31 research outputs found
Libertà, necessità e legge. Il problema teologico-politico nella polemica tra Hobbes e Bramhall
No full textThe controversy against the Anglican Archbishop John Bramhall, in which Thomas Hobbes has been engaged for more than two decades, is one of the most significant steps in the treatment of the theological-political problem by the author of the Leviathan. Focusing on the concept of freedom, on the relationship between will and deliberation, on the relationship between divine omnipotence and free will (and therefore also about the meaning of divine justice and sin), the dispute clearly reveals an intrinsic theological-political character: for both protagonists, this scholastic opposition shows the respective positions in the interpretation of the events of the Civil Wars (1638-1649) and the Interregnum (1649-1660)
Staghorn cystine stone in a 72-year-old recurrent calcium stone former.
No full textThis case deals with the first diagnosis of Type B cystinuria with cystine nephrolithiasis in a 72-year-old male. Cystinuria is an inherited disease that consists of congenital abnormalities of renal and intestinal transport of dibasic amino acids. It often leads to frequent recurrent stone formation. Cystine stones most frequently occur in the 1st through 3rd decades of life with a decreased incidence in old age. This case shows that the first diagnosis of cystinuria may be made even in the 8th decade, without any family history, and in a patient with a history of recurrent calcium stone disease. Therefore, the chance of cystinuria must be always considered, even in older calcium stone formers
Atti del convegno ‘La conservazione della biodiversità in Umbria situazione attuale e prospettiva’, Perugia, Facoltà di Agraria, 28-30 maggio 1996
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No full textMembri proponenti Luca Basso (Università di Padova) - Principal Investigator Michele Basso (Università di Padova) Mauro Farnesi Camellone (Università di Padova) Devi Sacchetto (Università di Padova) Francesca Vianello (Università di Padova) Membri Aderenti Adalgiso Amendola (Università di Salerno) Cinzia Arruzza (The New School for Social Research New York) Andrea Bardin (University Oxford Brookes) Giorgio Cesarale (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) Pierpaolo Cesaroni (Università di Padova) Sa..
Viability assessment and transplantation of fatty liver grafts using end-ischemic normothermic machine perfusion
No full textEnd-ischemic viability testing by normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) represents an effective strategy to recover liver grafts having initially been discarded for liver transplantation (LT). However, its results in the setting of significant (>= 30%) macrovesicular steatosis (MaS) have not been specifically assessed. Prospectively maintained databases at two high-volume LT centers in Northern Italy were searched to identify cases of end-ischemic NMP performed to test the viability of livers with MaS >= 30% in the period from January 2019 to January 2022. A total of 14 cases were retrieved, representing 57.9% of NMP and 5.7% of all machine perfusion procedures. Of those patients, 10 (71%) received transplants. Two patients developed primary nonfunction (PNF) and required urgent re-LT, and both were characterized by incomplete or suboptimal lactate clearance during NMP. PNF cases were also characterized by higher perfusate transaminases, lower hepatic artery and portal vein flows at 2 h, and a lack of glucose metabolism in one case. The remaining eight patients showed good liver function (Liver Graft Assessment Following Transplantation risk score, -1.9 [risk, 13.6%]; Early Allograft Failure Simplified Estimation score, -3.7 [risk, 2.6%]) and had a favorable postoperative course. Overall, NMP allowed successful transplantation of 57% of livers with moderate-to-severe MaS. Our findings suggest that prolonged observation (>= 6 h) might be required for steatotic livers and that stable lactate clearance is a fundamental prerequisite for their use
Esperienza preliminare nella chirurgia mini-invasiva del carcinoma gastrico: studio prospettico su 22 casi candidati a gastrectomia subtotale
No full text.La chirugia mini-invasiva per il trattamento del cancro gastrico è cresciuta in popolarità nelle ultime due decadi, principalmente in Oriente per pazienti con tumori in stadi precoci, grazie allo sviluppo di nuovi devices ed all’avanzamento delle tecniche chirurgiche. A partire da Kitano1, che nel 1994 ha effettuato con successo la prima gastrectomia distale laparoscopy-assisted, lo sfruttamento di questa tecnica è continuato a crescere. Vari studi non randomizzati, studi randomizzati-controllati e meta-analisi hanno confermato che le distal gastrectomy laparoscopica può migliorare i risultati a breve termine e la qualità di vita dei pazienti se comparata con la chirurgia open2,3.
Per quanto concerne la chirurgia robotica, a partire da Hashizume4 nel 2003, questa si è rapidamente diffusa grazie alla sua capacità di superare alcune difficoltà tecniche della laparoscopia, come la visione 2D, l’amplificazione del tremore fisiologico, la restrizione del range di movimento ed il discomfort ergonomico5. Il Da Vinci infatti presenta vari punti di forza quali: l’equipaggiamento con EndoWrist, con gradi di libertà addizionali, l’eliminazione dell’”effetto fulcro”, la visione 3D ad alta risoluzione, la riduzione del tremore umano6.
Lo scopo di questa tesi è di sondare anche nel nostro Centro U.O. di Chirurgia dell’Esofago, quali potrebbero essere gli elementi di tecnica chirurgica mini-invasiva tale da poterne garantire sicurezza e riproducibilità
A Genealogy of the Contemporary Israeli-Palestinian Political Field. Technologies of Power and Subjectivization Processes from State-Building to Apartheid System
No full textopenThis work aims at analysing the interaction of different technologies of power operating in the Israeli-Palestinian political field, as well as their historical emergence and their role in creating the conditions for the establishment of the State of Israel and of the Israeli Apartheid system, with a particular attention to the colonial aspects inherent to these processes. Using a Foucauldian framework, which defines the political field as a space of struggle between oppressive forces and resistant ones, attention will be paid also to the Palestinian resistance efforts. Starting from the realization of the state-building process by the Zionist movement since the 1880s, the study analyses the subjectivization processes occurred from the establishment of the State of Israel and the following military rule in the Occupied Territories until nowadays.This work aims at analysing the interaction of different technologies of power operating in the Israeli-Palestinian political field, as well as their historical emergence and their role in creating the conditions for the establishment of the State of Israel and of the Israeli Apartheid system, with a particular attention to the colonial aspects inherent to these processes. Using a Foucauldian framework, which defines the political field as a space of struggle between oppressive forces and resistant ones, attention will be paid also to the Palestinian resistance efforts. Starting from the realization of the state-building process by the Zionist movement since the 1880s, the study analyses the subjectivization processes occurred from the establishment of the State of Israel and the following military rule in the Occupied Territories until nowadays
Marginalization and Resilience of Roma Communities in the Balkans: an Intersectional perspective
No full textopenIntersecting forms of discrimination based on gender, financial status, ethnicity, and other identification markers have formed the ongoing marginalization experienced by Roma communities in the Balkans. The thesis focuses on the heightened vulnerabilities faced by specific subgroups within Roma communities, including women, children, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Adopting an intersectional perspective, it examines how various forms of marginalization intersect to shape their experiences. The study, through a combination of qualitative research methods and policy analysis, also explores how Roma communities develop organizational and political skills to respond to these challenges
Small bowel to closest human body surface distance calculation through a custom-made software using CT-based datasets
No full textScreening of the gastrointestinal tract is imperative for the detection and treatment of physiological and pathological disorders in humans. Ingestible devices (e.g., magnetic capsule endoscopes) represent an alternative to conventional flexible endoscopy for reducing the invasiveness of the procedure and the related patient's discomforts. However, to properly design localization and navigation strategies for capsule endoscopes, the knowledge of anatomical features is paramount. Therefore, authors developed a semi-automatic software for measuring the distance between the small bowel and the closest human external body surface, using CT colonography images. In this study, volumetric datasets of 30 patients were processed by gastrointestinal endoscopists with the dedicated custom-made software and results showed an average distance of 79.29 ± 23.85 mm
Comments on "International anal neoplasia society's consensus guidelines for anal cancer screening"
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