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Welfare State e diritti sociali: il caso del diritto all'abitazione
No full textNel nostro ordinamento si può riconoscere l’esistenza di un diritto all’abitazione? E tale diritto è effettivamente garantito dai pubblici poteri? A tali quesiti si propone di trovare una risposta la presente tesi partendo, innanzitutto, da un’approfondita analisi delle tappe che, storicamente, hanno condotto alla nascita dello Stato sociale, dalle prime forme di beneficenza fino all’attuale forma di stato democratica – sociale che trova nelle Carte costituzionali europee del Dopoguerra il proprio fondamento giuridico.
In particolare, la Costituzione Repubblicana del 1948 sancisce all’art. 3, comma 2, il principio di eguaglianza sostanziale, il quale, insieme all’art. 2, costituisce l’ancoraggio costituzionale dei diritti sociali, quali strumenti per garantire a tutti i cittadini pari opportunità di chances e che, pertanto, devono interpretarsi quali norme immediatamente precettive.
In tale quadro, dunque, non può che riconoscersi anche nel nostro ordinamento la sussistenza di un diritto fondamentale e inviolabile all’abitazione, quale presupposto imprescindibile per il pieno sviluppo della persona nonché per l’effettivo esercizio delle altre libertà costituzionali. A tale conclusione sono giunte sia la dottrina che la giurisprudenza della Corte costituzionale, la quale ha accertato sin dal 1988 come il diritto alla casa rientri fra i requisiti essenziali dello Stato democratico voluto dalla Costituzione e, dunque, è compito della Repubblica, in applicazione del secondo comma dell’art. 3 Cost., rimuovere gli ostacoli di ordine economico e sociale che impediscono il pieno godimento di tale diritto.
Tuttavia, il grado di effettività del diritto all’abitazione è del tutto inadeguato rispetto alle ricostruzioni teoriche compiute: le politiche abitative, sottoposte ai numerosi vincoli di bilancio ancora più stringenti dopo la riforma dell’art. 81 Cost., sono del tutto insufficienti a garantire a chiunque l’accesso a una casa. Inoltre, in una materia di difficile collocamento nel riparto di competenze legislative sancito dall’art. 117 Cost., sono state introdotte discipline evidentemente discriminatorie che, prima dei plurimi interventi dei Giudici costituzionali, rendevano assai più complesso l’accesso agli alloggi di edilizia residenziale sociale per gli stranieri.
In conclusione, il modello di Welfare State italiano non solo ammette ma impone il pieno riconoscimento di un diritto all’abitazione che deve essere garantito dalla Repubblica, non potendo le, seppur sussistenti, esigenze economiche escludere o limitare fortemente un diritto inviolabile pena il venir meno della forma di stato democratico – sociale
"The love that made hell, paradise." Ouida re-writing the Paolo and Francesca theme in Held in Bondage
No full textThe bestselling Victorian author Ouida reveals in her novels, and, in particular, Held in Bondage, an extraordinary knowledge od Dante, by using characters and themes from the Commedia. The Paolo and Francesca theme actually constitutes part of the plot of the novel and is to be found in many of her other works, short stories and non-fiction writing
HERStory Makers 2023: Francesca Fotheringham
No full textFrancesca Fotheringham is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Edinburgh studying educational psychology with a focus on neurodiversity. She took part in HERStory Makers 2023.What is HERStory Makers?HERStory Makers is a social media competition for female-identifying early career researchers to share their research, their career journeys, and to inspire the next generation. Winners are selected by public vote. HERStory Makers is also part of EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night.In 2022-23, EXPLORATHON Francescasupported by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/X020762/1].Author contributions to contentFrancesca conceived, planned, and recorded the video content. Kirsty Ross edited the video content to insert HERStory Maker credits, added subtitles, and reduce video length to below Twitter/X limit of 2 mins and 20 secs.</p
Medicina illuminata. La Biblioteca Lancisiana di Roma
No full textL'articolo presenta i codici miniati della Biblioteca Lancisiana di Roma. La prima parte, del coautore, è dedicata alla Biblioteca. La seconda parte, di F. Manzari, tratta dei manoscritti miniati, costituiti da due codici con le opere di Avicenna e dal Liber fraternitatis della Confraternita dell'Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia a Roma.The article introduces the illuminated manuscripts of the Biblioteca Lancisiana in Rome. The first part of the article, by the co-author, is dedicated to the Library. The second part, by Francesca Manzari, illustrates the manuscipts; these are two manuscripts with the works of Avicenna and the Liber fraternitatis of the Confraternity of the Hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome
Endoplasmic reticulum oxidative stress triggers tgf-beta-dependent muscle dysfunction by accelerating ascorbic acid turnover
No full text: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and oxidative stress are two related phenomena that have important metabolic consequences. As many skeletal muscle diseases are triggered by oxidative stress, we explored the chain of events linking a hyperoxidized ER (which causes ER and oxidative stress) with skeletal muscle dysfunction. An unbiased exon expression array showed that the combined genetic modulation of the two master ER redox proteins, selenoprotein N (SEPN1) and endoplasmic oxidoreductin 1 (ERO1), led to an SEPN1-related myopathic phenotype due to excessive signalling of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta. The increased TGF-beta activity in the genetic mutants was caused by accelerated turnover of the ER localized (anti-oxidant) ascorbic acid that affected collagen deposition in the extracellular matrix. In a mouse mutant of SEPN1, which is dependent on exogenous ascorbic acid, a limited intake of ascorbic acid revealed a myopathic phenotype as a consequence of an altered TGF-beta signalling. Indeed, systemic antagonism of TGF-beta re-established skeletal muscle function in SEPN1 mutant mice. In conclusion, this study sheds new light on the molecular mechanism of SEPN1-related myopathies and indicates that the TGF-beta/ERO1/ascorbic acid axis offers potential for their treatment
A DH-Leavened Musicological Toolbox
No full textGraduate-level training in music research methodologies tends to ignore digital humanities work and overlook the use of digital tools created in support of new forms of reading. Training instead focuses on source material in the student’s area of interest. This material includes secondary and primary (archival) resources, as well as information resources, such as: monuments of music and critical editions; indexes; bibliographies and thematic catalogs; dictionaries and encyclopedias; digital libraries of scores or editions; and databases of period-specific newspapers or journals. Graduate students taking research methods courses already have a toolbox built from their experiences as musicians and students of music, including the ability to read and interpret music notation, to understand theoretical and analytical concepts in music, as well as a command of music history, including the canon of musical works.
Digital humanities has become a major area of academic endeavor at the “interface of technological development, epistemological change and methodological concerns." An important characteristic of digital humanities research has been its interdisciplinarity. We argue that graduate training in musicology needs to include coverage of methodologies applied by digital humanists in support of new forms of reading, not only to broaden the canon of research topics in musicology, but also to build common ground with researchers of other disciplines. We propose that librarians are well positioned to provide this expertise and training
Infectious morbidity after total laparoscopic hysterectomy : does concomitant salpingectomy make a difference?
No full textMicrolaparoscopy: a further development of minimally invasive surgery for endometrial cancer staging -- initial experience
No full textOBJECTIVE:
To present our initial experience with micro-laparoscopy in the surgical treatment of endometrial cancer and to compare its outcomes with those of conventional laparoscopic approach.
METHODS:
Consecutive patients undergoing surgical staging of endometrial cancer using exclusively 3-mm working ports and a 3- or 5-mm laparoscope at the umbilicus (microlaparoscopy group; N=23) were compared with historical controls selected from consecutive women who have had staging with conventional laparoscopy (N=80).
RESULTS:
No difference was found in demographics and preoperative variables between the two groups. Conversion from microlaparoscopy to a conventional laparoscopic technique occurred in two cases (9.7%), while there was no conversion to open surgical staging in either group. There were no significant differences between the microlaparoscopy group and the control group with regard to estimated blood loss [100 (10-400) vs. 100 (10-400), P=0.09], number of pelvic lymph nodes (19.2+/-7.4 vs. 18. 6+/-7.2, P=0.79), and complication rate (intraoperative: 0% vs. 2.5%, P=1.0; postoperative: 8.7% vs. 13.7%, P=0.73). Operative time was similar between groups when analysis was restricted to the last 20 conventional procedures performed period prior to beginning of the microlaparoscopy trial [155 (110-300) vs. 160 (115-295), P=0.17]. The median length of hospital stay was 2 (1-10) days for women undergoing microlaparoscopic procedures compared to 3 (1-15) days for those undergoing conventional laparoscopy (P=0.001).
CONCLUSIONS:
These preliminary results suggest that microlaparoscopy is a safe and adequate surgical option for endometrial cancer staging, with the potential to further decrease invasiveness of the conventional laparoscopic approach
A Twitter Case Study for Assessing Digital Sound
No full textAcademic and cultural heritage institutions around the world have made measurable strides in the development of digital sound archives oriented towards research and access, but their impact on scholarship and society has been little studied. Traditionally, impact has been measured by citations; yet these are problematic metrics for non-traditional outputs like sound recordings. Social media data provide a promising avenue of investigation for measuring scholarly as well as societal impact. Twitter in particular has been shown to provide a high number of references for cultural and research outputs in all disciplines. This study analyzes Twitter references pertaining to the collections of five digital sound archives: British Library Sounds, Europeana Sounds, the Internet Archive Audio Archive, PennSound and UbuWeb. Using text analysis methods to identify high frequency events and trends, and labeling them with a rubric designed for measuring the impact of digital heritage resources, this study provides preliminary insights on user values as they relate to digital sound collections. Despite the limitations of using social media data, the evidence gathered in this case study characterizes aspects of the use of digital sound collections, and may point to future priorities for the digital preservation of sound.Peer reviewe
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