From City to Countryside, Study Suggests Wisdom Can Protect Against Loneliness
Feb 14, 2021
Over the last few decades, there has been growing concern about loneliness across all ages, particularly in middle-aged and older adults, but a new study suggests one type of intervention that wouldn’t involve relying on other people.
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Feeling isolated or not having an adequate number of meaningful personal connections, is consistently associated with major risk factors for overall health, and there are now many efforts worldwide to address it.
In a recent cross-cultural study, researchers in California and Italy teamed up and found that there was a significant correlation between wisdom and not being lonely.
ficonTEC Appoints Augusto Mandelli as Global Director Sales, Service, and Marketing
The extraordinary growth in the adoption of integrated photonic devices across a number of existing, emerging, and societally important high-tech sectors has resulted in an exceptional 2020 for ficonTEC. Facing a need for globally oriented guidance drawn on strong experience gained within an international organization, ficonTEC has appointed Augusto Mandelli as Global Director Sales, Service, and Marketing, effective January 2021.
At ficonTEC, Augusto will have responsibility for creating a harmonized sales, service, and marketing motion via the establishment of a unified customer engagement structure. Targeted benefits for the customer include an expanded customer satisfaction strategy in terms of enhanced pre-and post-installation service and support as well as a more clearly defined route to delivering business case goals.
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Quality of life: Varese is in 16th place in Italy
In Italia Oggiâs annual ranking, Varese climbs 20 places. It is second among the provinces in Lombardy, after Monza.
Varese Province has climbed as many as
20 places in the quality of life ranking produced by
Italia Oggi, reaching 16th place, against its 36th place in 2019.
“This is certainly good news,â said
Davide Galimberti, the Mayor of Varese, âand is the reward for the great effort weâve been making in recent years to improve the provincial capital. This year, weâre the second best Lombardy province in the ranking, after