Hyaluronan-cholesterol nanogels for the enhancement of the ocular delivery of therapeutics

The anatomy and physiology of the eye strongly limit the bioavailability of locally administered drugs. The entrapment of therapeutics into nanocarriers represents an effective strategy for the topical treatment of several ocular disorders, as they may protect the embedded molecules, enabling drug residence on the ocular surface and/or its penetration into different ocular compartments. The present work shows the activity of hyaluronan-cholesterol nanogels (NHs) as ocular permeation enhancers...

Il pensiero italiano della politica. Dalla tradizione italiana all'Italian Theory

Negli ultimi anni si è affermata nel mondo la cosiddetta ‘anomalia italiana’, ovvero quel pensiero italiano che va più comunemente sotto il nome di Italian Theory o Italian Thought. Con tale espressione – che appena nata è già divenuta problematica quanto quella, per esempio, di French Theory – ci si riferisce a quella costellazione di studiosi che hanno pensato la crisi della politica nel secondo dopoguerra e negli anni Sessanta e Settanta del secolo scorso, dall’operaismo al paradigma biopo...

LUCIA PIETRONI, DANIELE GALLOPPO, RAFFAELE SCIALDONI, Definition of design strategies for sustainability for fashion accessories of the Made in Italy footwear sector, through Life Cycle Assessment methodology. The case-study of a brass buckle for footwear by Santoni Srl (Abstract)

The Italian footwear sector is among the pillars of the Made-in-Italy Fashion System, and has always been a leader among high-end and luxury footwear manufacturers. The success of the sector is due to the entrepreneurial ability and typical organization of the industry, which is in the context of a "long production chain", consisting of a system of high-quality sub-suppliers, raw materials, components, accessories, machine manufacturers, pattern makers and stylists. This Italian model has mad...

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