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A Cross-Cultural Experience in Tourism Studies
No full textThe present article is the result of a joint teaching experience carried out by Giovanni Ruggieri, lecturer of Tourism Economics at the University of Palermo, and Ninfa Pagano, lecturer of English language, University of Palermo; the experience was addressed to our students of Tourism Studies at the Department of Economics, University of Palermo.
The rationale at the basis of this teaching experience was to provide Italian students with extra language practice applied to more than one of their main fields of study in order to show how two different subjects, i.e. Tourism Economics and the English language, can be linked, thus working as a reinforcement for students in both areas.
Prof. Ruggieri suggested proposing to our students the reading of an article in English which focused on a comparative analysis of tourism in the Mediterranean islands; the article took into consideration aspects such as bed-place capacity and occupancy rates, strategies to develop sustainable tourism and tourism policies.
Students were asked to analyse it and parallelly to deepen the understanding of the English text through a series of language activities aiming to improve comprehension, lexis expansion and aspects of English syntax.
The objectives we set were thus twofold: improving our students’ knowledge about aspects concerning Tourism Economics while increasing their linguistic competence in English. Such cross-cultural experience has recently been introduced in Italian schools as well with the name of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning). However, it had seldom been proposed at university level, so we carried it out on an experimental basis
Ruggieri, Costantino
No full textBiografia di Costantino Ruggieri tipografo attivo a Roma nel XVIII secol
Surgical treatment for pelvic bone metastases.
No full textThe pelvis is the second most common site of bone metastases after the spine. Pain, bone destruction causing mechanical instability and pathological fractures are the most common manifestations. Traditional treatments for pelvic bone metastases include surgery and external beam radiation therapy. If bone destruction is limited, analgesics, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, embolization, bisphosphonates and minimally invasive techniques such as radiofrequency ablation, osteoplasty and cryosurgery can be considered [6]. Lesions of the hemipelvis not directly involving the hip joint, pathological fractures sustained through an area of the pelvis other than the acetabulum and avulsion fractures of the anterior superior/inferior iliac spines, iliac crest and pubic rami seldom require surgical stabilization and reconstruction because pelvic stability is maintained. By contrast, diffuse involvement of the pelvis, impending or existing pelvic discontinuity and bony destruction of the periacetabular area warrants surgical treatment [4,7–10]. The use of poly(methyl methacrylate) to bridge large defects and suspend an acetabular component, conventional total hip replacement, massive allograft or saddle megaprosthetic reconstruction are likely to fail because of the deficient bone and the progressive osteolytic disease [1]
Psychology of Reflexivity and reflexivity for psychology
No full textA long tradition has produced a misleading interpretation of the categories
of idiographic and nomothetic. Such an interpretation has hindered
the development of psychology and more in general of social science. “Idiographic”
has been treated as a matter of identity, an ideological approach
that continues to be reproduced through the conflict with what-is-outside-it
viii S. Salvatore, G. Marsico, and R. Andrisano-Ruggieri
(i.e., nomothetic mainstream psychology). Far from such a militant ritualization
of the concept, YIS aims at promoting a return to the origin of
what Windelband (1904/1998) proposed, namely the idea of idiographic
and nomothetic as categories depicting two complementary—rather than
alternative - forms of knowledge building
Palliative treatments: electrochemotherapy and thermoablation.
No full textMetastatic disease is a major cause of pain and decreased quality of life in patients with cancer. Autopsy studies have shown that up to 85% of patients who die from breast, prostate or lung cancer have histological evidence of bone metastases at the time of death. In Europe, the number of new cases of bone metastases per year is approximately 1 in 100,000. Worsening of patients’ quality of life is due to associated symptoms such as intractable pain, pathological fractures, spinal cord compression, hypercalcemia and reduction of movement and performance status
Palliative treatment: selective arterial embolisation for bone metastases.
No full textTreatment options in patients with bone metastases are mostly aimed at palliation. The goals of treatment in these patients are pain control, prevention and treatment of fractures, maintenance of independence and prevention of tumor progression, and improvement of quality of remaining life [1,2]. Traditional palliative treatments include surgery, if the metastatic lesion is accessible, and/or external beam radiation therapy [3,4]. However, all metastatic lesions are progressive, causing bone failure by producing angiogenic and bone-reabsorbing factors [4]. In addition, most, if not all metastatic lesions are hypervascular. Some lesions such as renal and thyroid metastases are highly hypervascular [5–7]. This may cause technical difficulties with respect to the extent of surgery and primary stability for pain relief [2,8,9]
Condizioni economiche delle isole e politiche di riequilibrio delle disparità territoriali
No full textThe results of scientific research confirm that the condition of insularity is an issue that still needs broad sharing and specific policies. The issues to be addressed are widespread in all territorial contexts, large or small. Insularity is a permanent structural constraint. Even though convergence policies have contributed to the convergence process between countries and regions, EU policies for the islands must be envisaged to define joint action to achieve a more balanced territorial equity
Turismo relazionale
No full textIl turismo, inteso come viaggio di conoscenza e come svago, esiste da
sempre, almeno da quando l’uomo ha manifestato l’esigenza di scoprire
quello che gli stava intorno, di allargare quindi la propria sfera di
conoscenza e di influenza nel territorio circostante.
Con il suo aprirsi “a tutti” e con l’introduzione dell’aspetto simbolico
dello status sociale, il turismo ha assunto una connotazione sempre più
di“moda”, avviandosi in una direzione gestita da logiche industriali di
“massa”2. Logiche economiche centrate sulla ricerca del massimo profitto,
come unico parametro valido per la misura della performance aziendale
che mostrano oggi, quanto mai prima, i loro difetti e le loro profonde
contraddizioni, soprattutto nel confronto con le logiche dello sviluppo
sostenibile. Uno sviluppo che per essere realmente sostenibile deve farsi
promotore della conservazione e della valorizzazione della tipicità e della
diversità di un territorio e quindi allargare il campo all’entrata di nuovi
valori che negano la sola applicazione della logica del profitto.
Una connotazione, quella industrialista, che col passare del tempo è
arrivata a sostituire gli originari scopi del viaggiatore, facendo assumere al
termine turista, una palese accezione negativa, proprio ad indizio
dell’indifferenza ai luoghi e alle culture indotta da quella forma di turismo.
Per nostra fortuna la funzione e gli scopi originari del viaggio non
saranno cancellati da questa ondata di turismo di massa, ma resteranno
relegati per alcuni decenni in una nicchia riservata a pochi specialisti,
studiosi e ricercatori.
Con il diffondersi di una cultura orientata verso la salvaguardia e la
promozione delle risorse locali e, parallelamente, con l’avvento delle
tecnologie della comunicazione, in particolar modo della telematica e
dell’informatica, quindi nel corso dell’ultimo ventennio, si è timidamente
manifestata una nuova inversione di tendenza verso una riappropriazione
dello spirito originario del turismo, ossia: conoscenza, descrizione,
scambio. Il più delle volte percorrendo strade e modalità anche molto
differenti fra loro
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