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Different Shades of Shame. The Responsibilities and Legacies of a Shameful History in Australian Fiction
No full textStarting from the premise that shame has been central to the definition of white Australian identity since early white settlement, due to the association with convictism and to “cultural cringe”, the essay investigates the literary representations of shame as specifically related to the history of atrocities and rights violation committed against the Indigenous people of Australia. In particular, it analyses some short stories by K.S. Prichard and the novel Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville. The critical reading of Prichard’s stories focuses on the internalized experience of racial shame and on the analysis of the counter-shaming rhetorical strategies aiming at restructuring the relations of self/Other and subverting the colonial hierarchical assumptions of white superiority and black inferiority. The analysis of Grenville’s novel, on the other hand, shows that shame involves a process of self-awareness and self-transformation that is not meant to relieve or absolve the sense of shame, but to denounce what has been concealed and needs to be uncovered. The essay aims to prove that the literary representation of the two emotional paths of the shame of the oppressor and the pain of the oppressed may go in the direction of a political responsibility in the process of reconciliation
A Hiring Subsidy for Long-Term Unemployed in a Search Model with PES and Random Search
No full textOur search model combines two search methods, the public employment service (PES) and random search. The separation rate is endogenous, the job matching process consists of three stages. In the first and the second respectively the short-term (STU) and the long-term unemployed (LTU) randomly search for a vacancy. In the last stage the PES matches registered jobseekers with registered vacancies. The LTU cause training costs and, during the training period, have a lower marginal product than the STU. The effects of the hiring subsidy and of profiling techniques to increase the effectiveness of the PES depend on the target group. For target groups, who have relatively low private search costs in comparison with their productivity, not only the hiring subsidy but also the job placement activities of the PES are counterproductive and reduce overall employment.matching model, hiring subsidy, endogenous separation rate, active labour market policy, PES and search market
Welcome from the IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2020 General Chairs
No full textWelcome from the IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2020 General Chairs On behalf of the Organizing Committee we are very pleased to welcome you to the 10th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe) Conference organized by the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, which for more than 175 years has been one of the most prestigious public institutions both at an international and national level in education, research, technological transfer and services in all sectors of engineering. The IEEE-PES ISGT-Europe 2020 conference will stress the need for viewing the role of smart grids in future energy systems as part of the designing, managing and operating qualitatively new complex socio-technical systems. From a technical perspective, solutions to the limited ability to predict stochastic generation and demand can be found in novel technologies such as integrated communications, advanced sensing & measurement technologies, advanced control methods, improved interfaces and decision support. From an economic and regulatory perspective, the challenge is to innovate and deploy new technologies within new business models and market designs, so that the objectives to contribute significantly to a sustainable world will be met. This is the first ISGT conference that is conducted in a virtual fashion. This is a challenge but also an opportunity. Although we would have preferred to welcome the ISGT community in the beautiful city of the Hague located in South-Holland, we are happy to host you virtually this time. We kept the classical format of a conference with regards to timing and content, and tried to replicate the interactive elements such as discussions or social interaction with on-line tools. Conferences are - besides learning the newest trends and developments - for meeting peers and networking after all. A clearly positive aspect of virtual conferences such as this one are reduced costs, both in conference organization (and in attendee fees ) and travel. Still, we hope that we will meet soon again face to face and enjoy a few days together. We would like to thank all the conference sponsors and everyone that supported us in setting this IEEE PES ISGT-Europe 2020 up, from IEEE PES, the Technical Review Committee to the local team at TU Delft and wish everyone a fruitful and engaging conference. We look forward to meeting you virtually at the 10th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe) Conference."Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public."Energie and IndustrieIntelligent Electrical Power Grid
A hiring subsidy for long-term unemployed in a search model with PES and random search
No full textOur search model combines two search methods, the public employment service (PES) and random search. The separation rate is endogenous, the job matching process consists of three rounds. In the first and the second respectively the short-term (STU) and the long-term unemployed (LTU) randomly search for a vacancy. During the last round the PES matches registered jobseekers with registered vacancies. The LTU cause training costs and, during the training period, have a lower marginal product than the STU. The effects of the hiring subsidy and of profiling techniques to increase the effectiveness of the PES depend on the target group they are geared towards. For skill groups, who have relatively low private search costs in comparison with their productivity, not only the hiring subsidy but also the job placement activities of the PES are counterproductive and reduce overall employment. -- Das Modell kombiniert zwei Suchmethoden, den staatlichen Vermittlungsdienst (PES) und die private Jobsuche. Die Trennungsrate des Modells ist endogen, der Matching Prozeß umfasst drei Phasen. In der ersten und zweiten suchen jeweils die Kurzzeitarbeitslosen (STU) und die Langzeitarbeitslosen (LTU) nach annoncierten Stellen, in der dritten vermittelt der PES registrierte Jobsucher mit registrierten Vakanzen. LTU verursachen Trainingskosten und haben während der Einarbeitungszeit eine geringere Produktivität als STU. Die Wirkungen des Lohnkostenzuschusses für LTU und der Maßnahmen zur Erhöhung der Vermittlungseffektivität des PES hängen von der Zielgruppe ab. Für Zielgruppen, deren private Suchkosten im Vergleich zu ihrer Arbeitsproduktivität relativ gering sind, erweisen sich nicht nur der Lohnkostenzuschuss sondern auch die staatliche Vermittlungsaktivität als kontraproduktive Instrumente, die die gesamtwirtschaftliche Beschäftigung reduzieren.Matching model,hiring subsidy,endogenous separation rate,active labour market policy,PES,search market
International Review of Performance Management Systems in Public Employment Services
No full textThis report presents the findings from a literature review which explores how other Public Employment Services (PES) across Europe use performance measurement in support of their organisational objectives in order that Jobcentre Plus can learn from this when considering future improvements to its performance measurement regime. The main aim of this review was to understand existing labour market targets and whether these would be appropriate for Jobcentre Plus. This aim is underpinned by a number of objectives: - to determine what labour market targets other PES use to measure their performance of moving people into work; - to understand whether other PES use off flow measures; - to determine what evidence exists to demonstrate why these targets are used in other countries, i.e. how they help move people into work; - to investigate whether there are other organisations who have labour market targets and what these targets are; - to understand if there are differences between public, private and voluntary sector targets, where appropriate
Identificação química e estudos farmacológicos dos constituintes da espécie Ipomoea pes-caprae (Convolvulaceae): estudos em química medicinal de análogos do ácido gálico
No full textTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química.O presente estudo descreve o isolamento, identificação e efeitos antinociceptivos de diversos constituintes de Ipomoea pes-caprae, como a glochidona, ácido betulínico, acetatos de a- e b-amirina, isoquercitrina, entre outros, bem como do extrato metanólico e das frações acetato de etila e aquosa, das partes aéreas da planta. Os resultados farmacológicos indicam que os constituintes de Ipomoea pes-caprae exibem efeitos antinociceptivos significativos em dois modelos clássicos de dor em camundongos. Tais resultados confirmam, pelo menos em parte, o uso popular de I. pes-caprae no tratamento de processos dolorosos e inflamatórios. Uma série de 49 compostos, incluindo ésteres, amidas e anidridos, foram sintetizados usando o ácido gálico como modelo. As propriedades analgésicas desta série foram estudadas no modelo de contorções abdominais e no modelo da formalina, em camundongos. Os resultados farmacológicos mostram que nesta série existem compostos apresentando potência analgésica comparável ou maior do que a apresentada pela aspirina e paracetamol, fármacos amplamente utilizados na clínica médica. Tais compostos foram também avaliados quanto a sua atividade antifúngica usando o método de diluição em ágar. Os resultados biológicos mostram que alguns dos compostos exibem um largo espectro de atividade contra fungos do grupo dos dermatófitos, em particular contra Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum, Tricophyton mentagrophytes, Tricophyton rubrum, e Epidermophyton floccosum. Valores da DI50 para o conjunto de 49 compostos foram empregados para desenvolver um modelo de QSAR (relações quantitativas estrutura-atividade), o qual relaciona a estrutura aos valores da potência analgésica. O modelo de QSAR desenvolvido apresenta poder preditivo substancial para o planejamento de novos análogos do ácido gálico possuindo maior potência analgésica
ODORANT-BINDING PROTEINS OF THE MOUSE
No full textAfter the isolation of two odorant-binding proteins (OBP-I and OBP-II) from mouse nasal tissue, we have purified two additional OBPs, which bind tritiated 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine. OBP-III is a homodimer with subunits of M(r) 22,000 and pI 4.2, OBP-IV is a homodimer with subunits of M(r) 21,000 and pI 4.85, N-terminal amino acid sequences indicate that OBP-III is identical in its first 40 amino acids to the mouse urinary protein, MUP-5, (ii) OBP-IV is > 90% identical in its first 30 amino acids to the MUP-4, OBP-II is nearly 80% similar in its first 40 amino acids to OBP-I of the rat, and both subunits of OBP-I are > 50% identical with hamster aphrodisin
Assessing the Potential for Payments for Watershed Services to Reduce Poverty in Guatemala
No full textPayments for Environmental Services (PES) are being increasingly used as conservation instruments, particularly in Latin America. PES programs seek to capture part of the benefits derived from environmental services and channel them to natural resource managers who generate these services, thus increasing their incentive to conserve them. Many have assumed that these payments would go mostly to poor land users, and thus contribute to poverty reduction. There has been little empirical verification of this assumption to date, however. The PES approach was conceptualized as a mechanism to improve the efficiency of natural resource management, and not as a mechanism for poverty reduction. Pagiola et al. (2005) identified three main questions regarding the linkages between PES and poverty: (1) Who are the actual and potential participants in PES programs, and how many of them are poor? (2) Are poorer households able to participate in PES programs? And (3) are poor households affected indirectly by PES programs? We focus here on the first question of eligibility. This study examines whether the recipients of payments for environmental services are likely to be poor. Our focus is on watershed-scale PES mechanisms in which water users make payments to service providers. In Guatemala, as in other countries, it has long been argued that land users in marginal areas such as the steep slopes of upper watersheds tend to be poor. We use data from highland Guatemala to examine this assumed close spatial correlation between areas of high poverty and areas that provide environmental services. We first identify specific watershed areas in which PES mechanisms could potentially be developed, based on the presence of major downstream water uses such as hydroelectric power generation, domestic water supply, and irrigation. We then compare these areas with the spatial distribution of poverty in the country, allowing us to ask two questions that are central to the potential for PES to reach the poor: (1) How many of the potential providers of water services are poor? The local poverty impact of a PES program on poverty will depend on whether potential providers are poor or not. And (2) how many of the poor are potential water service providers? The potential impact of PES on poverty at a national scale will depend on whether many of the poor are in fact in areas where PES mechanisms might be implemented. Even if most potential PES recipients are poor, it may be that few of the poor are potential PES recipients. We map the ‘water supply areas’ by identifying the location of the intakes from which users obtain their water and then delineating the portions of the watershed that contribute to those intakes. About 1.9 million ha have significant potential for development of PES mechanisms through the presence of major water uses. This area is under-estimated as data could only be obtained for a subset of all users. All water supply areas are not equivalent. Some have substantial potential for PES because of the importance of downstream water uses, while others have more limited potential. For each user, we collect information on the nature and magnitude of their water use and construct use-specific indices of the relative importance or “value” of water supply areas. With about 56% of its population under the poverty line, Guatemala has one of the highest poverty rates in Central America. Using the watershed-level poverty map developed by Nelson and Chomitz (2007), we analyze both the poverty rate and the poverty density in water supply areas. Our analysis shows that both the poverty rate and the poverty density in the water supply areas vary substantially. The average poverty rate in water supply areas is only 44 percent, which is lower than the national average of 53%. There is essentially no correlation between the importance of a water supply area and the poverty rate of people living within it. The total number of poor that could potentially be reached if PES mechanisms were developed in all water supply areas is about 1.76 million, or 73% of the country’s poor. This analysis only considers the potential for PES programs to reach the poor. Even where many of the potential service providers are poor, it does not follow that the poor will get the benefits. A variety of obstacles, including insecure land tenure, lack of title, small farm holdings, and lack of access to credit might limit the participation by the poor in a PES program. The extent to which these problems prove to be obstacles in practice depends on the specific characteristics of the PES program and the conditions under which it is implemented. References: Nelson and Chomitz. 2007. Environment, Development and Sustainability 9(4): 369. Pagiola et al. 2005. World Development 33(2): 237.Payments for Environmental Services (PES), watershed, poverty, Guatemala, Environmental Economics and Policy, International Development,
Increasing Distributed Generation Penetration using Soft Normally-Open Points
No full textThis paper considers the effects of various voltage control solutions on facilitating an increase in allowable levels of distributed generation installation before voltage violations occur. In particular, the voltage control solution that is focused on is the implementation of `soft' normally-open points (SNOPs), a term which refers to power electronic devices installed in place of a normally-open point in a medium-voltage distribution network which allows for control of real and reactive power flows between each end point of its installation sites. While other benefits of SNOP installation are discussed, the intent of this paper is to determine whether SNOPs are a viable alternative to other voltage control strategies for this particular application. As such, the SNOPs ability to affect the voltage profile along feeders within a distribution system is focused on with other voltage control options used for comparative purposes. Results from studies on multiple network models with varying topologies are presented and a case study which considers economic benefits of increasing feasible DG penetration is also given
Isole coloniali, identità postcoloniali nella narrativa di Sia Figiel e Jamaica Kincaid
No full textNella letteratura coloniale l‟isola viene spesso rappresentata come ambientazione esotica, un luogo selvaggio e lontano sia geograficamente che culturalmente dall‟Occidente metropolitano e civilizzato, uno spazio vuoto a disposizione degli europei che dall‟esterno se ne appropriano e la plasmano. Di contro, in molti testi letterari postcoloniali è l‟isola stessa che plasma l‟esistenza dei suoi abitanti all‟interno di una dimensione locale e di appartenenza culturale e territoriale e, nel contempo, ne determina l‟identità precaria e in continua trasformazione su cui ancora si ripercuotono gli effetti del passato imperialista. Le “small islands” coloniali, a lungo considerate solo come frammenti sparsi alla periferia dell‟Impero, rivendicano il loro diritto postcoloniale ad occupare lo spazio liminale tra la terra e il mare, tra la definizione di sé e di Altro, tra l‟appartenenza a un qui centrale ed egemonico e a un altrove incomprensibile e sottomesso. Il capitolo prende in esame due testi – Where We Once Belonged (1996) dell‟autrice samoana Sia Figiel e A Small Place (1988) dell‟antiguana Jamaica Kincaid – nei quali le isole che fanno da ambientazione, Samoa e Antigua, vengono rappresentate come luoghi di trasformazione e ridefinizione identitaria, la cui natura interstiziale, fluida e mutevole si pone in correlazione metaforica con la (ri)costruzione dell‟identità postcoloniale dei suoi abitanti
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