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Urban Automation
Full text linkIt was in the very spirit of engaging with the troubles and promises of automation at the urban level that we launched the call that gave origins to this volume.
We had three aims: first, to address the spatialization of automation, investigating the modes, dynamics, and vectors through which automation processes manifest in urban terms, employing a geographic lens for analysis; second, to engage
conceptually, exploring what “urban automation” means and its interpretive and epistemological potential as a theoretical framework; and, finally, to leverage these discussions to reflect on the nature of critique in contemporary contexts – to think about troubles and promises beyond the dichotomic approaches that dominate the field
Dataset for reviewing frontier agriculture in Mediterranean for food and feed production between 2018 and 2023
No full textThe following dataset was used for the publication Appolloni, E., Pennisi, G., Cerasola, V.A., Biru, W., Buchenrieder, G., Uyar, T.S., Yavuz, Y.İ. and Orsini, F. (2025). Frontier agriculture systems in the Mediterranean region: current status and future opportunities. Acta Hortic. 1422, 69-78. The dataset includes scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals accessed by Scopus by the use of selected relevant keywords to review frontier agriculture systems in Mediterranean for feed and food production. The frontier agriculture systems included are hydroponics, aquaponics, vermiculture, insect farming, rooftop agriculture, and saline agriculture
New Institutional Architectures and Substantive Rules in International Economic Law - The EU and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Full text linkParticularly since the late 1980s, International Economic Law (IEL) has been characterized by the growing pressure to be interpreted and applied, as well as redesigned and updated, as a major driver of sustainability, promoting equitable liberalization and protection of international trade and foreign investments. Within the perspective of a very ambitious UN 2030 Agenda, new international substantive and institutional rules have been discussed, and sometimes agreed on, to shape trade and investment agreements, and unilateral measures have been adopted to pursue sustainability targets when common understandings were not possible to achieve. Within this already very demanding context, first economic clashes started to arise -and explode- in particular between the United States and China; and, subsequently, the inability to find diplomatic solutions to overcome geopolitical tensions has resulted in highly thorny conflicts, putting further strain on global economic governance.
In such a difficult context, the Re-Globe Jean Monnet Module and the Interest Group on International Economic Law (DIEcon) of the Italian Society of International and EU Law (SIDI) joined forces to analyse this new complex reality and systematize the proposals seeking stability and fairness, guaranteeing core labour and environmental standards, and keeping global warming under control.
The present open-access book, therefore, gathers together -with the very important editing support of Klarissa Martins Sckayer Abicalam, to whom we express our gratitude- the essays produced in some of the 2023 - 2024 DIEcon and Re-Globe events, considering the IEL developments in practice and scholarship, with constant attention to the EU. In fact, the EU is a major actor in pursuing sustainability, and economic security, in its trade policy and the IEL reform processes -an approach at the centre of the Re-Globe activities, which has been highly enriched by the relevant comparative perspectives of the DIEcon experts
Le conoscenze su ambiente e salute per giustizia riparativa e democrazia deliberativa: supporto alla creazione di un atlante del rischio epidemiologico
Full text linkL'obiettivo del report è quello di analizzare i dati su ambiente e salute relativi a due Siti di Interesse Nazionale (SIN) denominati “Laghi di Mantova e Polo Chimico” in Lombardia
(comuni di Mantova e Borgo Virgilio) e “Taranto” in Puglia (comuni di Taranto e Statte).
Per il confronto tra i diversi attori sociali assume importanza strategica la condivisione di una base di informazioni, provenienti da fonti affidabili, descrittive di storia e dinamiche sociali e dello stato dell’ambiente e della salute delle popolazioni residenti nelle aree SIN. Le informazioni devono essere accessibili e consultabili, per facilitare la comprensione dello stato attuale e la discussione sulle prospettive.
Le fonti dati utilizzate sono reperite dai siti web del Ministero dell’ambiente, dalle ARPA, dallo studio Sentieri su E&P, dalla letteratura scientifica nazionale e internazionale, dalla produzione di rapporti tecnici delle Aziende sanitarie competenti. Vengono messe a disposizione con una mappatura facilitata per gli attori sociali.
In particolare, per le due aree SIN di interesse per il Progetto sono stati reperiti dati relativi allo stato di salute, aggiornati al 2018 per l’area SIN, al 2022 per comune di residenza; nel caso di Taranto sono richiamati anche dati aggregati a livello sub-comunale proveniente da uno studio di coorte residenziale seguita al 2014 e al 2018 e da uno studio denominato “referto epidemiologico” su dati fino al 2020.
I dati ambientali, demografici e sanitari raccolti sono preoccupanti a causa delle numerose e talvolta gravi anomalie emerse ed evidenziano carenze o assenze di informazioni tempestive. Le numerose differenze emerse analizzando parametri ambientali, sanitari e demografico-sociali tra aree SIN e aree esterne, e talvolta anche tra aree interne ai SIN, richiedono attente e approfondite
valutazioni sia sul piano statistico-epidemiologico sia su quello delle condizioni di deprivazione socio-economica e di fragilità. Ciò assume particolare significato anche in termini di giustizia ambientale, mettendo in rilievo lo svantaggio di chi è costretto a vivere nelle aree più impattate. Per questi motivi le caratteristiche ambientali, sanitarie e sociali debbono essere valutate anche congiuntamente. Nonostante le conoscenze su ambiente e salute siano cresciute significativamente, non si può nascondere che la mancanza di studi analitici su base sub-comunale, fatta eccezione per i pregevoli studi di coorte condotti a Taranto, e di analisi di correlazione ambiente-salute su dati aggiornati, limiti la definizione di un quadro completo e dettagliato che in aree SIN dovrebbe essere garantito a cittadini e amministratori. Le ampie conoscenze diffuse tra diversi soggetti operanti nel territorio, sebbene spesso disconnesse ed eterogenee, dovrebbero essere considerate come valore aggiunto a fini descrittivi, valutativi e di indirizzo per la governance
WRITE. Graffiti in Shanghai and Chengdu: Looking for Chinese writing, symbols and calligraphy along the streets. Dataset
No full textThe current dataset is associated with the Open Access publication “Graffiti in Shanghai and Chengdu: Looking for Chinese writing, symbols and calligraphy along the streets” (Kervan 2024, DOI https://doi.org/10.13135/1825-263X/11610). It collects the metadata descriptions of the main artworks analyzed in the publication as formalized in the “WRITE digital archive”, that is the semantic web digital archive of the WRITE project (G.A. 949645). Each file contains the metadata related not only to the artwork(s) itself, but also to its author(s), and Calli-Writing Unit(s) (CWU – artwork content unit with calligraphic features). The artworks were selected from works included in the archive as the most representative Chinese graffiti in Shanghai and Chengdu, using calligraphy and Chinese characters. The data, here provided in a machine-readable format, are already described in a discursive way in the related publication
LATONA. Functional, toxicological and technological characterization of Limosilactobacillus vaginalis BC17
No full textThis dataset contains data collected in the PoC MISE - AlmaValue project “LATONA” (“Lattobacilli della donna quali agenti bioterapeutici per promuovere il corretto sviluppo del microbiota intestinale e del sistema immunitario nel neonato”), funded by Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico on PNRR funds and within the framework of the European Commission's Next Generation EU programme.
In particular, the research focused on the vaginal strain Limosilactobacillus vaginalis BC17 and its derivatives (cell-free supernatant and heat-killed cells), and some health-promoting features were considered: (i) L. vaginalis BC17 was indagated for the ability to adhere to intestinal cells (i.e. Caco-2 and HT-29 cells) and to survive in co-incubation with them. (ii) The absence of cytotoxicity of the strain and its derivatives was demonstrated on intestinal cells lines (i.e. Caco-2 and HT-29). (iii) Any genotoxicity effects of cell-free supernatant and heat-killed cells were excluded. (iv) L. vaginalis BC17 and its derivatives were sought for the capacity to favour the adhesion of beneficial Bifidobacterium spp. and to inhibit the adhesion of enteropathogens (i.e. enterotoxigenic E. coli, Salmonella enterica, and Yersinia enterocolitica) to Caco-2 cells. (v) Anti-inflammatory properties were highlighted both on intestinal cells and macrophages models.
Moreover, the dataset provides the data relative to the development of freeze-dried tablets containing L. vaginalis BC17 or heat-killed cells in the presence of cell-free supernatant and maltodextrin. In particular, the dataset supplies raw data in terms of diameter, thickness and weight of tablets resulting from a screening procedure of different ratios of maltodextrin and cell-free supernatant. It also contains the characterization of the selected tablets in terms of diameter, thickness, weight, pH at dissolution, content uniformity, and disintegration time in different media at different temperatures. Moreover, the data set includes the stability of the selected tablets’ physical features (diameter, thickness, and weight), functional properties (impact on intestinal cells viability, impact on Bifidobacterium spp. and E. coli adhesion to Caco-2 cells, anti-inflammatory activities) and BC17 viability (only for the tablet containing the viable probiotic) over three months
Data to perform geometric morphometric analyses of the Neanderthal upper first permanent molar GP1 from Grotta del Poggio
No full textThis dataset contains data used for two different geometric morphometric analyses of the Neanderthal upper first permanent molar GP1 from Grotta del Poggio. The samples were analyzed to assess the taxonomic attribution of GP1
Musica a Firenze in S. Lorenzo e in S. Maria del Fiore durante il granducato di Cosimo III: singole circostanze e consuetudini diffuse
Full text linkNegli anni del granducato di Cosimo III (1670-1723) la musica liturgica assunse a Firenze molteplici sfaccettature: nei diversi riti che scandivano la pietà cittadina, polifonia severa e cantopiano si alternavano a fastosi apparati che vedevano l’impiego di numerosi «musici e sonatori». Memorie e cronache del tempo dedicano ampio spazio a singole circostanze che vanno oltre le ricorrenze dell’anno liturgico. Significativo è ciò che accadeva nella basilica di S. Lorenzo e nella cattedrale di S. Maria del Fiore, in particolare in alcune specifiche liturgie. Per quanto riguarda S. Lorenzo, erano importanti il canto delle litanie del sabato e i Te Deumdi fine anno; a proposito di S. Maria del Fiore, sono rilevanti e singolari le consuetudini musicali relative agli uffici di suffragio, alle messe pro eligendo pontificee soprattutto alle «entrature» degli arcivescovi che si susseguirono in quegli anni. Attraverso l’analisi degli apparati musicali di questi singoli riti è possibile prendere atto di alcune consuetudini tanto dal punto di vista del ruolo dei diversi attori della musica liturgica (chierici, cantori, organisti, «sonatori»), quanto a proposito degli stili musicali praticati e del rapporto
degli apparati musicali con lo spazio sacro e con iriti
Development of a 3D co-culture model to generate porcine mammary epithelial cell spheroids
No full textThis data set contains results related to 3D culture protocol to generate mammary multicellular spheroids using Göttingen Minipigs primary cells: mammary epithelial cells (mpMECs), aortic endothelial cells (mpAECs), and vascular-wall mesenchymal stem cells (mpVW-MSCs). Two cellular culture methods were applied: hanging drop (HD) and ultra-low attachment plate (ULA).
Brightfield area, eccentricity, viability and cell distribution were analysed.
The results described the formation of irregular shaped aggregates when cultured by hanging drop (HD) (see data file ConcePTION_mpMECs-co-colture_HD_20250723.xlsx), while more compact and viable spheroids were formed by ultra-low attachment plate (ULA) method (see data files ConcePTION_Spheroid-Area_ULA_20250723.xlsx, ConcePTION_Spheroid-Eccentricity_ULA_20250723.xlsx and ConcePTION_Viability_ULA_20250723.xlsx)
TheGAME. Greece. 2024. Valeria Raimondi. Interviews and Reports. V1
No full textThis dataset containes interviews collected by Valeria Raimondi during her fieldwork in Greece within the Horizon Europe ERC project “TheGAME” in 2023 and 2024