274 research outputs found
“La frantumazione del modello familiare: luci ed ombre”,
No full textIl progetto, teso alla verifica dei tratti di disciplina applicabili alla famiglia non fondata sul matrimonio e all'analisi dei disegni di legge relativi al vasto fenomeno della convivenza, è stato finanziato dall’Istituto di Studi Politici Pio V di Roma
Rapporti familiari e regolazione: mutamenti e prospettive
No full textI contributi raccolti in questo volume descrivono in varia prospettiva il fenomeno familiare non fondato sul matrimonio. Un terreno impervio sul quale studiosi di aree diverse si sono misurati nella piena libertà di approccio
Is sleep essential for neural plasticity in humans, and how does it affect motor and cognitive recovery?
No full textThere is a general consensus that sleep is strictly linked to memory, learning, and, in general, to the mechanisms of neural plasticity, and that this link may directly affect recovery processes. In fact, a coherent pattern of empirical findings points to beneficial effect of sleep on learning and plastic processes, and changes in synaptic plasticity during wakefulness induce coherent modifications in EEG slow wave cortical topography during subsequent sleep. However, the specific nature of the relation between sleep and synaptic plasticity is not clear yet. We reported findings in line with two models conflicting with respect to the underlying mechanisms, that is, the "synaptic homeostasis hypothesis" and the "consolidation" hypothesis, and some recent results that may reconcile them. Independently from the specific mechanisms involved, sleep loss is associated with detrimental effects on plastic processes at a molecular and electrophysiological level. Finally, we reviewed growing evidence supporting the notion that plasticity-dependent recovery could be improved managing sleep quality, while monitoring EEG during sleep may help to explain how specific rehabilitative paradigms work. We conclude that a better understanding of the sleep-plasticity link could be crucial from a rehabilitative point of view. © 2013 Maurizio Gorgoni et al
La polpa e l'osso: scritti di Manlio Rossi Doria su agricoltura risorse naturali e ambiente
No full textThe article is the introduction to the volume edited by the author with the same title on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of Manlio Rossi-Doria. The volume is a collection of selected writings published between 1929 and 1986 divided in four thematic sections: agronomic modernization, land amelioration, natural disasters and human action, ecology and energy. Prevailing contents by sections are as follows:first, land management, pasture improvement, soil protection, upland and lowland integration; second, land reclamation and land tenure; third, natural and man made disasters and related policies; fourth, ecology, energy sources, including nuclear, and related policy issues. After presenting the structure of the selection, an overview of selected writings emphasizes the continuity of Manlio Rossi-Doria committment with agriculture environment natural resources and related policie
Stay Human. The quest for Responsibility in the Algorithmic Society
No full textAbstract: recent developments of Artificial Intelligence based on machine learning techniques through Big Data raise multiple ethical and legal concerns, all of which ultimately do turn around the issues of responsibility, which is increasingly invoked not as a remedy but as a character which shall shape the whole development process of AI as well as its functioning. The characters of AI, taken in its technical and social role, challenge some established ideas related to human agency, namely responsibility. Recently two scholars like Jack Balkin (director of the Yale Information Society Project he founded on 1997) and Frank Pasquale (author of The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information, 2015) proposed “new laws of robotics for the Algorithmic Society” inspired to Isaac Asimov’s ones, but targeting the human agents behind the development and the use of AI. On the other side, Responsible Research and Innovation model has been proposed as a model for the responsible development of AI. Whilst the reference to responsibility is appealing, nevertheless the inflation of its disparate usages may obscure the meaning associated with it. This article wants to contribute to the understanding of the issues behind the idea of preserving the human character of responsibility when confronted to the risks of its dissolution induced by the increasingly relevant roles played by AI in our societies
Case report: Recurrent nocturnal awakenings in cluster headache: a different type of ghost attack
No full textIntroductionCluster headache (CH) is a trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia characterized by attacks of severe unilateral pain associated with ipsilateral autonomic symptoms. Cluster headache attacks exhibit nocturnal predilection, and sleep disorders could be the first manifestation of an incipient cluster period. Sleep alterations in cluster headache patients may reflect the pivotal role of the hypothalamus, which is crucially involved in the pathophysiology of this primary headache. We describe the case of a patient affected by episodic cluster headache who experienced a sleep disorder after starting therapy with verapamil. Case presentationA 47-year-old man was affected by episodic cluster headache, characterized by attacks of excruciating pain in the left orbital and temporal regions, associated with prominent ipsilateral vegetative symptoms. Headaches occurred during the night, with one or two nocturnal attacks appearing at 11.30-12 p.m. and 4-4.30 a.m. Preventive treatment with verapamil was started, with immediate pain relief. Later, he experienced consecutive nocturnal awakenings for a couple of weeks, always at the same time, without any pain or autonomic symptoms. He was not agitated and did not need to get out of bed; after the awakenings, he reported sleep disturbances with vivid dreams. Discussion and conclusionThis case represents the first description of recurrent cyclic nocturnal awakenings, without pain and autonomic symptoms, in a patient with episodic cluster headache during the active phase of a cluster bout. Nocturnal awakenings, started after the introduction of effective preventive therapy, might be an unusual form of "ghost attacks." After the beginning of prophylactic therapy, patients often describe mild pain or localized pressure in the same localization of CH attack. Similarly, the appearance of sleep disturbances, without any pain or vegetative symptoms, should be regarded as a warning sign of a still active cluster bout. Since these manifestations may influence therapeutic management, they should be carefully investigated
Geochemical and petrographic characterization of “rosso antico” and other white-grey marbles of Mani (Greece).
No full textLa rabbia nel mantenimento del legame affettivo
No full textQuesto breve intervento vuole mettere in evidenza alcuni processi osservabili nei legami conflittuali in cui lo “stare insieme” ed il “separarsi “ appaiono due poli tra cui la coppia oscilla nel mantenimento della relazione. Il litigio può sfociare in episodi di violenza ove la rabbia espressa invece che portare alla rottura del legame ne determina il mantenimento. L’osservazione di questi processi necessita nel professionista l’assunzione di una posizione terza in modo tale da poter cogliere non la responsabilità o la colpa dei contendenti ma “in che modo” essi stessi partecipano alla creazione e mantenimento della transazione
The objective assessment of sleep in cluster headache: State of the art and future directions
No full text: Several lines of evidence suggest that cluster headache is related to chronobiology and sleep. Nevertheless, the nature of such a relationship is unclear. In this view, the objective evaluation of sleep in cluster headache has strong theoretical and clinical relevance. Here, we provide an in-depth narrative review of the literature on objective sleep assessment in cluster headache. We found that only a small number of studies (N = 12) focused on this topic. The key research aims were directed to assess: (a) the relationship between cluster headache and sleep breathing disorders; (b) the temporal relationship between sleep stages/events and cluster headache attacks; (c) sleep macrostructure in patients with cluster headache. No studies considered sleep microstructure. The reviewed studies are heterogeneous, conducted by a few research groups, and often characterised by relevant methodological flaws. Results are substantially inconclusive considering the main hypothesis. We outline several methodological points that should be considered for future research, and suggest that evaluating sleep microstructure, local sleep electrophysiology and actigraphic measures may strongly increase knowledge on the relationship between sleep and cluster headache
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