Search Results - "Tuscany"

Pacioli’s Forgotten Book: The Merchant’s Ricordanze by Sangster, A., Stoner, G., De Lange, Paul, O'connell, B., Scataglini-Belghitar, G.

“…Record books of this name were typical of Tuscany and, when such books were first used in Tuscany, businessmen began to use them also as a form of personal diary and autobiographical record. …”
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Innocence on trial: the courts and sexual violence against children in Florence, 1786 to 1914 by Radica, Christel

“…The choice of Florence as a case study of child abuse in Italy was made for three main reasons: first, the succession of several régimes –not unusual in Italy during this period- permits me to examine how different governments regulated sexual violence towards children, tracing continuities and changes; second, the considerable attention paid to children, to their health and education, by private and public institutions in Florence throughout the century would lead historians to assume there was a general condemnation of child sexual abuse; last but not least, the widespread historical assumption that Tuscany possessed especially advanced and modern penal codes made me wonder whether Tuscany was also especially progressive in attitudes to sexual violence against children. …”
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Researching the lived experiences of cancer patients with malignant fungating wounds by Rowan, Sara, Moffatt, Christine, Olden, Anthony

“…Background: Researching the experiences of terminally ill patients with disfiguring wounds is likely to be a challenge anywhere, and this investigation came face-to-face with different attitudes on the part of both patients and nurses and doctors in England (the South-East) and Italy (Tuscany). Aim: To highlight the complexity of researching sensitive subjects and the difficulties encountered from the perspective of the researcher(s). …”
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‘Saved from the sordid axe’: representation and understanding of pine trees by English visitors to Italy in the eighteenth and nineteenth century by Piana, Pietro, Watkins, Charles, Balzaretti, Ross

“…These trees were also an important element of local agriculture; in parts of Liguria they were grown in vineyards in an unusual type of coltura promiscua providing both support for the vines and fertiliser from pine needles; in Tuscany and Ravenna pine plantations and forests were an important source of pine nuts. …”
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Tele-UPCAT: Study protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a home-based Tele-monitored UPper limb Children Action observation Training for participants with unilateral cerebral... by Sgandurra, G., Cecchi, F., Beani, E., Mannari, I., Maselli, M., Falotico, F., Inguaggiato, E., Perazza, S., Sicola, E., Feys, H., Klingels, K., Ferrari, A., Dario, P., Boyd, Roslyn, Cioni, G.

“…Ethics and dissemination The trial has been approved by the Tuscany Paediatric Ethics Committee (169/2016). Publication of all outcomes will be in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations. trial registration NCT03094455.…”
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A cultural geography of via Francigena: historical and modern mobilities along a European cultural route by Porcelloni, Leonardo

“…The investigation was carried out in two case study areas located in the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Lazio. A wide range of methods were used to qualitatively approach the investigation of mobility, both medieval and contemporary. …”
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