High-density electric source imaging (esi) in focal epilepsy: a prospective study of 150 operated patients

Purpose: EEG is mandatory in the diagnosis of the epilepsy syndrome. However, its potential as imaging tool is still under estimated. In the present study, we aim to determine the prerequisites of maximal benefit of electric source imaging (ESI) to localize the irritative zone in patients with focal epilepsy. Methods: One hundred fifty patients suffering from focal epilepsy and with minimum 1 year postoperative follow-up were studied prospectively and blinded to the underlying diagnosis. We evaluated the influence of two important factors on sensitivity and specificity of ESI: the number of electrodes (low resolution, LR-ESI: <30 versus high resolution, HR-ESI: 128-256 electrodes), and the use of individual MRI (i-MRI) versus template MRI (t-MRI) as the head model. Findings: ESI had a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 87% when HR-ESI with i-MRI was used. Using LR-ESI, sensitivity decreased to 68%, or even 57% when only t-MRI was available. The sensitivity of HR-ESI/i-MRI compared favorably with those of MRI (76%), PET (69%) and ictal/interictal SPECT (64%). Interpretation: This study on a large patient group shows excellent sensitivity and specificity of ESI if 128 EEG channels or more are used for ESI and if the results are coregistered to the patient's individual MRI. Localization precision is as high as or even higher than established brain imagery techniques. HR-ESI appears to be a valuable additional imaging tool, given that larger electrode arrays are easily and rapidly applied with modern EEG equipment and that structural MRI is nearly always available for these patients.

Ecologia e rappresentazione dello spazio: Saviano, Tournier, DeLillo

Résumé: Great traveller and tireless observer, the Sicilian poet and writer Bartolo Cattafi was trying to escape from his land for his whole life, which was conducted paradoxically autour de sa chambre, but also travelling through islands and continents, where he found inspiration for his poetry and prose. For this reason, his literary contribution, which never betrayed his poetic nature and reporter character, gives an added value to the modern ulyssic dimension. The latter considers travelling as an essential life step and it is closely related to the concept of attachment to its own land. These two perspectives, often met in his different «isole lontane», define the career of this singular migrant figure. Initially he moves to Milan to fulfil the need to find a job. Later he will find in his own Sicily the harmony and the serenity he has been looking for in the course of his travels. The writings collected in 2008 and object of this study reveal interesting affinities to those published in the "Mondadori" series edited by his good friend Vittorio Sereni and that explain part of the works belonging to the Sicilian author, clarifying his topoi and obsessions.

Red de arrastre pelágica 124/1800 y resultados del filtrado de los paneles de malla 150 y 75 mm en la prspección de la vinciguerria Crucero BIC Jose Olaya Balandra 9910, del Callao a Chancay

Se presentaron los resultados de la modificación y adaptaciones de la red pelágica 124/1800 para la captura del recurso Vinciguerria.

Le elezioni cantonali ticinesi del 2011. Partecipazione e orientamento di voto fra lealtà, defezione, protesta.

Cette étude scientifique, basée sur une enquête post-électorale (N=1285), vise à analyser le cas des élections du gouvernement et du parlement du Canton du Tessin qui se sont déroulées en avril 2011. Celles-ci constituent un vrai tournant dans l'histoire électorale tessinoise. D'un côté, le taux de participation a été le plus bas depuis 1920 ; d'autre part, la Lega dei ticinesi est devenu le premier parti au Conseil d'Etat avec 2 sièges sur 5. Afin d'analyser les représentations du vote, la participation ainsi que la décision de vote (choix du parti, bulletin sans dénomination du parti, déplacement de votes), nous nous sommes inspirés de la triade conceptuelle de A. O. Hirschman (loyauté, défection et prise de parole). Les résultats montrent que ce vote tessinois ne doit pas être interprété exclusivement en termes de déclin de la loyauté (par rapport à l'acte de vote et aux partis traditionnels), comme augmentation de la défection ou "prise de parole". Au contraire, mais comme une articulation complexe de ces phénomènes.

Actas del IX Coloquio sobre lenguas y culturas paleohispánicas, Acta Palaeohispanica IX, Barcelona 20-24 de octubre de 2004, Palaeohispanica 5, Zaragoza, 1.150 p.

La revista Palaeohispánica, en su número cinco, ha realizado un meritorio y encomiable esfuerzo al acoger en su interior las Actas del IX Coloquio sobre lenguas y culturas paleohispánicas, celebrado en Barcelona los días 20 a 24 de octubre de 2004. Las 1.150 páginas del volumen pueden dar una idea de la complejidad de la tarea, de la que han sido editores J. Velaza Frías, F. Beltrán Lloris, C. Jordán Cólera y B. Díaz Ariño. En la nota editorial que precede al volumen los responsables dejan claras dos satisfacciones, que sin duda alguna compartirán todos aquéllos que se dedican a temas relacionados con la antigua Hispania: la coincidencia del primer lustro de vida de una revista multidisciplinar y las dos décadas alcanzadas por los ya veteranos coloquios, que, con el mismo fin, han venido reuniendo un número creciente de investigadores.

Sapere che sa di fede. Lo spazio della teologia all'interno del sapere

C'è ancora spazio per la teologia all'interno del sapere? E che genere di sapere è quello proprio della teologia? È un sapere che conosce ma che, a un tempo, ha anche il sapore della fede: è un "sapere che sa di fede". In queste pagine teologi e studiosi di varie discipline (dalla filosofia all'economia, dal diritto alla pedagogia) si interrogano sul moderno assetto del sapere in rapporto alla teologia.