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The report of the medical laboratory is the final result of the complex analytical activity that requires technology, automation, organization and competence. The content of the report has been defined since 2015, but the application of the legislative requirements is still incomplete. The need for interoperability of the medical laboratory reports in order to be easily accessible and understandable throughout Europe, increases the requirements for the development of standards for reporting of test names, units of measurement, qualitative expressions. The adoption of LOINC codes may improve interoperability, but the codes have to be used correctly and a stewardship from Scientific Societies is needed. The laboratory reports are moving from paper to electronic format, and this should help the readability and simplicity favoring the interpretation, but the increasing amount of data and information may make them more difficult to read. This aspect together with the rapid development of new analytical technologies increases the need for interpretative comments, that should be clear, avoid acronyms or excessive technical terms and tackle the real relevant aspects. Being the final product of our activity, the report deserves more attention from our profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The success of the strategies for safeguarding, preserving and maintaining the precious assets of the huge European Cultural Heritage still represents a challenge that many countries tackle with limited or inadequate actions or systems, despite the fact that the international community is now aware of the serious risks endangering its heritage. The nature of this fragile context requires the knowledge of data and information other than the technical and construction characteristics of buildings. The paper describes an innovative management tool for inspection and maintenance of historical and monumental buildings, developed within the Horizon 2020 European research project INCEPTION (Inclusive Cultural Heritage in Europe through 3D semantic modelling). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the aftermath of WW2, Europe - as the main war scene - endorsed the "fast time" approach to reconstruction. Relying on optimising production- and-building processes, this approach was widely resorted to in experimental quarters, regarded as the "starting point" on which to build the technical know-how leading to the industrialisation of building techniques. This paper analyses the French and Italian experiences. They are closely linked, since in the shared choice of reinforced concrete as the most eligible material, the French experimentation provided a pattern for Italian reconstruction; so, they jointly become trailblazing researches about making building science-based and about organising building-yard work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ancestors can be a source, as well as the genealogical practice can be a tactical devise to obtain a passport, which enables people to move easier in a hierarchic global space. In the Argentinean case, on the one hand, the number of genealogical researches to apply for an Italian second citizenship raised up, on the other hand, the practice of the genealogy itself has become more popular, above all along the middle classes, whereas a basic genealogical knowledge has spread within the young generations. Using interviews, as well as bibliographical and statistic data, this paper aims to mark the complex connection, not only the instrumental one, between different genealogical practices produced by Argentineans of Italian descendant, Italian citizenship applications and the new Argentinean migration flows to Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes an interpretative analysis of the state of implementation of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in the light of new developments at national and international levels. As proposed, this is the first phase of a project that aims to create a methodological path for the implementation of strategic environmental assessment of plans and programs along coastal sites. In particular we wish to reach a procedure that, starting from a specific vision of "environment", allows to identify environmental indicators of context and performance that are suitable in reading environmental state and trend. This paper is structured in three parts that analyze: 1. the set of rules in force, as a founding element in understanding and identifying strengths and limits in the analyzed case studies; 2. Italian and British manuals and guidelines on how to implement SEA; 3. 12 case studies selected from those submitted by eight European countries including Italy, Malta, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, and Sweden from August 2006 to June 2007. The main objective of current legislation analysis is the schematization of the structure and content of The Environmental Report, which helps to stabilize the state of implementation on applying European Directive 2001/42/EC in the individual cases of study. The detailed analysis of the manuals, selected from those available in English and Italian, is directed towards the understanding of how the availability and quality of these instruments can influence the characteristics of The Environmental Report. The information that is derived from the analysis as well as the comparison of the 12 case studies, are structured in matrix, and are designed to highlight the differences between the environmental reports about the environmental, cultural, and landscape topics that characterize the description of the environmental context, the criteria for the selection of indicators, along with the type of impact. These differences all lead to the classification of the reports in three groups with each one representing a specific point of view; each group is also described in its own specific characteristics and features. The contribution concludes with a number of indications on future developments from the research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The sixty-sixth Annual Assembly of "International Institute of Welding, "a word of joining experience", was held in Essen, important economic city of the German region Ruhr, from 11 to 17 September 2013. It was attended by 755 experts, researchers, engineers, students and accompanying persons of 46 countries of four continents. IIW Working Units hold over one hundred meetings; some five hundred documents, recommendations, guidelines and draft standards were presented, studied and discussed, 132 of which have been recommended for publication and 6 for transmission to ISO and CEN for publication as standards or other regulatory actions. Significant also the meetings of IAB (International Authorization Board), the body created to manage in the context of IIW the "International IIW Qualification, Certification and Authorization System". Good well as the success of the International Conference "Automation in Welding", of some specialized seminars, as well as of various scientific and technical visits and of social events in and around the city. It was also partially renewed the Board of Directors of IIW; the latter has currently 56 Member Countries. Finally are presented too the lists of documents ap proved for publication and for standardization, so as the list of papers submitted to the International Conference and the final technical evaluations of the Italian delegation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a close reading of two recent novels by the German-Romanian writer Dieter Schlesak: Capesius der Auschmitzapotheker (2006) and Transylwahnien (2011). Born in 1934 among the German community of Transylvania, Schlesak deals in his novels with the tragic epic of the Holocaust, seen from the particular point of view of the transylvanian Saxons and their involvement in the Nazi crimes. More precisely, he depicts the "little homeland" of the Saxons and his dramatic dissolution, while History painfully reveals the existence of the Evil within the reassuring transylvanian Heimat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of agro-energy chains, in particular vegetable oil production, can represent, in Italy, an opportunity for the achievement of policy's objectives set by the European Union and for the agricultural sector. The aim of this study is to verify the existence of the "vegetable oil chain" at national and regional level, taking into account the Marche Region scenario (centre of Italy), the number of plants and their connection with the agricultural sector. From the methodological point of view, the paper evaluates trough a cost benefit analysis the economic performance of a vegetable oil plant, considering how the policies and the prices of raw materials affect it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]