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The networking in ECTS Project Management
No full textThe research was addressed to understand and deepen the networking implications in project management particularly as it concerns the tools of communications, the frequency of contacts and the problems in knowledge transfer among the different typologies of entities involved in projects.
To this purpose the research focused on five projects that belong to different categories as: Tempus, Interreg and Seventh European Framework, in which Bologna University applied as Grant Holder in 2007.
In these projects the research has the purpose to verify the hypothesis that the distinction between clustering and networking approach before explained is linked to the involved countries based on transition or advanced economies. It means that transition countries are addressed to utilize clustering while advanced economies networking approach
The different profile European Union – Kazakhstan
No full textThe paper describes the main items necessary to reach great clarity and knowledge about the introduction of ECTS.
1. Te role of credits
2. Allocation of credits to courses
3. Overall curriculum designing
4. Credit and level
5. Calculation of credits in term of workload
6. Comparison of length of academc years
7. Relation among workload, teaching methods and learning outcomes
Considering these subjects we can consider in an appropriate way the quantitative different profile of UE - Kazakhstan course
Dal Project Work al Project Management. Alcuni spunti di riflessione su un’esperienza concreta
No full textL’obiettivo di questo paper è quello di esaminare il processo attraverso il quale, partendo dai project work elaborati dagli studenti italiani ed argentini partecipanti ad un Master in Relazioni Internazionali, è stato elaborato un progetto presentato al Ministero degli Affari Esteri nel quadro delle azioni di rilevante interesse nell’ambito del programma bilaterale di cooperazione scientifica e culturale Italia – Argentina.
Quest’esperienza costituisce un’applicazione del metodo in Pull elaborato in precedenti progetti rivolti allo sviluppo delle P.M.I. nei paesi in transizione ed è collegato alle attività di networking svolte dal Centro di Simulazione d’Impresa della Facoltà di Forlì nella sperimentazione di nuovi metodi nella creazione d’impresa
La Perting s.r.l impresa simulata e i progetti di sviluppo imprenditoriale nei Paesi in Transizione
No full textIl paper describe la tecnica di Simulazione d’Impresa che consiste nella riproduzione realistica di tutte le attività di un’impresa al fine di acquisire competenze, conoscenze nella gestione aziendale. In questo senso l’uso della rete WEB, che consente la libera partecipazione di numerose unità aziendali simulate e coordinate da una centrale di regolazione esterna, comporta la riproduzione di un ambiente di mercato il quanto più possibile realistico e il controllo esterno della corretta gestione aziendale.
Quale strumento di ausilio didattico ha lo scopo di tradurre le conoscenze acquisite nel corso di studi nelle loro applicazioni concrete, secondo l’ action –oriented learning, dove il sapere e il saper fare rappresentano i punti fondamentali di tutto il processo di apprendiment
In vitro culture of Babesia divergens as a study method and diagnostic support
No full text- In Italy as well as in Europe, human babesiosis, an emerging zoonosis, is caused by Babesia divergens and Babesia EU1, infecting also calves and roe deer respectively (Duh D et al., 2005, J Parasitol, 91: 463-465; Tampieri MP et al., 2008, Vec Borne Zoon Dis, 8: 667-674). The aim of this study was to obtain a large number of piroplasms of B. divergens, using in vitro cultures (MASP) (Levy MG, Ristic M, 1980, Science, 207: 1218-1220) to produce enough antigens to set up serological tests (such as IFAT, ELISA and Western blotting, currently not available in Italy) for the diagnosis of B. divergens in humans and cattl
The Roman Amphitheatres on the WEB. A comparative evaluation of information effectiveness and services offer
No full textThe paper wants to analyse and discuss the results of a survey on the effectiveness of the information and services offer connected to official web sites of Roman Amphitheatres. This effectiveness is evaluated in its organizational implications by using Internet on cultural heritage.
The increasing diffusion of ICT applications in this field created many research opportunities with the main aim of improving the image and the knowledge on Roman Amphitheatres.
On this purpose the research wants to compare the levels of internationalization, the facility of navigation, the e-commerce, the possibilities to book online, the interactivity, the level of up-to-date of information and the integrated offer with the territory.
These variables allow to give a general vision of the image and the role of this cultural heritage in a systems perspective involving not only the territory but also the virtual environment featuring, in some cases, external events not directly connected to the touristic exploitation of these monuments
Second Life and enterprise simulation in SME’s start up of fashion sector: the cases ETNI, KK Personal Robe and NFP
No full textThe paper analyses and discusses the use of simulated and virtual environment for the start up of fashion Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) considering the case of ETNI, KK Personal Robe (KK) and New Fashion Perspectives (NFP) created in Second Life (SL) by the Simulation Laboratory of Bologna University - Forlì Faculty of Economics. In recent years Enterprise Simulation models and Virtual Worlds (VWs) such as SL had an increasing diffusion in public and private organizations, mainly in SMEs’ start up phase, in which the visibility of products and services plays a central role. The approach WYSIWYG (What You see is what You get) mostly used in informatics assumed in the fashion sector a managerial relevance when the enterprise moves its first step with the purpose of consolidating its business promoting not only its products but also the production processes simulating the real handcraft environment. The Author, who participated to the still in progress experimentations, compares these three experiences by focusing on material assets, information and human resources identified as the main sources of innovation for an enterprise
Malassezia spp. in rabbit: an unsolved mystery
No full textThe recovery of Malassezia from rodents and lagomorphs has been rarely reported in literature. In
2011, Cabañes et al. (Medical Mycology, 49: 40–48) described, the skin of two rabbit from Spain, a
novel yeast species, Malassezia cunicoli, able to grow only on Leeming & Notman agar (LNA). In
a later research Galuppi et al. (2014, XXVIII Congresso Nazionale SoIPa, p.384), at microscopic
examination of swabs from ear canals of 168 rabbits, observed the presence of yeasts M. cunicoli –
like in 58.3% subject. Since all the samples showed no growth on LNA agar, it was hypothesize, the
strains observed had different nutritional requirement. In the present study, isolation test from ear
swabs canal of 23 rabbit microscopically positive for Malassezia-like yeasts, failed both on LNA
and on 18 different modified medium. DNA extraction, PCR amplifying a 300 bp fragment of 18s
rDNA (Tampieri et al., 2004, Parassitologia, 46,205 ) and sequencing were carried out from 8
swabs. The sequences showed 95% identity with M. cunicoli (GU733708) and 99,9% identity with
Malassezia Phylotype 131 (AB663497) described by Zhang et al. (2012) from human ear canal and
foot sole skin. The latter was not able to grow on LNA medium similarly to our strains. Further
research are needed to clarify if the strains present in rabbit in our country were different to the ones
described by Cabanes et al (2011 l.c.) and would be considered another specie or simply a strains
with different nutritional requirement. The results obtained in our research showed that there is still
a lot to discover about the genus Malassezia as component of the skin microbiota
Keratinophylic fungi in off-leash areas soil of Bologna (Northern Italy)
No full textINTRODUCTION. Off-leash areas, created for dogs to exercise and play in a controlled environment, are increased in urban areas all around the world. Together the benefit, public health considerations can concern also zoonotic risk (Rahim et al., 2017 J. Comm. Health, 43:433–440). It is known that the presence and quantity of keratinophilic fungi in the soil is closely related to the animalization process: soils rich in keratin material of animal origin constitute a suitable pabulum for the survival and multiplication of potentially pathogenic agents for humans and animals (Mantovani,1978, Mycopathol., 65: 61-66). The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of keratinophilic fungi in the soil of off-leash areas in Bologna.
MATERIALS AND METHODS. Six areas were selected; every ones was divided in two subareas in each of which a x sampling scheme was used (according to DM 11/5/1992), collecting a sample of superficial soil every 2 meters along the diagonals. From each area, 8 pools for mycological examination (see figure) were obtained, and handled according to Vanbreuseghem et al., (1978. Guide pratique de mycologie medicale et veterinaire, Masson, Paris) to isolate keratinophilic fungi, using human hair as baits. A total of 56 pools were examined.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS. All the off-leash areas were positive for the geophilic M. gypseum, potentially pathogenic for humans and animals, found in 43/56 samples (76.8%); also the geophilics Trichophyton ajelloi (2/56-3.6%) and Chrysosporium sp (4/56-7.1%) were occasionally found. In this research, the assortment of genera of keratinophilic fungi was lower than other surveys carried out in soil from parks of urban areas or in soil from lairs of wild animals (Morganti and Tampieri, 1984, Nuovi Ann Ig. Microbiol, XXXV: 43-50; Gallo et al., 2005, Med Mycol. 43,:373-379; Galuppi et al., 2002, VI congresso FIMUA, 127-128), and no zoophilic dermatophytes were found. The lack of the latter should not be surprising, because they do not replicate in the ground and are rapidly destroyed by the environmental microflora, so their occasional finding in the soil is usually considered a consequence of a recent contamination due to infected animals (Lostia and Pinetti, 1970 , rassegna medica sarda, 73: 71). Vice versa, a higher percentage of positive samples for M. gypseum was found. Probably, the high attendance of a single animal species (dog) in these areas may promote the development of an ecological niche favourable to the development of this mycete. It could be of interest to verify, in collaboration with dermatologists, if an higher prevalence of dermatophytoses due to M. gypseum is observed in people attending off-leash areas
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