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Quality of Life and Psychological Well-being: The Case of Achalasia - The theoretical reflection on people, particularly on those affected by a rare illness, requires a multidisciplinar analysis. This shared reflection allows to gather the common denominator of the individual histories: a call for well-being even before health. During the 6th Meeting of Amae Onlus it was talked about Quality of the Life (QOL) for achalasia patients according to a biopsychosocial approach, tackling topics like the management of pain, the smart feeding, the doctor-patient relationship and the role of psychological cares in affecting the QOL of patients. Scholars converged on the need to overcome the strong paternalism in favour of the nudge: accompaning somebody to move towards a good choice. A path towards extraordinarium auxilium in which the final word is left to the individual and to his personal and indisputable choice of quality of life.

It is generally accepted that the final section of Brunetto Latini’s Li Livres dou Tresor, known as his Politica, is largely based upon Giovanni da Viterbo’s De regimine civitatum. Notwithstanding this agreement on the derivative relationship between both texts, Latini’s Politica continues to puzzle scholars. Based upon a historically informed textual comparison and analysis this article argues that the amount of intervention by Brunetto Latini – and its coherence in direction – is highly instructive on the originality of Latini’s rewriting and indicative of its purpose. Finally, this article sheds light on the historical factors underlying Latini’s decision to select Giovanni da Viterbo’s text.

Review to: Cristina Nervi, Il paesaggio di Nora. Studio dei materiali romani e tardoantichi (BAR International Series 2833), BAR Publishing, Oxford 2016, pp. VI+462, ISBN: 9781407315225 Recensione a: Cristina Nervi, Il paesaggio di Nora. Studio dei materiali romani e tardoantichi (BAR International Series 2833), BAR Publishing, Oxford 2016, pp. VI+462, ISBN: 9781407315225

Abstract: The collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Cagliari shows a carnelian discovered in 1894, in Sorgono by F. Vivanet. The acclamation to Zeus-Serapis and the bust engraved on the back of the gem allows us to recognise the precious object as a testimony to the piety and trust towards the roman emperor, who's identity is most probably Lucius Septimius Severus. Riassunto: La collezione glittica del Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari conserva una corniola rinvenuta da F. Vivanet nel 1894 in Sorgono. L’acclamazione a Zeus-Serapide e il busto intagliato sul recto della gemma permettono di interpretare l’oggetto prezioso quale testimonianza di religiosità e di fiducia rivolta nei confronti dell’imperatore da identificare, presumibilmente, con Lucio Settimio Severo.

Alla stregua di un viaggio che valica i confini di tempo e materia, colore e originalità, archeologia e storia dell’arte, la mostra Serial Classic, curata da S. Settis e A. Anguissola ed allestita dal 9 maggio al 24 agosto 2015 presso le sale del Podium della Fondazione Prada di Milano, ha affrontato con rinnovata e audace vitalità il concetto di ‘classico’ attraverso il rapporto tra originali, copie e riproduzioni delle grandi manifestazioni statuarie greche, svelando al mondo moderno quanto i valori di classicità in essi insiti siano vivi, energici e attuali.

Three different protocols to synthesize oxazolidin-5-ones have been studied with the goal to develop a method to synthesize a diastereomerically pure oxazolidin-5-one. A novel method is reported that uses a dynamic crystallization-induced asymmetric transformation to isolate a single diastereomer of an oxazolidin-5-one in 92% yield on kilogram scale. Alkylation of the oxazolidin-5-one template leads to good-to-excellent yields of N-protected α-substituted alanine esters in >98–99% ee.

Authors observed in cases of kryptogenetic diseases of cranial nerves V, VII and VIII a significant higher frequency of well pneumatized petrous portion of the temporal bone than in normal population. They suppose that, parallel to the symptoms of Eustachian tube occlusion in the middle ear region, the "Vacuum Petrosum" causes these disturbances of cranial nerve functions and try to interpret the mechanism in the particular cases.