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1 Introduction: Manufacturing Knowledge at the Border of Science - Stefano Crabu, Federico Neresini, Maria Carmela Agodi, and Simone Tosoni -- 2 Can We Look at Refused Knowledge Differently? - Federico Neresini -- 3 Embracing Refused Knowledge: The Turning Processes - Paolo Volonté -- 4 Us and Them: Martyrs, Prophets and Mythic Narratives of Refused Knowledge - Paolo Bory -- 5 From Scientific to Syncretic Patchwork Storytelling: The Discursive Ecosystem of Italian Stop 5G Refused Knowledge Communities - Simone Tosoni -- 6 Disentangling Discursive Spaces of Knowledge Refused by Science: An Analysis of the Epistemic Structures in the Narratives Repertoires on Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Ilenia Picardi, Luca Serafini, and Marco Serino -- 7 Challenging the Institutional Politics of Life in the Making of Refused Knowledge - Stefano Crabu -- 8 "This is the real face of Covid-19!": How Refused Knowledge Communities Entered the Pandemic Arena - Barbara Morsello, Federico Neresini, and Maria Carmela Agodi -- 9 Do the Media Refuse Refused Knowledge? - Paolo Giardullo -- 10 Respecifying Fieldwork: Refused Knowledge Communities Explored Through the Reflexive Lens - Barbara Morsello -- 11 Conclusion: Is It Really Possible to Take the Floor (Agnostically) About Refused Knowledge? - Federico Neresini and Stefano Crabu.

This open access book explores contemporary practices that challenge science, arguing that this matter cannot be simply disregarded as a new manifestation of "anti-scientism". It scrutinizes the processes through which knowledge claims, refused by established institutions and the scientific community, seek legitimacy. Assuming an agnostic analytical stance, it explores the actors involved in such processes and their social worlds, their interactions with epistemic institutions, and the ways in which they enact such refused knowledge in their daily lives. Drawing on a three-year mixed-method research project, this collection demonstrates how refused knowledge can be seen as a distinct mode of knowing, employed in response to the uncertainties of everyday life. Thus, it offers a deeper understanding not only of how refused knowledge garners credibility, but also of how knowledge at large – including scientific knowledge – emerges from specific sociotechnical assemblages.

Il Bilancio di Genere è un documento che analizza e valuta le scelte politiche e gli impegni economico-finanziari di una amministrazione in un'ottica di genere, con l'obiettivo di perseguire una gestione delle risorse efficiente, trasparente, equa e consapevole. La produzione del primo documento di Bilancio di Genere dell'Ateneo Federico II è stata realizzata nell'ambito del progetto europeo GENOVATE: Transforming Organizational Culture for Gender Equality in Research and Innovation. Il documento contiene un'ampia analisi di contesto che attraversa la tripla anima dell'Ateneo: studenti, personale docente e personale tecnico amministrativo, restituendo una fotografia della composizione degli organici in cui il divario di genere non appare ancora superato. I dati raccolti ed elaborati evidenziano e confermano l'esistenza di ostacoli culturali e strutturali che determinano, da un lato, l'abbandono della carriera scientifica da parte delle donne, dall'altro il persistere di meccanismi di segregazione orizzontale e verticale, con alcune aree e posizioni riservate esclusivamente a un genere. L'auspicio è che il Bilancio di Genere possa diventare prassi consolidata dell'Ateneo e assolvere alla propria funzione di strumento trasformativo nell'ottica del gender mainstreaming. GENOVATE è un progetto finanziato dalla Commissione Europea nell'ambito del Settimo Programma Quadro (FP7), bando Science in Society (SiS 2012 2.1.1-1). Il volume è stato realizzato con il cofinanziamento dell'Unione Europea.

Although hospital hygiene has a long history in Italy it is necessary to reflect about it because of the innovation in healthcare systems and because of the evolution due to European Union related activities. Different traditions exist in European countries about hospital hygiene and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) adopted the term of "infection control and hospital hygiene" which includes all the engaged European healthcare professionals. We propose to modify hospital hygiene as "healthcare organisation hygiene" in order to focalise the attention to all care settings not only hospitals and to adopt the following definition: "all activities aimed to guarantee, in an appropriate, scientifically sound and efficient way, that structures and processes support healthcare practices in a safe comfortable and healthy environment both for patients, caregivers and healthcare workers". Hospital hygiene and its professionals, besides the long tradition, still remain a relevant pillar in guaranteeing quality and safety of healthcare in Italy.

[English]:A Gender Budget is a strategic tool that provides an assessment of the political-economic and financial decisions of public administration from a gender-sensitive perspective. Its main goal is to support a more efficient, transparent, and equitable, management of resources. The first Gender Budget of the Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II" (UNINA) was realized within the framework of the European-Union funded GENOVATE research project: Transforming Organizational Culture for Gender Equality in Research and Innovation. It consists in a thorough context analysis of the University enrolment and career policy outcomes, encompassing students, academic, technical and administrative staff, which results in a detailed map of the still relevant gender gap dimension in the institution. Raw data and their focused analysis show how cultural and structural barriers contribute to women dropping out of university at the very beginning of scientific careers (i.e. the so-called 'leaky pipeline' phenomenon). Due to horizontal and vertical segregation mechanisms, some disciplinary fields and academic positions still remain dominated by one gender. It is the authors' hope that Gender Budgeting may become a well-established practice at UNINA, and may support transformative actions and inspire gender-mainstreaming institutional policies. GENOVATE is a project funded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), under the Science in Society grant programme (SiS 2012 2.1.1-1). This volume was co-funded by the European Union./ [Italiano]: Il Bilancio di Genere è un documento che analizza e valuta le scelte politiche e gli impegni economico-finanziari di una amministrazione in un'ottica di genere, con l'obiettivo di perseguire una gestione delle risorse efficiente, trasparente, equa e consapevole. La produzione del primo documento di Bilancio di Genere dell'Ateneo Federico II è stata realizzata nell'ambito del progetto europeo GENOVATE: Transforming Organizational Culture for Gender Equality in Research and Innovation. Il documento contiene un'ampia analisi di contesto che attraversa la tripla anima dell'Ateneo: studenti, personale docente e personale tecnico amministrativo, restituendo una fotografia della composizione degli organici in cui il divario di genere non appare ancora superato. I dati raccolti ed elaborati evidenziano e confermano l'esistenza di ostacoli culturali e strutturali che determinano, da un lato, l'abbandono della carriera scientifica da parte delle donne, dall'altro il persistere di meccanismi di segregazione orizzontale e verticale, con alcune aree e posizioni riservate esclusivamente a un genere. L'auspicio è che il Bilancio di Genere possa diventare prassi consolidata dell'Ateneo e assolvere alla propria funzione di strumento trasformativo nell'ottica del gender mainstreaming. GENOVATE è un progetto finanziato dalla Commissione Europea nell'ambito del Settimo Programma Quadro (FP7), bando Science in Society (SiS 2012 2.1.1-1). Il volume è stato realizzato con il cofinanziamento dell'Unione Europea.

In the European Union, Czech Republic ranks 3rd and 6th for the incidence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, respectively. Worldwide, short sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) characterize obese subjects, which in turn exhibit scarce physical activity and unhealthy diet. We aimed to understand the relationship between irregular sleep patterns, obesity and lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical activity, in a vulnerable Czech population. 1482 members of the Kardiovize cohort, a random sample of the Czech urban population, were included in a cross-sectional study. Exposure variables included self-reported sleep duration and EDS, assessed by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Primary outcomes were BMI and waist-to-hip ratio or prevalence of obesity and central obesity. Covariates included physical activity and diet. Associations and interactions between variables were evaluated using logistic regression analyses. After adjustment for covariates, short sleep duration ( 25; OR = 1.42; 95%CI = 1.06–1.90; p = 0.020) and obesity (BMI > 30; OR = 1.40; 95%CI = 1.02–1.94; p = 0.047), while EDS was associated with greater odds of central obesity (OR = 1.72; 95%CI = 1.06–2.79; p = 0.030), independent of diet and physical activity. However, due to the cross-sectional nature of our study, further prospective, large-scale studies are needed to evaluate the etiological link and causality between sleep disturbances and obesity.

© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In the European Union, Czech Republic ranks 3rd and 6th for the incidence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, respectively. Worldwide, short sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) characterize obese subjects, which in turn exhibit scarce physical activity and unhealthy diet. We aimed to understand the relationship between irregular sleep patterns, obesity and lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical activity, in a vulnerable Czech population. 1482 members of the Kardiovize cohort, a random sample of the Czech urban population, were included in a cross-sectional study. Exposure variables included self-reported sleep duration and EDS, assessed by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Primary outcomes were BMI and waist-to-hip ratio or prevalence of obesity and central obesity. Covariates included physical activity and diet. Associations and interactions between variables were evaluated using logistic regression analyses. After adjustment for covariates, short sleep duration ( 25; OR = 1.42; 95%CI = 1.06–1.90; p = 0.020) and obesity (BMI > 30; OR = 1.40; 95%CI = 1.02–1.94; p = 0.047), while EDS was associated with greater odds of central obesity (OR = 1.72; 95%CI = 1.06–2.79; p = 0.030), independent of diet and physical activity. However, due to the cross-sectional nature of our study, further prospective, large-scale studies are needed to evaluate the etiological link and causality between sleep disturbances and obesity.

In the European Union, Czech Republic ranks 3rd and 6th for the incidence of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, respectively. Worldwide, short sleep duration and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) characterize obese subjects, which in turn exhibit scarce physical activity and unhealthy diet. We aimed to understand the relationship between irregular sleep patterns, obesity and lifestyle factors, such as diet and physical activity, in a vulnerable Czech population. 1482 members of the Kardiovize cohort, a random sample of the Czech urban population, were included in a cross-sectional study. Exposure variables included self-reported sleep duration and EDS, assessed by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Primary outcomes were BMI and waist-to-hip ratio or prevalence of obesity and central obesity. Covariates included physical activity and diet. Associations and interactions between variables were evaluated using logistic regression analyses. After adjustment for covariates, short sleep duration (< ; 7 h) was associated with greater odds of overweight (BMI > ; 25 ; OR = 1.42 ; 95%CI = 1.06&ndash ; 1.90 ; p = 0.020) and obesity (BMI > ; 30 ; OR = 1.40 ; 95%CI = 1.02&ndash ; 1.94 ; p = 0.047), while EDS was associated with greater odds of central obesity (OR = 1.72 ; 95%CI = 1.06&ndash ; 2.79 ; p = 0.030), independent of diet and physical activity. However, due to the cross-sectional nature of our study, further prospective, large-scale studies are needed to evaluate the etiological link and causality between sleep disturbances and obesity.