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L’articolo presenta i risultati di un’indagine che ha coinvolto persone con disabilità e studenti universitari sul tema della città pubblica inclusiva. A fare da cornice il progetto VIVIinclusi, promosso dal Politecnico di Milano – Polo territoriale di Lecco in collaborazione con il Comune di Lecco ed Enti del Terzo Settore. Il progetto ha lo scopo di attivare percorsi di ricerca-azione e di coproduzione con gli attori del territorio per individuare strategie e strumenti di innovazione urbana per una città pubblica inclusiva. L’indagine si è avvalsa del metodo delle passeggiate sensobiografiche e ha coinvolto persone con disabilità frequentanti i servizi socio-educativi diurni e residenziali al fine di conoscere il loro punto di vista sulla città. La ricerca, oltre ad avere fornito elementi per la seconda fase di co-progettazione, ha permesso di riflettere criticamente sulla qualità inclusiva della città e dei servizi.

The Regional Oriented Reserve “Bosco Pantano”, in the Policoro territory, preserves the testimony of what was one of the most interesting lowland forest formations in Southern Italy, "a fossil" that survived to the uncontrolled land drainage and intensive agriculture occurred in the last century. Therefore, for several millennia, floodplain forests were indiscriminately exploited according to economical demands, even though the risks of biodiversity and habitat losses. The richness of species and ecosystems constitutes a major attribute of our planet, as well as an essential component of the stability of the Earth’ diverse environment. In this context, the aim of our work was to detect, on the basis of data collected through questionnaire, the most relevant factors that might impact on the ecosystem vulnerability of the reserve, either now or in the future, and thus undermine its survival. Once a brief overview of the historical, social and economic background, the hybrid method SWOT - AHP (A’WOT) was implemented. So, the implementation of such method, consisting of four analysis steps, allowed us to categorie the different SWOT factors. Our outcomes highlighted the stakeholders’ common interest in pointing to the unique traits of “Bosco Pantano” lowland forest, in order to ensure preservation and to protect biodiversity. Nevertheless, the findings revealed some critical points, i.e., the poor attention to the weaknesses factors, that may compromise the reserve’ survival. In addition, the results showed a general poor ability to appreciate and benefit from all the positive feedbacks, coming out of research and monitoring activities on the habitat. Hence, we were able to define measures and/or strategies geared to the preservation and valorization of the "Bosco Pantano" of Policoro. Specifically, the focus on multiple intervention lines could be encouranged, by exploiting the biotype’s peculiarity and uniqueness in order to promote the development of sustainable forms of tourism. It may also be advisable to implement projects aiming at the study of the the forest dynamics, as well as to institute control and monitoring organs. Lastly, we should also encourage all dissemination channels and tools in order to improve people’ s environmental awareness.

The paper explores the transgressive poetics of collage envisioned by Italian visual poet Stelio Maria Martini in his masterpiece Schemi (1962), one of the most complex artists’ books of the twentieth century: a catalog of composing techniques for a total art, achieved through an aesthetic manipulation of the most diverse materials across different media (newspaper clippings, drawings, photos, cultural debris). An unprecedented close reading of Schemi will prove how collage is for Martini much more than an experimental juxtaposition of signifiers (as in early Avant-Garde artists), or a political subversion of advertising slogans (as in other visual poets of his time). It is, instead, the necessary basis of a futurable poetry: a poietic gesture (from poiéo = to make), in which words, images, and matter drawn from the collective imagery of contemporary society are pulled together to retrieve feeble schemes of an otherwise alienated human sensitivity. The analysis will ultimately bring to light several cornerstones of this original po(i)etics of collage, able to redefine the medium of poetry in its own right: the substitution of the linear deductive logic with a circular one, which accepts contradictions as consubstantial to life and art; the radical subversion of the concepts of Time and History; the transformation of the values and uses of writing, alongside the pivotal distinction between sense and meaning; and the importance of a cosmic vision as a privileged access to the real.

The concept of mediatization concerns the role and influence of the media in both society and the fields of cultural production. Fashion has witnessed several processes of mediatization, exemplified by the rise of fashion bloggers and influencers and the emergence of several online activities — e.g., broadcasting fashion shows — alongside or in place of those that previously took the form of face-to-face interaction. Such a mediatization has then accelerated rhythms of fashion communication imposed by the new digital environment. Moreover, thanks to the role of legacy and digital media, fashion as a cultural industry has been increasingly able to fuel global social imaginaries. This article briefly reviews the state of the art of studies on mediatization in the field of fashion, with a focus on the role of fashion brands. The essay also considers the Covid-19 pandemic as an accelerator of digitization processes, and proposes a number of valuable questions to investigate the future of mediatization in fashion. First, how do fashion brands, whether mass-market or high-end, interface with their audience, advertise their products, reach their targets, finalize the sale, and retain consumers? Second, how has digital technology changed the format and meaning of fashion shows and catwalks? Thirdly, how do fashion brands cooperate with, defend themselves against or exploit new digital intermediaries such as bloggers, influencers and content creators? Finally, how do brands pursue the quest for authenticity, as a value and a rhetoric construction, through digital channels? The contributions of this special issue provide, through the study of empirical cases, elements to answer these questions.

Simposio internazionale Poesia in forma di cosa. Concretismo e Visualità in Italia e Belgio negli anni Sessanta e Settanta – Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Bruxelles, 24-25 maggio 2018.

The paper presents two case-studies developed in the research Lands of the river. The case studies are characterised by a high complexity level and by the integration between the several issues in relation to the interpretation methodologies and in relation to the responses system. The Rhine river basin experience and the Blue Ribbon Network (Greater London Plan 2004) were chosen in order of their complexity and of their innovation developed in the proposals and in the instruments (methodologies and responses). The paper underlines the innovation aspects, first of all in order of the integration between the different issues of the relationships between the man and the river and their vision aimed to the sustainable development of the whole environment system. The aims of the research is to define responses systems (policies, plans and projects) in relation to the different declination of the spatial, time and context variables, based on homogeneous factors/concepts of lectures and responses (vulnerability, resilience, network and system).

The paper focus on the landscape policies developed in the Lombardia Region. The policies and institutional strategies on landscape safeguard and improvement are summarised from the first laws and plans (’70 years) to the last landscape plan (approved in 2010). The paper stress also on the main difficulties in the landscape policies improvement: the actions implementation, the central role of the safeguard in terms of constrain, the lack of “active” and project of landscape, the difficulty to define a continuity across the different scale ... . In the ’90 the polices and instruments were implemented in a uncertainty framework due to the innovation in laws (on environment, landscape and planning) at the national level (new laws) and regional level (new regional laws on planning).

Abstract Within the framework of the CO.B.R.A. project for the development and dissemination of methods, technologies and advanced tools for the conservation of cultural heritage, data and experimental results of several shaking table tests were remotely shared. Through the upgrading of the laboratory with new optoelectronic instrumentation and the application of innovative video processing techniques, the vibrations induced to two typical Italian historic masonry walls and to an isolated pedestal provided with early-warning system for delicate statues were measured and analyzed.

Neste trabalho, analisamos o conto de Edgar Allan Poe, A máscara da morterubra, focalizando principalmente a espacialidade. Como suporte teórico,partimos da proposta da Topoanálise, elaborada a partir das ideias de Bachelard,Iuri Lotman, Osman Lins entre outros. Também recorremos ao ensaio de Poe,intitulado Filosofia do mobiliário. Em nossa análise, verificamos que o percursoespacial do texto se divide especialmente pela coordenada da interioridade,revelando-se então em exterior vs. interior. Temos o país como um espaçoenglobante e externo e, como espaço englobado e interior, aparece a abadiapara onde o duque foge com sua corte.In this paper, we analyze the short story The mask of red death by Edgar AllanPoe, focusing primarily on spatiality. As a theoretical starting point, we have theTopoanalysis proposal based on some ideas developed by Bachelard, Lotman,Osman Lins, among others. This paper also turns to Poe’s essay entitled ThePhilosophy of Furniture. In our analysis, we verify that the spatial path of thetext is divided mainly by the coordinate of the interior, revealing outside versus inside. A country as an including and an outward space and, as an enclosed andinterior space is approached by the abbey where the Duke runs away with hiscourt.

The article describes Italian emigration in the 1960s and 1970s. In this phase Italian emigration is characterized by a process of progressive professional specialization, by the prevalence of European destinations, by the effects of free circulation among EEC countries, and by the consequences of the 1973 oil crisis. In the 1960s there were still some elements common to the previous period, that of the immediate post-war period, such as temporary emigration and the presence of many unskilled workers. In the 1970s, new phenomena emerged, such as the large number of people returning home, the emergence of new professional figures, and the role of the regions in migration policies. The 60s and 70s represent a crucial period for Italian emigration, as they foreshadow some of the trends of the current scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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It seems particularly appropriate today to dedicate a monographic issue to Italian emigration in Switzerland after World War II. On June 7, 2010 has fallen the 40th anniversary of the Schwarzenbach initiative, that goes by the name of its promoter, the first and most known among the anti-foreigner popular referendums presented during the 1960s and 1970s in Switzerland, lately revived by the racist campaign against the Italian "rats", the Italian cross-border workers, by the political party Lega dei Ticinesi, which accuses the workers from Como, Varese and Verbania of "stealing jobs from Swiss citizens". After all, as Schwarzenbach used to say: «They are dead arms that weigh on our shoulders …We must get rid of this burden…We must, first of all, turn down from our communities those immigrants whom we have called to do the lowest jobs and in a few years (…) have improved their social status. They climb to the more comfortable positions, they study and strive to do their best: they even put a strain on the quietness of the average Swiss worker who remains nailed to the stool with in front, perhaps sitting on a armchair, the Italian ex-destitute» [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the last ten years the history of Italian migration has been the subject of numerous studies done not only by specialists but also by reporters, writers, movie and television directors, cultural animators, not excluding museums and other places dedicated to preserving the memories. Coming to the specific case of the regional museum of Gualdo Tadino, our goal is to reconstruct the origins, the characteristics, the risks, and the potential of mixing history and memories, which is particularly evident in the recent re-discovery of Italian migration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article retraces the migration of about 2,500 Italian mine workers to Great Britain from 1951 to 1952. The mine workers' migration was part of the Collective Recruiting Plan, an agreement between Italy and Great Britain signed soon after the end of WW II. The mine workers' ability to be employed, however, was doomed from the start, due to hostility against the foreigners' presence from the unions and from part of the local population. Within a few months, things worsened and a number of workers were repatriated, while others were employed elsewhere or even sent to other countries of destination. Thus, those who were against Italian immigration won an important battle, destined to leave a deep mark in the Italian community in Great Britain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Questo paper presenta un’esperienza condotta in una scuola primaria di Sassari con 21 bambini di 8, 9 e 10 anni, nell’anno scolastico 2015/2016. Il progetto è stato finanziato dal primo bando della Regione Sardegna “Tutti a Iscol@”, con l’obiettivo di innalzare i livelli di apprendimento degli studenti e contrastare l’abbandono scolastico. “Idea_Lab”, laboratorio innovativo digitale di educazione alimentare condotto da esperti esterni con il tutoraggio della scuola, ha assunto un carattere interdisciplinare con un approccio costruzionista. Il percorso ha suscitato interesse e curiosità per le tecnologie utilizzate (computer, software 3D design, stampante 3D) e motivazione nei bambini, i quali hanno reinterpretato le pedine del gioco dell’oca adattato al tema alimentare.

The article describes Italian emigration in the 1960s and 1970s. In this phase Italian emigration is characterized by a process of progressive professional specialization, by the prevalence of European destinations, by the effects of free circulation among EEC countries, and by the consequences of the 1973 oil crisis. In the 1960s there were still some elements common to the previous period, that of the immediate post-war period, such as temporary emigration and the presence of many unskilled workers. In the 1970s, new phenomena emerged, such as the large number of people returning home, the emergence of new professional figures, and the role of the regions in migration policies. The 60s and 70s represent a crucial period for Italian emigration, as they foreshadow some of the trends of the current scenario.

Background: The natural history of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis is still unclear. The aim of this study was to measure the HBV viral load (HBV DNA) in a cohort (n=20) of HBsAg positive chronic dialysis patients over a 12-month observation period. METHODS; HBV DNA was measured by the Amplicor HBV MonitorTM Test Kit, an in vitro test that utilizes Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) nucleic acid amplification and DNA hybridisation for the quantitative measurement of hepatitis B viral DNA in human serum. Amplicor HBV MonitorTM Test Kit amplifies a sequence in the pre-Core/Core region of the HBV genome with biotinylated and non-biotinylated oligonucleotide primers., Results: There was no significant difference between the median HBV load at the start and the end of the study, 1.85 x 104 HBV copies/ml (percentile 16.84; 6.35 x 102 - 3.5 x 106 HBV copies/ ml) and 8.5 x 103 HBV copies/ml (percentile 16.84; 5.5 x 102 - 6.38 x 105 HBV copies/ml), respectively. These serum HBV DNA levels were lower than those measured by the same test in patients with chronic hepatitis B and normal renal function (Hepatology 2000; 32: 116-23). In the group of HBsAg positive carriers on dialysis, we identified three patterns of HBV viremia over time: 1) patients (n=6) with persistent HBV DNA, 2) those (n=2) with undetectable HBV DNA and 3) those (n=12) with intermittent HBV DNA. Patients with persistent HBV DNA (median, 3.3 x 104 HBV copies/ml; percentile 16.84; 3.5 x 103 - 2.3 x 106 HBV copies/ml) had higher viral HBV load than those with intermittent HBV viremia (median, 1.2 x 103 HBV copies/ml; percentile 16.84; 3.5 x 102 - 2.3 x 104 HBV copies/ml) (p=0.0001). Patients with persistent HBV DNA had higher frequency of serum hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) positivity than those showing intermittent and negative HBV DNA, 50% (3/6) vs. 0% (p=0.04). The frequency of serum IgM antibody against hepatitis B core antigen (IgM anti-HBc) was higher in patients with persistent HBV DNA than those having intermittent or negative HBV DNA, 100% (6/6) vs. 33% (4/12), p=0.03. We detected no difference in aminotransferase activity between patients with persistent HBV DNA and those showing intermittent or negative HBV DNA. In the group with persistent HBV DNA, the mean difference between maximum and minimum values of HBV DNA observed in each individual patient was 6.13+/-1.25 decimal logarithm (Log10) and in patients with intermittent HBV DNA 3.87+/-1.49 Log10 (p=0.006). In the entire group, the fluctuations in HBV DNA values over time between and within individuals were not significant., Conclusions: The viremic HBV load was low and relatively stable over a 12-month follow-up period; three patterns of HBV viremia over time were observed; 30% of the viremic patients had persistent HBV viremia, and those patients had larger viral load and higher frequency of HBeAg and anti-HBc IgM than did patients with intermittent or negative HBV DNA. Prospective studies with longer observation periods are in progress to fully understand the natural history of HBV in these immunosuppressed patients.

Background: Control of spread of HBV infection in dialysis units in developed countries has been one of the major advances in managing end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Patients with chronic HBV, however, continue to enter the population pool of dialysis patients and transplant candidates. The clinical significance related to the presence of HBsAg in serum of dialysis patients has not been completely understood., Aim and Methods: We collected demographic, biochemical and virological data from a large (n=464) population of patients on maintenance dialysis. This was done to assess the influence of virological and host factors on hepatocellular damage, as shown by serum aminotransferase activity., Results: The frequency of HBsAg positivity in our dialysis population was 8.2 % (38/464); the rate of HBsAg positive patients showing HBe antigen was 20.6% (7/34). Twenty-two (84.6%) of 26 HBsAg positive patients showed detectable HBV DNA in serum by Amplicor HBV MonitorTM Test. HBsAg positive patients had serum aminotransferase activity significantly higher than HBsAg negative individuals; GOT (AST) 25.1+/-29.9 vs. 16+/-21.5 UI/L (p=0.001), and GPT (ALT) 31.3+/-52.5 vs. 17.7+/-21.9 UIL (p=0.034). In the subset of HBsAg positive dialysis patients, those in the replicative phase HBeAg positive) had aminotransferase activity higher than HBeAg negative individuals, AST, 42.3+/-43.6 vs. 22.4+/-27.3 UI/L (p=0.097) and ALT, 49.41+/-54.7 vs. 29.17+/-55.76 UI/L (NS) respectively. We did a multivariate analysis by standard least square model on the entire patient group and we found independent and significant association between detectable HBsAg in serum and AST (p=0.0089)and ALT (p=0.0159) values. There was an independent and significant relationship between age and ALT (p=0.01)., Conclusions: In our study group, HBsAg positive patients on dialysis had serum aminotransferase activity significantly higher than that measured in HBsAg negative individuals. However, mean transaminase levels in HBsAg positive patients on dialysis were below the upper limit of normal for the reference range of healthy controls. HBsAg positive dialysis patients with active viral replication showed the greatest liver damage. Studies are in progress to understand further HBV-related liver disease in dialysis population.

13 cases of MVP in pregnancy were examined and compared with a control group. No significant differences were found in the various parameters assessed in the two groups nor did there appear to be any significant increase in obstetric or neonatal risk.