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Supplementary information of the paper “Beyond vegetables: effects of indoor LED light on specialized metabolite biosynthesis in medicinal and aromatic plants, edible flowers, and microgreens”
No full textThis file contains the supplementary information of the paper “Beyond vegetables: effects of indoor LED light on specialized metabolite biosynthesis in medicinal and aromatic plants, edible flowers, and microgreens
Locally- but not Globally-identified SVARs
Get PDFThis paper analyzes Structural Vector Autoregressions (SVARs) where identification of structural parameters holds locally but not globally. In this case there exists a set of isolated structural parameter points that are observationally equivalent under the imposed restrictions. Although the data do not inform us which observationally equivalent point should be selected, the common frequentist practice is to obtain one as a maximum likelihood estimate and perform impulse response analysis accordingly. For Bayesians, the lack of global identification translates to non-vanishing sensitivity of the posterior to the prior, and the multi-modal likelihood gives rise to computational challenges as posterior sampling algorithms can fail to explore all the modes. This paper overcomes these challenges by proposing novel estimation and inference procedures. We characterize a class of identifying restrictions that deliver local but non-global identification, and the resulting number of observationally equivalent parameter values. We propose algorithms to exhaustively compute all admissible structural parameters given reduced-form parameters and utilize them to sample from the multi-modal posterior. In addition, viewing the set of observationally equivalent parameter points as the identified set, we develop Bayesian and frequentist procedures for inference on the corresponding set of impulse responses. An empirical example illustrates our proposal
Una panoramica sull'autotraduzione
Get PDFSELF-TRANSLATION: AN OVERVIEW • Since the last quarter of the twentieth century the phenomenon of self-translation has
gained increasing interest, leading to the development of a separate branch of research called
“Self-Translation Studies” (Simona Anselmi; Chiara Lusetti). The paper is an attempt to present
a comprehensive overview of self-translation, from both the historical and theoretical point
of view. The starting point for this article is an evocative statement by Andrea Ceccherelli that
self-translation is «a little less of a translation and a little less of an original». Subsequently, the
article discusses the key information on the phenomenon itself and on the related research
discipline. It then outlines major studies, crucial problems and definitions, as well as necessary
conditions and the main contexts of occurrence. Finally it illustrates a historical-geographical
panorama of cases (examples) and draws further research perspectives and opportunities
Platforms have the Power... and People can take it
Get PDFSince capitalism has been “electrionified”, then “digitalized” and finally “platformized”, data have become a source of economic and political power: “the social relation
mediated by data elaboration” is today leaded by Big Tech such as Amazon that should be conceived as an economic,
social, and political actor holding a power with no precedent in capitalism history.
Since 1990s we lived a process of digitalization that after economic crisis of 2007/08 substantiated into what Nick
Srnicek labelled as “Platform Capitalism”.
In the following pages scholars approaching the topic from different parts of the World will contribute to inquiry this
paradigm. Starting from «the promise of simplicity» that on-demand economy offers (see Hlongwa), authors don’t miss to
focus «on the interconnections between ecommerce, financial, and logistics operations» (see Filippetto and Harracà)
behind the implementation of digital technologies. This means to consider the infrastructural role of platforms (Berfelde) or the business model that lies behind firms such Amazon (Rispoli), as well as to investigate platform labour since – as Fagioli states – «work organisation is a central issue in reflections on platform capitalism». Thus, in conclusion of the book, we propose “a manifesto for
struggling within and against platform capitalism” where we try to sum up in eleven theses not only the main features
that characterize platform capitalism today but also the traces for its overcoming
Uncertainty spill-overs: when policy and financial realms overlap
Get PDFNo matter its source, financial- or policy-related, uncertainty can feed onto itself, concealing its true origin and leading to identification challenges in empirical applications. We add to the existing stock of analytical methods able to disentangle among various types of uncertainty shocks, by generalising an identification approach based on magnitude restrictions to a multi-country setting. Within the Euro Area, we find evidence of sizable spill-overs arising from country-specific uncertainty shocks, with financial realm being a more important source than the policy realm. By leveraging on the flexibility of our identification strategy, we quantify the valuation ‘mistakes’ that arise from the inability to separate uncertainty shock types within a given country; we then show that the implicit under/over-valuations can be related to some simple cross-sectional indicators of financial and political stability, especially before the 2008/2009 crisis. A comparison between the responses of sovereign yields within and outside the Euro Area suggests strong within institutional arrangements and risk-sharing mechanisms that can blur the thin separation line between uncertainty shock types. In this context, we find that ECB reacted to those identified uncertainty shocks with the highest potential to spill over abroad, thus filling a leadership vacuum within the Euro Area
DISTAL informa Newsletter Agosto 2022
Get PDFBollettino di informazione che raccoglie eventi, notizie, articoli e attività del DISTAL. A cura dell'Area Comunicazione DISTA
PLUS.WP7 Bologna Sopolabs
No full textThe dataset consists of summaries of the two social policy laboratory (Sopolab) sessions conducted in Bologna. The goal of the labs was to engage variety of stakeholders and to trigger a debate on problems, challenges and possible policy solutions related to platform work, including to disseminate PLUS results and to produce shared policy proposals and disseminate best practices.
“PLUS_16H_PLUS.WP7 Bologna Sopolabs_Labour_20201021” gives an overview of the local level SoPo lab on the topic "Labour Rights and organization in Platform Economy” that took place 21 October 2020. Several stakeholders engaged with platform economy were recruited to discuss issues related to labour organization and platform workers’ rights in the context of COVID19 pandemic.
“PLUS_16H_PLUS.WP7 Bologna Sopolabs_Welfare_20220126” gives an overview of the local level SoPo lab on the topic “How to innovate Welfare for Platform Workers” that took place 26 January 2022. It aimed to identify practical initiatives that can be taken to extend welfare and social security coverage for platform workers
Le città italiane e il PNRR
Get PDFThis study aims at analysing and evaluating 11 NRRP measures of significant
interest for Italian cities. These measures, for which 20.5 billion were allocated
in 2021-22, concern interventions of urban regeneration, on public transport
networks and vehicles, on ports, judicial buildings and public residential buildings.
Their characteristics, possible beneficiaries and the criteria for the allocation
of resources are presented. As the allocation was based on different criteria for
individual measures and it did not give any attention whatsoever to their overall
impact, significant disparities emerge. As far as metropolitan cities are concerned,
investments are way larger in the capitals than in the other municipalities;
Rome, Naples, Turin and Milan receive lower investments, measured per capita,
compared to the others. Looking at the capital cities, the disparities that emerge
are even more significant. Some cities have received a considerable amount of
resources; but the variance in the distribution is high: in as many as 40 capitals
the amount of investment received is less than half the average – among the latter,
important realities of the weakest regions, namely Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia.
38% of the total investments allocated to cities are directed to the cities of the
South, with great differences between one measure and the other one according
to the criteria used: but they tend to be concentrated in some of them only
Diritto e amministrazione della sanità - Approfondimenti a.a. 2020-2021.
Get PDFIl presente volume raccoglie i risultati dei progetti di ricerca elaborati dagli allievi del Master Universitario
di I Livello in Diritto e amministrazione della sanità, svoltosi nell’a.a. 2020/2021 presso la Scuola di
Specializzazione in Studi sull’Amministrazione Pubblica dell’Alma Mater Studiorum- Università di
Bologna.
Gli studi redatti si propongono di analizzare alcune tematiche del settore medico-sanitario, ritenute di
particolare rilevanza e attualità in quanto il perdurare dell’emergenza legata alla pandemia da SARS-CoV-2
ha fatto emergere nuove esigenze e problematicità per la cui risoluzione occorre individuare gli strumenti
adeguati, spesso basandosi sulla riconsiderazione dei modelli utilizzati in precedenza.
I temi selezionati riguardano: Gli strumenti di governo coordinato della sanità (a cura di Claudia
Tubertini); Vaccini e pandemia: problematiche giuridiche (a cura di Marcella Gola); Public procurement in
sanità tra programmazione e flessibilità (a cura di Pietro Acri); L'amministrazione sanitaria tra scienza e
diritti dei cittadini (a cura di Daniele Donati)
REINSER 2022 International Conference for Sharing Best Practices: Economic and Social Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers through Social Entrepreneurship. Book of abstracts.
Get PDFThis book collects the proceedings of the Conference “Economic and Social Integration of Asylum Seekers and Refugees through Social Entrepreneurship – International Conference for Sharing Best Practices” held at the Forlì Campus of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna on the 10th and 11th of March 2022.
The organisation of the conference took place in the framework of the Interreg-ADRION-funded project REInSER. The project aims to improve the economic and social integration of refugees and asylum seekers in host societies of the ADRION area by using social economy approaches and, in particular, social entrepreneurship (SE). The long-term objective is to enhance the possibilities for refugees to become active economic actors and agents of their integration in a given host society, contributing to the local and regional sustainable economic development by generating employment and supporting the creation of new social and responsible businesses