Osteoporotic postmenopausal women show increased AIx and central aortic pressures, and a higher estimated aortic PWV, indicating a stiffer aorta. Such alterations may increase cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Whistleblowing is a typical and widespread phenomenon in contemporary societies, and it has the potential to illuminate many of the issues that affect the workplace today. By recounting the story of an Italian whistleblower who suffered harsh professional retaliation and severe personal consequences because of his disclosure of accounting malpractices in his employing organization, this article aims to furnish a series of insights and stimulate avenues for future research. In particular, the account yields rich insights into current pervasive forms of managerial control of the workforce, the role of traditional and new actors in influencing the power dynamics of the employment relationship, and the interplay between the organizational and institutional levels in the regulation of labour relations.

1. Premise. 2. The essential characteristics of an effective model for preventing corruption. 3. The process of contamination between models devised for preventing corruption in different contexts. 4. The distinctive traits of the public sector model adopted under Italian Law no. 190/2012. 5. The private sector model traits pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001. 6. The point of intersection between the private and public sector models: private companies controlled by public bodies. 7. The scope of the different models involved. 8. Closing remarks on the effectiveness of these models: simple laws, effective procedural models and the ethical responsibility of public sector employees and economic operators.

The contribution deals with the emerging strategies to fight corruption through prevention at the international level, in the respect of national sovereignity. It describes the request for a holistic strategy, combining prevention and prosecution, mobilizing all the components of the domestic community and establishing dedicated and independent competent bodies. It questions whether it is possible to strengthen the system of corruption prevention by linking independent institutions to the National Constitution, European Union law, and customary law. 1 Professore ordinario di Diritto internazionale e dell'Unione europea. Università degli Studi di Catania. Componente del Consiglio dell'Autorità nazionale anticorruzione (A.N.A.C.). Consulente dell'Unione europea; componente di organi di valutazione di organi italiani per la ricerca.

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