Ricordo di Vito Fumagalli (1938-1997)

Grâce au soutien de la Russie, de l'Iran et du Hezbollah, Bachar al-Assad contrôle les deux tiers du pays. Mais des poches de résistance persistent et le mécontentement populaire s'accentue

Dal gusto gastronomico al buon gusto intellettuale. Le radici medievali di un percorso culturale 'moderno'

none1nononeM. MontanariM. Montanar

Branching within Time: an Expressively Complete and Elementarily Decidable Temporal Logic for Time Granularity

Suitable extensions of monadic second-order theories of k successors have been proposed in the literature to specify in a concise way reactive systems whose behaviour can be naturally modeled with respect to a (possibly infinite) set of differently-grained temporal domains. This is the case, for instance, of the wide-ranging class of real-time reactive systems whose components have dynamic behaviours regulated by very different time constants, e.g., days, hours, and seconds. In this paper, we focus on the theory of k-refinable downward unbounded layered structures MSO[<_{tot},(\downarrow_i)_{i=0}^{k-1}], that is, the theory of infinitely refinable structures consisting of a coarsest domain and an infinite number of finer and finer domains, whose satisfiability problem is nonelementarily decidable. We define a propositional temporal logic counterpart of MSO[<_{tot},(\downarrow_i)_{i=0}^{k-1}], with set quantification restricted to infinite paths, called CTSL, which features an original mix of linear and branching temporal operators. We prove the expressive completeness of CTSL with respect to such a path fragment of MSO[<_{tot}, (\downarrow_i)_{i=0}^{k-1}], and show that its satisfiability problem is 2EXPTIME-complete

Is the team leading surgeon criminally liable for his collaborators’ errors? judges confirm responsibility and condemn an otorhinolaryngologist

In current healthcare, delivery of medical and surgical treatment takes place in a multidisciplinary manner. This raises the problem of distinguishing the conditions under which the person who has properly carried out his duties, respecting the related leges artis, can be held responsible for damages materially caused by another member of the medical team. Jurisprudence has developed the so-called “principle of trust” for which every member of the team can rely on the fact that other members are acting in compliance with the leges artis of their specialisation. The Supreme Court has limited the application of this principle. The authors examine the jurisprudence on responsibility of the team in otolaryngology and conclude that individual liability should be limited to the specific expertise of the individual specialist

Chapter 12 Careful with heritage

Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe contends that food is a fundamental element of heritage, and a particularly important one in times of crisis. Arguing that food, taste, cuisine and gastronomy are crucial markers of identity that are inherently connected to constructions of place, tradition and the past, the book demonstrates how they play a role in intangible, as well as tangible, heritage. Featuring contributions from experts working across Europe and beyond, and adopting a strong historical and transnational perspective, the book examines the various ways in which food can be understood and used as heritage. Including explorations of imperial spaces, migrations and diasporas; the role of commercialisation processes, and institutional practices within political and cultural domains, this volume considers all aspects of this complex issue.　Arguing that the various European cuisines are the result of exchanges, hybridities and complex historical processes, Porciani and the chapter authors offer up a new way of deconstructing banal nationalism and of moving away from the idea of static identities. Suggesting a new and different approach to the idea of so-called national cuisines, Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe will be a compelling read for academic audiences in museum and heritage studies, cultural and food studies, anthropology and history. Chapters 1,2,4,6 and 12 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. They have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 licens

La procedura di allerta e gli indicatori di crisi nel nuovo codice della crisi d'impresa e dell'insolvenza (d. lgs. 12 gennaio 2019, n. 14). Un accrescimento degli adempimenti burocratici e del rischio reputazionale per le piccole e medie imprese?

Esame critico della procedura di allerta nel nuovo codice della crisi d'impresa e dell'insolvenza, con particolare riguardo alle ricadute economiche sul sistema delle PMI e sull'economia nazionale

Evidence for a long duration component in the prompt emission of short Gamma-Ray Bursts detected with BeppoSAX

A statistical study on the light curves of all the short Gamma-Ray Bursts detected with the Gamma Ray Burst Monitor (GRBM) aboard BeppoSAX is reported. Evidence for a very weak and long duration component associated with these events in the two 1 s counters of the GRBM (40-700 keV and >100 keV) is found. It starts a few tens of seconds before the burst and continues for about 30 s after the burst. The overall hardness of this component is comparable with that of the event itself. The detection of a signal before the onset time and the similar hardness are consistent with an interpretation of the long duration component in terms of prompt emission associated with short GRBs.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

A Telecollaboration Project on Giving Online Peer Feedback: Implementing a Multilateral Virtual Exchange during a Pandemic

Telecollaboration, also called virtual exchange or online intercultural exchange, is a form of collaborative learning whereby language learners in different locations engage in computer-mediated communication to complete tasks online. There is ample evidence that telecollaboration promotes the acquisition of language skills, intercultural competence, and digital literacies. Challenges faced implementing virtual exchanges include differences in time zones, learning objectives, academic calendars, and cultural attitudes. The present article describes a case of a multilateral telecollaboration project based on the facilitated dialogue model involving four institutions-two in Europe and two in the United States-that was designed to prepare students for the experience of giving online peer feedback on collaborative writing assignments. Our initial goal was to explore the challenges students would face and the benefits they would receive from a complex telecollaboration project involving multiple institutions and two task sequences: 1) input and reflection on giving and receiving peer feedback, 2) completion of the collaborative writing task to be peer reviewed. However, new challenges and opportunities emerged after the switch to emergency e-learning and remote teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic. Relying upon multiple data sources-including correspondence, observations, class discussions, surveys, reflective writing, and information stored in virtual learning environments-our methods of data collection involved convenience sampling, while data analysis was predominantly descriptive. Our results demonstrate that even during a global pandemic, students and instructors face similar logistical challenges and reap similar benefits as has been reported in the literature. Yet our experience also reveals the resiliency of telecollaboration in the face of extreme disruption as well as the potential to exploit virtual exchange to develop learning strategies-such as methods for giving and receiving peer feedback-and meta-awareness of how language is used in the real-world-such as the implications of English as a lingua franca