ON THE USE OF MICROSIMULATION FOR INVESTIGATING IDEOLOGICAL DISSENT: EXEMPLARY ANALYSES OF THE VALUES OF THE EUROPEAN POLITICAL LEFT

On the Use of Microsimulation for Investigating Ideological Dissent: Exemplary Analyses of the Values of the European Political Left

This article presents a new approach to the comparison of the meaning of social or political key terms in different national contexts.Instead of relying on classical statistical instruments such as t-tests of the mean attitudes, the author proposes to analyze value conflicts between the mentioned groups.In international surveys like the European Va

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SARS-CoV-2 quantitative real time PCR and viral loads analysis among asymptomatic and symptomatic patients: an observational study on an outbreak in two nursing facilities in Campania Region (Southern Italy)

Abstract Background In December 2019 an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 was first observed in Wuhan, China.The virus has spread rapidly throughout the world creating a pandemic scenario.Several risk factors have been identified, such as age, sex, concomitant diseases as well as viral load.A key point is the role of asymp

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Improper performance of professional duties by medical and pharmaceutical professionals: Current status and problems of counteraction

Protecting the lives of citizens and providing qualified medical care is of utmost importance in times of war.At the same time, statistics show that numerous cases of criminal offences committed by healthcare professionals do not result in them actually serving a criminal sentence.The purpose of this study was to investigate the issues of non-perfo

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