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Marriage record of McKee, John and Repetto, H. B.
No full textMarriage license for John McKee and H.B. Repetto. I.G. Anderson was the officiant
Use of stochastic optimization procedures in the identification of the generalized moving Preisach model
No full textSurvey on FPT-3 Objectives and Pre-Test Analyses
No full textIn the FPT-3 test, a B4C control rod will be used instead of the silver-indium-cadmium absorber rod used in the previous experiments. The impact of the B4C (oxidation, interaction with the stainless steel clad) has been analised in order to design the test section. In order to define the test scenario a simple B4C oxidation model has been implemented in the ICARE2 code. Experimental and analytical works on the B4C oxidation are on going
"Non di sola CEDU ..." La fecondazione assistita e il diritto alla salute in Italia e in Europa
No full textIn recent years, the right to health granted by Art. 32 of the Italian Constitution has undergone a significant shift. Along with the increasing process of Europeanization of fundamental rights, which was boosted in 2007 in relation to the ECHR, both the individual and the social tenets of the right to health seem to have been progressively blurring. A powerful example of this trend is that concerning assisted reproductive technology (ART). A law passed in 2004 has regulated ART in Italy for the first time ever, albeit with a highly restrictive approach. Many claims over time have challenged the constitutionality of the law and, among them, those affecting the bans on preimplantation genetic diagnosis and on heterologous assisted reproduction remain unanswered to date. The inaction of the Constitutional Court and the unresponsiveness of the legislative branch have therefore pushed the affected couples to apply to the European Court of Human Rights, whose decisions have partially satisfied those claims, albeit with the effect of jeopardizing the centrality of the constitutional right to health and its multi-faceted potentialities. The right to respect for private and family life (Art. 8 ECHR) is indeed focused on the individual side of health issues and mainly lacks any social attitude, with the consequence that 'reproductive' rights (i.e. the right to have a child) are often overestimated with regard to woman's health rights. The inability of this approach to call into question the most critical aspects of the Italian legislation on ART has been demonstrated by the latest decisions of both the judiciary and the Constitutional Court, that have made wide reference to ECHR case law without being able to solve the most debated problems. Given this situation, the author suggests that a preferable solution would be renewed focus on the full fledged enhancement of both individual and social attitudes concerning the right to health
Is Motor Simulation Involved During Foreign Language Learning? A Virtual Reality Experiment
No full textThis article presents a study performed to investigate the role of simulation in second language learning while using a virtual environment. Participants were asked to explore a virtual park while learning 15 new Czech verbs (action verbs that describe movements performed with either the hand or the foot, and abstract verbs). This learning condition was compared with a baseline condition, where movements (either virtual or real) were not allowed. The goal was to investigate whether the virtual action (performed with the feet) would promote or interfere with the learning of verbs describing actions that were performed with the same or a different effector. The number of verbs correctly remembered in a free recall task was computed, along with reaction times and number of errors during a recognition task. Results show that the simulation per se has no effect in verbal learning, but the features of the virtual experience mediate it
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