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LEARDO E' RE - UNA COMMEDIA ANGLO-ROMAGNOLA
No full textSi tratta di uno spettacolo teatrale a più mani, e come tale depositato in formato cartaceo alla SIAE, che riambienta ai tempi nostri la famosissima opera di Shakespeare "Re Lear": soggetto a cura di Mantegazza T.; stesura a cura di NADIANI G. anche mediante la traduzione di passi da Shakespeare; drammaturgia a cura di Pizzol GP.
Che dire di Tinin Mantegazza che ha attraversato la cultura italiana dagli anni ’50 in poi come umorista con disegni, vignette, dipinti , come teatrante con la creazione di pupazzi e personaggi, come regista e autore televisivo con programmi , striscie , cartoon e infine come sperimentatore di linguaggi fin dal cabaret ’64 nella Milano di Gaber, Dario Fo, Cochi e Renato?
Oggi questo poliedrico artista sospeso tra poesia e umorismo, innamorato del mare adriatico e della Romagna, ha deciso di lanciare un’ altra sfida alla cultura teatrale: uno Shakespeare in dialetto romagnolo.
E qui il testimone passa a Giovanni Nadiani, pluripremiato poeta e scrittore che trova nel dialetto la fonte ispiratrice di molte sue opere seguendo idealmente la scia di Guerra, Baldini, Pedretti e di altri poeti contemporanei capaci di sposare la lirica alla lingua popolare, ai fatti e misfatti quotidiani e anche alle lingue straniere, in questo caso l’inglese del Bardo britannico.
Ma passare dal testo alla scena e proporre un’ opera capace di parlare anche a coloro che non hanno dimestichezza con il dialetto mescolando sapientemente l’italiano all’ anglo-romagnolo, è una impresa che solo un commediante può arrischiare. Così ecco spuntare il mestiere di GiampieroPizzol, comico di Zelig, attore e autore di personaggi e di commedie popolari che celebrano la Romagna nelle sue più surreali, malinconiche, divertentissime sfaccettature.
Così la tragedia del Re Lear, a detta di molti critici la più possente e compiuta di tutta l’ opera di Shakespeare, trova nuovi interpreti e si nutre delle tragicomiche vicende di uno dei tanti anziani solitari, abbandonati dalla famiglia e privati della casa che vivono nei Bar e raccontano di figlie traditrici , di fughe dai ricoveri e di mille altre vicende, reali o surreali, vere o solo immaginate.
In tal modo la storia si intreccia con quella della Riviera romagnola attraversata prima dalla guerra e poi dalle orde di turisti, passata dalla miseria alla ricchezza, dalla civiltà tradizionale al consumismo
moderno, dalla azienda familiare alle altre attività frenetiche del moderno mondo degli affari.
Questo Re è uno dei tanti piccoli imprenditori romagnoli che ha creato il suo regno di possedimenti: hotel, negozi, ristoranti, appartamenti. Ma il tempo trascorre inesorabilmente e le proprietà passano alle nuove generazioni che hanno un’ altra visone del mondo e soprattutto non hanno nessuna intenzione di mantere in casa un vecchio padre inasprito dall’ età e legato a una mentalità sorpassata.
Ma il Re non è solo, attorno a lui c’ è tutta una corte di personaggi che arricchiscono la fauna teatrale dell’ opera e trasformano la tragedia in commedia: l’ estro di Giampiero Bartolini dà vita a figure maschili e femminili, a buffoni di corte e avvocati di cause sballate, mentre la verve di Teodoro Bonci del Bene, primo diplomato italiano alla Scuola d’ Arte Drammatica di Mosca, e quindi fresco di classicità, tira le fila della trama shakespeariana della vicenda che si sovrappone teatralmente alla vita. Le musiche originali di Marco Versari contribuiscono a questa alternanza di climi proiettando la vicenda con la velocità del vento attraverso interi secoli di storia, accennando temi e stili e facendo affiorare alla memoria brani conosciuti e rumori di ambienti vissuti oppure scatenando i ritmi dei balli popolari e delle canzoni del dopoguerra anglo romagnolo.
Solo la regia di Angelo Generali, bolognese di provata esperienza ed elaboratore di testi popolari, può imbrigliare dei simili purosangue romagnoli e guidarli al galoppo sulla pista di questo circo della vita e della morte, alternando il del..
COVID-19, an Opportunity for Developing Countries?
No full textThe COVID-19 outbreak was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as global pandemic in March 2020. Considering the necessity to implement rapid response to control the pandemic and the fragility and the state of need of low income countries, it will be mandatory to develop a global approach in order to reduce the spread of infection and the creation of community viral reservoirs. So far, we could hypothesize a worst case scenario in which when the COVID-19 outbreak hits a peak in Africa and in low-income countries, the majority of such countries will be unprepared, with low resources allocated for affording the viral emergency and the consequences will be catastrophic with no lesson learnt. In the best case scenario, the COVID-19 will not affect Africa or South America on a large scale and, if the prevention measures will be implemented, we could register a lower incidence of hygiene linked diseases that still represent leading causes of death
MeSH term explosion and author rank improve expert recommendations
No full textInformation overload is an often-cited phenomenon that reduces the productivity, efficiency and efficacy of scientists. One challenge for scientists is to find appropriate collaborators in their research. The literature describes various solutions to the problem of expertise location, but most current approaches do not appear to be very suitable for expert recommendations in biomedical research. In this study, we present the development and initial evaluation of a vector space model-based algorithm to calculate researcher similarity using four inputs: 1) MeSH terms of publications; 2) MeSH terms and author rank; 3) exploded MeSH terms; and 4) exploded MeSH terms and author rank. We developed and evaluated the algorithm using a data set of 17,525 authors and their 22,542 papers. On average, our algorithms correctly predicted 2.5 of the top 5/10 coauthors of individual scientists. Exploded MeSH and author rank outperformed all other algorithms in accuracy, followed closely by MeSH and author rank. Our results show that the accuracy of MeSH term-based matching can be enhanced with other metadata such as author rank
An Adaptation and Validation Study of the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) in Italian Normal-Hearing Children
No full textThis study aimed to translate and adapt the English version of the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ) for children and for parents into the Italian language; validate SSQ for hearing children and their parents; and evaluate the discriminant validity of the instrument. A group of 102 normal-hearing Italian children, aged between 9 and 16 years, and their parents were included in this study. A group of 31 parents of normal-hearing Italian children aged between 6 and 8 years was also included. A group of 57 hearing-impaired Italian children aged between 9 and 16 years, and their parents were also included, as well as a group of 30 parents of hearing-impaired Italian children aged between 6 and 8 years. Cronbach’s alpha in the SSQ for parents was 0.92; it was 0.95 in the SSQ for children. Guttmann’s split-half coefficient in SSQ for children for both λ4 and λ6 was 0.98; in SSQ for parents in λ4 was 0.96 and λ6 was 0.95. These data provide evidence for the discriminant validity of the SSQ scale (p-value < 0.001). Italian SSQ scales for children and for parents are now available
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
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
Effect of Magnesium Supplementation on Inflammatory Parameters: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
No full textMagnesium (Mg) may have several beneficial effects on human health outcomes. One hypothesized mechanism eliciting such effects is the action of Mg on serum inflammatory parameters. However, studies on this topic to date have several important limitations. Therefore, the present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to summarize the current state of the art of all randomized control trials (RCTs) investigating the effects of Mg supplementation versus placebo on serum parameters of inflammation. We searched several databases until 23rd November 2021 for RCTs. Eligible studies were RCTs investigating the effect of oral Mg supplementation vs. placebo and having serum inflammatory markers as an outcome. Among 2484 papers initially screened, 17 randomized controlled trials (889 participants; mean age: 46 years; females: 62.5%) were included. Generally, a low risk of bias was present. In meta-analysis, Mg supplementation significantly decreased serum C reactive protein (CRP) and increased nitric oxide (NO) levels. In descriptive findings, Mg supplementation significantly reduced plasma fibrinogen, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase type 5, tumor necrosis factor-ligand superfamily member 13B, ST2 protein, and IL-1. In conclusion, Mg supplementation may significantly reduce different human inflammatory markers, in particular serum CRP and NO levels. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
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