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«Preferirebbe buttar via il nome». L’evasione dal principium individuationis del nome e dall’identità in ‘Rubè’ di Borgese
No full textThe paper highlights the remarkable pregnancy, in thematic, ideological, formal and
even structural terms, of names in Rubè (1921), a novel by Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, focusing on
the troublesome relationship that the main character Filippo Rubè establishes with them, leading
to an identity crisis. Capone identifies five modes of using names in Rubè: the escape from the principium
individuationis of the name as an ideological breakout from the chains of a fixed identity; the
intentional modifications of his name made by Rubè in order to avoid his registry and social identity
and, thus, to be able to escape from the duties of ordinary life; the change of the names of the women
loved by Filippo; some irreversible plot twists brought about by proper names; the inability to give
adequate names to blurred feelings. By the analysis of these uses, the author points out how many
times in Rubè not just nomina sunt consequentia rerum, but res sunt consequentia nominum as well
A Florentine family in crisis: the Strozzi in the fifteenth century.
No full textPhDIn 1434 the Strozzi lineage had held a leading position in
Florentine society and government for at least one hundred and fifty
years, and was one of the largest and wealthiest of the city's
patrician lineages. The records of the catasto of 1427 and of the
scrutiny of 1433 are used to give a profile of the dominant social,
economic and political position of the Strozzi before the advent of
Medicean dominance. Their record of electoral success, and the
political and cultural leadership of influential and respected men
such as Palla di Nofri and Matteo di Simone, with other factors, put
the Strozzi amongst the greatest enemies of the victorious Medicean
regime of late 1434. The effects of political opposition and exile
on the lineage are examined both directly, through records of office-holding,
and indirectly through such indicators as marriage alliances
and household wealth. The two most prominent lines of the Strozzi
were exiled after 1434. Palla di Nofri's life and preoccupations in
his Paduan exile are examined, together with the lives of his sons;
none of these Strozzi ever returned to Florence, pursued as they were
by the enmity of the Medicean regime. The very different careers of
Filippo di Matteo and his brother Lorenzo are also examined: how they
succeeded in founding a lucrative bank in Naples, and in returning to
Florence to 'rebuild' (rifare) the position of the Strozzi lineage
there. The final decades of the century saw the Strozzi in an
economically more secure position, due substantially to the efforts
of Filippo. Except for a very small number of its members admitted
into the regime, most of the lineage is here shown to have remained
excluded from significant political office until after the fall of
the Medici regime in 1494
La didattica maker nella scuola dell'Infanzia
No full text“... La scuola ha il dovere di stimolare i ragazzi a capire il digitale oltre la superficie. A non limitarsi ad essere consumatori di digitale. A non accontentarsi di utilizzare un sito web, un’applicazione, un videogioco, ma progettarne uno ...”. Ecco quanto si legge nelle linee guida de “La Buona Scuola”. Facciamo Crescere il Paese del 3 settembre 2014.
Una azione educativa innovatrice, che dovrebbe riguardare ogni ordine e grado di scuola, richiede da un lato la costruzione di un curricolo operativo ed interdisciplinare, finalizzato alla soluzione di casi concreti e dall’altro l’utilizzo di metodologie didattiche centrate sull’alunno che diviene fautore e costruttore del proprio sapere.
Si sta diffondendo, negli ultimi anni, nel mondo della scuola, del “Maker Moviment” (Halverson & Sheridan, 2014) un movimento culturale che si basa sul tradizionale mondo del “fai da te”. I “makers”, che si possono definire artigiani tecnologici, si occupano di produrre o modificare prodotti di tipo ingegneristico, elettronico, robotico.
La “didattica maker” è dunque una didattica del fare in cui le fasi di progettazione e realizzazione di oggetti attraverso le tecnologie divengono l’elemento pregnante e l’allievo diviene il centro del processo di insegnamento – apprendimento. La didattica basata sulla metodologia “thinkering” e l’applicazione del ciclo “Think-Make-Improve” (Martinez & Stager, 2013) parte dall’esperienza pratica e si basa sul confronto e la collaborazione tra i pari (Vygotsky, 1962). Essa sembra consentire l’interiorizzazione di alcuni concetti e sembra far emergere la necessità di un’adeguata fase di progettazione prima di passare alla realizzazione materiale dell’oggetto stesso.
L’attività proposta descrive una sperimentazione di Ricerca – Formazione e Ricerca – Azione condotta con la collaborazione di un gruppo di insegnanti della Scuola dell’Infanzia “Madre Teresa di Calcutta” dell’Istituto Comprensivo di San Valentino Torio, nell’ambito del progetto di ricerca sperimentale dell’INDIRE “Costruire giocattoli con la stampante 3D nella scuola dell’Infanzia” per sperimentare l’utilizzo didattico di una stampante 3D. Le nuove tecnologie sono state viste non solo come mezzo per ottimizzare procedure didattiche ma soprattutto come mediatore didattico in grado di generare nuovi modi di conoscere, apprendere e concettualizzare
Vues présentes sur le celtique cisalpin
No full textPresent views on Cisalpine Celtic.
During the last twenty years, the knowledge of Lepontic and of Italian Gaulish has been notably enriched by very important finds, and also by numerous studies. The author proposes a synthesis of all new linguistical and cultural data provided by epigraphy in this particular resort.Dans les vingt dernières années la connaissance du lépontique et du gaulois d’Italie a été notablement enrichie par certaines trouvailles fort importantes ainsi que par de nombreuses études. Tableau synthétique des nouvelles données linguistiques et culturelles apportées par l’épigraphie de ce domaine.Motta Filippo. Vues présentes sur le celtique cisalpin. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 29, 1992. Actes du IXe congrès international d'études celtiques. Paris, 7-12 juillet 1991. Deuxième partie : Linguistique, littératures. pp. 311-318
Assessing the symptomatic patient affected by COVID-19: the CovidScore scale and the stratification of the clinical risk in sub-intensive units
No full textINTRODUZIONE: durante i picchi epidemici da COVID-19 è stato necessario valutare e riconoscere precocemente i pazienti critici attraverso un efficace inquadramento clinico, supportato da strumenti specifici; per questo motivo è stata ideata la scala CovidScore, includendo fra i propri items le caratteristiche specifiche del paziente affetto da Sars-CoV-2.
OBIETTIVI: verificare se la scala CovidScore determini un migliore inquadramento e stratificazione del rischio rispetto alla scala NEWS2 ed alla valutazione infermieristica senza strumenti.
MATERIALI E METODI: E’ stato condotto uno studio prospettico longitudinale monocentrico arruolando un campione di 182 pazienti. I punteggi aggregati ed i livelli di rischio definiti da CovidScore e NEWS2 sono stati determinati attraverso i dati raccolti dagli infermieri, che hanno fornito anche una loro valutazione alla presa in carico.
RISULTATI: Tra rischio stimato dal punteggio CovidScore e quello dell’infermiere è stata riscontrata una discreta ma statisticamente significativa concordanza (K=0.239.; p<0.00022); tra CovidScore e NEWS2 la concordanza riscontrata è stata nulla (K=0.089, p<0.019); bassi valori di concordanza sono stati rinvenuti tra valutazione infermieristica e NEWS2 (K=0.033, p<0.05).
CONCLUSIONI:
La scala NEWS2 sembrerebbe sottostimare lo stato clinico del paziente affetto da COVID-19 rispetto le valutazioni effettuate da CovidScore ed infermieri. Sistemi specifici di valutazione e risposta clinica standardizzati per il paziente COVID-19, come la scala CovidScore, potrebbero migliorare la gestione di grandi numeri di ricoverati ed avere ripercussioni positive sull’outcome dei pazienti. Sono necessari ulteriori studi con metodologia robusta per la verifica di tali ipotesi e per rafforzare le evidenze riscontrate.INTRODUCTION: During the pandemic peaks of COVID-19, it was necessary to promptly assess and recognize critical patients early through effective clinical framing supported by specific instruments; therefore, the CovidScore scale was designed, including among its items the specific characteristics of the Sars-CoV-2 patient.
OBJECTIVES: To test whether the CovidScore scale results in better risk framing and stratification than the NEWS2 scale and instrument-free nursing assessment.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A longitudinal, single-center, prospective study was performed by enrolling 182 patients. Aggregate scores and risk levels defined by CovidScore and NEWS2 were determined through data collected from nurses, who also provided their assessment at intake.
RESULTS: A moderate but statistically significant concordance was found between risk estimated by CovidScore and nurse score (K=0.239.; p<0.00022); between CovidScore and NEWS2, the concordance found was null (K=0.089, p<0.019); low concordance values were found between nurse assessment and NEWS2 (K=0.033, p<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: The NEWS2 scale seems to underestimate the clinical status of the COVID-19 patient compared with the assessments by CovidScore and nurses. Specific standardized clinical assessment and response systems for the COVID-19 patient, such as the CovidScore scale, could improve the management of large inpatient numbers and positively impact patient outcomes. Further studies with robust methodology are needed to test these hypotheses and strengthen the evidence found
Esplorando il concetto di confine in matematica
No full textNegli ultimi decenni le nozioni di “liminalità” (liminality) e “confine” (border) sono al centro di numerosi studi, travalicando le angustie delle singole discipline scientifiche. La nozione di liminalità raccoglie un insieme polisemico di significati, tra i quali quelli di limen e limes (demarcazione e soglia), ma anche di sospensione, di temporaneità, di “sosta nel-mezzo” (in-between), offrendo implicazioni fondamentali dal punto di vista epistemologico e metodologico nei campi della clinica del soggetto e dei processi collettivi, sociali e politici. I contributi del volume, di ampio respiro internazionale e multidisciplinare, interrogano e sviluppano il tema del confine, raccogliendo argomentazioni e riflessioni a sostegno della sua rilevanza, necessarietà e funzionalità per la vita biologica, psichica e sociale e, allo tempo stesso, mostrando il rischio e la pericolosità sempre insiti nel suo uso e abuso, soprattutto nei momenti di crisi e metamorfosi
On the role of polydispersity on the phase diagram of colloidal rods
No full textThe rich and complex phase diagram typical of anisotropic biological or synthetic nanoparticles, has brought a great deal of interest over the equilibrium phase behaviour of non-spherical colloids. Amongst the class of anisotropic nanoparticles, hard spherocylindrical colloids have been, over the years, extensively studied because of their optical properties, for their rich phase diagrams, and their important industrial applications, as model particles for biological systems (viruses), or for example as potential drug carriers having the ability of surviving the attacks of the immune systems. As real anisotropic nanoparticles are often polydisperse in size and/or in shape, unveiling the effect of such a perturbation over their equilibrium phase diagram is of paramount importance. This work focuses on the effects of polydispersity over the full equilibrium phase diagram of hard spherocylindrical colloids (HSCs). Previous studies showed that a polydispersity in L alters the equilibrium phase diagram of HSCs. With this work we determine, both theoretically as well as computationally, the effects due to a generic polydispersity, namely in D, in L and, in both ones, on the equilibrium phase diagram and introduce a viable theoretical generalisation of the Onsager theory that allows us to get some insight into the observed phase behaviour
Occhi pieni e mani vaganti. Movimenti, emozioni, astrazioni.
No full textFilippo FIMIANI, Occhi pieni e mani vaganti. Movimenti, emozioni, astrazioni, «Fata Morgana», 12/2010, pp. 147-164. ISSN 1970-5786.
ITALIANO. Una piccola sequenza da un episodio della serie televisiva Mad Men in cui la relazione sensoriale emozionale tra lo spettatore e un corpo in movimento, precisamente un corpo danzante, è l’oggetto di questo articolo, che intende così verificare la cosiddetta naturalizzazione della fenomenologia e del corpo vissuto operata dalle scienze cognitive applicate agli studi visuali. L’autore mostra anche i rapporti tra la cosiddetta simulazione incarnata e una memoria simbolica e iconografica profonda, e discute in particolare la polarità tra proiezione e introiezione, attività e passività nell’esperienza empatica delle immagini in movimento.A short filmic example from the AMC's award-winning series Mad Men in which the sensorial and emotional relationship between the spectator and a moving body, i.e., a dancing body, is explicitly put into play. The essay wants to deal with the so called naturalization of phenomenology and of the living body, trained by the cognitive sciences reading the visuality. The author shows the relationship between the so called ‘embodied Simulation’ and a symbolic and iconographic deep memory of the pictures, and he gives an in-depth attention to the polarity between projections and introjections, activity and passivity of the spectator’s body during the empathic experience of the moving pictures
Multiple political geographies
No full textThis chapter delves into the multifaceted realm of political geography within the context of the journal Political Geography. The author, who has held various editorial positions within the journal, navigates the intricate terrain of diversity and inclusion, exploring the challenges posed by linguistic and cultural biases inherent in academic publishing. The chapter critically examines efforts to mitigate barriers and broaden the scope of political geography, questioning the adequacy of current approaches. Through a reflective analysis, the author elucidates the complex dynamics of political geography as a subdiscipline, shedding light on both the impediments and possibilities it offers to researchers and students
Unveiling adsorption generality in polymeric macromolecules
No full textUnveiling a general law for adsorption within macromolecules sets an important step forward in the design of nanomaterials with tunable and controllable properties. Reaching such a generalised control would have an important outcome in a plethora of possible fields, from biomedical applications up to materials science. In fact, the definition of classes regrouping adsorbing macromolecules with different geometrical or chemical properties would enormously simplify the design of controllable adsorbing materials, especially when geometrical or chemical constraints are set by the particular application. In this work we derive, through a combination of Scaling Theories and Molecular Dynamics Simulations, a general law for adsorption of spherical non-deformable colloidal nanoparticles within polymeric macromolecules of different geometries. Starting from the case of adsorption of a single colloid within macromolecular systems, we extend the results to the case in which finite adsorption takes place. We then derive simple predictions linking the adsorption potential to general properties of classes of macromolecules, and introduce a set of measurable quantities that can be exploited as an indirect measurement for loading
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