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DNA barcoding and faunistic criteria for a revised taxonomy of Italian Ephemeroptera
No full textThis is the published paper:
Tenchini R, Cardoni S, Piredda R, Simeone MC, Belfiore C (2018) DNA barcoding and faunistic criteria for a revised taxonomy of Italian Ephemeroptera. European Journal of zoology 85, 254-267. DOI:10.1080/24750263.2018.148073
Rovine e macerie. Permanenze e rimozioni dell’identità coloniale nel cinema italiano dal secondo dopoguerra alle migrazioni contemporanee
No full textTra la fine degli anni Ottanta e l’inizio degli anni Novanta del secolo scorso, in ritardo rispetto ad altri Paesi occidentali, l’Italia vede finalmente emergere una memoria postcoloniale in letteratura e nel dibattito culturale, grazie a scrittori e intellettuali italiani e delle ex colonie. Prima di allora la memoria del colonialismo italiano era rimasta sullo sfondo dei discorsi politici e della riflessione pubblica, tanto che si parla di rimozione o cancellazione della storia coloniale. In realtà negli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta si sviluppa una ragguardevole produzione di film coloniali, che tuttavia tende a perpetrare l’idea di un “colonialismo buono”, in cui lo spazio dedicato alla descrizione del nemico (africano, tedesco o inglese, in base al periodo storico rievocato) è limitato o funzionale alla sottolineatura dell’eroismo nazionale. Tra le pieghe di una produzione retorica e spesso storicamente inesatta, emergono tuttavia film che affrontano il tema in maniera diversa, subendo, forse proprio per questo, un ostracismo produttivo e distributivo che è indicatore, a sua volta, di un processo tutt’altro che pacificato di (ri)costruzione memoriale e identitaria. Gli studi mediali, inoltre, soprattutto i più recenti, mettono in evidenza come, se effettivamente il tema del colonialismo non sia tuttora preponderante nella produzione filmica nazionale, siano visibili rimandi a quell’esperienza e all’ideologia a essa sottesa. Si potrebbe allora parlare di “risignificazione” per identificare la riscrittura di stereotipi radicati nelle coscienze degli italiani e inerenti il passato, pensando all’esperienza coloniale come a un archivio, a un serbatoio dal quale attingere, in maniera più o meno conscia, temi, pratiche, immagini. È in quest’ottica che, per esempio, si sono letti i riferimenti al colonialismo fascista in film d’autore come "L’eclisse" (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962), il retaggio coloniale nella raffigurazione della donna nera nel cinema italiano (erotico soprattutto) degli anni Settanta, nonché, più recentemente, la perpetuazione di logiche di superiorità/subalternità in opere che rappresentano in forma stereotipata il migrante africano. Alla luce di questo quadro, il saggio indaga la funzione del cinema nei processi di rielaborazione memoriale dell’esperienza coloniale italiana e di costruzione dell’identità post-coloniale: da un lato, prendendo in considerazione film “scomodi” che hanno tentato di raccontare il colonialismo italiano al di fuori della retorica dominante ( "Violenza segreta", Giorgio Moser, 1963, e "Tempo di uccidere", Giuliano Montaldo, 1989) e, dall’altro, rintracciare le “irruzioni fantasma”, entro il tessuto narrativo di alcuni esempi significativi del cinema contemporaneo, di personaggi e situazioni che sembrano alludere alla nostra storia coloniale e ai processi di rielaborazione memoriale di cui è stata oggetto
MAZZUCCO C., "E fui fatta maschio". La donna nel Cristianesimo primitivo (secoli I-III), Firenze 1989
No full textReady-to-eat roasted suckling piglet (Porcheddu): An innovative process for a sardinian traditional dish
No full textRoasted piglet (Porcheddu) is one of the most appreciated traditional Sardinian dishes obtained from suckling animals slaughtered at 8-12 kg of body weight (BW). The traditional cooking method is time-consuming; this dish is eaten only when there is enough time for its preparation (cooking time of about 2 h). The Porcheddu is appreciated by both local and foreign consumers and there is also an increasing interest, for this traditional dish, by extra regional consumers and markets. Actually, since the occurrence of African swine fever (ASF), the trade of pigs and pig meat products is not permitted from Sardinia. The Council Directive 2002/99/EC provided a derogation for states member to authorize the production, processing and distribution of products of animal origin when a Heat treatment at a minimum temperature of 80°C, which must be reached throughout the meat is applied. The overall framework of this study was to evaluate an innovative process to obtain a traditional dish the Porcheddu suitable to achieve extra-regional markets and meet the demand of modern consumers and to assess the effect of carcass weight on the processing yield of suckling piglets, thermally treated, to obtain a ready-to-eat roast dish
Validity and reliability of the Palliative Care Transition Measure for Caregivers (PCTM-C)
No full textObjective. Patients suffering from advanced disease face different care transitions. The transition from acute to palliative care is challenging and may lead to the discontinuity of care.
Family caregivers become important sources of information, as patients begin to experience difficulties in coping with emotional transition events. The Care Transition Measure was
developed to evaluate care transitions as experienced by the elderly. It has never been used in palliative care. The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of a modified
version of the Palliative Care Transition Measure, specifically the Palliative Care Transition Measure for Caregivers (PCTM-C). Method. The study included two main phases. Phase I focused on the construction of a modified version of the Palliative Care Transition Measure through two focus groups and
by computing the content validity index. Phase II focused on testing the psychometric
properties of the PCTM-C on 272 family caregivers through confirmatory factor analysis.
Result. The content validity index for each of the items was higher than 0.80, whereas that for
the scale was 0.95. The model tested with confirmatory factor analysis fitted the data well and
confirmed that the transition measures referred to communication, integrated care and a
trusting-relationship, and therefore the core dimensions of continuity according to existing
conceptual models. The internal consistency was high (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.94).
Significance of results. The PCTM-C proved to be a suitable measure of the quality of such
transitions. It may be used in clinical practice as a continuity quality indicator and has the
potential to guide interventions to enhance family caregivers’ experience of care continuit
Fidelis enim amicus medicamentum est vitae et inmortalitatis gratia (Ambr. off. 3,129)
No full textAmbrogio di Milano nel De officiis sviluppa il concetto di amicizia in senso cristiano. Il Padre della Chiesa rielabora i principi filosofici classici, presenti nel De officiis e nel Laelius ciceroniani, alla luce delle Sacre Scritture, in particolare del Siracide
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
BUILDING STORIES FROM BEHIND A SCREEN: MANAGING THE DESIGN OF STORY-BASED STRATEGIES REMOTELY
No full textIn the contemporary mediascape, storytelling emerges as a strategic asset in several fields, resulting
in what Fisher [1] defined the ‘narrative paradigm’: the aptitude of people in communicating via
storytelling and comprehending social interaction through a narrative logic. Relying on the ability of
narrative to trigger emotions, memories, engagement and action taking, we have explored the role of
design in developing narrative systems that are capable of creating an impact on real life.
The focus of this article is work conducted by the ImagisLab research group (Department of Design,
Politecnico di Milano) that aimed at activating processes of co-design, participatory video and
collaborative story construction in which the distribution of story-based strategies allows stakeholders
to interpret and participate in the narratives with which we are all surrounded. Throughout the paper
we will refer to the ongoing project ACTS—A Chance Through Sport, that involves a prison inmate
population, prison officers and public audience.
As the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted both research and design practice, we aim to elaborate on
the ongoing project ACTS, offering some reflections on how we should maintain and integrate the
applied processes, tools and platforms within the story-design field, into day-to-day work in the postpandemic
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