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Odio universale (Black Mirror). Uno specchio nero sul desiderio di giustizia, tra aggregazioni emozionali e rigida logica algoritmica
Get PDF[Hated in the Nation (Black Mirror). A reflection on the desire for justice, between emotional aggregations and rigid algorithmic logic] Since its first season, Netflix's anthology series Black Mirror has been dedicated not only to describing the social impact of the most advanced technologies, but also to developing the idea of the possible future scenarios linked to them, and the possible deviations that could result from their careless use.
Among the many gems in the series, the film Hated in the Nation deserves attention. It intertwines the themes of “do-it-yourself” justice by online mobs, cancel culture, and justice entrusted to rigid, algorithmically programmed formulas, also incidentally presenting the metaphor, now sociologically recurrent, of human swarms
Proceedings del XXV Congresso SIAMOC 2025
Get PDFBRIDGING RESEARCH TO CLINICAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SPORT APPLICATIONS. Il congresso annuale della Società Italiana di Analisi del Movimento in Clinica (SIAMOC) giunge alla sua XXV edizione, e lo fa tornando in Sardegna dopo l’ormai lontana (ma ancora viva nella memoria) edizione di Alghero del 2009. La Sardegna è una terra ricca di storia, cultura e tradizione, legata in modo quasi primordiale al concetto di movimento, come testimoniano le sue espressioni artistiche e il suo patrimonio culturale. Basti pensare ai pugilatori tra i Giganti di Mont’e Prama o alla leggenda che la vuole nata dall’impronta (ichnusa, dal greco “ichnos”) lasciata dal Creatore, schiacciando col piede i sassi avanzati dalla creazione. Un legame affascinante, vero? Proprio l’impronta di un piede che cammina, tema centrale e oggetto di studio emblematico nelle ricerche SIAMOC sull’analisi del passo. Ospitare il congresso SIAMOC per la Sardegna è una straordinaria opportunità di crescita scientifica e professionale per tutti coloro che operano nell’ambito dell’analisi del movimento umano, ma anche un punto di partenza per chi si avvicina a questo mondo per la prima volta e che nella SIAMOC troverà una comunità accogliente, fatta di ricercatori che da anni guidano la ricerca internazionale del settore e da professionisti di eccellenza aperti all’innovazione e al confronto. Per questo siamo grati e ansiosi di ricevere questa comunità di colleghi e amici che attendono il congresso come il momento dell’anno in cui ritrovarsi in un clima stimolante, disteso e inclusivo con la voglia di crescere scientificamente e professionalmente. Vi aspettiamo numerosi per condividere questa esperienza
MOF Univariate and multivariate regression
No full textThis dataset contains calibration measurements for hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) acquired for two complementary purposes: (1) a multivariate PLS regression, based on time-resolved signal traces of blanks and standards; and (2) a univariate calibration, based on the relationship between concentration and response (AUC minus blank). The data include blank replicates and H₂O₂ standards at multiple levels (approximately 15–65 µM), each measured in triplicate (IDs 0001–0003). The CSV is comma-separated, encoded in ISO-8859-1, and preserves special characters (e.g., the micro sign µ). Typical uses of this dataset include building and validating PLS models, fitting a univariate calibration line, teaching/benchmarking chemometric workflows, and ensuring reproducible analysis from raw tabular data
MERGE. Dataset1. V0.1. CitizenGO Instagram Posts, October 2024
Get PDFThis dataset is part of the Horizon 2020 project MERGE, Media, religion, and gender: transnational digital media actions of progressive and conservative social movements, funded by European Union. It contains all the posts from the “CitizenGO” Instagram account between 2013 (when the page was opened, the same year CitizenGO was established), and October 2024, including both pictures/videos and their captions.
The data has been downloaded with Python using the Instaloader package. The download script can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17295352
MERGE. Dataset2. V0.1. Women’s Ordination Conference Instagram Posts, October 2024
Get PDFThis dataset is part of the Horizon 2020 project MERGE, Media, religion, and gender: transnational digital media actions of progressive and conservative social movements, funded by European Union. It consists of Women’s Ordination Conference Instagram posts between June 2017 and October 2024, including both pictures/videos and their captions. The data has been downloaded with Python using the Instaloader package. The download script can be accessed here https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17295352
Calibration curve DPPH - Trolox-equivalent values
No full textThe 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) can be effectively used to measure the antiradical capacity of a selection of botanical extracts, and results are consistent with measurements performed by an innovative optical method. The DPPH values can be expressed as % scavenging; alternatively, the present document reports the DPPH calibration using Trolox equivalent values
L'esperienza religiosa: esplorazioni pedagogiche
Get PDFIl volume raccoglie diversi contributi, frutto di un decennale percorso di ricerca personale e collettivo, dedicati all’esperienza religiosa colta soprattutto sul crinale educativo. Il punto di vista maggiormente assunto nelle ricerche empiriche riportate è quello del vissuto di chi è stato “educato”. Ciò determina un deciso riposizionamento epistemologico sul tema dell’educazione religiosa, poco interessato ad una visione istruttivista centrata sui “contenuti”, e alla tensione “riproduttiva” del patrimonio religioso. La categoria della religiosità, comune al campo dei religious studies, consente di cogliere i dinamismi identitari della ricerca di senso e di significato e gli impliciti educativi e pedagogici connessi.
Questa linea interpretativa, costruita dentro una trama di rapporti culturali e scientifici che ha condiviso un percorso, certamente “imperfetto e provvisorio”, vuole continuare a tessere una collegialità di studi e riflessioni, “costituendo” in tal modo un “nuovo campo di ricerca pedagogica”
ECLIPSE. WP3 Task 5. ECL optimization for NA detection
No full textThe present dataset includes data generated as part of the ECLIPSE project (Work Package 3, Task 5), focusing on the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) response of working electrodes' gold surfaces modified with suitably-designed single strand DNA (ssDNA) probes, complementary to specific portions of the target nucleic acid (NA) to be detected (here, SARS-CoV-2 RNA; synthetic swabs used except for the real inactivated samples reported in the folder “ECL short real samples”). The aim of the work was to investigate the outcoming ECL response of the biosensing system in the presence of increasing amounts of the pathogenic RNA, upon addition of an intercalating luminophore (Ru(dppz) - able to intercalate only in the double strand structure formed between the ssDNA probes and the target NA) and potassium persulfate in solution as coreactant to ignite the ECL process. Two different NA extraction processes from its capsid have been studied (PCR-like or thermal extration), as well as different procedure timing (from a total of 5 hours to a total of 2 hours), and then the best conditions have been applied to the detection of real SARS-CoV-2 RNA samples.
This work involved the use of completely anonymized SARS-CoV-2 RNA samples. The material was collected during the COVID–19 pandemic in compliance with the national state of emergency regulations, which authorized the collection and research use of such samples without the requirement for additional ethical clearance
Nano-ImmunoEra. WP4 T4.2. CRISPR Cas-Based Lateral Flow Optimization
No full textThe presented dataset contains data and protocols produced in the framework of the Nano-ImmunoEra project within Task 4.2 (Integrated Sample to Answer Device for Ab quantification) of Work Package 4 (Development of CRISPR-based POC for Ab monitoring), led by Feral, and focuses on the optimization of a CRISPR/Cas-based lateral flow assay (LFA) for nucleic acid and antibody detection. The primary aim was to develop a reliable, sensitive, and user-friendly point-of-care diagnostic tool by refining all components and experimental protocols to deliver robust results.
The LFA system is designed using gold nanoparticles functionalized with anti-FITC (Mouse) antibodies, serving as a visual signal. The test strip features two main lines: a streptavidin-coated test line and an anti-antiFITC (Anti-Mouse) antibody-coated control line. In the absence of target DNA, the CRISPR-Cas system remains inactive, and the intact linear reporter (LR) —a biotin- and FITC-tagged oligonucleotide — accumulates at the test line, resulting in a distinct signal. When target DNA is present, activation of the Cas enzyme cleaves the reporter, distributing its fragments to both lines and enabling clear discrimination through their differential intensities.
The optimization workflow began with membrane selection and visual assessment, focusing on achieving the cleanest background and uniform, intense test and control lines. No quantitative data were produced at this stage, and decisions were driven solely by visual inspection. Subsequent experimental phases targeted three variables: Tween-20 concentration in the buffer (to suppress nonspecific binding, ajdust the flow rate and enhance signal quality), optimal incubation time for CRISPR-Cas activity, and systematic assessment of detection performance as a function of target DNA and linear reporter concentrations, with the latter kept constant.
Experimental highlights include precise conjugation of antibodies to gold nanoparticles using EDC/sulfo-NHS chemistry and the identification of a buffer system providing the best membrane quality. Test and control lines were optimized at 1 mg/mL streptavidin and 0.5 mg/mL anti-anti-FITC antibody, respectively. The resulting platform achieved robust and reproducible results, with reliable detection at target DNA concentrations as low as 50 pM, monitored using a dedicated instrument for signal readout. Overall, the project established a strategic and reproducible framework for rapid visual optimization and subsequent quantitative fine-tuning of CRISPR/Cas-based lateral flow diagnostics
Potere disciplinare e segretezza della comunicazione social: una anticipatoria nota a sentenza di Alessandro Manzoni
Get PDF[Disciplinary power and secrecy of social communication: a preliminary note on the judgment by Alessandro Manzoni] This paper is inspired by a memorable passage from the novel I Promessi Sposi, in which Manzoni reflects on the false illusion of secrets shared with friends, and uses it as a starting point to comment on two recent rulings of the Suprema Corte di Cassazione (Supreme Court of Cassation). These judgments overturned disciplinary dismissals—imposed for the conduct of two employees who had made statements in a workplace group chat—giving precedence to the constitutional principle of the secrecy of correspondence over a substantive assessment of the unlawfulness of the contested behaviour. Thus, drawing on some perhaps bold literary and philosophical suggestions, this paper attempts to hypothesize a different solution and a more rights-protective interpretation. This perspective resonates with Manzoni’s reflections and may serve as a foundation for advancing an alternative interpretative paradigm, one that acknowledges modern communication systems and considers their limitations and their tensions with the claimed secrecy