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Meaningful life and survival in urban poverty : an ethnographic study on the dimensions of deprivation and anxiety and the coping strategies of a gro…
2014
Tähän etnografiseen tutkimukseen on haastateltu seitsemää pitopalveluosuuskunnan jäsentä Addis Abebassa, Etiopiassa. Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan haastateltavien pääasiallisia puutteen ja huolen aiheita, ja heidän henkilökohtaisia selviytymisstrategioitaan urbaanissa köyhyydessä. Kuinka ihmiset määrittelevät ja kokevat erilaiset päivittäiset puutteen ja huolen aiheensa? Mitä voimavaroja haastateltavat voivat käyttää selviytyäkseen urbaanissa köyhyydessä? Olen kytkenyt haastateltavien narratiivit Etiopiassa ja Addis Abebassa parhaillaan käynnissä olevaan yhteiskunnalliseen muutokseen hyödyntäen sekä haastatteluaineistoa että kirjallisuutta liittyen muun muassa urbaanin köyhyyden diskurssin ke…
Theoretics and Methodology
2016
Since 2000 in Europe an integrated management framework has been developed to innovate exploitation and safeguard of water resources. In this context the EU Water Framework Directive has identified the hydrographic basin as the optimal territorial unit for promoting new participatory policies, based both on the interaction of stakeholders and the coordination of sectorial instruments. In this scenario, river contracts assumed a strategic role both in addressing these purposes and supporting the dialogue and integration between interests of public and private stakeholders. This chapter illustrates the theoretical and methodological framework, and the comparative approach on which the researc…
The Meaning of a “Sense of Community” in a Finnish Senior Co-Housing Community
2015
In the foreseeable future, alternative housing options will be needed to meet the needs of and answer to the wishes of older people. Co-housing schemes are developed to fulfill the need for a housing type that provides mutual support and social contacts while alleviating the isolation and loneliness often experienced in ordinary neighborhoods. This study on a senior co-housing community in Finland asked what a “sense of community” meant to the residents and how a sense of community becomes visible in daily life. For these residents, a sense of community meant not only living with like-minded people but also communal activities, doing things together, learning from each other, and having rec…
Prenatal cocaine exposure alters spontaneous and cocaine-induced motor and social behaviors.
2005
The abuse of cocaine in pregnant women could affect emotional behaviors in their descendents. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure on spontaneous and cocaine-induced motor and social behaviors in mice. Three kinds of prenatal treatment were used: non-treated animals; mice treated daily with physiological saline during the last week of pregnancy; and finally, those treated with cocaine (25 mg/kg) during the same period. Behavioral studies took place on adult males, which were housed in two different conditions: grouped (non-aggressive), or isolated (aggressive). Cocaine-pretreated animals exhibited slight differences in spontaneous motor activity, but…
Chikungunya, a water-borne disease: how have the inhabitants of the Island of Reunion handled the crisis ?
2012
The Reunion Island faced a great epidemic of chikungunya in 2005-2006. Chikungunya is a vector-borne disease transmitted by a mosquito. It is in the town of St Pierre, in the south of the island, that the first cases of chikungunya appeared in 2005. We chose to work on one area of the Ravine des Cabris, in the town of Saint-Pierre in the south of the Reunion Island, where individual housing outweighs the block of flats, where houses are surrounded by gardens – closed in for most of them, well watered- and where the foliage is important: we are in a green urban area which is a place of high prevalence. It concentrates the conditions that favour the contact man / vector and therefore the spre…
Organization of intensive cardiac care units in Europe: Results of a multinational survey
2020
Background: The present survey aims to describe the intensive cardiac care unit organization and admission policies in Europe. Methods: A total of 228 hospitals (61% academic) from 27 countries participated in this survey. In addition to the organizational aspects of the intensive cardiac care units, including classification of the intensive cardiac care unit levels, data on the admission diagnoses were gathered from consecutive patients who were admitted during a two-day period. Admission policies were evaluated by comparing illness severity with the intensive cardiac care unit level. Gross national income was used to differentiate high-income countries (n=13) from middle-income countries…
Differences in housing conditions of households in Poland in the light of household budget surveys
2020
Niniejszy artykuł został poświęcony problematyce nierówności poziomu zaspokojenia potrzeby mieszkaniowej na wsi w Polsce jako podstawowej determinanty poziomu życia. Celem zaprezentowanych w nim badań była próba identyfikacji zróżnicowania sytuacji mieszkaniowej i subiektywnych ocen gospodarstw domowych na wsi oraz porównanie ich z wybranymi obiektywnymi charakterystykami sytuacji materialnej tych podmiotów. Za reprezentatywne wskaźniki sytuacji mieszkaniowej gospodarstwa domowego przyjęto liczbę osób przypadającą na jedną izbę w mieszkaniu, średnią liczbę metrów kwadratowych przypadającą na osobę w mieszkaniu czy fakt zamieszkiwania w samodzielnym mieszkaniu. Badano również wybrane charakt…
Una svolta qualitativa per l’abitare: quartiere, periferia, città.
2015
Non si può parlare di città senza fare cenno alla casa e al quartiere: è con riferimento a queste due dimensioni che vanno studiate la difficile realtà del disagio abitativo odierno e le cause che lo generano, per far fronte a un’ennesima emergenza aggravata dall’attuale crisi economica. In un periodo in cui urbanisti, architetti ed esperti del settore attribuiscono un ruolo rilevante al tema della rigenerazione e del rammendo urbano, il social housing può offrire scenari interessanti. Fondamentale è il ruolo che i quartieri possono svolgere come generatori di spazi di qualità nella vita quotidiana, offrendo una risposta qualitativa al fabbisogno abitativo. Focalizzando l’attenzione sul ter…
Mould/dampness exposure at home is associated with respiratory disorders in Italian children and adolescents: the SIDRIA-2 Study
2005
Aims: To report on the relation between home mould and/or dampness exposure and respiratory disorders in a large sample of children and adolescents in Italy, accounting for age at time of exposure. Methods: 20 016 children (mean age 7 years) and 13 266 adolescents (mean age 13 years) completed questionnaires on indoor exposures and respiratory symptoms/diseases. Statistical analyses were adjusted for sex, age, questionnaire's compiler, area of residence, season of interview, parental educational status, family history of asthma, rhinitis, eczema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, presence of gas water heaters, passive smoking, pets, and active smoking (only for adolescents). Population…
Tra i luoghi dell’incompiuto
2014
Il saggio si inserisce nell'ambito del volume che testimonia l'attività didattica relativa agli insegnamenti della progettazione architettonica, degli interni e del paesaggio, svolta negli anni 2010-13 presso il corso di laurea LM4 in Architettura di Palermo. Attraverso l'esplicitazione di metodi e obiettivi, si dà qui conto delle ragioni e degli esiti della sperimentazione didattica collocata nella seconda annualità e che ha visto come ambito di sperimentazione il completamento di due "insule" poste sui margini del quartiere ZEN 2 di Palermo. Le condizioni di incompiutezza e la mancata strutturazione di un adeguato sistema di relazioni tra logiche insediative di diversa natura e il sistema…