15 Nell'analizzare come le diverse epoche abbiano interpretato la caduta dell'Impero romano e così la fine del mondo antico, Santo Mazzarino riscontra che, nel Medioevo, in particolare Agostino e i suoi seguaci (Orosio) abbiano attribuito alle idee di decadenza e declino -che originariamente facevano riferimento a un ordine naturale se non proprio organico e fisiologico: l'invecchiamento -il manifestarsi di un "giudizio divino". Cfr. S.

15 Nell'analizzare come le diverse epoche abbiano interpretato la caduta dell'Impero romano e così la fine del mondo antico, Santo Mazzarino riscontra che, nel Medioevo, in particolare Agostino e i suoi seguaci (Orosio) abbiano attribuito alle idee di decadenza e declino -che originariamente facevano riferimento a un ordine naturale se non proprio organico e fisiologico: l'invecchiamento -il manifestarsi di un "giudizio divino". Cfr. S.

In the scientific context, the environmental and healthy impact of polymers is more related to the residual monomer content rather than their macromolecular structure, due to the monomer capability to interact with membrane cells. For this a novel method to stabilize and quantify residual monomeric isocyanates in high thermal resistance polyamide resins (PAs) has been developed. This new analytical method resulted in an improvement concerning the quantification of residual aromatic diisocyanates in viscous polymeric matrices by using a simple and cheap technique like HPLC-VWD. Diisocyanate monomers were derivatized with dibutylamine, resulting in stable urea derivatives that were simultaneously analysed and quantified. The method was applied to solvent-based polyamide resins, used as primary electrical insulation, for avoiding additional step of solvent removing before the analysis. The quantification of residual monomers answers to the provisions imposed by European Regulation N. 1907/2006 (REACH) for polymer registration, and the necessity of an early evaluation of the occupational risk associated with the use of diisocyanates, due to their toxicity and high reactivity towards moisture.

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The article traces the development of eight years of “Music and Resilience,” a project of international cooperation between a Palestinian NGO in Lebanon and an Italian CBO, with the aim of building music resources with, and for, the refugee communities of Lebanon. Supported epistemologically by ethnography, sociology, psychology, and community music pedagogy, the paper narrates and analyzes the project's development as a multi-layered, organically orientated response to the specific geopolitical and social context, in which continuous monitoring and evaluation inform the necessary “adjustments” of the project's “pitch.” Using the paradigm of Action Learning within the framework of Theory of Social Change, the authors draw on the experience and research “Music and Resilience” has stimulated, to identify some “cardinal points” relevant to cross-cultural cooperation in general.