75 research outputs found
Cristiani evangelici nella polis: il contributo metodista al Patto di integrazione e alle intese
No full textIl contributo presenta i risultati di una ricerca volta a comprendere l’idea di unità e di integrazione emersa all’interno del metodismo italiano in epoca repubblicana, al fine di individuare lo spazio pubblico nel quale esso ha ambito a collocarsi e delineare lo specifico contributo metodista al dibattito sulle intese con lo Stato. L’analisi si concentra principalmente sulla teologia politica che Sergio Aquilante, Franco Becchino e Giorgio Spini posero prima alla base del progetto di integrazione con la chiesa valdese e di federazione delle chiese evangeliche italiane e poi nella scelta della strada per l’intesa
Né vicino né distante
No full textIn the first phase of the
COVID-19 pandemic, the
scientific community has tried to
place itself in a “post-pandemic”
perspective, seeking the “new at all
costs”. But it is difficult reasoning
in a “post-Covid” key, both due to
the obvious contradiction of doing
so while the health crisis was still
ongoing, and because the critical
distance from the present had not
yet matured.
Faced with the effort of the
project sciences to demonstrate
the ability to ‘project’, that is, to
be able to manage prospects for
the future, this reflection intends
to formulate -at the same time-
critical and proactive reasoning
that starts from the extraordinary
experience underway to reconstruct
the conditions of the public space.
The health issue has heavily invested
the public space, which in turn
has become problematic, strongly
requiring elements of innovation from
the project to guarantee safety in the
situations of presence, reinventing
the conditions of proximity, directing
action to define new geometric and
proxemics logics. In the direction to
find different questions from the one
that asks “what is the good distance
from the other?”, the author thinks
it is good to start a reflection about
the new way experienced during
the pandemic, finally finding the
conditions in which we can stay
together again
Refractory IgA Nephropathy: A Challenge for Future Nephrologists
No full textIgA nephropathy (IgAN) represents the most prevalent form of primary glomerulonephritis, and, on a global scale, it ranks among the leading culprits behind end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Presently, the primary strategy for managing IgAN revolves around optimizing blood pressure and mitigating proteinuria. This is achieved through the utilization of renin–angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors, namely, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). As outlined by the KDIGO guidelines, individuals who continue to show a persistent high risk of progressive ESKD, even with comprehensive supportive care, are candidates for glucocorticoid therapy. Despite these therapies, some patients have a disease refractory to treatment, defined as individuals that present a 24 h urinary protein persistently >1 g after at least two rounds of regular steroids (methylprednisolone or prednisone) and/or immunosuppressant therapy (e.g., mycophenolate mofetil), or who do not tolerate regular steroids and/or immunosuppressant therapy. The aim of this Systematic Review is to revise the current literature, using the biomedical database PubMed, to investigate possible therapeutic strategies, including SGLT2 inhibitors, endothelin receptor blockers, targeted-release budesonide, B cell proliferation and differentiation inhibitors, fecal microbiota transplantation, as well as blockade of complement components
Tutor’s Role in WhatsApp Learning Groups: A Quali-Quantitative Methodological Approach
No full textIn recent years, digital tools, such as WhatsApp, have been increasingly deployed to support group interaction and collaboration in higher education contexts. To understand contemporary, digitally-mediated collaborative dynamics – including the role played by tutors and the situated nature of group development – robust and innovative methodologies are needed. In this paper, we illustrate how integrating qualitative methods with quantitative tools used in qualitative ways makes it possible to trace how tutors adapt their style to support group development, which in turn triggers student development in a circular and responsive process. To make visible this contemporary phenomenon, we combine thematic content analysis – a qualitative tool – with a quantitative method: Social Network Analysis. Drawing on data generated by two WhatsApp learning groups (six students and four academic tutors) in research exploring the collaborative construction of boundary objects in a master’s level “E-learning Psychology” course, we suggest that our methodological approach has the potential to support interrogation of complex and dynamic digitally-mediated group interactions. Our results show the situational nature of an effective tutorship style through its complex adaptation to learners’ maturity, digital tools, and learning goals
Residenze Universitarie inclusive e accessibili. Il progetto del recupero del compendio architettonico “Lina Meneghetti” a Padova
No full textThe 'Lina Meneghetti' architectural complex, consisting of a 16th-century
building of considerable historical-architectural value, flanked by, and
connected to, a 1950s building, was the subject of a restoration and refunctionalization project to be used as a residence for university students. The integration of design disciplines, restoration, structural engineering and plant engineering technologies has allowed the development of a proposal capable of guiding the design choices through a multidisciplinary approach aimed at the functionality of a specialized typology and, at the same time, at the conservation and enhancement of the historical-artistic heritage.
The contribution reports the main phases of the case study with particular
attention to the urban and social quality in relation to the inclusiveness of the
historical building in the city centre. The experience was approached with the awareness that a residential structure, in order to be truly inclusive, must allow all users to move and orient themselves independently and safely
The Landscape of IgA Nephropathy Treatment Strategy: A Pharmacological Overview
No full textIgA Nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common form of primary glomerulonephritis and is one of the most common causes of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) worldwide. The immunopathogenic mechanism underlying IgAN is poorly identified. Currently, the mainstay treatment of IgAN is centered on the optimization of blood pressure and a reduction in proteinuria, using an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). According to KDIGO, patients who persistently remain at a high risk of progressive ESKD, despite maximal supportive care, are candidates for glucocorticoid therapy. Recent discoveries regarding the pathogenesis of this disease have led to the testing of new therapeutic drugs targeting, in particular, the excessive mucosal immune reaction and the resulting systemic response as well as the complement activation and the following kidney damage and fibrosis. In this review, we examine the various therapeutic approaches to this intriguing disease
ANALYSIS OF CANDIDATE GENES ON CHROMOSOMES 5q AND 19p IN COELIAC DISEASE.
No full textBACKGROUND AND AIM: Celiac disease (CD) is a multifactorial disease with involvement of both environmental and genetic susceptibility factors. The HLA-DQ loci account for 2000 CD patients and 4000 control individuals) question the role of MYO9B at the CELIAC4 locus as a disease-causing gene. Moreover, none of the investigated SNPs explain the linkage at the CELIAC2 locus
Spectroscopy of strongly correlated systems: Resonant x-ray scattering without energy resolution in the scattered beam
No full textThe polymorphism of multi-drug resistance 1 gene (MDR1) does not influence the pharmacokinetics of dexamethasone loaded into autologous erythrocytes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease
No full textArtificial Photosynthesis: Capture and Valorization of CO2 via Surface Decoration of MWCNT with amines”.
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