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Pasquale Sfameni

Pasquale Sfameni is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pasquale Sfameni rather than just read about it. In short: Pasquale Sfameni (30 October 1868, Torregrotta, Italy – 7 October 1955, Torregrotta, Italy) was an Italian physician and scientist. Biography Born in Torregrotta in 1868 into a bourgeois family, he graduated from the University of Bologna in 1893 with a thesis on artificial and cadaveric alterations of the central and peripheral nervous system.

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Reference excerpt

Pasquale Sfameni (30 October 1868, Torregrotta, Italy – 7 October 1955, Torregrotta, Italy) was an Italian physician and scientist.

Biography Born in Torregrotta in 1868 into a bourgeois family, he graduated from the University of Bologna in 1893 with a thesis on artificial and cadaveric alterations of the central and peripheral nervous system. He later moved to Pisa, where he pursued an academic career, becoming a student of Ermanno Pinzani in specialized studies in obstetrics from 1895 to 1905. He then became a professor at the Universities of Perugia, Cagliari, Messina, and Parma. In 1918, he returned as a full professor to Bologna where he founded the journal Monitore Ostetrico, concurrently becoming the director of the Obstetrics Clinic until 1936. From 1923 to 1927, he served as the Rector of the University of Bologna. He was also a member of the Italian Society for the Progress of Sciences and from 1947 to 1949, of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna. In 1940, together with his wife, he donated all his writings and much of his real estate to the University of Bologna, which used them to establish the Pasquale Sfameni Foundation. The foundation awards an international quinquennial prize and several annual scholarships. He returned to his hometown of Torregrotta in 1948, where he died in 1955. A Freemason, he was a member of the Bologna lodge "VIII Agosto" of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite belonging to the Grand Orient of Italy, from which he resigned in 1925.

Major contributions Pasquale Sfameni is internationally known for his research on pregnancy and childbirth, which led him, in 1922, to the publication of the theory on the Utero-Ovarian Revolution and the active dilation of the uterus. His studies focused on the female egg cell and the origin and development of the placenta, demonstrating the endocrine nature of the decidua basalis. His studies on vesicovaginal fistulae, which he successfully treated for the first time through surgical intervention, are also noteworthy. The body of his major works is known in medical literature as the Humoral Hormonal Doctrine of Sfameni.

Works Commemorazione del Prof. Giovanni Calderini (1922)

Honours Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy – 20 December 1924 Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus Order of San Marino Commander of the Civil Order of Alfonso X, the Wise

References

Bibliography Luigi Bacialli. "Brief biography of Pasquale Sfameni" (PDF). archiviostorico.unibo.it. University of Bologna. Bacialli, 1955. Retrieved 11 January 2016. Paolo Gaifami. "Pasquale Sfameni". treccani.it. Treccani Encyclopedia. Gaifami, 1936. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pasquale Sfameni

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pasquale Sfameni claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pasquale Sfameni before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pasquale Sfameni ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pasquale Sfameni

In research: Pasquale Sfameni appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pasquale Sfameni in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pasquale Sfameni is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1868 births, 1955 deaths, 20th-century Italian medical doctors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pasquale Sfameni outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Pasquale Sfameni (30 October 1868, Torregrotta, Italy – 7 October 1955, Torregrotta, Italy) was an Italian physician and scientist. Biography Born in Torregrotta in 1868 into a bourgeois family, he graduated from the University of Bologna in 1893 with a thesis on artificial and cadaveric alteration…

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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