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Un nota per Clorindo Testa
No full textIn occasione del conferimento Laurea honoris causa all'architetto italo argentino Clorindo Testa, la Facoltà di Architettura Valle Giulia dedica un numero monografico dei Quaderni di Facoltà all'architettoOn the occasion of conferring honorary degree architect Italo-Argentine Clorindo Head, Faculty of Architecture Valle Giulia is dedicating a special issue of Quaderni Faculty architec
* Conferimento della laurea honoris causa in Architettura a Clorindo Testa, importante architetto italo-argentino, da parte dell’Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” – Facoltà di Architettura “Valle Giulia”, in data 3 marzo 2003.
No full text* Conferimento della laurea honoris causa in Architettura a Clorindo Testa, importante architetto italo-argentino, da parte dell’Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” – Facoltà di Architettura “Valle Giulia”, in data 3 marzo 2003.
* Proposta di Francesco Purini, ratificata dal CdF del 26.02.2002 (Verbale n. 4)
Testa, Clorindo, Clorindo, Testa
No full textBreve saggio sulla figura e sull’opera dell’architetto italo-argentino Clorindo Testa
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (attr.), Testa di uomo con berretto
No full textScheda di catalogo: Giuseppe Maria Crespi (attr.), Testa di uomo con berretto, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Gabinetto Disegni e Stamp
Lizzi Testa, Rita & Marconi, Giulia (eds.): The Collectio Avellana and its Revivals. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019, xxxii+650 pp. [ISBN: 978-1-5275-2150-6].
No full text[ES] Reseña del libro Lizzi Testa, Rita & Marconi, Giulia (eds.): The Collectio Avellana and its Revivals
Neurocognitive alterations in obese candidates for bariatric surgery and psychological predictors of successful weight loss
No full textBackground: Neurocognitive alterations have been related to severe obesity, especially in terms of reduced cognitive control and enhanced attention toward food-related stimuli. Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG) is a bariatric surgery promoting weight-loss via physiological, metabolic and behavioral changes. Initial evidence for cognitive improvement after surgery exist, suggesting a resolution of obesity-induced changes in reward functions and cognitive control. However, neurophysiological correlates of these processes are poorly investigated and longitudinal studies are needed in this direction. Despite the positive outcomes of LSG, some patients fail to reach successful post-surgery excessive weight loss (EWL). Possible psychological predictors of post-surgery outcomes have been suggested, although contrasting findings are present and studies investigating multiple psychological predictors are warranted.
Aims: This thesis aims at investigating neurophysiological and behavioral correlates of the alteration in cognitive control and food-related attention in obese candidates for LSG and the possible improvement at 12 months post-surgery. Another aim was to identify multiple psychological predictors of successful weight loss at 12 months post-LSG.
Methods: Cognitive control in presence of food-related stimuli was measured using a modified version of the Simon task, during EEG registration. In the first study, 24 obese candidates for LSG were compared with 28 normal-weight individuals, while in the second study patients were followed up at 12 months post-LSG, with the same measures of food-related cognitive control. In the third study, multiple preoperative psychological predictors of successful EWL % at 12 months post-LSG were assessed in 69 patients. Predictive variables included in the model were psychopathological symptoms, dysfunctional eating attitudes, and impulsivity trait.
Results: In the first study, food-related images interfered with cognitive control in obese individuals as assessed with RTs; ERPs measures showed a prefrontal N1 component higher for food in both groups, indexing early attentional capture of food images. Longer P2 latency and smaller N2 amplitude were present in obese individuals. In the second study, a reduction of food-related interference was found in both RTs and P3 amplitude toward food. ERPs indices of general attention (P2 amplitude) and cognitive control (N2 amplitude) were enhanced after LSG. In the third study, a logistic regression showed that age and attentional impulsivity trait positively predicted successful EWL while anxiety symptoms negatively predicted successful EWL.
Discussion: Attentional bias toward food-stimuli interferes with cognitive control in obese candidates for bariatric surgery. This food-related interference on cognitive control is reduced post-LSG. Neurophysiological indices suggested a reduced cognitive control in obese seeking LSG, which can be enhanced post-surgery. Specifically, enhancement of N2 amplitude in frontal electrodes after surgery may suggest higher recruitment of frontal areas during conflict detection processes post-LSG. In a larger sample of obese seeking LSG, elevated preoperative anxiety symptoms negatively predict successful EWL, possibly suggesting the importance of clinical interventions targeting anxiety in bariatric surgery candidates to possibly avoid post-surgery failures. Moreover, the present results on impulsivity trait suggest that restrictive BS procedure such as LSG may be suitable even in patients with moderate impulsivity traits, possibly helping them to avoid risky eating behaviors such as binge eating
La seconda vita di Cassiodoro e la "Collectio Avellana"
No full textFrom 503 to 537/538 Cassiodorus was a senator and politician in Ravenna.There he pursued a long and prestigious career in the loyal service of the Ostrogothic kings. He gave up politics between 538 and 540, when he was around 55 years old. It is not certain where Cassiodorus resided in the decade 538-549. In 550 he appears as vir religiosus in the retinue of Pope Vigilius who was residing in Constantinople and was debating with Emperor Justinian (the dispute concerning the ‘Three Chapters’). Contrary to the opinion of A. Momigliano and some scholars to date, we assume that Cassiodorus abandoned politics for good around 537/538 and that towards the end of the first phase of the Gothic War the former dignitary of the Ostrogothic kings placed himself under the tutelage of Pope Vigilius: in this way he escaped the reprisals of the Byzantines and Ostrogoths. Cassiodorus had noambitions of reintegration into the ruling elite and became vir religiosus in thepope’s retinue, whose strategy he espoused. He followed Vigilius to Constantinople, not as a fugitive, nor as a prisoner, but as one of pope’s collaborators and supporters. Finally, we suggest that between 545 and 547 Cassiodorus was collecting in Rome the selection of documents that were to become the Collectio Avellana, in the aim of supporting the pope in the dispute of the ‘Three Chapters’ in the East. The Collectio was not intended for publication, and after the return of the defeated pope from Constantinople the Collectio lost interest for its author and was neither updated nor published
Testa femminile S 00663; Testa femminile S 00673; Testa femminile S 00682; Testa femminile S 00684;Testa virile S 00691; Testa di Apollo S 00694.
No full textAnalisi scientifica delle sculture esposte al Palazzo Nuovo dei Musei Capitolini
Levers supporting tariff growth for water services: evidence from a contingent valuation analysis
No full textThe backwardness of the water utilities sector necessitates urgent investment in infrastructure to improve water quality and efficiency in water supply networks. A policy of tariff growth represents the main source to sustain such investments. Therefore, customer engagement in the form of willingness to pay (WTP) is highly desirable by water utilities to obtain social legitimization and support. This study examines the determinants of consumers' WTP for improvement programs for three drinking water issues: quality of water sources, renewal of water mains, and building of new wastewater treatment plants. The study is based on a survey conducted among a sample of 587 customers of a water utility located in the province of Verona in the north of Italy. The contingence valuation method is used to measure WTP. Specifically, an ordinal logistic regression model yields the following significant determinants of WTP: quality of water and services provided, preference for privatization of the water utility, sustainable consumption of water, and some socio-demographic variables. The findings provide interesting insights into the drivers of WTP as well as managerial recommendations for water utilities. In particular, the findings show that water utilities need to improve service and water quality to increase customers' acceptance of tariff growth. In addition, utilities should invest in customer education and communication activities focusing on specific age groups (e.g., older customers) to enhance their WTP. Finally, communication strategies should reinforce the possible role of liberalization and privatization in supporting infrastructure investments
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