Luca Ronconi e Rafael Spregelburd: la simultaneità attraverso La Modestia

Argomento della mia tesi di laurea è l’analisi dello spettacolo teatrale La Modestia, del drammaturgo argentino Rafael Spregelburd, per la regia di Luca Ronconi. Lo spettacolo assume particolare rilevanza sia per le tematiche sia per la struttura drammaturgica del testo, diversa dai canoni tradizionali del teatro e intesa a spiazzare letteralmente lo spettatore nella ricostruzione della trama. Il testo è composto da due storie, delle quali non vengono forniti gli elementi temporali e spaziali per la loro comprensione. Non solo. Esse si fondono, si legano e hanno continui richiami l’una sull’altra, lasciando che sia lo spettatore a crearsi un proprio ordine nella comprensione della storia. Inoltre l’attenzione per questo spettacolo, mossa non solo da ragioni puramente tematiche, come il ruolo (non) svolto dalla parola, incapace di offrire chiarezza allo spettatore, è stata stimolata dall’interesse per le capacità metodologiche del regista. Infatti si porrà l’attenzione su come un regista affermato e famoso, come Luca Ronconi, si pone di fronte un testo della drammaturgia contemporanea, interpretandone in particolar modo le ragioni per cui la scelta è ricaduta su tale testo, e sul modo di analizzarne gli elementi drammaturgici per la messinscena finale. Per tale motivo, l’analisi dello spettacolo sarà preceduta da una ricostruzione della carriera attoriale e registica di Luca Ronconi, per coglierne gli elementi più importanti, al fine di offrire un quadro generale su una delle figure più influenti e importanti del teatro contemporaneo, ma soprattutto per cercare dei collegamenti tra lo spettacolo da me analizzato e quelli della sua carriera. La ricerca da me svolta, oltre che essersi basata sul materiale presente in biblioteca di dipartimento e su alcune testimonianze da parte di attori che sono stati diretti da Luca Ronconi, si è avvalsa anche della consultazione diretta degli archivi di teatri nazionali come il Piccolo Teatro di Milano e il Teatro Metastasio di Prato, in particolare per quanto riguarda la consultazione della rassegna stampa locale e nazionale, sia per quanto riguarda La modestia sia per spettacoli andati in scena nei rispettivi teatri. Inoltre vi sarà un capitolo che tratterà la figura del pittore Hieronymus Bosch, con l’analisi di alcune sue opere, delle tematiche e dello stile da lui adottato, data l’enorme influenza che quest’ultimo ha avuto sul drammaturgo Spregelburd, al punto da inserirlo nella sua raccolta intitolata “Eptalogia di Hieronymus Bosch” e che prende spunto dalla sua tavola sui sette peccati capitali (I sette peccati capitali), che il drammaturgo argentino ha interpretato in chiave moderna. La modestia è una di questi, gli altri sono: La stravaganza, L’inappetenza, La cocciutaggine, Il panico, La paranoia e La stupidità. Sarà presente, oltre che una breve analisi di queste ultime opere, anche una biografia del suo autore, il drammaturgo Rafael Spregelburd. Seguirà l’analisi dello spettacolo, che ho avuto modo di vedere sia direttamente dal vivo al Teatro Verdi di Pisa sia in video, tramite l’archivio del Piccolo Teatro di Milano. Per quanto concerne la descrizione dello spettacolo, essa comprenderà l’analisi, scena per scena, dei suoi aspetti puramente tecnici come la scenografia, l’illuminotecnica e i costumi, sia gli aspetti che riguardano la semiotica dello spettacolo, come l’interpretazione dei personaggi da parte degli attori, e la relazione sia tra loro sia con gli elementi presenti in palcoscenico. Inoltre si analizzeranno anche le reazioni del pubblico, sia quelle degli spettatori presenti in sala sia quelle della critica giornalistica. Per concludere saranno presenti alcune testimonianze di attori che hanno lavorato negli spettacoli di Luca Ronconi, oltre che un’intervista da me compiuta a Ronconi stesso, dove ho avuto modo di fargli delle domande riguardanti sia l’approccio registico nei confronti del testo La modestia, sia alcune curiosità e opinioni riguardo alla sua concezione del teatro in generale

Data Compression Approach for Long-Term Monitoring of Pavement Structures

Pavement structures are designed to withstand continuous damage during their design life. Damage starts as soon as the pavement is open to traffic and increases with time. If maintenance activities are not considered in the initial design or considered but not applied during the service life, damage will grow to a point where rehabilitation may be the only and most expensive option left. In order to monitor the evolution of damage and its severity in pavement structures, a novel data compression approach based on cumulative measurements from a piezoelectric sensor is presented in this paper. Specifically, the piezoelectric sensor uses a thin film of polyvinylidene fluoride to sense the energy produced by the micro deformation generated due to the application of traffic loads. Epoxy solution has been used to encapsulate the membrane providing hardness and flexibility to withstand the high-loads and the high-temperatures during construction of the asphalt layer. The piezoelectric sensors have been exposed to three months of loading (approximately 1.0 million loads of 65 kN) at the French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR) fatigue carrousel. Notably, the sensors survived the construction and testing. Reference measurements were made with a commercial conventional strain gauge specifically designed for measurements in hot mix asphalt layers. Results from the carrousel successfully demonstrate that the novel approach can be considered as a good indicator of damage progression, thus alleviating the need to measure strains in pavement for the purpose of damage tracking

Linear and nonlinear fractional hereditary constitutive laws of asphalt mixtures

The aim of this paper is to propose a fractional viscoelastic and viscoplastic model of asphalt mixtures using experimental data of several tests such as creep and creep recovery performed at different temperatures and at different stress levels. From a best fitting procedure it is shown that both the creep one and recovery curve follow a power law model. It is shown that the suitable model for asphalt mixtures is a dashpot and a fractional element arranged in series. The proposed model is also available outside of the linear domain but in this case the parameters of the model depend on the stress level

A Roadmap for HEP Software and Computing R&D for the 2020s

Particle physics has an ambitious and broad experimental programme for the coming decades. This programme requires large investments in detector hardware, either to build new facilities and experiments, or to upgrade existing ones. Similarly, it requires commensurate investment in the R&D of software to acquire, manage, process, and analyse the shear amounts of data to be recorded. In planning for the HL-LHC in particular, it is critical that all of the collaborating stakeholders agree on the software goals and priorities, and that the efforts complement each other. In this spirit, this white paper describes the R&D activities required to prepare for this software upgrade.Peer reviewe

Modeling of the viscoelastic behavior of paving bitumen using fractional derivatives

The paving grade bitumen used in the production of asphalt mixtures for road construction is significantly able to affect the in-service performances of flexible road pavements. It has been proved that, when subjected to loading conditions comparable with most pavement operating conditions, bituminous binders behave as linear visco-elastic materials. The aim of this paper is to propose a model based on fractional differential equations which is able to describe the behavior of bituminous binders in the linear viscoelastic range. Shear creep testing and creep recovery testing were carried out over a range of temperatures and by applying a stress level which makes it possible to maintain the response of the studied bitumens within the linear visco-elastic region. It is shown that creep tests follow a power decay law, rather than an exponential one: it follows that the most appropriate operator for describing the constitutive law for bitumen is a fractional operator. The procedures used to determine the model’s parameters from the experimental data are discussed

Atresia digiuno-ileale tipo apple-peel: raro esordio neonatale di fibrosi cistica

fibrosi cistica, atresia digiuno-ileale, apple-pee

A multi-laboratory comparison of photon migration instruments and their performances: the BitMap exercise

Performance assessment and standardization are indispensable for instruments of clinical relevance in general and clinical instrumentation based on photon migration/diffuse optics in particular. In this direction, a multi-laboratory exercise was initiated with the aim of assessing and comparing their performances. 29 diffuse optical instruments belonging to 11 partner institutions of a European level Marie Curie Consortium BitMap were considered for this exercise. The enrolled instruments covered different approaches (continuous wave, CW; frequency domain, FD; time domain, TD and spatial frequency domain imaging, SFDI) and applications (e.g. mammography, oximetry, functional imaging, tissue spectroscopy). 10 different tests from 3 well-accepted protocols, namely, the MEDPHOT, the BIP, and the nEUROPt protocols were chosen for the exercise and the necessary phantoms kits were circulated across labs and institutions enrolled in the study. A brief outline of the methodology of the exercise is presented here. Mainly, the design of some of the synthetic descriptors, (single numeric values used to summarize the result of a test and facilitate comparison between instruments) for some of the tests will be discussed.. Future actions of the exercise aim at deploying these measurements onto an open data repository and investigating common analysis tools for the whole datase

Diagnostic issues faced by a rare disease healthcare network during Covid-19 outbreak: data from the Campania Rare Disease Registry

Background: The aims of this study were: to investigate the capacity of the rare disease healthcare network in Campania to diagnose patients with rare diseases during the outbreak of Covid-19; and to shed light on problematic diagnoses during this period. Methods: To describe the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the diagnosis of patients with rare diseases, a retrospective analysis of the Campania Region Rare Disease Registry was performed. A tailored questionnaire was sent to rare disease experts to investigate major issues during the emergency period. Results: Prevalence of new diagnoses of rare disease in March and April 2020 was significantly lower than in 2019 (117 versus 317, P < 0.001 and 37 versus 349, P < 0.001, respectively) and 2018 (117 versus 389, P < 0.001 and 37 versus 282, P < 0.001, respectively). Eighty-two among 98 rare disease experts completed the questionnaire. Diagnostic success (95%), access to diagnosis (80%) and follow-up (72%), lack of Personal Protective Equipment (60%), lack of Covid-19 guidelines (50%) and the need for home therapy (78%) were the most important issues raised during Covid-19 outbreak. Conclusions: This study describes the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak on the diagnosis of rare disease in a single Italian region and investigates potential issues of diagnosis and management during this period

A Roadmap for HEP Software and Computing R&D for the 2020s

Particle physics has an ambitious and broad experimental programme for the coming decades. This programme requires large investments in detector hardware, either to build new facilities and experiments, or to upgrade existing ones. Similarly, it requires commensurate investment in the R&D of software to acquire, manage, process, and analyse the shear amounts of data to be recorded. In planning for the HL-LHC in particular, it is critical that all of the collaborating stakeholders agree on the software goals and priorities, and that the efforts complement each other. In this spirit, this white paper describes the R&D activities required to prepare for this software upgrade

Second asymptomatic carotid surgery trial (ACST-2) : a randomised comparison of carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy

Background: Among asymptomatic patients with severe carotid artery stenosis but no recent stroke or transient cerebral ischaemia, either carotid artery stenting (CAS) or carotid endarterectomy (CEA) can restore patency and reduce long-term stroke risks. However, from recent national registry data, each option causes about 1% procedural risk of disabling stroke or death. Comparison of their long-term protective effects requires large-scale randomised evidence. Methods: ACST-2 is an international multicentre randomised trial of CAS versus CEA among asymptomatic patients with severe stenosis thought to require intervention, interpreted with all other relevant trials. Patients were eligible if they had severe unilateral or bilateral carotid artery stenosis and both doctor and patient agreed that a carotid procedure should be undertaken, but they were substantially uncertain which one to choose. Patients were randomly allocated to CAS or CEA and followed up at 1 month and then annually, for a mean 5 years. Procedural events were those within 30 days of the intervention. Intention-to-treat analyses are provided. Analyses including procedural hazards use tabular methods. Analyses and meta-analyses of non-procedural strokes use Kaplan-Meier and log-rank methods. The trial is registered with the ISRCTN registry, ISRCTN21144362. Findings: Between Jan 15, 2008, and Dec 31, 2020, 3625 patients in 130 centres were randomly allocated, 1811 to CAS and 1814 to CEA, with good compliance, good medical therapy and a mean 5 years of follow-up. Overall, 1% had disabling stroke or death procedurally (15 allocated to CAS and 18 to CEA) and 2% had non-disabling procedural stroke (48 allocated to CAS and 29 to CEA). Kaplan-Meier estimates of 5-year non-procedural stroke were 2·5% in each group for fatal or disabling stroke, and 5·3% with CAS versus 4·5% with CEA for any stroke (rate ratio [RR] 1·16, 95% CI 0·86-1·57; p=0·33). Combining RRs for any non-procedural stroke in all CAS versus CEA trials, the RR was similar in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients (overall RR 1·11, 95% CI 0·91-1·32; p=0·21). Interpretation: Serious complications are similarly uncommon after competent CAS and CEA, and the long-term effects of these two carotid artery procedures on fatal or disabling stroke are comparable