The essay aims to analyze the writings of Gianni Celati and his way ‘re-narrating’ ‘re-mapping’ environment in contemporary times, focusing on two trilogies, namely Narratori delle pianure (1985), Quattro novelle sulle apparenze (1987) Verso la foce (1989), as well collections short stories Un eroe moderno (2008), Il benessere arriva casa Pucci Selve d’amore (2013). paper discusses how themes a...

AIM In this article, we discuss the connection between alcohol and the control strategies carried out by the central nervous system to maintain the erect stance. Audio-visual perturbations were coupled with the consumption of an alcoholic beverage to simulate the possible perturbation affecting people at disco clubs, and the effects measured with a stabilometric platform. METHODS We studied t...

Recentemente l'UNESCO ha invitato gli studiosi ad approfondire lo studio delle dinamiche storiche e ambientali che hanno portato nel corso del tempo allo sviluppo di specifici ecosistemi paesaggi, definiti come ‘bio-cultural heritage'. Raccogliendo questo stimolo, il contributo è dedicato a caratterizzare storicamente i pascoli alberati larix decidua alpini: partire dalla bibliografi...

Functional differences between human dendritic cell (DC) subsets and the potential benefits of targeting them with vaccines remain poorly defined. Here we describe that mice with reconstituted human immune system components (huNSG mice) develop all human conventional and plasmacytoid DC compartments in lymphoid organs. Testing different Toll-like receptor agonists for DC maturation in vivo, we ...

Organizations are constantly seeking performance improvement through new technology, processes, and instruments. One instrument that received considerable attention during the last years is called Performance Measurement System (PMS). A PMS tracks actual performance of an organization, helps identifying weaknesses, and supports communication and decision-making processes. The aim of this paper ...

Introduction: Gd-EOB-DTPA (Primovist) is a paramagnetic extracellular and hepatocyte-targeted contrast agent, which enables both dynamic imaging and hepatocyte imaging. Although it has been documented that optimal timing of hepatocyte imaging is 20-45 minutes after administration [1], prolongation of examination time disturbs patients’ throughput. We analyzed various timings of image acquisitio...

The first group of reflections I want to develop is about the way in which the mind/body problem is placed within the sciences that, in virtue of a well-established convention, are unified under the name of “neurosciences”. I turn now to a second set of considerations that enter into the merits of mind/body problem. In order to this problem, like many other scholars, I support a thesis to which...