176 research outputs found
Sindrome di down ed intervento precoce: analisi critica della letteratura
No full textGli studi sperimentali tesi a dimostrare l'efficacia programmi sull'intervento precoce sono studi prevalentemente condotti su gruppi di bambini poco numerosi, spesso privi di una chiara ipotesi di lavoro e di una sistematica verifica dei risultati, e senza follow up che possano dimostrare l'efficacia dei trattamenti sperimentati a lungo termine. Un aspetto particolare di questi studi è costituito poi dal fatto che, nonostante nella maggioranza dei casi la madre venisse utilizzata, dopo un periodo di addestramento, come insegnante o terapista del proprio bambino, quasi nessun autore si è posto il problema di valutare quali conseguenze questo poteva determinare nel rapporto madre-bambino e nel processo di adattamento dei genitori all'handicap. L'applicazione indiscriminata di tali programmi è sembrata pertanto del tutto ingiustificata
“Superstition ain’t the way”. The optimism of the conspiracy theorist
No full textThis article addresses the topic of conspiracy theories from a rhetorical and philosophical perspective through a recent case study: the Netflix docuseries The Ancient Apocalypse by Graham Hancock1. In this TV series, the host – the author – hypothesizes a conspiracy by academic archaeology, which does not accept the idea of the existence of a highly technically developed ancient civilization that disappeared before the last ice age. The reason for this resistance on the part of archaeologists would be their desire to maintain a position of power and prestige that they would have to give up if they accepted a paradigm shift. We will use Hancock’s speeches as a textual corpus to be analyzed from a rhetorical point of view, and we will follow the philosophical hypothesis that conspiracy theories should be understood through the phenomenon of superstition (which is different from magic, § 1). We devote a paragraph to each technical proof used to achieve persuasion. First, éthos (§ 2), which focuses on the construction of the speaker as an outsider, credible because he is inconvenient. We then analyze the logos (§ 3), characterized by fallacies, ambivalent logic, and the mythological narrative as historical evidence. Finally (§ 4), we focus on pathos, which exhibits a form of detachment and a disposition to inaction
Il comportamento come dispositivo logico-semiotico. Tra teoria dell’emozione e giudizio di pratica
No full textInteraction of inositol hexakisphosphate with liganded ferrous human hemoglobin. Direct evidence for two functionally operative binding sites
No full textAmbiente e stato di salute nella popolazione delle aree ad alto rischio di crisi ambientale in Italia
No full textDominio e sfruttamento. Un ritorno neomaterialista sull'economia
No full textIl linguaggio ha svolto una funzione di crinale nella critica della società, e più in
particolare della dimensione economica della società, tanto da poter essere assunto
a criterio di periodizzazione per individuare l’avvicendarsi di approcci e strumenti
concettuali con cui, di volta in volta, la questione della giustizia e della libertà sociale
è stata circoscritta tra la seconda metà del Novecento e gli inizi del XXI secolo. Più
in particolare, tenere conto della collocazione e dell’uso della capacità linguistica
dell’essere umano permette di delineare quelle due grandi famiglie di analisi e critica
che si sono attestate, rispettivamente, sulla nozione di sfruttamento e di dominio.
Il testo si conclude con la proposta di un approccio ai contemporanei processi di
valorizzazione, che appaiono esercitarsi nel duplice registro economico e simbolico
The Climate Dilemma
No full textClimate has become one of the most topical issues over the last two to three decades. It has graduated from the status of obscure scientific debate to that of a global geopolitical issue. Climate itself is a sophisticated concept that is somewhat different to that used or discussed in everyday life. The basic nature of the globe's climate is regulated by the global energy balance, as are the principal climate mechanisms. These in turn are modulated via the complex nonlinear interactions between the components that comprise the global climate system. These non-linear interactions generate an intense variability in climate that makes detection of small, secular trends in climate very difficult. The increase of carbon dioxide and surface temperatures is now being established as a fact, but the attribution of the temperature increase to carbon dioxide increases is a complex challenge. Due to constraints imposed by the current level of climate modeling technology we cannot perform crucial experiments in climate science. Accordingly we have to rely on a combination of numerical experiments, often with a considerable degree of parameterization of key climate processes and consensus among experts to reach provisional explanations concerning the causes, magnitude and intensity of climate change. Although the scientific research procedure is incremental in nature, the process of data collection, experimentation and verification of modeling outcomes, results in the steady accumulation of knowledge. It is this knowledge on which we rely for drawing conclusions about the state of the globe's climate and that policy makers use in drawing up recommendations related to mitigation of and adaptation to climatic variability and change
Industrial activities in sites at high environmental risk and their impact on the health of the population.
No full textThe influence of pregnancy on relapses in multiple sclerosis: a cohort study.
No full textThe influence of pregnancy on the relapse rate (number of relapses per person per year) in MS was analysed for 52 women who had a pregnancy during the disease. The relapse rate was lower during the pregnancy-year (9 months of pregnancy and 6 months immediately post partum) than the non-pregnancy time. There was a heterogeneous pattern during the pregnancy-year with a sharp decrease in the relapse rate observed during pregnancy and a slight non-significant increase in the puerperium: both these relapse rates were compared with figures observed in the same group of women during the non-pregnancy time. Pregnancy does not appear to be a period at greater risk for exacerbations but, on the contrary it seems to act, on the whole, as a protective event. These data allow physicians to provide reassuring counselling to women
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