IL TALENTO DEL LETTORE

Nel breve saggio, al ricordo personale di importanti tappe della vita universitaria trascorse con Fabrizio, si accompagnano alcune considerazioni sull’arte della lettura di cui Fabrizio Frasnedi è stato un grande interprete e precursore, sia nella pratica didattica che performativa propria degli studi umanistici, sulla scia delle suggestioni di un Maestro come George Steiner.   The talent of the reader In this short essay, personal recollections of important moments of university life spent with Fabrizio are accompanied by some considerations on the art of reading, which Fabrizio Frasnedi was a great interpreter and precursor of, both in his didactic and performative practice in humanistic studies in the wake of the suggestions of a Master like George Steiner

Dante e le narrazioni

The essay addresses, starting, first of all, from the intense volume this text deals with and that is mentioned in the title, the importance and centrality of Dante the "narrator", or the Dante who knows how to guide us on an unsurpassed journey into any kind of otherworld, adventure, and encounter. It is no coincidence that in the reviewed volume this aspect appears, due to the contemporary narrators involved, to be crucial and a decisive element in Dante's modern reception. In short, the “letter” of Dante's text should not be underestimated and is indeed essential as an ethical viaticum, as well as an aesthetic one, for the understanding of yesterday’s world as well as the present one. In giving account to this particular vocation that Dante has for "narrating", the essay obviously relies on the referenced volume, which collects precious testimonies of the greatest contemporary writers on an international level.Il saggio affronta, a partire dall’intenso volume in oggetto e citato nel titolo, l’importanza e la centralità del Dante “narratore” ovvero del Dante che sa guidarci per un viaggio insuperabile in ogni tipo di oltremondo, di avventure e di incontri. Non a caso nel volume recensito questo aspetto appare, per i narratori contemporanei coinvolti, primario ed è un elemento decisivo della moderna ricezione di Dante. La “lettera” del testo dantesco insomma non va sottovalutata ed è anzi essenziale viatico etco non meno che estetico per la comprensione del mondo di ieri come di oggi. Nel dar conto di questa particolare vocazione dantesca al “narrare” il saggio si appoggia ovviamente al volume di riferimento che raccoglie testimonianze preziose dei maggiori scrittori contemporanei a livello internazionale

An Unpublished Autograph by Proust (and a Contemporary Pencil Portrait of Him) at the Terziere

The essay provides news and publishes the text of a short handwritten letter (unknown until today) by Marcel Proust addressed to a «chère Madame». The letter, purchased by Bononi and hung under glass on one of the walls of his library, forms a sort of diptych with a pencil portrait of the great French writer very similar to the famous one painted in 1892 by Jacques-Émile Blanche

Una complessa eredità: ricordando Fabrizio Frasnedi (1944-2015)

Il volume raccoglie una serie di contributi in ricordo di Fabrizio Frasnedi a cinque anni dalla sua scomparsa. Interventi di Gian Mario Anselmi, Bruno Capaci, Maria Rosaria Catino, Guido Conti, Cristiana De Santis, Yahis Martari, Chiara Panzieri, Michele Prandi, Rocco Ronchi, Alberto Sebastiani, Matteo Vial

Impact of COVID-19 on cardiovascular testing in the United States versus the rest of the world

Objectives: This study sought to quantify and compare the decline in volumes of cardiovascular procedures between the United States and non-US institutions during the early phase of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the care of many non-COVID-19 illnesses. Reductions in diagnostic cardiovascular testing around the world have led to concerns over the implications of reduced testing for cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Methods: Data were submitted to the INCAPS-COVID (International Atomic Energy Agency Non-Invasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19), a multinational registry comprising 909 institutions in 108 countries (including 155 facilities in 40 U.S. states), assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on volumes of diagnostic cardiovascular procedures. Data were obtained for April 2020 and compared with volumes of baseline procedures from March 2019. We compared laboratory characteristics, practices, and procedure volumes between U.S. and non-U.S. facilities and between U.S. geographic regions and identified factors associated with volume reduction in the United States. Results: Reductions in the volumes of procedures in the United States were similar to those in non-U.S. facilities (68% vs. 63%, respectively; p = 0.237), although U.S. facilities reported greater reductions in invasive coronary angiography (69% vs. 53%, respectively; p < 0.001). Significantly more U.S. facilities reported increased use of telehealth and patient screening measures than non-U.S. facilities, such as temperature checks, symptom screenings, and COVID-19 testing. Reductions in volumes of procedures differed between U.S. regions, with larger declines observed in the Northeast (76%) and Midwest (74%) than in the South (62%) and West (44%). Prevalence of COVID-19, staff redeployments, outpatient centers, and urban centers were associated with greater reductions in volume in U.S. facilities in a multivariable analysis. Conclusions: We observed marked reductions in U.S. cardiovascular testing in the early phase of the pandemic and significant variability between U.S. regions. The association between reductions of volumes and COVID-19 prevalence in the United States highlighted the need for proactive efforts to maintain access to cardiovascular testing in areas most affected by outbreaks of COVID-19 infection

Leggere Machiavelli

Il volume affronta le pi\uf9 recenti interpretazioni e ricezioni di Machiavelli alla luce delle molte ricerche che, da anni, l'autore conduce

Boccaccio e la cultura umanistica in Romagna

La presenza della Romagna e dei suoi protagonisti nelle opere di Boccaccio e la ricezione di Boccaccio nella cultura umanistica romagnola