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Valorizzare la tutela. Rapporto delle attività 2016–2018
No full textIl Rapporto illustra le principali attività svolte dalla Direzione generale Archeologia belle arti e paesaggio del Ministero dei Beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo (oggi Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali) da luglio 2016, data in cui è diventata operativa a seguito della Riforma, fino ad agosto 2018. Per realizzare il presente Rapporto è stata coinvolta tutta la struttura organizzativa attraverso i contributi provenienti dai Servizi della direzione e dalle Soprintendenze territoriali. Nel volume si è cercato di dare conto sia della nuova della struttura organizzativa introdotta dalla Riforma sia di tutte le attività svolte nei diversi ambiti di competenza a livello centrale e periferico, con l’intento di illustrare quanto più possibile la ricchezza e l’articolazione del vasto lavoro svolto dalla riorganizzazione del Ministero ad oggi. Dopo la Relazione generale, nella prima sezione sono presentati i dati relativi alle principali procedure di autorizzazione, le nuove assunzioni, i fondi a disposizione per i lavori pubblici, gli interventi realizzati con l’Art Bonus. La seconda sezione è dedicata all’attività di ricerca che si esplica attraverso le riviste specialistiche e le banche dati gestiti dalla Direzione. La terza sezione è dedicata alle attività di promozione e valorizzazione della cultura del paesaggio, che ha particolarmente impegnato la Direzione in questi due anni. Nella quarta sezione sono riportate le principali linee d’indirizzo della Direzione attraverso una raccolta delle circolari più significative. La quinta sezione è invece interamente riservata all’attività delle Soprintendenze con sintetiche schede di presentazione di ogni Ufficio. L’ultima sezione è dedicata al futuro della “tutela integrata” e avanza diverse proposte elaborate con il contributo di tutti i dirigenti della Direzione e delle Soprintendenze
An Inter-temporal Relative Deprivation Index
No full textThe paper provides an axiomatic characterization of a new class of relative deprivation indices. Relative deprivation is the feeling that an individual experiences when she compares herself with someone who is better off. We believe that individuals not only take care of their relative position with respect to others but also of their relative position with respect to their own past. Therefore, we introduce a history-regarding reference group, while in the traditional relative deprivation framework the reference group is only other-regarding. The new index is sensitive to the proximity of transfers in the reference groups: an individual may feel more deprived if an increase in achievements occurs close or far to her current position. The new index is illustrated with an application to EU countries
Update on bedside ultrasound diagnosis of pericardial effusion
No full textPericardial effusion (PE) is the presence of an excess of fluid in the pericardial cavity. PE symptoms depend from the rate of fluid accumulation, ranging from mild dyspnea on exertion to shock due to cardiac tamponade. Echocardiography is usually the primary diagnostic tool when PE is suspected, as it is accurate, non-invasive, widely available, and feasible also with pocket size devices. Studies have shown a high degree of sensitivity and specificity in the detection of PE using focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS), which can be performed also by non-cardiologist in emergency setting or at bedside. A PE is visualized as an echo-free space between the heart and the parietal layer of the pericardium. A semi-quantification of the PE may be obtained measuring the distance between the two pericardial layers. Once PE diagnosis has been made, characterization of fluid and search for signs of possible cardiac tamponade have to be performed. While unechogenic space is usually associated with serous fluid, hemorrhagic, and purulent effusions may be suspected in the presence of corpuscolated/echogenic fluid. Echocardiography may identify cardiac tamponade before it is clinically evident, and can guide pericardiocentesis. B-mode echocardiographic signs of cardiac tamponade include cardiac chambers collapse (with right chambers collapse occurring at earlier stages), opposite changes in right and left cardiac chamber filling during respiratory cycle, inferior vena cava and hepatic vein plethora. Doppler analysis of tricuspidalic and mitral flow velocities are used for a more detailed analysis of ventricular interdependence, even though more advanced operator expertise is required
Multidimensional Well-Being: A Bayesian Networks Approach
No full textThe study of multidimensional well-being has long recognized the importance of
formalizing the interaction between dimensions, but came short of treating this formally.
In this paper, we show that the statistical technique of Bayesian Networks is
an intuitive and powerful instrument that allows to model the dependence structure
among the dierent dimension of well-being. Moreover, Bayesian Networks are useful
to understand the eectiveness of policies directed to one or more dimensions, as well as
to design more eective interventions to improve well-being. The new approach is illustrated
with an empirical application for a selection of Western and Eastern European
countries
The importance of choosing the data set for tax-benet analysis
No full textGiven the increased availability of survey income data, in this paper we analyse the pros and cons of alternative data sets for static tax-benefit microsimulation in Italy. We focus on
all possible alternatives, namely using (a) SHIW or (b) IT-SILC data using a consistent net-togross microsimulation model, or (c) IT-SILC data using the gross incomes provided since 2007.
Our results suggest that IT-SILC improves in the regional representativeness of the Italian population and does not perform worse than SHIW as for most demographic characteristics, SHIW provides more information regarding building and real estate incomes. Gross income
variables simulated by using the net-to-gross module included in the TABEITA microsimulation model and calibrating for tax evasion provide a very precise fit with external statistics. Simulated IT-SILC gross income data fit external aggregate data even better than gross income data
provided in IT-SILC, which tend to largely overestimate self-employment income. Finally, we suggest to match IT-SILC with SHIW to include in the former the information on building and
real estate incomes that are contained only in the latter. This allows us to reach a very satisfactory validation of the final data set
”Bricolage e significazione. Jean-Marie Floch: pratiche descrittive e riflessione teorica”
No full textriflessioni metodologiche a partire da Jean-Marie Floc
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