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Analysis of debris flow connected to the alluvial event of 5-6 november 1994 in north Piedmont, Italy
No full textWhy is technocracy persistent in industrial risk? Empirical evidence from an in-depth case study in Italy
No full textRisk expertise is characterised by procedures that emphasise scientific and technical aspects of risk management and downplay citizens’ concerns and lay knowledge. In this paper, we aim at accounting for some of the reasons why technocracy is persistent in industrial risk expertise. Using the conceptual tools provided by the political sociology of expertise and based on empirical research conducted with mixed qualitative techniques, we study different types of expertise about industrial risk in the petrochemical area of Porto Marghera (Venice, Italy). The first one is performed by the Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione Ambientale del Veneto (ARPAV, Regional Agency of Veneto for Environmental Protection), which is responsible for chemical risk management, and the plants of the area. The second one is performed by the Assemblea permanente contro il pericolo chimico (APCPC, Permanent Assembly Against Industrial Risk), a citizens’ association of the neighbouring community of Marghera. In this case study, we show that technocratic procedures are persistent in industrial risk due to strategic relationships between the public administration in charge of risk regulation enforcement and private chemical companies, the absence of Italian laws on inclusive participatory arenas about industrial risk, and the characteristics of the citizens’ mobilisation, which focuses on plants’ delocalisation rather than challenging the ARPAV's and plants’ technocracy
Analisi di colate detritiche connesse con l’evento alluvionale del 5-6 novembre 1994 nell’anfiteatro morenico di Ivrea
No full textTechnological characterization of piedmontese clays for waste disposal impermeabilization
No full textEventi pluviometrici critici e dissesti: individuazione delle soglie di innesco di colate detritiche nell'anfiteatro morenico di Ivrea
No full textRisposta rapida e duratura a fulvestrant in paziente con malattia metastatica e impegno viscerale
No full textCaso clinico che descrive una paziente in post-menopausa con diagnosi di recidiva linfonodale, polmonare e scheletrica di carcinoma duttale infiltrante a recettori estrogenici positivi, diagnosticata in corso di ormonoterapia adiuvante con inibitore non steroideo dell’aromatasi (in esiti
di mastectomia sinistra e chemio-ormonoterapia adiuvante) e trattata con fulvestrant 500 mg
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Donne, amanti e ricevimenti nella Roma del Settecento
No full textCharles de Brosses (1709-1777), tra i protagonisti francesi del Grand Tour, visita Roma, sua patria di elezione, negli anni 1739-40. Amante delle donne, non disdegna mai di fare commenti sulla loro bellezza, ma anche sulla loro intelligenza e arguzia. Giunge nella città eterna con il pregiudizio di trovarvi donne brutte e sporche. Le sue frequentazioni quotidiane di case nobiliari gli offrono la possibilità di verificare un mondo, quello femminile, estremamente vario in cui sono loro le vere protagoniste della vita mondana. Sullo sfondo dei salotti romani l’autore presenta alcuni passatempi attraverso espedienti linguistici di grande effetto per fornire ai suoi lettori un’immagine realistica della società del tempo. L’articolo si soffermerà sulla lettera XLIV del tomo II delle Lettres familières, ne analizzerà stile e forme linguistiche per evidenziare il ruolo della donna e il clima culturale del Settecento romano
Minimally invasive thoracotomy for myocardial revascularisation. A study of 32 cases
No full textBACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate the advantages offered by a myocardial revascularisation technique proposed by Kolessov in 1967: minimally invasive thoracotomy for myocardial revascularisation. The aim was to assess its short and medium-term benefits. During the course of the 1980s, the problems linked to extracorporeal circulation (ECC) and the contraindications for traditional myocardial revascularisation led to a renewed popularity of "beating heart" revascularisation techniques.
METHODS: The largest and most extensive series of patients in the literature undergoing myocardial revascularisation during left mini-thoracotomy was reported by Calafiore et al. In this study we report the series treated by our centre which, albeit involving only 32 cases, obtained good results in the short and medium term. This surgical procedure can only be applied to patients presenting monovasal obstructive coronary disease affecting the anterior interventricular artery (IVA) which must not present small calibre, calcified walls or a lateralised or intramyocardial anatomic position.
RESULTS: Invasive and non-invasive instrumental tests carried out to control the distal anastomoses of the left internal mammary artery (IMA) did not reveal angulations and/or stenosing tractions before the anastomosis of IMA to a significant extent also for treatment, when isolating IMA, able to obtain the longest possible length and the best mobility. No infection of surgical wounds was reported postoperatively, as sometimes occurs in median longitudinal sternotomy.
CONCLUSIONS: The 2-year follow-up showed the resolution of angina in 100% of the patients studied, as well as a satisfactory and rapid renewal of social relations
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