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“Ogni verità è relativa, ogni sapere è simbolico”. Motivi dello scetticismo nei confronti del principio fondamentale nel primo romanticismo jenese (1796)
No full textEva era nera. La scoperta di ‘Eva mitocondriale’ nelle pratiche visuali dei rotocalchi italiani
No full textThis article examines the iconographies that shaped Italian public debate following the introduction, in 1987 at the University of California, Berkeley (by Rebecca Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan C.Wilson), of a new female figure in studies on human origins and population diversity – later known as ‘Mitochondrial Eve’ (also referred to as ‘African Eve’ and ‘Black Eve’).
Through an analysis of the major illustrated magazines then in circulation, the study explores both the national and international trajectories and the visual reception of this ‘scientific earthquake’, which contributed to challenging the multiregional model of human origins. On the one hand, it was portrayed as a profound upheaval of the evolutionary order; on the other, as the notion of a common ancestor (a lucky mother) of all contemporary human populations. In particular, the article investigates the most widespread visual practices – devoting special attention to the presence or absence of photographic representations, which had long served as a key tool in depicting diverse human groups over the course of racist thinking – to discern whether and how, by the late 1980s, the iconographies of progress and human difference underwent significant changes in light of the interplay between science, racial discourse, and public debate.
Ultimately, the goal is to contribute to the historicization of antiracist sensibilities in Italy, marked by a persistent appeal to scientific authority as a source of legitimacy at a pivotal moment characterized by the coexistence of Afrophobia and Afromania.
Key words: Mitochondrial Eve; visual culture; illustrated press; antiracism; Genetic
Mesurer la criminalité
No full textPetite contribution faite en tant que discussant sur le sujet de la criminalite
L’origine de la criminologie coloniale italienne. Quelques remarques (1938-1943)
No full textSi tratteggia la fondazione, lo sviluppo e la fine di una criminologia razziale/razzista italiana, tema sinora mai trattat
Comments on “Breast augmentation combined with a transposed glandular flap for prevention and correction of lower pole deformities”
No full textSir, We read with great interest the article entitled BBreast augmentation combined with a transposed glandular flap for prevention and correction of lower pole deformities^ by Dmitry Batiukov and Vladimir Podgaiski in which the authors reported their experience in refining lower pole contouring in a 30 series of cases during breast augmentation [1]. Since it is a very sensitive issue for the breast surgeon community, we really appreciate their effort in preventing lower pole deformity but we have some elements to discuss. Contouring a natural convexity with a pleasant and regular curve of the inferior quadrants is not always simple during breast surgery, and a meticulous preoperative planning, both in implant and surgical technique selection, is mandatory. In 2015, we published a paper reporting our experiences in preventing lower pole deformities in 71 patients who underwent tuberous breast
correction, and later on, in 2017, we reconsidered our technique basing on a larger series of cases with an average follow-up of 25.9 months ranging from 6 to 60 months [2, 3]. In 2015, we described exactly the same adipo-glandular flap proposed in 2017 by the two authors. Furthermore, comparing the drawings explaining their surgical techniques, I found evident analogies with those available in our previous article. As discussed by the two authors, breast lower pole deformities after breast augmentation may occur, and double bubble deformity represents one of the worst side effects. It may occur more frequently in tuberous breast correction but, as reported by the authors, also in the presence of high inframammary fold, especially in the presence of inelastic tissues and wide implant. However, whenever part of the breast implant is located below the native inframammary fold or when the outer surface of the prosthesis is not homogeneously covered by the parenchyma, either for the implant size or congenital disorder, it may lead to unsatisfactory outcomes [4].We fully agree with the authors that the flap we proposed
firstly works very efficiently to prevent lower pole deformities also in case of volume deficiency after implant placement, and we are very happy that our study has suggested a further publication by Batiukov and Podgaiski but
we have further elements to discuss. The authors present an impressive series of postoperative outcomes, but the preoperative images, as far as it is possible to appreciate from the pictures, do not seem to reveal a real risk of
postopertive lower pole deformities. The quality, the quantity and the consistency of native breast tissue show a normal and good appearance especially those reported in Figs. 5 and 6. In addition, the increment in breast size
seems to be moderate. Furthermore, 15 months follow-up may result a very short time to evaluate the stability of surgical outcomes especially in cases of glandular tissue atrophy. I would like to encourage the authors to verify
the efficacy of our technique in more difficult cases that show real risk of lower pole deformity during breast augmentation procedures
Management of nipple-areolar complex complications in nipple-sparing mastectomy with prosthetic reconstruction
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Septum-Enhanced Mammaplasty in Inferocentral Pedicled Breast Reduction for Macromastia and Gigantomastia Patients
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