442 research outputs found
I piccoli padiglioni universitari progettati da Enrico Mandolesi a Cagliari
No full textBetween 1962 and 1964, Enrico Mandolesi designed three small pavilions for the University of Cagliari: the Great Models Pavilion for the Institute of Construction 377 377 Antonello Sanna, Giuseppina Monni, Emanuela Quaquero I PICCOLI PADIGLIONI UNIVERSITARI PROGETTATI DA ENRICO MANDOLESI A CAGLIARI Science, the Pavilion for the Institute of Hydraulics and the Institute of Genetics. In all cases, the “pictorial” dimension, placing on the same level the warm tones of the clinker and the neutral one of the reinforced concrete, shows the author’s firm belief that all the materials have the same relevance. This is a lesson that Mandolesi learns from Mario Ridolfi, precursor of the Italian realism that abolishes the hierarchy between structural elements and finishes and declares that the creative idea of architecture lies in the precision of details. In the Great Models Pavilion for the Institute of Construction Science he chose to create a new volume connected to preexisting buildings with a small building. The horizontal and vertical windows declare the non-structural nature of the envelope made of bricks. A cultured design approach that uses the paradigm of the Illinois Institute of Technology by Mies van de Rohe. The Institute of Genetics is a building composed of two small volumes articulated on two levels and hinged to an independent stairway with a square plan. In this case, on a formal level, the basic principle is the horizontality that Mandolesi pursues at every level of detail. The author applied a combined solution that includes solid brick walls and a steel structure that connects to the frames of the fixtures. Both cases represent an accurate narration of construction stories that uses the combination of different materials, classic elements and modern solutions, the rough surfaces of reinforced concrete and the smooth ones of brick strips
Camera Color Correction for Cultural Heritage Preservation Based on Clustered Data
No full textCultural heritage preservation is a crucial topic for our society. When dealing with fine art, color is a primary feature that encompasses much information related to the artwork’s conservation status and to the pigments’ composition. As an alternative to more sophisticated devices, the analysis and identification of color pigments may be addressed via a digital camera, i.e., a non-invasive, inexpensive, and portable tool for studying large surfaces. In the present study, we propose a new supervised approach to camera characterization based on clustered data in order to address the homoscedasticity of the acquired data. The experimental phase is conducted on a real pictorial dataset, where pigments are grouped according to their chromatic or chemical properties. The results show that such a procedure leads to better characterization with respect to state-of-the-art methods. In addition, the present study introduces a method to deal with organic pigments in a quantitative visual approach
Correction to: Management of hepatitis B virus prophylaxis in patients treated with disease-modifying therapies for multiple sclerosis: a multicentric Italian retrospective study (Journal of Neurology, (2022), 269, 6, (3301-3307), 10.1007/s00415-022-11009-x)
No full textThe original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The given and family names of authors were Interchanged and Dr. Spiezia has two given names (Antonio Luca). The author names should be Antonio Riccardo Buonomo, Giulio Viceconte, Massimiliano Calabrese, Giovanna De Luca, Valentina Tomassini, Paola Cavalla, Giorgia Teresa Maniscalco, Diana Ferraro, Viviana Nociti, Marta Radaelli, Maria Chiara Buscarinu, Damiano Paolicelli, Alberto Gajofatto, Pietro Annovazzi, Federica Pinardi, Massimiliano Di Filippo, Cinzia Cordioli, Emanuela Zappulo, Riccardo Scotto, Ivan Gentile, Antonio Luca Spiezia, Martina Petruzzo, Marcello De Angelis, Vincenzo Brescia Morra, Claudio Solaro, Claudio Gasperini, Eleonora Cocco, Marcello Moccia, Roberta Lanzillo The original article has been corrected
COULD DIFFERENTIATED INTEGRATION PROVIDE A WAY FORWARD FOR THE PACT ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM?
No full textSummary: 1. The case for differentiated integration. – 2. The unprecedented legal issue concerning enhanced cooperation. – 3. A tentative answer in general terms. – 4. A parallel treaty instead? – 5. Tailoring an answer for a reform of the “Dublin
rules”. – 6. Conclusion
Resilient and Sustainable Development of Inland Areas: The RI.P.R.O.VA.RE Project Between Co-Planning and Multidisciplinary Approach
No full textThe RI.P.R.O.VA.RE Project, winner of the national competitive call promoted by the former Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea Protection, involved professors and researchers from three Departments, belonging to three different Southern Italian Universities. The shared goal was to deepen the issue of inland areas and their sustainable and resilient development. Starting from the analysis of the state of the art - based on several studies and researches at national and international level - the Project provided support tools for the construction of integrated policies in order to improve and increase the territories’ resilience. This is very important since inland areas - which are distinguished from cities by a greater capacity to react to shocks and sudden events - while experiencing a strong demographic and settlement disadvantage, are also highly significant for their environmental and cultural heritage. With these premises, the paper presents the work carried out during the RI.P.R.O.VA.RE Project, in its main and general aspects, first describing its goals and methodological steps and then, with the application to a focus area, presenting its results. These results, translated into research products, summarise what was achieved at the end of the project, i.e.: the setting up of criteria and methods for the delimitation of inland areas, the assessment of their resilience degree and the definition of integrated area strategies through participative and co-planning approaches. Finally, the strategy drawn up for one of the investigated focus areas, the Ufita Valley in Campania, is concisely outlined
Experiences of Participatory and Shared Co-Design: The Metaplan Method for a “Possible City” in Calitri (AV), Italy
No full textParticipating, in common usage, means taking part in a collective activity, intervening in a specific act or process. Participatory and shared planning involves the collaboration of various stakeholders in a community (citizens or social groups, administrators, technicians, etc.) who, through spaces and moments of discussion and elaboration, are involved in the conceptualization of a project that aims to translate into a proposal what emerges from the workshop activities. This article intends to present the experience of participatory and shared planning through the Metaplan method, carried out as part of the project called “The Possible City”. This experience originated from the proposal of students from the art high school in Calitri (AV), supported by school teachers, to rethink, through a redevelopment project, degraded places in their territory, transforming them into new urban spaces that are aggregative, functional and accessible to all, thanks to a participatory and shared process involving citizens. The phases of the process involved the school community of Calitri, the municipal administration, representatives of local associations, merchants and especially children, the elderly and people with disabilities, expanding forms of participation to entire the entire community through workshops, interviews and surveys aimed at understanding the history of the places, their function and community expectations. The Metaplan method, based on the visualization and organization of ideas in a structured manner, also lends itself to being enriched and perfected through the integration of new technologies, pedagogical approaches and inclusion strategies
Cognitive, behavioral, and psychological manifestations of COVID-19 in post-acute rehabilitation setting: preliminary data of an observational study
No full textPsychological, emotional, and behavioral domains could be altered in COVID-19 patients and measurement of variables within these domains seems to be mandatory. Neuropsychological assessment could detect possible cognitive impairment caused by COVID-19 and the choice of appropriate tools is an important question. Aim of this exploratory study was to verify the effectiveness of an assessment model for patients with COVID-19. Twelve patients were enrolled and tested with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Anxiety and Depression Short Scale (AD-R), and the Neuropsychiatry Inventory (NPI), at the time of their entrance (T0) and discharge (T1) from a rehabilitative unit. Moreover, a follow-up evaluation after 3 months (T2) has been conducted on eight patients. Results showed that at baseline (T0), 58.3% of the patients reported a score below cut-off at MMSE and 50% at MoCA. Although a significant amelioration was found only in NPI scores, a qualitative improvement has been detected at all tests, except for MoCA scores, in the T0-T1 trend analysis. A one-way repeated measures analysis of variance showed a significant variation in AD-R depression score, considering the three-assessment time (T0, T1, and T2). The evaluation and tracking over time of the impact of COVID-19 on cognitive, psychological, and behavioral domains has relevant implications for rehabilitation and long-term assistance needs planning. The choice of assessment tools should consider patients vulnerability and match the best compromise among briefness, sensitivity, and specificity
La gruppoanalisi soggettuale e la terapia di gruppo: introduzione alla teoria e alla prassi
No full textrticle explains the theoretical foundations of the group-analysis approach, its main Italian developments, and its link with technique. In particular, after showing the hesitations of the original English model, it illustrates the Italian approach (Subjectual Groupanalysis), its evolution and dialogue with disciplines (complexity theory, cultural anthropology) that contributed to the foundation of its meta-psychological apparatus. Subsequently, it focuses on the relational foundation of psyche, on the therapeutic aspects linked to it, highlighting some key aspects of a classic group-analytic functioning, some of the main therapist’s responsibility, and some of the hardest troubles for the patients
“She Looks at Him with the Eyes of a Camera”: Female Visual Pleasures and the Polemic with Fetishism in Sally Potter’s Tango Lesson
No full textAuthor accepted manuscript version of an article published by Taylor & Francis in
Emanuela Guano (2004) She looks at him with the eyes of a camera: female visual pleasures and the polemic with fetishism in Sally Potter's Tango Lesson,Third Text, 18:5, 461-474, https://doi.org/10.1080/0952882042000251732.</p
Forensic NMR metabolomics: one more arrow in the quiver
No full textIntroduction: NMR metabolomics is increasingly used in forensics, due to the possibility of investigating both endogenous metabolic profiles and exogenous molecules that may help to describe metabolic patterns and their modifications associated to specific conditions of forensic interest. Objectives: The aim of this work was to review the recent literature and depict the information provided by NMR metabolomics. Attention has been devoted to the identification of peculiar metabolic signatures and specific ante-mortem and post-mortem profiles or biomarkers related to different conditions of forensic concern, such as the identification of biological traces, the estimation of the time since death, and the exposure to drugs of abuse. Results and Conclusion: The results of the described studies highlight how forensics can benefit from NMR metabolomics by gaining additional information that may help to shed light in several forensic issues that still deserve to be further elucidated
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