Milano, Forum Expo 2015

TERRITORIO ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 83-83
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Urban Regeneration ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
International Convention ◽  
After Effects ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
Local Areas ◽  
Urban And Environmental Planning ◽  
Positive Results

- The Forum for debate and observations on the forthcoming Expo in Milan proceeds apace with the publication of talks given at the international convention titled Grandi eventi: effetti territoriali a confronto per una riflessione su Expo Milano 2015 (Major Events: A comparative study of their effects on local areas and communities for a reflection on the Milan Expo 2015). The conference, which took place at the Milan Polytechnic on 24 October 2008 and was promoted by staff and students of the doctoral degree course in ‘Urban and Environmental Planning', sought to assess the possible after-effects of Expo 2015. Several local experts evaluated the results of four similar cases. The first of these were Valencia and Zaragoza in Spain, the former having been the location of three major events which leave speaker Fernando Gaja i Diaz somewhat dumbfounded, while the latter, which played host to Expo 2008, is judged positively by Javier Monclus. We can add to these Turin (Winter Olympics 2006) and Genoa (a number of important events between 1992 and 2004), both of which come in for praise from Chito Guala and Francesco Gastaldi, who underline the positive results of urban regeneration and local upgrading. These considerations provide the basis on which the debate on the opportunities and risks of the Milan Expo can be reopened.

scholarly journals Comparative Study of Newer and Established Methods of Diagnosing Coccidioidal Meningitis

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
David A. Stevens ◽  
Marife Martinez ◽  
Gabriele Sass ◽  
Demosthenes Pappagianis ◽  
Brian Doherty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebrospinal Fluid ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Early Treatment ◽  
Diagnostic Method ◽  
Complement Fixation ◽  
Optimal Test ◽  
Patient Status ◽  
Lateral Flow Assays ◽  
Rapid Diagnostic Method ◽  
Positive Results

Meningitis is the most devastating form of coccidioidomycosis. A convenient, rapid diagnostic method could result in early treatment and avoid many meningitis complications. We studied cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples in patients with documented coccidioidal meningitis, and controls, with complement fixation (CF), immunodiffusion (ID) (the “classical” assays), lateral flow assays (LFA; one-strip and two-strip), and two enzyme immunoassays (EIA). The two-strip LFA and EIAs not only enabled separate testing for IgG and IgM antibodies separately, but also could aggregate results for each method. CF with ID or the aggregate use of IgG and IgM tests were considered optimal test uses. LFAs and EIAs were evaluated at 1:21 and 1:441 dilutions of specimens. All assays were compared to true patient status. With 49 patient specimens and 40 controls, this is the largest comparative study of CSF coccidioidal diagnostics. Sensitivity of these tests ranged from 71–95% and specificity 90–100%. IgM assays were less sensitive. Assays at 1:441 were similarly specific but less sensitive, suggesting that serial dilutions of samples could result in assays yielding titers. Agreement of positive results on cases was 87–100%. When kits are available, hospital laboratories in endemic areas can perform testing. LFA assays do not require a laboratory, are simple to use, and give rapid results, potentially even at the bedside.

Carcinoembryonic Antigen and Cancer: A Comparative Study

1978 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-160
Author(s):  
Luigi S. Azzolina ◽  
Girolamo Fracastoro ◽  
Nicola Pisarri ◽  
Renato Lievore ◽  
Claudio Cordiano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Carcinoembryonic Antigen ◽  
Perchloric Acid ◽  
Clinical Usefulness ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Acid Extraction ◽  
Malignant Diseases ◽  
Gastrointestinal Cancers ◽  
Antibody Method ◽  
Positive Results

The sera of 212 patients with malignant and non-malignant diseases have been radio-immunoassayed for the presence of the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) using 3 different kits produced by Hoffman La Roche, Switzerland (RCK), by Sorin-IRE, Italy and Belgium (SCK), and by the Istituto Sieroterapico Milanese, Italy (ICK). In the presence of endodermically-derived system carcinomas, the RCK gave more positive results (72.6%) than did the SCK (63.1%) or ICK (56.2%). With regard to other carcinomas, ICK (50.0%) and SCK (47.1%) gave better results than did RCK (30.6%). The results are discussed in terms of clinical usefulness of the CEA assay and as regards reproducibility, procedural advantages, and economical cost of each kit. It is concluded that the CEA assay cannot be used for the diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers, although it is useful as a measure of « cancerosity » for prognostic purposes. In this sense the double antibody method employed by SCK and ICK is clinically more advantageous than is the perchloric acid extraction-zirconyl phosphate gel precipitation method of RCK.

Comparative study on biological material for molecular diagnosis of Gallid herpesvirus

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venkataramireddy Balena ◽  
M R Reddy ◽  
Rajendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Sciatic Nerve ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Molecular Diagnosis ◽  
False Negative ◽  
Marek's Disease ◽  
Nerve Tissue ◽  
Marek’S Disease ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Positive Results

The present study was intended to investigate the sensitivity of different tissues of tumorous and non-tumorous birds to the polymerize chain reaction-baseddiagnosis of Marek’s disease. Tissue samples were collected from spleen, sciatic nerve, feather follicles and tumour parts (if any)of chickens during the routine necropsy examination. The presence of Marek’s disease virus was examined using primers for 132 bp repeats of BamHI-H regionand positive samples were sequenced for 132 bp repeats and Meq gene. In the birds showing tumours, various samples such as the spleen, feather pulp, sciatic nerve and tumour tissue yielded positive results in 92.31%, 88.46%, 100% and 100% cases respectively. Amongst non-tumorous birds, 11.53% spleen, 23.07% feather pulp and 11.53% sciatic nerve were found positive. This is the first comparative study between nerve and other organs samples for molecular diagnosis of Marek’s disease. Data generated shows that the probability of false negative in tumorous birds and false positive in non-tumorous birds was comparatively low while employing nerve tissue than spleen and feather follicles. Thus, it may be concluded from our study that nerves are a more reliable and robust diagnostic organ in comparison to the other organs used for conventional diagnosis.

A Voice for Children and Young People in the City

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Wilks ◽  
Julie Rudner
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Urban And Environmental Planning

AbstractA major challenge for researchers and urban planning practitioners is how to obtain meaningful and influential contributions on urban and environmental planning activities from children and young people within the constraints of adult policy and practice. The key elements of this challenge concern traditional methods of communication between ‘experts’ and children and young people in rationalist planning settings, versus emerging research in relation to children's and young people's views and agency around civic participation. This article will address the work of a number of researchers and practitioners who have grappled with the inherent tenions of making planning practice and urban design more inclusionary, while facilitating and respecting children and young people's civic participation. This article also advocates the advantages and strengths of their participation in planning and urban design processes.With a focus on two exploratory programs developed by the authors in the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, this article will demonstrate how the sharing of knowledge and skills between planning and design professionals and children and young people can lead to more meaningful and influential contributions from them. The programs examined were informed by leading practice both in Australia and internationally, and have assisted to develop children and young people's sense of spatial competence, and their confidence and efficacy in their local environment, contributing ultimately to their wellbeing. They have also supported the establishment of youth leadership groups with the confidence and skills to contribute to ongoing local government urban and environmental planning activities.

scholarly journals MODELLING BELOW- AND ABOVE-GROUND UTILITY NETWORK FEATURES WITH THE CITYGML UTILITY NETWORK ADE: EXPERIENCES FROM ROTTERDAM

2018 ◽  
Vol IV-4/W7 ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. den Duijn ◽  
G. Agugiaro ◽  
S. Zlatanova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Gis Applications ◽  
3D Data ◽  
Comprehensive Knowledge ◽  
Below Ground ◽  
Utility Network ◽  
Urban And Environmental Planning

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Precise and comprehensive knowledge about 3D urban space is required for simulation and analysis in the fields of urban and environmental planning, city administration and disaster management. In order to facilitate these applications, geo-information about functional, semantic, and topographic aspects of urban features, their mutual dependencies and relations is needed. Substantial work has been done in the modelling and representation of above-ground features in the context of 3D city modelling. However, the belowground part of the real world, of which utility networks form a big part, is often neglected. Existing data models for utility networks are generally very domain-specific and, therefore, not suitable either. This paper describes a 3D data modelling approach for integrated management of below-ground utility networks and related above-ground city objects. This approach consists of manipulating first the structure of existing utility data in the commonly used Feature Manipulation Engine ETL software in order to make the data compliant to the CityGML Utility Network ADE data model. Subsequently, workspaces are created that take care of storing the CityGML data into the free and open-source 3D City Database, which has been extended in order to manage utility network data, too. Moreover, the research shows the suitability of the extended 3DCityDB to perform graph-based topological operations by means of the PostgreSQL pgRouting extension. Lastly, the results are visualized in typical GIS applications, e.g. QGIS and ArcGIS.</p>

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