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In questo contributo si indagano alcuni tipi di costruzioni dell’italiano in cui i deittici prossimali e distali, a partire dalle funzioni originarie, hanno sviluppato delle ulteriori funzionalità pragmatico-discorsive. In particolare, i dimostrativi questo e quello all’interno di alcune specifiche configurazioni sintattico-discorsive possono assumere funzione valutativa e intensificare o mitigare gli attributi qualitativi del referente, facendo leva su conoscenze realmente condivise dai parlanti o presupposte come tali. Tramite l’analisi di dati autentici estratti dal webcorpus itTenTen20 e adottando un approccio misto (corpus-driven e corpus-based), ci proponiamo di descrivere i processi inferenziali che permettono all’interlocutore di attivare la lettura valutativa dei deittici in due particolari costruzioni: [quel N lì] e [(N1) non è (che sia) questo N2]. “We are not these experts”. Evaluative uses of proximal and distal deictics In this contribution, we intend to investigate two Italian constructions in which proximal and distal deictics, starting from their original functions, have developed additional discursive-pragmatic functions. In particular, the demonstratives questo ‘this’ and quello ‘that’ within some specific syntactic and discursive configurations can take on evaluative functions. They can intensify or mitigate the qualitative attributes of the referent, drawing on the knowledge shared by the speakers or presupposed as such. Through the analysis of authentic data from the itTenTen20 webcorpus and adopting a mixed approach (both corpus-driven and corpus-based), we aim to describe the inferential processes that enable the interlocutor to activate the evaluative reading of deictics in two specific constructions: [quel N lì] and [(N1) non è (che sia) questo N2].

Rheumatic disease patients are at greater risk of infection due to their disease, comorbidities, and immunosuppressive therapy. COVID-19 outcomes in this patient setting appeared to be similar to those of the general population. However, data on this topic were mainly related to small studies on a limited number of patients. Consequently, to date, this field remains poorly explored, particularly in the pre-vaccine era. This monocentric study aimed to describe the intrahospital mortality in rheumatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 consecutively hospitalized from 21 February to 31 December 2020, before anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine administration spread, compared with non-rheumatic patients. Of 2491 included patients, 65 [3%, median (interquartile range) age 75 (64.76-82.239 years, 65% women] were suffering from rheumatic diseases. A total of 20 deaths were reported [case fatality rate 31%, 95% confidence interval (CI): 19-42] compared with 433 deaths (19%, 95% CI: 17-20) in patients without rheumatic diseases (p=0.024). However, the rheumatic disease was not associated with a significant increase in univariate mortality hazards (hazard ratio 1.374, 95% CI: 0.876-2.154), and after adjustment (hazard ratio 1.199, 95% CI: 0.759-1.894) by age, sex and Charlson comorbidity index. The incidence of intensive care unit admission, death, and discharge in the case-control study was comparable between rheumatic and non-rheumatic patients. The presence of rheumatic diseases in SARS-CoV-2-hospitalized patients did not represent an independent risk factor for severe disease or mortality.

Questo itinerario didattico interdisciplinare (matematica ed educazione visiva) è stato realizzato in una scuola dell’infanzia del Canton Ticino seguendo un approccio contestuale. In una prima fase, i bambini hanno realizzato un intero processo statistico, dalla domanda di ricerca alla rappresentazione dei risultati. Sono state proposte due indagini: la prima volta a capire se nelle case degli allievi fossero presenti più gatti o più cani, la seconda per determinare se nella scuola dell’infanzia di Bioggio fossero presenti più allievi o più allieve. Questa prima fase ha messo in evidenza come la difficoltà principale dei bambini fosse la rappresentazione dei risultati, e in particolare la rappresentazione di classi di equivalenza (gatto/cane, maschio/femmina). Questo genere di difficoltà è stato quindi affrontato didatticamente con il linguaggio visivo del pittogramma, che ha accompagnato gli allievi attraverso diversi compiti di realtà. Lungo le ultime fasi del suo sviluppo, l’itinerario è stato strutturato per consolidare la capacità degli allievi di creare pittogrammi.

During the Symposium “Systems Medicine. Integration models in clinical practice and new therapeutic solutions”, "The Milan Declaration 2022 – New goals for Medicine" – which outlines the current and future social and health scenarios that make necessary to define a new paradigm of Medicine – was approved by the speakers (Prof. Giuseppe Bellelli, Prof. Sergio Bernasconi, Prof. Gianni Bona, Prof. Mario Clerici, Prof. Giuseppe De Benedittis, Dr. Marco Del Prete, Prof. Fabio Esposito, Prof. Vassilios Fanos, Prof. Alessandro Genazzani, Prof. Paolo Inghilleri, Prof. Davide Lauro, Prof. Jeanette Maier, Prof. Stefano Masiero, Prof. Marco Matucci Cerinic, Prof. Alberto Migliore, Prof. Emilio Minelli, Prof. Andrea Modesti, Prof. Claudio Molinari, Prof. Valter Santilli, Prof. Umberto Solimene). The Symposium was held in Milan, Italy, at the University of Milan, on 5 May 2022 under the auspices of: World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Integrative Medicine, P.R.M. Academy (International Academy of Physiological Regulating Medicine), FEMTEC (Worldwide Federation of Hydrotherapy and Climatotherapy), under the patronage of: Italian Ministry of Health, FNOMCeO (Italian Federation of the Associations of Surgeons and Dentists).

“Where can we place the space for the memory in such a communication system? What memory?” In her comment to Giuseppe Carlo Marino’s essay about the globalization and crisis of “historical thought”, Paola Bernasconi tries to answer these questions, wondering about the changes that technology revolution and the politic economic dynamics have impressed on the value of the historical culture for the globalized society.

Der vorliegende Artikel stellt die wesentlichen Erkenntnisse aus einer regionalen Studie vor, welche zwischen 2001 und 2005 an den Tessiner Maturitätsschulen sowie an der Fachhochschule durchgeführt wurde. In der ersten Phase ging es primär darum, das vorhandene quantitative und qualitative Potenzial der Maturanden aus Berufsschule und Gymnasium im Hinblick auf die Einführung der Informatikfakultät an der Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) zu evaluieren. In der zweiten Phase wurde der Fokus auf die Berufsmaturität einschliesslich eines Vergleichs mit der gymnasialen Maturität gerichtet: Anhand einer Gesamterhebung wurde u.a. der Frage des Kompetenzprofils der Maturanden und der Unterschiede je nach Studienrichtung nachgegangen. Neben qualitativen Interviews mit den Lehrpersonen, Fragebögen sowie Leistungs- und Intelligenztests wurde eigens ein spezifisches Instrument zur Erfassung kultureller Kompetenzen entwickelt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen für die Berufsschulmaturanden ein durchzogenes und ambivalentes Bild: Sie weisen in einigen Kompetenzbereichen Ressourcen auf, die durchaus mit den Gymnasiasten vergleichbar sind, etwa ihr kognitives, «sprachunabhängiges» Intelligenzpotenzial. Hingegen sind im Bereich der sprachlichen und kulturellen Ressourcen deutliche Defizite erkennbar. Vergleicht man die Berufsmaturitätsrichtungen, so sind Schwierigkeiten v.a. bei den Absolventen der kaufmännischen Berufsmatura auszumachen.

In 27 years of activity, CEMLA has had many opportunities of collaboration with CSER. This cooperation, indeed, was especially strong during the time of planning and the first decade of activity of the South American center. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a case study that describes the application of the Regent Suit, a rehabilitative device, to improve the gait performances of a patient severely affected by stroke, in its post-acute phase. The Regent Suit was developed by the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. The patient attended 20 rehabilitation sessions during the in-hospital period.

This work investigates the participation of immigrants in the Argentinean cinema and their portrayal in the movies produced during the period 1897-2007. Argentinean cinema was born precisely in the years of the massive immigration to the country: it's not surprising then that immigrants played important roles at its beginning. Much more surprising actually is to observe how the immigrant and his world did not effect in the movie industry the same impact that he produced in the actual building of the nation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectiu: identificar, descriure i analitzar les narratives presents en les donacions fetes per dones al Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos de Xile. -- Metodologia: estudi exploratori de metodologia mixta. Considera una anàlisi estadística descriptiva dels fons documentals donats al Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos segons tipus de donant i gènere; una anàlisi del perfil, la motivació, la procedència i el tipus d'experiència aportada en les donacions de dones per a proposar una tipologia dels seus arxius, i l'anàlisi de 37 fons documentals seleccionats per a il·lustrar aquesta tipologia. -- Resultats: malgrat les dures restriccions imposades per la dictadura a l'exercici de la política, l'associació i l'expressió pública, i els danys profunds que el terrorisme d'estat va produir en el teixit social, els arxius personals revelen el paper fonamental que les dones van exercir en el camp de la defensa i la promoció dels drets humans, i també en el camp polític, social i cultural organitzat i mobilitzat contra la dictadura a Xile. Objective: To identify, describe and analyse the narratives present in the documents donated by women to Chile’s Museum of Memory and Human Rights (MMDH). -- Methodology: A mixed-method exploratory study which presents a descriptive statistical analysis of the collection of documents donated to the MMDH, according to the person making the donation and the genre; an analysis of the profile, rationale, origin and type of experience described in order to propose a classification; and the analysis of 37 documents selected in order to illustrate this classification. -- Results: Despite the severe restrictions imposed on political activity, association, and public discourse, and the profound damage that state terrorism inflicted on the social fabric, the personal documents of women bear witness to their fundamental role in the defence and promotion of human rights, as well as in the political, social and cultural mobilization against the dictatorship of Chile.

Objetivo: identificar, describir y analizar las narrativas presentes en las donaciones realizadas por mujeres al Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos de Chile. -- Metodología: estudio exploratorio de metodología mixta. Considera un análisis estadístico descriptivo de los fondos documentales donados al Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos según tipo de donante y género; un análisis del perfil, motivación, procedencia y tipo de experiencia relevada en las donaciones de mujeres para proponer una tipología de sus archivos y el análisis de 37 fondos documentales seleccionados para ilustrar dicha tipología. -- Resultados: pese a las severas restricciones impuestas por la dictadura al ejercicio de la política, la asociación y la expresión pública, y a los profundos daños que el terrorismo de Estado produjo en el tejido social, los archivos personales revelan el rol fundamental que las mujeres desempeñaron en el campo de la defensa y la promoción de los derechos humanos, y también en el campo político, social y cultural organizado y movilizado contra la dictadura en Chile. Objective: To identify, describe and analyse the narratives present in the documents donated by women to Chile’s Museum of Memory and Human Rights (MMDH). -- Methodology: A mixed-method exploratory study which presents a descriptive statistical analysis of the collection of documents donated to the MMDH, according to the person making the donation and the genre; an analysis of the profile, rationale, origin and type of experience described in order to propose a classification; and the analysis of 37 documents selected in order to illustrate this classification. -- Results: Despite the severe restrictions imposed on political activity, association, and public discourse, and the profound damage that state terrorism inflicted on the social fabric, the personal documents of women bear witness to their fundamental role in the defence and promotion of human rights, as well as in the political, social and cultural mobilization against the dictatorship of Chile.

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This study was aimed at assessing the clinical usefulness of measuring the contrast enhancement (CE) of solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions. We used spiral CT to study prospectively 35 pulmonary lesions presenting as SPNs < 30 mm phi; we evaluated the CE of the nodules 120 minutes after the administration of 100 mL of nonionic contrast material (= 30 grams of iodine), at 2 mL/s. The final diagnosis of the 35 SPNs was made at surgery (27 cases); positive sputum cytology (2 cases), 12 months' follow-up (5 cases) or fine-needle aspiration biopsy and 6 months' follow-up (1 case). Thus, 25 of 35 SPNs proved malignant (11 adenocarcinomas, 5 squamous cell carcinoma, 2 large cell carcinomas, 2 carcinoids, 1 small cell carcinoma, 2 cases with positive sputum cytology, 2 metastases) and the extant 10 of 35 proved benign. Malignant nodules enhanced markedly more (mean value: 36.8 HU) more than benign lesions (mean value: 18.6 HU). CE exceeded 20 HU in 23/25 malignant nodules and did not in 2/25; it did not exceed 20 HU in 6/10 benign nodules and did in 4/10. With 20 HU as the threshold value for a positive test (malignancy), sensitivity was 92%, specificity 60% and accuracy 83%; positive and negative predictive values were 85% and 75%, respectively. In conclusion, CE evaluation is a sensitive, although not very specific, indicator of malignancy in SPNs.

This study was aimed at evaluating the incidence of breast carcinoma recurrences in a group of female patients treated with QU.A.RT. July 1989 to December 1990, 111 asymptomatic patients underwent physical examination, mammography (in both cranio-caudal and 45 degrees oblique projections), and US with 7.5 and 10 MHz probes. The study population was made of patients operated between 1984 and 1989 and subsequently treated with radiotherapy. Twenty-seven cases with suspect mammographic and US findings were selected and submitted to cytology with needle biopsy under US or stereotaxic guidance. Ten of them exhibited recurrences (9%) at cytology. Of the extant 17 cases, 5 had inflammatory lesions, 1 had liponecrosis, and 11 patients presented with no pathologic cells. The interpretative difficulties of mammographic and US findings were also examined. Problems were found to be related to both correct execution of the technique due to the treatment the breast is submitted to (volumetric reduction and structural distortion) and to correct image interpretation. Therefore we conclude that the two diagnostic methods be combined for they are complementary in the early detection of breast carcinoma recurrence.