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«Beste bürgertradition». La ricostruzione del teatro dell'opera di Francoforte: una storia postmoderna (1946-1981)
Authors: Wagner-Kyora Georg
Published: June 2021

Il saggio indaga le complesse vicende legate, fra il 1946 e il 1981, alla ricostruzione del teatro dell'Opera di Francoforte e le inquadra in un contesto, quello della borghesia di Francoforte, che diede a questa ricostruzione un forte significato politico legato, anche, ad un processo di riappropriazione dell'identitŕ cittadina. Si tratta di un edificio che, per i diversi significati che nel tempo, sia livello locale che nazionale, ha rivestito - prima luogo di integrazione, poi di emarginazione, legato anche alle vicende della borghesia ebraica - puň essere considerato uno dei piů importanti della Germania. Il dibattito sulla sua ricostruzione ebbe un carattere fortemente politico, anche per la sua posizione determinante nell'immagine cittadina, cui si aggiunsero nel tempo altri elementi generatori d'identitŕ: da un lato esso era muto testimone della storia dell'integrazione borghese interconfessionale, dall'altro era un monumento per le vittime della seconda guerra mondiale, soprattutto per quelli che una cittŕ bombardata poteva rappresentare. Una rovina di questo genere, cosě appariscente nel contesto urbano, lungamente conservata nel cuore della dinamica, ricca e operosa Francoforte, testimoniava una grande capacitŕ attiva nel produrre il rapporto con la propria storia.
«Ricostruzione» tra continuitŕ e «nuovo inizio»: la Berlino divisa come capitale del Wiederaufbau?
Authors: Warnke-De Nobili Stephanie
Published: June 2021

Questo articolo esamina il ruolo pubblico degli edifici storici nella ricostruzione di Berlino negli anni '50 e '60, che era marcato dal massiccio cambiamento dell'immagine della cittŕ portati dai grandi nuovi progetti edilizi. Giŕ in questa fase della guerra fredda, e non solo in seguito nel postmodernismo, il rapporto con l'architettura storica ricopriva un ruolo importante nella concorrenza tra i sistemi. Particolarmente i media berlinesi, i ricordi dei testimoni, guide turistiche o libri di fotografie danno indicazioni sul significato, che edifici singoli, conservati o demoliti, ebbero per l'opinione pubblica. Attraverso alcuni esempi quest'articolo estrae momenti di questi dibattiti. L'Opera

, il Castello Imperiale demolito, lo scandalo della

e un libro sulla Berlino «uccisa» danno un'impressione dell'importanza della vecchia Berlino nel periodo del "nuovo inizio" dopo la seconda guerra mondiale.
Pianificazione urbana nella Renania superiore, dagli anni Venti alla ricostruzione: Karlsruhe, Strasburgo, Friburgo
Authors: Ziegler Volker
Published: June 2021

Il saggio indaga i processi di pianificazione in Renania dagli anni venti del Novecento alla ricostruzione post-bellica, con particolare riferimento alle cittŕ di Karlsruhe, Strasburgo e Friburgo. L'analisi ha come punto di partenza il 1918, quando l'Alsazia torna alla Francia e s'interrompono le relazioni economiche transrenane. In questa regione, fragile e ricca di contraddizioni, gli ambiziosi programmi di trasformazione urbana, ma anche politica, furono fortemente influenzati da interessi nazionali, regionalismi e una molteplicitŕ di poteri locali. Ma il difficile processo di trasformazione, in una regione di confine, dunque molto contesa, fu anche guidato dalla questione dell'identitŕ nazionale e l'ambiguo concetto di

. In questi anni la pianificazione territoriale assume un'importanza primaria nella competizione tra le cittŕ della regione. Il destino politico e urbanistico di cittŕ come Strasburgo o Karlsruhe, che devono essere collegate ai centri economici piů lontani nel cuore dei rispettivi paesi, fu condizionato da una politica di espansione territoriale, dall'irrompere della tecnica, dal tema della forma della modernitŕ; temi che, intrecciandosi a fatica con le questioni simboliche legate alle nuove identitŕ di questi luoghi, fanno da sfondo ai progetti urbanistici di questo periodo.
Le cittŕ dell'Asia centrale in un diario inedito di Filippo De Filippi (1903)
Authors: Mastropietro Nico
Published: June 2021

Nel 1903 l'esploratore italiano Filippo De Filippi e sua moglie Caroline Fitzgerald compirono un viaggio di formazione attraverso Russia, Caucaso e Turkestan, alla scoperta dell'Oriente. Nel corso del viaggio venne redatto un denso diario che descrive in maniera molto precisa ed accurata la vita dell'aristocrazia russa negli anni immediatamente anteriori alla Rivoluzione, il Caucaso in tumulto ed il regime dei Khanati al tramonto nei territori destinati a costituire il Turkestan sovietico. Il resoconto di questa esperienza, il primo viaggio di De Filippi in Oriente, rimasto fino ad oggi inedito, costituisce un contributo di valore storico ed antropologico impareggiabile.
Dal passato al presente: recenti trasformazioni di una frazione nel Bolognese
Authors: Baldini Monica
Published: June 2021

Il presente contributo presenta un particolare aspetto del lavoro di ricerca intrapreso durante la tesi di Dottorato in Sociologia presso la Facoltŕ di Scienze Politiche di Bologna. Il lavoro di ricerca č stato sostenuto dalla collaborazione con il Comune di Argelato: tale volontŕ di cooperare nasce col comune obiettivo di studiare il fenomeno di diffusione urbana che da anni coinvolge la cittŕ di Bologna e i suoi comuni dell'hinterland e che in particolare ha visto nel comune di Argelato e in una delle sue maggiori frazioni, quella di Funo, uno degli attori privilegiati di questo fenomeno.
Gli indicatori di sostenibilitŕ urbana
Authors: Gilli Monica
Published: June 2021

La relazione si occupa di sostenibilitŕ urbana. Dopo avere ricordato la comparsa della nozione di sostenibilitŕ nel dibattito internazionale e la successiva necessitŕ di operazionalizzarla attraverso l'individuazione di indicatori, viene subito evidenziato come questi abbiano specificitŕ che li differenziano dagli indicatori usati in una qualsiasi ricerca sociologica, non solo riguardo alla quantitŕ, ma anche quanto ai requisiti di base posseduti. La relazione si concentra quindi sulla cittŕ, cercando di individuare le caratteristiche che una ricerca sulla sostenibilitŕ - occupandosi di cittŕ, anziché di altre configurazioni socio-territoriali - dovrebbe possedere. Si conclude passando in rassegna alcuni importanti indicatori sociali di sostenibilitŕ urbana, qui raggruppati secondo a) indicatori riferibili a bisogni "primari" dei cittadini; b) indicatori relativi a bisogni politico-partecipativi e c) indicatori relativi a bisogni psicologici di vario tipo.
La vetrinizzazione delle cittŕ contemporanee. Bratislava - Milano: due realtŕ a confronto
Authors: Ruiu Maria Laura
Published: June 2021

La ricerca mette in evidenza come la pubblicitŕ imponga una particolare veste estetica allo spazio urbano. Il lavoro si basa sull'analisi e sul confronto del tessuto urbano di due cittŕ molto diverse da ogni punto di vista (economico, sociale, politico): Milano e Bratislava. Lo studio evidenzia le nuove modalitŕ di utilizzo del linguaggio pubblicitario e le sue applicazioni nel contesto urbano: Bratislava ha una conformazione piů caotica risultante dalla diffusione "selvaggia" della pubblicitŕ; Milano, al contrario, č caratterizzata da un modello di pubblicitŕ che tende a "mimetizzarsi" nel tessuto urbano. I processi comunicativi agiscono sulle esperienze di consumo degli individui influenzando le loro scelte in termini di stili di vita, abitudini, luoghi di consumo; cosě, gli stessi luoghi di consumo si trasformano, dando vita ad una nuova architettura della cittŕ.
Ereditŕ e implicazioni dei Mega eventi
Authors: Guala Chito
Published: June 2021

L'Autore analizza la crescente competizione internazionale per ospitare Mega eventi (ad esempio le Expo o i Giochi olimpici). L'ereditŕ di un Mega evento č evidente attraverso la costruzione o il recupero di nuove strutture, il miglioramento del trasporto pubblico, la riqualificazione del sistema ricettivo nella cittŕ e nella regione che lo ospitano, con il fine di attirare altri eventi a larga scala, incrementare il turismo e lo sviluppo economico: gli effetti riguardano l'identitŕ e la visibilitŕ del Luogo. La pianificazione del post-evento deve avvenire nella fase precedente, dato che per la comunitŕ locale l'ereditŕ č piů rilevante dell'evento in sé.
Coltivare in cittŕ. Orti e giardini condivisi
Authors: Bergamaschi Maurizio
Published: June 2021

L'autore si concentra su esperienze di orti - giardini condivisi che, a volte anche molto diverse le une dalle altre, vanno a ridisegnare, almeno parzialmente, la morfologia e l'immagine delle cittŕ. Sempre piů persone avanzano una domanda di verde urbano non solo da ammirare e fruire passivamente, ma nel quale intervenire attivamente progettando e organizzando attivitŕ culturali e iniziative di animazione sociale. Se la presenza di orti - giardini in cittŕ non č del tutto inedita, questi oggi presentano tratti del tutto specifici. Queste pratiche si configurano come micro-processi locali che fanno emergere nuove forme di urbanitŕ a partire dal coinvolgimento attivo dell'abitante, nonché una sua responsabilizzazione nella gestione di questi spazi.
Abitare nella Cittŕ dei Morti. Un progetto di ricerca azione per un habitat informale "di eccellenza"
Authors: Bellaviti Paola
Published: June 2021

- The article focuses on one of the most suggestive and controversial habitats of the Cairo megalopolis, the ‘City of the Dead', as the vast areas of monumental cemeteries are collectively termed. Over time they have actually become a true and genuine ‘city' within the city, inhabited by hundreds of thousands of people. It is a slum according to some definitions currently in use, but a very particular slum which is host to both a huge and special historical and architectural heritage and at the same time to a residential environment which is unique of its kind, in which a heterogeneous local society maintains the City of the Dead ‘in life', by means of a specific residential culture linked to the sepulchral nature of the places. A research and action project intends to try and deconstruct the negative and destructive images currently adopted by Cairo's urban planning policies for this urban environment. It does this by exploring the possibilities of a more detailed portrayal from different viewpoints in order to stimulate action to conserve and enhance the City of the Dead that is based on recognition of its value given by the ineluctable links between the monumental necropolis and the living environment.
La costruzione della carta del paesaggio nel retroterra ambientale di Expo 2015: la variante generale del piano delle Groane
Authors: Paolillo Pier Luigi , Benedetti Alberto , Terlizzi Luca
Published: June 2021

- The Groane: the only narrow passage that is free between Milan, Varese and Como, one of the most congested places in the country and nevertheless one of those that is most supported with Gdp and the productivity of all Lombardy, its commuters and Vat numbers. It is a sort of 15 km tunnel buffeted between the exceptional processes of urbanisation which have inevitably (and irreparably) impaired its valuable land resources, except of course for the protected area of the Groane Park, which has recently adopted our new general plan for the provincial ‘General Co-ordination Plan'. Its contiguity with the cumbersome attraction of the Expo 2015 - which could have generated dangerous settlement repercussions even for the park - has not, however, caused a murmur to be raised, either because of the economic crisis or, more probably, because the environmental importance of the Groane Park is considered today as value added to be preserved in all ways. In fact there has been absolutely no assault on the land of the park for residential purposes at all. On the contrary, 60% of the areas subject to the new plan increase the perimeter of protection (11% more than at present) on the basis of an initial landscape map which is presented in the article with the construction procedures and the relative methodology.
Ambientalismo costruttivo. Il miglioramento della Tangenziale sud di Bergamo
Authors: Perletti Marco Adriano
Published: June 2021

- The project for the south of the Bergamo motorway ring road is the result of a commitment to problems of mobility which Wwf Italy has intensified in recent years. As a result of an initiative taken by the Bergamo Wwf, a master plan was studied for the area in 2007 to identify possible measures to lessen the impact of the road infrastructure by means of forestation and redevelopment with vegetation. The proposal has involved municipal and provincial administrations so that they can learn the contents and concretely implement this green project. As a result of further study of the project conducted by one of the municipalities concerned, the Region of Lombardy granted funding for a contract tender entitled ‘10,000 hectares of new woodland and multi-functional parkland', to be used to implement an initial lot of the project. The work planned and recently started will be completed by the end of 2010 and will constitute the start of a long process of environmental and landscape redevelopment which should be followed by other intervention in the agricultural area of Plis del rio Morla and Rogge.
Le Grand Pari(s) de l'agglomeration parisienne. Elementi per una riflessione sulla cittŕ e sull'urbanistica
Authors: Fedeli Valeria
Published: June 2021

- The consultation entitled ‘Le Grand Pari(s) de l'Agglomération Parisienne' launched by the French Ministry of Culture at the start of 2007 is providing material for a significant public debate within that rich workshop for thought on the contemporary city which Paris and the Ile de France have constituted for at least a decade. Many initiatives have in fact helped since 2000 to invigorate discussion on the urban region of Paris, with questions asked on urban transformations in progress on how to understand, describe, plan and govern the social, environmental, economical and political changes they bring. The article proposes some observations on the meaning of consultation, on its procedures and on its emerging issues with a focus in particular on objectives and outcomes, trying to direct thought to the contribution (to ways and contents) which urban planners (but also architects) can make to urban design seen as an exercise in thinking about the future of contemporary cities.
Different people, different wishes? Can heterogeneity of the population cause more and different kinds of economic activities?
Authors: Brouwer Alei E.
Published: June 2021

- The objective of the article is to empirically test the hypothesis that the heterogeneity of an urban population influences the creation and the development of the businesses and economic activities (‘organisational diversity') of a city. More specifically, the heterogeneity of a population is measured in terms of religious pluralism, while organisational heterogeneity concerns the different economic activities, both manufacturing and services, present in a city. The influence of religion on economic demand is based on the ‘new paradigm' (Christiano et al., 2002), according to which individuals who belong to different religious groups have different values with regard to education, social ambition and attitude to work. As a consequence, they tend to choose different professions and prefer different economic activities. The empirical analysis, which is conducted on the town of Zwolle in northern Holland in the period 1851-1914, tests the hypothesis and finds a real and significant impact of religious pluralism on the economic structure of the town.
L'efficienza dei processi concessori nella pubblica amministrazione locale
Authors: Del Gatto Maria Luisa , Morena Marzia
Published: June 2021

- The Permanent Observatory on the Local Public Administration (Pal) was established in 2008 by Assoimmobiliare, DS&P Studio Legale Associato and Laboratorio Gesti.Tec of the Polytechnic of Milan. It was created with the objective of mapping and analysing the procedures and times for the approval of measures to implement urban planning decisions by Pal which plays a decisive role in urban redevelopment and transformation processes because by intervening in the decision-making phase of plans, it influences the feasibility from many points of view (architectural, social, environmental, time, economic, financial, etc.). The bureaucratic and administrative difficulties represent the first obstacle to overcome for those who intend to invest capital in the property sector. Streamlining those bureaucratic procedures therefore constitutes one of the main objectives which Pal must pursue to attract investors to its area and demonstrate that it is able to able to manage urban planning and building formalities efficiently and effectively.
Il nuovo Dipartimento di Architettura e Studi Urbani: appunti per un'agenda
Authors: Pasqui Gabriele
Published: June 2021

This paper poses a few questions concerning the definition of a working agenda on which people can agree for the launch of the new Department of Architecture and Urban Studies of the Polytechnic of Milan. The following issues are proposed for general consideration: a revisitation of the research programme and disciplinary paradigms in relation to the profound crisis experienced by the country, Europe and the entire world; the connections between our areas of research and the technological change that is affecting towns, cities and regions; the interpretation of relationships between space and society by enhancing theoretical thinking and focusing on everyday living practices; the development of research programmes that are attentive both to governance tools and forms and how they interrelate with planning activities and the economic context and also to planning devices and the implementation and assessment of urban and regional policies.
Changes and continuities on brazilian urban governance: the impacts of the sporting mega events
Authors: Silva Omena De Melo Erick
Published: June 2021

This paper analyses the contradictions and conflicts affecting two trends in the urban government and governance of Brazilian cities: the increase in the institutionalisation of practices for participation by civil society in the construction of public policies and the expansion of forms of urban entrepreneurial practices. The analysis focuses on the impacts that the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics are having on institutional spaces for socio-political participation and on processes for the organisation and strengthening of social movements at national level. Current dynamics are illustrated with a discussion of the literature and the use of data from surveys, official documents and those government websites and social movement websites that are particularly involved in urban development processes in cities connected with past and future mega sports events.
Urban mobility in the Olympic City: a "transportation revolution" in Rio de Janeiro?
Authors: Martins Rodrigues Juciano
Published: June 2021

In the next few years Brazil will receive the largest sum of investment in urban transport in the history of the country for the coming mega sports events. Theoretically, these investments should address the transport crisis that Brazilian cities are experiencing. The paper shows that the issue of transportation is present on the public agenda and in planning connected with mega events in strictly engineering terms. The ‘question of urban transportation' is introduced and a discussion is given of its connection with the preparation of cities for the mega sports events starting with Rio de Janeiro. Here the huge resources involved will probably have deep impacts on urban dynamics and on the socio-spatial configuration of the city without, however, providing solutions to the long standing transportation problems of the more vulnerable population groups.
Centri storici: infrastrutture per l'urbanitŕ contemporanea
Authors: Bonfantini Bertrando
Published: June 2021

Looking at the various types of contemporary urban configurations, town and city centres continue to represent a resource and potential for structuring of a centralised system and for the organisation of more densely urbanised areas. While in the past the recognisability and individuality of town and city centres have been a sign of their uniqueness in an ‘insular' urban design, today they form part of an more varied ‘town centre' which runs across the entire urban range, the protagonists of a project to change the composition of towns and cities. As themes or systems of urban restructuring, town and city centres become a planning construct used to make selections from the materials of the existing town or city of those which, on the basis of their differentiating qualities which express their importance, are candidates for interpretation in a new role, with permanent and long-term profiles.
In Memoriam: Martín Leonel Zurita García (1979-2020)
Authors:   Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Martínez-Luque Erick Omar , Zurita-García María Areyni , Zurita García Kaedi ,   Av. Reforma #22, Calipan, Coxcatlán, Puebla, México, Zaragoza-Caballero Santiago ,   Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Cifuentes-Ruiz Paulina ,   Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, UNAM, Pérez-Hernández Cisteil X. ,   Laboratorio de Interacciones Bióticas en Hábitats Alterados, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, UNAM, Lopéz-Pérez Sara , Rodríguez-Mirón Geovanni M. ,   Colección Coleopterológica, Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM., Ramírez del Valle Enya ,   Wageningen University and Research, Gutiérrez Nayeli ,   Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, Zavala León Erick Antonio , Domínguez-León Daniel E. , González-Ramírez Mireya ,   Instituto de Biología, Departamento de Zoología, Aquino-Romero Miriam ,   Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
Published: June 2021

A lo largo de este documento se resalta el legado académico y humano de Martín Leonel Zurita-García (1979-2020). Se describe su trayectoria académica sobre todo en su fase universitaria, en la que se dedicó al campo de la Entomología, particularmente de la Sistemática, Biogeografía y Ecología de los coleópteros elatéridos, así como a la Entomología Forense. Publicó 17 artículos científicos y cuatro capítulos de libros; participó en cinco congresos nacionales y dos congresos internacionales. Martín Zurita es autor de siete taxones de Coleoptera. Como docente, impartió las asignaturas de Sistemática, Biogeografía y Entomología Forense, en la Facultad de Ciencias y la Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM, así como en la Universidad Simón Bolívar. Fungió como director o codirector de nueve tesis de Licenciatura en Biología que versan sobre Sistemática, Faunística y Entomología Forense. Asimismo, participó como jurado en cuatro exámenes de grado (tres de Maestría y uno de Doctorado). La segunda parte del documento es testimonial, incluye las sentidas palabras expresadas por hermanos, maestro, amigos, alumnos y colegas en quienes Martín Zurita dejó una profunda huella.
The effects of cancer therapies on physical fitness before oesophagogastric cancer surgery: a prospective, blinded, multi-centre, observational, cohort study
Authors: West Malcolm A. , Anastasiou Zachos , Ambler Gareth , Loughney Lisa , Mythen Michael G. , Owen Thomas , Danjoux Gerard , Levett Denny Z.H. , Calverley Peter M.A. , Kelly Jamie J. , Jack Sandy , Grocott Michael P.W. ,   Fit4Surgery Consortium
Published: June 2021

Background: Neoadjuvant cancer treatment is associated with improved survival following major oesophagogastric cancer surgery. The impact of neoadjuvant chemo/chemoradiotherapy on physical fitness and operative outcomes is however unclear. This study aims to investigate the impact of neoadjuvant chemo/chemoradiotherapy on fitness and post-operative mortality.

Methods: Patients with oesophagogastric cancer scheduled for chemo/chemoradiotherapy and surgery were recruited to a prospective, blinded, multi-centre, observational cohort study. Primary outcomes were changes in fitness with chemo/chemoradiotherapy, measured using cardiopulmonary exercise testing and its association with mortality one-year after surgery. Patients were followed up for re-admission at 30-days, in-hospital morbidity and quality of life (exploratory outcomes).

Results: In total, 384 patients were screened, 217 met the inclusion criteria, 160 consented and 159 were included (72% male, mean age 65 years). A total of 132 patients (83%) underwent chemo/chemoradiotherapy, 109 (71%) underwent chemo/chemoradiotherapy and two exercise tests, 100 (63%) completed surgery and follow-up. A significant decline in oxygen uptake at anaerobic threshold and oxygen uptake peak was observed following chemo/chemoradiotherapy: -1.25ml.kg-1.min-1 (-1.80 to -0.69) and -3.02ml.kg-1.min-1 (-3.85 to -2.20); p<0.0001).  Baseline chemo/chemoradiotherapy anaerobic threshold and peak were associated with one-year mortality (HR=0.72, 95%CI 0.59 to 0.88; p=0.001 and HR=0.85, 0.76 to 0.95; p=0.005). The change in physical fitness was not associated with one-year mortality.

Conclusion: Chemo/chemoradiotherapy prior to oesophagogastric cancer surgery reduced physical fitness. Lower baseline fitness was associated with reduced overall survival at one-year. Careful consideration of fitness prior to chemo/chemoradiotherapy and surgery is urgently needed.
The Groundless Use of Linearity in Daily Thinking and Decision-making
Authors: Duma László
Published: June 2021

The overuse or groundless use of linearity, that is the fallacy of omnipotent linearity, intertwines our everyday lives and decisions. The misconception of linearity is not an isolated phenomenon, yet we do not handle this question in the proper way. The examples of MPG (Miles per Gallon) and MPH (Miles per Hour) or driving speed have something else in common: there is a widely used indicator conveying a false impression about the nature and physical, economical effects of the described phenomena by creating the illusion of linearity, leading to faulty decisions. In this paper, I show the common cases where we often make linear mistakes, and for which I can give illustrations drawn from scientific publications or everyday examples. Fresh survey research has been done in order to reveal the presence of linearity in the daily decision-making in terms of its groundless use. The article also identifies some common roots to the problem; it also outlines the psychological mechanisms and possible policies to help avoid them.
Odabir biljnih vrsta za školski vrt i plan vrtlarskih aktivnosti u OŠ Rugvica
Authors: Židovec Vesna , Jusup Silvija , Poje Miroslav , Dujmovć Purgar Dubravka
Published: June 2021

Školski vrtovi trebali bi proizaći iz sredine u kojoj se nalaze. Predstavljaju mjesta koja služe za boravak učenika u slobodno vrijeme, ali su pogodni i za proučavanje brojnih sadržaja vezanih uz nastavu i izvannastavne aktivnosti. Izuzetno je važno kod učenika razvijati pozitivne psihofizičke osobine, poticati usvajanje novih znanja i vještina u zdravom okruženju. Ovakav pristup učenju i ulozi okoliša u odgoju, trebao bi pobuditi interes za prirodu i stvoriti čim ranije što intimniju vezu učenika i prirode.
Pregledom literature i arhivske građe te intervjuiranjem starijih stanovnika sakupljeni su podaci o biljnim vrstama koje su se nekad tradicionalno uzgajale u vrtovima na području općine Rugvica. Ti podaci, zajedno s podacima o prisutnosti biljnih vrsta školskog dvorišta, poslužili su kao temelj preporuka za odabir vrsta za uređenje okoliša škole. Pomoću literature određena je taksonomska pripadnost, životni oblik i porijeklo inventariziranih vrsta te je predložen niz vrtlarskih aktivnosti primjerenih djeci nižih razreda. Na području općine Rugvica u prošlosti se živjelo od poljoprivrede, a uz kuće su se nalazili povrtnjaci i voćnjaci. Na okućnicama je bilo i raznolikog ukrasnog bilja. U vrtu OŠ Rugvica determinirano je 17 biljnih porodica i 28 vrsta. Porodice s najvećim brojem vrsta su Pinaceae i Lamiaceae. U vrtu se nalaze i zanimljivi detalji (sjenica, meteorološka kućica, viseći vrt). Za dodavanje sadržaja vrtu predložene su povrtna, voćna, začinsko-ljekovita i tradicijska cvjetna gredica te je osmišljen cjelogodišnji program radionica za djecu za koje bi se materijali uglavnom mogli naći u školskom vrtu i bližem okolišu.
Gospodarska važnost i rasprostranjenost bijele djeteline (Trifolium repens L.) na području Republike Hrvatske
Authors: Dujmović Purgar Dubravka , Koprivnjak Dubravka , Bolarić Snježana
Published: June 2021

Bijela djetelina porijeklom je iz područja Mediterana, a smatra se autohtonom vrstom za cijelu Europu. Proširila se zahvaljujući kolonizatorima po cijelom svijetu. U skladu s klimatskim i reljefnim različitostima Hrvatske ova vrsta se prilagodila različitim uvjetima zbog čega su se razvili različiti ekotipovi. Bijela djetelina ima pozitivan utjecaj na plodnost tla, te je jedan od najboljih fiksatora dušika. Iznimne je krmne vrijednosti, te se koristi u smjesi s travama za hranidbu stoke, pogotovo muznih krava. Vrlo je medonosna, ali i ljekovita vrsta.
The museum as a center of educational and local lore work coordination of the educational institution
Authors:   M.V. Ostrogradsky Poltava Regional Institute of In-Service Teacher Training, Ukraine, Bilyk Nadiia
Published: June 2021

The article actualizes the issue of educational and local lore work coordination in educational institutions.The essence of the following interrelated concepts is revealed: «museum», «museum pedagogy», «educational institution museum», «local lore»; «coordination»; «museum educational environment», «educational work», «local history work».The relevance of the museum as a center of the educational and local history work coordination of the educational institution is observed in the context of the significant scientific achievements of domestic and foreign scientists.The purpose of the article is to substantiate the relevance of the museum as a center of educational and local history work coordination of the educational institution.The main approaches to educational and local lore work in educational institutions are presented based on the analysis of scientific and pedagogical literature of domestic and foreign scientists. The activity of Poltava regional center of national-patriotic education, tourism, and local lore of student’s youth of Poltava regional council as the center of coordination of educational and local lore work in educational institutions is characterized.Attention is paid to the role of some exemplary museums of educational institutions of the Poltava region in the implementation of educational and local lore work.Based on the results of research on the issue of educational and local lore work of museums of educational institutions, their advantages, problems, and prospects for their further development in the museum educational environment of the Poltava region are clarified
Retrospect: EC’s Merger Reformation of 2004
Authors: Salonen Antti
Published: June 2021

This article examines in detail the European Commission’s main instrument in aiding the fluency of merger procedures, the Best Practices on the conduct of EC merger proceedings guideline, and portrays its positive effect on the regulatory transition phase of 2004, when the new EC Merger regulation 139/2004 came into force.

Relevant background information concerning the legal context is provided in order to illustrate the anticipated hazards of the transition phase, which in retrospect never actualised. This paper seeks to answer how this scenario was avoided: What measures did the Directorate General for Competition take and as a result, what effect did this have on business communities’ freedoms and responsibilities. These conclusions are drawn from 2004’s statistical survey on European merger control.

The Blackstone/Acetex case of 2004 is provided as a case study to demonstrate the potential complications of the official merger procedure and to emphasize the importance of a well-managed pre-notification procedure preceding the actual concentration. In addition, the Commission’s increased powers to issue fines are illustrated in the form its former decisions, where the concentrating parties neglected to comply with EC competition rules.
Estimates of sponge consumption rates on an Indo-Pacific reef
Authors: Mortimer C , Dunn M , Haris A , Jompa J , Bell J
Published: June 2021

Determining predator diets is essential for understanding the strength of top-down processes and how they cascade through food webs. This is especially important for sponges, key members of benthic communities, whose dominance has increased in recent years on some coral reefs. However, the diversity of spongivorous fishes and the sponges they consume are relatively unknown. Here, we estimated sponge consumption by spongivorous fishes in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia. We deployed cameras to identify fish biting at the dominant reef sponge Xestospongia spp. and then used gut content analysis and fish abundance estimates to quantify sponge consumption. In total, 33 species from 10 families of reef fish were identified taking bites from Xestospongia spp.; however, the 2 most prolific sponge-grazers, Ctenochaetus binotatus and Chaetodon kleinii, had no sponge in their guts, showing that for some fish, bites on sponge surfaces are not reliable evidence of sponge consumption. Gut contents indicated that Pygoplites diacanthus was an obligate spongivore, while Pomacanthus imperator, P. xanthometopon, Zanclus cornutus and Siganus punctatus regularly consumed sponges. Sponge consumption by these 5 spongivores was estimated at 46.6 ± 18.3 g sponge 1000 m-2 d-1. Molecular approaches developed to sequence the 18S gene for sponges consumed by angelfishes led to the successful amplification of 14 consumed sponges representing 6 orders of Porifera. We provide the first estimate of sponge consumption in the Indo-Pacific and are the first to successfully sequence partially digested sponges from fish stomachs, identifying several sponges previously unknown to be consumed by spongivores.
AN EVALUATION OF STAYSAFE.PH EXPOSURE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM DURING ITS BETA TESTING
Authors: Joy L. Dela Cruz Paula
Published: June 2021

A number of group of software company
develops an application system in helping the campaign to
combat covid-19 virus. In this, the software quality
standard is essentially to be applied to ensure the quality
of software as well as to meet of its objectives. The
Exposure Notification System is one of the application
system developed in worldwide in response to the COVID19 crisis. In Philippines, the said application system was
named into Staysafe.ph and was released on May 2020 as
its beta version. Using the ISO 25010 quality model, the
Staysafe.ph was evaluated and interpreted with the result
of “Satisfactory”. However, the improvement for
application system was recommended to maximize its
quality before it will officially release. The specified
functions and features of Staysafe.ph will help provides
solution to the challenges brought by covid-19 pandemic.
Therefore the implementation of it is also recommended if
it is officially released
Pillanatkép a háziorvosi és házi gyermekorvosi alapellátás járási szintű területi egyenlőtlenségeiről a koronavírus-járvány előtti időszakból
Authors: Bálint Csaba
Published: June 2021

Az egészségügyi ellátórendszer gyógyító-megelőző tevékenységei révén az egészséghez kapcsolódó életminőség befolyásolásának elsődleges beavatkozási helyszíne, melynek belépő szintjét, egyben fundamentumát jelenti az alapellátás, ahol a beteg kapcsolatba kerül az ellátórendszerrel. Számos forrás tanúskodik az alapellátás szerepéről a prevencióban, a gyógyításban, a szűrésben, a gondozásban, az egészségfejlesztésben, és ebben a tekintetben nem hagyható figyelmen kívül a szegmenst sürgető strukturális, funkcionális és kompetenciákat érintő megújulási kényszer, korunk megnövekedett elvárásainak megfelelően. Szakirodalmi források széles köre számol be az egészségi állapot, az egészségügyi ellátás, és kimondottan az alapellátás elérhetőségi, hozzáférési, minőségi viszonyainak térségek közötti és azokon belüli egyenlőtlenségeiről. Előbbiek, ha más, családi háttérből, képzettségből, mobilitásból, jövedelmi szintből adódó társadalmi-gazdasági területi hátrányokkal párosulnak, úgy az említett hiánytünetek felerősítik egymást, és rontják az egészséggel összefüggő életminőséget, amely a megbetegedések növekvő esélyével, az egészségben leélt életévek csökkenésével, koraibb halálozással jár együtt.
Jejunojejunal Intussusception as Initial Presentation of Coeliac Disease: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Authors: Kyriakos Saad Melissa , Ghandour Fatme , Abdullah Ali , Fiani Elias , El Hajj Imad , Saikaly Elias
Published: June 2021

Intussusception as the initial presentation of coeliac disease has been rarely reported, with an incidence of 1% in all coeliac disease presentations. Furthermore, intussusception requiring surgical reduction as the primary presentation for coeliac disease in adults is even rarer. Presented here is a case of a 37-year-old female Asian patient who presented with abdominal pain and distension; she was diagnosed with small bowel obstruction due to jejunojejunal intussusception and required surgical reduction as the initial presentation of coeliac disease.
Endophytic Fungi-Mediated Biocatalysis and Biotransformations Paving the Way Toward Green Chemistry
Authors: Choudhary Malvi , Gupta Suruchi , Dhar Manoj K. , Kaul Sanjana
Published: June 2021

Catalysis is a process carried out in the presence of a heterogenous catalyst for accelerating the rate of a chemical reaction. It plays a pivotal role in transition from take, make, and dispose technology to sustainable technology via chemo- and biocatalytic processes. However, chemocatalyzed reactions are usually associated with copious amounts of perilous/hazardous environmental footprints. Therefore, whole-cell biotransformations or enzyme cocktails serve as cleaner biocatalytic alternatives in replacing the classical chemical procedures. These benchmark bioconversion reactions serve as important key technology in achieving the goals of green chemistry by eliminating waste generation at source. For this, nature has always been a driving force in fuelling natural product discovery and related applications. The fungal endophytic community, in particular, has undergone co-evolution with their host plant and has emerged as a powerful tool of genetic diversity. They can serve as a treasure trove of biocatalysts, catalyzing organic transformations of a wide range of substances into enantiopure compounds with biotechnological relevance. Additionally, the biocatalytic potential of endophytic fungi as whole-intact organisms/isolated enzyme systems has been greatly expanded beyond the existing boundaries with the advancement in high-throughput screening, molecular biology techniques, metabolic engineering, and protein engineering. Therefore, the present review illustrates the promising applications of endophytic fungi as biocatalysts for the synthesis of new structural analogs and pharmaceutical intermediates and refinement of existing proteins for novel chemistries.
ETS-Related Gene Expression in Healthy Femoral Arteries With Focal Calcifications
Authors: Vasuri Francesco , Valente Sabrina , Motta Ilenia , Degiovanni Alessio , Ciavarella Carmen , Pasquinelli Gianandrea
Published: June 2021

Bone development-related genes are enriched in healthy femoral arteries, which are more prone to calcification, as documented by the predominance of fibrocalcific plaques at the femoral location. We undertook a prospective histological study on the presence of calcifications in normal femoral arteries collected from donors. Since endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) participates in vascular remodeling, immunohistochemical (IHC) and molecular markers of EndMT and chondro-osteogenic differentiation were assessed. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to describe calcification at its inception. Two hundred and fourteen femoral arteries were enrolled. The mean age of the donors was 39.9 ± 12.9 years; male gender prevailed (M: 128). Histology showed a normal architecture; calcifications were found in 52 (24.3%) cases, without correlations with cardiovascular risk factors. Calcifications were seen on or just beneath the inner elastic lamina (IEL). At IHC, SLUG was increasingly expressed in the wall of focally calcified femoral arteries (FCFA). ETS-related gene (ERG), SLUG, CD44, and SOX-9 were positive in calcifications. RT-PCR showed increased levels of BPM-2, RUNX-2, alkaline phosphatase, and osteocalcin osteogenic transcripts and increased expression of the chondrogenic marker, SOX-9, in FCFA. TEM documented osteoblast-like cells adjacent to the IEL, releasing calcifying vesicles from the cell membrane. The vesicles were embedded in a proteoglycan-rich matrix and were entrapped in IEL fenestrations. In this study, ERG- and CD44-positive cell populations were found in the context of increased SLUG expression, thus supporting the participation of EndMT in FCFA; the increased transcript expression of osteochondrogenic markers, particularly SOX-9, reinforced the view that EndMT, osteochondrogenesis, and neoangiogenesis interact in the process of arterial calcification. Given its role as a transcription factor in the regulation of endothelial homeostasis, arterial ERG expression can be a clue of endothelial dysregulation and changes in IEL organization which can ultimately hinder calcifying vesicle diffusion through the IEL fenestrae. These results may have a broader implication for understanding arterial calcification within a disease context.
Reduced Self-Aggregation and Improved Stability of Silica-Coated Fe3O4/Ag SERS-Active Nanotags Functionalized With 2-Mercaptoethanesulfonate
Authors: Żygieło Maria , Piotrowski Piotr , Witkowski Marcin , Cichowicz Grzegorz , Szczytko Jacek , Królikowska Agata
Published: June 2021

Nanocomposites combining magnetic and plasmonic properties are very attractive within the field of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. Applications presented so far take advantage of not only the cooperation of both components but also synergy (enhanced properties), leading to multi-approach analysis. While many methods were proposed to synthesize such plasmonic-magnetic nanoparticles, the issue of their collective magnetic behavior, inducing irreversible self-aggregation, has not been addressed yet. Thus, here we present a simple and fast method to overcome this problem, employing 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate (MES) ions as both a SERS tag and primer molecules in the silica-coating process of the previously fabricated Fe3O4/Ag nanocomposite. The use of MES favored the formation of silica-coated nanomaterial comprised of well-dispersed small clusters of Fe3O4/Ag nanoparticles. Furthermore, adsorbed MES molecules provided a reliable SERS response, which was successfully detected after magnetic assembly of the Fe3O4/Ag@MES@SiO2 on the surface of the banknote. Improved chemical stability after coating with a silica layer was also found when the nanocomposite was exposed to suspension of yeast cells. This work reports on the application of 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate not only providing a photostable SERS signal due to a non-aromatic Raman reporter but also acting as a silica-coating primer and a factor responsible for a substantial reduction of the self-aggregation of the plasmonic-magnetic nanocomposite. Additionally, here obtained Fe3O4/Ag@MES@SiO2 SERS nanotags showed the potential as security labels for the authentication purposes, retaining its original SERS performance after deposition on the banknote.
Intestinal Microbiota Mediates High-Fructose and High-Fat Diets to Induce Chronic Intestinal Inflammation
Authors: Tan Rong , Dong Huiwei , Chen Zhengshan , Jin Min , Yin Jing , Li Haibei , Shi Danyang , Shao Yifan , Wang Huaran , Chen Tianjiao , Yang Dong , Li Junwen
Published: June 2021

An unhealthy diet has been linked to increased incidence of chronic diseases. To investigate the relationship between diet and intestinal inflammation, mice in two experimental groups were fed on a high-fat diet or high-fructose diet, respectively. The result showed that the defecation volume of the experimental groups was significantly reduced compared with that of the control group, and the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6) and IgG in serum were increased significantly. In addition, inflammatory cell infiltration was observed in intestinal tissue, indicating that a high-fructose or high-fat diet can lead to constipation and inflammation. Further analysis showed that the microbial composition of the experimental groups changed significantly, including a decrease of the Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes ratio and increased levels of Bacteroides, Akkermansia, Lactobacillus, and Ruminococcus, which might be associated with inflammation. The results of pro-inflammatory metabolites analysis showed that the levels of arachidonic acid, stearic acid, and indoxylsulfuric acid were significantly increased in the experimental groups, which were related significantly to Bacteroides, Enterococcus, and Akkermansia. Meanwhile, the content of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was significantly decreased, which might cause constipation by reducing intestinal peristalsis. Moreover, transplantation of fecal bacteria from inflammatory mice caused constipation and inflammation in normal mice, which could be relieved by feeding a normal diet. The results of the present study indicated that changes in intestinal microbiota and microbial metabolites may underlie chronic intestinal inflammation and constipation caused by high-fructose and high-fat diets.
Coronary Plaque Characterization From Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging With a Two-Pathway Cascade Convolutional Neural Network Architecture
Authors: Yin Yifan , He Chunliu , Xu Biao , Li Zhiyong
Published: June 2021

Background: The morphological structure and tissue composition of a coronary atherosclerotic plaque determine its stability, which can be assessed by intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging. However, plaque characterization relies on the interpretation of large datasets by well-trained observers. This study aims to develop a convolutional neural network (CNN) method to automatically extract tissue features from OCT images to characterize the main components of a coronary atherosclerotic plaque (fibrous, lipid, and calcification). The method is based on a novel CNN architecture called TwopathCNN, which is utilized in a cascaded structure. According to the evaluation, this proposed method is effective and robust in the characterization of coronary plaque composition from in vivo OCT imaging. On average, the method achieves 0.86 in F1-score and 0.88 in accuracy. The TwopathCNN architecture and cascaded structure show significant improvement in performance (p < 0.05). CNN with cascaded structure can greatly improve the performance of characterization compared to the conventional CNN methods and machine learning methods. This method has a higher efficiency, which may be proven to be a promising diagnostic tool in the detection of coronary plaques.