Medullary sponge kidney: unusual finding in kidney transplant recipient

Background: Medullary sponge kidney is generally considered a benign condition, gold standard for the diagnosis is urography but it has almost been replaced by UroCT that did not present the same sensibility. Although it is really rare, our sonography's findings were consistent with medullary sponge kidney in the transplanted kidneys.Case presentation: A 45-year-old woman with a long history of double-kidney transplantation complained of frequent urinary tract infections, a history of vague loin pain and came to our attention for sonography follow-up. Her kidney function was normal, we did not find signs of infections in the transplanted kidneys and urinary findings were normal. Curiously, the transplanted kidneys came from a newborn and the patient received a double-kidney transplantation in order to guarantee a satisfactory renal function.Conclusions: Despite a long history of kidney transplantation, genetic disease should not be forgotten when symptoms and images recall to specific inherited alterations. Sonography has to be considered in diagnostic path of kidney cystic disease

«Per una nuova vita del popolo italiano». Modelli e forme nel Canzoniere italiano di Pier Paolo Pasolini

Nel novembre del 1955 per i tipi di Guanda, tra i libri della prestigiosa collezione “La Fenice”, Pier Paolo Pasolini pubblica il Canzoniere italiano. Antologia della poesia popolare che, con le sue 441 pagine e i 790 testi selezionati, rappresenta uno dei più ampi e complessi repertori della poesia popolare in Italia. A distanza di quasi settant’anni, questo volume, in cui si raccolgono gli atti del Convegno «Per una nuova vita del popolo italiano». Modelli e forme nel Canzoniere italiano di Pier Paolo Pasolini (1955), tenutosi a Milano il 4 maggio 2022, vuole essere un invito a riaprire quel libro, per storicizzarlo e per coglierne gli spunti di indagine e la complessità dell’approccio, tutt’altro che semplificatorio, con cui Pasolini ha avvicinato e cercato di comprendere una tradizione effettiva. Il Canzoniere italiano ci appare oggi come opera da leggersi per una rinnovata «discussione di idee», nella ragione profonda di un’operazione di recupero che coinvolge la definizione di poesia “del popolo”, il rapporto tra la lingua e i dialetti e l’interazione dei dialetti tra loro

Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a retrospective single-center experience

Background & aims: Very few data are available in literature about the role of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and previous studies are mainly case reports and case series on a very small number of patients and nodules. In this study, we aimed to evaluate effectiveness and safety of RFA for the treatment of unresectable ICC. Methods: This is a retrospective observational cohort study comprising all consecutive patients treated with RFA for unresectable ICC at Policlinico Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. Primary endpoint was Local Tumor Progression-Free Survival (LTPFS) while Overall Survival (OS) was also assessed as secondary endpoint. Results: From January 2014 to June 2019, 29 patients with 117 nodules underwent RFA. Technique effectiveness 1 month after RFA was 92.3%; median LTPFS was 9.27 months. Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis showed that LTPFS was significantly related to tumor size ≥20 mm. At a median follow up of 39.9 months, median OS from the date of RFA was 27.5 months, with an OS of 89%, 45% and 11% at 1, 2 and 4 years, respectively. Number of overall lesions and the sum of their diameter at the moment of the first RFA significantly affected OS in multivariate analysis. Minor and major complication rates were 14% and 7%, respectively. Conclusion: Tumor size ≥20 mm was associated with lower LTPFS, representing a potential useful threshold value. A careful evaluation of tumor burden appears as a crucial element in choosing the best therapeutic strategy in unresectable ICC

Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a retrospective single-center experience

Background & aims: Very few data are available in literature about the role of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) and previous studies are mainly case reports and case series on a very small number of patients and nodules. In this study, we aimed to evaluate effectiveness and safety of RFA for the treatment of unresectable ICC. Methods: This is a retrospective observational cohort study comprising all consecutive patients treated with RFA for unresectable ICC at Policlinico Sant’Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. Primary endpoint was Local Tumor Progression-Free Survival (LTPFS) while Overall Survival (OS) was also assessed as secondary endpoint. Results: From January 2014 to June 2019, 29 patients with 117 nodules underwent RFA. Technique effectiveness 1 month after RFA was 92.3%; median LTPFS was 9.27 months. Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis showed that LTPFS was significantly related to tumor size ≥20 mm. At a median follow up of 39.9 months, median OS from the date of RFA was 27.5 months, with an OS of 89%, 45% and 11% at 1, 2 and 4 years, respectively. Number of overall lesions and the sum of their diameter at the moment of the first RFA significantly affected OS in multivariate analysis. Minor and major complication rates were 14% and 7%, respectively. Conclusion: Tumor size ≥20 mm was associated with lower LTPFS, representing a potential useful threshold value. A careful evaluation of tumor burden appears as a crucial element in choosing the best therapeutic strategy in unresectable ICC

Rights to Land, Forests and Carbon in REDD+ : Insights from Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica

Land tenure and carbon rights constitute critical issues to take into account in achieving emission reductions, ensuring transparent benefit sharing and determining non-permanence (or non-compliance) liabilities in the context of REDD+ strategies and projects. This is so because tenure systems influence who becomes involved in efforts to avoid deforestation and improve forest management, and that land tenure, carbon rights and liabilities may be linked or divorced with implications for rural development. This paper explores these issues by looking at tenure regimes and carbon rights issues in Mexico, Brazil and Costa Rica. It is effectively shown that complex bundles of rights over forest resources have distinct implications for REDD+ design and implementation, and that REDD+ strategies in selected countries have to date failed in procedurally addressing land-use conflicts and carbon rights entitlements and liabilities

LE RAGIONI DELLA GRAMMATICA: LE “REGOLE ED OSSERVAZIONI DELLA LINGUA TOSCANA” DI SALVATORE CORTICELLI, TRA CONTINUITÀ DELLA PROPOSTA NORMATIVA E NOVITÀ STRUTTURALI

Voce significativa del panorama linguistico settecentesco è Salvatore Corticelli, padre barnabita e docente di teologia e filosofia, autore delle Regole ed osservazioni della lingua toscana: l’opera, destinata ad avere un successo sistematico su scala nazionale, combina allo studio teorico delle prescrizioni grammaticali la corretta pratica di scrittura, con lo scopo di favorire l’apprendimento della lingua e garantire l’efficacia dell’orazione. Il contributo offre un primo studio intorno alla figura di Corticelli e all’importanza delle Regole: considerata la vita dell’autore, gli anni di insegnamento a Bologna e valutata complessivamente la sua produzione, si illustrerà, a partire dalle dichiarazioni d’intenti affidate alle Prefazione, l’opera grammaticografica nelle due edizioni d’autore (1745 e 1754).   The reasons for grammar: the Regole ed osservazioni della lingua toscana by Salvatore Corticelli, between continuity of the normative proposal and structural novelties Salvatore Corticelli, a Barnabite father and professor of theology and philosophy, is a significant voice in the linguistic panorama of the eighteenth-century and is the author of Regole ed osservazioni della lingua toscana, which is destined to have a systematic success on a national scale and combines the theoretical study of grammatical prescriptions with the correct practice of writing, with the aim of encouraging the learning of the language and its ensuring effectiveness. The article gives a first study about Corticelli and the importance of the Regole: considering the author’s life, the years of teaching in Bologna and evaluated his whole production, the grammaticographic work will be illustrated in the two author editions (1745 and 1754)

«Per scoprire e conquistare una lingua, la lingua per tutti»: Riccardo Folli e l’edizione sinottica dei Promessi sposi (1877)

Riccardo Folli, formatosi all’Accademia scientifico-letteraria, è stato docente di lettere classiche al Liceo “Beccaria” di Milano e al “Visconti” di Roma negli anni dell’inchiesta Scialoja, di cui gli fu affidata la compilazione degli atti. Folli è stato il primo a pensare e a realizzare un’edizione sinottica dei Promessi sposi, stampata per i tipi dell’editore milanese Briola nel 1877 e ripubblicata, con aggiunte anche significative, tra le quali va menzionato l’Indice analitico metodico delle correzioni di Gilberto Boraschi (1899). La fortuna dell’opera è garantita dall’idea stessa che un raffronto tra le varianti adottate da Manzoni nella revisione del romanzo, osservate in un’ottica filologica e linguistica, possa fungere da laboratorio di lingua e stile, per la scuola e nella scuola: l’edizione, pensata come strumento a uso di maestri e scolari, sin dall’organizzazione della pagina offre la possibilità di una critica discussione delle varianti e mostra in atto la direzione verso l’uso consapevole della buona lingua. «Per scoprire e conquistare una lingua, la lingua per tutti»: Riccardo Folli and the synoptic edition of Promessi sposi (1877) Riccardo Folli, student at Accademia scientifico-letteraria, was professor of classical studies at Liceo “Beccaria” in Milan and also at Liceo “Visconti” in Rome in the years of the Scialoja investigation, whose documents he was entrusted with compiling. Folli was the first to offer a synoptic edition of Promessi sposi, printed in Milan for the types of the publisher Briola in 1877 and then republished, with significant additions, among which it should be mentioned l’Indice analitico metodico delle correzioni di Gilberto Boraschi (1899). The success of his work is guaranteed by the idea that a comparison between the variants adopted by Manzoni in the revision of the novel, observed from a philological and linguistic point of view, can serve as a laboratory of language and style, for school and in school: presented as a tool for teachers and students, since the organization of the page, the edition offers the way to a critical discussion of variants and in action shows the direction towards the conscious use of good language

«Un nodo di problemi sui quali c’è da lavorare per vent’anni». Riaprendo il Canzoniere italiano di Pier Paolo Pasolini

Nel novembre del 1955 per i tipi di Guanda, tra i libri della prestigiosa collezione “La Fenice”, Pier Paolo Pasolini pubblica il Canzoniere italiano. Antologia della poesia popolare che, con le sue 441 pagine e i 790 testi selezionati, rappresenta uno dei più ampi e complessi repertori della poesia popolare in Italia. A distanza di quasi settant’anni, questo volume, in cui si raccolgono gli atti del Convegno «Per una nuova vita del popolo italiano». Modelli e forme nel Canzoniere italiano di Pier Paolo Pasolini (1955), tenutosi a Milano il 4 maggio 2022, vuole essere un invito a riaprire quel libro, per storicizzarlo e per coglierne gli spunti di indagine e la complessità dell’approccio, tutt’altro che semplificatorio, con cui Pasolini ha avvicinato e cercato di comprendere una tradizione effettiva. Il Canzoniere italiano ci appare oggi come opera da leggersi per una rinnovata «discussione di idee», nella ragione profonda di un’operazione di recupero che coinvolge la definizione di poesia “del popolo”, il rapporto tra la lingua e i dialetti e l’interazione dei dialetti tra loro