240 research outputs found
SOCITAL CAPITAL AS MECHANISM THE SURVIVAL OF THE TRIBE ALIENATED MANDRAS IN BENGKULU INDONESIA
No full textThis research focused the function of social capital on a community tribe Mandras, alienated living in the middle of the wilderness in the Provinci of Bengkulu based on theories Nan-Lin perspective.This study uses qualitative methods with an ethnographic approach. Data collected by partisipant-obsevation through direct observation and in-depth interview and documentation. Data analyzed by interactive based on interprestasi in inductive by approach emik. The research found that Mandras tribal person who lives in the wilderness develop the social life of relatively established and they as officials of the forest. For they woodlands having spiritual, the value of social, moral and economic. On that basis, the elements of social capital-forming The Mandras is transformed from the resource of the value derived from customary rules that are singular. The concept of social capital theory of Nan-Lin is a resource within the social structure facilitating social networks to access the aim of action for tribal people Mandras, is seen as a function of survival mechanism was not linear, but rather the dialectic of social structure and the purpose of the act. Social capital that lies in social structures, social networks that are accessed by the tribe for the purpose of the action Mandras a factor controlling the whole of community life of the tribe is the Mandras of transformation of social capital. Keywords. Social capital, Social Structure and Social Action
A statistical information system supporting environmental policies
No full text"Environment and sustainability are key issues for the policy maker. A policy should be first designed and realistically inserted in . its proper context (regional, national, European) in order to be correctly assessed. After that, suitable models need to be chosen . consistently with the policy context and with the evaluation purpose, to make easier the policy maker task. The aim of this paper . is twofold. Firstly, to propose a Statistical Information System (SIS) approach in order to correctly write the policy and verify its . internal and external consistency; secondly, to conceive model building with an evaluation purpose and not only with an . analytical one. This means that the model could be able to produce indicators useful to monitoring the policy other than macro . indicators whose function is to verify its long term sustainability. These concepts are applied to a specific regional environmental . policy: the premium/penalty system conceived to implement the separate collection in waste management. The SIS approach . allows us to verify the quality of disposable information, to complete and eventually integrate them with ad hoc surveys, in order . to build the environmental extended Social Accounting Matrix, the ESAM. This modelling, evaluation oriented, aims at verifying . the policy effects in the long term, i.e. looking at structural change concerning all institutional sectors (households, firms and . government).
Analisi comparativa delle modificazioni bio-umorali dopo interventi chirurgici eseguiti nel ratto per il trattamento dell' obesità sperimentale
No full textEnd-to-end jeiuno-ileal by-pass and truncal vagotomy without drainage are two of most common surgical technics performed in the treatment of morbid obesity.
The Authors evaluated hematologic indices in lean rats and their modifications in experimentally induced obese rats, before and after the described surgical procedures.
It was demonstrated that both jeiuno-ileal by-pass and truncal vagotomy were followed by a significant weight loss and a normalization of glucidic and lipidic metabolic disorders induced by experimental obesity.
For these reasons the Authors conclude that truncal vagotomy should be considered an alternative procedure to jeiuno-ileal by-pass in the treatment of experimental induced obesity in rats
Comparative analysis of biohumoral changes after surgery tot rea experimental obesità in the rat.
No full textHow does ageing population affect energy use? An OLG-GE application for Italy
No full text"In this study we evaluate the impact of demographic change on energy use. The results are obtained from a calibrated overlapping generations general equilibrium model for Italy. Contrary to studies based on partial equilibrium regression models, or fixed price models that are unable to account for supply side effects, we found that a pronounced ageing population leads to a reduction in energy use, although in principle, the increase in the share of old people produces a shift in consumption towards a more energy intensive mix of goods and services.
Physiopathology of cervico-urethral obstruction in benign prostatic hypertrophy
No full textIt's known that benign prostatic hypertrophy arise from the glands that surround the proximal prostatic urethra. In these cases voiding disorders may be due by detrusor instability alone or associated with cervical urethral obstruction. At first Griffiths and Schafer and subsequently Sarky have introduced some correlations that are able to differentiate the bladder outlet obstruction from the impaired detrusor contractility. On the contrary with regard to the behaviour of detrusor during obstruction, in connection with histological findings, several interpretations have been expressed. The theory more credited has been expressed by Gosling who has showed a reduction of the parasympathetic innervation of detrusor and consequent hypersensitivity due to denervation
Sustainability certification and hospitality management. An enquiry on the Sardinian coastal hotels’ approach and criticalities towards the EU Ecolabel Certification
No full textThe purpose of this research is to highlight and analyse the main difficulties and critical points experienced by Sardinian coastal hotel managers and their staff when the possibility to obtain an EU
Ecolabel certification is presented to them.
The paper aims to identify some of the main factors that determine the decision of continuing the certification process or to abandon it.
The study uses data collected through a set of interviews carried out with hotel owners and managers. The selected hotels took part in a certification support programme set up by the regional agency for coastal preservation (Conservatoria delle Coste) in late 2013. At the end of the process, out of 30 hotels, five obtained the EU Ecolabel Certification.
The interviews were carried out in presence during the visit of a specialised consultant, which also collected the data related to the main features/critical points of the hotel. The data was used as an
input to measure the distance in terms of points as awarded by the EU Ecolabel score datasheet. The results of this preliminary analysis is then elaborated with statistical methods in order to
determine which are the main critical points and weaknesses experienced by the hotel managers and the rationality underlying the choice of facultative criteria.
Motivation and actual awareness of the benefits of a certification scheme are also analysed.The study evidences that, although structural variables as size and complexity of the hotel physical
structure are important, motivation of management and owners seems to be the main factor to influence the certification process success. Recently built hotels or less complex buildings may have
on average far less difficulties in achieving the Ecolabel certificate while larger hotels require important investments in order to meet the criteria. Such investments are sometimes often not seen
as easily redeemable by the hotel management. This fact, which is also influenced by a low capability of exploiting the certification in terms of visibility and appeal to new customers, reduces the
motivation of the hotel owners to embark in a process deemed expensive, complicated and not useful. On the other side, when the investments are clearly connected to the reduction of costs (e.g. energy saving investments) they are perceived as useful and redeemable, making easier for the company to decide in their favour.
The study is based on very detailed data and on a sample that is representative both geographically and qualitatively of the hotel sector of Sardinia. The current shift of the visitors’ preferences towards
more sustainable destinations as experienced by tourism operators and evidenced by researchers, brings under light the subject of viable certification schemes and the need to create a managing culture that integrates environmental strategies and market results
Changes of functional urinary and serum parameters in enuretic children by Imipramine hydrochloride: Preliminary study
No full textWe still do not know whether Imipramine works exactly as an antidiuretic. The aim of this study was to investigate any existing urinary or serum factor differences between 9 children with primary nocturnal enuresis and six age and sex matched controls and to see if therapy with Imipramine could modify these parameters. All subjects underwent an evaluation of daily and nightly urinary volume, daily fluid intake, morning plasma and urine osmolality, plasma aldosterone, electrolytes, blood urea nitrogen and plasma glucose. The results, using a one-way ANOVA, would suggest the following: 1) enuretic children have a higher 24 urinary volume with a reduced osmolality compared to controls; 2) Aldosterone does not seem to be involved in the pathogenesis of enuresis; 3) Imipramine HCL therapy does reduce the volume of urine lost in diapers, and its efficiency can be documented objectively; 4) Imipramine HCL's mechanism appears to be related to an increased renal water resorption.We still do not know whether Imipramine works exactly as an antidiuretic. The aim of this study was to investigate any existing urinary or serum factor differences between 9 children with primary nocturnal enuresis and six age and sex matched controls and to see if therapy with Imipramine could modify these parameters. All subjects underwent an evaluation of daily and nightly urinary volume, daily fluid intake, morning plasma and urine osmolality, plasma aldosterone, electrolytes, blood urea nitrogen and plasma glucose. The results, using a one-way ANOVA, would suggest the following: 1) enuretic children have a higher 24 urinary volume with a reduced osmolality compared to controls; 2) Aldosterone does not seem to be involved in the pathogenesis of enuresis; 3) Imipramine HCL therapy does reduce the volume of urine lost in diapers, and its efficiency can be documented objectively; 4) Imipramine HCL's mechanism appears to be related to an increased renal water resorption
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