117,358 research outputs found
Costantino Mortati e il diritto al lavoro. Brevi considerazioni
No full textIl breve scritto riproduce l'intervento svolto in occasione del convegno su Costantino Mortati e "Il lavoro nella Costituzione" tenutosi nel 2003 a Siena. Le riflessioni dell'autore ruotano intorno alla constatazione della grande distanza che separa il pensiero di Mortati dalle attuali concezioni della Costituzione, del lavoro, del diritto del lavoro e, più in generale, del ruolo dello Stato nella società
NETS: a design tool for activating social networks
No full textPurpose – The purpose of this paper is to address social network theory from the perspective of design research and propose a new conceptual approach to understanding and developing social
networks. These ideas are embodied in a new strategic tool to help companies appreciate, proactively develop and exploit their social networks through visualisation.
Design/methodology/approach – The authors illustrate how design-inspired approaches can transform the understanding of social networks through a practical tool to foster innovation and
transformation in and between firms. This was developed through an action-research process and tested with 22 high-tech, small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Findings – Entrepreneurs are found to benefit from their network by activating the most useful nodes to solve a problem. Conceptually a sub-group of contacts exists that are activated at different times to
extract different resources, that is nodes operate depending on the use they are put to. The authors call these NETS, highly functional portions of networks that catch things. By visualising parts of a
network while looking at a number of dimensions, the authors have successfully demonstrated a tool that helps the exploration of a wide variety of relationships to build a strategy for innovation.
Practical implications – The NETS concept represents a tool for facilitating innovation by helping entrepreneurs understand and exploit their social network. It fills the gap between theoretical findings in social network literature and successful application of such ideas.
Originality/value – The paper contributes to the highly debated field of social networks by introducing new activities for engagement and analysis crossing the academic/outreach divide; it opens up a new interface between social networks and design research
Working at the junction: reconciling numbers and vulnerabilities
No full textThe article discusses the need for a new approach to development that combines
human and qualitative insights with numerical analysis. It argues that the
traditional models of competitiveness, growth, and prosperity are no longer
sufficient, as the world undergoes a significant transformation, due to both digital
and green imperatives. Analysing the complexity and drivers of change, the
author points out that the digital transformation and the increased centrality of
data have made development models increasingly hinged on
quantitative/statistical analysis. The availability, centrality, and use of data
currently steer the way forward and occupy decision-makers’ minds, despite the
– often – skewed, flattened, and biased nature of data sets. To overcome these
limits, the article suggests looking at design practice as a way to balance
perspectives, working at the junction where the dominant logics of quantitative
analysis can be blended with qualitative and thick knowledge. This can help
reconcile humans and their vulnerabilities with numbers, leading to explore
intriguing new directions for research and practice
Mortati e la scienza del diritto pubblico nel periodo fascista: un\u27opinione dissenziente
No full textL\u27opera scientifica di Costantino Mortati viene esaminata da un duplice angolo visuale, relativo ai rapporti con la cultura giuridica italiana e tedesca del periodo fascista.Nell\u27articolo, viene messa in luce, da una parte, l\u27originalità del pensiero di Mortati rispetto sia alla cultura giuridica del periodo liberale, sia alle correnti culturali vicine al regime fascista.Dall\u27altra parte, viene sottolineata l\u27autonomia delle teorie, elaborate da Mortati, della costituzione materiale e del potere discrezionale rispetto agli orientamenti prevalenti tra gli studiosi tedeschi contemporanei.
Chemical selective in vitro bioassay for cells/EC matrix detection in 3D nonlabelled cell cultures
No full textDesign and SMEs: the trigger of creative ecosystems
No full textIn this paper we present key issues that contribute to enhancing the debate on the relationship between design and SMEs. We compare the situation in Italy and the UK both considering an historical background and by understanding how governments are currently supporting companies in using design – especially focusing on SMEs, that is the main industrial population in both countries.
We underline the importance of developing a trusted relationship between designer/entrepreneur. This collaboration is in fact historically based on a strong element of reciprocity and interdependence and it results in a successful action often because of the personal characteristics of both the designer and the entrepreneur, it being a mechanism highly based on trust and cultural matters. This relationship and the qualitative advantages it has brought to businesses is a very difficult one to measure and support for governments, although these are increasingly looking at creativity as one of the main triggers of innovation. More importantly, the profound changes underway are calling for the need to give new meaning to what a company is; only consequently looking for viable ways of growth.
We highlight the network dimension in the connection between design and business, as a viable new way to answer to the profound changes (cultural, civic, environmental, economical, and social) underway. We conclude by defining such collaborative systems “creative cosystems”, in that they trigger knowledge exchange mechanisms, creativity and innovation by generating an adaptive environment that resembles a biological ecosystem
CARS and SHG microscopy to follow collagen production in living human corneal fibroblasts and mesenchymal stem cells in fibrin hydrogel 3D cultures
No full textCoherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy is used in conjunction with second harmonic generation (SHG) to follow the early stage of stem cell differentiation within a three-dimensional (3D) scaffold. Formation of an extracellular matrix mainly composed of collagen is one of the first signs of human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) differentiation. This work shows that the multimodal CARS and SHG constitutes a powerful noninvasive, label-free technique for monitoring collagen production in 3D cell cultures. Its simultaneous imaging of cell morphology and the distribution of the collagen produced by living cells during long-term (4 weeks) experiment furnished important information about the cell-scaffold interaction and the establishment of the extracellular matrix, while its very low collagen detection limit permitted mapping of even the small quantity produced in a few hours. This finding indicates that the multimodal CARS and SHG imaging can be proposed as a new way of monitoring the differentiation of stem cells by evaluating their production of collagen in both short and long-term experiments. Further evidence is also provided of the efficacy of fibrin hydrogel as a scaffold autoinducing the differentiation stimulus in 3D human mesenchymal stem cell cultures
Detection of collagen produced by live human corneal fibroblasts and human mesenchymal stem cells cultured in 3D fibrin gel using label-free noninvasive imaging
No full textDesign-led policy and governance in practice: a global perspective
No full textAbstractPresently, the relationship between policy and design is very much open for debate as to how these two concepts differ, relate, and interact with one another. There exists very little agreement on their relational trajectory with one course, policy design, originating in the policy studies tradition while the other, design for policy, being founded in design studies. The Special Issue has paid particular attention to the upcoming area of research where design disciplines and policy studies are exploring new ways toward convergence. With a focus on design, the authors herein present an array of design methods and approaches through case studies and conceptual papers, using co-design, participatory design and critical service design to work with policymakers in tackling challenging issues and policies. We see designers and policymakers working with communities to boost engagement around the world, with examples from the UK, Latvia, New Zealand, Denmark, Turkey, the UK, Brazil and South Africa. Finally, we offer a few reflections to build further this research area pointing out topics for further research with the hope that these will be relevant for researchers approaching the field or deepening their investigation and for bridging the academic/practice divide between design studies and policy design
Past, present, and future: Understanding the expanse of design for policy and governance
No full textSponsored as the official track of PoGoSIG, this track aims to critically explore and define the relationship between policy and design. Further, this track will serve as an initial call for papers for the upcoming edited volume of the same subject in the Routledge series ‘Design for Social Responsibility’ edited by Rachel Cooper. The track can be divided into an expanse of three key areas: 1. Past: Resistance Where did design for policy emerge from? Papers that can provide historical overviews of key initiatives that have demonstrated the value of and challenges for design for policy. The papers will provide understandings of where design for policy has developed and contributed across a broad range of policy areas. 2. Present: Recovery & Reflection What are current global examples of success in the field of design for policy and governance? Papers focused on case studies that highlight recent examples of designing policy (in innovative areas), e.g., local, national, regional/global, as well as case studies of design methods being used in a range of scales. 3. Future: Reimagination What do we mean by design futures for policy and governance? Papers exploring how design might support the emergence of a new generation of public policies as well as the future of government as an organization. These papers will explore how design methods/heuristics are being or might be used to create and implement policies in the future e.g., world building, design fiction, and how they help reimagine the future of policymaking
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