Co-creation of a school-based sexual health education intervention in Italy

Introduction: School-based sexuality education (SBSE) is the most effective way to positively impact young people's behaviour and attitude towards sexuality. This study describes the development of a SBSE pilot activity targeting lower secondary schools (LSS) within the context of EduforIST project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health. Methods: A desk review was carried out to collect information about national policies, international literature and guidelines on SE and STIs prevention. An online survey was developed to collect information on SBSE activities implemented in Italy during 2016-2020. Focus groups among project partners and open consultations with a multisectorial expert advisory board were organised. SBSE pilot activity was developed by an interdisciplinary team of pedagogists, public health and SE experts, educators. Results and discussion: The SBSE was structured in: a) 5 interactive interventions of 2 hours each with students (4 theoretical and practical modules; 1 final intervention for students-led discussion and evaluation); b) introductory and closing meetings with teachers and with parents. The modules addressed the following dimensions: changes in adolescence; emotions and relationships; sexual identities and diversity; sexual consent, STIs/pregnancy prevention, sexual health services. Additional materials were developed: a. pre/post evaluation tools for educators and students; b. pre-implementation checklist for schools; c. materials for teachers’ and parents’ engagement before/after the SBSE activity. Conclusions: This pilot activity represented a first step towards the development of a standardised, evidence-based and comprehensive approach to SBSE, for future implementation across the country

Ancora sull’acqua di calce: il restauro della cappella Cavalcabò nella chiesa di San Agostino in Cremona a dieci anni dell’intervento

Which has often raised aversion due to its applicative limitation and poor effect. However acqua di calce (special technique for consolidation) detained good resoluts especially in a project supported be the superintendency of cultural heritage of Brescia the restoring of the paintings. The restoring of the paintings in the chapel Cavalcabò in the church S. Agostino in Cremona (painting by Bonifacio Bembo and others). This chapel in one of the most important exemples of late gothic art, which survived the restoration during the 18th and 20th centuries mainly thanks to Guido Gregorietti’s work in 1951-1952. The project of the superintendency of cultural heritage in 1994-1995 of the chapel focused on the materials, the execution technique and the deterioration the aim was to restored the original plastering dating back to 15th century and to preserve the sing left by the following interventions. Acqua di calce has proved to be a fixing and consolidation agent thanks to its basic solution and the small quantite of calcium hydroxide. Moreover it is compatible with the original plastering and the restering materials. The invention was studied carefully because of technical difficulties like the consolidation of the internal parts of the plastering. Realised on fragile materials without any pre-consolidation. The results are now discussed, more than 10 years later

E-mobility scheduling for the provision of ancillary services to the power system

In the present paper, the charging of an electric vehicles fleet is scheduled in order to provide power balance regulation to the electric grid. The starting of e-cars charging can be optimized according to predetermined limits set by users, in order to adjust the power exchange profile of the aggregated fleet. Ancillary services are sold on the Ancillary Services Market. Therefore, an analysis of the Italian Ancillary Services Market is provided to check the performance of the strategy proposed according to the actual market requirements. In this way, useful figures are provided to the reader in order to evaluate the technical and economic viability of the approach

ANCORA SULL'ACQUA DI CALCE. IL RESTAURO DELLA CAPPELLA CAVALCABO' A DIECI ANNI DALL'INTERVENTO

Which has often raised aversion due to its applicative limitation and poor effect. However acqua di calce (special technique for consolidation) detained good resoluts especially in a project supported be the superintendency of cultural heritage of Brescia the restoring of the paintings. The restoring of the paintings in the chapel Cavalcabò in the church S. Agostino in Cremona (painting by Bonifacio Bembo and others). This chapel in one of the most important exemples of late gothic art, which survived the restoration during the 18th and 20th centuries mainly thanks to Guido Gregorietti’s work in 1951-1952. The project of the superintendency of cultural heritage in 1994-1995 of the chapel focused on the materials, the execution technique and the deterioration the aim was to restored the original plastering dating back to 15th century and to preserve the sing left by the following interventions. Acqua di calce has proved to be a fixing and consolidation agent thanks to its basic solution and the small quantite of calcium hydroxide. Moreover it is compatible with the original plastering and the restering materials. The invention was studied carefully because of technical difficulties like the consolidation of the internal parts of the plastering. Realised on fragile materials without any pre-consolidation. The results are now discussed, more than 10 years later

Ancillary services markets in europe: Evolution and regulatory trade-offs

The generating power mix has deeply changed in the last years. Especially in Europe, the electric systems are evolving towards a more decentralized architecture, widely penetrated by renewable and distributed energy resources. These resources usually present less predictability and fast dynamics. To avoid jeopardizing the power system, they should be effectively included in the Ancillary Services Markets (ASMs), which procure the resources for balancing and safely dispatching the system. This work presents a meta-analysis of the evolution of ASMs and the underlying regulatory trade-offs. The evolutions are analyzed modularly to clearly investigate the benefit of each one. The analysis aims to provide an evaluation of each trend regarding the architecture, the services, and the products of the ASMs, based on the level of agreement of the two main counterparties: the system operator who manages the system and the Balancing Services Provider that delivers the service. The outcome is a ranking of the possible regulatory evolutions, with the win–win situations at the top and the cases that imply drawbacks for a counterparty at the bottom. The ranking can represent a guideline for regulatory authorities as well as market operators or players to realize effective market arrangements. Finally, a survey of European countries describes the effort of each one towards each evolution