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Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione in Altomonte
No full textAltomonte (Cosenza): facciata della Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione e scorcio della torre campanaria, costruita nel 1336 per volere di Filippo Sangineto. Sul verso timbro: “Biblioteca Hertziana / Via Gregoriana 28 Roma / Fototeca / Neg DI 41b […]”Regione Calabria; Associazione culturale Emilia Zinzi (ACEZ)Catalogatore responsabile: Gruppi di lavoro ACEZ; Gruppo di lavoro BA
One Kilometre : Conversations with Darri-Ba Nungalinya
No full textIn his absorbing new memoir, One Kilometre: Conversations with Darri-ba Nungalinya, author John Altomonte details an extraordinary spiritual journey. “Darri-ba Nungalinya, the spirit being who watches over the earth and seas of Darwin, is revered by the Larrakia people, who are the traditional custodians of the land in this part of Australia” explains Altomonte. “Taking form as a rock that rises from the sea during low tide, Darri-ba, or Old Man Rock, revealed himself to me”. Through a series of visits to Darri-ba, Altomonte experienced seemingly indescribable sounds, thoughts and ultimately, an expanded awareness. Yet, through photography and journaling, Altomonte was able to record these atypical moments
Polittico con Storie della Passione (particolare) di pittore toscano della fine del ‘300, Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione in Altomonte (CS)
No full textAltomonte (Cosenza), Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione: particolari dell’altarolo con storie della Passione di Cristo del maestro di Antonio e Onofrio Penna (notizie inizi sec. XV). La fotografia riprende la parte sinistra del polittico, a tempera su tavola, includendo sei delle dodici scene contenute in altrettanti riquadri con cornici dorate polilobate; da sinistra verso destra: Bacio di Giuda, Cristo davanti ad Anna, Cristo davanti a Erode, Cristo davanti a Pilato, Salita al Calvario, Crocifissione. Il polittico si trova attualmente nel Museo Civico di Altomonte, Sezione medievale.Regione Calabria, Associazione Culturale Emilia ZinziCatalogatore responsabile: Gruppo di lavoro Associazione Culturale Emilia Zinz
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione in Altomonte
No full textAltomonte (Cosenza), Chiesa di Santa Maria della Consolazione, facciata, torre campanaria e ingresso dell’ex Convento dei Padri Domenicani,fondato nel XV secolo, oggi sede del Museo Civic
Donkey milk can improve our health, and that’s why we should increase donkey milk production
No full textAs a member of the Journal of Dairy Research Editorial Board I would like to draw the attention of
JDR readers to the donkey milk sector in Europe and particularly in Italy. Although many of the
donkey breed populations in Europe have been decreasing, in the last few years in my country we
have seen an increase in the numbers of some breeds reared for milk production (chiefly Ragusana
and Amiata) and in the number of donkey dairy farms. In addition, several investigations support
the suggestion that donkey's milk could be useful in babies suffering from cow milk protein allergy
(CMPA: Martini et al., 2018a) and also later in life and in certain health conditions (e.g. elderly
people, in cases of dyslipidaemias and obesity). Although there has been a rise in consumer
interest about donkey milk, it is still a niche product, and its price is high (about 14 euros per liter
for pasteurized milk). In my opinion we should try to increase the quantity of donkey milk on the
market in order to reduce the price and promote the donkey milk sector.
Given the low udder capacity of jennies, the average milk yield is only about 1-1.5 l/d (Martini et
al., 2018b). I believe that the best way forward would be to select the jennies in terms of milk yield
and quality, similarly to what has been done for the other dairy species. Donkeys seem to have a
wide individual variability in productive traits and this feature is an opportunity for genetic
selection. The selection could be focused on creating two genetic lines in relation to the milk fat
content. Donkey milk is low in fat (lower than 1%), making it useful in hypocaloric diets, whereas a
genetic line producing higher fat milk would be more suitable in the diet of non-weaned babies.
Furthermore, we need to investigate the nutritional needs of lactating donkeys, and take into
account that foals are naturally milk-fed on donkey farms. We also need to find an optimal
management for their separation and weaning in order to increase the amount of milk that is
collected for sale. Future production systems must to be able to combine profitability with the
responsibility of protecting human and animal welfare, as well as the environment. Consumers in
Italy often consider animal welfare as an indicator of healthier and tastier products, therefore,
welfare aspects in dairy donkey farming are key for consumers looking for “healthy and natural
food". Despite this, there are still only a few robust design studies on dairy donkey management
and welfare. What do I expect for the near future? I look forward to seeing new investigations into
dairy donkey genetic traits and farm management in order to increase donkey milk yield and
improve milk productio
Global value networks
No full textWe study, at the industry level, the patterns of correlation between value added trade flows and the presence of multinational business groups (MBGs) across countries and industries. Value added trade flows are computed from WIOD data through the
methodology developed by Wang et al. (2013). Data on the presence of MBGs are obtained as in Altomonte and Rungi (2013), using data from ORBIS and the Ownership Database by Bureau van Dijk. We run gravity estimations augmented with measures of
MBGs presence across “triplets”, defined as “home country - home industry - partner country”. We employ as dependent variables both gross exports and the four main value added components of exports (e.g. domestic and foreign value added). We find
evidence of a rich pattern of positive correlations between value added trade and the presence of MBGs
A World in Emergency and Emergence
No full textOver the last five years, the word ‘emergency’ has been a recurrent term in different domains of human culture and activities. However, this is more than a grim picture on the many critical issues that our societies nowadays need to face. Sergio Altomonte (Université catholique de Louvain) offers a positive interpretation of this state of ‘emergency’, moving forward from its common understanding as ‘an unexpected and difficult or dangerous situation […] which requires quick action.
Gli strumenti di liberalizzazione e tutela giuridica degli investimenti esteri: analisi ed evidenza empirica
No full textA partire dagli anni novanta, l’enorme impulso registrato dalla liberalizzazione del quadro normativo relativo ai flussi di Investimenti Diretti all’Estero (IDE) ha contribuito ad accelerare la crescita di questi ultimi, coinvolgendo in misura sempre maggiore i Paesi in via di sviluppo e le economie in transizione dell’Europa centro-orientale. La progressiva presa di coscienza dei benefici ma anche dei potenziali costi connessi con tale fenomeno non ha mancato di far montare il dibattito su quali dovessero essere le regole nazionali ed internazionali che possano giovare ad uno sviluppo economico duraturo e sostenibile. Verosimilmente, tali regole dovranno, da un lato, liberalizzare e tutelare giuridicamente gli investimenti delle imprese multinazionali, dunque favorire gli IDE, dato il contributo di questi allo sviluppo economico locale; le stesse norme dovranno però al contempo creare le condizioni per cui il Paese destinatario dell’investimento riesca a capitalizzare il più possibile sulla presenze delle imprese multinazionali, senza esporre necessariamente lo stesso ai rischi derivanti da una liberalizzazione non adeguatamente regolata.
Il lavoro esplora questa tematica attraverso una analisi degli strumenti di liberalizzazione e tutela giuridica degli investimenti al giorno d’oggi esistenti, verificando empiricamente le modalità della relazione tra questi e gli IDE relativamente al caso dei paesi dell’Europa centro-orientale. Vengono infine tratte alcune conclusioni relativamente agli sviluppi legislativi opportuni in questo ambito
Liberalizzazione dei mercati, internazionalizzazione delle imprese ed incertezza
No full textThe paper applies the recently developed approach of real option theory of investments, which explicitly models uncertainty, expectations and irreversibility, to the case of foreign direct investment (FDI), integrating the traditional theories of international production. Probit panel data techniques are then applied to a new database of multinational operations in the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe in order to test the developed hypotheses. The results suggest that, at the sector level, a consistent modelling of FDI flows needs to take into account not only the determinants traditionally considered by the literature but also variables linked to the institutional environment in which the FDI is undertaken
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