Quelques Juifs : Israel Zangwill, Otto Weininger, James Darmesteter

par André Spire

"Per una nuova filosofia dei sessi"

La finalità di questa tesi è un excursus a posteriori sulle derive degli estremismi ideologici come il femminismo e la misoginia. Ci si è avvalsi delle teorie di studiosi quali Freud, Lacan, Weininger, Simone de Beauvoir, come anche Maria Zambrano, Adriana Cavarero, John Berger, Judith Butler, Luce Irigay, Camille Paglia e altri esponenti pertinenti alla materia analizzata. Si è infine concluso con le teorie innovative di Silvia Montefoschi, formulando una soluzione ipotetica alle discriminazioni di genere, applicabile al campo socio-linguistico.

Whole-body MRI of multiple myeloma: comparison of different MRI sequences in assessment of different growth patterns

PURPOSE: To determine sensitivity, specificity and inter-observer variability of different whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) sequences in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). METHODS AND MATERIALS: WB-MRI using a 1.5T MRI scanner was performed in 23 consecutive patients (13 males, 10 females; mean age 63+/-12 years) with histologically proven MM. All patients were clinically classified according to infiltration (low-grade, n=7; intermediate-grade, n=7; high-grade, n=9) and to the staging system of Durie and Salmon PLUS (stage I, n=12; stage II, n=4; stage III, n=7). The control group consisted of 36 individuals without malignancy (25 males, 11 females; mean age 57+/-13 years). Two observers independently evaluated the following WB-MRI sequences: T1w-TSE (T1), T2w-TIRM (T2), and the combination of both sequences, including a contrast-enhanced T1w-TSE with fat-saturation (T1+/-CE/T2). They had to determine growth patterns (focal and/or diffuse) and the MRI sequence that provided the highest confidence level in depicting the MM lesions. Results were calculated on a per-patient basis. RESULTS: Visual detection of MM was as follows: T1, 65% (sensitivity)/85% (specificity); T2, 76%/81%; T1+/-CE/T2, 67%/88%. Inter-observer variability was as follows: T1, 0.3; T2, 0.55; T1+/-CE/T2, 0.55. Sensitivity improved depending on infiltration grade (T1: 1=60%; 2=36%; 3=83%; T2: 1=70%; 2=71%; 3=89%; T1+/-CE/T2: 1=50%; 2=50%; 3=89%) and clinical stage (T1: 1=58%; 2=63%; 3=79%; T2: 1=58%; 2=88%; 3=100%; T1+/-CE/T2: 1=50%; 2=63%; 3=100%). T2w-TIRM sequences achieved the best reliability in depicting the MM lesions (65% in the mean of both readers). CONCLUSIONS: T2w-TIRM sequences achieved the highest level of sensitivity and best reliability, and thus might be valuable for initial assessment of MM. For an exact staging and grading the examination protocol should encompass unenhanced and enhanced T1w-MRI sequences, in addition to T2w-TIRM.

Strategies to the success of Online Course Development

Introduction Online courses provide flexible access to education from a distance. However, learners may encounter frustration and disappointment in the learning process for various reasons. Faculties might not be familiar with adult learning principles. The online course developer may have no knowledge, experience, or the skills necessary for developing online courseware. Online course development can take longer time and more resources. It can also take longer time to deliver the course. It is, therefore, important that online course development be made efficient and effective for best student learning. [See PDF for complete abstract]

Consumer satisfaction with primary care provider choice and associated trust

Trust is important in medical relationships and for the achievement of better health outcomes. Developments in managed care in the recent years are believed to affect the quality of healthcare services delivery and to undermine trust in the healthcare provider. Physician choice has been identified as a strong predictor of provider trust but has not been studied in detail. Consumer satisfaction with primary care provider (PCP) choice includes having or not having physician choice. This dissertation developed a conceptual framework that guided the study of consumer satisfaction with PCP choice as a predictor of provider trust, and conducted secondary data analyses examining the association between PCP choice and trust, by identifying factors related to PCP choice satisfaction, and their relative importance in predicting provider trust. The study specific aims were: (1) to determine variables related to the factors: consumer characteristics and health status, information and consumer decision-making, consumer trust in providers in general and trust in the insurer, health plan financing and plan characteristics, and provider characteristics that may relate to PCP choice satisfaction; (2) to determine if the factors in aim one are related to PCP choice satisfaction; and (3) to analyze the association between PCP choice satisfaction and provider trust, controlling for potential confounders. Analyses were based on secondary data from a random national telephone survey in 1999, of residential households in the United States which included respondents aged over 20 and who had at least two visits with a health professional in the past two years. Among 1,117 eligible households interviewed (response rate 51.4%), 564 randomly selected to respond to insurer related questions made up the study sample. Analyses using descriptive statistics, and linear and logistic regressions found continual effective care and interaction with the PCP beyond the medical setting most predictive of PCP choice satisfaction. Four PCP choice satisfaction factors were also predictive of provider trust. Findings highlighted the importance of the PCP's professional and interpersonal competencies for the development of sustainable provider trust. Future research on the access, utilization, cognition, and helpfulness of provider specific information will further our understanding of consumer choice and trust. ^

Gregorio Marañón y Miguel de Unamuno, lectores de un alma abrasada en un diario : Apuntes para una psicología de la timidez

Tras describir las líneas principales de las interpretaciones que Gregorio Marañón y Miguel de Unamuno hicieron del diario de Henri-Frédéric Amiel, en este artículo se trae a colación la obra de Otto Weininger con el fin de contemplar ambas interpretaciones desde una perspectiva más amplia que permita vislumbrar cuáles eran los intereses de Marañón y Unamuno cuando analizaron la vida y la personalidad de Amiel

Gregorio Marañón y Miguel de Unamuno, lectores de un alma abrasada en un diario : Apuntes para una psicología de la timidez

Tras describir las líneas principales de las interpretaciones que Gregorio Marañón y Miguel de Unamuno hicieron del diario de Henri-Frédéric Amiel, en este artículo se trae a colación la obra de Otto Weininger con el fin de contemplar ambas interpretaciones desde una perspectiva más amplia que permita vislumbrar cuáles eran los intereses de Marañón y Unamuno cuando analizaron la vida y la personalidad de Amiel

Gregorio Marañón y Miguel de Unamuno, lectores de un alma abrasada en un diario : Apuntes para una psicología de la timidez

Tras describir las líneas principales de las interpretaciones que Gregorio Marañón y Miguel de Unamuno hicieron del diario de Henri-Frédéric Amiel, en este artículo se trae a colación la obra de Otto Weininger con el fin de contemplar ambas interpretaciones desde una perspectiva más amplia que permita vislumbrar cuáles eran los intereses de Marañón y Unamuno cuando analizaron la vida y la personalidad de Amiel

Gregorio Marañón y Miguel de Unamuno, lectores de un alma abrasada en un diario : Apuntes para una psicología de la timidez

Tras describir las líneas principales de las interpretaciones que Gregorio Marañón y Miguel de Unamuno hicieron del diario de Henri-Frédéric Amiel, en este artículo se trae a colación la obra de Otto Weininger con el fin de contemplar ambas interpretaciones desde una perspectiva más amplia que permita vislumbrar cuáles eran los intereses de Marañón y Unamuno cuando analizaron la vida y la personalidad de Amiel

Stroncature /

A volume of the same type as his "24 cervelli". In reality the two books form a single work, "48 cervelli". cf. p. v-vi.

男女と天才

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Taschenbuch und Briefe an einen Freund.

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Sex and character

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Music therapy, in tuning at the end of life

In this article music therapy is presented as a helpful tool to support the persons (and their relatives) living at the end of their life and, also, as a non pharmacological and complementary therapy in an integral and holistic medicine. What we report here comes from the direct experience, nourished after many years of interventions and reflections in oncology and palliative care units. We’re talking about silence, music, therapy, models and techniques. We will read and feel therapeutic sessions… but above all, we’re talking about life, conscience and love.

Arteterapia en el final de la vida

El arteterapia permite una aproximación creativa biográfica particularmente valiosa en la etapa final de la vida. La persona enferma presenta múltiples necesidades – físicas, emocionales, sociales y espirituales – que solo una atención holística puede pretender abarcar, tal como lo contempla la filosofía de los cuidados paliativos. El arteterapeuta integrado en el equipo interdisciplinar contribuye a aliviar y acompañar el sufrimiento del paciente y su familia. Se presentan aquí las bases teóricas y la metodología de la intervención, así como el marco sanitario en el cual se inscribe.