26 research outputs found
Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage
No full text• Study of the system: artifact-environment-biota
• Historical-artistic knowledge of cultural heritage (i.e. author, art movement, period of realization, techniques, society and cultural characteristics, socio-economic context, commissioning, financing, interested public)
• History, diagnosis, restoration, maintenance, conservation, valorization, prevention
• Document research
• Book, codex, and manuscript production in its historical context
• Appropriate methodologies and analytical techniques used for the characterization of historical artifacts and evaluation of the conservation state
• Environmental monitoring: assessment of atmospheric pollution and correlated degradation of monuments and historical-artistic sites
• Micro and macroclimatic monitoring in confined areas (i.e. museums, libraries, archives, churches, galleries...)
• Art diagnostics and evaluation of the authentication of art works
• Art market and auction houses
• Experiences in cultural heritage conservation
• Evaluation of the suitability of products for restoration, conservation, and maintenance of works of art
• Information science and cultural heritage: data processing and cataloguing methods
• Virtual re-elaboration and use of historical artifacts and environments
• Study, valorization and digitalization of archive and library heritage
• Environmental context and technical-conservative issues related to historic architecture
• Virtual or traditional conservation, cataloguing and processing of photographs
• Various other topics including education, safeguard, education, legislation, economics, social aspects, management, marketing, interdisciplinarity, internationalization, etc
Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage scientific committee
No full textMain topics of publication:
• Study of the system: artifact-environment-biota
• Historical-artistic knowledge of cultural heritage (i.e. author, art movement, period of realization, techniques, society and cultural characteristics, socio-economic context, commissioning, financing, interested public)
• History, diagnosis, restoration, maintenance, conservation, valorization, prevention
• Document research
• Book, codex, and manuscript production in its historical context
• Appropriate methodologies and analytical techniques used for the characterization of historical artifacts and evaluation of the conservation state
• Environmental monitoring: assessment of atmospheric pollution and correlated degradation of monuments and historical-artistic sites
• Micro and macroclimatic monitoring in confined areas (i.e. museums, libraries, archives, churches, galleries...)
• Art diagnostics and evaluation of the authentication of art works
• Art market and auction houses
• Experiences in cultural heritage conservation
• Evaluation of the suitability of products for restoration, conservation, and maintenance of works of art
• Information science and cultural heritage: data processing and cataloguing methods
• Virtual re-elaboration and use of historical artifacts and environments
• Study, valorization and digitalization of archive and library heritage
• Environmental context and technical-conservative issues related to historic architecture
• Virtual or traditional conservation, cataloguing and processing of photographs
• Various other topics including education, safeguard, education, legislation, economics, social aspects, management, marketing, interdisciplinarity, internationalization, etc
Alla ricerca del Rinascimento
No full textIl mondo post-pandemia ha bisogno di pensatori creativi in tutte le discipline, principalmente nella progettazione e nel design; persone in grado di affrontare sfide complesse e sviluppare soluzioni innovative. Il mondo post-pandemia sarà sempre più caratterizzato dalla prossimità: da un senso metrico spaziale ad uno relazionale, fisico e immateriale, una qualità richiesta a un’organizzazione sociale e territoriale, un diritto individuale e delle comunità che si realizza non solo con la vicinanza fisica, ma sempre più potenziata e integrata da flussi di dati, informazioni, conoscenze.
Big Data, web semantico, gemelli digitali e modelli multidimensionali, simulazioni micro e macro e sistemi per la raccolta, la gestione e l'interpretazione di dati, informazioni e conoscenze non solo indicano nuove forme di lavoro scientifico e professionale per il progetto creativo, ma possono aprire uno scenario anche per le università di nuovi ecosistemi educativi. In tal senso, vista la responsabilità delle università nel processo di formazione del progettista, dei professionisti e dei ricercatori di domani, è necessario chiedersi quali nuovi ambienti educativi e di conoscenza sono già oggi possibili in cui insegnanti, ricercatori, esperti e studenti potranno svolgere le proprie attività, un ambiente in cui gli studenti possano avere l'opportunità di vivere l'università come un sistema aperto ricco di relazioni, denso di esperienze, intenso di conoscenze
The University of the future
No full textThe post-pandemic world needs creative thinkers in all disciplines, mainly in project planning and design; people able to face complex challenges and develop innovative solutions.
The post-pandemic world will be increasingly characterised by proximity: from a measurable spatial sense to a physical and imma- terial relational one, qualities required for a social and territorial organisation, individual and community rights which are created not only through physical proximity, but increasingly strengthened and integrated by flows of data, information and knowledge.
Big Data, the semantic web, digital twinning and multidimensional models, micro- and macro- simulations and systems for the col- lection, management and interpretation of data, information and knowledge not only point towards new modalities of scientific and professional work for creative design, but they can also open a sce- nario for universities of new educational ecosystems.
In this sense, given the responsibility of universities in the process of training the designers, professionals and researchers of tomor- row, it is necessary to ask ourselves what new educational and knowledge environments are already available
today where teachers, researchers, experts and students will be able to perform their activities, an environment in which students can have the opportunity to experience the university as an open system rich in relationships, full of experience and charged with knowledge.
For the area of artistic and design creativity, this goal is also a chal- lenge to build a structured educational and training environment of its own. It is a common belief that creative people have a natural gift, but research and experience have shown that creativity is a skill that can be taught, practised and developed. We as teachers/re- searchers of architecture, design and urban planning have always placed at the centre of education the processes of transmission
of knowledge, skills and abilities characterised by the master/ap- prentice relationship inherited from the tradition of the Academy of Fine Arts, of which we were part, and from the long tradition
of learning through doing, typical of architects until the end of the nineteenth century, which we have combined with the most recent engineering and scientific traditions.In our design courses students are encouraged to develop multiple ideas, to demand verification and criticism, to create an approxi- mate prototype, to discuss it with other students, to analyze it and defend it against criticism, test it and perfect it through a series of iterative explorations, a recursive process of “trial and error”, until reaching a solution that is considered, provisionally, satisfactory, “satisficing” as Herbert Simon would have it. In short, if we want to work towards offering students a creative environment, an innovation-oriented ecosystem to support univer- sity students and alumni in their search to explore, imagine and plan the future of the world, if we want to stimulate and enhance the innovative power of individuals, of young architects, designers, landscape architects and urban planners, we need to imagine, de- sign and build a new physical, digital, scientific/experimental and emotional ecosystem, cooperative and competitive, full of experien- ces and stimuli, supported by social norms, spaces and services, tools and platforms, teachers, experts and tutors that galvanise and animate the most intense collaboration and interaction between peers.
We believe that higher education for creativity and design, and beyond, needs both a culture and a methodology oriented towards knowledge and design skills, and also an open environment in whi- ch connection and collaboration, sharing different visions, knowle- dge and skills are the fundamental traits. The current experience, of apparent distance, has shown us that it is possible to bring peo- ple closer together through digital tools, with which, by integrating face-to-face tools with those of distance education, we can better build and manage the university as a fluid community able to bring together the right mix of diversity of people, knowledge, cultures, with shared intentions and similar values, so that we will be able to train creative, innovative and effective designers necessary for future societies. Professional competition will reside in the ability to innovate, on creativity based on rigorous methods, on “reflective and responsi- ble creativity”, on the ability to operate on both the material and digital dimensions of design and production processes. We must work to create an environment of open learning, a creative envi- ronment capable of helping students to acquire ways of thinking, the cognitive strategies and the skills needed to face ambiguous issues, understand multiple points of view, collaborate between di- sciplines, and imagine and create new solutions.
A cognitive environment capable of nurturing connections, of bringing together students of different backgrounds, of different cultures around design problems of different scales and different domains; a blended research, training and operational environ- ment of experimentation, capable of nourishing itself and enhan- cing all useful tools, from direct master/apprentice interaction to all digital tools, to distance learning platforms, to the semantic web, to procreative and cooperative design and augmented reality
Indocyanine green fluorescence angiography: a new ERAS item
No full textERAS protocol and indocyanine green fluorescence angiography (ICG-FA) represent the new surgical revolution minimizing complications and shortening recovery time in colorectal surgery. As of today, no studies have been published in the literature evaluating the impact of the ICG-FA in the ERAS protocol for the patients suitable for colorectal surgery. The aim of our study was to assess whether the systematic evaluation of intestinal perfusion by ICG-FA could improve patients outcomes when managed with ERAS perioperative protocol, thus reducing surgical complication rate. This is a retrospective case-control study. From March 2014 to April 2017, 182 patients underwent laparoscopic colorectal surgery for benign and malignant diseases. All the patients were enrolled in ERAS protocol. Two groups were created: Group A comprehended 107 patients managed within the ERAS pathway only and Group B comprehended 75 patients managed as well as with ERAS pathway plus the intraoperative assessment of intestinal perfusion with ICG-FA. Two board-certified laparoscopic colorectal surgeons jointly performed all procedures. Six (5.6%) clinically relevant anastomotic leakages (AL) occurred in Group A, while there was none in Group B, demonstrating that ICG-FA integrated in the ERAS protocol can lead to a statistically significant reduction of the AL. Mean operative time between the two groups was not statistically significant. In five cases (6.6%), the demarcation line set by the fluorescence made the surgeon change the resection line previously marked. The prevalence of all other complications did not differ statistically between the two groups. Our study confirms that combination between ICG and ERAS protocol is feasible and safe and reduces the anastomotic leakage, possibly leading to consider ICG-FA as a new ERAS item
Is acidemia at birth a risk factor for functional gastrointestinal disorders?
No full textFunctional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common in early childhood. It has been demonstrated that neonatal acidemia at delivery can lead to significant neonatal morbidity. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between acidemia at birth and the development of FGIDs, as regurgitation, colic, and constipation, in term infants. Term newborns born at the Foggia University Hospital, Italy during the year 2020 were included in the study. As per routine clinical practice, a cord blood gas analysis on a blood sample drawn from the umbilical artery (UA) of each infant immediately after birth was performed, and Apgar score was recorded. One year after birth, each infant’s parents were interviewed through a phone call to investigate development of FGIDs, feeding practices, and morbidities. During the study period, 1574 term newborns met the inclusion criteria. The prevalence of infantile colic, regurgitation, and constipation was higher in infants with low UA pH (colic 51.5% vs. 25.4%, p < 0.001; regurgitation 30.6% vs. 15.2%, p < 0.001; constipation 24.6% vs. 16.0%, p = 0.015), with infants having moderate-severe acidemia facing the highest risk for all the examined FGIDs. In binary logistic regression analyses, UA pH and perinatal antibiotic exposure proved to be independently associated with the later diagnosis of each FGID. Conclusion: Newborns with acidemia at birth appear to face a higher risk of FGIDs in infancy. Avoiding low cord blood pH should continue to be the goal for obstetricians, while enhanced long-term surveillance for infants who experienced birth acidemia should be required
Recurrence following anastomotic leakage after surgery for carcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. a systematic review
No full textBACKGROUND: Esophageal cancer is the ninth most common cancer. The only potentially curative treatment is surgical resection, which unfortunately is still associated with major complications, the most important being anastomotic leakage, currently with an overall rate of up to 26% morbidity. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the relationship between anastomotic leakage and recurrence of disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A literature search was systematically performed. Seven out of 312 articles dated between 2009 and 2018 fulfilled the selection for a total of 5,433 patients. RESULTS: The frequency of anastomotic leakage ranged from 7.2 to 11.2%. Patients affected by anastomotic leakage had a recurrence rate of 9-56%. CONCLUSION: Closer follow-up or even more aggressive oncological therapy should be considered for patients affected by anastomotic leakage after surgery for carcinoma of the distal esophagus and gastroesophageal junction
Outcomes of oesophagectomy for carcinoma: one institution experience and analysis of 126 patients
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