Student orientation plays a significant role to reduce academic drop out rates and has become an important part of in high school students’syllabus. In this paper we will illustrate the laboratory activities proposed in a series of lessons entitled “Famous curves: catenary, cycloid and spirals”, and organized in the context of the orientation project “Moduli formativi: dalla scuola all’università”. The specific nature of this project promoted the collaboration between university professors and high school teachers and inspired a teaching method that can have interesting applications in several teaching fields. The software GeoGebra was the main tool used for these activities.

Lezioni DIRITTO COSTITUZIONALE COMPARATO - 035GI-1 (2013/2014) Prof. DOLSO GIAN PAOLO

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In the context of the global crisis, which is particularly heavy for the Italian manufacturing industry, some territorial economies show a remarkable resilience and in some cases significant signs of recovery. Among these, especially in the Southern Italy, there are some agro-industry districts, one of the sectors that can realistically be an important lever for development. In these lines, I describe characteristics and recent evolution of the canning tomato industry in the Agro nocerino sarnese (an area between Naples and Salerno), paying particular attention to the contextual factors which favour or hinder the creation of cooperative networks among entrepreneurs. As is known, cooperative relationships among companies – in other words, social capital resources – are a key factor in improving the economic growth.

Environment and health The greatest will the impact of technology on our life be, the greatest will our need for nature be. This is what emerges from this bimonthly review. Some articles put in evidence the importance of soil remediations for the health of people living near polluted sites. Others articles underline children's vulnerability to the heavy metals present in street dust or the risks of pesticides for pregnant women and future offspring. Other articles emphasize the importance of environmental education to increase awareness both in children and teenagers and how activities in natural environments can help cognitive development as well as physical and mental health. Finally, it is highlighted how much work still needs to do be done to train health workers on mitigation and adaptation actions to the impacts of climate change we are experiencing. A part of this work is also up to us pediatricians, and this is one of the tasks of this review. This issue summarizes the m...