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Le origini dello Studio artistico Nebiolo: Dalmazzo Gianolio, Raffaello Bertieri, Giulio Da Milano
No full textIl nome Nebiolo evoca ancora oggi caratteri da stampa iconici che hanno segnato la storia della grafica italiana. Eppure, le vicende relative allo Studio Artistico, dove quei caratteri furono progettati, restano avvolte nella speculazione. La cronologia corrente ne colloca la fondazione al 1933 sotto la direzione di Giulio Da Milano, cui succede nel 1936 Alessandro Butti, che a sua volta nel 1952 lascerà la direzione ad Aldo Novarese. Lo stato della ricerca attuale indica invece che le origini dell’Ufficio tecnico risalgono alla fine dell’Ottocento: è quanto emerge da questa ricostruzione che, a partire da dati e indizi ricavati da pubblicazioni e documenti d’archivio, mette in luce il ruolo svolto da figure considerate minori come Dalmazzo Gianolio, Pietro Negri, Edoardo Cotti e Raffello Bertieri, prima di affrontare il contributo di Da Milano.The name Nebiolo still evokes iconic typefaces that have marked the history of Italian graphic design. Yet, the events surrounding the Studio Artistico, where those typefaces were designed, remain shrouded in speculation. Current chronology places its foundation in 1933 under the direction of Giulio Da Milano, who was succeeded in 1936 by Alessandro Butti, who in turn left the office to Aldo Novarese in 1952. The current state of research indicates that the origins of the Drawing Office date back to the end of the 19th century: that is what emerges from this reconstruction, which based on data and clues from publications and archive documents, highlights the role played by lesser figures such as Dalmazzo Gianolio, Pietro Negri, Edoardo Cotti and Raffello Bertieri, before addressing Da Milano's contribution
Attachment styles in transsexual patients and clinical and nonclinical control groups: a response
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Il disegno del carattere, 1460—2014
No full textCome si progetta un carattere tipografico? Da cosa nasce la forma delle lettere? Che relazione intercorre fra gli elementi dell’alfabeto? Quanto determinante è la tecnologia sull’aspetto di un testo? Che cos’è in definitiva una font? Partendo da queste fondamentali domande, Il disegno del carattere esplora l’affascinante mondo del type design. Questo terzo volume si propone di analizzare le concezioni e le tecnologie che hanno influenzato la creazione tipografica dai primi giorni della stampa nel Quattrocento fino alla rivoluzione digitale del Novecento. Il libro offre un’ampia selezione di documenti, evidenziando momenti cruciali della storia tipografica occidentale con un approccio che unisce valore storico e rilevanza per la pratica attuale. Attraverso testi originali di incisori, designer e informatici, Il disegno del carattere guida i lettori a comprendere i fondamenti creativi e tecnologici che hanno plasmato l’evoluzione dell’estetica tipografica. Autori in questo volume: Felice Feliciano, Geoffroy Tory, Jacques Grévin, Giovanni Francesco Cresci, Joseph Moxon, Pierre-Simon Fournier, Rudolf von Larisch, Paul Koch, Harry Carter, William Addison Dwiggins, Edward Johnston, Edward M. Catich, Gerard Unger, Donald Knuth, Walter Tracy, Sumner Stone, Zuzana Licko, Robin Kinross, Fred Smeijers, Richard Southall, Matthew Carter
Hormonal Treatment Reduces Psychobiological Distress in Gender Identity Disorder, Independently of the Attachment Style.
No full textGender identity disorder may be a stressful situation. Hormonal treatment seemed to improve the general health as it reduces psychological and social distress. The attachment style seemed to regulate distress in insecure individuals as they are more exposed to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system dysregulation and subjective stress.
AIM:
The objectives of the study were to evaluate the presence of psychobiological distress and insecure attachment in transsexuals and to study their stress levels with reference to the hormonal treatment and the attachment pattern.
METHODS:
We investigated 70 transsexual patients. We measured the cortisol levels and the perceived stress before starting the hormonal therapy and after about 12 months. We studied the representation of attachment in transsexuals by a backward investigation in the relations between them and their caregivers.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
We used blood samples for assessing cortisol awakening response (CAR); we used the Perceived Stress Scale for evaluating self-reported perceived stress and the Adult Attachment Interview to determine attachment styles.
RESULTS:
At enrollment, transsexuals reported elevated CAR; their values were out of normal. They expressed higher perceived stress and more attachment insecurity, with respect to normative sample data. When treated with hormone therapy, transsexuals reported significantly lower CAR (P < 0.001), falling within the normal range for cortisol levels. Treated transsexuals showed also lower perceived stress (P < 0.001), with levels similar to normative samples. The insecure attachment styles were associated with higher CAR and perceived stress in untreated transsexuals (P < 0.01). Treated transsexuals did not expressed significant differences in CAR and perceived stress by attachment.
CONCLUSION:
Our results suggested that untreated patients suffer from a higher degree of stress and that attachment insecurity negatively impacts the stress management. Initiating the hormonal treatment seemed to have a positive effect in reducing stress levels, whatever the attachment style may be. Colizzi M, Costa R, Pace V, and Todarello O. Hormonal treatment reduces psychobiological distress in gender identity disorder, independently of the attachment style. J Sex Med **;**:**-**
Prevention in Mental Health: From Risk Management to Early Intervention
No full textThe book brings together into a single text the interrelated but different research efforts to translate the current evidence on risk and outcome of severe mental disorders into a preventive perspective. The book also introduces a holistic approach to prevention in mental health, by combining biological, psychological and environmental evidence that attempts to blunt the risk and reduce the number of individuals with mental health vulnerabilities who eventually progress to the manifestation of a severe mental disorder. Finally, the book wants also to highlight the possibility to overcome the single disorder-oriented preventive approach in an attempt to intercept a wider at-risk youth population and explore clinical research areas underperformed where future efforts will have to concentrate.Mental health problems have their peak of incidence during the transition from childhood to young adulthood, interesting up to 20% adolescents. Half of those eventually developing such difficulties experience clinically relevant mental distress by the age of 14. Even more importantly, the symptomatic onset is generally anticipated by non-specific warning signs of psychosocial impairment potentially evolving in any severe mental disorder. This is of crucial importance, as almost one in two health problems contributing to the global disease burden across the 0-25 age span is a mental disorder.The search for preventive strategies among youth has developed over the past 2-3 decades, invigorated by a rethinking of mental disorders’ ineluctable prodromal phase into a period where the trajectory of illness can be slowed down, blunted, or even halted. The paradigms for implementing preventing approaches in mental health have often developed independent of each other. This book aims at summarizing the available evidence and make a step towards a more mature vision of the potentialities of promotion and prevention in mental health
Hormonal Treatment Reduces Psychobiological Distress in Gender Identity Disorder, Independently of the Attachment Style
No full textIntroduction: Gender identity disorder may be a stressful situation. Hormonal treatment seemed to improve the general health as it reduces psychological and social distress. The attachment style seemed to regulate distress in insecure individuals as they are more exposed to hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system dysregulation and subjective stress. Aim: The objectives of the study were to evaluate the presence of psychobiological distress and insecure attachment in transsexuals and to study their stress levels with reference to the hormonal treatment and the attachment pattern. Methods: We investigated 70 transsexual patients. We measured the cortisol levels and the perceived stress before starting the hormonal therapy and after about 12 months. We studied the representation of attachment in transsexuals by a backward investigation in the relations between them and their caregivers. Main Outcome Measures: We used blood samples for assessing cortisol awakening response (CAR); we used the Perceived Stress Scale for evaluating self-reported perceived stress and the Adult Attachment Interview to determine attachment styles. Results: At enrollment, transsexuals reported elevated CAR; their values were out of normal. They expressed higher perceived stress and more attachment insecurity, with respect to normative sample data. When treated with hormone therapy, transsexuals reported significantly lower CAR (P<0.001), falling within the normal range for cortisol levels. Treated transsexuals showed also lower perceived stress (P<0.001), with levels similar to normative samples. The insecure attachment styles were associated with higher CAR and perceived stress in untreated transsexuals (P<0.01). Treated transsexuals did not expressed significant differences in CAR and perceived stress by attachment. Conclusion: Our results suggested that untreated patients suffer from a higher degree of stress and that attachment insecurity negatively impacts the stress management. Initiating the hormonal treatment seemed to have a positive effect in reducing stress levels, whatever the attachment style may be. Colizzi M, Costa R, Pace V, and Todarello O. Hormonal treatment reduces psychobiological distress in gender identity disorder, independently of the attachment style. J Sex Med 2013;10:3049-3058. © 2013 International Society for Sexual Medicine
Trends in suicide attempts and deaths in Northeast Italy (2014 to 2023): A rising burden among young women
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Neurocognitive effects of cannabis: Lessons learned from human experimental studies
No full textThe following chapter offers an overview of results of experimental studies conducted among healthy individuals examining the effects of acute administration of Delta 9-THC and other cannabinoids, alone or in combination, on brain function and behavior, also as a function of previous cannabis exposure. In light of their methodological design, these studies have advanced the understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms increasing the risk of long-lasting cognitive dysfunction as well as psychosis in regular cannabis users. Also, direct and indirect evidence supports an alteration of different neurotransmitters, such as dopamine, glutamate, and gamma-aminobutyric acid, in modulating the manifestation of neurocognitive dysfunction and psychosis in the context of both acute and chronic cannabis exposure. Future multimodal neuroimaging studies will integrate the longitudinal information to track the long-term changes in brain neurochemistry and neurophysiology as well as other potential biomarkers induced by sustained cannabis use
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