A complex idea of human Being : The contribution of neuroscience and ecological social and human approach in the construction of competent and inclusive educational context

According to the current lines of contemporary research, the aim of the framework of inclusive education is to respond to the diversity and learning differences of all students, through a different environmental organization for everyone. Brain development is largely a process that depends on experience, in both positive and negative terms (Oliviero, 2017). According to the principle of neuronal plasticity, the brain modifies its structure on the basis of environmental stimuli: in fact, it is environmental and interpersonal experiences that modify our brain structures. In the educational field, it is therefore essential to structure contexts and learning opportunities that generate interest, curiosity, and participation, in heterogeneous environments such as that of today’s school, but respecting the development of each student. The contribution of contemporary neuroscience allows, today, embody the idea of a complex being human. The relationships and the mediators that are used at school, are the signs that students received. That can stimulate the perceptive apparatus and support the development of identity and the relationship between similar (inter-objectivity). In this work we will present, through the perspective of the principles of Universal Design (Rose and Meyer, 2002) how an active, multi-perspective and varied learning, stimulating learning, participation, and a development of soft skills, through the design of educational contexts and using a different methods that enhance diversity

A model for pushover analysis of confined masonry structures : implementation and validation

Confined masonry (CM) is a typical building technique in Latin American countries. This technique, due to its simplicity of construction and similarity with traditional practices of reinforced concrete building, presents a potential of use in European regions with moderate-to-high seismicity. However, most of the procedures for seismic design in codes for Latin America are force-based, which appears to be inadequate due to the high dissipative response observed for CM. This paper presents a simplified numerical-analytical approach to model CM structures using pushover analysis, aiming to apply performance-based design procedures. First, a data mining process is performed on a database of experimental results collected from lateral tests on CM walls to adjust prediction models for the wall shear strength and to determine the input relevance through a sensitivity analysis. Then, an analytical model of CM structures for pushover analysis is proposed with basis on a wide-column approach that employs an adaptive shear load-displacement constitutive relation. The proposed method is compared with a discrete element model that represents explicitly the confinements-masonry interaction, against the experimental results obtained in a quasi-static test of a full-scale tridimensional CM structure. The accuracy of the predictions from both methods is very satisfactory, allowing to capture the base shear-displacement envelope and also the damage patterns of the structure, thus, demonstrating the ability of the methods to be used in performance-based seismic assessment and design of CM buildings.The first author acknowledges the financial support from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the Ph.D. Grant SFRH/BD/41221/2007

Religious transformations in the Middle Ages: towards a new archaeological agenda

The study of religious change in Europe between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Reformation forms one of the cornerstones of medieval archaeology but has been riven by period, denominational and geographical divisions. This paper lays the groundwork for a fundamental rethink of archaeological approaches to medieval religions, by adopting a holistic framework that places Christian, pagan, Islamic and Jewish case studies of religious transformation in a long-term, comparative perspective. Focused around the analytical themes of ‘hybridity and resilience’ and ‘tempo and trajectories’, our approach shifts attention away from the singularities of national narratives of religious conversion towards a deeper understanding of how religious beliefs, practices and identity were renegotiated by medieval people in their daily lives

La basilica e il monastero di San Severo a Classe. La storia, gli scavi

I risultati della campagna di scavo 2006 presso il complesso ecclesastico di San Severo a Classe (RA). Un progetto finanziato dalla Unione Europea nel quadro del programma Cultura 2000. Scavi condotti dalle universit\ue0 di Bologna, Barcelona, Budapest (CEU), Leicester (UK)

Ravenna e Classe: il racconto di due citt\ue0, tra storia e archeologia

Analisi dell'evoluzione urbana di Classe e Ravenna in et\ue0 tardoantica alla luce dei dati archeologici pi\uf9 recent

Le chiese e il contesto. Ravenna da citt\ue0 romana a capitale tardoantica

Il contributo tratta l'evoluzione della citt\ue0 di Ravenna tra l'Antichit\ue0 e la tarda Antichit\ue0, alla luce dei dati provienienti dalle fonti scritte ed archeologiche. Uno spazio particolare \ue8 dedicato agli ultimi risultati delle campagne di scavo presso il complesso ecclesiastico di S. Severo a Classe

Scavo del castello di Rontana (RA)

Il castello di Rontana si trova nei pressi di Brisighella (RA), ed \ue8 uno dei pi\uf9 antichi castelli documentati in Romagna (dal X secolo). La prima campagna di scavo ha portato alla luce una serie di strutture nel cortile principale del castello, databili al XV secolo. E' stata inoltre realizzato per la prima volta il rilievo delle strutture affioranti, ci\uf2 che consente una migliore compresnione della planimetria originaria dell'insediamento