870 research outputs found
La competitività italiana nel commercio internazionale
No full textOn the basis of various indexes, the author demonstrates that the Italian productive system has an outstanding position in various industrial sectors in the world economy. In particular, he identifies four sectors denominated the 4As (according to the initial letter of each Italian term: clothing - Abbigliamento-moda; home furniture - Arredo-casa; food - Alimentare-vini; automation - Automazione-meccanica-gomma-plastica). The 4As accounted for a balance of payments surplus which amounts to 100 billion euros. The author emphasises how a "declinist" interpretation is based on the declining share of total Italian exports in world export. Yet, this interpretation does not adequately take into account the strategy adopted by Italian firms that, in the last years, have changed their strategy towards higher value added production. This interpretation is confirmed by the comparison of competitiveness indexes elaborated by UNCTAD/WTO (TPI, Trade Performance Index) and by the Edison Foundation (Fortis-Corradini Index). The paper examines also the performances of italian exports during the first phase of the current global crisis. On the one hand, Italy has been affected by the crisis of global demand; on the other hand, the same diffuculties were experienced by Germany, and the Italian economy initially recovered more successfully. Finally, the paper suggests that prospects for growth of Italy in international trade, depends on greater access to BRIC markets; however, the Italian small/medium size forms find it more difficult obtain a foothold than large multinationals from the other European countries
WCSSP-FORTIS Training App (2019)
No full text<p>The source code for <a href="https://fortis-training.herokuapp.com/">https://fortis-training.herokuapp.com/</a> as part of the WCSSP - Forecasting Training in Southeast Asia project.</p>
<p>Overview</p>
<p>File sharing platform for running multiple training courses in South East Asia.</p>
<p>What's new</p>
<ul>
<li>Moved storage to google cloud to give cheap large amount of storage (free for 1st year)</li>
<li>Timetable is now render-able as html</li>
<li>Improved documentation in Wiki</li>
</ul>
<p>Security Patches</p>
<ul>
<li>urllib, jinja2, python3.7 and requests</li>
</ul>
<p>Coming soon</p>
<ul>
<li>Download all tools to take an off-line copy</li>
</ul>
WCSSP-FORTIS: 2019 FORTIS Training Web App
No full text<p>A file sharing platform for running multiple training courses in South East Asia. The application <a href="https://fortis-training.herokuapp.com/">https://fortis-training.herokuapp.com/</a> is being used as part of the WCSSP - Forecasting Training in Southeast Asia project. Further information on this project can be found <a href="http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/collaboration/newton/wcssp-se-asia/wp3">here.</a></p>
<p>This software is open source a freely available for use for similar training courses (all training material is held separately)</p>
<p>What's new</p>
<ul>
<li>Moved storage to google cloud to give cheap large amount of storage (free for 1st year)</li>
<li>Timetable is now render-able as html</li>
<li>Improved documentation in Wiki</li>
</ul>
<p>Security Patches</p>
<ul>
<li>urllib, jinja2, python3.7 and requests</li>
</ul>
<p>Coming soon</p>
<ul>
<li>Download all tools to take an off-line copy</li>
</ul>
Biographical Relations in Amerindian and Melanesian Societies
No full textAnthropology takes as its analytical lens the life cycle and with it the biographical relations and life projects that unfold within. This chapter discusses how artefacts in Melanesia and the Lowlands of Central and South America capture the concept of time and how shapes of time mirror shapes of relations. Marilyn Strathern had shown that forms for Melanesia – such as babies, yams and artefacts – are the outcomes and external shapes of relations. As part of their material life, Guna people living on the San Blas Archipelago and nearby coastal area of Panama carve wooden anthropomorphic figures that act as household guardians and auxiliary spirits of ritual specialists. Island Melanesia is a region with multiple island groups of varying landmass skirting mainland Papua New Guinea from the southwest to the northeast
Microtus fortis Buchner 1889
No full textMicrotus fortis Büchner, 1889 —Reed Vole Microtus fortis Büchner, 1889 p.99; Type locality- Huang He (the Yellow River) valley, Ordos desert, Nei Mongol, China; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.701; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.376; Won, 1968 p.211; Corbet, 1978 p.114; Han, 1994 p.47; Won & Smith, 1999 p.26; Han, 2004c p.135. M. pelliceus Thomas, 1911b p.383; Type locality- Ussuri River, southeastern Siberia; Kuroda, 1938 p.54. M. fortis pelliceus: Allen, 1940 p.860; Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951 p.702; Won, 1958 p.445; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.376; Won, 1967 p.190; Won, 1968 p.212. M. fortis uliginosus Jones and Johnson, 1955 p.193; Type locality- Jipo-ri (Chip’o-ri; 38° 08’ N, 127° 19’ E), Cheolwon, Korea; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.376. Range: The reed vole occupies wetland habitats in central and extreme northeastern Korea (Kim et al. 2015) and western islands (including Dadohaesang National Marine Park) close to the peninsula (Han 2004c; Fig. 120). Remarks: Microtus fortis consists of a species group including M. sachalinensis, M. hyperboreus and M. gromovi (Haring et al. 2011). Both morphological and genetic divergence estimates were close to levels observed among sibling species (Haring et al. 2011; Lissovsky & Obolenskaya 2011). Microtus f. pelliceus Thomas, 1911 occurs in northern Korea, while central and southern populations are generally considered a distinct Subspecies, M. f. uliginosus Jones and Johnson, 1955 (Won 1967; Won & Smith 1999).Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on pages 175-177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/261019
LA CRISI MONDIALE E L'ITALIA
No full textQuesto volume ha quattro intonazioni che si intrecciano muovendo dalla crisi economico-finanziaria che ha colpito il mondo. La prima intonazione è che la crisi nasce e cresce negli USA a causa di un sistema troppo affidato al debito, con un aumento esponenziale dell'indebitamento delle famiglie americane, particolarmente esposte sui mutui sulla casa. La seconda riguarda la dinamica attraverso cui la crisi si è amplificata a livello internazionale a causa dei cosiddetti titoli "tossici" moltiplicatisi a dismisura a partire dalla massa dei mutui stessi. La terza intonazione è che in tutto ciò l'Europa sta comunque meglio degli USA. La quarta ed ultima intonazione è che l'Italia ha molti punti di forza per affrontare la recessione iniziata nell'ultima parte del 2008: su tutti un sistema manifatturiero competitivo e un elevato risparmio delle famiglie.
Quella che taluno aveva descritto come arretratezza del sistema economico italiano si sta rivelando una sua forza specifica che potrebbe permetterci di superare meglio di molti altri Paesi la crisi internazionale che, comunque, appare gravissima.
L'autore ha seguito la crisi momento per momento con vari interventi sulla stampa, in particolare su "Il Messaggero" ed "Economy", raccolti organicamente in questo volume.This volume deals with four intertwining aspects starting from the current world's economic-financial crisis. The first aspect is that the crisis arose and developed in the USA as a result of a financial system exceedingly relying on debiting, with an exponential growth of the indebtedness of the American households, particularly exposed in housing loans. The second reviews how the crisis spread to the rest of the world because of the enormous increase in the so-called "toxic" assets arising from the mass of loans. The third aspect is that in this mess Europe is definitely in a better position than the US. The fourth and last aspect is that Italy has many strong points in coping with the recession that began late in 2008, the major ones being a competitive manufacturing system and a high level of households saving.
What someone described as backwardness of the Italian economic system is now proving to be a specific strength that could enable us to get over the international crisis, which is undeniably extremely severe, better than many other countries.
The author has been following the crisis day by day with articles published especially in "Il Messaggero" and "Economy", now collected systematically in this volum
Phonological Entity of Korean Fortis
No full textKorean obstruents are devided into lenis(p), fortis (glottalized or tensed:p), and aspirated(). The alternations between lenis and fortis and those between lenis and áspirated are often observed in given environments, and have been treated as one important subject in Korean phonology. The present paper deals with the fortis in two respects, descriptive and theoretical. In the descriptive point of view, some related data, which are commonly accepted by other phonologists, will be reexamined. And, in the theoretical point of view, 1 will try to show the phonological process in which the fortis is the geminate of lenis within the framework of Non-linear Phonology (McCarthy (1982), van der Hulst & Smith (1982), Dell & Vergnaud (1984), etc.)
Perencanaan keuangan keluarga bapak Hadi pada tabungan BCA, deposito Panin, reksa dana Mandiri Investa pasar uang, fortis rupiah plus, fortis ekuitas, fortis equitra, dan schroder dana mantap plus
No full textStudi kasus ini membahas mengenai perencanaan keuangan Bapak Hadi, namun permasalahan yang dihadapi adalah pengalokasian aset yang dimiliki belum optimal. Perencanaan ini bertujuan untuk membantu klien, dalam mencapai tujuan keuangan mereka. Tujuan investasi tersebut tidak lain adalah kebutuhan akan dana darurat, dana membeli rumah, dana liburan, dan dana pensiun dengan mengoptimalkan alur dana dan aset yang sudah ada. Dalam upaya untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut perencana keuangan merekomendasikan produk-produk yang sesuai yaitu: Tabungan BCA, Deposito Panin, Reksadana Mandiri Investa Pasar Uang, Fortis Rupiah Plus, Fortis Ekuitas, Fortis Equitra, dan Schroder Dana Mantap Plus. Dengan kondisi keuangan yang baik berupa alur dana yang positif dan adanya aset yang cukup merupakan modal utama yang membuat Bapak Hadi akan mudah mencapai tujuan-tujuan investasinya
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