Soft skills are important for any career and are necessary to access and face the labor market. This research focuses on soft skills by exploring engineer profiles. It also determines how soft skills are developed through the study of a representative sample of 314 undergraduate engineering students from 15 different Italian universities. The instrument used is a questionnaire that investigates soft skills and is based on the Business-focused Inventory of Personality (BIP). Answers are grouped into four areas: intrapersonal, interpersonal, activity development, and impression management. Results show that these engineers have more self-confidence than the reference sample; they demonstrated a great commitment in setting job goals and pursuing projects, a good emotional adaptation to social situations, and enough attitudes in terms of problem solving and openness to change. Perception on the ability to work under pressure is in the average, and they seem ready to take on challenging tasks. The score shows that engineers from the sample are able to express positive and negative ideas and feelings in balance with the reference average, but sometimes they have difficulties in establishing personal relationships. Therefore, they are unable to understand the moods of those who around them and may also have difficulty in understanding their expectations. This results in some difficulties in teamwork. The general result underlines the opportunity of empowerment programs regarding soft skills.

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In questo capitolo viene presentata la ricerca sui coworking a Roma, intesi come luoghi innnovativi, messi in essere da iniziative innovative. Vogliamo dimostrare che: la visione e il comportamento del founder attrae coworker affiliati che hanno un mindset simile; founder e coworker hanno attitudini imprenditoriali e creative. L'approccio metodologico è sia quantitativo che qualitativo: interviste, mind-set imprenditoriale, associative meaning; Herrmann's creativity test e Carland Interpreneurial Index. Parole chiave: ricerca, mind set imprenditoriale, associative meaning, Herrmann, Carland. Resumen En este capítulo se presenta el coworking contextualizado en Roma, como lugares innovadores, creados por iniciativas innovadoras. El objetivo que pretende es demostrar que la visión y el comportamiento del fundador son una fuente de inspiración y acción para el resto de los compañeros, lo que les atrae hacia una forma de pensar similar; de esta manera el fundador y compañero de trabajo tienen y comparten actitudes emprendedoras y creativas. Utilizamos un enfoque de investigación cualitativo y cuantitativo a traves de instrumentos de recogida de datos como: entrevistas, mind-set, associative meaning;

Telemedicine, defined by the World Health Organization as 'integrative part of telecommunication systems in the promotion of public health', generates different positive results: more efficiency, less costs, better patient's quality of life. Thanks to the advances in diagnostic technologies, information technologies, remote monitoring and long-distance care, telemedicine have increased the viability of home-based care, even for patients with serious conditions. At the same time we observe the increase in the elderly population suffering from pluripatologyand chronic diseases, that causes an increasing recourse to medical and hospital care; but prolonged hospital stay can determine loss of function and psychophysical disorders. Telemedicine is 'the investigation, monitoring and management of patients and education of patients and staff using systems which allow ready access to expert advice and patient information, no matter where the patient or relevant information is located'. We are empowering in different areas new biomedical and information technology as a support to clinical practice. The goal is to make a case study and to use for future analysis. In the experimental phase 4 patients were followed on hemodialysis and 4 in peritoneal dialysis, previously evaluated for clinical, social, logistical and psychological conditions. It is estimated that today there are 50.000 patients on dialysis and about 10.000 new cases a year only in Italy. Naturally there are threats to solve because users face difficulties, in terms of interaction with robots, in their usual context of life.The right methodology needs to coordinate the entire hospital, different professionals, patients, providing tools for care givers that follow patients, training technicians, aligning data col-