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ABOUT THE NON EUCLIDEAN NATURE OF INTERNET'S BIG DATA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES In this paper we discuss the non Euclidean nature of navigable Big Data, hinting as it could introduce – thanks to its combinatorial richness – the possibility of multiple interpretation spaces. We also propose that, in such structures, exploration algorithms have a paradoxical nature insofar they either enhance human biases or are useless. Finally, we propose that Internet could be used as an artificial universe for observing constructivism at work.

The assessment criteria and indicators used in the authorisation processes of building or urban projects can play a key role in achieving the goals introduced by the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet, on the one hand, the evaluation of project proposals and the granting of building permits still rely to a large extent on the subjective judgement of public technicians, severely limiting the incentive for the development of virtuous practices and innovative procedures; on the other hand, the measurement of the SDGs on a local basis presents strong operational gaps and criticalities, struggling to clearly orientate urban transformation processes. In the paper, these problematic issues represent the starting point to discuss the possibilities that the development of a GeoBIM platform could open to spatialise, measure and automate authorisation processes by integrating local regulations and sustainability indicators of global significance. The methodological and technical implications of the proposal are explored both through a reconstruction of the disciplinary literature on the subject and through the detailed description of some recent experimental tools. In particular, by questioning how to operationalize the integration of local assessment methods and global indicators through a GeoBIM platform, the paper raises broader questions on the relationship between measurement, policies and planning practices. In particular, the revision of priority criteria according to the 2030 Agenda goals is read in the text as a useful opportunity to rethink a number of administrative tools and practices. Indeed, the development of a GeoBIM platform to support building permit applications could not only make the assessment of compliance with local regulations more efficient and automated but also allow for the measurement of project impacts against indicators aimed at the local declination of the sustainability goals defined by the 2030 Agenda. I criteri e indicatori di valutazione utilizzati negli iter autorizzativi delle operazioni edilizie o urbane possono rivestire un peso molto rilevante nel raggiungimento degli obiettivi introdotti dall’Agenda 2030 dell’ONU per lo sviluppo sostenibile. Eppure, da un lato, il processo di valutazione delle proposte progettuali e di concessione delle licenze edilizie è ad oggi ancora in buona misura demandato al giudizio soggettivo dei tecnici pubblici, limitando fortemente l’incentivo allo sviluppo di pratiche virtuose e processi innovativi; dall’altro, la misurazione degli SDG su base locale presenta forti la- cune operative ed evidenti elementi di criticità, stentando a imporre delle linee di indirizzo nell’ambito dei processi di trasformazione urbana. Queste problematicità rappresentano nell’articolo il punto di partenza per discutere le possibilità che potrebbe aprire lo sviluppo di una piattaforma GeoBIM che permetta di spazializzare, misurare e automatizzare i processi autorizzativi integrando normative locali e indicatori di sostenibilità di valenza globale. Le implicazioni metodologiche e tecniche della proposta vengono approfondite sia attraverso una ricostruzione della letteratura disciplinare sul tema, sia tramite la descrizione dettagliata di alcune recenti sperimentazioni. In particolare, interrogandosi su come tradurre attraverso la piattaforma in chiave operativa metodi e strumenti di valutazione locali e indicatori globali, l’articolo solleva questioni più ampie circa il rapporto tra misurazione, politiche e pratiche progettuali. In particolare, la revisione dei criteri di valutazione potenzialmente introdotta dagli obiettivi di sostenibilità è letta nel testo come un’occasione utile per ripensare una serie di strumenti e pratiche amministrative. L’ipotesi all’origine del lavoro è infatti che la messa a punto di una piattaforma GeoBIM di supporto alla presentazione delle proposte progettuali possa non solo efficientare e automatizzare il processo di valutazione di conformità rispetto ai regolamenti locali, ma consentire anche di misurare gli impatti dei progetti rispetto a degli indicatori che permettano di declinare localmente gli obiettivi di sostenibilità definiti dall’Agenda 2030.

This paper investigates the role of the module in the composition of the external envelope of buildings. The opportunity presented by the call proposed by the Agathón journal serves as a pretext to initiate a reflection that, starting from Argan’s well-known distinction between object-module and measure-module, aims to highlight the relationship that exists between how architects conceive the envelope and the spatial paradigm to which they refer. The objective of this essay is to bring the attention of designers back to the importance of reflecting on the architectural quality of the envelope and its expressive capacity of facades, especially in consideration of the current historical moment in which environmental, cultural, and economic reasons increasingly urgently demand the transition from traditional construction techniques to dry assembly systems. Article info Received: 15/09/2023; Revised: 04/10/2023; Accepted: 31/10/2023

In Piemonte (Italia) e nella Francia meridionale vivono due comunità sinte che definiscono se stesse come “piemontesi”. Le relazioni storiche tra queste due comunità non sono note, ma la loro comune auto-denominazione suggerisce come prima ipotesi un’origine comune e in particolare che i sinti piemontesi di Francia siano un gruppo di sinti piemontesi del Piemonte migrato dalle originarie sedi italiane. L’esame dei dialetti romaní delle due comunità mostra tuttavia come questa ricostruzione appaia un poco semplicistica, soprattutto perché la varietà di romaní parlata dai sinti piemontesi di Francia condivide un certo numero di tratti morfologici e lessicali con il sinto lombardo, un’altra varietà di romaní parlata nell’Italia settentrionale. L’articolo discute alcune caratteristiche di questi dialetti sinti e propone l’ipotesi che i sinti piemontesi di Francia siano i discendenti di una comunità originariamente insediata in un’area intermedia tra quelle storicamente occupate dai sinti piemontesi di Piemonte e i sinti lombardi.

Cet article, dont le titre fait référence à un album du groupe de raggamuffin marseillais Massilia Sound System a comme but d’analyser l’usage du dialecte dans la chanson italienne contemporaine. Les dialectes, bien qu’ils soient souvent associés, de façon réductrice, aux chants folkloriques traditionnels, ont subi une évolution significative au fil des ans. En effet, ils ont tout d’abord pu s’affranchir de la dimension culturelle rurale et populaire dans laquelle la langue officielle les avait relégués, pour se configurer comme une ressource linguistique supplémentaire face à la langue officielle qui est encore perçue par beaucoup d’Italiens comme inventée, élitiste et imposée. Bien sûr cet article n’a pas prétention d’exhaustivité : le sujet est trop vaste. Il doit être donc lu comme un point de départ pour d’autres réflexions. Après une brève reconstitution historique des processus de formation des langues officielles européennes, nous proposerons une réflexion sur la différence entre langue et dialecte en mettant l’accent sur l’Italie et de sa spécificité en tant que terre de dialectes. Nous nous concentrerons ensuite sur le dialecte napolitain, son évolution, sa « renaissance » et son utilisation dans les chansons contemporaines.

This paper brings together some insights from the book Poesia, lingua e ascolto. Una nuova didattica per la scuola dell’infanzia [Poetry, language and listening. A new didactics for kindergarten] by Franca Bosc with the aim of proposing brief theoretical notes and providing examples of practical applications that can be carried out at the pre-school level.

Lung cancer represents a true health emergency due to its epidemiological and prognostic impact. Like other oncological pathologies, it requires the integrated involvement of specialists who approach the different stages of the clinical care path of the disease from diagnosis to molecular characterization to therapeutic strategies in the context of a multidisciplinary oncology group (GOM) with application models operating differently in the various local realities. The aim of this work, taken from the proceedings of the Congress held on 24th June 2023, is to present the path and activity of the Arezzo lung GOM, established more than 30 years ago, in which all the members of the group play a role key in an integrated and sequential manner with the aim of allowing the global management of the patient with suspected or confirmed primary lung neoplasm from the diagnostic suspicion to the shared choice of the best therapeutic strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In the Armenian dialect of Urmia (Northern Iran), the indicative imperfect displays a very innovating inflection, based on the addition of the morpheme ‘-eɾ’ (properly the imperfect 3s of the verb ‘to beʼ) to the indicative present. This morpheme of ‘remotenessʼ creates opposition between other tenses as well, such as perfect and pluperfect, future and past future. The article deals with the reconstruction of the origin and diffusion of this innovating morpheme in the verbal system of the Armenian dialect of Urmia, focusing both on endogenous morphological dynamics and on the role of language contact with Turkic varieties as a trigger of this morphological change.

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Mechanical ventilation (MV) and non-invasive respiratory support (NIRS) can be counted among the cornerstones of modern medicine. These techniques have modified the prognosis and treatment of respiratory failure. Although references to respiratory assistance are common in the Bible, mechanical ventilators first appeared in the early 1800s as negative-pressure devices. During the polio epidemic in Denmark in 1952, there was a transition to invasive positive pressure ventilation. The diffusion of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation began in the 1980s, following the experience derived from the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea. After this pioneering era NIRS, including high-flow oxygen therapy, have spread widely in clinical practice, with heterogeneous logistic and structural characteristics worldwide. The early use of NIRS in different settings has become a necessity and a crucial strategy for the treatment of Acute Respiratory failure COVID-19-related, showing increasing efficacy data, probably also due to the reduction of the use of invasive MV and related complications. This article reviews the history of respiratory supports in the treatment of respiratory failure; in particular highlight how the integration of physiology, medicine and technology have contributed to the development and advancement of NIRS in clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The imbalance between the prevalence of patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) and acute-on-chronic respiratory failure (ACRF) and the number of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds requires new solutions. The increasing use of non-invasive respiratory tools to support patients at earlier stages of ARF and the increased expertise of non-ICU clinicians in other types of supportive care have led to the development of adult Pulmonary Intensive Care Units (PICU) and Pulmonary Intermediate Care Units (PIMCU). As in other European countries, Italian PICUs and PIMCUs provide an intermediate level of care as the setting designed for managing ARF patients without severe non-pulmonary dysfunction. The PICUs and PIMCUs may also act as step-down units for weaning patients from prolonged mechanical ventilation, and for discharging patients still requiring ventilatory support at home. These units may play an important role in the on-going coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This position paper promoted by the Italian Thoracic Society (ITS-AIPO) describes the models, facilities, staff, equipment and operating methods of PICUs and PIMCUs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]