Insights and Next Challenges for the Italian Educational System to Teach Sustainability in a Global Context

Education is recognized as a dimension in which a more sustainable future can be promoted and supported. It is described both as a specific goal under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and as a goal within other SDGs. Since sustainability can be taught at all levels of education, students progressively acquire a variable knowledge of these issues and find academic, professional and social contexts in which they are expected to implement this knowledge. Italian universities could gradually adapt to incorporate this knowledge through specific courses, the integration of sustainability in learning programs, and the promotion of sustainable behaviors. This offers a unique opportunity to integrate sustainability in didactic activities and in the whole academic environment, presenting the university as a model for a more sustainable life. The same path can be followed by other institutions engaged in lifelong learning and improving general education and sustainability literacy. This essay presents a general diagnosis of the current situation in the global and national integration of sustainability in education, the level of knowledge of Italian students and teaching staff about sustainability, why this knowledge should be enhanced, and how lifelong learning can harmoniously continue the process to achieve such integration

"OLHOS D ÁGUA DE CONCEIÇÃO EVARISTO: A VOZ DA MULHER NEGRA NA CORDA BAMBA DA TRADUÇÃO

Made available in DSpace on 2019-04-02T02:13:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_13143_Versão Final - ALESSANDRA SARAMIN.pdf: 1006421 bytes, checksum: 4ec3963b152d9482cb87a121c0901353 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019-03-12RESUMO O propósito desse trabalho é analisar e traduzir para italiano o livro da autora afro-brasileira Conceição Evaristo: Olhos dágua. Esse livro é uma coletânea de contos cujas personagens e ambientação refletem a parte mais marginalizada da sociedade no Brasil atual. Para analisar essa coletânea, é preciso olhar para as temáticas recorrentes nos trabalhos da autora. Conceição Evaristo utiliza o termo escrevivência para unir em uma única palavra todas as temáticas que recorrem em suas obras. Partindo dessa análise evidenciam-se, como assuntos mais frequentes, a comparação entre a vida e a morte, a condição de vida das pessoas marginalizadas, a vida das mulheres afro-brasileiras que tentam sobreviver em uma sociedade profundamente racista, a importância e a representação dos corpos delas tanto no universo cultural brasileiro quanto na literatura e o intento de elas buscar a representação da própria identidade nesse tipo de cultura. Nesses contos a maioria das protagonistas são mulheres que, junto com os protagonistas masculinos e os outros personagens, vivem em favelas em condições de marginalização. Palavras-chave: Olhos dagua, tradução, Conceição Evaristo, escrevivência, literatura ne

Resource consumption and costs of treating pain in patients affected by cancer in a district of northeast Italy.

WHO declared that pain is a relevant problem in public health and that opioids are the gold standard therapy for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. The present retrospective, epidemiological, observational study is aimed to evaluate resource consumption therapy in patients treated with opioids and died with a diagnosis of cancer in Treviso, a district in northeast Italy. For the monetisation of resource consumed, the Italian National Health Service perspective was adopted. For each patient, resource monetized were drugs (opioids, NSAIDs and adjuvants), hospitalizations with cancer diagnosis, diagnostic examinations and laboratory tests. All databases were linked in order to obtain patient profile of resource consumption. A total of 935 patients were included in the study. The incident opioid prescribed were for 60% morphine, 37% fentanyl, and 2.5% buprenorphine. The average length of treatment with opioids was 105+/-73 days. Of the patients included in the study, 79% received an anti-inflammatory drug (traditional NSAIDs and/or COX2 inhibitors), while 21% of patients treated with opioids never had an anti-inflammatory reimbursed prescription during the observation period. The average length of anti-inflammatory treatment was 133+/-83 days. For the vast majority of prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs, the received daily dose (RDD) was widely greater then the defined daily dose (DDD) before and during treatment with opioids, while for opioids the RDD was in line with the revised DDD for fentanyl, and less than the DDD for morphine and buprenorphine. The total daily cost per patient before the first prescription of opioids was euro 11.36 while after the first prescription of opioids, it increased to euro 21.12. This study confirms the under utilization of opioids in Italy both in terms of dosages and length of therapy

UNO's Sustainable Development Goals in academic courses: a pilot analysis on the programs of an Italian university

Background: Universities are critical in educating tomorrow's citizens and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Organization. The aim of this study was to investigate the integration of these goals in the curricula of an Italian university. Study design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: In February 2021, as part of the annual Syllabus preparation for each course, the teaching staffs at the University of Udine (Italy) were asked to complete an additional section in which they could indicate up to three Sustainable Development Goals for their courses. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and logistic regression were performed to determine whether the professors' sex, age, or department affected the likelihood of mentioning Sustainable Development Goals. Results: In 723 courses, 360/1040 professors 59% male, mean age 53 years (range 30-73), mentioned one (29%), two (23%), or three (31%) Sustainable Development Goals. No Sustainable Development Goals were mentioned in 16% of courses, the majority of which were from the Mathematical, Computer and Physical Sciences Department (58%). The top six Sustainable Development Goals quoted were: Good health and well-being (35%), Responsible consumption and production (22%), Quality education (17%), Industry, innovation and infrastructure (13%), Gender equality (13%), Decent work and economic growth (13%). The least frequently mentioned Goal was Life below water (1%). Women (p<0.0001) and senior professors (p=0.0148) were more likely to consider at least one of the Sustainable Development Goals, while Mathematical, Computer and Physical Sciences Department showed a negative correlation (p<0.0001). Conclusions: Gaps were identified with respect to specific Sustainable Development Goals, but discrepancies between departments may indicate deficits in respondent awareness. A transparent description of the Sustainable Development Goals in courses is recommended, to increase students' and university's engagement in sustainability