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PALLADINO, FRANCO. "LE LETTERE DI GIUSEPPE PEANO NELLA CORRISPONDENZA DI ERNESTO CESÀRO." Nuncius 8, no. 1 (1993): 249–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/182539183x00091.
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Abstract<title> SUMMARY </title>We have gathered here twenty-six writings from the correspondence of Giuseppe Peano, as well as letters by Alexander Macfarlane and Alexander Ziwet.Peano's letters were addressed to Ernesto Cesaro, an important member of the great Italian school of mathematics founded in the second half of the Nineteenth century. In these writings, Peano discusses various topics: Infinitesimal calculus and Barycentric calculus, the «Rivista di Matematica» and the «Formulario» of which he was editor; didactics and a question about Actuarial mathematics. Some of the writings are confidential in nature: in one letter, Peano proposes exchanging his professorial chair with Cesaro's, and hence transferring from Turin to Naples.The letters written by Macfarlane and Ziwet were sent to Peano; they contain, at the request of Cesaro, information concerning university chairs and the cost of living in the United States.
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D’Orazio, Dario, Giulia Fratoni, Anna Rovigatti, and Massimo Garai. "A virtual orchestra to qualify the acoustics of historical opera houses." Building Acoustics 27, no. 3 (March 23, 2020): 235–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1351010x20912501.
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Italian Historical Opera Houses are private or public spaces built around a cavea, with tiers of boxes on the surrounding walls. At the early age – from 16th to 18th century – boxes were private properties of the richest class, typically the financial responsible of the whole building. The stalls hosted the middle class, that gradually increased its social position and for this reason the wooden seats were progressively replaced by chairs. The gallery was reserved to lower classes. Does this social division correspond to a different acoustic comfort? The present work tries to answer this question using subjective preference models provided by scholars. With this aim, the room criteria defined by different authors and in distinct times are lined up with the ISO 3382 standards and analysed depending on the acoustic peculiarities of an Italian Historical Opera House selected as case study. Calibrated impulse responses were handled through the numerical simulations of a whole orchestra of virtual sound sources in the pit.
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Troiani, Diana, and Ermanno Manni. "A tribute to Italian physiologists of Jewish descent evicted during the persecution ordered by the Fascist Regime in 1938." Advances in Physiology Education 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 123–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advan.00059.2006.
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The present report commemorates the persecution of five renown Italian physiologists of Jewish descent that lost their chairs in medical schools because of the anti-semitic policies of the fascist regime. In 1938, Mussolini promulgated the Racial Laws, officially with the aim of safeguarding the purity of the Italian race in conquered African colonies. However, their true intent was to persecute the Italian Jewish community in agreement with the policy of Nazi Germany. In accordance with the Racial Laws, all non-Aryans were banished from professional activities and were evicted from public, social, and academic life. As a result, 98 full professors in Italian universities were removed from their academic positions. In medical schools, physiology, more than other discipline, lost the most prominent faculty members. Of the 17 full Professors of Human Physiology, five were of Jewish descent, and all were evicted: they were Camillo Artom from Palermo, Mario Camis from Bologna, Carlo Foà from Milan, Amedeo Herlitzka from Turin, and Ugo Lombroso from Genoa. All were talented and famous scientists who were forced to leave Italy and take refuge in foreign countries. At the end of World War II, Camis, Foà, Herlitzka, and Lombroso returned to Italy and resumed their previous academic positions, whereas Artom remained in the United States. Unfortunately, Camis died later that year. During the postwar period, some of the fascists responsible for the Jewish persecution were killed or committed suicide while the survivors were imprisoned and prosecuted. However, all were soon released and resumed their former positions.
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Cambrea, Domenico Rocco, Paolo Tenuta, and Vincenzo Vastola. "Female directors and corporate cash holdings: monitoring vs executive roles." Management Decision 58, no. 2 (December 4, 2019): 295–312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-11-2018-1289.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of gender diversity on corporate cash holdings by scrutinizing different positions covered by female board directors. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines a sample of Italian listed companies between 2006 and 2015. Fixed-effects regressions are employed as the base empirical methodology. In addition, because the link between corporate governance variables and cash may suffer from endogeneity issues, the study employs several tests to control for this potential problem. Findings The empirical findings demonstrate that the relationship between gender diversity and cash holdings depends on the role of female directors on the boards. Specifically, the evidence shows that women in monitoring functions, ruled by independent directors and female chairs, led to a decrease in cash reserves. Conversely, companies managed by female CEOs have larger cash holdings. Research limitations/implications The paper refers to Italian listed companies only and does not analyze whether and how the financial crisis has affected the link between female directors and cash reserves. Practical implications The study provides insights for the diverse effects of female directors on cash management decision and contributes to the debate on gender diversity capabilities for improving firm financial flexibility. Originality/value This paper is the first empirical study to attempt to disentangle the effect of gender diversity on cash holdings. It sheds light on the consequences of appointing female directors on cash policies and explores the Italian context after the introduction of the gender quotas law.
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Antonelli, Cristiano, Nicola Crepax, and Claudio Fassio. "The cliometrics of academic chairs. Scientific knowledge and economic growth: the evidence across the Italian Regions 1900–1959." Journal of Technology Transfer 38, no. 5 (March 8, 2013): 537–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10961-013-9304-0.
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De Giorgi, Maria Grazia, Paolo Maria Congedo, Cristina Baglivo, Marina Bonomolo, and Daniele Milone. "Experimental Characterization and Acoustic Correction of a Multipurpose Performance Hall: The Italian Theatre “Cavallino Bianco”." Buildings 12, no. 9 (August 31, 2022): 1344. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12091344.
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This study presents the retrofit acoustic design of the Italian theatre “Cavallino Bianco”. In its historical configuration, the hall had a curved roof with a pressed-plant fiber ceiling, which was demolished and replaced with a wooden roof without a false ceiling, leading to an increase in volume and worsening of the reverberation time. This study proposes the realization of a wave ceiling and the application of sound-absorbing and reflecting panels on the walls, which have already been implemented. These modifications have affected the acoustic characterization of the theatre, as shown both through on-site measurements during the main construction phases and through numerical simulations. The reverberation time, clarity index, and speech transmission index (STI) are evaluated considering all the variations in the hall during its different construction times, and the optimal solution is identified with regard to different specific uses. The final configuration, by reducing the volume of the hall and using sound-absorbing materials, significantly reduces the reverberation time. In addition, the hall at full capacity with chairs and people shows evident improvement to the clarity index, allowing the theatre to be used for a wide range of musical genres such as instrumental, symphonic, and opera.
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Lanzetta, Rosa, and Francesco Nicotra. "Preface." Pure and Applied Chemistry 84, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): iv. http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac20128401iv.
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The European Carbohydrate Organization (ECO), under the auspices of IUPAC and the cosponsorship of the Italian Chemical Society, organized the 16th European Carbohydrate Symposium (Eurocarb-16), in Sorrento (Napoli), Italy on 3-7 July 2011, during the International Year of Chemistry.More than 700 participants representing 46 different countries participated; the scientific program covered all the chemical, biological, biophysical, and biotechnological aspects of carbohydrates; and more than 150 oral communications, 28 invited lectures, 10 plenary lectures, and 2 awarded plenary lectures, as well as 400 poster contributions were presented.Following the tradition of the previous meetings, the Emil-Fischer Carbohydrate Award and the Carbohydrate Research Award were presented during the opening ceremony.The papers published in this issue of Pure and Applied Chemistry (PAC) give a good cross-section of the topics covered at Eurocarb-16, including: synthetic procedures developed on multifunctional molecules such as carbohydrates; design and synthesis of bioactive carbohydrates of pharmaceutical interest; structural studies on very complex carbohydrate molecules and their dynamic interactions; carbo hydrate-based tools for biological applications such as PNA-sugar conjugates; and carbohydratebased synthetic ion transporters and glyco-nanoparticles. These are just some examples of the contributions presented.We are grateful to the contributors, who permit the readers to have an idea of how carbohydrate chemistry can concur with the development of chemistry in different and multidisciplinary areas, with relevant applications of social interest. Eurocarb-17 will take place in Tel Aviv 7-11 July 2013.Rosa Lanzetta and Francesco NicotraConference Co-chairs and Editors
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Carraro, Ugo. "2020PMD, 30-years of Translational Mobility Medicine at the time of COVID-19 outbreak: Last-minute forewords from the editor." European Journal of Translational Myology 30, no. 1 (April 1, 2020): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2019.8966.
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In the autumn of 2019, the organizers of the 2020 Padua Muscle Days planned an intense program, which was to be held from March 18 to March 21, 2020. The program included eight Scientific Sessions to occur over three full days at either Padova University or the Hotel Augustus on Euganei Hills (Padova), Italy. Abruptly, however, in early January the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak started in China and changed the world perspectives and expectations. In Italy, it started in Lombardy and Veneto, two main industrial areas of the country with intense connections and interchanges of people and commercial activities with China. Indeed, the virus was first isolated from a couple of Chinese tourists, who inadvertently incubated the infection during their visit to many towns in Italy. Within the following two weeks, the epidemic had the first Italian cases and victims in an area south of Milan and in a Village of the Euganei Hills (Vo Euganeo, Padova). The village was immediately quarantined, but it was too late. The virus had escaped the area. Thus, it was a mandatory, though difficult decision (made even before the Italian National Government posted rules to be followed to decrease spread of the infection), to post-pone the Padua Muscle Days meeting from 18-21 March, 2020 to 25-28 November, 2020. Luckily, the vast majority of organizers, chairs, speakers, and attendees accepted the decision and have assured their presence in late November, despite the coincidence with the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. Currently, the only changes in the program are the new dates; however, it is difficult to forecast the future. Anyhow, the rationale of the decision to post-pone 2020PMD was reinforced by the actions of many organizers of international events. One of the most recent examples is the March 6, 2020 decision of the leaders of the Experimental Biology Host Societies to cancel Experimental Biology (EB) 2020, set to take place April 4–7 in San Diego, California, USA. All these active civil responses to world dangers are mandatory to avoid those military responses that are easy to start, but provide the worst results. How do we not lose half of the 2020 year? The option is to try to achieve some of the goals of the meeting by long-distance communications. Thus, the Collection of Abstracts will be, as originally planned, e-published in this 30(1) 2020 Issue of the European Journal of Translational Myology (EJTM) together with the many EJTM Communications submitted by speakers and attendees of the 2020PMD. We may also start the process that will implement EMMA, the European Mobility Medicine Association, by circulating a proposal and inviting comments.
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Pomarici, E., and R. Vecchio. "The Italian olive oil industry in the global competitive scenario." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 59, No. 8 (August 28, 2013): 361–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/8/2013-agricecon.
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The current paper analyzes the reasons behind the difficulties of the Italian olive oil industry to compete in the world markets. The analysis highlights that these complexities can be related with two core factors: stagnant demand in the main producer/consumer countries and strong competition arising from the Spanish olive oil industry increasingly involved also in processing and trade. In addition, these weakness factors are boosted by the market power exerted by large retail chains that are now the main channel in which olive oil is retailed in the domestic market.
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Petrobelli, Pierluigi. "On Dante and Italian music: Three moments." Cambridge Opera Journal 2, no. 3 (November 1990): 219–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954586700003268.
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We publish here, in slightly altered versions, three lectures given by Pierluigi Petrobelli in Autumn 1988 as Chair of Italian Culture at the University of California, Berkeley. The terms of the Chair, established in 1928, state that the person entrusted with the post should ‘lecture in illustration and interpretation of Italian culture’.
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Eugenio, Demartini, Gaviglio Anna, and Pirani Alberto. "Farmers’ motivation and perceived effects of participating in short food supply chains: evidence from a North Italian survey." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 63, No. 5 (May 9, 2017): 204–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/323/2015-agricecon.
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Local production supports the economies of place and increasingly makes sense as the citizen-consumers increase in number and awareness. Nonetheless, despite the value of the short supply chains, some researchers have reacted sceptically to the irrational optimism around this sales structure. A close relationship with consumers does not imply more profit or exchange fairness by definition. In fact, increasing marketing costs must be considered and there is still information asymmetry, and the profiteering farmers could take advantage of the consumer trust. Through data reduction we explored the farmers' motivation and perceived effects of participating in short food supply chains. We also analysed the location of farms along with their size, production, sale channels and the relative market share, as well as whether they adopted quality certifications. We found that the farmers that work within the short food supply chains opt for a sort of co-certification mechanism based on the consumer/producer relationships rather than opting for the quality certification. Furthermore, the multivariate analysis showed different motivations and perceptions of direct sales among farmers: those that were the largest and farthest from the point of sale, were positive toward the social values of short food supply chains, while the rest seemed less competitive and were more motivated by profit and survival. The results reaffirm that the local production may not be good per se, and the presence of profit and surviving-orientation to market should be considered a treat especially for the reputation of the whole system.
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Bianchi, Valentina. "Spelling Out Focus‐Fronting Chains and Wh ‐Chains: The Case of Italian." Syntax 22, no. 2-3 (May 7, 2019): 146–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/synt.12173.
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Sopranzetti, Silvia. "The Italian Districts in the Global Value Chains." Italian Economic Journal 4, no. 3 (October 29, 2018): 497–522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40797-018-0078-2.
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Lai, Alessia, Annalisa Bergna, Francesco Roberto Simonetti, Marco Franzetti, Giorgio Bozzi, Valeria Micheli, Chiara Atzori, et al. "Contribution of transgender sex workers to the complexity of the HIV-1 epidemic in the metropolitan area of Milan." Sexually Transmitted Infections 96, no. 6 (January 3, 2020): 451–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054103.
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ObjectivesTransgender people are disproportionately affected by the HIV-1 epidemic. We evaluated the origin of HIV-1 variants carried by South American transgenders living in Milan by combining accurate phylogenetic methods and epidemiological data.MethodsWe collected 156 HIV-1 pol sequences obtained from transgender patients engaged in sex work (TSWs) followed between 1999 and 2015 at L. Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted by HIV-TRACE, MrBayes, MacClade and Beast programs. Reference sequences were retrieved from Los Alamos and local databases. Last negative testing or proxy data from clinical records of infected individuals were used to investigate the country of infection.ResultsAmong South American TSWs, the most represented HIV-1 subtypes were B (70.5%), F1 (12.8%) and C (4.4%). Gene flow migrations of B subtype indicated significant fluxes from TSWs to Italians (21.3%) belonging to all risk groups (26.4% to heterosexuals (HEs), 18.9% to men who have sex with men (MSM), 15.1% to injecting drug users). The largest proportion of bidirectional fluxes were observed between Italians and TSWs (24.6%). For F1 subtype, bidirectional viral fluxes involved TSWs and Italians (7.1% and 14.3%), and a similar proportion of fluxes linked TSWs and Italian HEs or MSM (both 15.8%). Significant fluxes were detected from Italians to TSWs for subtype C involving both MSM (30%) and HEs (40%). Country of HIV-1 acquisition was identified for 72 subjects; overall, the largest proportion of patients with B subtype (73.5%) acquired HIV-1 infection in South America.ConclusionsOur results indicated that South American transgenders largely contribute to the heterogeneity of HIV-1 variants in our country. The high number of clusters based on all subtypes indicated numerous transmission chains in which TSWs were constantly intermixed with HEs and MSM. Our results strongly advocate interventions to facilitate prevention, diagnosis and HIV-1 care continuum among transgender people.
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Guido, Rosita, Giovanni Mirabelli, Enrico Palermo, and Vittorio Solina. "A framework for food traceability: case study – Italian extra-virgin olive oil supply chain." International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management 11, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 50–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.24867/ijiem-2020-1-252.
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Ladovinska, Maria. "Text-linguistic Analysis of Infinitival Subjects of Opaque Reference in Modern Italian." Yearbook of the Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures 2 (June 16, 2020): 35–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.33919/flcy.19.2.2.
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The article presents an empirical study of zero-anaphora in co-referential chains – an inscrutable and opaque phenomenon in modern Italian that takes place when the verb bears no number or gender marking due to its form and there is no indication of its actual subject. Methods from text linguistics are applied to corpora compiled from three novels by modern Italian authors.
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Viccaro, Mauro, Adele Coppola, Maria Consiglia D’Angelo, Francesco Genovese, Severino Romano, and Mario Cozzi. "Young People Are Not All the Same! The Theory of Planned Behaviour Applied to Food Waste Behaviour across Young Italian Generations." Sustainability 15, no. 20 (October 11, 2023): 14741. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su152014741.
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To reach the SDG 12.3 target, understanding food waste behaviour (FWB) is fundamental, especially among young people. As future generations of parents, leaders, and citizens, they might potentially solve food sustainability issues and other matters arising from food waste. In such a context, this study extends the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) by including personal norms and environmental concern to explain and to predict the FWB of young Italians who belong to Generation Y and Generation Z. The theoretical model was empirically tested by administering a questionnaire to 322 Italian young people and by applying two distinct PLS-SEM models for Generation Y and Generation Z. Our results support not only the main relationship suggested by the TPB model with respect to FWB but also that, in affecting it, personal norms and environmental concern play different roles according to the generations. Understanding the mechanisms through which personal norms and environmental concern translate into reducing food waste is crucial to defining interventions aimed at changing youth behaviour. It could represent a relevant step towards preventing food waste and promoting sustainable management of food chains.
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Usrah, Cut Rizka Al, and Muhammad Alhada Fuadilah Habib. "Istana Maimoon : Menelusuri Transformasi Socio-Cultural Melalui Sejarah Megah Kesultanan Deli di Medan." Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik Malikussaleh (JSPM) 4, no. 1 (April 10, 2023): 122. http://dx.doi.org/10.29103/jspm.v4i1.10750.
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Social transformation refers to significant changes in the institutions, social norms, and values embedded in society. This change occurs over a long period and impacts the emergence of new social, economic, and political patterns in a community. Istana Maimoon, located in Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra Province, is an example of the social transformation that occurs in the midst of society. The palace is a historical landmark and the legacy of the Deli Sultane, one of the most magnificent palaces still standing in Indonesia. The purpose of social transformation, as noted by Appiah-Kubi, is to create a more just, sustainable society that fulfills the needs and aspirations of all members. Built-in 1888, Istana Maimoon was designed by an Italian architect and dominated by the typical Malay Yellow color. It covers an area of 2,772 square meters and consists of two floors divided into three parts: the main building, the left wing, and the right wing. The palace is influenced by European culture, as seen in the crystal lamps and furniture such as chairs, tables, and wardrobes, while the influence of Islamic.Culture is evident in the curved shapes on some parts of the palace’s roof. The palace’s architecture also features Dutch and Spanish styles, such as wide and tall doors and windows. In front of the palace stands the Masjid Al Maksum or the Great Mosque of Medan. Istana Maimoon is governed by a Deli Sultan who holds a monarchical system of governance. Currently, the Deli Sultanate is ruled by Sultan Mahmud Lamanjiji Perkasa Alam, the XIV Sultan of Deli who has been in power since 2005. Over time, Istana Maimoon has undergone transformations, adapting to the changing times, yet still maintaining its historical and cultural significance.Transformasi social merujuk pada perubahan signifikan dalam institusi, norma social, dan nilai yang tertanam dalam masyarakat. Perubahan ini terjadi dalam jangka waktu yang lama dan berdampak pada munculnya pola-pola social, ekonomi, dan politik yang baru disebuah komunitas. Istana Maimoon, yang terletak di Medan, Ibu Kota Provinsi Sumatera Utara, adalah contoh dari transformasi social yang terjadi di tengah Masyarakat. Transformasi social merujuk pada perubahan signifikan dalam institusi, norma social, dan nilai yang tertanam dalam masyarakat. Perubahan ini terjadi dalam jangka waktu yang lama dan berdampak pada munculnya pola-pola social, ekonomi, dan politik yang baru disebuah komunitas. Istana maimoon, yang terletak di Medan, ibu kota Provinsi Sumatera Utara adalah contoh dari transformasi social yang terjadi di tengah Masyarakat. Istanan ini merupakan landmark sejarah dan warisan Kesultanan Deli merupakan salah satu istana paling megah yang masih berdiri di Indonesia.Tujuan dari transformasi sosial, seperti yang dicatat oleh Appiah-Kubi, adalah untuk menciptakan masyarakat yang lebih adil, lestari, dan memenuhi kebutuhan dan aspirasi semua anggotanya. Dibangun pada tahun 1888, Istana Maimoon dirancang oleh seorang arsitek Italia dan didominasi oleh warna kuning khas Melayu. Istana ini mencakup luas area 2.772 meter persegi dan terdiri dari dua lantai yang terbagi menjadi tiga bagian: bangunan utama, sayap kiri, dan sayap kanan. Istana ini dipengaruhi oleh budaya Eropa, seperti yang terlihat pada lampu kristal dan perabotan seperti kursi, meja, dan lemari, sementara pengaruh budaya Islam terlihat pada bentuk-bentuk melengkung pada beberapa bagian atap istana. Arsitektur istana juga menampilkan gaya Belanda dan Spanyol, seperti pintu dan jendela yang lebar dan tinggi. Di depan istana terdapat Masjid Al Maksum atau Masjid Agung Medan. Istana Maimoon diperintah oleh seorang Sultan Deli yang memiliki sistem pemerintahan monarki. Saat ini, Kesultanan Deli diperintah oleh Sultan Mahmud Lamanjiji Perkasa Alam, XIV Sultan Deli yang telah berkuasa sejak tahun 2005. Seiring waktu, Istana Maimoon telah mengalami transformasi, beradaptasi dengan perubahan zaman, namun tetap mempertahankan makna sejarah dan budayanya.
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Marino, Davide, Luigi Mastronardi, Agostino Giannelli, Vincenzo Giaccio, and Giampiero Mazzocchi. "Territorialisation dynamics for Italian farms adhering to Alternative Food Networks." Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series 40, no. 40 (June 1, 2018): 113–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bog-2018-0018.
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AbstractThe demographic processes of the last decades have led to variations in urban and peri-urban territorial configurations, questioning the patterns of traditional productive localisation. They have begun to outline new perspectives related to proximity to trading and commerce sites as well as to the services offered by the city. Business strategies, such as multifunctionality and diversification, have begun to consider these new possibilities that, at a larger scale, have triggered the process of territorialisation. The study analyses the influence of proximity to the city on the strategies of farms diversifying income through short food chains, with the aim of identifying the prevailing behaviours adopted in three different concentric areas at the urban centre of gravity: peri-urban, belt and rural. The study involves a dataset constituted by 217 farms, where each farm has been associated with a set of explanatory variables that outline some structural, social and economic characteristics. The sample has been segmented through a hierarchical cluster analysis, which allowed us to identify 5 groups of farms, after having reduced the number of variables through PCA (Principal Component Analysis). The results show that short food chains and, more generally, AFNs, are based on strategies alternative to those of traditional chains, and which involve a different economic dimension of the same chains and the construction of a different place-based agro-food system, also envisaging a re-localisation of space near the final market.
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Aledort, Louis M., Michele De Luca, Maria Jose Caldes Pinilla, Alberto Zanobini, Simona Carli, Anila Godo, Ogerta Manastirliu, Gentian Kolaj, Tatiana Caja, and Vera Neziri. "Hemophilia Lend-Lease Program in Italy Successfully Meets Albania Factor Needs." Blood 128, no. 22 (December 2, 2016): 5916. http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood.v128.22.5916.5916.
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Abstract Many countries can not provide yet an adequate haemophilia care for their patients. Albania is among the countries that are trying now to improve its healthcare system but still do not have fully implemented it. As to the Haemophilia treatment the need of FVIII for patients exceeds the available resources thus jeopardizing the possibilities of having I place prophilaxis and/or major chirurgic treatments. Tuscany is one of the region in Italy where the rate of Albanian inhabitant people is higher. Among them many are also blood donors and the links between Italians and the Albanian community are quite strong as well as the Tuscany commitment toward Albania in the general health system (many are the programs put in place by the International Health Cooperation of Tuscany). In this context in 2013 a joint program between Hospital Mother Teresa in Tirana and Hospital Meyer in Florence was undersigned for the supply of 3 MIU of FVIII at 9 cents/I.U. from donors of the region each year for three years. Albania recognizes that hemophilia treatment is a urgent part of their healthcare plan and expects to be able soon to provide more funds to continue this program. Albania has been offered more FVIII from Italian donors for at least a 5 years period in the framework of an Italian recent law that is encouraging the use of FVIII in excess to Italian needs for other countries and with the support of Kedrion , who Is the company fractionating the plasma from Tuscany donors into finished product. Kedrion not only committed to pay for the shipping of goods from Italy to Albania but it is also acting as a partner and liaison between Tuscany and the country Industry should take note that with local philanthropy and financial support from the biologic industry one can achieve both improving healthcare and not just donating product but working with developing countries to make them support their population. Disclosures Aledort: Kedrion: Other: chair scientific advisory committee for kedrion.
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Shparberg, Anna L. "Google Books Ngram Viewer." Charleston Advisor 23, no. 1 (July 1, 2021): 16–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5260/chara.23.1.16.
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The Google Books Ngram Viewer is a data mining tool that searches datasets derived from Google Books to generate frequency charts of language usage from the dawn of print until the present time. The available languages are English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, and Russian. With a database in excess of two trillion words, it is the largest corpus of linguistics information in existence. In spite of concerns about the reliability of metadata used in Ngram Viewer, it is still viewed as a valuable resource for research into long-term cultural trends.
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Belvedere, Valeria, and Annalisa Tunisini. "Customer-driven supply chains: Trends and practices in leading Italian companies." MERCATI & COMPETITIVITÀ, no. 4 (January 2020): 29–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/mc4-2019oa9057.
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This paper aims at understanding whether and to what extent companies are facing the challenge of improving their supply chains according to a customer-driven approach. Although the most recent supply chain management literature developed theoretical reflections and conceptualizations on the need for customer centricity in supply chain management, companies' practice does not seem to follow these prescriptions and the empirical research highlighted a frequent misalignment between market strategy and supply chain management processes. The aim of this paper is to bridge these two perspectives by answering two research questions. First, how are companies revising their supply chains, that is, what is the nature of the most recent projects concerning supply chain improvements? Second, to what extent are companies that invest in such projects prioritizing those specific projects that make a concrete alignment between market orientation and supply chain operating conditions possible? The paper reports and discusses the findings of an empirical investigation conducted among leading Italian companies or Italian subsidiaries of multinational companies. In particular, a two-step research was conducted, consisting of ten indepth interviews and a survey. According to our study, Italian companies are revising their supply chains to provide prompt availability of the product in different (but coordinated) distribution channels. This led to the launch of projects related to Demand Forecasting and to Omnichannel strategy adoption. However, in most cases, the managerial and technological readiness of companies is not in line with the relevance of the challenges. Another area of improvement concerns projects aimed at adopting up-to-date technologies, mostly connected to the Industry 4.0 paradigm, to improve operational performance. In this case the major opportunities perceived by the companies relate to the adoption of Big Data Analytics in order to better understand market trends
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Perna, Simone, Clara Gasparri, Cinzia Ferraris, Gaetan Claude Barrile, Alessandro Cavioni, Francesca Mansueto, Zaira Patelli, et al. "Validation of the Italian Version of the SARC-F Questionnaire to Assess Sarcopenia in Older Adults." Nutrients 14, no. 12 (June 18, 2022): 2533. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14122533.
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Background: SARC-F is a simple sarcopenia screening tool. This study aimed to examine the validity of the Italian version of SARC-F. Methods: A total of 97 elderly individuals (37/60 males/females, 65 years and older) who met the study’s selection criteria were included. SARC-F was translated into the Italian language in a culturally responsive manner. The total score was calculated by adding the scores on the five items. The participants were divided into two groups according to the total score (SARC-F < 4 vs. SARC-F ≥ 4), and their associations with various factors (handgrip test, chair stand test, and Skeletal Muscle Index assessed by DXA) have been examined by gender. In addition, the tool’s validity was analyzed by comparing it with different international working group diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia. Results: The total prevalence of sarcopenia according to the SARC-F was 14.2% and, specifically, 12.8% among men and 14.3% in women. The sensitivity of the SARC-F was (male (M): 11–50% and female (F): 22–36%) medium-low compared with the European, international, and Asian criteria of sarcopenia; however, SARC-F showed a high specificity (M: 77.3–100% and F: 79.5–100%) and a moderate Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of (0.669 (CI95%: 0.358–0.830). The participants in the SARC-F ≥ 4 group had poorer handgrip for EWGSOP2 (p < 0.001) and chair stand (p < 0.001) than the participants in the SARC-F < 4 group. Conclusions: The Italian language version of SARC-F showed high specificity, moderate reliability, and good associations with other predictive tests. The Italian version of SARC-F appears to be a useful screening tool for the diagnosis of sarcopenia in Italian elderly populations.
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Bachman, Erik, and Evan Calder. "Reopening the Matarazzo Case." Film Quarterly 65, no. 3 (2012): 59–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/fq.2012.65.3.59.
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Looking back at the postwar films of Raffaello Matarazzo (specifically, Chains, Tormento, Nobody's Children, and The White Angel), this essay comparatively resituates Italian melodrama in terms of nationally marked conceptions of the popular that help produce an alternative critical perspective onto the period to that offered by neorealism.
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Panunzi, Alessandro, and Valentina Saccone. "Complex Illocutive Units in L-AcT: An Analysis of Non-Terminal Prosodic Breaks of Bound and Multiple Comments / Unidades Ilocucionárias Complexas na L-AcT: uma análise de quebras prosódicas não-terminais em Comentários Ligados e Comentários Múltiplos." REVISTA DE ESTUDOS DA LINGUAGEM 26, no. 4 (October 11, 2018): 1647. http://dx.doi.org/10.17851/2237-2083.26.4.1647-1674.
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Abstract: This work presents a pilot study for a prosodic analysis of two different spoken structures in spoken Italian within the theoretical framework of the Language into Act Theory (L-AcT): (i) chains of two or more Bound Comments (COB) that do not form a compositional informative and prosodic unit; (ii) compositional Information Units formed by two or more Multiple Comments (CMM), linked together by a conventional prosodic model that implements specific meta-illocutive structures. This work analyzes COBs and CMMs from the DB-IPIC Italian Minicorpus. Different prosodic cues are taken into account: f0 reset, pauses, final lengthening, intensity lowering and initial rush. The distinctive feature for COBs is a flat trend of f0 before the boundary, with a low number of f0 reset, while CMMs vary between different f0 shapes. Vowel elongation and a no rushing speech rate cooperate in perceiving the prolongation of one COB into another. Initial rush is a characteristic feature of CMMs, while the lengthening of the last vowel of the unit is easier to find at the end of a COB than in a CMM.Keywords: prosody; spontaneous speech segmentation; non-terminal breaks; L-AcT.Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta um estudo piloto sobre uma análise prosódica de duas estruturas distintas em italiano falado, sob a perspectiva da Teoria da Língua em Ato (L-AcT): (i) cadeiras de dois ou mais Comentários Ligados (COB) que não formam uma unidade informacional e prosódica composicional; (ii) unidades informacionais composicionais formadas por dois ou mais Comentários Múltiplos (CMM), ligados entre si por um modelo prosódico convencional que implementa estruturas metailocutivas específicas. Os COBs e CMMs analisados foram extraídos do minicorpus italiano disponível no DB-IPIC. Diferentes aspectos prosódicos são levados em conta: reset de f0, pausas, alongamento final, abaixamento de intensidade e rush inicial. O traço distintivo para os COBs é uma tendência a achatamento de f0 antes da fronteira, com um baixo número de reset de f0, enquanto os CMMs variam entre diferentes formatos de f0. Alongamento de vogal e uma velocidade de fala sem rushing cooperam na percepção do prolongamento de um COB naquele que o segue. O rush inicial é um traço característico dos CMMs, enquanto o alongamento da última vogal da unidade é mais fácil de encontrar ao final de um COB do que de um CMM.Palavras-chave: prosódia; segmentação da fala espontânea; quebras não-terminais; L-Act
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Durston, Alan. "Ippolito Galante y la filología quechua en los años 1930 y 1940." Lexis 38, no. 2 (January 20, 2014): 307–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.18800/lexis.201402.003.
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ResumenEn los años 1930 y 1940, el filólogo y diplomático italiano Ippolito Galante realizó las primeras ediciones críticas de textos coloniales en quechua, entre ellos el Manuscrito de Huarochirí. Fue también el director fundador del Instituto de Filología de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, donde estableció una cátedra de quechua en 1938. Su legado para la filología y la lingüística quechuas fue importante y duradero, pero también tuvo algunas limitaciones claves. Este artículo examina la carrera de Ippolito Galante y los contextos políticos y culturales de sus proyectos quechuistas, especialmente las reacciones encontradas que provocaron en Lima.Palabras clave: filología quechua, Ippolito Galante, lingüística amerindia, ideologías lingüísticas AbstractIn the 1930s and 1940s, the Italian philologist and diplomat Ippolito Galante made the first critical editions of colonial texts in Quechua, including the Huarochirí Manuscript. He was also the founding director of the Institute of Philology of the Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, where he established a chair of Quechua in 1938. His legacy for Quechua philology and linguistics was significant and durable, but also had some key limitations. This article examines the career of Ippolito Galante and the political and cultural contexts of his Quechuist projects, especially the mixed reactions they provoked in Lima.Keywords: Quechua Philology, Ippolito Galante, Amerindian Linguistics, linguistic ideologies
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Notarnicola, B., P. A. Renzulli, F. Astuto, R. Di Capua, and U. G. Spizzirri. "The ILCIDAF project for the development of an Italian Life Cycle Inventory Database of agri-food products: the bread production phase." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1269, no. 1 (November 1, 2023): 012029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1269/1/012029.
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Abstract The Project of Significant National Interest (PRIN, 2017) entitled: "Italian Life Cycle Inventory Database of Agri-Food Products" (ILCIDAF), financed by the Ministry of University and Research, aims to promote the sustainability of the agri-food sector through the development of a database on a national and regional scale for some food chains that are significant for the Italian economy The objective is to create datasets for the Italian agri-food sector which current existing databases do not provide. Specifically, datasets that are geographically, temporally and technologically representative of the Italian national territory were developed. The selected supply chains are: bread and pasta, wine, olive oil and citrus fruits respectively studied by four scientific units: the Universities of Bari, Chieti-Pescara, Messina and Reggio Calabria respectively. The database is constructed considering the entire supply chain of the indicated foodstuffs. The University of Bari, to which the authors of this work belong to, has previously provided contributions on the agricultural phase of wheat, the milling phase and the pasta-making phase. In this work, on the other hand, the phases of the bread-making process of durum and soft wheat bread are described. The aim of this study is to construct datasets relating to the transformation phase of the indicated end products. In particular, 5 datasets were constructed: two relating to bread made from soft wheat flour, 2 with durum wheat semolina and 1 with wholemeal durum wheat semolina. The data was acquired through information provided by the companies in the sector (field data) through the completion of appropriately drafted questionnaires and company reports. In addition, the same analysed and processed were compared with data available in scientific literature.
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Koenderink, Jan, Andrea van Doorn, Baingio Pinna, and Robert Pepperell. "Arm Chair Perspective Preferences." Art and Perception 4, no. 1-2 (December 8, 2016): 39–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22134913-00002044.
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Do generic observers in their free-style viewing of postcard-size pictures have a preference for specific modes of perspective rendering? This most likely depends upon the phrasing of the question. Here we consider the feeling of ‘presence’: does the observer experience a sense of being ‘immersed in the scene’? We had 40 Italian naïve participants and 19 British art students rate three types of rendering of ten ‘typical holiday pictures’. All pictures represented 130° over the width of the picture. They were rendered in linear perspective, Hauck maps, and Postel maps. The results are clearcut. About a quarter of the participants prefer linear perspective, whereas the Hauck map is preferred by more than half of the participants. Naïve observers and art students agree. Architectural scenes are somewhat more likely to be preferred in perspective. Preferences are not randomly distributed, but participants have remarkable idiosyncratic affinities, a small group for perspective projection, a larger group for the Hauck map. Such facts might find application in the viewing of photographs on handheld electronic display devices.
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Ricci, Elena, Massimo Peri, and Lucia Baldi. "The Effects of Agricultural Price Instability on Vertical Price Transmission: A Study of the Wheat Chain in Italy." Agriculture 9, no. 2 (February 15, 2019): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9020036.
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In this paper we analyse vertical price transmission in two typical Italian wheat chains, the pasta and bread chains, that were particularly affected by strong market fluctuations during the last years. After having split the chains into two sides, upstream (farm–wholesale) and downstream (wholesale–retail), we apply a cointegration methodology allowing for the presence of potentially unknown structural breaks. Then, for the different subperiods detected by the break dates, we investigate the evolving price transmission elasticities finding evidence of asymmetric price transmission. In the pasta chain, farmers seem to be price-takers, while in the bread chain price transmission is related to market structure and to the coexistence of small and large retailers.
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Armando, Silvia. "Ugo Monneret de Villard (1881–1954) and the Establishment of Islamic Art Studies in Italy." Muqarnas Online 30, no. 1 (January 29, 2014): 35–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22118993-0301p0004.
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Ugo Monneret de Villard was the main Italian scholar of Islamic art in the twentieth century. Where and why did this engineer from Milan start cultivating this interest? How did his work come to be appreciated at the highest academic levels? This article delineates Monneret’s long training through an examination of his readings and writings, travels, and exchanges with other scholars, all of which influenced his working methodology, leading him to archaeological missions in Africa and predisposing his discovery of Islamic art. A fundamental focus is given to the idea of studying Islamic art objects and monuments in Italy. Unpublished archival sources reveal that in the mid-1930s Monneret was the essential point of reference of a group of intellectuals, distant from the academic Scienza ufficiale, whose intention was to promote the study of Islamic art in Italy. These intellectuals had the double goal of instituting a chair of Islamic art and of preserving the Islamic artistic heritage of southern Italy. Newly discovered documents reveal the early civic engagement and nature of a project that manifested itself years later in Monneret’s catalogue “Opere di arte islamica in Italia,” unfortunately still unpublished. The missed opportunity of creating an academic post demonstrates the scant attention given to the discipline by Italian public institutions. On the other hand, Monneret’s original interest in the Cappella Palatina ceilings is seen to be part of his broader project. A fresh look at already known sources allows us to reconstruct the editorial phases of Monneret’s masterpiece and discloses the fundamental role played by American institutions and scholars. Monneret de Villard’s multifaceted scientific profile is the “lens” through which it is possible to examine the history of Islamic art studies in Italy in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Ferretti, R., E. Pichelli, S. Gentile, I. Maiello, D. Cimini, S. Davolio, M. M. Miglietta, et al. "Overview of the first HyMeX Special Observation Period over Italy: observations and model results." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 10, no. 9 (September 23, 2013): 11643–710. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hessd-10-11643-2013.
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Abstract. During the first Hymex campaign (5 September–6 November 2012) referred to as Special Observation Period (SOP-1), dedicated to heavy precipitation events and flash floods in Western Mediterranean, three Italian hydro-meteorological monitoring sites were activated: Liguria-Tuscany, North-Eastern Italy and Central Italy. The extraordinary deployment of advanced instrumentation, including instrumented aircrafts, and the use of several different operational weather forecast models has allowed an unprecedented monitoring and analysis of high impact weather events around the Italian hydro-meteorological sites. This activity has seen the strict collaboration between the Italian scientific and operational communities. In this paper, an overview of the Italian organization during the SOP-1 is provided, and selected Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs) are described. A significant event for each Italian target area is chosen for this analysis: IOP2 (12–13 September 2012) in North-Eastern Italy, IOP13 (15–16 October 2012) in Central Italy and IOP19 (3–5 November 2012) in Liguria and Tuscany. For each IOP the meteorological characteristics, together with special observations and weather forecasts, are analyzed with the aim of highlighting strengths and weaknesses of the forecast modeling systems. Moreover, using one of the three events, the usefulness of different operational chains is highlighted.
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Agostino, Mariarosaria, Emanuele Brancati, Anna Giunta, Domenico Scalera, and Francesco Trivieri. "Firms' efficiency and global value chains: An empirical investigation on Italian industry." World Economy 43, no. 4 (October 9, 2019): 1000–1033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/twec.12866.
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Marletto, Gerardo, and Cécile Sillig. "Environmental impact of Italian canned tomato logistics: national vs. regional supply chains." Journal of Transport Geography 34 (January 2014): 131–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.12.002.
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Seghieri, Chiara, Leonardo Casini, and Francesco Torrisi. "The wine consumer's behaviour in selected stores of Italian major retailing chains." International Journal of Wine Business Research 19, no. 2 (June 12, 2007): 139–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17511060710758696.
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Chiarvesio, Maria, Eleonora Di Maria, and Stefano Micelli. "Global Value Chains and Open Networks: The Case of Italian Industrial Districts." European Planning Studies 18, no. 3 (March 2010): 333–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654310903497637.
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Accetturo, Antonio, and Anna Giunta. "Value chains and the great recession: Evidence from Italian and German firms." International Economics 153 (May 2018): 55–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2017.07.002.
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Branchini, Chiara, Anna Cardinaletti, Carlo Cecchetto, Caterina Donati, and Carlo Geraci. "wh-duplication in Italian Sign Language (LIS)." Sign Language Syntax from a Formal Perspective 16, no. 2 (December 12, 2013): 157–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sll.16.2.03bra.
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This paper focuses on those wh-questions in Italian Sign Language (LIS) featuring two lexically identical wh-signs. We show that wh1 (the first wh in linear order) is shorter than wh2 (the second wh in liner order). However, there is evidence that this different duration is due to a phrase-final lengthening, as wh2 occupies a sentence-final position. We therefore conclude that the two wh-signs are identical full copies: one sitting in Spec,CP on the right in LIS and the other one sitting in Spec,FocP on the left. We show that this construction yields a (focused) cleft question interpretation and we speculate that both copies are phonologically realized because the wh-signs in Spec,CP and Spec,FocP are the heads of two distinct chains. Finally, we distinguish identical wh-duplication from improper wh-duplication, namely cases where one of the two wh-elements is what we call qartichoke, an underspecified interrogative sign only surfacing in wh-questions.
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Kapała, Anna. "Sprzedaż wina w ramach lokalnych systemów żywnościowych na przykładzie prawa włoskiego." Przegląd Prawa Rolnego, no. 2(25) (June 29, 2020): 203–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/ppr.2019.25.2.13.
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The purpose of the considerations is to determine in what forms under Italian law wine producers-farmers may sell wine directly to consumers it it meets the criteria of local food systems. In this respect, the regulations on direct sales, so-called “wine routes,” agro-tourism, and farmers’ markets, as well as the “agricultural products from zero kilometres” indications have been analysed. It has been established that Italian laws allow selling wine in all the forms of the short supply chains analysed in the study. Legal provisions in this respect govern farmers and the agricultural products they produce, both unprocessed and processed, including wine. What is more, there is a special instrument created to support the sale of wine in short supply chains – “wine routes” while the Law on Agritourism explicitly allows the serving of wine produced on a given farm. All these represent a form of implementing the idea of local food systems where the conditions such as close proximity between the place of production and the place of sale, direct or close social relationship between the producer and the consumer, the lack of intermediaries or the participation of only one intermediary, are satisfied.
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Podgorny, Irina. "Les chemins nord–italiens de la préhistoire en Amérique du Sud: Argentine & Uruguay (1860–1880)." ORGANON 55 (December 12, 2023): 79–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/00786500.org.23.004.18781.
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North Italian Paths of Prehistory in South America: Argentine & Uruguay (1860–1880) This article aims to analyse the reception of the most well known works and discoveries in European prehistory in Argentina and Uruguay. The aim is to assess how terms and typologies proposed by French authors were adapted and challenged at a local level. Prehistorians from the north of the Italian peninsula played a fundamental role in this process. The article also refers to the news published in the Argentine press about the discoveries made in Europe, which inspired new vocations, particularly under the impetus of the professors in charge of the chair of natural history at the University of Buenos Aires.
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Ferretti, R., E. Pichelli, S. Gentile, I. Maiello, D. Cimini, S. Davolio, M. M. Miglietta, et al. "Overview of the first HyMeX Special Observation Period over Italy: observations and model results." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 18, no. 5 (May 26, 2014): 1953–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1953-2014.
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Abstract. The Special Observation Period (SOP1), part of the HyMeX campaign (Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean Experiments, 5 September–6 November 2012), was dedicated to heavy precipitation events and flash floods in the western Mediterranean, and three Italian hydro-meteorological monitoring sites were identified: Liguria–Tuscany, northeastern Italy and central Italy. The extraordinary deployment of advanced instrumentation, including instrumented aircrafts, and the use of several different operational weather forecast models, including hydrological models and marine models, allowed an unprecedented monitoring and analysis of high-impact weather events around the Italian hydro-meteorological sites. This activity has seen strong collaboration between the Italian scientific and operational communities. In this paper an overview of the Italian organization during SOP1 is provided, and selected Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs) are described. A significant event for each Italian target area is chosen for this analysis: IOP2 (12–13 September 2012) in northeastern Italy, IOP13 (15–16 October 2012) in central Italy and IOP19 (3–5 November 2012) in Liguria and Tuscany. For each IOP the meteorological characteristics, together with special observations and weather forecasts, are analyzed with the aim of highlighting strengths and weaknesses of the forecast modeling systems, including the hydrological impacts. The usefulness of having different weather forecast operational chains characterized by different numerical weather prediction models and/or different model set up or initial conditions is finally shown for one of the events (IOP19).
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Limentani, Uberto. "Leone and Arthur Serena and the Cambridge Chair of Italian, 1919-1934." Modern Language Review 92, no. 4 (October 1997): 877. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3734207.
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Nassimbeni, G., and M. Sartor *. "The internationalization of local manufacturing systems: evidence from the Italian chair district." Production Planning & Control 16, no. 5 (July 2005): 470–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537280500110912.
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Mammadova, Aynur, Mauro Masiero, and Davide Pettenella. "Embedded Deforestation: The Case Study of the Brazilian–Italian Bovine Leather Trade." Forests 11, no. 4 (April 22, 2020): 472. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11040472.
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Deforestation and forest degradation driven by Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) are important sources of carbon emissions. Market globalization and trade liberalization policies reinforce this trend and risk deforestation to be embedded in global value chains. Due to the complexity of global production and trade systems, deforestation risk is also embedded in the supply chains of the products and sectors that are not direct deforestation drivers. Bovine leather is a commodity closely entangled in the debates about deforestation as it is a by-product of cattle. This research focuses on leather trade between Brazil and Italy to demonstrate the channels through which Italian imports of Brazilian leather could possess embedded Amazonian deforestation and related risks. The data employed for the analysis was searched at three different levels for the leather trade between Brazil and Italy: (a) the country level annual leather trade statistics for the years 2014–2018 taken from the Comtrade database; (b) the state level leather trade data, for the years 2014–2018 taken from the Comexstat database; and (c) the exporter–importer level leather trade data for the period of August 2017–August 2018, based on customs declarations. The analysis helps to demonstrate that the Italian leather trade with Brazil possesses the risk of deforestation unless the proper traceability and due diligence systems are in place to claim the opposite. The European and Italian leather industry need to be more proactive in acknowledging the existence of the risk at different levels, putting full traceability systems in place and sending out clear market signals that deforestation is not tolerated, and that sustainability is valued.
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Peira, Giovanni, Damiano Cortese, Giampiero Lombardi, and Luigi Bollani. "Grass-Fed Milk Perception: Profiling Italian Consumer." Sustainability 12, no. 24 (December 11, 2020): 10348. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410348.
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This paper aims at analyzing the consumers’ perception of grass-fed milk so as to understand if a production based on a sustainable business model could represent a response to new and emerging needs in consumption. The sample of the study was constituted by a total of 750 Italian members of the International Association Slow Food. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to summarize the quantitative variables, which, grouped in “dimensions”, were used as input for multivariate statistics (HCA, MCA) in order to define and explain consumer profiles. Our data confirm an in-progress change in milk consumption: Consumers were more oriented towards quality, local supply chains, traceability, and are characterized by an increasing propensity to a higher expense for grass-fed milk. Further research will enlarge the proposed panorama covering a sample of more general consumers. The study was a preliminary market analysis that could be used as the basis for a production, distribution, and consumption chain grass-fed-based model. Grass-fed milk is a product linking individual and societal needs for more sustainable production and entrepreneurship that creates a higher value product aligned with market needs.
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Sellar, Christian. "Transnationalizing bureaucracies through investment promotion: The case of Informest." Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 37, no. 3 (July 12, 2018): 461–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399654418787192.
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This paper uses Bourdieu’s notion of field to discuss the historical process of transnationalization in national and local-level bureaucracies, due to the promotion of firms’ internationalization and value chains restructuring. By drawing on the case study of a single Italian state agency, Informest, analyzed within a larger field of public and private actors promoting Italian firms beyond borders, this paper makes the following contributions: (a) it critiques the too narrow notion of the “political” in political geography by claiming the need to include transnational firms and entrepreneurs among the actors shaping changes to the spatial reach of certain state bureaucracies, allowing them to operate across national borders to better serve firms; (b) it argues that Bourdieu’s notion of field is an effective theoretical tool to analyze synergies and mutual influences between bureaucracies and firms value chains; (c) in so doing, it places firms alongside foreign policy and domestic political struggles to explain the emergence of outward investment promotion as a field of transnational bureaucratic practice; (d) It highlights the need to not take bureaucratic organizations for granted; instead, it focuses on the broader (geo)political processes leading to the birth, growth, and occasional death of transnational bureaucracies. In so doing, it places the transnationalization of Italy’s bureaucracy in a specific geohistorical context.
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Barros Lovate Temporim, Ramoon, Gianluca Cavalaglio, Alessandro Petrozzi, Valentina Coccia, Franco Cotana, and Andrea Nicolini. "Life Cycle Assessment of Cynara cardunculus L.-Based Polygeneration and Biodiesel Chains." Sustainability 14, no. 21 (October 25, 2022): 13868. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142113868.
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Given the current scenario of increasing environmental problems associated with the need for rapid energy transition, this article aimed to investigate the implementation of Cynara cardunculus L. (cardoon), a plant with high environmental performance, as a source of energy resources. This study presented thLife Cycle Assessment of two energy production chains—for the polygeneration of power, heat, and cooling; and to produce biodiesel—fed with cardoon seeds, in addition to comparing these chains with the use of the traditional Italian grids (power and gas) and with the production of diesel based on palm, soybean, and rapeseed. Approximately 49 t of seeds were cultivated and processed, yielding 8.5 t of oil. The system boundaries encompass three main macro-phases, cardoon production, oil extraction, and, depending on the application, energy generation (polygeneration) or transesterification (biodiesel). The models were developed using the software SimaPro V9.3.0.2, and the inventory was based on the database ecoinvent V3.8. The Life Cycle Impact Assessment was performed using the ReCiPe V1.06 method at the midpoint (H) and endpoint (H/A) levels. Crude cardoon oil showed a global warming of 20–55% lower than other vegetable oils (palm, soybean, and rapeseed). In the case of biodiesel production, cardoon-based biodiesel presented a reduction in the impact burden by 12–57% compared to biodiesel based on palm, soybean, and rapeseed. With the use of oil in Polygeneration, a subtle increase in the impact burden was observed, with 13% more impact than the use of Italian power and gas grids.
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Patrizio, P., S. Leduc, D. Chinese, and F. Kraxner. "Internalizing the external costs of biogas supply chains in the Italian energy sector." Energy 125 (April 2017): 85–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.033.
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Coluccia, Benedetta, Giulio Paolo Agnusdei, Pier Paolo Miglietta, and Federica De Leo. "Effects of COVID-19 on the Italian agri-food supply and value chains." Food Control 123 (May 2021): 107839. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107839.
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Giulia, Giulia, and Giovanni Orlandini. "THE ITALIAN WAY TO INTERNAL DEVALUATION AND SOCIAL ACTORS’ STRATEGIES AGAINST AUSTERITY AND THE FLEXIBILIZATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET." Revista Direito das Relações Sociais e Trabalhistas 4, no. 2 (October 10, 2019): 129–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.26843/mestradodireito.v4i2.159.
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Introduction: the Italian way to internal devaluation; 1.a Precarization of labour and weakening of trade union action at company level (amendment of dismissal law); 1.b Circumvention of the CCNL by means of exceptional employment contracts; 1.c Downward competition on labour costs by means of outsourcing and value chains; 1.d Promotion of decentralized collective bargaining and its power to derogate from the law and freezing of collective bargaining in the public sector; 2. The trade union(s) strategies; 2.a Bargaining strategy; 2.b Judicial strategy; 2.c Confrontational strategy; 3. New challenges for workers and new challenges for their organization(s); 3.a Italian trade unions’ strategies; 3.b Alternative experiences of (and in favour of) precarious workers; 4. Anti-austerity protests: the involvement of trade unions and social movements; 5. Concluding remarks; Bibliography.
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Marcone, Maria Rosaria. "Innovative Supply Chain in Made-in-Italy System. The Case of Medium-Sized Firms." Journal of Corporate Governance, Insurance, and Risk Management 6, no. 2 (April 25, 2019): 50–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.56578/jcgirm060204.
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This paper aims to provide the empirical evidence of the interaction mechanism in the open innovation system with particular attention to aesthetic and rational innovation in an Italian creative sector. Factors including rapid technological development, the advent of innovative openness processes involving sub-sectors belonging to diversified supply chains, shorter product life cycles, more diversified and customized, demande and fierce marketing competition, make today’s business model increasingly unpredictable and risky. Building on relational based view, resource-based view and network analysis the purpose of this paper is to empirically explore the relationships among supply chain integration (SCI) and inter-company performance in global diversified supply chain. This is an exploratory study and the qualitative research method has been employed. This research has founded its context in the Italian knitwear sector which is part of the creative industries of the Italian fashion system. The data were collected through a series of semi-structured interviews with workers belonging to various areas of activity and with external actors such as yarn suppliers, buyers, institutional and non-institutional lenders. The purpose of this research is also to promote research methodological approaches to analyse different uncertainty scenarios for the future.