Since its outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan Province (China), the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease quickly spread around the world in such a way that most response plans were outdated. There was an urgent need to chang...Since its outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan Province (China), the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease quickly spread around the world in such a way that most response plans were outdated. There was an urgent need to change and adapt response strategies as the virus globally spread. Entire firms and economies were brought to a standstill in order to reduce the virus’ capacity to spread and to limit some of the short-term impacts in order to save time and find out solutions to come back to a more or less normal way of life. Thus, most of the countries that closed their air, sea and land borders had to reopen them progressively, with travel restrictions submitted to rigid controls. In Côte d’Ivoire, as in all other countries, air travellers leaving the territory were required to provide a certificate for a negative COVID-19 test, valid for 24 to 72 hours depending on the country of destination. However, the national system implemented could not provide a result before 48 hours. The objective of this work was to develop an alternative strategy to the system for air travellers who were in a hurry and those who had a computer bug in obtaining their result. A total of 38,444 air travellers benefited from this strategy implemented by the Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire during these two years.展开更多
This paper examines the use of 3D electronic medium as a tool for procuring detailed design information for the Sandridge Bridge Travellers project. The Sandridge Bridge Travellers project required the production of 1...This paper examines the use of 3D electronic medium as a tool for procuring detailed design information for the Sandridge Bridge Travellers project. The Sandridge Bridge Travellers project required the production of 10 7.5 m of tall × 5 ― 12 m of wide figures under very tight programme and budget constraints. This was achieved through a synthesis of art and engineering, whereby structure and sculpture become one and the same. Traditional procurement routes would have entailed the production and interpretation of drawings and design details at all discipline interfaces before fabrication; an approach that was unfeasible given the constraints. Instead, The Travellers project saw a single electronic file pass backwards and forwards from client to architect, engineer, and fabricator, with information from the initial artistic concept work phases through to analysis, design, member scheduling and fabrication all integrated and facilitated by a single electronic medium. Key to the delivery was the use of 3D modeling and scripting programs that enabled the efficient use and development of design information through all stages of the design process. This enabled total integration of all trades requiring a collaborative approach where each party maintained joint ownership of the 3D design information from inception to conception.展开更多
Through an analysis of the accounts of English travellers in Naples between 1816 and 1841, the objective of this paper is to attempt to identify an image of the city and its inhabitants without following the direction...Through an analysis of the accounts of English travellers in Naples between 1816 and 1841, the objective of this paper is to attempt to identify an image of the city and its inhabitants without following the direction of the usual negative stereotypes common to much of the literature associated with the ＂Grand Tourist＂, a literature to which scholars and readers from the 16th to the 19th century were used. The research also aims to demonstrate through previously unknown and unheeded sources that there were not only those English travellers on their Grand Tour of the post-Restoration Bourbon Mezzogiorno （southern Italy） looking for an opportunity of comparing their own civilization （which was considered far superior） to a more fragile reality. There were also other British people who had identified, with a critical eye and spirit of observation, the existence of a Naples and a south Italy which did not merely represent the sum of stereotypes and fallacies handed down through the centuries, and thus refusing the obvious, predictable and false approach given by their own countrymen.展开更多
Background:Schistosomiasis is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases.If unrecognised and untreated,the chronic infection can lead to irreversible complications.Methods:Retrospective observational study ...Background:Schistosomiasis is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases.If unrecognised and untreated,the chronic infection can lead to irreversible complications.Methods:Retrospective observational study aimed at describing clinical history,laboratory findings and imaging presentation of imported schistosomiasis diagnosed at the Centre for Tropical Diseases,Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital of Negrar,Verona,Italy from 2010 to 2014.The aim of our study was to assess differences in demographic characteristics,clinical presentation,laboratory data and ultrasound findings between immigrants/visiting friends and relatives(VFR)from endemic countries(endemic group)and expatriates/travellers(non-endemic group).Results:A total of 272 patients were retrieved:234 in the endemic and 38 in the non-endemic group.Most of the patients acquired schistosomiasis in Africa(97.4%).Symptoms were reported by 52.9%of the patients;abdominal pain(36%),macroscopic hematuria(11.3%),and genito-urinary symptoms(7.4%)being the most frequently reported.Increased IgE and blood eosinophilia were observed in 169(63.8%)and 130(47.8%)patients,respectively.The proportion of positive serology was 250/272(91.9%).The Circulating Cathodic Antigen CCA for Schistosoma mansoni was positive in 14/61 individuals(23%).At microscopy,infected subjects were 103/272(37.9%).The species of Schistosoma found were S.haematobium(47.6%),S.mansoni(46.6%)or both(5.8%).Schistosomiasis was classified as confirmed in 103(37.9%),probable in 165(60.6%)and suspected in 4(1.5%)cases using clinical presentation,laboratory data and ultrasound findings.The infection was further classified based on organ involvement:intestinal(17.9%),hepatosplenic(5.1%),urogenital(48.9%),and indeterminate(43.8%).The comparative analysis of endemic and non-endemic patients highlighted differences in sex and age.Endemic patients had more frequent ova identification(41.9%vs.13.2%,P<0.001)and increased IgE(70%vs.26.3%,P<0.001)when compared with non-endemic.Multivariate analyses showed that 展开更多
Persian Passion Play （Ta＇ziya）, the most important Shiite religious ritual, performed by non-professional actors and musicians, is based on the martyrdom of the third Shiite Imam, Husein, and his companions at Karb...Persian Passion Play （Ta＇ziya）, the most important Shiite religious ritual, performed by non-professional actors and musicians, is based on the martyrdom of the third Shiite Imam, Husein, and his companions at Karbala （in 680）. This paper aims to introduce a wide range of sources, both books and articles, on the history, music, actors, and arrangements of ta＇ziya performance in Iran from 1971 onwards. It includes a number of titles of ta＇ziya manuscripts, and the place of performance. The article contains traveler accounts from sixteen century onwards and the translations of ta＇ziya texts in European languages.展开更多
文摘Since its outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan Province (China), the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease quickly spread around the world in such a way that most response plans were outdated. There was an urgent need to change and adapt response strategies as the virus globally spread. Entire firms and economies were brought to a standstill in order to reduce the virus’ capacity to spread and to limit some of the short-term impacts in order to save time and find out solutions to come back to a more or less normal way of life. Thus, most of the countries that closed their air, sea and land borders had to reopen them progressively, with travel restrictions submitted to rigid controls. In Côte d’Ivoire, as in all other countries, air travellers leaving the territory were required to provide a certificate for a negative COVID-19 test, valid for 24 to 72 hours depending on the country of destination. However, the national system implemented could not provide a result before 48 hours. The objective of this work was to develop an alternative strategy to the system for air travellers who were in a hurry and those who had a computer bug in obtaining their result. A total of 38,444 air travellers benefited from this strategy implemented by the Institut Pasteur de Côte d’Ivoire during these two years.
文摘This paper examines the use of 3D electronic medium as a tool for procuring detailed design information for the Sandridge Bridge Travellers project. The Sandridge Bridge Travellers project required the production of 10 7.5 m of tall × 5 ― 12 m of wide figures under very tight programme and budget constraints. This was achieved through a synthesis of art and engineering, whereby structure and sculpture become one and the same. Traditional procurement routes would have entailed the production and interpretation of drawings and design details at all discipline interfaces before fabrication; an approach that was unfeasible given the constraints. Instead, The Travellers project saw a single electronic file pass backwards and forwards from client to architect, engineer, and fabricator, with information from the initial artistic concept work phases through to analysis, design, member scheduling and fabrication all integrated and facilitated by a single electronic medium. Key to the delivery was the use of 3D modeling and scripting programs that enabled the efficient use and development of design information through all stages of the design process. This enabled total integration of all trades requiring a collaborative approach where each party maintained joint ownership of the 3D design information from inception to conception.
文摘Through an analysis of the accounts of English travellers in Naples between 1816 and 1841, the objective of this paper is to attempt to identify an image of the city and its inhabitants without following the direction of the usual negative stereotypes common to much of the literature associated with the ＂Grand Tourist＂, a literature to which scholars and readers from the 16th to the 19th century were used. The research also aims to demonstrate through previously unknown and unheeded sources that there were not only those English travellers on their Grand Tour of the post-Restoration Bourbon Mezzogiorno （southern Italy） looking for an opportunity of comparing their own civilization （which was considered far superior） to a more fragile reality. There were also other British people who had identified, with a critical eye and spirit of observation, the existence of a Naples and a south Italy which did not merely represent the sum of stereotypes and fallacies handed down through the centuries, and thus refusing the obvious, predictable and false approach given by their own countrymen.
文摘Background:Schistosomiasis is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases.If unrecognised and untreated,the chronic infection can lead to irreversible complications.Methods:Retrospective observational study aimed at describing clinical history,laboratory findings and imaging presentation of imported schistosomiasis diagnosed at the Centre for Tropical Diseases,Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital of Negrar,Verona,Italy from 2010 to 2014.The aim of our study was to assess differences in demographic characteristics,clinical presentation,laboratory data and ultrasound findings between immigrants/visiting friends and relatives(VFR)from endemic countries(endemic group)and expatriates/travellers(non-endemic group).Results:A total of 272 patients were retrieved:234 in the endemic and 38 in the non-endemic group.Most of the patients acquired schistosomiasis in Africa(97.4%).Symptoms were reported by 52.9%of the patients;abdominal pain(36%),macroscopic hematuria(11.3%),and genito-urinary symptoms(7.4%)being the most frequently reported.Increased IgE and blood eosinophilia were observed in 169(63.8%)and 130(47.8%)patients,respectively.The proportion of positive serology was 250/272(91.9%).The Circulating Cathodic Antigen CCA for Schistosoma mansoni was positive in 14/61 individuals(23%).At microscopy,infected subjects were 103/272(37.9%).The species of Schistosoma found were S.haematobium(47.6%),S.mansoni(46.6%)or both(5.8%).Schistosomiasis was classified as confirmed in 103(37.9%),probable in 165(60.6%)and suspected in 4(1.5%)cases using clinical presentation,laboratory data and ultrasound findings.The infection was further classified based on organ involvement:intestinal(17.9%),hepatosplenic(5.1%),urogenital(48.9%),and indeterminate(43.8%).The comparative analysis of endemic and non-endemic patients highlighted differences in sex and age.Endemic patients had more frequent ova identification(41.9%vs.13.2%,P<0.001)and increased IgE(70%vs.26.3%,P<0.001)when compared with non-endemic.Multivariate analyses showed that
文摘Persian Passion Play （Ta＇ziya）, the most important Shiite religious ritual, performed by non-professional actors and musicians, is based on the martyrdom of the third Shiite Imam, Husein, and his companions at Karbala （in 680）. This paper aims to introduce a wide range of sources, both books and articles, on the history, music, actors, and arrangements of ta＇ziya performance in Iran from 1971 onwards. It includes a number of titles of ta＇ziya manuscripts, and the place of performance. The article contains traveler accounts from sixteen century onwards and the translations of ta＇ziya texts in European languages.
