La Scuola Rinnovata de Giuseppina Pizzigoni entre droits de l’enfant et changement social by Sandra Chistolini

“…Giuseppina Pizzigoni (1870-1947), founder of the Scuola Rinnovata Pizzigoni in Milan, is one of the greatest figures in twentieth-century Italian education. The 1907 educational plan began with a new building structure based on the experimental method, which is still in operation today. …”
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Intimità sacra e nuove appartenenze nella devozione dei Mauriziani induisti a Santa Rosalia (Palermo) by Eugenio Giorgianni

“…Migrant subjects incorporate Catholic ritual gestures and symbols in their votive dialogue with Santa Rosalia, establishing an emotional and spiritual connection with the city of Palermo through the sacred space of Monte Pellegrino, while demanding miracles from her deity to facilitate processes such as learning the Italian language and aspiring for greater social mobility. …”
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Entre campagne publicitaire et films d’auteur : douze paysages urbains italiens au cinéma by Olivier Gaudin

“…12 Registi per 12 città (1989) is a commissioned promotional film comprising twelve portraits of cities, produced by twelve famous Italian filmmakers before the 14th World Cup (Italia’90). …”
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«Puliamo San Siro»: lottare contro lo stigma territoriale in un quartiere di edilizia popolare di Milano by Paolo Grassi

“…The first one (Comitato di Quartiere – Committee of the Neighbourhood) is formed by a group of elderly Italian residents; the second one (Comitato Abitanti – Committee of the Residents) is connected to the Milanese social movements that fight for housing rights. …”
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The high cancer incidence in young people in Italy: do genetic signatures reveal their environmental causes? by Ruggero Ridolfi

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The Architecture of a Lifetime: Structures of Remembrance and Invention in Walter Benjamin and Aldo Rossi by Jolien Paeleman

“…This article presents the result of research on the influence of Walter Benjamin’s thinking in the work of Italian architect Aldo Rossi (1931–1997). In present-day architectural criticism, Aldo Rossi’s oeuvre still constitutes a rich subject for discussion because of its resistance to easy pinpointing, even if Rossi himself explained his theories and methods of design on numerous occasions. …”
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Challenges and ongoing initiatives towards better integrated EU scientific advice by Iordanis Gravanis, Michael Berntgen, Spiros Vamvakas, Pierre Demolis, Paolo Foggi

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Evropská tradice a počátek novodobé mozaiky v Čechách a na Moravě by Zuzana Křenková, Vladisalva Říhová

“…The study offers a new view of the domestic situation, casting light for the first time for a Czech reader on many facts concerning the development of European (particularly Italian and Austrian) mosaic art in the second half of the 19th century. …”
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Les études de Sergio Cigada, jalons incontournables de la critique flaubertienne by Liana Nissim

“…Sergio Cigada (1933-2010) was certainly one of the greatest Italian specialists of Flaubert. In this study we will review all of Cigada’s writings (since 1956) devoted to Flaubert’s works, by highlighting for each one the pioneering criticism and proposing a rereading of his most significant studies: « Uno scritto autobiografico di Flaubert : Quidquid volueris » (1956), Un decennio di critica flaubertiana (1945-1955) (1957) and Genesi e struttura tematica di Emma Bovary (1960), a magnificent book which even today presents among the most enlightening pages of the genesis of the character Emma and her psychological make-up. …”
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Translations of the foreign authors in the Vilnius Pierists publishing house by Irena Jackevičienė

“…Translations from French comprised the greatest portion of translations at 61%, from Latin 31%, from Italian 6%, and from English 2%. The translations helped overcome the cultural backwardness of the country more effectively than original literature and supplied the market with desirable books. …”
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Failure evidences of reduced span bridges in case of extreme rainfalls - The case of Livorno by Mario Lucio Puppio, Sara Novelli, Mauro Sassu

“…In particular, the recent case of Livorno is analysed. The Italian territory has about 460.000 small bridges, mostly designed without the support of technical codes or a proper interaction between the hydraulic and structural aspects. …”
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Le monastère face aux laïques au haut Moyen Âge : lieux de culte secondaires et accueil aux limites de l’espace monastique dans le contexte italien  by Eleonora Destefanis

“…Just at the edge of this space – the claustrum or a much bigger territory, perceived however as monasterium in every aspect – we can find specific complexes for social (and sometimes medical) services, in certain cases provided with secondary churches, distinct from the abbatial one.The paper studies, through some Early Middle Ages Italian cases and referring to written as well as archaeological sources, the topographical and functional choices connected to these structures. …”
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Confrontation Naming and Reading Abilities at Primary School: A Longitudinal Study by Chiara Luoni, Umberto Balottin, Laura Rosana, Enrico Savelli, Silvia Salini, Cristiano Termine

“…., the Boston Naming Test (BNT)) in a nonclinical sample of Italian primary school children was conducted (n=126), testing them at the end of each school year, to assess nonverbal intelligence, confrontation naming, and reading abilities. …”
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Reduced Representation Libraries from DNA Pools Analysed with Next Generation Semiconductor Based-Sequencing to Identify SNPs in Extreme and Divergent Pigs for Back Fat Thickness by Samuele Bovo, Francesca Bertolini, Giuseppina Schiavo, Gianluca Mazzoni, Stefania Dall’Olio, Luca Fontanesi

“…DNA samples from two groups of Italian Large White pigs with divergent estimating breeding value (EBV) for BFT were separately pooled and sequenced, after preparation of reduced representation libraries (RRLs), on the Ion Torrent technology. …”
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The Safeguard of Audio Collections: A Computer Science Based Approach to Quality Control—The Case of the Sound Archive of the Arena di Verona by Federica Bressan, Antonio Rodà, Sergio Canazza, Federico Fontana, Roberta Bertani

“…This paper presents the methodology and the results of the Italian project REVIVAL, aimed at the development of a hardware/software platform to support the active preservation of the audio collection of the Fondazione Arena di Verona, one of the finest in Europe for the operatic genre, with a special attention on protocols and tools for quality control. …”
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Survey of Dermatophytes in Stray Cats with and without Skin Lesions in Northern Italy by Daniela Proverbio, Roberta Perego, Eva Spada, Giada Bagnagatti de Giorgi, Alessandra Della Pepa, Elisabetta Ferro

“…Our estimated prevalence of dermatophytes in stray cats was much lower than other Italian studies on the same population.…”
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Antioxidant Properties and Fatty Acid Profile of Cretan Extra Virgin Bioolive Oils: A Pilot Study by Dariusz Nowak, Michał Gośliński, Cezary Popławski

“…These ones were compared with commercial Spanish, Italian, and Greek extra virgin olive oils. Obtained results showed that sample Cretan 1 had about 15% higher antioxidant capacity and about 60% higher total polyphenol content than commercial counterparts. …”
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Bernard Huet « A. Rossi ou l’exaltation de la raison » by Julien Correia

“…This text by Bernard Huet (1932-2001) was published in Italian and English in 1984 in a book presenting recent projects by the Milanese architect Aldo Rossi (1931-1997). …”
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Agroecology in Brazil and Italy: Comparative Analysis of the Historical Formation Process of Agroecology by Andre Augusto Michelato Ghizelini, Gaio Cesare Pacini

“…Furthermore, 8.31% of Italian farms are organic, while in Brazil, the figure is only 1.28%. …”
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Parents who interfere with their children’s career choices: a path analysis model investigating risk and protective factors for students’ burnout and depression by Giacomo Angelini, I. Buonomo, C. Fiorilli

“…Participants were 134 Italian high school students (Mage = 18.14 years, SD = 0.651; 75.4% females). …”
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