Mourning the loss of Prof. Franco Cerrina

[Loss and mourning].

The human being needs ties to grow and develop. When some of these ties are broken a period of great intensity arises that we call mourning. If the loss is radical and definitive, as in the case of death, all of the person's dimensions are affected (the physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioural, social and spiritual dimensions), to such an extent that the person can feel unable to overcome th...

Chair : Prof . Franco Ciccacci DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN PHYSICS

The Doctoral Program in Physics at Politecnico di Milano aims at attracting bright students with good scientific background and clear interest towards development and applications of new ideas and technologies. It offers a wide range of opportunities in the fields of advanced applied physics, such as photonics and optoelectronics (lasers, optical disks, optical communications), vacuum technolog...

Loss and mourning in the Jewish tradition.

Robert Kastenbaum was a man who helped reintroduce issues related to death, dying, and bereavement to academic, clinical, and general discourse. This article, devoted to an encounter with the observance of mourning custom and ritual in the Jewish tradition, continues the dialogue in this journal that Bob founded. The article utilizes the Two-Track Model of Bereavement to address the Jewish trad...

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The Evolution of the Franco-german Rivalry

Recent research on interstate conflict has suggested that the concept of interstate rivalry can be extremely useful in accounting for the outbreak or escalation of conflict. Scholars have found that so-called "rival" adversaries account for a large proportion of all interstate conflict, including interstate wars, militarized interstate disputes, and violent territorial exchanges. Furthermore, c...