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The New Public Contracts Code (NPCC, Legislative Decree no. 36/2023) represents a significant intervention in the fourth systematisation of the planning-authorisation-execution process over the past thirty years, occurring during a phase of transition. This Code lays out the principles of "result" and "trust" and proposes a unified self-executing set of rules, with its objectives assessed in terms of incentives and guarantees for the quality and its outcomes. From a multifactorial perspective, this Code is connected to a variety of technical-administrative and requirement-performance scenarios. These encompass project conception, programme, qualification of the involved parties, environment and sustainability, technical advancement, qualification of building materials, construction execution and standards for the maintenance and facility management of buildings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Administrative action must base decisions on certified georeferenced cognitive elements because errors and inaccuracies can affect public decision-making. With this in mind, the Tuscany Region's overall strategy is one that includes, in addition to the implementation of remote sensing data, improving the quality of spatial data produced as part of the administrative functions under its jurisdiction. To do this, the Region renews the role of its Cartographic Office, recognizing its variable geometry but placing it at the center of the complex coordination system for the certified acquisition of georeferenced information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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To write a Safety Plan, a Risk Management office analyzes the causes of error and adverse events by investigating them and estimating risk probability. The rudiments of estimating risk probability are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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L’articolo offre alcune riflessioni teoriche e indicazioni metodologiche e operative sui processi che assicurano la qualità e la validità della ricerca qualitativa in educazione. Questi processi di valutazione sulla ricerca costituiscono la base per rafforzare la co-appartenenza dei soggetti coinvolti a diverso titolo nella ricerca stessa. Ciò in ragione del fatto che i processi di qualità e validità rappresentano un’opportunità di formazione eco-sistemica e di coappartenenza all’interno di modelli e procedure che promuovono consapevolezza e decisionalità condivise su cosa ha prodotto la ricerca, su come è stata realizzata e su come eventualmente migliorarne processi e esiti. Le questioni riferite alla qualità e alla validità della ricerca qualitativa in educazione hanno guidato preliminarmente lo sviluppo del presente lavoro sia attraverso una disamina teorica e metodologica di tali costrutti sia attraverso la loro operazionalizzazione e applicazione in uno specifico caso di studio.

The development of forms of monitoring of educational systems has meant to account for the functioning of educational organizations. In the evaluation, the methods of measuring quality have become the structural articulation of each organized system. The need was felt to use interactive management methods, capable of promoting continuous quality control, also through a systematic verification of results and feedback produced by users. The text analyzes similar organizational methods in educational contexts, where actions are affirmed to improve the quality of the service, through the use of indicators, with the aim of defining training standards for quality learning environments. The concept of effectiveness and improvement intersect in the ESI project, where schools from European countries were able to share the identifying elements for educational change. Condizioni educative e formative degli ambienti di apprendimento: gli standard di controllo della qualità nella scuola. Lo sviluppo di forme di monitoraggio dei sistemi educativi ha inteso dar conto del funzionamento delle organizzazioni educative. Nella valutazione le modalità di misurazione della qualità sono divenute l’articolazione strutturale di ogni sistema organizzato. Si è avvertita la necessità di utilizzare metodi di gestione interattivi, in grado di promuovere il controllo continuo della qualità, anche attraverso una sistematica verifica dei risultati e del feedback prodotto dagli utenti. Nel testo si analizzano simili modalità organizzative nei contesti educativi, dove si affermano azioni per il miglioramento della qualità del servizio, attraverso l’utilizzo di indicatori, con l’obiettivo di definire standard formativi per ambienti di apprendimento di qualità. Il concetto di efficacia e di miglioramento si incrociano nel progetto Esi, dove scuole dei paesi europei hanno potuto condividere gli elementi indentificativi per il cambiamento educativo.

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Starting from identifying simple and complex issues, some procedures are illustrated to investigate the causes of error and adverse events both in healthcare and in other professions involving risks for health and safety of workers, visitors and patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article aims to clarify concepts and terms regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and to take stock of the many existing applications of the new technology in everyday life, so much so that we believed that the name should also be used in the plural. Two main groups of AI terms will be mentioned: the theoretical principles that guide its development, and the digital technological tools that support it. The economic and social sectors of application will be highlighted, to underline some potentialities of AI. The importance of governance and quality will be emphasized in this new field which presents a new factor: the possible autonomy of software and machines, compared to the slavish execution of tasks of the first phase of IT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The construction schedule is the most important construction document as it indicates total project duration, project stages and times of activities, costs, logical sequences, quality and safety. Hence, the quality of a phase schedule presented by a contractor must be assessed by the owner's consultant either before the commencement of works or during the bidding phase. Only few international standards concerning schedule quality exist, and most of them are not specific for construction. A construction-oriented schedule quality evaluation procedure, based upon a set of 75 requirements has been proposed. Three different versions of a construction schedule for a case study of a seismic rehabilitation project have been evaluated with the aim of performing the proposed method's proof-of-concept. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper critically retraces the disciplinary references of management for architecture and the building process. It aims at recovering - and innovating - the traces of the operational heritage of a strand characterising the technological research originally capable of making a great contribution of cultural transfer to promote the qualification of planning and implementation processes of public interventions. Although significant intellectual resources of architectural technology have been dedicated to these issues, following the outcome of the succession of building crises, these claims stemmed from priorities, such as research demand and educational offerings, in the area. The most recent regulatory developments and the introduction of new technologies allow us to reconsider the evolution process of systems and of client structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The link between the urban contexts' features and the Public Health outcomes, opens to a challenging scenario about the Urban Health issue. The research purpose is to describe a critical literature review, aimed to correlate the Public Health outcomes with the environmental risk factors, and for each of them, define Evidence-Based Design Strategies and Actions, capable to reduce those risk, improving the urban quality and attractiveness of places. Furthermore, the main focus of the paper is to underline the cities' ability to be resilient to the on-going climate change phenomena, and the definition of the urban context's features representing best practices i.e. of Nature- Based Solutions, to enhance the ecosystemic quality, and to reach healthiness, safety and security of the urban spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The scientific community has for some time seen a growing awareness that to effectively impact the city's environmental and ecosystem quality, it is necessary to act not by the sum of point-by-point interventions (as those albeit virtuous ones on the scale of improving the efficiency of the individual buildings have been for decades), but systematically on the urban fabric and on significant parts of it. This is what is represented in the research and in the related applicative experimentation, the result of the combination of two financing operations - the third-party one of a major national body, and the university financing won in a selective competition. These financing operations aim to develop retrofitting actions for public spaces, applied to an area of Rome with established and decayed settlements. The essential idea is to build a use model of "types" of technological/design interventions for their implementation and future application to other settings with similar characteristics, albeit with the essential adaptivities to differences, in such a way as to give the experimentation the role and character of a constant development in progress in methodological approach and in defining strategic and operative frameworks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the common practice and the regulatory requirements related to the urban planning of our cities continues to define environmental quality through compliance with urban planning codes, the inadequacy of this parameter is increasingly evident. For this reason, numerous urban regeneration programs, and above all urban sustainability assessment standards, evaluate the environmental sustainability levels and livability, as if they were a project indicator. The paper describes the most consolidated indicators and proposes the use of the livability indicator of the public space promoted by the Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona with some modifications that make it more consistent with the Milanese and Italian context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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La diffusione dei corsi accademici in modalità blended fa emergere da un lato la necessità di esplicitare il significato dell’espressione “didattica mista”, andando anche oltre l’inevitabile sinteticità della definizione proposta dall’ANVUR, e dall’altro l’urgenza di elaborare un adeguato quadro di riferimento (framework) in grado di orientare il complesso processo di valutazione di questa nuova modalità della didattica universitaria. La percezione degli studenti costituisce da sempre uno degli aspetti più importanti da considerare nel momento in cui si decide di valutare la didattica. Scopo del contributo è quello di descrivere il metodo e i risultati di un’indagine condotta su un campione di studenti iscritti ai quattro Corsi di Studio dell’Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) erogati in modalità mista (blended).

The article describes an experience aimed at identifying some possible criteria for the improvement of the training offer, using the shared quality as a reference. It is a model that, starting from the sharing of experiences and information of the stakeholders in the territory, modifies and adapts the training proposal in compliance with the socio-educational and economic needs of the territory in which the Degree Course in Education Sciences of the University of Foggia operates. La qualità partecipata. Una proposta per un sistema di criteri finalizzato alla elaborazione dell’offerta formativa L’articolo descrive un’esperienza finalizzata all’identificazione di alcuni possibili criteri per il miglioramento dell’offerta formativa, utilizzando come riferimento la qualità partecipata. Si tratta di un modello che a partire dalla condivisione delle esperienze e delle informazioni degli stakeholders presenti nel territorio, modifica e adatta la proposta formativa nel rispetto dei bisogni socio-educativi ed economici del territorio in cui il Corso di Laurea (CdL) in Scienze dell’educazione e della formazione dell’Università di Foggia opera.

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Il presente contributo ricostruisce nelle linee generali l'evoluzione dei servizi di educazione e cura dell'infanzia in Italia, mettendo in luce le normative che hanno accompagnato la nascita dei nidi tradizionali e l'introduzione di nuovi servizi educativi complementari fino ad arrivare all'istituzione del sistema integrato di educazione dalla nascita a sei anni. Nello stesso tempo viene evidenziato il progressivo riconoscimento da parte delle istituzioni del carattere educativo di questi servizi, fondato sulla centralità del bambino inteso come co-costruttore del proprio processo di sviluppo. Infine nell'articolo ci si sofferma sulla realtà toscana, mettendone in evidenza le peculiarità e mostrando come questa rappresenti un esempio di qualità nel panorama nazionale italiana. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Death is characterized by the loss of life and the possibility of being described only by those who survive. The analyst is summoned in his work to address the issue of death through patient associations. Mourning and death concern psychic processes but also concrete experiences of life. The paper deals with the relationship between the analyst's experience of his own death and the role this can play in psychoanalytic treatment. According to the author, the quality and stability of the relationship with his internal objects is key to trying to face and help others face the experience of death even in the current reality strongly influenced by technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Interpreting some dimensions of the horizontal/vertical relationship in the transformation cycle of Milan, this article develops a reflection on the current urban planning phase of this city referring to some of its specific characteristics. Despite the emphasis on the common debate as well as the scientific one, considering the vertical development of Milan, this paper argues that the increasing quality of the city, as perceived in recent years, derives from its improved 'horizontality.' This article, also resorting to sources from the local debate, argues this thesis in a discussion on peculiar features of some of the most recent, and the near future, transformations of the city, including those of the former trade fair site (City Life project), Garibaldi-Repubblica area (Porta Nuova project), and the abandoned railway yards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Some teachers from eight Italian universities have become members of the Italian Association for the Development of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ASDU). ASDU promoted a survey based on a questionnaire developed by the University of Padua to identify teachers’ beliefs, best practices and training needs. The questionnaire has been administered at the University of Genoa. Results show that faculty members would appreciate both formal and informal training activities. This paper focuses on the request and building up of one of the first experiences of Communities of Practice devoted to academic teaching. Dall’analisi dei fabbisogni formativi alle Comunità di Pratica sulla didattica universitaria: l’esperienza dell’Università di Genova Alcuni docenti di otto università italiane hanno aderito alla Associazione Italiana per lo Sviluppo della Didattica, dell’apprendimento e dell’insegnamento in Università (ASDU). L’ASDU ha promosso l’utilizzo di un questionario creato dall’Università di Padova per effettuare un’indagine su credenze, buone pratiche e bisogni formativi dei docenti universitari. Il questionario è stato somministrato presso l’Università di Genova. Dai risultati emerge che i docenti desiderano avere occasioni di formazione informale e formale. Questo lavoro si sofferma sulla richiesta e avvio delle prime Comunità di Pratica dedicate alla didattica universitaria.

Il cibo è per l’uomo non solo fonte di sopravvivenza, ma anche di benessere fisico e mentale. Da ciò, il desiderio di usufruire di alimenti sani, ricchi di nutrienti, naturali, sicuri, buoni al gusto e visivamente accattivanti. In questo specifico contesto gli ultrasuoni, sebbene più comunemente associati all’ambito biomedico, trovano molteplici applicazioni. Distinguendo tra ultrasuoni a bassa e ad alta intensità, in questa comunicazione è presentata una rassegna delle principali applicazioni degli ultrasuoni nell’industria alimentare, al fine di evidenziarne le potenzialità e individuarne gli aspetti più innovativi e promettenti per il futuro. ------ For human being, food represents not only a source of survival, but also of physical and mental wellbeing, which the desire of a healthy, rich in nutrients, genuine, safe, good-taste and visually appealing food comes from. In this context ultrasounds find a lot of possible applications, although they are more commonly associated to the biomedical field. Making a distinction between low and high intensity ultrasounds, in this work a review of their main applications in the food industry is illustrated to highlight their potential and to identify their most innovative and promising aspects for the future.

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Construction Project Management processes aim at the optimization of three main KPIs: time, cost and quality. As the time / cost trade-off approach is well known, quality optimization is still pursued with a practical approach, often based upon Project Manager's experience. A case study of construction of a new university building is presented, focusing on external walls detailed design. Wall performances concerning time, costs and quality depend on the performances of each of the product layer that composes the wall. For each layer three commercial options has been considered. Therefore, a time - cost - quality trade-off procedure has been implemented using Genetic Algorithms, with the aim of finding a set of optimal solutions for the construction of the building envelope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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What is the relationship with the territory of high schools in the province of Salerno? Are there differences in the integration’s levels with the territory on the basis of different territorial spheres? To what extent do schools feel able to involve families in the formative project? Do the socio-economic characteristics of the area affect the action of the school? Which differences can we observe at national and regional level? This article aims to provide some answers to these questions through a descriptive analysis of integration with the territory of high schools in the province of Salerno, starting with the topic of quality in school management and self-evaluation like an agent for improvement. Specifically, a documentary analysis is carried out on the schools Self-assessment reports, analyzing contents of the answers provided by the compiler’s self-declaration. Scuola e territorio: alcuni riscontri dal Rapporto di Autovalutazione Qual è il rapporto con il territorio delle scuole secondarie di secondo grado della provincia di Salerno? Ci sono delle differenze nei livelli di integrazione con il territorio in base ai diversi ambiti territoriali? In che misura le scuole si sentono in grado di coinvolgere le famiglie nel progetto formativo? Le caratteristiche socio-economiche del territorio influenzano l’azione della scuola? Che differenze è possibile riscontrare a livello nazionale e regionale? Il presente articolo intende fornire alcune risposte a tali domande attraverso un’analisi descrittiva dell’integrazione con il territorio degli Istituti Secondari Superiori della provincia di Salerno, partendo dal tema della qualità nella gestione della scuola e dell’autovalutazione come agente di miglioramento. Nello specifico viene effettuata un’analisi documentale sui Rapporti di autovalutazione delle scuole, analizzandone i contenuti, ossia le risposte fornite dalle autodichiarazioni dei redattori.

This text aims to describe an experience, maybe an experience of the thought as a spiritual act. This writing is both the testimony of a restless night and the arrival of a sudden intuition…of many other nights and many other intuitions. It is about the incessant questions connected to the nature of the art. It is about the interrogations that call into question the experience of the art. The main question, at the end, is always the same: when we refer to an aesthetic experience, what are we really talking about? And what kind of relation takes place when we are dealing with a work of art? Finally, how can we determine the categories of “quality” and “quantity” with regard to an experience that, albeit enigmatic, we can still define as an aesthetic one?