381 research outputs found
The new supervisory outlier test (SOT) on net interest income (NII): empirical evidence from a sample of Italian banks
No full textThis paper contributes to prior literature and to the current debate concerning the prudential supervisory framework to measure
interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB), which has been significantly changed on April 2016, when the Basel Committee on
Banking Supervision (BCBS) published the latest update of its measurement standards. The consultation launched by the European
Banking Authority (EBA) on December 2021, aiming at introducing the supervisory outlier test (SOT) on net interest income (NII),
presents several issues and policy implications which could influence in the next future banks' asset and liability management
strategies, their internal control systems, risk policies and procedures.
By analyzing a sample of 28 Italian commercial banks at the end of 2021, representing more than 70% of Italian baking system’s total
assets , we observe that the thresholds proposed by the EBA appear very strict and significantly depend on: i) the sample considered,
ii) the lower bound applied to interest rates in the downward scenarios and iii) the current level of interest rates term structure. Our
results suggest that the proposed values should be considered with caution as it seems that their potential impacts have not been
thoroughly assessed. Further analyses are therefore necessary to guarantee greater robustness of the methodology used for the
calibration of the thresholds, taking also into account a wider sample of banks and longer time series, as well as the correlation
between the two approaches
Sol-gel processing of anti-inflammatory entrapment in Silica, release kinetics and bioactivity
No full textControlled and local drug-delivery systems for anti-inflammatory agents are drawing increasing attention for possible pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, because of their extended therapeutic effect and reduced side effects. A single-step sol–gel process was used to precipitate silica microspheres containing Ketoprofen, Indomethacin, Ketorolac tris salt, or Triamcinolone acetonide, for controlled drug delivery applications. The amorphous nature of the gels was ascertained by X-ray diffraction analysis.
Release kinetics in a simulated body fluid (SBF) has been subsequently investigated. The amount of drug released has been detected by UV–vis spectroscopy. The pure anti-inflammatory agent exhibited linear release with time, while sol–gel silica-entrapped drugs were released with a logarithmic time dependence, starting with an initial burst effect followed by a gradual decrease. Finally, SEM micrography and EDS analysis showed the formation of a hydroxyapatite layer on the surface of the samples soaked in SBF. All the materials showed good release and therefore could be used as drugdelivery systems
"Si tout sujet est portrait” : figurations du moi dans Le Monde désert de Jouve et La Mort difficile de Crevel
No full textThe analysis of two novels from the 1920s selected as emblematic cases – Le Monde désert by Jouve and La Mort difficile by Crevel – leads the author to point out the connections between the figuration of the subject in literature and the portrait in painting. Indeed, the survival of the portrait itself as a pictorial genre can be seen as a sign of its involvement in the enquiry of identity and subjectivity. This article describes the three main axes that organise subjectivity as a portrait: the fluctuation between stasis and movement, the relational dimension and the fictional one. The portrait becomes the ideal model of a subject conceived as the result of a creative process. Hence, painting is not to be considered a mere narrative theme but a key to the interpretation of the novels and a metaphor of the construction of the subject
«Una strania fenice». Marco Santagata: gli studi, le opere
No full textIl libro raccoglie contributi sulla figura e le opere di Marco Santagata, italianista e scrittore. Ne sono autori Annalisa Andreoni, Gian Mario Anselmi, Gabriele Baldassari, Roberto Barbolini, Pietro G. Beltrami, Claudia Berra, Alberto Bertoni, Laura Bosio, Cristiana Brunelli, Alberto Casadei, Roberta Cella, Michele Feo, Francesco Ferretti, Gianfranco Fioravanti, Serena Fornasiero, Christian Genetelli, Klaus W. Hempfer, Giuseppe Indizio, Vincenzo Manca, Grazia Melli, Cristina Montagnani, Matteo Palumbo, Laura Paolino, Diego Quaglioni, Amedeo Quondam, Gerhard Regn, Laura Regnicoli, Francisco Rico, Raffaele Ruggiero, Gino Ruozzi, Salvatore Settis, Silvana Tamiozzo, Chiara Tognarelli, Paola Vecchi Galli, Tiziano Zanato. Chiude il volume la Bibliografia degli scritti di Marco Santagata.
Marco Santagata (Zocca, 28 aprile 1947 ‒ Pisa, 9 novembre 2020) è stato studioso di letteratura italiana e romanziere. A lungo docente all’Università di Pisa, è autore di studi fondamentali su Petrarca – culminati nel commento al Canzoniere (1996, 20042) –, su Dante, Boccaccio, la poesia del Quattrocento e Boiardo, e sulla tradizione lirica fino a Leopardi, Pascoli e d’Annunzio. A ciò ha affiancato una felice produzione narrativa: tra i suoi romanzi Il copista (2000), Il maestro dei santi pallidi (2002, Premio Campiello 2003), L'amore in sé (2006, Premio Stresa), Come donna innamorata (2015, finalista al Premio Strega). La sua poliedrica natura di intellettuale impegnato e curioso del mondo lo ha portato anche ad occuparsi attivamente di politica culturale e universitaria e di divulgazione.The book collects contributions on the figure and works of Marco Santagata, scholar of Italian literature and novelist. The authors are Annalisa Andreoni, Gian Mario Anselmi, Gabriele Baldassari, Roberto Barbolini, Pietro G. Beltrami, Claudia Berra, Alberto Bertoni, Laura Bosio, Cristiana Brunelli, Alberto Casadei, Roberta Cella, Michele Feo, Francesco Ferretti, Gianfranco Fioravanti, Serena Fornasiero, Christian Genetelli, Klaus W. Hempfer, Giuseppe Indizio, Vincenzo Manca, Grazia Melli, Cristina Montagnani, Matteo Palumbo, Laura Paolino, Diego Quaglioni, Amedeo Quondam, Gerhard Regn, Laura Regnicoli, Francisco Rico, Raffaele Ruggiero, Gino Ruozzi, Salvatore Settis, Silvana Tamiozzo, Chiara Tognarelli, Paola Vecchi Galli, Tiziano Zanato. The volume closes with the Bibliography of Marco Santagata's writings.
Marco Santagata (Zocca (Modena), 28 April 1947 ‒ Pisa, 9 November 2020) was a scholar of Italian literature and novelist. Long a professor at the University of Pisa, he is the author of fundamental studies on Petrarch - culminating in the commentary on the "Canzoniere" (1996, 20042) -, on Dante, Boccaccio, fifteenth-century poetry and Boiardo, and on the lyric tradition up to Leopardi, Pascoli and d'Annunzio. Alongside this he has a successful narrative production: among his novels "Il copista" (2000), "Il maestro dei santi pallidi" (2002, Campiello Prize 2003), "L'amore in sé" (2006, Stresa Prize), "Come donna innamorata" (2015, finalist for the Strega Prize). His multifaceted nature as a engaged intellectual has also led him to actively deal with cultural and university politics and dissemination
CORRIGENDUM to The mechanisms of acute interstitial nephritis in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma
No full textIn this article, the authors’ first names and surnames were incorrectly listed in the wrong order. The correct author list is: Marco Tucci, Anna Passarelli, Annalisa Todisco, Francesco Mannavola, Luigia Stefania Stucci, Stella D’Oronzo, Michele Rossini, Marco Taurisano, Loreto Gesualdo and Franco Silvestris
Simultaneous elliptically and radially polarized THz from one-colour laser-induced plasma filament
No full textTHz-based technologies and research applications have seen a rapid increment in recent period together with the development of novel radiation sources based both on relativistic electrons and laser techniques. In this framework, laser-induced plasma filament plays an important role in generating intense and broadband THz radiation. Although many attentions have been paid to THz emission from two-color plasma filaments, one-color plasma emission has been scarcely investigated. In particular, the polarization state of one-color THz emission is still controversial due to the limitations of the existing THz detection techniques, which are incapable of simultaneously detecting elliptically and radially polarized THz radiation. In this manuscript, we develop a novel detection method and unambiguously demonstrate for the first time that one-color laser-induced plasma filament simultaneously emits elliptically and radially polarized THz radiation. These polarization states suggest that the generation mechanism results from electric quadrupole, showing a new route for producing more complex polarization states and THz vortex beams
The Climate Show:Episode 27: Conceptualizing just transition litigation
No full textIn this episode, Assistant Professor Linnéa Nordlander speaks to Professor Annalisa Savaresi from the University of Eastern Finland about the phenomenon of just transition litigation. The episode focuses on the article ‘Conceptualizing just transition litigation’, published in Nature Sustainability, of which Professor Savaresi is the lead author and Linnéa Nordlander is among the co-authors
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