Global Sisters Report a project of National Catholic Reporter Sign up now Lina Magdalina Murmu of the Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate she returned to her native Bangladesh for a vacation but has been working as a missionary in Italy since 2018 View Author Profile In the 1960s, the grandparents of 41-year-old Sr. Lina Magdalina Murmu, residents of Choupukuria village in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, were baptized by Italian PIME Missionaries their granddaughter became a missionary in Italy Murmu, a member of the Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate the elderly and migrants in Roveredo in Piano Two sisters from Madagascar also live with her as missionaries Her mission involves listening to elderly individuals who often find themselves alone She provides them with Holy Communion and offers prayers She told Global Sisters Report the seniors she meets are delighted to see a young missionary nun from an Asian country witnessing Jesus Christ Many of them find peace after sharing their thoughts with her Murmu shared that most young adults do not attend Sunday Mass regularly their children are unfamiliar with Catholic prayers she teaches catechism to local Catholic children and hopes to see them become more involved in church activities In addition to her work with the elderly and children Murmu supports migrants from Pakistan and other Asian countries She helps them learn the local language and provides them with food and help from local parishioners Her pastoral work also includes singing songs in Italian further integrating into the community and enhancing her missionary efforts Murmu enjoys her missionary life in Italy despite occasionally hearing negative comments "But my parishioners love and respect me very much," she added She admires the disciplined lifestyle of Italians and observes that Italy needs more spiritual care as mostly sick elderly and retired people regularly attend church Murmu returned to Bangladesh for a vacation and spoke to GSR about her formation as a religious and her life as a missionary in Italy a remote area of the Nijpara Parish in the Diocese of Dinajpur and three or four girls attended school together for safety reasons our elder brothers started accompanying us to school After completing my education, I learned sewing for a year at a sewing center in our parish. In 2004, I joined the Salesian sisters in Dhaka after finding their address. Adapting to life in Dhaka was challenging because it was my first time in the city, and I couldn't even cross the road alone. I also struggled with the Bangla language, as my native language is Santali, from the Santal tribal community Bartolomeo Parish and gives her Holy Communion I served six years at the convent in Mymensingh I completed my higher studies and took my final vows in 2017 I was in charge of the sewing center in the Noluakuri Parish my superior selected me for a mission in Italy My first assignment was at Roveredo in Piano I assist the parish priest in preparing for Holy Mass who cannot attend church and request Communion as their children and grandchildren live separately they brighten up when we visit and bring them the Eucharist but I've noticed that while the elderly are eager to receive Communion and share their faith we make a list of vulnerable individuals and arrange appointments and some senior citizens call us to request visits When I meet with those who are lonely or sick they feel lighter and express their gratitude Most elderly people prefer to remain in their homes although some are cared for by their children I also serve as a teacher at the parish daycare center for children aged 3 to 5 Lina Magdalina Murmu with her students in Roveredo in Piano during a summer camp This journey was not easy. I faced many challenges and worked hard to learn Bangla and English, as my native language is Santali. Later, I also learned the Achik language since most Salesian nuns are from the Garo tribe and speak Achik so I avoided distractions like TV and focused on improving my skills I devoted extra time to learning new languages and skills I failed my first Italian language test and was deeply discouraged with people often admiring my language skills as it felt uncomfortable to rely on others for home visits I eventually learned to drive and passed my test becoming the only foreign driver in my parish When I make a mistake, someone might say, "You've been in Italy for so long and still can't do this?" Those comments hurt and make me feel [limited]. In this country, religious vocations are declining I'm bringing life and energy to those I serve "This nun comes from a poor country like Bangladesh for money!" But those who make such comments don't attend Mass the local parish priest and parishioners take care of me When they notice I'm wearing old shoes or clothes which gives me comfort through their kindness and support I hope Italians treat me and other missionaries with kindness and cooperation We've left our families and countries to serve them I've noticed the joy on the faces of the elderly when they receive Holy Communion; their smiles help me forget all the challenges and pain of missionary life there's no singing during Holy Mass due to a lack of singers then enter your email address and click "subscribe" Global Sisters Report Volume 3 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2022.914302 Part of this article's content has been mentioned in: The Rehabilitation Tailor: Applying Personalized Medicine to Cancer Recovery Precision medicine represents one of the frontiers in oncological treatments as it allows, mainly through the study of patients' genetic profiles, to build a treatment path that is as personalized as possible (1) The new challenge is to create a rehabilitation program that can be tailored to the patient's needs and be followed up in the oncological recovery involving continuous co-production and co-learning paths between clinicians and patients The project involves the creation of a Personal Rehabilitation Electronic Record (PRER), which is then to be shared with the patient and all the professionals supporting her in the healing process, including the physiotherapist in charge (Figure 1) The graphs show the behavior of the bending angle concerning the angular velocity in the outward and return phases for each cycle of movement performed The correct execution of the gesture in healthy patients provides repeatable curves for both the outward and return phases This personalized path allows to build a specific osteoarticular and muscular profile as a guide for setting up correct physiotherapy and, if necessary, an appropriate muscle strengthening program, educating the patients in the co-production of their cancer rehabilitation (5) the path allows periodic monitoring (about two times a year) and follow-up with detailed numerical indices of the progress (range of movement and the percentage contribution of each muscle to the investigated movement) especially when the patients need to perform their rehabilitation treatments directly from their homes The path includes patients who had breast operations for whom the need for a rehabilitation process is recognized and a non-invasive assessment on several levels to create a scorecard Several referenced indexes are calculated and validated with the use of technological devices like sensors The electronic record is then shared with the patient with a multidisciplinary approach involving a physiotherapist and a pain therapist Path for the creation of PRER for patients after breast surgery for whom the need for a rehabilitation process is recognized The Rehabilitation Tailor Program is a project that stands as a step forward in the translational application of personalized medicine in oncological care and its potential is to be applied to all cancer follow-ups and recovery Written informed consent was obtained from the individuals for the publication of any potentially identifiable images or data included in this article GB and LM conceived the idea of the study and took care of data collection and analysis and LM took care of the drafting of the article and approved the final version of the manuscript The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher Precision medicine in breast cancer: From clinical trials to clinical practice Cancer rehabilitation and physical activity: the “Oncology in Motion” project Hand in hand: a multistakeholder approach for co-production of surgical care Doctor@Home: through a telemedicine co-production and co-learning journey Adopting a knowledge translation approach in healthcare co-production CrossRef Full Text | Google Scholar Electromyographic analysis of shoulder neuromuscular activity in women following breast cancer treatment: a cross-sectional descriptive study Body composition and breast cancer risk and treatment: mechanisms and impact Handgrip strength and muscle quality in Australian women: cross-sectional data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study Ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency for chronic shoulder pain: a prospective study Bednarova R and Miceli L (2022) The Rehabilitation Tailor: Applying Personalized Medicine to Cancer Recovery Received: 06 April 2022; 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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited in accordance with accepted academic practice distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms *Correspondence: Helena Biancuzzi, aGVsZW5hLmJpYW5jdXp6aUBjcm8uaXQ= Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher 94% of researchers rate our articles as excellent or goodLearn more about the work of our research integrity team to safeguard the quality of each article we publish Pip," brings a world of experience and enthusiasm for working with middle school students Piperato is fluent in Italian and Spanish and has traveled to more than 50 countries Her family later settled in Pennsylvania where Piperato attended and graduated from Pennridge High School in Bucks County She went on to teach Spanish and social studies at Palisades middle and high schools for five years before becoming an assistant principal in West Chester School District where she helped oversee the construction of a third high school she moved to the Lehigh Valley and became an assistant principal in Salisbury School District in Allentown for two years before serving her most recent position as principal of Brandywine Heights High School for the past five years "It's a great bucolic area," Piperato said of Brandywine Heights "We still have a 'Drive Your Tractor to School' day Piperato learned about the posting for the principal's position at JTL through a high school classmate who teaches health and physical education at the Smithfield Township school The pair had played tennis and softball together at Pennridge and I was ready to go from high school to middle school," she said "Pennsylvania has transitioned to Core Standards (Common Core) The emphasis is to be college- and career-ready at high school graduation While I know we're doing great things at the high school level (for kids) to become adults who can follow what they love." Piperato said she is "really happy to be here at the middle school level It's just such a seminal time in kids' lives In Italy public school ends in eighth grade and then you have to decide (a career path)." Most kids aren't ready to make that choice at that age but it's the right time to explore possibilities and to become more attuned the skills and strengths they will need "My emphasis at the middle school level is 'Who am I as a person?' and 'Who am I as a learner What skills do I have and not have?' If you know you're not strong in an area how do you build strength if that's what you will need to do to chase after what you want to do," Piperato said "Know thyself" is her mantra for eighth-graders While she wants to see teachers adapt their classes to reach different learning styles — visual kinesthetic — she also wants students to learn how to get what they need from a course and come up with adaptations for themselves in order to succeed is a lifelong learning strategy that will serve them well regardless of what they choose to do Piperato feels the JTL staff is full of energy grateful for leadership and eager to start the year with a goal to become the best school in district the school shared an administrator with Smithfield Elementary Piperato enjoys playing tennis and cooking and spending time with her family — husband David who is principal of Emmaus High School in the East Penn School District (now in the same athletic conference as the East Stroudsburg North and South high schools The Piperatos are also slowly restoring an old house in Bushkill Township in Northampton County Prima Luce Lab has presented its new high performance radio telescope at their headquarters in Roveredo in Piano (Italy) at 6:00 pm Prima Luce Lab has unfolded its new long range radio telescope to those attending the event at their headquarters but also to the world streaming it live online on their Facebook page stated: "The whole spider line was born with schools and the educational system as a target We wanted to manufacture a top notch radio telescope to be used by high schools and universities in any weather condition "schools are our primary interest but we believe that it would be a useful asset for the scientific community as well." When asked what advantages this new model brings to customers Bradaschia said: "The Spider 300A gives the same performances of a professional radio telescope but it is compact both in size and cost Such characteristics make it much more interesting for schools and universities." He also stated: "The spider 300A is just the beginning of our new generation of radio telescopes we are already working on both software and hardware optional additions in order to enhance its performances We are developing add-ons such as remote control or SEPI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) applications." The CEO explained that the final goal is to create an array of telescopes forming together a larger antenna reaching professional capabilities The telescope comes with a 3 meters wide dish antenna it can be used during the day as well as night Its functioning will not be affected by clouds either for this kind of radio waves can penetrate cloud banks providing the possibility to observe the cosmos in any weather condition The Spider 300A has a fully waterproof framework and in case of strong winds the antenna automatically repositions itself in such a fashion as to give as little resistance as possible These features and the sturdy framework make it possible to leave the telescope outside without the risk of damage Equipped with a 1024 channels spectrometer having high gain and making little to none electronic noise the Spider 300A can detect radio signals coming from many sources in the universe The event started at 6:00 pm and the first prototype has been undiscovered A brief demonstration followed along with a presentation of its technical features Contacts & Info       Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Primalucelab/ Mail: [email protected]    Youtube: http://bit.ly/2sXHxLl Tel: +39 0434/1696106Web: www.primalucelab.com http://www.primalucelab.com Do not sell or share my personal information: Stile Italiano has created a disproportionate amount of stunning customs the small team has been pumping out builds steadily since 1999 they prefer to build bikes to their own taste and let their work speak for itself using good ingredients always yields a better result Stile Italiano started with an original 1957 Norton wideline featherbed frame the Sportster engine isn’t America’s best ingredient but it’s iconic and produces an almighty rumble The Sportster also donated its swingarm and rear brake setup installed alongside a pair of Bitubo shocks to keep the ride plush with custom brackets to hold twin Brembo Series Oro calipers 18” aluminum Morad rims were laced up and shod with Avon Roadrider tires Stile Italiano repurposed the Sportster’s original speedo but remounted it in a custom bracket that also houses new warning lights the guys fabricated a set of aluminum brackets to convert the standard footgear to rear-sets “Our Team is as eclectic as our taste,” explains Cristian from Stile Italiano “We’re defined by our people—each one with their own peculiar characteristics but with a single goal: ‘the bike’ as a lifestyle Stile Italiano | Facebook | Instagram | Images by Max Trono GET THE WORLD'S BEST CUSTOMS DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX. COPYRIGHT © 2008-document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) | COLE PUBLISHING | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Volume 5 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2024.1254562 This journal recently published the launch of a personalized rehabilitation project called “the rehabilitation tailor” (1) at the National Cancer Institute of Aviano The program is dedicated to women who have had breast cancer operations The challenge was to exploit the most modern technologies and create a rehabilitation path that could be adapted to the patient's needs and be carried out remotely allowing her to be educated and supervised during her oncological recovery Specifically, this innovative project provides the possibility of working on several rehabilitation aspects, i.e., pain control, physical exercise for strength and resistance (the Oncology in Motion project) (2–4) and kinematics for reconstructing the movement impaired by surgery the Institute's choice was to use co-production as a tool for involving the various stakeholders to further improve and customize the shoulder analysis algorithm available at the Institute and the rehabilitation path “in toto” of these patients Thanks are also due to the professional athletes who engaged and provided help The project was developed with three macro-phases: the collaboration with a major institution in the sector and scientific research the generation of two different protocols and related scientific publications and the pilot application of the protocol to practical cases have an almost constant cyclicity in their movement; therefore their contribution was invaluable in acquiring the know-how necessary to understand and interpret the more marked kinematic variations typical of patients the algorithms for the activation and coactivation of the shoulder joint muscles along with the study of the fluidity of upper limb movement using indices derived from the study of the legs of professional roller skaters led to the identification and quantification of the patient's deficits and the proposal of an effective physiotherapy pathway with targeted exercises and a pain modulation technique through pulsed radiofrequency of the suprascapular nerve Adapting the path from the world of sports to oncology required an in-depth knowledge of movement kinematics as the variability in the cyclicity of a professional athlete is significantly lower than that of patients every variation in these latter subjects during motor tasks had to be evaluated with great care always considering their clinical condition the analysis protocol developed for athletes was adapted for patients with breast cancer by modifying the minimum number of repetitions required for each motor task investigated (at least six for each movement from which average values are then extrapolated) as the variability among patients is greater than that of athletes The study of muscle coactivations in breast cancer patients also included analysis of the pectoralis major muscle we hypothesized a personalized physiotherapy plan primarily targeting the middle trapezius and pectoralis major muscles The study of muscle coactivations has also led to a better understanding of the effectiveness of pulsed radiofrequency in increasing the synergy between the pectoralis major and latissimus dorsi muscles A limitation to this approach is that not all healthcare institutions have access to the advanced technologies described above due to costs and the expertise required to use them As these technologies are also used in several professional sports hospitals that are not equipped with them can collaborate with their respective national Olympic committees to gain access to the analysis devices available in sports societies They can also leverage telemedicine to interpret the acquired data by sending them to more experienced rehabilitators A possible solution is therefore the creation of a consultancy service that the CRO of Aviano or other hospitals with a good knowledge of the kinematic analysis can offer to users from other locations by studying selected subjects on-site and providing a sort of “advanced rehabilitation dossier” to the physiotherapists and doctors of patients who have a challenging rehabilitation path This approach would further strengthen the capacity for networking between national and international oncology centers GB: Writing – review & editing HB: Writing – review & editing FD: Writing – review & editing LM: Writing – review & editing The authors declare that no financial support was received for the research The rehabilitation tailor: applying personalized medicine to cancer recovery Crossref Full Text | Google Scholar Cancer rehabilitation and physical activity: the “oncology in motion” project Nascita di un percorso riabilitativo in un irccs oncologico del friuli-venezia giulia: “oncology in motion.” Polit Sanit Crossref Full Text | Google Scholar Crossref Full Text | Google Scholar 5. 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This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) *Correspondence: Luca Miceli, bHVjYS5taWNlbGlAY3JvLml0 Knowing they were going to raise a family in Europe Heather Piperato’s missionary parents saved money all year long for vacations and we’d travel till half of it was gone,” said Piperato “We went to so many graves and churches during a trip to England that when my mom said we were going to visit ‘Yule’ one day She recalls being atop the Eiffel Tower during a visit to France You could see all around Paris and all around the Seine we had devotions after dinner and at the table; we learned about politics and the world was ‘If God called you to be a missionary in Uganda would you do it?’ She thought seriously for a minute Their parents’ missionary work was intertwined with everyday life for Piperato and her three siblings Never shy about approaching unfamiliar people Piperato says her parents met many people because of her outgoing personality “‘Your daughter told us all about you and the work you’re doing for God,’ they’d say The opportunity to travel to many countries and to encounter people from many cultures gave her a broad perspective “You meet so many world views and you think to yourself the family crossed the Strait of Gibraltar into Morocco where they encountered cultural challenges her mother and sisters were spurned because of their western attire – modest by most standards “We had on denim shorts with Mickey Mouse on the back Muslim women would take off their burkas (face veils) to spit at us because we were exposed My mother was so embarrassed for making such a faux-pas but my mother had to put us in full jeans and long sleeves Piperato’s dad snapped a picture of a camel “The owner came out and demanded money for (our) taking a photo but the owner got on the camel and chased us We (kids) were in the back of our green Chrysler Simca yelling go faster!’ We made it back across the border and remained in Europe Piperato also developed an appreciation for being wary of danger Every week we had a ritual of refilling water bottles ‘If you ever see a chandelier swing…’ We always had crisis awareness in our minds Her school years in Italy also opened cultural windows that sparked a love for learning and a passion for history you start taking a language in sixth grade Seniora Pirocchiet taught me French culture and French language.” She eventually became fluent in both French and Spanish I would start to be interested (in history) All of those European countries are inextricably intertwined “My piano teacher’s house had a wall with a huge crack I lived and played in a town that remembered being rescued by the Allied Forces “They were one of the last countries to be freed by Americans Italy had the largest Communist party outside of the Soviet Union I remember demonstrations in the 1980’s and the hammer and sickle banner hanging off the school.” She also vividly recalls a pivotal point in modern history a man named Ronald Reagan was elected and we are hopeful that he will restore America to greatness and then continue to make America the great country that it is.' And he did.” Soon afterward her family moved back to the U.S Piperato was 13 and it was a bit of a culture shock “We’d lived at the foot of the Alps in northern Italy it felt like I was living in a picture that wasn’t finished yet had given her an international perspective When the Iron Curtain fell in the early 1990s Piperato felt compelled to visit eastern Europe to aid in the recovery from years of oppression Latvia — had allowed church buildings to stand but only the very old and young could attend because the government felt it was allegiance to a faith that undermined Communism to help bring the underground churches above ground I went with a mission group of 20 college kids Our job was to do whatever the church there needed us to do –—to hand out pamphlets or whatever “I saw some of the biggest cultural collisions I’ve ever seen Then there was karaoke and Elvis (impersonators) singing in the squares just because they could now I got to see the end of the Iron Curtain and what that meant There would be a coffee shop with MTV on with Phil Collins “The thing I remembered most from that trip is how do you negotiate cultural change in a city that’s been kept from progress for 50 years change is so gradual that you don’t see it This was like someone opened the doors to a flood Old Russian Orthodox churches that had not been destroyed under Communist rule were discovered to have listening devices hidden in them “Communists had never allowed the people to use the steeples … They were spying on their own citizens to keep order “That’s why it’s difficult for me — having grown up exposed to bigger struggles — to deal with the mundane Sometimes parents or teachers (are upset over) something so mundane She recalls seeing women in Estonia lined up for water at the beginning of the day so their family would have enough water for their daily chores I’m glad we in America have the luxury of a justice system,” she said “I am grateful that America has never had to experience that but I wish people would understand what it is to have this ultimate freedom “There’s no doubt in my mind why I became a social studies teacher,” Piperato said I loved English — I took AP English — but I loved History because I had been there “I wish there were some kind of hologram technology that my students could experience the Hall of Mirrors,” she said referring to the historic site in Versaille Women with 10 layers of corsettes and men with tons of perfume pressed together and twirling around to waltzes and a harpsichord You could see everywhere (because of the mirrors That same Fresco room used for dance was used for politics That richness for me colors the context of history.” Piperato said she saw differences and similarities in cultures Piperato designed a course for seniors: Cultural Diversity and Conflict Resolution “I was trying to get kids out of their own world to go to a South African diamond mining operation where Gucci bags were being sewn by $1/hour workers,” she said recalling some areas were like Times Square “where there’s incredible wealth and greed (there’s also) a woman bicycling with a child who can’t find food Piperato said Venice and Amsterdam are both waterway cities that contrast culturally Venice with gondolas and Amsterdam with bridges “That influenced my world view to become who I became as a teacher and in leadership “You really need to be able to consider all parts of an argument or decision and make a judgment call One thing that fulfills me most is watching a teacher or assistant principal understand that and put it into practice and not rush to judgment when two kids are fighting you can help the students understand two sides We make better decisions when we are informed and can see the other person’s point of view.”