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Italiani Per Vocazione: Voci Migranti In Cerca Di OspitalitÃ
This article explores the evolution of Italian migrant writing and its
characteristics and analyzes the work of a young migrant writer, Jadelin Gangbo, who, with the novel Rometta e Giulieo, destabilizes the frontiers of fiction and the literary canon. The writer’s identity and the borders of fiction are redefined in this modern parody of Shakespeare where the narrator enters the world of his fictional characters. The role of migrant writing as a possible hospitable site in order to elaborate a new poetic and practice of hospitality is also examined
Caterina, Alexa and the Others
What will the future identity of design be? Perhaps that of making man-machine communication even more fluid through the development of more intuitive interfaces and objects that prolong us, capable of inducing the emotion of non-reality or on the contrary will tend to restore strength to the material, to the tangible aspects and to the real emotions? Artificial intelligence is meaningless, it cannot therefore give sense or meaning to what it learns, so the strategic vision of design will remain a human responsibility just as creativity will always belong to that side of the human, that artificial intelligence cannot understand and undermine. We can therefore conclude that yes, probably in future, many works will be carried out by robots, but still instructed by man.2n
A Critical Evaluation of Mechanical and Fire Performance of Flax Fiber Epoxy Resin Composites
In the present work, the mechanical behavior of flax fiber reinforced polymers (FFRPs) intended for racing applications is evaluated when subjected to different environmental conditions. A significant drop of mechanical performance in the presence of water (both 100% relative humidity and water submersion) is observed, highlighting also the fact that panels themselves already contain a fraction of water, probably absorbed onto the flax fibers prior their impregnation with the resin, that, where removed, may influence the mechanical behavior. Moreover, the flame behavior of the FFRP composite is also assessed in comparison with the widely applied carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRPs) to highlight the effect of the different reinforcement. Both FRPs are produced with the same flame retarded resin to highlight the contribution of the different reinforcement. The evaluation of the flame behavior of the FFRP panels shows that it completely burns during the cone-calorimetric test, involving in the fire both the matrix and the reinforcement with a stronger and faster heat release than the corresponding CFRP based on the same resin. The above observations seem thus to discourage their use in critical conditions, where the decrease of mechanical performance and the event of fire incidental condition may dramatically and negatively affect the final application
A Thermoplastic Elastomeric Nanofibrous Membrane as CFRP Modifier to Boost Both Delamination and Damping Performance
In the present work, thermoplastic elastomeric nanofibers made up of a homogenous blend of nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) and Ppolycaprolactone (CL), with 80% wt of rubbery component, are used to modify a carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminate with the aim of improving its delamination and damping behavior at the same time. Since the nanofibrous membrane is not chemically cross-linked, the fibrous morphology is lost during composite curing owing to its melting. Nonetheless, the nanomodified CFRP displays an impressive ability to improve the delamination resistance in mode I and also an enhanced damping capacity at low temperature. The use of nanofibrous membranes allows for modification of specifically selected areas, thus maximizing the toughening and damping behavior where most required, without necessarily affecting the whole bulk of the resin. Both PCL and NBR components contribute to the final performance; however, the very high amount of rubber leads to a membrane difficult to handle whose final performance in CFRP modification is not superior to membranes up to 60% wt NBR that are instead more stable and easier to deal with. Overall, the proposed results are nonetheless very promising, taking into account also that the improved delamination resistance in mode I and enhanced damping are obtained without significantly sacrificing the weight and overall dimension of the obtained composite
TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Anna’
This study is the first of a series of seven, and belongs to
the second Italian systematic replication of findings from
two previous series (Widdowson 2012a, 2012b, 2012c,
2013; Benelli, 2016a, 2016b, 2016c) that investigated the
effectiveness of a manualised transactional analysis
treatment for depression through Hermeneutic Single-
Case Efficacy Design (HSCED). The therapist was a
white Italian woman with 8 years of clinical experience
and the client, Anna, was a 33-year old white Italian
woman who attended 16 sessions of transactional
analysis psychotherapy. Anna satisfied DSM-5 criteria
for mild persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) with
anxious distress. The conclusion of the judges was that
this was a good-outcome case: the dysthymic symptoms
improved over the course of the therapy and were
maintained in the ‘healthy’ range at the 6-month followup,
the client reported a positive experience of the
therapy and described important changes in intrapsychic
and interpersonal patterns. In this case study,
transactional analysis treatment for depression has
proven its efficacy in treating persistent depressive
disorder
Rubbery nanofibers by co-electrospinning of almost immiscible NBR and PCL blends
The paper presents a simple method for producing rubbery nanofibers without additional crosslinking required. Electrospinning's fast solvent evaporation is able to induce in liquid NBR/PCL pairs thermoplastic elastomeric (TPE) structure that holds stable over time without any further processing. The slight relative solubility of the polymers pair promotes a homogeneous blend formation with low Tg regions of blended NBR/PCL, avoiding phase separation. Such nanofibers show also a PCL-like crystal phase that is surprisingly higher than plain PCL nanofibrous counterpart and seemingly promoted by NBR/PCL interaction at molecular scale. The obtained nanofibrous-TPE morphology is reproducible, stable with time up to at least two years and is detected in a wide range of blend compositions (up to 80%wt NBR). Such a morphology reflects in good mechanical properties, which are analysed with a fitting model taking into account nanofibrous structure. Its impressive fitting ability helps interpretation of tensile tests behavior, carried out via normalization of force data with respect to sample mass, highlighting the contribution of liquid rubber in improving both elastic modulus and properties at failure. Such rubbery nanofibers represent a cost-effective powerful tool for the production of advanced self-damping composite materials with improved overall mechanical properties
TA treatment of depression : a hermeneutic single-case efficacy design study - ‘Caterina’
This study is the second of a series of seven, and
belongs to the second Italian systematic replication of
findings from two previous series (Widdowson 2012a,
2012b, 2012c, 2013; Benelli, 2016a, 2016b, 2016c) that
investigated the effectiveness of a manualised
transactional analysis treatment for depression through
Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design. The therapist
was a white Italian woman with 10 years of clinical
experience and the client, Caterina, was a 28-year old
white Italian woman who attended 16 sessions of
transactional analysis psychotherapy. Caterina satisfied
DSM-5 criteria for major depressive disorder with
generalized anxiety disorder. The conclusion of the
judges was that this was an outstanding good-outcome
case: the depressive symptoms showed an early clinical
and reliable improvement, maintained till the 6 months
follow-up, accompanied by reductions in anxiety
symptoms, global distress and severity of personal
problems. Adherence to the manualised treatment for
depression appears good to excellent. In this case study,
transactional analysis treatment for depression has
proven its efficacy in treating major depressive disorder
in comorbidity with anxiety disorder
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