Alberto Villani

Biographic Data

ID901202
NAMEAlberto Villani
GIVEN NAMESAlberto
FAMILY NAMEVillani
SIGNATUREVILLANI A
AFFILIATIONSBambino Gesù Children's Hospital
ORCID0000-0003-2760-240X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT17
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • From Cage to Stage: Mapping Aesthetic Dance Movements Onto an Industrial Robot

    Giuseppe Saviano, Alberto Villani et al.ARTICLEACM Transactions on Human-Robot…2026

    In the ever-evolving era of technological advancement, the intersection of art and robotics has arisen as a captivating frontier, where the precision of mechanisms is blended with the emotive impact of human expression. Although dance and robotics seem to be two different disciplines, they share a common study field: movement. The purpose of dance, and generally for theatrical discipline, movement research is to investigate how to create a poetic…

  • Retratos Sociológicos e Narrativas (Auto)Biográficas como metodologias de pesquisa e ensino na formação de professores

    Open AccessLuciana Massi, Alberto VillaniARTICLERevista Brasileira de Pesquisa…2024

    As Narrativas (Auto)Biográficas (NAB) são importantes referências na educação, sendo adotadas como método de ensino e pesquisa sobre a formação de professores. Os Retratos Sociológicos (RS) são uma metodologia e teoria sociológica, ancorada na subjetividade dos agentes e no conceito de disposições. Este artigo defende as NAB e os RS como metodologias complementares de ensino e pesquisa na formação de professores. Para construir essa argumentação,…

  • Helmet Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Acute Bronchiolitis Respiratory Failure in a Pediatric Ward: Is It a Replicable Experience

    Open AccessAnna Maria Musolino, Sabrina Persia et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    (1) Background: Helmet Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (H-CPAP) has primarily been used in intensive care settings to treat moderate-to-severe bronchiolitis in infants. We aim to report on the feasibility of H-CPAP for selected infants with bronchiolitis in a pediatric ward. (2) Methods: A retrospective, observational, consecutive case series was studied of 26 patients who received H-CPAP on the pediatric ward from October 2022 to February 20…

  • Atraumatic Limping Child, a Challenge for Pediatricians: An Observational Age-Related Study in a Pediatric Emergency Department

    Open AccessSebastian Cristaldi, Alessandra Boni et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    Our data suggest that toddlers and patients presenting red flags should be evaluated with particular suspicion because they have an increased risk of underlying severe conditions

  • Has Anything Changed in the Frequency of Emergency Department Visits and the Profile of the Adolescent Seeking Emergency Mental Care during the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessValentina Ferro, Roberto Averna et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    We described changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the frequency of Emergency Department (ED) visits for mental health disorders (MHDs) in adolescents on a wider temporal range-that is, not just "the waves" of the pandemic-and characterized the profile of the adolescent seeking emergency psychiatric care. We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study by analyzing ED visits for MHDs from 10 March 2019 to 10 March 2021. A total of 1407 ED vi…

  • Acute Pupillary Disorders in Children: A 10-Year Retrospective Study of 101 Patients

    Open AccessGiacomo Garone, Marco Roversi et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    Our study shows that UCs most commonly occur in patients presenting with bilateral APMD and other associated features. In unilateral/isolated APMD ophthalmological examination, exclusion of toxic exposure and observation until resolution of symptoms should be recommended

  • Sleep and behavioral problems in Down syndrome: Differences between school age and adolescence

    Open AccessElisa Fucà, Floriana Costanzo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    These results remark the importance of appropriate neuropsychiatric and psychological evaluation taking into account the age-specific needs and features of individuals with DS

  • One Year of Lung Ultrasound in Children with Sars-CoV-2 Admitted to a Tertiary Referral Children’s Hospital: A Retrospective Study during 2020–2021

    Open AccessAnna Maria Musolino, Valentina Ferro et al.ARTICLEChildren2022

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, the lung ultrasound (LU) turned out to be a pivotal tool to study the lung involvement in the adult population, but the same was not well evaluated in children. We detected the LU patterns through an integrated approach with clinical−laboratory features in children hospitalized for COVID-19 in relation to the temporal trend of the Italian epidemic. We conducted a retrospective study which took place at a pediatric te…

  • The Disappearance of Respiratory Viruses in Children during the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessAnna Chiara Vittucci, Livia Piccioni et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Public health interventions and distancing (including continuous use of face masks) settled to counter the pandemic spread of COVID-19 had a macroscopic impact on all respiratory virus transmission and related diseases, with a partial exception of Rhinovirus. The absence of viruses' circulation could result in a lack of immunity and increased susceptibility to serious infections in the next seasons

  • Pediatric Hospitalization for Varicella in an Italian Pediatric Hospital: How Much Does It Cost

    Open AccessElena Bozzola, Giulia Spina et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Varicella AHC is an important economic and health assessment point and can be useful for improving preventive strategies

  • Children and Adolescent’s Perception of Media Device Use Consequences

    Open AccessGiulia Spina, Elena Bozzola et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Media device (MD) use is increasing worldwide among children. Adolescents and young children spend a lot of time using MD, Internet, and social networks. The age of initial use is getting lower to 12 years old. The aim of this research is to study children's use and perception of MD. The Italian Paediatric Society (SIP) conducted a Survey on Italian children in collaboration with Skuola.net using an online questionnaire. A total of 10,000 questio…

  • The Paradox of Tik Tok Anti-Pro-Anorexia Videos: How Social Media Can Promote Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Anorexia

    Open AccessGiuseppe Logrieco, Maria Rosaria Marchili et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    The literature shows that social pressure promotes non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) Eating disorders, along with self-injury, are also favored by underregulated social media. Tik Tok is one of the most used social media platforms among adolescents. It has been shown that the time young children spend on this platform doubled during the lockdown. The theme of anorexia is very common on this platform. While most "pro-ana" (pro-anorexia) videos, wher…

  • Autoria Docente: Um Esquema De Análise No Ensino De Ciências

    Open AccessJuliana De Oliveira Maia, Alberto Villani et al.ARTICLEEducação em Revista2020References: 7

    Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar um esquema de análise para a autoria docente no ensino de Ciências. O conceito de autoria docente foi caracterizado de modo a aprofundar a relação que o professor, em contextos de formação continuada, estabelece com seu próprio desenvolvimento profissional docente. A elaboração do esquema teve como ponto de partida depoimentos de professores participantes de cursos de Mestrados Profissionais em Ensino de…

  • Practical Issues in Early Switching from Intravenous to Oral Antibiotic Therapy in Children with Uncomplicated Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis: Results from an Italian Survey

    Open AccessElena Chiappini, Elena Serrano et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019

    Background : The European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) guidelines for acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHOM) have been published recently. In uncomplicated cases, an early (2-4 days) switch to oral empirical therapy, preferentially with flucloxacillin, is recommended in low methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus settings. We conducted a survey with the aim of evaluating the behaviors of Italian pediatricians at this rega…

  • A formação continuada do professor de Física

    Open AccessJesuína Lopes De Almeida Pacca, Alberto VillaniARTICLEEstudos Avançados2018References: 1

    A Formação Continuada do Professor de Física chega ao presente ainda sem procedimentos eficazes e adequados. Ela teve início efetivamente na década de 1960 quando se percebeu que o ensino das Ciências não ia bem; seu objetivo era treinar os professores nos projetos de ensino que eram produzidos. Posteriormente, percebeu que essa formação devia ser entendida como atualização dos professores, mas chegou aos nossos dias sem resolver os problemas edu…

  • Um caso de contratendência: Baixa Evasão Na Licenciatura Em Química Explicada Pelas Disposições E Integrações

    Open AccessLuciana Massi, Alberto VillaniARTICLEEducação e Pesquisa2015Cited by: 5References: 8

    Este trabalho faz parte de um estudo de caso sobre uma instituição pela qual seus alunos apresentavam um forte sentimento de pertencimento e adesão, materializado em baixos índices de evasão. Trata-se da licenciatura em química do Instituto de Química (IQ) da Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) de Araraquara, no interior do estado de São Paulo. Analisamos as trajetórias escolares e acadêmicas de 27 licenciandos em química, com base na Teoria d…

  • Psicanálise e educação: "Tarefas "Intrigantes

    Open AccessAlberto VillaniARTICLEEstilos da Clinica1999

    In this work we try to develop an analogy between psychoanalysis and science education focussing the paradoxes that seem to be implicit in their exercise: the impossibility to obtain a complete satisfaction, the difficulties to overcome the resistences for a change, the paradox of the dissolution of transference