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Abilitazione e riabilitazione cognitiva in una prospettiva “life span”.
No full textIntroduzione
Santo Di Nuovo e Renzo Vianello
1 - Abilitazione e riabilitazione cognitiva in una pro-spettiva ‘life span’
Renzo Vianello, Silvia Lanfranchi e Francesca Pulina
2 - Il declino cognitivo: un destino inevitabile?
Marcello Cesa-Bianchi e Carlo Cristini
3 - Modificazioni delle funzioni cognitive nell’invecchiamento
Erika Borella, Lucia Gava e Rossana De Beni
4 - Funzioni adattive ed emotive nell’età anziana
Guido Amoretti
5 - Le demenze e i precursori: il “Mild Cognitive Im-pairment”
Santo Di Nuovo
6 - Basi neurobiologiche e trattamento farmacologico del deterioramento cognitivo nelle demenze
Filippo Caraci e Filippo Drago
7 - Le persone con disabilità intellettiva invecchiano
Serafino Buono
8 - L’assessment neuropsicologico del deterioramen-to
Sabina Cilia
9 - Valutare il deterioramento involutivo: quali funzioni? quali strumenti?
Santo Di Nuovo e Sabrina Castellano
10 - Esperienze di riabilitazione del deterioramento cognitivo
Giorgio Pavan e Silvia Vettor
11 - Dall’approccio riabilitativo a quello ‘capacitan-te’
Pietro Vigorelli e Angelida Ullo
12 - Il trattamento congiunto fisico, cognitivo e di socializzazione per pazienti con demenza e caregiver
Tiziana Maci
13 - Percorso diagnostico e terapeutico-assistenziale per le demenze
Gabriele Tripi, Mario Santagati, Giuseppe Proven-zano, Marcello Giordano, Viviana Surdo, Sabina Cilia e Giuseppe Fichera
14 - Tailorizzazione cognitiva per l’apprendimento multimediale negli anziani
Maria Sinatra e Lucia Monacis
Per concludere: alcune risposte e ulteriori domande
Santo Di Nuovo e Renzo Vianello
Bibliografia
Appendici:
Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDRS)
Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI)
Riquadri:
I - La definizione di disabilità dell’OMS
II - Disabilità / disturbi acquisiti nel corso del ciclo di vita
III - Il programma ‘Day Habilitation’ per persone adulte con Disabilità Intellettiva
IV - Mini-Mental State Examination e altri strumenti di valutazione generale del deterioramento
V - Strumenti psicodiagnostici per l’esame di funzioni specifiche
VI - Programmi di intervento per anziani con deterioramento cognitivo
VII - Attività previste nel protocollo del progetto ‘Gruppo Alzheimer in Attività’ (GAIA)
VIII - Gli attori del percorso diagnostico-terapeutico-assistenzial
Opinion Paper: The Sound Use of Experimental Hypotheses in Animal Science
No full textThis opinion paper argues that well-formulated, testable hypotheses are essential to ensure rigour, transparency, and ethical responsibility in animal science research. Pulina highlights that many studies present aims or justifications rather than true hypotheses, undermining methodological coherence and reproducibility.
The article distinguishes between hypothesis-driven and exploratory studies: the former must start with a clear, falsifiable proposition linking variables under defined conditions, while the latter should culminate in hypotheses for future testing. Drawing on Popper’s logic of falsification and Quine and Ullian’s “five virtues” (conservatism, modesty, simplicity, generality, refutability), Pulina argues that hypotheses should be logically grounded, biologically meaningful, and aligned with prior knowledge.
A ten-step checklist is proposed to guide researchers in formulating robust hypotheses, covering question definition, literature review, plausible mechanisms, variable identification, scope of inference, falsifiability, ethical feasibility, and biological relevance. The paper also warns against common issues such as “spin,” misuse of statistical significance, and neglect of effect size and biological importance.
To foster good practices, the author recommends:
Journals should require explicit hypotheses in hypothesis-driven studies and clearly frame exploratory findings as proposals for later testing.
Funding bodies should prioritise projects with precise and biologically grounded hypotheses.
Research training should emphasise the epistemological and methodological roles of hypotheses.
Pulina concludes that placing hypotheses at the centre of experimental design enhances scientific integrity, reproducibility, and the ethical justification of studies, ultimately improving the reliability of animal scienc
Dataset of seasonal mean volumes of phytoplankton cell size classes in Mediterranean shallow coastal lagoons
No full textIn this article, the floristic lists and the seasonal mean cell volumes of phytoplankton taxa observed in three Mediterranean lagoons are reported. These datasets include 40 species, 67 other taxa identified at least at genus level, and further 13 taxa attributed only at order or class level. These data are associated with Pulina et al. “Seasonal variations of phytoplankton size structure in relation to environmental variables in three Mediterranean shallow coastal lagoons” (Pulina et al., 2018) [1], where phytoplankton taxa were included in two different cell size classes (Utermöhl fraction of phytoplankton, cell size > 3 µm; Picophytoplankton, cell size < 3 µm) and in which their seasonal variations were interpreted and discussed
Ecology for territorial design and biomimetics
No full textThe functioning of natural systems is mandatory to be known when we want to design in the territory. This is important to understand the potential impacts and consequences of our actions on natural environment. In addition, studying the wide variability of shapes, sizes and structural details of natural world can help us to investigate the concept of structure in Nature, offering valuable information on the form-function relationship in the project and on the efficiency principles governing Nature. At the same time, the acquisition of awareness on natural environmental complexity raises the urgency to explore adaptation strategies in a changing environment.
In this contribution I report the study case of the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning of the University of Sassari, where Ecology is tough to students of the degree courses of Architecture and Design. In Architecture, the functioning of natural systems is investigated to understand the urgent need to preserve them, also in light of the climatic crisis on-going. Selected ecosystems are analysed with the collection and interpretation of scientific data to recognize possible anthropic impacts and evaluate restoration and management activities.
In Design, starting from the analysis and interpretation of scientific data on phytoplankton ecology, students apply the acquired knowledge on natural principles to possible design applications with a biomimetic approach. Design solutions inspired by phytoplankton ecology are validated with the construction of experimental models and prototypes.
In both courses, Nature itself is considered as a model of environmental sustainabilit
Visual Feast: Silvia Weidenbach
No full textSilvia Weidenbach is the first V&A Gilbert Collection artist in residence. Melding digital design, 3D printing, and traditional silversmithing techniques, she creates exuberant jewellery that demands attention. This book, alongside a commission and display, is the culmination of her residency.
Weidenbach collaborated with numerous artists, performers and musicians during her residency to reinterpret the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection and her own jewellery. These collaborations pushed the boundaries of how visitors interacted with historic and contemporary objects within the museum space, and explored the human senses through different artistic mediums
Students with disabilities and with Special Educational needs: A reply to Giangreco, Doyle and Suter (2012)
No full textIn the paper “Demographic and personnel service delivery data: Implications for including students with disabilities in Italian Schools” Giangreco, Doyle and Suter (2012) invited Italian colleagues to compare data they found through a study in 16 schools in five Italian regions relative to the demographics of the schools and to the school service delivery, paying particular attention to the comparison between Italy and the United States.
In four different contributions (available to us at the time of writing), some Italian colleagues have further expanded the debate by providing additional data and points of view (Di Nuovo, 2012; D’Alessio, 2013; Ianes, Zambotti,
& Demo, 2013; Zanobini, 2013). In the present paper, considerations are provided about some questions that Giangreco, Doyle and Suter have raised at the end of their article
Art Forum - Velez, Silvia
No full text30 March 2005. -- Local artist Silvia Velez is interested in the many volatile connections between art and politics, in the spaces between what we see and how we understand, and between what we say and how we read. She will speak about her recent work, comprised of 'post-it notes' and text relating to the 2003 protests against the Iraq war, currently on show at Canberra Museum and Gallery
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