Corpus callosum agenesis and rehabilitative treatment

Corpus callosum agenesis is a relatively common brain malformation. It can be isolated or included in a complex alteration of brain (or sometimes even whole body) morphology. It has been associated with a number of neuropsychiatric disorders, from subtle neuropsychological deficits to Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Gortina 2010: IAMAS

Le indagini condotte dall’Università degli Studi di Milano sul sito di Gortina, iniziate nel 2002 e concentratesi dal 2003 nell’area a S del cosiddetto Pretorio, hanno contribuito a chiarire alcuni aspetti ancora incerti della planimetria urbana, come l’assenza di testimonianze monumentali in una zona centrale dellacittà, rivelando un esteso edificio termale impostatosi, all’inizio del IV secolo d.C., sull’abbandono dello stadio ellenistico e sorto sul lato N di una grande agora tetragonos. La campagna di scavo 2010 ha portato alla luce, oltre alle ultime porzioni ancora sepolte dell’edificio, una testa marmorea di Igea reimpiegata in un paramento murario.The excavations of the University of Milan at Gortys, begun in 2002 and since 2003 conducted in the area South of the so‐called “Praetorium”, have clarified some still uncertain issues of urban planimetry, such as the lack of monumental evidence in a central area of the city. They have revealed a big thermal complex built at the beginning of the forth century A.D. upon the abandoned hellenistic stadium, and on the North side of an agora tetragonos. Beyond the last still buried structures, 2010 excavation campaign has uncovered a marble head of Hygieia, reused in a wall

La Ceramica di Gortina (Creta): stato dell’arte e prospettive di ricerca (Milano, 17 giugno 2009). Un’introduzione

La Ceramica di Gortina (Creta): stato dell’arte e prospettive di ricerca Atti del Convegno (Milano, 17 giugno 2009) Un’introduzioneProceedings of the Conference: The Pottery of Gortyn (Crete), Milan, 17th June 2009. An Introductio

Nora. Le domus dell’area centrale, diciott’anni di ricerche dell’Università di Milano

A synthesis of almost two decades of archaeological excavations in Nora (CA) allows us to reconsider some historical and urbanism aspects of the ancient city. The research focused on the central area, already partially investigated during the 50s and the 60s: new data emerged relating above all to private buildings, their stratigraphic and planimetric articulations, and their decorative elements, including mosaics and frescoed walls.Una sintesi di quasi due decadi di scavi archeologici a Nora (CA) permette di riconsiderare alcuni dei problemi storici e urbanistici dell’insediamento dell’antica città. Le ricerche si sono incentrate sull’area centrale, già parzialmente indagata nel secondo dopoguerra: sono emersi nuovi dati relativi soprattutto ad abitazioni private, alle loro articolazioni stratigrafiche e planimetriche, e ai loro apparati decorativi, tra cui mosaici e pareti affrescate

Low-cost harvesting of microalgae biomass from water

Microalgae harvesting is known to be a major problem in the water industry. This is attributed to the minute nature of the algae cells and the often low concentration of the species in water and wastewater. While various chemical and mechanical harvesting techniques have been developed for algae harvesting, their application have been limited by prohibitive costs. There is also the disadvantage of not utilising the harvested microalgae as feedstock when it has accumulated significant amounts of chemicals (coagulants) employed during the harvesting operation. This work investigates the low cost harvesting of microalgae biomass from water using physical (non-chemical) method. Four fabric filters: stretch-cotton, polyester-linen, satin-polyester and silk were investigated to determine their microalgae harvesting efficiencies using filtration method on three algae communities with cell size of 2- 20 µm. For the three algae communities investigated, stretch-cotton filter showed a harvesting efficiency of 66- 93%, followed by polyester-linen (54- 90%), while satin-polyester and silk fabrics achieved harvesting efficiencies of 43- 71% and 27- 75% respectively. The research revealed that for wastewater generation of 1500m3/day and algae concentration of 200mg/l, microalgae harvesting cost per sq. meter per kg of algae per cubic meter would be ≤ £0.15 using stretch cotton filte

Autism and classification systems: a study of 84 children

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A number of studies have shown that current classification systems (ICD 10, DSM IV TR) have limitation when applied to autistic children and the category PDD NOS (DSM IV TR) has in particular been criticized. To check the possible usefulness of other classification systems to better describe patient's functioning, we retrospectively studied 84 patients, seen consecutively in our Child Neurology and Psychiatry Department (excluding only those presenting for another disease even if with clinical signs of a PDD).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>We tried to classify them according to ICD 10, DSM IV TR, CFTMEA-R, "operational classification" (Manzano and Palacio) and de Ajuriaguerra's classification.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We found a good correspondence between DSM IV TR and ICD 10 and the use of psychodynamic classification systems (in particular CFTMEA-R) was useful to differentiate clinical subtypes collected under the PDD NOS etiquette according to DSM IV TR.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>To rationalize research efforts and find better tailored therapies, we need to improve PDD classification systems, using contributions coming from every field of child psychiatry and neurology: it's possible that 0-3 Classification could help this.</p

Presentazione degli Atti del Convegno di Studi “Small Finds”

Per l’inaugurazione del nuovo anno accademico della Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici, nel gennaio 2019 abbiamo deciso di dedicare il consueto incontro alla presentazione di oggetti appartenenti a categorie non troppo comuni o non troppo studiate, partendo dalla considerazione che il loro studio è comunque di non piccolo impegno e spesso è anche di grande interesse per la comprensione di uno scavo o del passato del sito. Piccola è dunque non tanto la dimensione del singolo oggetto, quanto piuttosto la classe a cui esso appartiene