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  1. Article ; Online: The role of civic capital on vaccination.

    Buonanno, Paolo / Galletta, Sergio / Puca, Marcello

    Health economics

    2023  Volume 32, Issue 5, Page(s) 993–999

    Abstract: Can civic-minded individuals fight against a pandemic? In this paper, we show that civic capital plays an important role when assessing the level of compliance with COVID-19 vaccination recommendations. Analyzing data on a large sample of municipalities ... ...

    Abstract Can civic-minded individuals fight against a pandemic? In this paper, we show that civic capital plays an important role when assessing the level of compliance with COVID-19 vaccination recommendations. Analyzing data on a large sample of municipalities from the Italian region of Lombardy, we show that the share of vaccinated individuals is significantly higher in municipalities with higher pre-determined levels of civic capital. These findings are robust to the possibility of spatial spillovers across neighboring municipalities. Our findings contribute to the existing evidence highlighting the importance of individual contributions and civic capital as important behavioral determinants affecting the containment of infectious diseases.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; COVID-19 Vaccines ; Vaccination ; Italy
    Chemical Substances COVID-19 Vaccines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1135838-5
    ISSN 1099-1050 ; 1057-9230
    ISSN (online) 1099-1050
    ISSN 1057-9230
    DOI 10.1002/hec.4662
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  2. Article ; Online: Using newspaper obituaries to "nowcast" daily mortality: Evidence from the Italian COVID-19 hot-spots.

    Buonanno, Paolo / Puca, Marcello

    Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

    2021  Volume 125, Issue 4, Page(s) 535–540

    Abstract: Real-time tracking of epidemic helps governments and health authorities make timely data-driven decisions. Official mortality data, whenever reliable and available, is usually published with a substantial delay. We report results of using newspapers ... ...

    Abstract Real-time tracking of epidemic helps governments and health authorities make timely data-driven decisions. Official mortality data, whenever reliable and available, is usually published with a substantial delay. We report results of using newspapers obituaries to "nowcast" the mortality levels observed in Italy during the COVID-19 outbreak between February 24, 2020 and April 15, 2020. Mortality levels predicted using obituaries outperform forecasts based on past mortality according to several performance metrics, making obituaries a potentially valid alternative source of information to deal with epidemic surveillance.
    MeSH term(s) COVID-19/mortality ; Forecasting ; Humans ; Internet ; Italy/epidemiology ; Models, Statistical ; Newspapers as Topic ; Population Surveillance
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-27
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605805-x
    ISSN 1872-6054 ; 0168-8510
    ISSN (online) 1872-6054
    ISSN 0168-8510
    DOI 10.1016/j.healthpol.2021.01.006
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  3. Article: Social closure, surnames and crime

    Buonanno, Paolo / Vanin, Paolo

    Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO Vol. 137 , p. 160-175

    2017  Volume 137, Page(s) 160–175

    Author's details Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin
    Keywords Social closure ; Surname distribution ; Crime
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier
    Publishing place Amsterdam [u.a.]
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 864321-0 ; 1460618-5
    ISSN 0167-2681
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  4. Article ; Online: Using Newspapers Obituaries to Nowcast Daily Mortality

    Buonanno, Paolo / Puca, Marcello

    SSRN Electronic Journal ; ISSN 1556-5068

    Evidence from the Italian COVID-19 Hot-Spots

    2020  

    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.2139/ssrn.3614057
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  5. Article ; Online: Estimating the severity of COVID-19: Evidence from the Italian epicenter.

    Buonanno, Paolo / Galletta, Sergio / Puca, Marcello

    PloS one

    2020  Volume 15, Issue 10, Page(s) e0239569

    Abstract: We provide results on the level of COVID-19 excess mortality in the Italian region of Lombardy and in the province of Bergamo using official and original data sources. Since February 2020 Lombardy and in particular the province of Bergamo have been ... ...

    Abstract We provide results on the level of COVID-19 excess mortality in the Italian region of Lombardy and in the province of Bergamo using official and original data sources. Since February 2020 Lombardy and in particular the province of Bergamo have been severely hit by the novel COVID-19 infectious disease. Combining official statistics, retrospective data and original data (i.e., obituaries and death notices) we provide a tentative estimate of the number of deaths either directly or indirectly, associated with COVID-19 as well as the total number of persons infected. Our findings suggest that the reported number of deaths attributable to COVID-19 identified by public authorities accounts only for one half of the observed excess mortality between March 2020 and previous years.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/mortality ; Disease Notification/statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Humans ; Italy/epidemiology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Mortality/trends ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral/mortality ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Young Adult
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-10-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1932-6203
    ISSN (online) 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0239569
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  6. Article ; Online: Use of Thermoluminescence Dosimetry for QA in High-Dose-Rate Skin Surface Brachytherapy with Custom-Flap Applicator.

    Manna, Francesco / Pugliese, Mariagabriella / Buonanno, Francesca / Gherardi, Federica / Iannacone, Eva / La Verde, Giuseppe / Muto, Paolo / Arrichiello, Cecilia

    Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 23, Issue 7

    Abstract: Surface brachytherapy (BT) lacks standard quality assurance (QA) protocols. Commercially available treatment planning systems (TPSs) are based on a dose calculation formalism that assumes the patient is made of water, resulting in potential deviations ... ...

    Abstract Surface brachytherapy (BT) lacks standard quality assurance (QA) protocols. Commercially available treatment planning systems (TPSs) are based on a dose calculation formalism that assumes the patient is made of water, resulting in potential deviations between planned and delivered doses. Here, a method for treatment plan verification for skin surface BT is reported. Chips of thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) were used for dose point measurements. High-dose-rate treatments were simulated and delivered through a custom-flap applicator provided with four fixed catheters to guide the Iridium-192 (Ir-192) source by way of a remote afterloading system. A flat water-equivalent phantom was used to simulate patient skin. Elekta TPS Oncentra Brachy was used for planning. TLDs were calibrated to Ir-192 through an indirect method of linear interpolation between calibration factors (CFs) measured for 250 kV X-rays, Cesium-137, and Cobalt-60. Subsequently, plans were designed and delivered to test the reproducibility of the irradiation set-up and to make comparisons between planned and delivered dose. The obtained CF for Ir-192 was (4.96 ± 0.25) μC/Gy. Deviations between measured and TPS calculated doses for multi-catheter treatment configuration ranged from -8.4% to 13.3% with an average of 0.6%. TLDs could be included in clinical practice for QA in skin BT with a customized flap applicator.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Brachytherapy/methods ; Reproducibility of Results ; Iridium Radioisotopes/therapeutic use ; Radiotherapy Dosage ; Thermoluminescent Dosimetry ; Water ; Radiometry
    Chemical Substances Iridium-192 ; Iridium Radioisotopes ; Water (059QF0KO0R)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2052857-7
    ISSN 1424-8220 ; 1424-8220
    ISSN (online) 1424-8220
    ISSN 1424-8220
    DOI 10.3390/s23073592
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  7. Article ; Online: News from the COVID-19 Epicenter

    Buonanno, Paolo / Galletta, Sergio / Puca, Marcello

    SSRN Electronic Journal ; ISSN 1556-5068

    2020  

    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.2139/ssrn.3567093
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  8. Article ; Online: Estimating the severity of COVID-19

    Paolo Buonanno / Sergio Galletta / Marcello Puca

    PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 10, p e

    Evidence from the Italian epicenter.

    2020  Volume 0239569

    Abstract: We provide results on the level of COVID-19 excess mortality in the Italian region of Lombardy and in the province of Bergamo using official and original data sources. Since February 2020 Lombardy and in particular the province of Bergamo have been ... ...

    Abstract We provide results on the level of COVID-19 excess mortality in the Italian region of Lombardy and in the province of Bergamo using official and original data sources. Since February 2020 Lombardy and in particular the province of Bergamo have been severely hit by the novel COVID-19 infectious disease. Combining official statistics, retrospective data and original data (i.e., obituaries and death notices) we provide a tentative estimate of the number of deaths either directly or indirectly, associated with COVID-19 as well as the total number of persons infected. Our findings suggest that the reported number of deaths attributable to COVID-19 identified by public authorities accounts only for one half of the observed excess mortality between March 2020 and previous years.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
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  9. Book ; Online: Inequality, crime, and the long-run legacy of slavery

    Buonanno, Paolo / Vargas, Juan F

    (IDB working paper series ; no. IDB-WP-793)

    2017  

    Abstract: Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This paper addresses these concerns by exploiting the fact that, as suggested by recent scholarly research, the legacy of slavery is largely ... ...

    Author's details Paolo Buonanno, Juan F. Vargas
    Series title IDB working paper series ; no. IDB-WP-793
    Abstract Estimating the effect of inequality on crime is challenging due to reverse causality and omitted variable bias. This paper addresses these concerns by exploiting the fact that, as suggested by recent scholarly research, the legacy of slavery is largely manifested in persistent levels of economic inequality. Municipality-level economic inequality in Colombia is instrumented with a census-based measure of the proportion of slaves before the abolition of slavery in the nineteenth century. It is found that inequality increases both property crime and violent crime. The estimates are robust to including traditional determinants of crime (like population density, proportion of young males, average education level, quality of law enforcement institutions, and overall economic activity), as well as geographic characteristics that may be correlated with both the slave economy and with crime, and current ethnic differences. Policies aiming at reducing structural crime should focus on reducing economic inequality.
    Keywords Slavery ; Inequality ; Crime ; Instrumental variables ; Colombia
    Language English
    Size 1 Online-Ressource (circa 35 Seiten)
    Publisher Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
    Publishing place Washington, DC
    Document type Book ; Online
    DOI 10.18235/0000676
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  10. Article ; Online: Estimating the severity of COVID-19

    Buonanno, Paolo / Galletta, Sergio / Puca, Marcello

    PLOS ONE

    Evidence from the Italian epicenter

    2020  Volume 15, Issue 10, Page(s) e0239569

    Keywords General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ; General Medicine ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 1932-6203
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0239569
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