluntary activities of older people. These results have important policy implications, given the indication that through volunteering, older individuals may try to counter the undesired calls by the governments for self-isolation and physical distancing. It is important that in emergency situations involving older people, policy makers should not treat them as only recipients of health and social care, but also as useful providers of help in the community.

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Göhde, Ferdinand Nicolas. "German volunteers in the armed conflicts of the Italian Risorgimento 1834–70." Journal of Modern Italian Studies 14, no. 4 (December 2009): 461–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13545710903281946.

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Meneghini, Anna Maria, Diego Romaioli, Alessio Nencini, Lisa Pagotto, Fabiana Zermiani, Mario Mikulincer, and Phillip R. Shaver. "Validity and Reliability of the Caregiving System Scale in the Italian Context." Swiss Journal of Psychology 74, no. 3 (June 18, 2015): 129–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000157.

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This study examines the validity and reliability of the Italian adaptation of the Caregiving System Scale (CSS), a recently developed tool designed to tap individual differences in the functioning of the caregiving system. A group of 259 participants took part in the study. Based on confirmatory factor analyses, the original two-factor structure of the CSS (hyperactivation and deactivation) was replicated in the Italian sample. The Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale (BEES) was used to test convergent validity. The results confirm the validity and reliability of the Italian version of the CSS, which may prove to be a useful tool in assessing the caregiving tendency in people from many fields (from parents to volunteers to those in helping professions).

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Roncone, Rita, Laura Giusti, Silvia Mammarella, Anna Salza, Valeria Bianchini, Annalina Lombardi, Massimo Prosperococco, Elio Ursini, Valentina Scaletta, and Massimo Casacchia. "“Hang in There!”: Mental Health in a Sample of the Italian Civil Protection Volunteers during the COVID-19 Health Emergency." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16 (August 14, 2021): 8587. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168587.

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Few studies have been conducted on civil volunteers and their emotional conditions concerning the current COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 emergency on the mental health (general well-being, depression level, and post-traumatic distress), coping strategies, and training needs in an Italian sample of 331 Civil Protection volunteers of the L’Aquila province, during the first nationwide “lockdown” (8 March–3 June 2020). The rate of respondents to the online survey was limited (11.5%), presumably because displaying distress would be considered a sign of “weakness”, making volunteers unable to do their jobs. More than 90% of the volunteers showed good mental health conditions and a wide utilization of positive coping strategies, with the less experienced displaying better emotional conditions compared to colleagues with 10 or more years of experience. The type of emergency, the relatively few cases of contagion and mortality in the territory compared to the rest of Italy, and the sense of helping the community, together with the awareness of their group identity, could have contributed to the reported well-being. These results may help to identify the needs of volunteers related to this new “urban” emergency to improve both their technical and emotional skills.

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Aiello, Paola, Ilaria Peluso, and Débora Villaño Valencia. "Alcohol Consumption by Italian and Spanish University Students in Relation to Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and to the Food Neophobia: A Pilot Study." Healthcare 10, no. 2 (February 18, 2022): 393. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020393.

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This work aimed to relate alcohol consumption with adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) and with food neophobia (FN) among Italian and Spanish university students. Volunteers (n = 194, 108 Italian and 86 Spanish), recruited at the La Sapienza University of Rome and the Catholic University of Murcia, filled in standardized questionnaires to evaluate alcohol consumption (AUDIT), FN (FN Scale: FNS), and adherence to the MD (MDS-14, MED-55, QueMD). In addition to the previously reported QueMD sub-score (aMED), a sub-score for non-typical MD foods (ntMED, carbonated and/or sugar-sweetened beverages (soft drinks), butter, margarine, or cooking cream, and manufactured sweets, pastries, and cakes) was evaluated. Italian females had higher MED-55 and FNS scores, and a lower AUDIT score than Spaniards (p < 0.01). Students who stayed with their family (resident) were more adherent to MD than those who moved away from home. Resident Italians consumed less beer, hard liquors, and cocktails than Spaniards on Saturday nights (p < 0.01). There were negative correlations between AUDIT and QueMD (R squared: 0.137, p < 0.05), and AUDIT and ntMED (R squared: 0.201, p < 0.01) in Spaniards, however, there was no relationship between AUDIT and other MD scores. In conclusion, this pilot study suggests that non-typical MD foods and Saturday night consumptions, related to being far from home, have a great impact on alcohol consumption.

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Merlino, Silvia, Marina Locritani, Mascha Stroobant, Erika Mioni, and Daniela Tosi. "SeaCleaner: Focusing Citizen Science and Environment Education on Unraveling the Marine Litter Problem." Marine Technology Society Journal 49, no. 4 (July 1, 2015): 99–118. http://dx.doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.49.4.3.

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AbstractThe Pilot Project “SeaCleaner” is a citizen science and educational project, developed by the Institute of Marine Sciences of the Italian Research Council (CNR-ISMAR). Since 2013, it has involved environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), volunteers, five Italian Marine Protected Areas surrounding the Pelagos Sanctuary, and so far more than 50 high school students within the Italian program for “work-related learning internships.” The project aims to overcome the lack of current data on marine litter—a gap of knowledge that cannot be ignored any longer, according to the last European Union's ambitious Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)—by building an app for Android devices, which is easy to use and, at the same time, methodologically sound and comprehensive. This should enable a continuous census (in time and space) for supporting the proper management and removal of solid waste (through scheduled campaigns, etc.). The project has multiple effects: (1) to prompt students to broaden their scientific knowledge on topics not strictly related to scholastic curricula, making them aware of current environmental problems and teaching them how to solve them; (2) to engage an increasing number of volunteers in marine litter monitoring activities; and (3) to contribute to a common protocol for data acquisition, useful for both environmental and scientific purposes, helping scientists to overcome the lack of current data on marine litter.

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Minelli, Alessandra, Laura Pedrini, Laura Rosa Magni, and Alessandro Rotondo. "Personality Traits in an Italian Sample: Relationship with Anxiety and Depression." Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health 5, no. 1 (December 22, 2009): 26–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1745017900905010026.

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Personality traits provide a description of individual emotional and cognitive processes that modulate thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Few studies have investigated the relationship of personality traits with depression and anxiety in the general Italian population. The aim of the present study was to replicate previous evidences about the association of personality traits with anxiety and depression in a general Italian population sample.We recruited 418 volunteers through different sources; such as university, newspaper advertisement, hospital, and elderly association. 327 subjects accepted to participate to the study and were screened with the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I.) in order to assess DSM-IV Axis I disorders and with the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in order to measure personality traits.Based on the assessment made by the MINI, the whole sample consisted of 266 (81%) subjects without and 61 subjects (19%) with life-time DSM-IV Axis I disorders. Volunteers with life-time anxiety and depressive disorders showed high scores in Harm Avoidance as well as low scores in Self-Directedness and in the Novelty Seeking subscale “Exploratory Excitability”.Our results support previous evidences showing that personality traits, in particular Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness, could represent markers of vulnerability for depression and anxiety disorders.

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Acquadro Maran, Daniela, Antonella Varetto, Massimo Zedda, and Nicola Magnavita. "Workplace Violence Toward Hospital Staff and Volunteers: A Survey of an Italian Sample." Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma 27, no. 1 (December 13, 2017): 76–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2017.1405314.

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Quercioli, Alessio. ""Tutti gli studenti dovrebbero venir quassů". Giovani irredenti nelle universitŕ italiane 1880-1915." PASSATO E PRESENTE, no. 77 (May 2009): 31–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/pass2009-077003.

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- Is about the annexation of Veneto to the Reign of Italy in 1866, which deprives students from Italian provinces in the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the only university in Italian language within the boundaries of the double monarchy of Padua. People study in Austria, following classes in German, or enroll in Italian institutes whose qualifications are not acknowledged by Austrian authorities. The decision to study in Italy must be considered as a precise political choice; the youngest challenge the Austrian social and political system, that seems stale and inadequate, by choosing the "young" Reign. Many of these students will join the Italian army as volunteers. This research aims at giving new hints and open the way to further analyses of the «'14 generation», whose exceptionality has always been highlighted. But it is also necessary to focus on the connections with the previous generations - particularly for the "irredentists" - on their non-impromptu choices, which have to be seen as the result of a long cultural and political path.Key words: Students, University, Irredentism, First World War.Parole chiave: Studenti, Universitŕ, Irredentismo, Prima guerra mondiale.

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Romaioli, Diego, Alessio Nencini, and Anna Maria Meneghini. "How to Foster Commitment Among Volunteers: A Social Constructionist Study in Italian Nonprofit Organizations." Journal of Social Service Research 42, no. 5 (July 19, 2016): 718–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2016.1202880.

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Bron, Grégoire. "The exiles of the Risorgimento: Italian volunteers in the Portuguese Civil War (1832–34)." Journal of Modern Italian Studies 14, no. 4 (December 2009): 427–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13545710903281904.

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Dolce, Alberto, and Melita Ricciardi. "Impact of psychological risk factors on disaster rescue operations: the case of Italian volunteers." Disasters 31, no. 1 (March 2007): 91–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.2007.00342.x.

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Gonella, Silvia, Federica Canzan, Enrico Larghero, Elisa Ambrosi, Alvisa Palese, and Valerio Dimonte. "Hospital volunteering experiences suggest that new policies are needed to promote their integration in daily care: Findings from a qualitative study." Slovenian Journal of Public Health 58, no. 4 (October 1, 2019): 164–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2019-0021.

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Abstract Objective To explore Hospital Volunteers’ (HVs) motivations and experiences, as well as the strategies they adopt to overcome challenging situations during volunteering and the needs they perceive. Methods Eleven Italian HVs were purposively approached between January and July 2016, using face-to-face semi-structured interviews. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed using the descriptive phenomenological approach. Results Hospital volunteering emerged as a complex experience characterised by five themes: (a) becoming a volunteer; (b) developing skills; (c) experiencing conflicting emotions; (d) overcoming role difficulties by enacting different resources and strategies; and (e) addressing emerging needs. Conclusions According to the findings, hospital policies aimed at promoting volunteer integration in daily care are needed and should be based on (a) a shared vision between the hospital and the volunteer associations regarding the HVs’ role and skills; (b) the development of integrated models of care combining different workforces (i.e. professionals and volunteer staff); (c) appropriate training of HVs at baseline; (d) individualised continuous education pathways aimed at supporting HVs both emotionally and in the development of the required skills; and (e) tailored education that is directed to health-care staff aimed at helping them to value the service provided by HVs.

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Marchesi, Emanuela, Manuela Monti, Oriana Nanni, Lisette Bassi, Martina Piccinni-Leopardi, and Celeste Cagnazzo. "New requirements for phase I trials: a challenge for Italian clinical research." Tumori Journal 104, no. 1 (January 2018): 15–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5301/tj.5000668.

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Background: In 2015, the Italian Medicines Agency (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco; AIFA) issued the Determination 809/2015 with new requirements for phase I clinical trials. Before it came into force, we explored the extent to which several Italian oncology centers were working to implement it. Methods: A survey was conducted among 80 Italian centers involved in clinical trials. Investigators and research coordinators were surveyed. Results: Answers from 42 institutions were collected: among them 88.1% were involved in oncology research. In the last 5 years, 55% had conducted from 1 to 5 phase I trials, and only 16.7% more than 5. A third were involved in not-first-in-human research and none with healthy volunteers. The majority (57.1%) of the centers did not run any projects and trials are non-commercial, and about 35%, no more than 2. While 9.5% already met the standards for self-certification, 71.4% were working to achieve them. Standard operating procedures dedicated to research and the required good clinical practice training had been established by 57.1% and 76.2%, respectively. Fifty percent of laboratories were almost compliant with the Determination. After 10 months from its coming into force, 98 sites had applied for certification, of which 34 were oncology units. Conclusions: The new AIFA Determination imposes a certified organizational model on units and laboratories involved in phase I trials. Our results showed that great efforts were made to qualify for phase I research suggesting that other oncology units will apply for certification in the near future. Predictably, Italy will set the pace as a highly qualified country in which to conduct early-phase research.

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Palli, Domenico, Franco Berrino, Paolo Vineis, Rosario Tumino, Salvatore Panico, Giovanna Masala, Calogero Saieva, et al. "A Molecular Epidemiology Project on Diet and Cancer: The Epic-Italy Prospective Study. Design and Baseline Characteristics of Participants." Tumori Journal 89, no. 6 (November 2003): 586–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030089160308900602.

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EPIC-Italy is the Italian section of a larger project known as EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition), a prospective study on diet and cancer carried out in 10 European countries. In the period 1993-1998, EPIC-Italy completed the recruitment of 47,749 volunteers (15,171 men, 32,578 women, aged 35-65 years) in 4 different areas covered by cancer registries: Varese (12,083 volunteers) and Turin (10,604) in the Northern part of the country; Florence (13,597) and Ragusa (6,403) in Central and Southern Italy, respectively. An associate center in Naples enrolled 5,062 women. Detailed information for each individual volunteer about diet and life-style habits, anthropometric measurements and a blood sample was collected, after signing an informed consent form. A food frequency questionnaire specifically developed for the Italian dietary pattern was tested in a pilot phase. A computerized data base with the dietary and lifestyle information of each participant was completed. Blood samples were processed in the same day of collection, aliquoted (RBC, WBC, serum and plasma) and stored in liquid nitrogen containers. Follow-up procedures were validated and implemented for the identification of newly diagnosed cancer cases. Cancer incidence was related to dietary habits and biochemical markers of food consumption and individual susceptibility in order to test the role of diet-related exposure in the etiology of cancer and its interaction with other environmental or genetic determinants. The comparability of information in a prospective study design is much higher than in other studies. The availability of such a large biological bank linked to individual data on dietary and life-style exposures also provides the unique opportunity of evaluating the role of selected genotypes involved in the metabolism of chemical compounds and DNA repair, potentially related to the risk of cancer, in residents of geographic areas of Italy characterized by specific cancer risk and different dietary patterns. Baseline characteristics of participants are briefly described.

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Comunian, Anna Laura, and Uwe P. Gielen. "Sociomoral Reflection and Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior: Two Italian Studies." Psychological Reports 87, no. 1 (August 2000): 161–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2000.87.1.161.

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Two Italian studies on the development of moral judgment based on the 1992 Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form of Gibbs, Basinger, and Fuller were performed. In Study 1, 49 male and female adolescent volunteers involved in prosocial activities and a control group of 60 nonvolunteers completed the form. In Study 2, 60 male drug abusers in a drug-rehabilitation community were compared with a matched group of 60 nondrug abusers. Analysis showed that involvement in prosocial activities was associated with higher stages of moral judgment and Type B responses, while drug abuse was associated with lower stages of moral judgment and more Type A responses. The moral type scores were less closely associated with behavioral outcomes than the moral stage scores, perhaps reflecting the interplay between universal sociocognitive processes and specific real-life situations.

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CHIRICO, Francesco, Pietro CRESCENZO, Angelo SACCO, Matteo RICCÒ, Serena RIPA, Gabriella NUCERA, and Nicola MAGNAVITA. "Prevalence of burnout syndrome among Italian volunteers of the Red Cross: a cross-sectional study." Industrial Health 59, no. 2 (2021): 117–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2020-0246.

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Tassinari, Francesca. "La identificación de los MENAs y el tutor voluntario en Italia: ¿un modelo a asumir por la UE? = The identificaction of unaccompanied foreign minors and the voluntary guardian in Italy: an example to be followed by the EU?" CUADERNOS DE DERECHO TRANSNACIONAL 11, no. 1 (March 11, 2019): 545. http://dx.doi.org/10.20318/cdt.2019.4632.

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Resumen: La Ley italiana núm. 47 de 2017, sobre disposiciones en materia de medidas de protección de menores extranjeros no acompañados, constituye el primer texto normativo que contempla de manera unificada la tutela de menas en la UE. Por un lado, esta ley establece un procedimiento multidisciplinar de identificación del menor y de determinación de la minoría de edad (art. 5). Por otro, destaca la figura del «tutor voluntario», institución protectora de los MENAs que llegan al territorio italiano (art. 11). Sin embargo, la falta de coordinación entre los estados miembros amenaza la eficacia práctica de estas previsiones normativas, cuya fuerza vinculante se queda ceñida al territorio italiano. Se plantea, entonces, la necesidad de armonizar las diferentes prácticas estatales a través de una intervención legislativa europea.Palabras clave: MENAs, identificación, tutor voluntario, Italia, Unión Europea.Abstract: The Italian Law n. 47 of 2017 on dispositions upon protection measures of foreign unaccompanied minors, represents the first normative text, which contemplates, in a uniform way, the protection of unaccompanied minors in the EU. On one side, it establishes a multidisciplinary proceeding for the identification of the minor and for the determination of his/her minor age (art. 5). On the other, it stand out the legal figure of a «volunteer guardian», institution that protect unaccompanied minors who arrive at the Italian territory (art. 11). However, the lack of coordination among Member States threats the practice efficacy of those legal provisions, which coercive force is confined through the Italian territory. We discuss upon the need of harmonizing the different states’ practices through a legislative intervention of the EU.Keywords: Unaccompanied foreign minors, identification, volunteer guardian, harmonisation, Italy, European Union.

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Montefinese, Maria, Ettore Ambrosini, and Alessandro Angrilli. "Online search trends and word-related emotional response during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: a cross-sectional online study." PeerJ 9 (August 10, 2021): e11858. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11858.

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Background The strong and long lockdown adopted by the Italian government to limit COVID-19 spreading represents the first threat-related mass isolation in history that can be studied in depth by scientists to understand individuals’ emotional response to a pandemic. Methods We investigated the effects on individuals’ mental wellbeing of this long-term isolation by means of an online survey on 71 Italian volunteers. They completed the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and Fear of COVID-19 Scale and judged valence, arousal, and dominance of words either related or unrelated to COVID-19, as identified by Google search trends. Results Emotional judgments changes from normative data varied depending on word type and individuals’ emotional state, revealing early signals of individuals’ mental distress to COVID-19 confinement. All individuals judged COVID-19-related words to be less positive and dominant. However, individuals with more negative feelings and COVID-19 fear also judged COVID-19-unrelated words to be less positive and dominant. Moreover, arousal ratings increased for all words among individuals with more negative feelings and COVID-19 fear but decreased among individuals with less negative feelings and COVID-19 fear. Discussion Our results show a rich picture of emotional reactions of Italians to tight and 2-month long confinement, identifying early signals of mental health distress. They are an alert to the need for intervention strategies and psychological assessment of individuals potentially needing mental health support following the COVID-19 situation.

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Pignalberi, Claudio. "Learning to learn as life skills. The representation of Civil Service volunteers in a local context." Form@re - Open Journal per la formazione in rete 22, no. 3 (December 31, 2022): 179–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/form-13586.

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The relationship between learning/training has always been characterized by an undisputed complexity and marked by the plurality of adult dimensions, the multiplicity of relationship and communication situations, and the plurality and diversity of the contexts in which people live and with which they must deal. In this perspective, there is a formative interpretation of the concept of learning to learn, which is part of the eight European competencies, understood as the acquisition and self-awareness of personal learning processes. The paper, therefore, aims to present the role of the Third Sector as a reference context of the Italian lifelong learning system from the results of a research on universal civil service (UCC) in a local context. L’apprendere ad apprendere come life skills. La rappresentazione dei volontari del Servizio Civile in un contesto locale. Il rapporto fra apprendimento/formazione è sempre stato caratterizzato da una indiscussa complessità e contrassegnata dalla pluralità delle dimensioni adulte, dalla molteplicità delle situazioni di relazione e di comunicazione, dalla pluralità e diversità dei contesti nei quali le persone vivono e con cui si devono confrontare. In questa prospettiva si pone un’interpretazione formativa del concetto dell’apprendere ad apprendere, che rientra tra le otto competenze europee, inteso come l’acquisizione e l’autoconsapevolezza dei processi di apprendimento personali. Il contributo, pertanto, intende presentare il ruolo del Terzo Settore quale contesto di riferimento del sistema italiano di apprendimento permanente a partire dai risultati di una ricerca sul servizio civile universale (SCU) in un contesto locale.

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Pécout, Gilles. "Philhellenism in Italy: political friendship and the Italian volunteers in the Mediterranean in the nineteenth century." Journal of Modern Italian Studies 9, no. 4 (December 2004): 405–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1354571042000296380.

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Russo, Francesco, Guglielmina Chimienti, Giuseppe Riezzo, Gabriella Pepe, Giuseppe Petrosillo, Marisa Chiloiro, and Emanuele Marconi. "Inulin-enriched pasta affects lipid profile and Lp(a) concentrations in Italian young healthy male volunteers." European Journal of Nutrition 47, no. 8 (October 13, 2008): 453–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-008-0748-1.

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Cagnazzo, Celeste, Oriana Nanni, Francesca Arizio, Veronica Franchina, Rosita Cenna, Gianna Tabaro, Francesca Vannini, Giuseppe Procopio, Stefania Gori, and Alessandro Di Costanzo. "Phase I studies: a test bench for Italian clinical research." Tumori Journal 106, no. 4 (August 9, 2019): 295–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300891619868008.

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Background: The Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA) Determination 809/2015 sets all the requirements that clinical units and laboratories must meet in order to conduct phase I studies. Requirements include buildings, equipment, personnel, emergency management, as well as quality requirements defined in a set of standard operating procedures. Methods: In September 2018, the Italian Association of Medical Oncology working group, Clinical Research Coordinator, created an anonymous survey addressed to 51 medical directors of oncologic/hematologic clinical phase I units and all medical directors of generic and transversal units located in Italy and listed at the AIFA website. Results: Questionnaires from 24 institutions were collected, 9 previously inspected by competent authorities. All surveyed structures are certified to conduct profit studies and 1 is authorized to include healthy volunteers; 15 units implemented a Clinical Trial Quality Team in order to conduct nonprofit studies. At the time of data collection, a total of 398 proposals for phase I trials have been received, more than 50% coming from 3 institutes. A total of 144 phase I studies were active, with a median of 2.5 (Q1–Q3=0–6) studies for each center and asymmetric distribution of proposals. Conclusion: The considerable number of proposals received from the interviewed centers indicates that Italy plays an important role in the international pharmaceutical scene, despite bureaucratic procedures that threaten exclusion from decision-making. The AIFA Determination will be an important opportunity to acquire a competitive working approach.

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Kocjancic, Klemen. "Španci v nemški službi na Slovenskem med drugo svetovno vojno." Contributions to Contemporary History 56, no. 2 (November 9, 2016): 7–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.51663/pnz.56.2.01.

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SPANIARDS IN GERMAN SERVICE IN SLOVENIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAROn Slovenian territory during the Second World War were active different units of foreigners, which fought on the side of the German occupying force; among them were also two different units of Spanish volunteers. First unit, a half-battalion, was garrisoned in Lower Styria, specifically in Zasavje area, where it provided security for coal mines and railway. Second unit, of company strength, was integral part of brigade, then division of so called Karst hunters, based in Slovene Littoral, which was actively participating in counterinsurgency against Italian and Slovene partisans. Using critical analysis and interpretation of wartime sources and post-war literature article is presenting activity of Spanish volunteers in German service in Slovenia. Because of the size of both units Spaniards didn't significantly impact the progress of the Second World War in Slovenia, but are still part of Slovenian military and war history.

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Grano, Caterina, Fabio Lucidi, Arnaldo Zelli, and Cristiano Violani. "Motives and Determinants of Volunteering in Older Adults: An Integrated Model." International Journal of Aging and Human Development 67, no. 4 (December 2008): 305–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/ag.67.4.b.

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The present study focused on changes in volunteering over time among Italian adults and examined a model in which motives from self-determination theory (SDT) were hypothesized to influence a series of social-cognitive processes including self-efficacy judgments and constructs from the theory of planned behavior (TPB). The study was conducted with 312 male (mean age = 66.10; SD = 5.28) and 253 female adults (mean age = 66.67; SD = 5.79) who worked as volunteers in several associations and organizations in Italy. In two occasions over the course of several months, participants respectively completed paper-and-pencil questionnaires and responded to telephone interviews which assessed the study's constructs of interest. Structural equation model analyses provided support for the guiding hypothesis and findings suggested that the more general approach of SDT can be successfully integrated with a social-cognitive framework such as the TPB to provide a better insight onto the origins of the cognitive predictors of intentions in older volunteers.

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Fossati, Andrea, Serena Borroni, Donatella Marchione, and Cesare Maffei. "The Big Five Inventory (BFI)." European Journal of Psychological Assessment 27, no. 1 (January 2011): 50–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000043.

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The internal consistency reliability, factor structure, and convergent-discriminant validity of the Italian translation of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) were assessed in two independent samples of nonclinical adult volunteers (Sample 1: N = 500; Sample 2: N = 316) and in one sample of adolescent volunteers (Sample 3: N = 223). Two adult subsamples (n = 70, and n = 141, respectively) also provided 2-month retest reliability data. The internal consistency reliabilities were adequate for all five BFI scales (mean α values were .77, .78, and .81 for Sample 1, Sample 2, and Sample 3, respectively); all test-retest correlations were greater than .75 in both adult participant subsamples. Principal component analyses showed that only the first five components of the BFI item correlation matrix could be reproduced safely across the three samples. The BFI scales showed adequate convergent-discriminant validity coefficients in all three samples. These findings suggest that the BFI is a succinct measure of the Big Five personality traits and it provides satisfactory reliability and validity data.

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De Santis, Debegnach, Miano, Moretti, Sonego, Chiaretti, Buonsenso, and Brera. "Determination of Deoxynivalenol Biomarkers in Italian Urine Samples." Toxins 11, no. 8 (July 25, 2019): 441. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11080441.

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Deoxynivalenol (DON) is a mycotoxin mainly produced by Fusarium graminearum that can contaminate cereals and cereal-based foodstuff. Urinary DON levels can be used as biomarker for exposure assessment purposes. This study assessed urinary DON concentrations in Italian volunteers recruited by age group, namely children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. In addition, vulnerable groups, namely vegetarians and pregnant women, were included in the study. To determine the urinary DON, its glucuronide and de-epoxydated (DOM-1) forms, an indirect analytical approach was used, measuring free DON and total DON (as sum of free and glucuronides forms), before and after enzymatic treatment, respectively. Morning urine samples were collected on two consecutive days, from six different population groups, namely children, adolescent, adults, elderly, vegetarians and pregnant women. Total DON was measured in the 76% of the collected samples with the maximum incidences in children and adolescent age group. Urine samples from children and adolescent also showed the highest total DON levels, up to 17.0 ng/mgcreat. Pregnant women had the lowest positive samples per category (40% for day 1 and 43% for day 2, respectively), low mean levels of total DON (down to 2.84 ng/mgcreat) and median equal to 0 ng/mgcreat. Estimation of DON dietary intake reveals that 7.5% of the total population exceeds the TDI of 1 μg/kg bw/day set for DON, with children showing 40% of individuals surpassing this value (male, day 2).

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Gardana, Claudio, Enrica Canzi, and Paolo Simonetti. "The role of diet in the metabolism of daidzein by human faecal microbiota sampled from Italian volunteers." Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 20, no. 12 (December 2009): 940–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2008.08.006.

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Marchesi, Milena. "‘I volunteer at home too!’ Gendering affective citizenship." Critique of Anthropology 41, no. 1 (January 28, 2021): 21–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308275x20974093.

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This article argues for gendering affective citizenship and humanitarianism. Both of these ‘regimes of care’ are understood to work through benevolent affect, to mobilize citizens in the wake of the retrenchment of the welfare state. Ethnography with Italian-origin women volunteers at a Milanese association shows that the affect and motivations of affective citizens can starkly deviate from benevolence and ‘do-gooderism’. Analyses of post-Fordist affective citizenship focus on the shift from waged labour and state-mediated forms of social security to precarious labour and privatized responsibilities for welfare, implicitly centring the (male) breadwinner as the subject of these transformations. By contrast, this article seeks to call attention to the continuities in unwaged care. In so doing, it shows how the Fordist legacy of gendered citizenship ‘haunts’ its post-Fordist affective and humanitarian reconfigurations and highlights the contradictions and contestations that mark ongoing transformations of social citizenship in Europe.

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Giuliani, Tommaso, Luca Maria Saadeh, Renato Salvador, Edoardo V. Savarino, Francesca Galeazzi, Loredana Nicoletti, Stefano Merigliano, and Mario Costantini. "Tu1182 High Resolution Esophageal Manometry in Italian Healthy Volunteers: A Comparison With North-American and North-European Values." Gastroenterology 148, no. 4 (April 2015): S—814. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(15)32770-0.

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Ottanelli, Fraser. "Anti-Fascism and the Shaping of National and Ethnic Identity: Italian American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War." Journal of American Ethnic History 27, no. 1 (October 1, 2007): 9–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40543253.

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Sinatti, Giulia. "Humanitarianism as Politics: Civil Support Initiatives for Migrants in Milan’s Hub." Social Inclusion 7, no. 2 (June 27, 2019): 139–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i2.1968.

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Humanitarianism is increasingly used to address migration in Europe, from search and rescue operations at sea to reception on land. Scholars often interpret humanitarianism as a means for states to depoliticize migration and prioritize securitization. In this article, I analyze perspectives on humanitarianism among civil society volunteers and workers who, alongside institutions, deliver humanitarian support to migrants. Civil initiatives in this field by independent volunteers, non-governmental organizations and charities have surged, thus shifting tasks traditionally under the responsibility of the state to non-state actors. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in and around the premises of the Hub (a center providing humanitarian assistance to migrants transiting in the Italian city of Milan), I show that engaging in such civil support initiatives raises the levels of political awareness and activism among ordinary citizens. Through insight into the daily actions, motivations and aims of the men and women operating at the Hub, I show that their involvement in humanitarian assistance marks the beginning of a personal journey in which they gradually conceive what they do as far from being in support of depoliticizing state securitization policies and rather as politically loaded.

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Veglia, Fabrizio, Paolo Vineis, Franco Berrino, Daniela Del Sette Cerulli, Maria Concetta Giurdanella, Rosario Tumino, Laura Fiorini, et al. "Determinants of Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke in 21,588 Italian Non-Smokers." Tumori Journal 89, no. 6 (November 2003): 665–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030089160308900610.

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Background Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, ischemic heart disease and respiratory diseases in non-smokers. Exposure is likely to be uneven in the population. Knowledge of its distribution is important for a better planning of preventive activities. Methods In the context of the Italian branch of the EPIC prospective investigation, in which we enrolled 47,000 volunteers, we have surveyed exposure to ETS and its determinants (age, social class, occupation). The purpose of the present paper is to contribute to identify the main sources of exposure in Italy. Results We found, in a sample of 21,588 Italian non-smokers, a prevalence of 0.337 (95% confidence interval, 0.336-0.337) in women and 0.537 (0.529-0.544) in men. Exposure was defined as at least 1 hr/day for at least one year. Exposure at work is by far the commonest source of exposure to ETS, with a strong difference between full-time and part-time jobs. The distribution of exposure by social class was uneven, with statistically significant odds ratios for higher social groups in the order of 0.4-0.5. White-collar workers are the occupational category mostly exposed, suggesting that the implementation of anti-smoking legislation is still incomplete in Italian offices. Conclusions The uneven distribution of ETS in the population is a matter of concern, since it contributes to the unequal distribution of health in different social groups.

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Redolfi De Zan, Lara, Sarah Rossi de Gasperis, Vincenzo Andriani, Marco Bardiani, Alessandro Campanaro, Silvia Gisondi, Sönke Hardersen, et al. "The Big Five: Species Distribution Models from Citizen Science Data as Tool for Preserving the Largest Protected Saproxylic Beetles in Italy." Diversity 15, no. 1 (January 11, 2023): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15010096.

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Background. Volunteers’ participation in scientific research has increased in recent decades. Citizen science (CS) data have been used in quantitative ecology to analyse species ranges by means of species distribution models. We investigated the Italian distribution of five large saproxylic beetles (big five), to describe their niche space, paramount areas for their conservation, and conservation gaps. Methods. CS data from two projects, climate and environmental variables were used to produce Habitat suitability (HS) maps for each species and averaged HS maps. The big five’s conservation status was assessed interpolating HS maps with the distribution of protected areas, concomitantly identifying conservation gaps. Results. The pre-alpine and Apennines arcs, north-eastern Sicily and eastern Sardinia, were identified as conservation’s hotspots. Ranking HS levels from minimum to optimal, the extent of conservation gaps decreases as environmental suitability for the big five increases. Conclusions. For the first time in Italy, CS data have been used to investigate niche space of the largest protected saproxylic beetles and analyse the distribution of their suitable habitat. The resulting HS raster maps and vector layers, reporting HS value in all Italian protected areas (n° 3771), were provided and discussed, reporting an application example for conservation purposes.

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Maniscalco, Erika, Luana La Marca, Naida Faldetta, Francesco Fabbiano, Francesco Verderame, and Adriano Schimmenti. "Maladaptive Personality Features, Alexithymia, and Traumatic Events as Risk Factors for Patients With Cancer Diagnosis." Journal of Mental Health Counseling 44, no. 2 (March 28, 2022): 153–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.17744/mehc.44.2.04.

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It is critical to investigate the role of psychological and psychosocial factors involved in cancer diagnosis, in order to improve prevention and treatment strategies. Two hundred and six Italian participants (healthy group, 118 adult volunteers, 53.4% female; target group, 88 patients with first-time cancer diagnosis, 55.7% female) completed questionnaires measuring maladaptive personality traits, alexithymia, and traumatic events. Controlling for gender, age, and education, results showed that higher age and lower education, together with higher exposure to traumatic events and increased levels of negative affectivity, were significant predictors of belonging to the target group. Our findings suggest the need of an early assessment of psychological functioning and traumatic history in cancer patients, in order to promote more effective prevention strategies and tailored treatment approaches.

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Ujević, Antonija. "The European Solidarity Corps and their activities with emphasis on the protection of the Basilica of Saint Benedict in Norcia after the 2016 earthquakes." Libellarium: časopis za istraživanja u području informacijskih i srodnih znanosti 13, no. 1 (August 26, 2022): 191–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.15291/libellarium.3459.

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Purpose. The aim of this paper is to present one of the ways to protect and preserve cultural heritage in post-crisis situations. The paper presents the initiative of the European Solidarity Corps and its volunteer activities in Norcia with an emphasis on interventions and actions of fixing and preventing further deterioration of the Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia after the 2016 earthquake. Approach/methodology. Research on the activities of the European Solidarity Corps initiative and its volunteer activities in Norcia was conducted by analysing archival material and literature. The paper refers to official documents of the Ministry of Culture in Italy, the European Commission and recent Italian papers on the subject. Findings. The first part of the paper presents the basic information and goals of the European Solidarity Corps initiative. The second part of the paper presents the state of the Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia before the 2016 earthquake and the state of the Basilica during the earthquake. The main part of the paper presents the volunteer activities carried out by the European Solidarity Corps in ruined Norcia. The paper presents the work of student volunteers within the framework of the activities of the European Solidarity Corps at the Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia. The fourth part of the paper points to the existence of an initiative in Croatia called Europske Snage Solidarnosti, which invites young professionals to participate in volunteer activities. Originality/value. The paper provides information about the existence of the European Solidarity Corps initiative. The successfully used EU funds for the post-earthquake reconstruction of the Basilica of St. Benedict in Norcia are pointed out. Information on the existence of the European Solidarity Corps and their potential use in similar situations in Croatia is important. The paper can inform and encourage readers to join the European Solidarity Corps and participate in their volunteer projects, or to volunteer for another organization or institution.

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Scrima, Fabrizio, Liliane Rioux, and Lucrezia Lorito. "Three-Factor Structure of Adult Attachment in the Workplace: Comparison of British, French, and Italian Samples." Psychological Reports 115, no. 2 (October 2014): 627–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/49.pr0.115c25z2.

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The goal was to compare three-factor and two-factor solutions and construct validity of the Adult Attachment in the Workplace (AAW) questionnaire. Participants were 660 volunteers from three countries (France, Italy, and Great Britain). The two-factor model of Neustadt, Chamorro-Premuzic, & Furnham (2006) and the three-factor theoretical model of Collins and Read (1990) were compared. Construct validity was assessed by calculating correlations among the two- and three-factor AAW, the Workplace Attachment Scale, and the Organizational Commitment Scale. The three-factor structure differentiated between the three attachment styles, i.e., secure, preoccupied, and avoidant. There were moderate, significant correlations between AAW, workplace attachment, and affective commitment. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that the three-factor structure fit the data better. Furthermore, the AAW, the Workplace Attachment Scale, and the Organizational Commitment Scale can be considered independent. In line with previous empirical evidence, a further distinction is noted between avoidant and preoccupied styles in the workplace.

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Paltrinieri, Sara, Elena Ricchi, Elisa Mazzini, Elena Cervi, Elisa Sandri, Stefania Fugazzaro, and Stefania Costi. "A social-healthcare pathway to facilitate return to work of cancer survivors in Italy: The UNAMANO project." Work 70, no. 4 (December 20, 2021): 1243–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/wor-205249.

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BACKGROUND: Return to work (RTW) is a major goal to promote cancer survivors’ social participation. OBJECTIVE: This study describes the multidisciplinary social-healthcare pathway called UNAMANO, conceived to support RTW in this population. METHODS: UNAMANO was developed by the Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, in partnership with the local branch of the Italian Medical Association, nonprofit associations, vocational training institutions, social cooperatives, a labour union, and a chartered accounting firm. RESULTS: UNAMANO is directed towards employed individuals diagnosed with cancer living in the province of RE. It was developed through four actions: A) training healthcare professionals on work-related occupational rehabilitation; B) dissemination among community and stakeholders; C) recruitment and training of volunteers; D) cancer survivor engagement and provision of a personalized comprehensive intervention. This consists in providing information and either occupational therapy to overcome barriers and facilitate RTW or social support through re-training and tailored job search strategies based on individual risk of job loss. CONCLUSIONS: UNAMANO is the first Italian multidisciplinary social-healthcare pathway supporting RTW of cancer survivors. Addressing a wide area of cancer survivors’ needs, it provides personalized intervention to resolve work-related issues. We propose this patient-centred RTW model to promote an easier transition from hospital to community.

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