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MABS validation through repeated execution and data mining analysis
No full textAgent Based Modelling is the most interesting and advanced approach for simulating a complex system: in a social context, the single parts and the whole are often very hard to describe in detail. Besides, there are agent based formalisms which allow to study the emergency of social behaviour with the creation and study of models, known as artificial societies. Thanks to the ever increasing computational power, it's been possible to use such models to create software, based on intelligent agents, which aggregate behaviour is complex and difficult to predict, and can be used in open and distributed systems. Data mining is born in the last decades in order to help users in finding useful knowledge from the otherwise overwhelming amount of data available nowadays from the web and the data collected every day by companies. Data Mining techniques can therefore be the keystone to reveal non-trivial knowledge expressed by the initial assumption used to build the micro-level of the model and the structure of the society of agents that emerged from the simulation
Distribution of liver disease in a cohort of immigrants in Sicily: analysis of day-hospital admissions in a migration medicine unit
No full textThe objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of liver disease and its aetiology in a cohort of immigrants. We retrospectively examined the hospital discharge charts of all the immigrant patients presenting at our day hospital from July 2009 to June 2013, and after evaluating the anamnestic, clinical and laboratory data on these charts we identified subjects with liver disease and its various aetiologies. The total sample population consisted of 1218 patients, of whom 112 (9.2%) had a diagnosis of liver disease. More than two-thirds of the latter (67.8%) came from Africa, while 15.2% were from Asia and 17.0% from Eastern Europe. In most patients the disease was related to HBV (44.6%), followed by alcohol (25%) and then HCV or cryptogenic disease (both 15.2%). Forty-six patients had undergone liver biopsy, which showed eight cases of varying degrees of liver steatosis, 29 cases with a variable severity of chronic liver disease, eight cases with a definite picture of liver cirrhosis and one case of alcoholic hepatitis. These data show that a significant proportion of our immigrant population has liver disease and that the most frequent cause is hepatitis B infectio
Facades of the Libreria di San Marco in Venice, The: An Interpretation of the Design Process
No full text"A new work in which I propose an interpretation of the design process Sansovino used to create the magnificent facades of the Libreria di San Marco in Venice, a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture." Sent to Marquand librarian by author Dec. 202
Giulio Ferroni, "Una scuola per il futuro", La Nave di Teseo, Milano 2021
No full textNella recensione al saggio Una scuola per il futuro, si evidenzia come l’autore, Giulio Ferroni, attraverso un approccio che coniuga passione e critica, affronti il tema dell’istruzione nell’attuale contesto di crisi ambientale, culturale e sociale. Sono sottolineati alcuni aspetti: l’urgenza di un umanesimo ambientale e la necessità di considerare la scuola come un luogo di resistenza e di rinascita, capace di coniugare cultura scientifica e umanistica
Art without an Author: Vasari’s Lives and Michelangelo’s Death
No full textMonografia sulla rappresentazione di Michelangelo nelle due edizioni delle Vite, sulla storia del libro e la questione della sua paternitàBook dedicated to the representation of Michelangelo in Vasari's Lives of the Artists, to the history of the book, and to the problem of its authorshi
How to prevent crimes using earthquakes
Get PDFIn this chapter the author describes how techniques coming from earthquakes prediction has been used to produce successful mathematical models useful in preventing crimes
Metas y motivaciones en el marco del asesoramiento vocacional a personas provenientes del extranjero
No full textResumen: la diversidad de aprendizajes, decisiones vocacionales y opciones de inserción
laboral, son resultado de variables biológicas, psicológicas, motivacionales,
actitudinales, en interacción con el contexto sociofamiliar.
Este trabajo cobra relevancia por la cantidad de investigaciones sobre el
asesoramiento psicopedagógico vocacional-ocupacional, pero pocos dirigidos al trabajo
interdisciplinario con personas provenientes del extranjero. Los objetivos propuestos se
relacionan con la comparación de condicionantes y determinantes de la decisión
vocacional entre la sociedad de procedencia y el país receptor, los cuales incorporan en
su historia, corrientes migratorias motivadas por la búsqueda de oportunidades de
inserción laboral, mejores condiciones económicas y de vida para sus familias.
En el marco teórico se desarrollan las dimensiones: personal, y conceptos
relacionados con la identidad, vocación y madurez; social por la transición de la cultura
de origen al país receptor; laboral y educación superior.
Por otra parte, el trabajo empírico consta de dos partes: primero, un estudio
comparativo de cada etapa del proceso de orientación vocacional, entre una persona
argentina, y una persona proveniente de Venezuela. Segundo, se lleva adelante un
estudio comparativo y macrosociológico donde se evaluó metas y motivaciones
vocacionales en el marco del asesoramiento vocacional-ocupacional a 110 participantes
en situación de migración y 110 argentinos.
Entre los resultados de esta investigación y un análisis de convergencias, se
destacan la población proveniente del extranjero obtienen mejores puntuaciones en la
mayoría de las escalas de la técnica EMVA: los bolivianos, venezolanos, chilenos y otros
toman decisiones vocacionales-ocupacionales, motivadas principalmente por la realidad
de su contexto familiar y metas afiliativas. Por tanto, aspiran a carreras profesionales
valoradas prestigiosamente social e internacionalmente, como medio de superar la
situación económica y académica de sus padres, retribuir su esfuerzo, y contribuir a
necesidades familiares y de transición. En conclusión, se mencionan consideraciones
en los procesos de orientación vocacional a personas en situación de migración.Abstract: The diversity of learning, vocational decisions and options for job placement are
the result of biological, psychological, motivational and attitudinal variables, in interaction
with the socio-family context.
This work is relevant for the amount of research on vocational-occupational
psychopedagogical counseling, but few aimed at interdisciplinary work with people from
abroad. The objectives of the study are related to the comparison of conditions and
determinants of vocational choice between the society of origin and the receiving
country, because the history of each society continues to incorporate migratory flows
motivated by the search for opportunities for job insertion, better economic and living
conditions for their families.
In the theoretical framework, the dimensions are developed: personal, and
concepts related to identity, vocation and maturity; social for the transition from the
culture of origin to the host country; labor and higher education.
On the other hand, the empirical work consists of two parts: first, a comparative
study of each stage of the vocational orientation process, between an Argentine person,
and a person from Venezuela. Second, a comparative and macro-sociological study was
carried out in which vocational goals and motivations were evaluated within the
framework of vocational-occupational counseling to 110 participants in a situation of
migration and 110 Argentines.
Among the results of this research and an analysis of convergences, the
population from abroad obtains better scores in most of the scales of the EMVA
technique stand out: people from abroad make vocational-occupational decisions,
motivated mainly by the reality of their family context and affiliation goals. Therefore, they
aspire to professional careers valued prestigiously socially and internationally, as a
means of overcoming the economic and academic situation of their parents, repaying
their efforts, and contributing to family and transition needs
The Research Agenda: Marco Bassetto on the Quantitative Evaluation of Fiscal Policy Rules
No full textMarco Bassetto is a Senior Economist in the Economic Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He is interested in political-economy models of fiscal policy and in applications of game theory to the analysis of macroeconomic policy more in general. This piece reflects the personal views of the author and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago or the Federal Reserve System.
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