PEDEMONTE M.

In this paper, the authors propose an innovative simulator devoted to support education and training during a crisis affecting a town, with special attention to pandemics and CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) Threats. The proposed virtual simulator includes agents and it is devoted to provide examples, interactive scenarios...

: Early-onset myopathy, areflexia, respiratory distress, and dysphagia (EMARDD) is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the MEGF10 gene (OMIM #614399). Phenotypic spectrum of EMARDD is variable, ranging from severe infantile forms in which patients are ventilator-dependent and die in childhood, to milder chronic disorders...