Comparing Textbooks from Entry-Level Courses in Music Therapy and Related Health Professions

Music therapists often co-treat with other therapists from related professions, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology. In order to co-treat effectively and obtain referrals for music therapy services, it is important that other professionals have an awareness of the profession of music therapy. University-level professional training program courses are one place where health care professionals may learn about music therapy. The purpose of this study was to see if required textbooks used in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology entry-level courses in Kentucky contain references to music therapy, and if the required textbooks used in music therapy courses likewise contain references to these related health professions. The researcher obtained a list of 192 required textbooks from online course syllabi, online bookstore databases, and email correspondence with course instructors and read through all textbooks to locate references to each of the four disciplines. Results indicate that there may be some awareness of the profession of music therapy within university-level training programs for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology in Kentucky; however, music therapy textbooks mentioned other disciplines far more than other disciplines’ textbooks mentioned music therapy

COVID-19 and higher education: some of the effects on students and institutions and how to alleviate them

Monica Langella discusses some potential negative effects of the pandemic on higher education, particularly those pertaining to online assessment, university offers, and labour market outcomes. She offers evidence-based suggestions for how these impacts may be mitigated

Biaxial test on composite and polymeric materials

The development of the aircraft with the use of composite materials involves the mechanical characterization of these materials that have the suitable properties to be used in the design phases. The characterization of these materials is made in the mono axial field. However, research activities in recent years are focusing the attention on the study of biaxial tests to get more information to use during the design for the best use of materials. My thesis has been mainly focused on the development of a new biaxial equipment about composite and polymeric materials. It will try to show that the equipment is able to correctly load the specimens in two perpendicular directions. Then the selected test setup was applied experimentally for biaxial tests on a general aviation carbon resin. The thesis is divided into four sections. In the first one, the machines and equipment for biaxial tests present in the literature are only presented. Then the forms of biaxial test specimens most used by researchers in the last years for both metallic, composite and polymeric materials have been described. In the second section, the agreement that led to the creation of a new test rig, with which the tests have been described, are in the fourth section. The third part deals with the choice and optimization of a specimen shape through the use of finite element analysis. In the fourth section, the new equipment and the shape of the specimen chosen in the previous section have been used to carry out tests on a composite material in carbon resin. Here, the materials and the methods used to perform the experimental exercise are described. The used material is provided within the Tabasco project promoted by the Campania DAC. This project concerns the technologies and the production processes of low-cost components for general aviation. Conclusive remarks, where the main results are summarized, close this work

What local socio-economic conditions can tell us about the patterns of support in Italy's election

The 2018 Italian election had a notable geographic split in voting behaviour, with Lega having more support in the north of the country and the Five Star Movement proving more successful in the south. Monica Langella digs deeper into the regional variations underpinning the result by carrying out an analysis of the link between local socio-economic factors and support for the country's four main parties

From Science to Design: the Design4Materials virtuous cycle

Despite the large number of innovative materials developed in laboratories worldwide, their application in new mass-produced products is complicated. Design can reduce the risk that the research developed in scientific laboratories could fail to be properly exploited and triggering a beneficial cycle linking Science to Design. This paper present the Design4Materials, an italian network founded by the laboratories of leading schools of design: MaterialdesignLab|Sapienza Rome, Madec|Politecnico di Milano, HybridesignLab|SUN Naples, Soft Surfaces and Polisensoriality|Poliba Bari. After presenting the different skills of the network members, the authors describe the capabilities and the goals of the network and the main results developed like the project that define characteristics and identities for an open material, starting from a research of the IIT of Genoa. The Design4Materials aim is to play a leading role on design-driven innovation process, responding to society’s changing needs and developing a ‘circular’ methodology of innovation from a design standpoint

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