From a survey the current state to a hypothesis of the former state. A digital trip in augmented reality into the ‘deleted history’ of the Capo d’Uomo Tower on Mount Argentario

[EN] The Capo d'Uomo Tower in Monte Argentario is one of the case studies that are the subject of an ongoing university research project aimed at investigating and elucidating the Cultural Heritage of the State of Presidî. Information and Communication Technologies, including latest digital reality management techniques, are of particular interest for such research. In fact, one of the aims of the study is to broaden the knowledge of the population and the visitors, who will have to be drawn to attention, involved, and oriented along a flow of scientific information which is conventionally regarded as possible to dedicate only to specialists. Numerous fortified structures for sighting, communication, and defence remain from the State of the Presidî, a former Spanish military enclave on the Tuscan coast. At present, the status of the Capo d'Uomo Tower, erected between the 15th and 16th centuries under rule of the Republic of Siena and renovated during the Spanish regency, appears critical. Despite its long period of existence, no graphic documentation about it can be found today. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, with annexation of the Presidî to the Kingdom of Etruria, the French drafted several surveys of many of the remaining fortalices, some of which were similar to the tower. The working group has recently documented and published the actual condition of the tower, processing TLS and photogrammetric acquisitions in an integrated digital survey. This paper pursues an extension of the above-mentioned research – also for popularization – and digital integration of the status of the tower with reconstructions of its missing elements, which will be the result of careful studies on the previous surveys of typologically similar coeval buildings.Barlozzini, P.; Camagni, F.; Fasolo, M.; Martelli, L. (2024). From a survey the current state to a hypothesis of the former state. A digital trip in augmented reality into the ‘deleted history’ of the Capo d’Uomo Tower on Mount Argentario. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/FORTMED2024.2024.1810

Irescenari. Secondo rapporto triennale sugli scenari evolutivi del Piemonte 2004/13. Piemonte e ambiente. Dotazione di capitale naturale, utilizzi di servizi ecologici e impatti ambientali del sistema socioeconomico regionale

Irescenari ; 2004/13- Indice #5- Presentazione #7- Introduzione #9- Quali chiavi di lettura per analizzare la componente ambientale? #11- Natura e biodiversità : la dotazione di natura del Piemonte #16- Le ricadute ambientali a scala locale: la qualità dell'ambiente in Piemonte #26- La qualità dell'ambiente a scala globale: stabilità e cambiamento del clima #35- Uso sostenibile e gestione delle risorse natuali #42- La sfida del futuro #59- Bibliografia #6

Successful Lung Transplantation From a Donor With Previous Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia

Lungs from donors with previous COVID-19 could become a precious resource if proved safe. So far, only 3 successful lung transplantations from donors with previous mild COVID-19 have been reported. We describe a successful bilateral sequential lung transplantation from a donor who, 10 months before, had developed severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome. No donor-derived viral transmission occurred, and 12 months after transplantation, the recipient's lung function is normal. In the presence of normal results of bronchoalveolar lavage and adequate functional and morphologic parameters, even a history of severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome might not be considered a contraindication to lung donation

Irescenari. Secondo rapporto triennale sugli scenari evolutivi del Piemonte 2004/8. Il Piemonte e lo spazio mediterraneo

Irescenari ; 2004/8- Indice #5- Presentazione #7- Logistica e strutture retroportuali del Mediterraneo occidentale #9- Benchmarking dell'offerta di trasporto delle regioni del Mediterraneo occidentale #2

Protocol for an international multicenter, prospective, observational, non-competitive, study to validate and optimise prediction models of 90-day and 1-year allograft failure after liver transplantation:The global IMPROVEMENT Study

More liver transplants (LT) are performed worldwide thanks to extended criteria donors (ECD). This is paralleled by a supposed increased risk of allograft failure (AF) at 90 and 365 days. This study has been designed to portray the LT practice worldwide and investigate models of AF prediction and the impact of risk mitigation strategies for further improving graft and patient outcomes. This is a multicenter, international, non-competitive, observational two segment study on consecutive LTs over two periods (2017-2019 and 2022-2024). A steering committee of LT experts defined the study protocol. The prospective segment will enroll 750 patients from 15 high-volume LT centers (50 per center), and the retrospective segment will enrol 4200 patients from 56 LT centers (75 per center). To provide a snapshot of the LT activity globally and to develop new algorithms for the timely prediction of AF at 90 and 365 days post-LT. The study also aims (1) to validate the existing predictive models and (2) to investigate the best time for re-transplantation, paying attention to the differences in AF and Ischemic cholangiopathy according to the donor types and mitigation strategies implemented in the various settings. Since the adoption of machine perfusion has increased in different proportions worldwide, models will be adjusted according to this parameter. Finally, retrospective and prospective data will be available for further stratifications and modelling according to the degree of decompensation at transplant, gender match, postoperative complications and their management. This protocol was approved by Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS Ethics Committee (study ID: 4571) and the Institutional Review Board of the University of California, Los Angeles. The provisional study protocol was submitted to the main scientific international societies in the transplant field. Results will be published in international peer-reviewed journals and presented at congresses

Management of hemodynamically unstable pelvic trauma: results of the first Italian consensus conference (cooperative guidelines of the Italian Society of Surgery, the Italian Association of Hospital Surgeons, the Multi-specialist Italian Society of Young Surgeons, the Italian Society of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine, the Italian Society of Medical Radiology -Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology- and the World Society of Emergency Surgery)

Hemodynamically Unstable Pelvic Trauma is a major problem in blunt traumatic injury. No cosensus has been reached in literature on the optimal treatment of this condition. We present the results of the First Italian Consensus Conference on Pelvic Trauma which took place in Bergamo on April 13 2013. An extensive review of the literature has been undertaken by the Organizing Committee (OC) and forwarded to the Scientific Committee (SC) and the Panel (JP). Members of them were appointed by surgery, critical care, radiology, emergency medicine and orthopedics Italian and International societies: the Italian Society of Surgery, the Italian Association of Hospital Surgeons, the Multi-specialist Italian Society of Young Surgeons, the Italian Society of Emergency Surgery and Trauma, the Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care, the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, the Italian Society of Emergency Medicine, the Italian Society of Medical Radiology, Section of Vascular and Interventional Radiology and the World Society of Emergency Surgery. From November 2012 to January 2013 the SC undertook the critical revision and prepared the presentation to the audience and the Panel on the day of the Conference. Then 3 recommendations were presented according to the 3 submitted questions. The Panel voted the recommendations after discussion and amendments with the audience. Later on a email debate took place until December 2013 to reach a unanimous consent. We present results on the 3 following questions: which hemodynamically unstable patient needs an extraperitoneal pelvic packing? Which hemodynamically unstable patient needs an external fixation? Which hemodynamically unstable patient needs emergent angiography? No longer angiography is considered the first therapeutic maneuver in such a patient. Preperitoneal pelvic packing and external fixation, preceded by pelvic binder have a pivotal role in the management of these patients. Hemodynamically Unstable Pelvic Trauma is a frequent death cause among people who sustain blunt trauma. We present the results of the First Italian Consensus Conference

Studio della qualità geometrica e superficiale di stampi per micro injection moulding ottenuti mediante microfresatura

LAUREA MAGISTRAL

Immaginazione e immagine nelle tarsie lignee rinascimentali

È nella vivida immaginazione degli autori delle tarsie lignee rinascimentali che risiede la meravigliosa attrazione per queste opere d'arte. Immaginazione che proviene e si sviluppa nel modello mentale sia dei disegnatori che degli intagliatori. L’immagine che è il prodotto di questa operazione intellettuale non deve essere considerata solo come il risultato finale e concluso di questa attività bensì si configura come la chiave per aprire la porta di un altro mondo sospeso tra realtà e illusione, mondo che prende vita nell’immaginazione di colui che guarda l’opera. Per favorire questa illusione gli artefici delle tarsie ricorrono allo strumento principe deputato a creare questa illusione, la prospettiva. Moltissimi tra i principali artisti che hanno caratterizzato il Rinascimento hanno prestato la loro opera nella ideazione delle tarsie. Le prospettive delle scene urbane presenti in molte tavolette sono state oggetto di varie interpretazioni: dal semplice esercizio prospettico a ideazioni per scenografie teatrali ma forse la spiegazione più efficace vuole riconoscere in questi intarsi la volontà di “costruire” scorci urbani in una visione sognatrice di un mondo immaginario. Per applicare queste considerazioni sono state analizzate alcune tarsie presenti nel coro della Basilica di San Domenico in Bologna.It is in the vivid imagination of the authors of Renaissance wooden inlays that lies the marvelous attraction for these works of art. Imagination that comes and develops in the mental model of both draftsman and carvers. The image that is the product of this intellectual operation should not be considered only as the final and final result of this activity, but is configured as the key to open the door of another world suspended between reality and illusion, a world that comes to life in imagination of the one who looks at the work. To favour this illusion, the architects of the inlays resort to the principal tool used to create this illusion: perspective. Many of the leading artists who have characterized the Renaissance have lent their work in the conception of inlays. The perspectives of urban scenes present in many tablets have been the subject of various interpretations: from simple perspective exercises to ideas for theatrical sets but perhaps the most effective explanation is to recognize in these inlays the desire to "build" urban views in a dreamer vision of a imaginary world. To apply these considerations, some inlays in the choir of the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna were analysed

Tessere di legno per connettere disegni prospettici architettonici con le scenografie teatrali. rappresentazione di spazi immaginari e spazi illusori

Le tarsie lignee prospettiche realizzate durante il Rinascimento offrono un variegato panorama di soggetti rappresentati in esse. Questi soggetti vanno dalla natura morta e solidi geometrici alla raffigurazione di statue o figure allegoriche poste all’interno, generalmente, di nicchie sferiche o ancora viste di scorci urbani e paesaggistici. Lo studio di queste opere ha sollecitato gli studiosi nel cercare di interpretare le finalità di questi magisteri, così le più accreditate tesi le spiegano come puri esercizi geometrici-prospettici, oppure come esigenze volte a comunicare visioni di brani di città reali o immaginari o ancora come esempi di scenografia teatrale. Sono proprio quest’ultime, quelle tarsie che presentano, nell’immagine formata dall’accostamento delle loro tessere, un impianto prospettico riconducibile alle scene teatrali ad essere state scelte, in questo contributo, per essere studiate. Due sono stati i livelli di indagine: uno dedicato alla lettura critica dell’immagine bidimensionale raffigurata in questi intarsi confrontata con i disegni di scenografie teatrali e un secondo destinato ad analizzare, attraverso la prospettiva inversa, lo spazio tridimensionale rappresentato in queste opere. Come caso studio, per effettuare queste indagini, sono state scelte le tarsie presenti nella Basilica di San Domenico a Bologna realizzate da Fra Damiano Zambelli tra il 1528 e il 1549, in particolare è stata selezionata una tra queste: quella collocata nel dossale del coro.The perspective wooden inlays created during the Renaissance offer a varied panorama of subjects represented in them. These subjects range from still life, geometric solids and statues or allegorical figures placed inside of spherical niches or even views of urban and landscape. The study of these works has urged researchers to interpret the purposes of these artworks. Most accredited theses explain them as pure geometric-perspective exercises, or as needs aimed at communicating visions of pieces of real or imaginary cities or as examples of theatrical scenography. It is the latter, those inlays that present, in the image formed by the combination of their tesserae, a perspective system attributable to the theatrical scenes to have been chosen, in this contribution, to be studied. There were two levels of investigation: one dedicated to the critical reading of the two-dimensional image depicted in these inlays compared with the drawings of theatrical scenography and a second intended to analyse, through the reverse perspective, the three-dimensional space represented in these works. To carry out these investigations, as a case study the inlay work in the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna, made by Fra Damiano Zambelli between 1528 and 1549, was chosen. In particular, one of these: the one placed in the choir dossal