586 research outputs found
Erratum: Lack of immunity against rubella among Italian young adults. [BMC Infect Dis., 17, (2017) (199)] Doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2295-y
No full textAfter publication of this article [1], the authors noted that the given names and family names of all authors had been inverted, and are therefore incorrect in the original article. In the original article, the author names appear as the following: Gallone Maria Serena, Gallone Maria Filomena, Larocca Angela Maria Vittoria, Germinario Cinzia and Tafuri Silvio. However, this is incorrect, and the author names should appear as per the below: Maria Serena Gallone, Maria Filomena Gallone, Angela Maria Vittoria Larocca, Cinzia Germinario, Silvio Tafuri. The author names have been corrected in the author list and the citation for this Erratum
Does teacher certification in mathematics improve high school special education students' performance on the High School Proficiency Assessment?: a preliminary investigation
No full textThis prelimary investigation examined the impact of teacher mathematics certification on high school special education students’ scores on the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) in an urban public school setting. The sample included 76 eleventh grade students classified as special education under IDEA. The student sample represented 70% of males and 30% of females from culturally and economically diverse backgrounds. Five teachers federally classified as highly qualified were included. Out of the teacher sample, four held state certifications in mathematics and one was not certified. Research questions and hypotheses were examined using inferential statistical tests (2-sample t-tests) and effect sizes. Results indicated that special education students who were taught by HQTs certified in mathematics scored significantly better on the Mathematics section of the HSPA than special education students who were taught by HQTs non-certified mathematics teachers. Effect sizes indicated small practical and meaningful differences. Results are outlined and directions for future research are discussed.Psy.DIncludes bibliographical referencesby Maria Angela Staropol
Gli avvenimenti storici come rivelazione L’incipit della Legatio ad Caium di filone di Alessandria
No full textIn the incipit of Legatio ad Caium of Philo of Alexandria anthropological and theological concepts are expressed which do not appear immediately relevant to the story: the narration of dramatic historical circumstances which the author personally lived through. The analysis of the specific contents reveals the connection betwen fundamental religious and cultural themes which are reoccurring themes in the various works of Philo. The introduction does not place ideology a priori but his considerations are evidence of a method of judgement of historical events
Food and eating in fiction since 1950 with particular reference to the writing of Angela Carter, Doris Lessing, Michele Roberts and Alice Thomas Ellis.
No full textPhDEating is a fundamental activity. What people eat, how and with whom, what
they feel about food, what they do or do not want to eat and why - even who
they eat - are of crucial significance in any reading of human behaviour.
In this thesis, I consider the diverse and complex uses of food and eating
in fiction since 1950, especially that written by women. I argue both that food
and eating carry much of the meaning of a novel or story and that the acts of
cooking, feeding and eating depicted are inseparable from issues of power and
control: individually, interpersonally, culturally, politically.
My discussion centres on the writing of Angela Carter, Doris Lessing,
Michele Roberts and Alice Thomas Ellis. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory,
sociology, anthropology, Foucault, Bakhtin and others, the thesis aims to
construct an interdisciplinary perspective which both resists reductive
interpretations and emphasises the centrality, complexity and diversity of food
and eating in literature in our culture.
I begin with an examination of the ambiguities of maternal feeding and
nurturing, moving on to explore the links between appetite, eating and sexuality.
I explore cannibalism and vampirism as manifestations of oppression, but also as
indicating insatiable emptiness and transgressive appetite. The body itself is
crucial, and my argument considers the paradox of not eating as
control/enslavement, also tracing self-starvation as a positive route towards
wholeness and connection. The last part of my argument focuses on social
eating, examining conventions, rituals and food itself in connection with power
relations, and finally considers how we might truly speak of food and eating in
the context of society as a whole
The Mid-adriatic Metropolitan Area in Marche Region. An Integrated Territorial Project that Includes Inland Areas and Cities in a Metropolitan Context to Relaunch Local Competitive Systems
No full textAbstracti) Context and purpose of the research.This paper describes a part of the applied research carried out by the Urban Planning Area of SIMAU Department of Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona Municipality.ii) The scope of this paper is to demonstrate the short-sightedness of the decision, at a national level, of identifying 15 Metropolitan Areas according to dimensional rather than function and relational parameters, that trigger integrated metropolitan development.iii) methodology: this paper starts from the Marche region experience, which is one of the regions not included in the 15 regions with urban areas classified as metropolitan areas pursuant to Regional Law no. 56/2014 (because it does not have cities with more than 250,000 inhabitants in the territory), to request that the criteria used to identify metropolitan areas in Italy be revised. The Region has started the creation of the territorial partnership called the Mid-Adriatic Metropolitan Area (Area Metropolitana Medio-Adriatica – AMMA). This experience of a new method for the management of the territory was implemented by the Research project, by identifying functional connective systems that confirm its unitary structure and the current and future potential, for the widespread systematic development of the Metropolitan Area as a whole.iv) Principal results and major conclusions.This experience, is today in Italy, an extraordinary case study generated from of local participatory development (Community-Led Local Development – CLLD); a integrated, bottom-up process with the involvement of local communities.The results of the applied research, conducted in the Middle-Adriatic Territory, made it possible to identify critical and original aspects in the organisation of the “variable geometry” system of relationships between Municipalities, in terms of participation in complex projects and the introduction of specific Territorial Protocols of Understanding, to Identify de facto cities with respect to the de jure and developmental cities of the FUAs in Marche region. The entire Area Vasta (Associated Local Health Districts) indeed behaves, like a large city, with a unique urban structure and strong functional interconnected relationships
The Role of Lawyers in European ADR
No full textThis paper deals with the scarce diffusion of the ADR practice in Europe. Regarding the arbitration, the reason lies in the high costs of this procedure, while respect to the other out-of-Court procedures, like mediation, there is a large mistrust among lawyers, due to lack of training to cooperation and dialogue.
Recently a EU Directive has pushed towards mediation in civil and commercial lawsuits, where cross-border cases are particularly complex due to different national laws and practical matters like costs or language. National legislators have used this occasion to introduce a general discipline of mediation, applicable to domestic disputes as well. So most lawyers are called to abandon their adversarial approach in order to prepare for a cooperative negotiation.
The author examines the numerous aspects on which a lawyer can play his role in every step of a mediation proceeding, and bring the client to an amicable satisfactory settlement
Il concetto di sviluppo e la metafora della crescita
No full textThis article is focused upon the metaphor of growth, which underlies a specific idea of development.
The author explains how, since a sociological classic such as "Social Change and History" by Robert Nisbet, the idea of development as growth has continued to be used notwithstanding the critiques addressed to this metaphor, the establishment of the paradigm of decrease, and the birth of a proper decrease movement.
At the same time, the author maintains that this surviving idea of development as growth has been reconfigured through the use of adjectives that have actually modified the real sense of the metaphor, and that have as much as possible shortened the distance towards the perspective of a “different development”.
Will the zero growth trends maintained by the theorists of a “different development” lead to the disappearance of the growth metaphor on the wake of the idea of a “happy degrowth”
Color-dye injection of monochorionic placentas and correlation with pregnancy complications
No full textIntroduction Vascular anastomoses in monochorionic (MC) twin placenta can be easily identified with color-dye injection. The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between different type of anastomoses and twin pregnancy complications. Methods From January 2011 to October 2014, MC placentas were analyzed with color-dye injection and five group of pregnancies were identified: those that were not complicated (NC), those complicated with selective intrauterine growth restriction (sIUGR), twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), or twin anemia-polycitemia sequence (TAPS) and those with amniotic fluid discordance (AFD) between twins. Cases of TTTS treated with endoscopic laser coagulation of placenta anastomoses or cases with in utero death of one twin were excluded. Results A total of 118 MC placentas were observed, 58 (49%) NC, 35 (30%) sIUGR, 10 (8%) TTTS, 13 (11%) AFD and 2 (2%) TAPS. The median number of anastomoses was 7 (range 1-15), 8 (2-18), 4 (2-11), 7 (2-13) and 1 (1-1), respectively. At least one artero-venous anastomoses was found in the placenta observed, while the prevalence of artero-arterial anastomoses was 95% for NC, 91% for sIUGR, 60% for TTTS, and 77% for AFD; no TAPS placenta had this type of anastomoses. The diameter of arteroarterial anastomoses was greater in the AFD group (3.3 mm), compared to the NC, sIUGR and TTTS groups (2.3, 2.5 and 1.4 respectively, p 0.04). Discussion In this large serie of MC placenta analyzed with color-dye injection, a specific distribution of anastomoses emerged for twins with amniotic fluid discordance, which points to a need for intensive surveillance
Portfolio of recorded performances and exegesis: Messiaen’s musical language for the jazz pianist - an exploration through performance.
No full textMoving beyond Gunther Schuller’s Third Stream amalgamation of classical and jazz, this study explores whether the musical language of Olivier Messiaen can make a valid contribution to jazz piano performance. Initially, my project sought to answer such questions as: What elements of the musical language of Messiaen already exist in the jazz vocabulary? Am I able to extend this further? What are the timbral structures and pianistic effects within Messiaen’s musical language? What will be the most effective application of Messiaen’s musical language to jazz piano performance? Endeavouring to answer the final question led me to consider such aspects as whether the project should be limited to quoting Messiaen motifs, arranging Messiaen melodies, replacing jazz harmonic structures on standards with examples from Messiaen’s musical language or whether it would be better to approach the research conceptually. The work of Hubert Nuss provided encouraging reassurance that this was not an impossible task. In order to articulate this conception, the initial challenge was to decide how the classical and jazz worlds might meet in a ‘Messiaen’ technique. The approach adopted was similar to that used for undergraduate jazz study, namely, immersion in the piano scores and recordings of Messiaen’s music as well as by live performances. This was followed by the development and assessment of a contrived approach when specific techniques, such as tonal colourings or harmonic structures, were developed through prepared exercises and consciously included in my performance. It was then compared with an intuitive approach when no such precise parameters were established. This submission consists of CD recordings of two public recitals and an exegesis. It documents the development of this Messiaen technique and discusses its application in my performances. It also demonstrates the ways that Messiaen’s musical language can be used within jazz piano performance to provide a colour that distinguishes jazz piano performance in a competitive field.Thesis (M.Mus.) -- University of Adelaide, Elder Conservatorium of Music, 201
Marche. Il battito della mia terra - Marche. The Heartbeat of My Land
No full textStorie di città, storie di uomini e di animali. Evocazioni letterarie e visionarie di una terra radicata nel cuore.
Un filo segreto che lega città e territori. Terra di mezzo e terra di confine. Paesaggi di elfi e fate, dove, di notte, comete, serpentine luminose e tappeti di stelle indicano la strada ai viaggiatori.
Le Marche hanno un volto di sirena. Qualcosa che si intuisce, affascina e scompare. Un canto suadente e sconosciuto. Nascosto e tenacemente vivo. Tenero e irraggiungibile.
Lo sguardo di un viso assorto e trepidante, all’inizio di ogni spartito, segna il ritmo del racconto: il volto della maternità prelude alla ricerca delle nostre radici. “Terra di Marche, Terra Madre” attraversa i tempi e i luoghi della nostra identità, cavalcando le ere di una civiltà antica, dal romanico asciutto e rustico del medioevo, al quattrocento che vola sui loggiati, al barocco dei campanili tempestosi, all’Ottocento sinuoso dalle armonie sconnesse, fino al Novecento, secco e tagliente. I sensi del partire, del risiedere e del resistere si sedimentato nell’anima marchigiana con la forza di una cicatrice, di una stigmate marchiata sulla pelle, il segno di un battesimo e di una rinascita.
Un viaggio alle origini dei luoghi costruiti, alla sorgente della nostra madre terra.
Il viso di una bambina spalanca gli occhi all’innocenza di una bellezza intangibile.
Così “Il battito della mia terra” fa vibrare il cuore pulsante di storia e arte delle nostre contrade e la possibilità che la bellezza salvi le nostre città. E il paesaggio marchigiano mostra i suoi transiti di luce, sulla terra e dal cielo.
Il ritratto di un ragazzo custodisce le tracce invisibili di una storia ancora chiusa nel suo enigma, sensibilmente affine ad un immaginario pittorico, giocato su affreschi e dipinti visionari, ombre di un segreto inconscio e delicato.
Il volto di un pescatore sussurra storie di uomini e di animali, con la voce smisurata di poeti e scrittori dimenticati.
Il genio dei luoghi, le architetture, l’urbanistica assumono il volto della maturità, che svela il mistero che abita ogni frammento di questa terra.
Il volto di un vecchio incarna la memoria dei luoghi, le testimonianze di pietra e di parola. Il “respiro luminoso delle Marche” abbraccia un passato radioso, racconta a bassa voce quelle città sparite per sempre.
E infine l’epilogo, la storia di un viaggio, e la “Sirena negli occhi”, da cui tutto ha avuto inizio, si allontana dalla sua terra nel sogno di una bellezza impossibile, nell’utopia che i saperi, il fascino di nuovi orizzonti, l’immortalità diano senso all’esistenza, e ritorna infine, gabbiano, nel suo mare. A ricongiungersi con le sue origini.
Abstract
Stories of cities, people and animals. Literary and visionary evocation of a land rooted deep in our hearts.
A secret thread that binds the city and territories. A middle land and borderland. A land of elves and fairies where, at night, comets, brilliant winding lights and a sea of stars, show the way to travellers.
The story is unexpectedly seductive. Marche has the face of a mermaid. Something that you sense, that fascinates you and disappears. A melodious unknown song. Hidden and tenaciously alive. Tender and unreachable.
The expression of a rapt and eager countenance, at the beginning of each and every musical score, marks the pace of the narrative: the face of maternity preludes the search for our roots. “Land of Marche, Mother Land” passes through the ages and places of our identity, riding the eras of an ancient civilisation.
A journey to the origins of built-up places, to the source of our mother land.
And finally in the epilogue, the “Mermaid in our eyes” from which everything originated, moves away from its land following a dream of impossible beauty, a Utopia where knowledge, the fascination of new horizons and immortality bring meaning to our existence, and then returns like a seagull to its sea. Returning to its origin
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