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Il profilo filosofico e culturale di un metafisico neoclassico. A proposito di "Il filosofo e la fede. Il cristianesimo ‘moderno’ di Gustavo Bontadini" di Leonardo Messinese
No full textThis paper examines Leonardo Messinese’s volume, Il filosofo e la fede. Il cristianesimo ‘moderno’ di Gustavo Bon-tadini. From the book emerges a philosophical portrait of the Milanese thinker useful to understand the fun-damental points of his theoretical proposal: neoclassical metaphysics, brought out by the Author in relation to the dispute with Emanuele Severino. Some lesser-known cultural, civil and political aspects of Bontadini’s intellectual biography are also exposed. The intent of the volume is to spread a greater knowledge of the fig-ure of Bontadini within Italian philosophical culture, particularly that of Catholic inspiration
Rheumatic disease management in the Campania region of Italy during the COVID‐19 pandemic
No full textAI-aesthetics and the artificial author
No full textConsider this scenario: you discover that an artwork you greatly admire, or a captivating novel that deeply moved you, is in fact the product of artificial intelligence, not a human’s work. Would your aesthetic judgment shift? Would you perceive the work differently? If so, why? The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) in the realm of art has sparked numerous philosophical questions related to the authorship and artistic intent behind AI-generated works. This paper explores the debate between viewing AI as a tool employed by human artists and perceiving AI as a new form of artistic expression with minimal human involvement. While we often seek a human mind behind certain artworks, we may still appreciate and engage with works that lack this element but have aesthetic value nonetheless. The paper also considers the traditional concept of “implied author”, suggesting that readers or artwork viewers might construct an authorial presence from the work itself, regardless of its actual origin. It will be finally suggested how AI-generated art might change our perceptions of human authorship itself
A SICILIAN AUTHOR OF ACCOUNTING: EMANUELE PISANI AND HIS "STATHMOGRAPHY"
No full textThe paper intends to present the accounting method 'invented' by Emanuele Pisani,
the most relevant Sicilian author of the second half of the XIX century. His method was called "Stathmography" and it can be considered the "middle point" between the
"personalistic" approach to accounts - that dominated the scene with Cerboni's work and the "materialistic" approach - that was introduced by Crippa and continued by Besta.
Although its premises originated with previous authors, his idea was founded upon a new theoretical basis that was the first step to the greater development of the following accounting thought. Considering the importance of the context. A cross-fertilisation will be made within the contents of accounting and the context in which it operated, so a "cross-disciplinary" perspective will be adopted. In pursuing this aim, this paper seeks to explain how this method worked, what kind of implications it had and how the context
influenced its ideas. The author will also be considered in his local mainstream of
thought: the "Scuola Palermitana" from past times (Flori, 1636) up until contemporary
and present day developments
Giustizia e crimine nel Mantovano del tardo Settecento
No full textJustice and Crime in Late Eighteenth-Century Mantua
This essays starts with a general survey of the radical reforms of justice
carried out in Austrian Lombardy during the reign of Joseph II, including
the restructuring of courts and the adoption of a new regulation for
criminal trials (the Norma interinale del processo criminale, published in
1786). It then focuses on the functions and activities of the Appellation
and other Courts in the province of Mantua, a territory comprising
218.000 inhabitants. On the basis of rich archival sources, the author
depicts the range of crimes brought to trials and of the punishments inflicted;
he also illustrates the working of criminal procedure in a short,
but eventful stretch of time (1789-1796). The analysis of individual
criminal cases and of the statistical tables periodically drawn up by judges
directs our attention to the underlying social and economic problems,
magnified by the difficulties of the time both in Lombardy and in Europe
as a whole. Offenses against property tend to grow in number; they
are usually committed by poor peasants, handworkers or vagrants and
are invariably dealt harsh sentences; begging is more and more widespread,
violence is rife in families and communities; riots are not infrequent,
especially against Jewish minorities. In spite of the shortage in
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bureaucratic and police personnel, the Mantual magistracy swiftly deals
with a growing number of trials (thousands of trials in a few years) and
succeeds in coping with crime repression without giving up respect for
procedure and for the basic rights of defendant
CORRELATION BETWEEN NAILFOLD VIDEOCAPILLAROSCOPY PATTERNS, LEFT VENTRICLE DYSFUNCTION AND PULMONARY DISEASE IN SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS,
No full textBackground: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a multisystem connective disease characterized by a microvascular damage, which leads to systemic fibrosis, immune dysregulation and progressive involvement of internal organs [1].
According to the classification of the morphological aspects, into the scleroderma pattern proposed by Cutolo et al. are described the early, active and late patterns.
Objectives: The aim of our study is thus to report a correlation between specific nailfold videocapillaroscopy pattern and internal organ involvement.
Methods: All enrolled patients were diagnosed for SSc, according to the American College of Rheumatology criteria and underwent an echocardiographic examination and a nailfold videocapillaroscopy.
Myocardial function parameters considered were: global contractility (computed with the Simpson method), linear contractility (computed through the MAPSE) [2], diastolic dysfunction (through the analysis of the trans-mitral flow) [3]; whilst those of lung damage were: PAPs and the evaluation of the right ventricle contractility through the TAPSE [4].
Statistics were performed with SPSS 20 software, by using the Mann Whitney U Test and the Fisher Test.
Results: We enrolled 27 patients, of which 16 showing “active pattern” and 11 “early pattern”, compared to a group of 21 healthy controls.
Of the 11 patients belonging to the “early” group, 1 resulted affected by diastolic dysfunction, whilst 3 had pulmonary hypertension, defined by PAPs ≥40 mmHg [4] (early vs controls; p=0.03). In the 16 patients of the “active” group. instead, 5 were found to have a diastolic dysfunction (active vs controls; p=0.01) and 6 pulmonary hypertension (active vs controls; p=0.003). In the group with “active” pattern we also observed a reduction in TAPSE compared to the control group (2,0 ± 0,2 vs 2,2 ± 0,2; p=0,025) and compared to the group with early pattern (2,0 ± 0,2 vs 2,2 ± 0,3; p=0,07).
No presence of modifications in the global contractility emerged; however, we observed a progressive reduction of the MAPSE (controls 1.76 ± 0,08; early 1.57 ± 0,04; active 1.49 ± 0,12), which resulted statistically significant among the different comparisons (controls vs early p=0.001; controls vs active p=0.0001; early vs active p=0.04).
Conclusion: The analyses showed a strict correlation between the severity of the microvascoular alterations, reported by nailfold videocapilloroscopy, and the severity of the cardiopulmonary damage, expressed by an increase in the percentage of pulmonary hypertension, diastolic dysfunction and a progressive reduction of MAPSE and TAPSE.
Abstract AB1155 Table 1
early vs controls
EARLY CONTROLS P
PAPs 32,3 ± 5,4 22,6 ± 6,7 0,0001
TAPSE 2,2 ± 0,3 2,2 ± 0,2 NS
MAPSE 1,57 ± 0,04 1,76 ± 0,08 0,0001
EF 65 ± 4 64 ± 2,7 NS
E/A 1,34 ± 0,2 1,38 ± 0,19 NS
DECT 148 ± 23 163 ± 27 NS
Diastolic dysfunction 1(11) 0(21) 0,3
Pulmonary hypertension 3(11) 0(21) 0,03
Abstract AB1155 Table 2
active vs controls
ACTIVE CONTROLS P
PAPs 34 ± 7,8 22,6 ± 6,7 0,0001
TAPSE 2,0 ± 0,2 2,2 ± 0,2 0,025
MAPSE 1,49 ± 0,12 1,76 ± 0,08 0,0001
EF 65 ± 4 64 ± 2,7 NS
E/A 1,34 ± 0,4 1,38 ± 0,19 NS
DECT 157 ± 24 163 ± 27 NS
Diastolic dysfunction 5(16) 0(21) 0,01
Pulmonary hypertension 6(16) 0(21) 0,003
REFERENCES:
[1] LeRoy EC. Systemic sclerosis. A vascular perspective. Rheum Dis Clin North Am.
[2] Ibadete Bytci, Left atrial change in early stages of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Echocardiography
[3] Sherif F. Recommendations for the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function by Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
[4] Luke S. Howard, Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension: standard operating procedure. European Respiratory Revie
Transmitter optimization and theoretical bounds for dispersion-limited optical fiber links
No full textEmanuele Trevi: testimonianza e iniziazione
No full textIn questo studio l’opera di Emanuele Trevi viene analizzata dalla prima alla più recente pubblicazione. La ricerca si articola in cinque capitoli: il primo, partendo dalla riflessione su due celebri saggi dell’autore, propone una panoramica sui temi fondamentali dell’intera opera; gli altri capitoli, prendendo in analisi quattro delle più note opere di narrativa, tenteranno di fare luce sulla poetica dell’autore. Da queste pagine emergerà con chiarezza la prospettiva di Trevi sulla letteratura come autentico viaggio iniziatico: questo tema fondamentale ritornerà in ogni capitolo come un filo rosso che attraversa l’intera sua opera dal 1994 a oggi. - In this study the work of Emanuele Trevi is analysed from the first to the most recent publication. The research is divided into five chapters: the first, starting from the reflection on two famous essays by the author, offers an overview of the fundamental themes of the whole work; the other chapters, taking in analysis four of the most well-known works of fiction, will try to shed light on the author’s poetics. From these pages will emerge clearly the perspective of Trevi on literature as an authentic journey of initiation: this fundamental theme will return in each chapter as a red thread that runs through his entire work from 1994 to today
Un discurso académico de Emanuele Tesauro: el juicio
No full textIn this study the authors present and comment a brief text of Italian writer
Emanuele Tesauro, one of the main erudites of the European Baroque Age.
Jesuit priest, diplomat and Rhetoric professor, Tesauro is an outstanding
figure of the XVIIth Century Rhetoric. The panegyric Il giudicio, an academic
speech of this author, approaches lucidly and clearly the analysis of two
oratory speech styles: the colloquial and the sublime, evaluating in both
cases their particular beauty and persuasive force.Se presenta y comenta aquí un breve texto del italiano Emanuele Tesauro,
uno de los más grandes tratadistas del Barroco europeo. Escritor, religioso,
diplomático y profesor de retórica, Tesauro es una figura central para comprender
la retórica del siglo XVII. El panegírico Il giudicio, un discurso
académico del autor, aborda con lucidez y claridad el análisis de dos estilos
de discurso oratorio: el familiar y el majestuoso, evaluando en ambos casos
su peculiar belleza y eficacia persuasiva
Ventimiglia 2015: a visual story by Emanuele Giacopetti
No full textThis story created by Emanuele Giacopetti was initially published as "La Bolla" by Graphic News at https://www.graphic-news.com/stories/la-bolla-of-ventimiglia. We reproduce this visual novel as it provides a good understanding of the living conditions of migrant people in Ventimiglia. This content can be shared and adapted under the licence defined by the initial author, that is a Creative Commons Attribu..
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