385 research outputs found
Made in Casaletto. Itinerari etnografici tra i “fatti” comunicativi e gli immaginari socio-sanitari locali di un Servizio Disabili della ASL
No full textDocumentare la disabilità in un particolare contesto istituzionale, archiviando e descrivendo pratiche, rappresentazioni ed esperienze di una comunità di “cura” è l’itinerario principale che seguo lungo le tre parti di questa tesi. Nella Parte I, con l'Introduzione, dopo aver mostrato la pertinenza di un approccio antropologico al tema, evidenzio le cornici teoriche che utilizzo nella descrizione dell'accadimento-disabilità (in un’ottica necessariamente trans-disciplinare), sull'onda dell'orizzonte comunicativo e discorsivo del suo farsi, situandola storicamente e promuovendo tra le righe un’attività interpretativa come forma di cittadinanza istituzionale. Nella Parte II della tesi viene descritta la dinamica del processo istituzionale di presa in carico (dal costrutto linguistico culturale su cui si basa, agli effettivi scambi corporei che avvengono dentro le stanze del Servizio Disabili) e l'organizzazione del centro diurno in quanto spazio pubblico abitato, dentro una pratica di cura socio-riabilitativa che cerco di delineare nelle sue componenti spazio-temporali e relazionali. Nella Parte III l'etnografia si muove parallela ad uno sguardo più critico che anticipa le conclusioni analitiche e propositive di questa tesi, per arrivare a proporre un salto linguistico da una concezione bio-psico-sociale della disabilità ad una sua ulteriore calibrazione culturale, che pone l’accento sul suo farsi e disfarsi in un certo luogo. Dentro i percorsi del visual activism, racconto quindi la nascita del brand “Made in Casaletto” e il suo possibile uso per muoversi tra i luoghi simbolici e reali della disabilità, come metafora visuale per ipotizzare percorsi formativi a partire dal patrimonio narrativo del Casaletto
Narcolepsy features in young patients
No full textNarcolepsy is a lifelong central hypersomnia characterized by excessive daytime
sleepiness, cataplex y, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations, and disrupted noc-
turnal sleep. Behavioral and psychiatric comorbidities are often associated clinical
features. It is divided into t wo subt ypes, narcolepsy t ype -1, and narcolepsy t ype -2,
depending on the presence of cataplex y and the cerebrospinal fluid hypocretin-1 l evels.
An autoimmune process, along with environmental factors, has been hypothesized to
cause the disease. Among children and adolescents, incidence in Europe falls bet ween
0.14 and 0.3 in 100,000, with a reported increase in the incidence af ter the 2009 H1N1
pandemic influence and vaccination. Currently, specific pediatric diagnostic criteria
and cut-off instrumental values are lacking. Clinical presentation of the disease may
differ between children and adults, and misdiagnoses or diagnostic delays are still an
issue. The treatment is based on behavioral and pharmacological therapy, but drugs in
children a re prescribed off-l abel. Overall, pathogenic mechanism of narcolepsy and
data on drug efficac y in chil dren are still li mited: more research is needed to develop
new drugs and to reach approval of current treatments in the pediatric population
Pizza Night
No full textPizza Night is a short contemporary romance that follows two characters as they overcome a battle of wills. Vanessa is a hardworking woman who has a lot on her plate. Sam is an accomplished older man who is willing to help her. Pizza Night explores the complexities of modern life, focusing on two young adults who are both from struggling backgrounds. The purpose of this project was to write a modern love story. Pizza Night achieves a believable romance between two young adults who are doing their best in a world not designed for them. The author will read this story during her presentation
Earthquake hazard assessment in the process of siting a high-risk facility: analysis of surface faulting phenomenon and secondary seismoinduced environmental effects
No full textQuesto progetto di dottorato nasce dal Decreto Ministeriale n. 106 del 2021, relativo ai dottorati di ricerca su tematiche green e di innovazione, e prevede la collaborazione tra l'Università degli Studi dell'Insubria e SOGIN S.p.a., la società responsabile della localizzazione, progettazione, costruzione e gestione del Deposito Italiano di Rifiuti Radioattivi. Questo studio mira a fornire strumenti utili per la valutazione del rischio sismico, per un'ulteriore caratterizzazione delle aree a bassa sismicità, nel processo di localizzazione in corso per il deposito nazionale italiano di rifiuti radioattivi. La costruzione di questa struttura ad alto rischio deve necessariamente essere condotta sul territorio italiano, in accordo con i requisiti dell'Unione Europea, che prevede che lo smaltimento finale dei rifiuti radioattivi debba avvenire nello Stato membro in cui sono stati prodotti. Il processo di localizzazione di un impianto ad alto rischio è di fondamentale importanza, soprattutto perché tale impianto può essere vulnerabile a vari rischi naturali. Un'accurata caratterizzazione di questi pericoli è essenziale per salvaguardare la funzionalità dell'impianto e proteggere la popolazione circostante. In questo studio ci siamo concentrati sull'analisi di fenomeni specifici, in genere associati ai terremoti, e di quelli che si verificano durante i terremoti. Si tratta di effetti cosismici che possono essere sia primari, come la fagliazione superficiale, il sollevamento e la subsidenza tettonica, sia secondari, come gli tsunami, i fenomeni gravitativi, le fessurazioni del terreno, la liquefazione e le anomalie idrologiche. Questa ricerca mira a dare un ulteriore contributo alla caratterizzazione della pericolosità sismica, in particolare per quanto riguarda la fagliazione superficiale e la pericolosità sismica relativa agli effetti ambientali dei terremoti (EEE). I due argomenti sono strettamente correlati per la loro importanza critica nel processo di selezione del sito per gli impianti ad alto rischio, che richiede analisi dettagliate e considerazioni mirate, come suggerito dalle linee guida dell'Agenzia Internazionale per l'Energia Atomica. A tal fine, è stato effettuato un aggiornamento di modelli come la Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis (PFDHA), per le faglie superficiali, e lo sviluppo di nuove equazioni di previsione dell'intensità (IPE) basate sulla scala Environmental Seismic Intensity (ESI-07).La scelta di utilizzare modelli probabilistici o predittivi è motivata dal fatto che essi sono strumenti importanti per l'analisi della pericolosità sismica in regioni a bassa sismicità, come quelle considerate idonee a ospitare il Deposito Nazionale. I nuovi modelli ottenuti sono stati poi applicati a specifici casi di studio in Italia. Nel contesto italiano, le aree sismicamente attive sono caratterizzate da forze prevalentemente compressive (ad esempio, le Alpi e la Pianura Padana) ed estensionali (ad esempio, gli Appennini). Pertanto, abbiamo scelto di analizzare due scenari coerenti con il contesto italiano, caratterizzando la pericolosità sismica su una faglia inversa e su una faglia normale; questi dovrebbero essere intesi come proof-of-concept dell'applicabilità dei modelli sviluppati nell'ambito di questo progetto di dottorato alla procedura di selezione dei siti.This PhD project stems from the Italian Ministerial Decree No. 106, 2021, concerning PhD programs on green and innovation topics, and involves collaboration between Università degli Studi dell'Insubria and SOGIN S.p.a., the company responsible for locating, designing, building and operating the Italian Radioactive Waste Repository. This study aims to provide useful tools for the assessment of earthquake hazards, for further characterization of low seismicity areas, in the ongoing siting process for the Italian national radioactive waste repository. The construction of this high-risk facility must necessarily be conducted on the Italian territory, according to the European Union requirements, which stipulates that the final disposition of radioactive waste must take place in the member state where it was generated.
The siting process for a high-risk facility is critically important, particularly because such a facility may be vulnerable to various natural hazards. Thorough characterization of these hazards is essential to safeguard the facility functionality and protect the surrounding population. In this study, we focus on analyzing specific phenomena, generally associated with earthquakes, such as earthquake induced environmental effects which can significantly impact and potentially damage infrastructure. They are coseismic effects and can be both primary, such as surface faulting, tectonic uplift and subsidence, and secondary, such as tsunamis, gravitational phenomena, ground cracks, liquefaction and hydrological anomalies. This research aims to make a further contribution to characterizing earthquake hazards, especially related to surface faulting and seismic hazard concerning Earthquake Environmental Effects (EEEs). The two topics are closely related because of their critical importance in the site selection process for high-risk facilities, which requires detailed analysis and focused considerations, as suggested by the International Atomic Energy Agency guidelines. For this purpose, an upgrade of models such as Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis (PFDHA), for surface faulting, and the development of new intensity prediction equations (IPEs) based on the Environmental Seismic Intensity (ESI-07) scale has been performed. The choice to use probabilistic or predictive models is motivated by the reason that they are important tools for analyzing seismic hazards in regions with low seismicity, such as those considered suitable to host the National Repository. The new models obtained, were then applied to specific case studies in Italy. In the Italian context, seismically active areas are characterized by both predominantly compressive (e.g., the Alps and the Po Plain) and extensional forces (e.g., the Apennines). Therefore, we chose to analyze two scenarios consistent with the Italian setting, characterizing the seismic hazard on a reverse fault and a normal fault; these should be intended as a proof-of-concept of the applicability of the models developed within this PhD project to the site selection procedure
Il nesso tra honestum e virtù. L'influenza stoica sulla visione antropologica del De Jure belli ac pacis di Ugo Grozio
No full textThis essay aims to analyse the anthropological vision developed by Hugh Grotius in his De Jure belli ac pacis
(1625), in order to emphasise its ontological-rational foundation, which the author adopts after going beyond
the theological voluntarism still present in his earlier works. Therefore, the relationship between the two peculiar
qualities of mankind, namely the appetitus societatis and recta ratio, has been explored in depth, highlighting
the influence of Stoicism on Grotius’ conception of honestum and virtus
Antropologia e fondazione dello Stato nel De Jure praedae di Ugo Grozio
No full textThis essay aims to reconstruct the contractual model of establishment of State, which
is present at an embryonic stage in Hugo Grotius’ De Jure praedae (1604-1608). In doing
so, it will give particular emphasis to the anthropological assumptions of this contractual
doctrine, taking due account of the strong influence that Calvinist theological
voluntarism still had on the young author at the time when he wrote this commentary
on the right of prey
Parental fitness questioned on the grounds of narcolepsy: Presentation of two cases
No full textWe report two cases of fathers whose parental fitness was questioned during divorce and custody litigation because of narcolepsy type 2 and type 1, respectively. These cases highlighted both the existence of a narcolepsy-related stigma and the need to involve sleep experts in custody assessments when concerns about the parental fitness are related to a sleep disorder, expanding the field of interest of the growing âsleep forensics"
Long Term Feasibility Study of In-field Floating Microbial Fuel Cells for Monitoring Anoxic Wastewater and Energy Harvesting
No full text© Copyright © 2019 Cristiani, Gajda, Greenman, Pizza, Bonelli and Ieropoulos. In the present work different prototypes of floating MFCs have been tested in anoxic water environments of wastewater plants in Italy, over a period of 3 years. Several configurations of horizontal (flat) and vertical (tubular) MFCs were assembled, using low-cost and light-weight materials, such as plastic lunch boxes, polystyrene or wood to keep the systems afloat, and ceramics for the MFCs. Untreated carbon cloth or veil was used for both anode and cathode electrodes. Felt (flat MFCs) or clay (tubular MFCs) was used as the cation-exchange separator. Single flat MFCs generated power up to 12 mW/m2 while a 32 cylindrical MFC stack generated up to 18 mW/m2. The testing lasted for more than 2 years and there was no inoculation other than exposing the MFCs to the denitrification environment. The cathodes of the flat MFCs were spontaneously colonized by algae and plants, and this did not affect the stability of the systems. Natural light increased the power output of the flat MFCs which were smaller than 50 × 50 cm. Diurnal oscillation of temperature and periodic water flow did not significantly affect the performance of the MFCs. The largest flat MFC produced the highest absolute power, although in a disrupted way. A new, simple low-energy remote monitoring system, based on LoRa technology was used for data transmission over distances of >500 m. This is a piece of hardware that could potentially be suitable for remote monitoring as part of a network, as it can be directly powered by the deployed MFCs
PROSES PEMBERSIHAN KITCHEN EQUIPMENT DI DOMINO’S PIZZA SURABAYA
No full textThe purpose of writing this Final Project is to find out the process of
cleaning equipment at Domino's Pizza Surabaya. The author as a kitchen crew at
Domino's Pizza Surabaya made observations of the equipment cleaning process.
From the discussion that the author has described in Chapter III, the author
concludes that the process of cleaning the oven, chiller, freezer equipment at
Domino's Pizza Surabaya is carried out starting from preparing cleaning fluids,
cleaning the body to the process of sanitizing equipment
A practical guide to the pharmacological and behavioral therapy of Narcolepsy
No full textNarcolepsy is a rare, chronic, and disabling central nervous system hypersomnia; two forms can be recognized: narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) and narcolepsy type 2 (NT2). Its etiology is still largely unknown, but studies have reported a strong association between NT1 and HLA, as well as a pathogenic association with the deficiency of cerebrospinal hypocretin-1. Thus, the most reliable pathogenic hypothesis is an autoimmune process destroying hypothalamic hypocretin-producing cells. A definitive cure for narcolepsy is not available to date, and although the research in the field is highly promising, up to now, current treatments have aimed to reduce the symptoms by means of different pharmacological approaches. Moreover, overall narcolepsy symptoms management can also benefit from non-pharmacological approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) and psychosocial interventions to improve the patients' quality of life in both adult and pediatric-affected individuals as well as the well-being of their families. In this review, we summarize the available therapeutic options for narcolepsy, including the pharmacological, behavioral, and psychosocial interventions
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