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The Postpartum Depression and Maternal Mental Health Oral History Project
No full textInterview with Margaret Spinelli, an author and psychiatrist at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. Spinelli discusses her background in nursing, founding the women's mental heath program at Columbia, her research on antepartum and postpartum depression and psychotherapy, her experience with neonaticide cases, and her book
Pressione del turismo sulle coste: una valutazione virtuale delle aree del turismo giornaliero
No full textL'articolo studia il potenziale carico del turismo giornaliero sulle coste mediterranee per mezzo di un'applicazione GIS che tiene conto della distanza dal mare, della presenza di collegamenti stradali, della composizione demografica (età, titolo di studio)
The impact of daily tourism on Environment and sustainability: the case of the North Western Mediterranean Arc
No full textThe paper deals with daily tourism along the Mediterrenean arc. It shows an evaluation of the phenomena through a GIS application which identifies inland catchment areas of daily tourism and potential visitors quantities
Successful cyclosporine treatment in a case of amicrobial pustulosis associated with immunological abnormalities
No full textAmicrobial pustulosis associated with autoimmune diseases (APAD) is a clinical entity which was described only recently and few cases are reported in the literature. This condition is characterized by recurrent acute onset with pustular lesions predominantly involving skin folds, genitals, scalp and external auditory canals of young women. The etiopathogenesis of APAD is unknown and the most effective therapeutic treatment seems to be systemic corticosteroids. We describe the case of a 16-year old female patient suffering from APAD successfully treated with cyclosporine A
Altiero Spinelli and the Idea of the US Constitution as a Model for Europe: The Promises and Pitfalls of an Analogy
No full textAltiero Spinelli believed European integration needed to draw inspiration from the US constitutional founding. The article uses Spinelli's analogy to assess how useful it is to compare the predicament of European integration with US constitutional politics. The analysis reveals both how Spinelli exaggerated the extent to which the US Constitution established and delimited federal political authority once and for all as well the way in which, despite its functionalist non-constitutional origins, the EU has experienced its own brand of constitutional politics. The analogy is thus most useful in showing how both polities faced similar tensions over the process of constitutionalism, restraining unit sovereignty and the institutionalization of popular sovereignty at the federal level. Copyright (c) 2009 The Author(s). Journal compilation (c) 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Bezzia (Bezzia) trujilloi Huerta & Spinelli & Grogan Jr 2023, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Bezzia (Bezzia) trujilloi</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 2A–J)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. The only species in the gibbera species group with the following combination of characters: scutal vestiture with setae arising from raised tubercles; 4 large stout prealar setae arising from raised tubercles; fore and mid femora and fore and mid tibiae brown with subapical narrow pale rings; hind femur and tibia dark brown; male sternite 9 with deep, rounded, caudo-median excavation; aedeagus with a pair of membranous lateral lobes on medial portion; parameres with anterolateral plates rounded, distal portion elongate, tip pointed. Female unknown.</p> <p>Head (Fig. 2A). Dark brown, wider than long. Eyes separated by diameter of three ommatidia. Antennal flagellum with proximal 1/3 of flagellomeres 3–13 pale yellow, distal 2/3 darker brown; flagellomeres 2–8 short, vasiform, 9–13 elongated; 10 twice as long as 11; antennal ratio (AR) 1.10; length 1.0 mm. Palpus brown; segment 3 slender, elongate with capitate sensilla, palpal ratio (PR) 2.5; segment 5 slightly stout.</p> <p>Thorax. Dark brown. Scutum densely covered with setae arising from raised tubercles, without anterior tubercle, with 4 elongated stout prealar setae arising from raised tubercles (Fig. 2C); scutellum dark brown, with 4 stout setae (two mesal, two lateral) arising from raised tubercles. Pleura covered with minute setae; anepisternum setose. Legs (Fig. 2D–F): fore and mid femora and fore and mid tibiae brown with subapical, narrow pale bands; hind femur and tibia dark brown; tarsomeres of all legs pale brown; tarsomeres 1 of mid leg and 1–3 of hind legs with row of ventral palisade setae; tarsomeres 5 without ventrolateral setae; claws small, equal size on all legs, slightly curved with basal inner teeth. Wing (Fig. 2B) length 1.42 mm, width 0.40 mm; costal ratio 0.64; membrane pale, anterior veins brown; vein M barely sessile. Halter dark brown.</p> <p>Abdomen. Tergites dark brown, sternites lightly sclerotized. Genitalia (Fig. 2G–J). Tergite 9 short with subapical row of setae; sternite 9 short with very deep, rounded, caudomedian excavation. Gonocoxite stout, globose, 1.3X longer than greatest breadth, with short mesally directed setae. Gonostylus slightly shorter than gonocoxite, curved, with pointed apex. Parameres triangular, long, produced beyond apex of gonocoxite; anterolateral plates heavily sclerotized, rounded, distal portion elongate, tip pointed. Aedeagus triangular, basal arch low; basal arms slender, bilobed, heavily sclerotized anteriorly; median portion with a pair of membranous lateral lobes; distal portion membranous, rounded. Cerci setose, long, extending beyond midportion of gonocoxite.</p> <p> <b>Female</b>. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>HOLOTYPE</b>. Male. <b>MEXICO</b>, <i>Veracruz</i>, Teocelo, Texin, cafetal, 2-sep-2008, CDC trap, CAIM.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Neotropical. Mexico, Veracruz (Fig. 6).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. This new species is dedicated in memory to Dr. Rafael Trujillo López. He was a great friend of the senior author, shared many life lessons that are deeply appreciated.</p> <p> <b>Discussion</b>. <i>Bezzia trujilloi</i> is related to <i>Bezzia gibbera</i>. Characters distinguishing both species are included in the key. This new species is similar to the primarily Nearctic species <i>Bezzia bivittata</i> (Coquillett), which also ranges south to Panama, as well as two Neotropical species: <i>Bezzia globulosa</i> Spinelli & Wirth from Puerto Rico and <i>Bezzia jubata</i> Spinelli & Wirth from Colombia, which the same pattern of pale bands on the fore and middle legs. However, the hind femur with subapical pale band is present in <i>B. bivittata</i> and <i>B. jubata, B. globulosa</i> and <i>trujilloi</i> without pale subapical band. The male genitalia differ in sternite 9 with a deep caudo-median excavation in <i>B</i>. <i>trujilloi</i> and <i>B. globulosa</i>, while in <i>B. bivittata</i> and <i>B. jubata</i> with slight excavation. The parameres with anterolateral plates rounded and lateral portion pointed tip only present in <i>B. trujilloi</i>, in <i>B. bivittata</i>, <i>B. globulosa</i> and <i>B. jubata</i> an irregular shape. In addition, the aedeagus of <i>B</i>. <i>trujilloi</i> with lateral membranous-like lobes in median section, absent in the other species. Another similar species is <i>Bezzia grogani</i> Spinelli & Wirth from Colombia, Mexico and Panama, which has a distinctive setose, dorsomesal lobe on the gonocoxite, which is absent in <i>B. trujilloi</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. & Grogan Jr, William L., 2023, New records of predaceous midges in Bezzia Kieffer and Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth from Mexico with description of two new species of Bezzia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 535-552 in Zootaxa 5323 (4)</i> on pages 540-542, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.4.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8212446">http://zenodo.org/record/8212446</a>
Max Scheler et Altiero Spinelli : une rencontre bienheureuse pour l’Europe ?
No full textAltiero Spinelli (1907-1986) is worldwide renowned as the principal author (with Ernesto Rossi) of the Ventotene Manifesto (1941), whose second edition (1944), prefaced by Eugenio Colorni, is one of the founding documents of the European Union. Less known is the width and depth of Spinelli's thought, not only as a political theorist of supra-national democracy and institutional designer of a possible European Federation but also as a philosopher of civilization and history. While the sources of his federalism have been largely investigated, much less have those of his more comprehensive philosophy. This paper discusses, on a philological basis, the dialogue Spinelli certainly has with some of Max Scheler's writings while going into this dialogue more in-depth, in a philosophical more than philological attitude
Self-sensing nanocomposites in automotive/aeronautic field
No full textCarbon Nanotubes have been incorporated in a resin-based on the bi-functional epoxy precursor diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA). Electrical measurements allowed evaluating the electric percolation curve with a value of electric percolation threshold detected around 0.015% by weight of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). It has been found, by electro-mechanical tests, that the Gauge Factor (G.F.) decreases with increasing the carbon nanotubes percentage. Furthermore, the presence of a residual resistivity allows diagnosing permanent damage in the epoxy matrix. High piezoresistive performance (G.F. = 4.7) of the Carbon Fiber Reinforced Panels (CFRP) coated with the epoxy resin containing 0.1 wt% of MWCNT, has been obtained
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