8,874 research outputs found
Social partenrship as public private cooperation. Thoughts from the Italian experience
No full textBottom-up initiatives in urban transformation and public goods management, as promoted by recent legislation in Italy, have been indicated by Dr. Eduardo Parisi of the University of Milan as distinctive examples of public-private cooperation that promotes efficiency and inclusion in governance.
The Author discussed how – even under the influence of the international debate – public private partnership is more and more often a cultural and social phenomenon, consistent with the principles of solidarity, participation and inclusion in governance. 
“Ti dono Satyrion”. Percorsi di archeologia tra Taranto, Saturo e la Magna Grecia in ricordo di Enzo Lippolis
No full textIncentive Effects of Class Actions and Punitive Damages Under Alternative Procedural Regimes
No full textIn an economic perspective, punitive damages and class actions can be viewed as sharing a common economic function – creating optimal deterrence. Building on Parisi and Cenini (2010), we study the effect of alternative procedural regimes on the effectiveness of punitive damages and class actions. Specifically, we compare the workings of punitive damages and class actions in the American and English (“loser-pays”) regimes. Our findings help explain the limited use and late adoption of class actions and punitive damages in Europe
Interactions between Reflection and Praxis in the History of Economic Thought. The case of the Franciscan Cicles from XIII Century Assisi to the Present
No full textResumen: Daniela Parisi analiza el impacto de la vida de San F rancisco de Asís desde la perspectiva de la historia del pensamiento económico. Haciendo referencia particularmente a la atención otorgada en los círculos franciscanos a los signos de los tiempos, la autora traza el camino desde la vida de San Francisco, pasando por la vida de la Orden hasta el presente, y revela los orígenes del movimiento franciscano como un intento de reforma social y religiosa. En primer lugar, el artículo presenta la vida que llevó San Francisco como una “pobreza material voluntaria” en el contexto de los cambios socio-económicos que tuvieron lugar en el siglo XIII, con el advenimiento de la sociedad comercial. Luego, explica cómo la propuesta de San Francisco creció hasta convertirse en una orden religiosa. Finalmente, el artículo intenta iluminar aquellos aspectos en que la Orden Franciscana puede todavía considerarse un signo de los tiempos a través de una existencia comprometida con la pobreza, eliminando lo superfluo de nuestra vida y viviendo en consonancia con el Evangelio.Abstract: Daniela Parisi analyses the impact of the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, from the perspective of the history of economic thought. By referring in particular to the attention given in Franciscan circles to the signs of times, the author draws the path from Saint Francis’s life to the life of the Order until the present, and reveals the origins of the Franciscan movement as an attempt for social and religious reformation. First, the article presents St. Francis’s life of a “voluntary material poverty” in the context of the social and economic changes that took place in the XIII century, with the rise of the commercial society. Then, the author explains how St. Francis’ proposal grew into an Order. Finally, the article aims at illuminating the aspects in which the Franciscan Order can be still considered a sign of the times by living the commitment to poverty and minority, eliminating the superfluous from our lives and living close to the Gospel
Data analysis of atmospheric emission from geothermal power plants in Italy
No full textElectric production from geothermal energy is still little exploited compared to its large potential and to the World renewable energy production from other sources. Some countries have exploited this energy source in order to enhance their transition to renewables. Today the largest geothermal energy producers in the world are New Zealand, U.S.A, Mexico, Philippines, Italy, Iceland, and, more recently, Turkey (Geothermal, 2012). Differently from other renewable sources, geothermal energy produces impacts on the environment that are very site-specific because of the nature of the resource and its geological characteristics Bravi et al.,2010; Parisi et al.,2013. In the same way, the atmospheric emissions associated to the activity of geothermal power plants for electric or heat production (mainly CO2, H2S, NH3, Hg, CH4) are also site-specific. In fact, due to technological and geographical differences among the geothermal installations operating all over the World, it is quite impossible to identify and attribute typical emission patterns, to perform forecasts valid for multiple sites or to collect universal data. Furthermore, it is virtually impossible the comparison among technologies located in different regions or countries. Definitively, inventories of primary data, as accurate and complete as possible, are essential to correctly evaluate the peculiarities of geo-thermoelectric energy production Parisi et al.,2018. Data reported here try to fill the gap in respect to the Italian situation. To this end, a complete survey of the atmospheric emissions from all the geothermal power plants in operation in the Tuscany Region is performed. In addition to data reporting, also some statistical analysis is performed to process data and to operate a further level of simplification which averages the emissions on the basis of geothermal sub-areas. The data collected is related to the research article “Life cycle assessment of atmospheric emission profiles of the Italian geothermal power plants” Parisi et al.,2019
Difesa dei confini, accoglienza, integrazione multiculturale : Note introduttive sul diritto dell'immigrazione
No full textLe migrazioni hanno inizio con il genere umano e ne hanno consentito lo sviluppo. Ma come ci si rapporta con il nuovo arrivato, con lo straniero? Quali sono i principi fondamentali da seguire quando un ordinamento si trova a "ricevere" un soggetto migrante oppure vere e proprie "ondate migratorie"? L'Autore esamina le interazioni, talvolta problematiche, fra il diritto di uno Stato a regolamentare l'immigrazione e il diritto dei migranti a spostarsi da un paese ad un altro, alla luce dell'attuale quadro politico-giuridico europeo e italiano. Una volta che il migrante è poi accolto stabilmente nell'ordinamento vanno definite le regole della convivenza e dell'integrazione multiculturale
Sistema penale e fenomeno migratorio
No full textMolteplici sono gli spazi di intervento penale nel contesto del fenomeno migratorio; plurime e diversificate le sue funzioni.
L’ordinamento può servirsi dello strumento penale per tutelare l’interesse dello Stato a regolamentare i propri confini. Alcune fattispecie penali incriminano il migrante che entra o soggiorna irregolarmente nel territorio o che vi fa ritorno dopo essere stato espulso. Altre sono dirette alla repressione di coloro che favoriscono l’immigrazione illegale: si tratta dei “trafficanti di migranti”, ma anche di tutti i soggetti che procurano in qualsiasi modo l’ingresso illegale nel territorio dello Stato. In quest’ultima ipotesi, diviene molto controversa l’incriminazione delle condotte di favoreggiamento ispirate da ragioni meramente umanitarie.
Eppure, qualora il migrante irregolare sia al contempo vittima di gravi reati, come nel caso emblematico del traffico di esseri umani, il sistema cambia sensibilmente la propria inclinazione di fondo e lo difende: è un bene giuridico di tipo personale, la libertà individuale dello stesso migrante, a giustificare la norma penale e l’applicazione della sanzione all'aggressore.
Infine, la risorsa penalistica definisce i limiti invalicabili della tolleranza multiculturale, individuando le regole minime di convivenza fra culture differenti. Si discute sul valore da attribuire in sede penale alla tradizione culturale del reo nell'ambito dei “reati culturalmente orientati”: comportamenti imposti o comunque approvati da un gruppo culturale – come nel caso emblematico della circoncisione rituale femminile - i quali costituiscono reato nello Stato d’accoglienza
Light curves and colours of the faint Uranian irregular satellitesSycorax, Prospero, Stephano, Setebos, and Trinculo
No full textContext: After the work of Gladman et al. (1998, Nature, 392, 897), it is now assessed that many irregular satellites are orbiting around Uranus. Aims: Despite many studies performed in past years, very little is know about the light-curves of these objects and inconsistencies are present between colours derived by different authors. This situation motivated our effort to improve both the knowledge of colours and light curves. Methods: We present and discuss, the time series observations of Sycorax, Prospero, Stephano, Setebos, and Trinculo, five faint, irregular satellites of Uranus, which were carried out at VLT, ESO Paranal (Chile) on the nights between 29 and 30 July, 2005 and 25 and 30 November, 2005. Results: We derive light curves for Sycorax and Prospero and colours for all of these these bodies. Conclusions: For Sycorax we obtain colours B-V = 0.839 ± 0.014, V-R = 0.531 ± 0.005, and a light-curve which is suggestive of a periodical variation with period ≈3.6 h and amplitude [aprox]0.067 ± 0.004 mag. The periods and colours we derive also for Sycorax are in agreement with our previous determination in 1999 using NTT. We also derive a light-curve for Prospero which suggests an amplitude of about 0.2 mag and a periodicity of about 4 h. However, the sparseness of our data, prevents a more precise characterization of the light-curves, and we can not determine whether they are one-peaked or two-peaked. Hence, these periods and amplitudes have to be considered preliminary estimates. As for Setebos, Stephano, and Trinculo the present data do not allow us to derive any unambiguous periodicity, despite the fact that Setebos displays a significant variability with amplitude about as large as that of Prospero. Colours for Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, and Trinculo are in marginal agreement with the literature.Fil: Maris, M.. Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste; ItaliaFil: Carraro, G.. Universidad de Chile; ChileFil: Parisi, Mirta Gabriela. Universidad de Chile; Chile. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin
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