Europejski Bank Centralny: Zagadnienia prawa konstytucyjnego

The paper stresses the need to reform the European Central Bank with the aim to strengthen the democratic legitimation of this institution within the particular EU governance system. Indeed, the study argues for more accountability of the ECB before the citizens without giving up independence. The analysis (also conducted from a comparative-law point of view) shows that the objective can be assured fostering a stronger involvement of the Parliament firstly in the procedure for the appointment of the Members of the ECB’s Executive Committee, within a wider reform of the whole EU institutional setup and of the Eurozone’s organization in particular.W artykule podkreśla się potrzebę zreformowania Europejskiego Banku Centralnego w celu wzmocnienia jego demokratycznej legitymizacji w ramach konkretnego systemu zarządzania UE. Badania dowodzą, że EBC powinien wykazać się większą odpowiedzialnością przed obywatelami, nie rezygnując przy tym z niezależności. Analiza (również prowadzona z punktu prawnoporównawczego widzenia) pokazuje, że cel ten można osiągnąć przez większe zaangażowanie Parlamentu przede wszystkim w procedurę mianowania członków Komitetu Wykonawczego EBC – w ramach szerszej reformy całego układu instytucjonalnego UE, a organizacji strefy euro w szczególności

How we might recover from the economic and social crisis through European integration deepening?

Artykuł przedstawia wyzwania, jakie w trakcie politycznej i ekonomicznej integracji w ramach Unii Europejskiej pojawiły się w związku z kryzysem ekonomicznym. Autorka przedstawia kwestie podejmowane w tym zakresie w orzecznictwie sądów konstytucyjnych państw członkowskich oraz Trybunał Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej oraz polityczne i prawne uwarunkowania decyzji tych organów.The article regards the challenges which was brought by economic and social crisis durin European integration within EU. Author concerns questions taken up in this scope by ETJ and constitutional courts in European states as well as political and legal cicrcumstances of them

Sexist language as gender-based violence

Seminario su "Il linguaggio sessista come violenza di genere", organizzato dall'Università degli Studi di Catania, nell'ambito del corso "Eguaglianza, Donne e Diritti".Introduce la Professoressa Adriana Ciancio e ne discute la Professoressa Marilisa D'Amico. L'incontro si terrà martedì 4 aprile 2023, dalle ore 15 alle ore 17, presso Villa Cerami, Aula 5. Sarà possibile seguire anche da remoto collegandosi su piattaforma MS Teams al link https://rb.gy/djjuqtSeminar on "Sexist language as gender violence", organised by the University of Catania, as part of the "Equality, Women and Rights" course.Introduced by Professor Adriana Ciancio and discussed by Professor Marilisa D'Amico. The meeting will be held on Tuesday 4 April 2023, from 3 to 5 p.m., at Villa Cerami, Room 5. It will also be possible to attend remotely by connecting to the MS Teams platform at https://rb.gy/djjuq

Post-Pandemic State of EU Integration and Expected Developments of Multilevel Governance

Il 13 e il 14 aprile 2023, presso Villa Cerami - Via Crociferi 91, Catania – si terrà il seminario “Post-Pandemic state of EU integration and expected developments of multilevel governance”, presieduto dalla Professoressa Adriana Ciancio e a cui interverrà il Professore Uli Brückner della Stanford University di Berlino.L’incontro è organizzato dal Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell’Università degli Studi di Catania, nell’ambito del Piano per la ricerca d’ateneo Unict 2020-22 - linea 2 progetto “Testaeco19.pgf”On 13 and 14 April 2023, at Villa Cerami - Via Crociferi 91, Catania - the seminar "Post-Pandemic state of EU integration and expected developments of multilevel governance" will be held, chaired by Professor Adriana Ciancio and with the participation of Professor Uli Brückner from Stanford University in Berlin.The meeting is organised by the Department of Law of the University of Catania, as part of the Unict 2020-22 University Research Plan - line 2 project "Testaeco19.pgf

Tuberous Breast: Past, Present, and Future: Personal Classification, Treatment, and Surgical Outcomes

Abstract BACKGROUND: Tuberous breast (TB) is a rare congenital deformity, which may appear in different clinical forms representing various degrees of a single pathological entity. The worst cases are characterized by severe hypoplasia. Following a detailed analysis of the available relevant literature and a significant number of treated cases, in this article, the authors propose a new classification, with the aim of summarizing and simplifying a more intuitive categorization of the malformation, considering all the clinical aspects and including all types of TBs, even the minor ones, thus allowing a more immediate diagnosis and surgical planning. METHODS: Between September 2006 and December 2015, 78 patients with TBs underwent surgical procedures to correct the deformity. The patients' mean age was 18.6 years, ranging between 17 and 26 years. There being 11 monolateral deformities, the treated TBs amounted to 145. A periareolar approach, adipo-glandular flaps, and dual plane breast implant placements were performed. Postoperative follow-up include photos collected 12 months after operation. The authors present a personal classification including all the forms of the deformity, plus the minor forms based on the following 2 principal categories: hypoplastic and normoplastic TBs, taking into account all the clinical aspects of the malformation including the morphology and the consistency of the breast. CONCLUSIONS: Preoperative identification of the type of the deformity is essential to obtain satisfactory results and a complete and intuitive classification including all the possible variants of the deformity, even the minor forms, and fundamental in diagnosing and resolving the problem. In this article, the authors propose a personal classification and surgical procedure to resolve the malformation

The Management of Iron Chelation Therapy: Preliminary Data from a National Registry of Thalassaemic Patients

Thalassaemia and other haemoglobinopathies constitute an important health problem in Mediterranean countries, placing a tremendous emotional, psychological, and economic burden on their National Health systems. The development of new chelators in the most recent years had a major impact on the treatment of thalassaemia and on the quality of life of thalassaemic patients. A new initiative was promoted by the Italian Ministry of Health, establishing a Registry for thalassaemic patients to serve as a tool for the development of cost-effective diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and for the definition of guidelines supporting the most appropriate management of the iron-chelating therapy and a correct use of the available iron-chelating agents. This study represents the analysis of the preliminary data collected for the evaluation of current status of the iron chelation practice in the Italian thalassaemic population and describes how therapeutic interventions can widely differ in the different patients' age groups