Sökning: "Occupation of Italy"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Occupation of Italy.
1. "Not So Simple" : Reassessing 1951, G.B. Giorgini and the launch of Italian fashion
Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to shed light on the circumstances that allowed Italy to become a reputable country of origin in the international fashion market. In particular, my contribution to the historiography of Italian fashion is a reassessment of the role played by Giovanni Battista Giorgini, whose involvement with the fashion and handicraft industries has not been fully investigated by scholars so far. LÄS MER
2. Reclaiming Territory from Below : Grassroots Environmentalism and Waste Conflicts in Campania, Italy
Sammanfattning : In the course of 2000s, the region of Campania in southern Italy and its capital city Naples became global icons of waste mismanagement after the images of piles of rubbish occluding their urban areas hit the headlines. Conventional explanations, in Italy and elsewhere, pointed to administrative failure, cultural backwardness and mafia infiltration as the main causes of waste mishandling. LÄS MER
3. Eritrea : The making of a nation 1890-1991
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines the century-long process of the making of the Eritrean nation.Developments that culminated in the emergence of the State of Eritrea in 1991 are investigated and elaborated as they are traced from their beginnings in 1890, when Italy declared the creation of its new Colony of Eritrea. LÄS MER
4. Education and dementing disorders : the role of schooling in dementia and cognitive impairment
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis aimed to investigate the complex relationship between education, dementias, and cognitive impairment. Two different databases were used: the Faenza and the AIDS Projects. LÄS MER
5. Prevalence and impact of chronic diseases and multimorbidity in the aging population : a clinical and epidemiological approach
Sammanfattning : Due to the aging of the population, the absolute number of subjects affected by age-related diseases is expected to increase as well as their coexistence known as multimorbidity.The aims of this thesis were to evaluate the prevalence, distribution and patterns of chronic multimorbidity in the elderly population, and its impact on disability, functional decline and mortality. LÄS MER