Prof. Erino Angelo Rendina: keep passionate and dream big

[Very late but too early... prof. Angelo Chiavaro and the Italian degree in dentistry].

The birth of the Degree in Dentistry in Italy has been very troubled, and only in 1980 saw its effective implementation. Very "instructive" in this regard is the history on the establishment in 1924 (the period of the seizure of power by Fascism) of a "National School of Dentistry" at the University of Rome, which was withdrawn after only ten months. The biggest supporter and proponent of the S...

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Highlight—Making It Big: Salamanders Keep DNA Near and Dear

In ancient lore, salamanders were magical creatures capable of leaping spontaneously from flame. Rather than being harmed by fire, they fed on it. In one of his less scientific moments, Da Vinci wrote the salamander "gets no food but from the fire, in which it constantly renews its scaly skin." Although these powers are, unfortunately, not true, it is consoling to know salamanders are near-magi...

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In this report, we describe the case of a patient who has remained in a comatose state for more than one year after a traumatic and hypoxic brain injury. This state, which we refer to as long-lasting coma (LLC), may be a disorder of consciousness with significantly different features from those of conventional coma, the vegetative state, or brain death. On the basis of clinical, neurophysiologi...

Build Your Dream (not just Big) Analytics Program

This paper reports on a panel discussion held at AMCIS 2014 and subsequent panel member research and findings. We focus on curriculum design, program development, and sustainability in business analytics (BA) in higher education. We address some of the burning questions the IS community has asked concerning the various stages of BA program building, and we elaborate challenges that institutions...