Nel 1803–1804 Waleria Tarnowska, nata Stroynowska, e suo marito Jan Feliks Tarnowski, viaggiarono attraverso l’Italia. Lo scopo del viaggio era quello di acquistare opere d’arte, che sarebbero dovute ...diventare la base per la creazione di una collezione nella loro dimora familiare di Dzików. Durante il viaggio, la coppia visitò le più importanti città, incontrando gli scienziati più in vista e artisti. Visitarono inoltre due volte Padova, con i suoi importanti monumenti. Tuttavia, fu la famosa università a impressionarli maggiormente. Parlarono con i professori del tempo e visitarono l’orto botanico dell’università. Durante il soggiorno, durante il quale acquistarono numerosi dipinti e sculture, Waleria Tarnowska tenne un giornale, conservato sino ad oggi, il quale testimonia delle sue impressioni ed emozioni.
Il riferimento alle radici culturali della capacità d’attrazione dello Studio di Padova presuppone ripercorrerne la plurisecolare storia. La reputazione internazionale dello Studio si basava anche ...sull’invenzione di una tradizione imperiale nella fondazione, sull’idea di una continuità fra il mito di Atene e Padova, sull’atmosfera di libertà e tolleranza per gli studenti stranieri a Padova nel secondo Cinquecento. L’esplorazione archivistica del fondo Riformatori dello Studio riletta attraverso la letteratura critica elaborata dal Centro per lo studio della storia dell’Università di Padova ha consentito di cogliere, e precisare, la complessità di queste radici. Non si trattava di espedienti retorici ma di forme culturali che accrescevano il prestigio del ceto dei dottori leggenti e la legittimazione culturale dell’Università e che trovavano riscontro nelle politiche culturali della Repubblica di Venezia. L’esempio degli illustri studenti, come il polacco Jan Zamoyski, e la tradizione regale francese e imperiale contribuiscono a spiegare un’innovazione istituzionale, come la creazione di speciali collegi per la concessione per i gradi accademici per autorità della Repubblica, estesa pure agli studenti poveri, ebrei, greci e non cattolici.
The other futurism Bohn, Willard
The other futurism,
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The Other Futurismlooks at particular examples of literature, visual arts, and the performing arts and, using a series of rare documents, sheds new light on the complex cultural and political issues ...at the heart of this neglected chapter in Italy's history.
The geomorphological study of alluvial plains takes great advantage from the integration of detailed altimetry with high-resolution images, especially in the lower-relief sectors, like those in the ...distal plain of the Brenta and Bacchiglione rivers near the city of Padua (mean slope 1–0.8‰). The LiDAR data which were specifically acquired for this research (Riegl LMS-Q560, mean density 7points/m2, overall area 123km2), were classified and interpolated in order to map fluvial and anthropogenic landforms. The acquisition was carried out in a moment of minimal vegetation luxuriance (March 2011), in order to minimize ground cover. The DEM (z accuracy <5–10cm) was processed and analyzed in integration with high resolution oblique and vertical, multispectral (VIS+IR) and panchromatic aerial images. These latter were acquired during the summer crop season, with the aim of maximizing the detection of vegetation response to different soils, sediments and landforms (cropmarks). A detailed field survey was conducted with soil observation, hand augerings and description of stratigraphic sections in pits, in order to validate the remote sensing interpretations. The detailed topography allowed the identification and mapping of low rise interfluves and scarps (<1–2m), paleochannels, scroll bars and crevasse splays. The reconstruction of a precise “ground” surface in the narrow medieval streets detailed the morphology of the multi-stratified archeological mound in the historical center of Padua. The remote sensing of cropmarks is the most appropriate method to complete the mapping of the numerous fluvial forms that have little or no topographic expression being too small (i.e. minor crevasse channels and splays) and/or flattened by anthropogenic activity (mainly plowing). LiDAR intensity permitted a precise mapping of LGM deposits that have shown peculiar reflectivity related to specific soil characteristics (i.e., presence of calcic horizons in well-drained, elevated position). High resolution images and LiDAR DEM allow the analysis of this largely anthropized low-plain environment at cell-size scale of 0.5–1m, i.e. approximating the original complexity of the alluvial sedimentary environment. The results bring advances in the comprehension of the Last Glacial Maximum and Holocene evolution of the Brenta-Bacchiglione plain. The large-scale mapping of paleohydrographic features led to the recognition of different fluvial styles adopted by the Brenta River: i) braided to wandering paleochannels, 100–300m wide, in fine-sediment dominated fluvioglacial LGM distal alluvial plain, ii) meandering (up to ~3.5) single channels, 50–100m wide, with evidence of lateral migration in early and middle Holocene channel belts, and iii) low to medium sinuosity (~1.15–1.5) single channels with vertical aggradation, associated with ridges and widespread crevasse channels and splays during the middle Holocene. The derived maps provide significant support to land and urban planning, e.g., in the definition of appropriate geotechnical analysis, the estimation of buried archeological deposits in the city center, and the assessment of flooding hazard.
•We use high resolution remote sensing to study an urbanized low relief landscape.•Focusing on the methodology to study alluvial plain and anthropogenic landforms•Cropmarks enhance the visibility of the minor fluvial forms.•LiDAR intensity for geomorphological mapping•Applicative results for the flood hazard prevention and the archeological predictivity
Diabetes Mellitus is a serious metabolic condition for global health associations. Recently, the number of adults, adolescents and children who have developed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) has ...increased as well as the mortality statistics related to this disease. For this reason, the scientific community has directed research in developing technologies to reduce T1DM complications. This contribution is related to a feedback control strategy for blood glucose management in population samples of ten virtual adult subjects, adolescents and children. This scheme focuses on the development of an inverse optimal control (IOC) proposal which is integrated by neural identification, a multi-step prediction (MSP) strategy, and Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy inference to shape the convenient insulin infusion in the treatment of T1DM patients. The MSP makes it possible to estimate the glucose dynamics 15 min in advance; therefore, this estimation allows the Neuro-Fuzzy-IOC (NF-IOC) controller to react in advance to prevent hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic events. The T–S fuzzy membership functions are defined in such a way that the respective inferences change basal infusion rates for each patient’s condition. The results achieved for scenarios simulated in Uva/Padova virtual software illustrate that this proposal is suitable to maintain blood glucose levels within normoglycemic values (70–115 mg/dL); furthermore, this level remains less than 250 mg/dL during the postprandial event. A comparison between a simple neural IOC (NIOC) and the proposed NF-IOC is carried out using the analysis for control variability named CVGA chart included in the Uva/Padova software. This analysis highlights the improvement of the NF-IOC treatment, proposed in this article, on the NIOC approach because each subject is located inside safe zones for the entire duration of the simulation.
•T1DM treatment using optimal control, neural networks, and T–S fuzzy inferences.•Neural identification provides adaptability to different population patients.•Neural prediction estimates valuable information to improve closed loop performance.•Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy inferences smooth control action values.•Variability analysis demonstrates the method relevancy for diabetic children.
Objective: Current treatment of type 1 diabetes by closed-loop therapy depends on continuous glucose monitoring. However, glucose readings alone are insufficient for an artificial pancreas to ...truthfully restore nutrient homeostasis where additional physiological regulators of insulin secretion play a considerable role. Previously, we have developed an electrophysiological biosensor of pancreatic islet activity, which integrates these additional regulators through electrical measurements. This work aims at investigating the performance of the biosensor in a blood glucose control loop as potential in silico proof-of-concept. Methods: Two islet algorithm models were identified on experimental data recorded with the biosensor. First, we validated electrical measurement as a means to exploit the inborn regulation capabilities of islets for intravenous glucose measurement and insulin infusion. Subsequently, an artificial pancreas integrating the islet-based biosensor was compared to standard treatment approaches using subcutaneous routes. The closed-loop simulations were performed in the UVA/Padova T1DM Simulator where a series of realistic meal scenarios were applied to virtual diabetic patients. Results: With intravenous routes, the endogenous islet algorithms successfully restored glucose homeostasis for all patient categories (mean time in range exceeds 90%) while mitigating the risk of adverse glycaemic events (mean BGI < 2). Using subcutaneous routes, the biosensor-based artificial pancreas was as efficient as standard treatments, and outperformed them under challenging conditions. Conclusion: This work validates the concept of using inborn pancreatic islets algorithms in an artificial pancreas in silico. Significance: Pancreatic islet endogenous algorithms obtained via an electrophysiological biosensor successfully regulate blood glucose levels of virtual type 1 diabetic patients.
With the advent of digital technologies, the computer has become a generalized tool for music production. Music can be seen as a creative form of human-human communication via a computer, and ...therefore, research on human-computer and computer-human interfaces is very important. This paper, for the
Special Issue on
presents a review of the research in the field of music technologies at Padova University by the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale (CSC), focusing on scientific, technological and musical aspects of interaction between musician and computer and between computer and audience. We discuss input devices for detecting information from gestures or audio signals and rendering systems for audience and user engagement. Moreover, we discuss a multilevel conceptual framework, which allows multimodal expressive content processing and coordination, which is important in art and music. Several paradigmatic musical works that stated new lines of both musical and scientific research are then presented in detail. The preservation of this heritage presents problems very different from those posed by traditional artworks. CSC is actively engaged in proposing new paradigms for the preservation of digital art.
Purpose
Our group recently proposed the novel Padova prognostic scoring system for temporal bone carcinoma (TBSCC) that considers: the revised Pittsburgh staging system; radiological
dura mater
...involvement; non-anterior spread (medial, inferior or posterior into the temporal bone and skull base) of T4 tumors; and histological grade. The aim of the present study was to validate this prognostic TBSCC scoring system in a case series selected from the literature.
Methods
A search was run to identify studies on TBSCC reporting the variables included in our score for each patient. Then our system was applied to the data extracted.
Results
Only two published investigations reported all the clinical and pathological data required for our scoring system. In one series from the Gruppo Otologico in Piacenza (Italy), a significantly higher recurrence rate (
p
= 0.008), shorter disease-free survival (DFS) (
p
= 0.001), higher disease-specific mortality (DSM) (
p
= 0.006), and shorter disease-specific survival (DSS) (
p
= 0.004) were associated with scores ≥ 5. Receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis showed an AUC of 0.804 for TBSCC recurrence, and 0.832 for DSM. In a series from Kyushu University Hospital (Japan), a significantly higher DSM (
p
= 0.018) and shorter DSS (
p
= 0.021) were associated with scores ≥ 5. ROC analysis showed an AUC of 0.812 for tumor relapse and 0.790 for DSM.
Conclusion
Our TBSCC Padova scoring system confirmed its validity when applied to the only two international TBSCC series providing the required data. These preliminary results need to be confirmed in a multi-center prospective setting.
The experience of the University Theatre of Padua, directed by Gianfranco de Bosio, began in 1946 and ended in 1953. The shows that mark, respectively, beginning and end are: Aeschylus’ Libation ...Bearers and A Man is a Man by Bertolt Brecht. The University Theatre of Padua participates with the Agamemnon in the Delphiads (Verona, 1952), an International Festival of University Theatre freely inspired by the theatrical project of Sikelianòs. The show is presented at the First International Festival of University Theatre of Parma two months after the debut of A Man is a Man. The essay examines the highlights of the Padua Theatre and the Delphiads experience, highlighting a continuity in the staging of Aeschylus’ two texts: Libation Bearers and Agamemnon.
Osteoporoza je bolest karakterizirana niskom mineralnom gustoćom kosti i promjenama u koštanoj strukturi koje dovode do povećanog rizika za prijelom. Najčešći osteoporotski prijelomi su prijelomi ...kuka, distalne podlaktice, proksimalnog humerusa i prijelomi kralježaka. Vježbe koje se koriste u rehabilitaciji nakon osteoporotskih prijeloma koriste princip koji je baziran na mogućnosti poboljšanja koštane gustoće mehaničkim opterećenjem koje napreže kost i potiče koštano stvaranje. Uobičajeno se koriste vježbe s progresivnim otporom, trening s opterećenjem i trening balansa. Rehabilitacija nakon vertebralnih prijeloma uz primjenu vježbi može poboljšati kvalitetu života, smanjiti kroničnu bol, poboljšati držanje, obrazac hoda, funkcionalni status i kvalitetu kosti. Ključ uspjeha rehabilitacije gerijatrijske populacije nakon prijeloma u području kuka je uključivanje multidisciplinarnog tima i rana mobilizacija. Zbog niske mišićne mase i snage osobe sa sarkopenijom mogu imati poteškoće s pokretljivošću i promjene u držanju koje mogu povećati rizik od padova i prijeloma. Među važne uzroke učestalih padova u starijoj populaciji ubrajaju se razni komorbiditeti, kognitivno oštećenje, lijekovi i prepreke iz okoliša. Okolišni čimbenici uključuju tip površine po kojoj se osoba kreće, rasvjetu, namještaj, različite prepreke i nepostojanje rukohvata. Tjelesna aktivnost, posebno prilagođene vježbe snaženja mišića, vježbe ravnoteže i korigiranje obrasca hoda, mogu smanjiti rizik od pada. Vertebralni prijelomi i prijelomi kuka imaju znatno veći i dugotrajniji utjecaj na kvalitetu života bolesnika u odnosu na ostale prijelome. Prijelomi kuka u gerijatrijskog populaciji imaju negativni utjecaj na sve aspekte života i značajan negativni učinak na kvalitetu života. U prilog tome govore podaci da se samo 40 – 60 % bolesnika oporavi na razinu pokretljivosti prije prijeloma, a do 70 % na razinu aktivnosti u osnovnim aktivnostima dnevnog života.
