87 research outputs found
"Non di sola CEDU ..." La fecondazione assistita e il diritto alla salute in Italia e in Europa
No full textIn recent years, the right to health granted by Art. 32 of the Italian Constitution has undergone a significant shift. Along with the increasing process of Europeanization of fundamental rights, which was boosted in 2007 in relation to the ECHR, both the individual and the social tenets of the right to health seem to have been progressively blurring. A powerful example of this trend is that concerning assisted reproductive technology (ART). A law passed in 2004 has regulated ART in Italy for the first time ever, albeit with a highly restrictive approach. Many claims over time have challenged the constitutionality of the law and, among them, those affecting the bans on preimplantation genetic diagnosis and on heterologous assisted reproduction remain unanswered to date. The inaction of the Constitutional Court and the unresponsiveness of the legislative branch have therefore pushed the affected couples to apply to the European Court of Human Rights, whose decisions have partially satisfied those claims, albeit with the effect of jeopardizing the centrality of the constitutional right to health and its multi-faceted potentialities. The right to respect for private and family life (Art. 8 ECHR) is indeed focused on the individual side of health issues and mainly lacks any social attitude, with the consequence that 'reproductive' rights (i.e. the right to have a child) are often overestimated with regard to woman's health rights. The inability of this approach to call into question the most critical aspects of the Italian legislation on ART has been demonstrated by the latest decisions of both the judiciary and the Constitutional Court, that have made wide reference to ECHR case law without being able to solve the most debated problems. Given this situation, the author suggests that a preferable solution would be renewed focus on the full fledged enhancement of both individual and social attitudes concerning the right to health
Optimization of magneto-mechanical Energy Scavenger for automotive tyre
No full textThis article presents multidisciplinary optimization methods applied to the design and performance evaluation of a magneto-mechanical energy scavenger for automotive wireless tire sensors. Optimal performance strictly depends on source characteristics, volume, weight and power density targets, energy scavenger typology, technological and manufacturing capabilities, optimization and reliability of performance, environment requirements, and so on. Thus an optimization study has been conducted on equivalent viscous damping due to strong magneto-electrical-mechanical coupling. To do this, an optimization tool has been developed that maximizes the power output in specific working conditions by varying the number and size of coils. © The Author(s) 2011
Conoscenza e tutela degli edifici in c.a. dei primi del Novecento come frontiera del restauro
No full textIn Italy the necessity to safeguard reinforced concrete buildings of the Twentieth century had emerged and was stabilized progressively during the second half of the last century. Since that moment numerous studies were devoted for this theme, conventions had put emphasis on the materials, technique author and other aspects. The Superintendence launched knowledge campaigns of the territory and census by inquiring into parameters of selection to adopt in order to place a restriction and then declaration of the cultural interest, according to the Code of Cultural Heritage. Therefore the historical and artistic value from time to time was recognised as well as the social meaning of the work, the correlation with the background or the innovation from the point of view of materials and the construction principles. Despite this fact, the two illustrated examples allow to highlight that reinforced concrete buildings are unrecognised as a part of the heritage to protect. It is significant the case of the ex-Multiplex Odeon in Genoa, that has not been substracted from speculative logics despite having all the features mentioned in order to be selected as part of the heritage of the Twenties of the Twentieth century to defend. The second example about ex vegetable market in Genoa, concerned the practice to safeguard some part of the buildings or complex, that seem to be selectable as exemplifying of standardized and repeatable works
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No full textLa información de esta miniguía se basa, a la fecha de publicación de la misma, en los trabajos de los arqueólogos E. Willys Andrews lV, E. Willys Andrews V y Edward Barna KurjacEl sitio ocupa un área de 16.25 km2; el asentamiento es de tipo concéntrico, por lo que presenta un núcleo de aproximadamente 25 hectáreas con abundantes construcciones monumentales. Tres kilómetros localizados en la parte central se caracterizan por conjuntos de edificios, algunos de los cuales forman la Plaza Central o el Templo de los Siete Muñecos; los restantes 13 km2 incluyen conjuntos arquitectónicos más dispersos, muchos con pirámides y edificios abovedados. La zona rural, fuera del sitio, densamente poblada, se compone de edificios con plataformas escalonadas alrededor de plazas y pequeñas pirámides sin bóveda distribuidos en un área de 19 km2 donde se han registrado alrededor de ocho mil cuatrocientas estructuras.</p
el lugar donde hay escritura enlas piedras planas'
No full textLa información de esta miniguía se basa, a la fecha de publicación de la misma, en los trabajos de los arqueólogos E. Willys Andrews lV, E. Willys Andrews V y Edward Barna Kurjac y Rubén Maldonado C.El asentamiento, de tipo concéntrico, ocupa un área de 16.25 km2. Los tres primeros kilómetros corresponden a la parte central y se caracterizan por la abundancia de construcciones monumentales del tipo de la plaza central y el Templo de los siete muñecos; los restantes 13 km2 incluyen conjuntos arquitectónicos que se van volviendo más dispersos y la última parte se compone de edificios con plataformas escalonadas alrededor de plazas y pequeñas pirámides sin bóveda. En total, s€ han registrado cerca de 8400 estructuras.</p
Italy: Legal Response to Covid-19
No full textScholarly report and analysis of national legal responses to Covid-19 around the world. The Compendium is composed of reports by country teams, headed by one or more Country or Territory Rapporteurs, who coordinate the production and updating of the relevant Country Reports. The reports are written by reference to a comprehensive Author Guidance Code (AGC). The AGC covers five topics:
I. Introduction
II. Applicable Legal Framework
III. Institutions and Oversight
IV. Public Health Measures, Enforcement and Compliance
V. Social and Employment Protection Measures
VI. Human Rights of Vulnerable Group
Generando responsabilidad en el aula a través de la Ciencia Ficción: Una lectura crítica feminista de The Female Man de Joanna Russ
No full textFlorencia Gutiérrez Repetto. Universidad de GranadaAdelina Sánchez Espinosa. Universidad de GranadaRecepción: 08.05.2019 | Aceptado: 30.10.2019Correspondencia a través de ORCID: Florencia Gutierrez Repetto 0000-0002-2972-6759Financiación: Plan Propio de Investigación y Transferencia de la Universidad de Granada (2017): “Beca de Iniciación a la Investigación para estudiantes de Grado”Literature can be a powerful tool in promoting ethical response-ability within the classroom if analysed from feminist perspectives. Besides, when certain literary subgenres, such as Science Fiction, are approached from feminist methodologies the potentialities are multiplied. Feminist close reading, which foregrounds gender as critical concept and considers a number of external factors to the production and reception of a text, may be a way of helping students to develop their critical abilities when they are faced with any kind of text. In this paper, we take Joanna Russ’s The Female Man (1975) as a case study in order to show how feminist close reading may widen the range of interpretations of a text, mainly by considering, on the one hand, the context of production of that text —written at the peak of the so-called second wave feminism— and, on the other, the location from which it is analysed. The result is an alternative, “oppositional” reading of the novel which attempts to overcome the shortcomings of the ideological stances that gave shape to it and restore its potential for a 21st-century context. To that end, a literary critic needs to display the pressures at work in the crafting and understanding of a text, which seems essential in the process of resisting the dominant meanings foisted on the reader. As a result, the critic is able to question a text and the alleged authority of its author. We aim at illustrating that, in the context of the classroom, this process may be of use in the upbringing of ethically responsible/response-able adults, which is, indeed, an essential task given current neoliberal individualism.Resumen: La literatura puede resultar una poderosa herramienta en la promoción de una responsabilidad ética dentro del aula, especialmente si se analiza desde perspectivas feministas. Asimismo, cuando se examinan determinados subgéneros literarios, como la ciencia ficción, utilizando metodologías feministas, sus potencialidades se multiplican. Una lectura crítica feminista, que prioriza el género como concepto crítico y tiene en cuenta factores externos a la producción y recepción del texto, puede ser una manera de ayudar a los estudiantes a desarrollar sus habilidades críticas a la hora de enfrentarse a cualquier tipo de texto. En este artículo, tomamos la novela de Joanna Russ The Female Man (1975) como caso de estudio para mostrar cómo una lectura crítica feminista puede ampliar el abanico de interpretaciones de un texto, al considerar, por un lado, el contexto de producción de un texto (en este caso, escrito en pleno auge de la llamada segunda ola feminista) y, por otro, la ubicación desde la que se analiza. El resultado de este proceso es una lectura alternativa y “oposicional” de la novela, que pretende superar las limitaciones propias de las posiciones ideológicas que dieron forma al texto y, a su vez, restaurar el potencial de éste para hacerlo válido en el siglo XXI. Con este fin, el crítico ha de exponer las presiones que se ejercen en la creación y en la comprensión de un texto, esenciales a la hora de resistir los significados dominantes que se intentan imponer al lector. Como consecuencia de esto, se hace posible el cuestionamiento del texto y de la supuesta autoridad de su autor. Nuestro objetivo es ilustrar cómo, en el contexto del aula, este proceso puede ser útil en la formación de adultos responsables, algo que es, sin duda, una tarea fundamental dado el individualismo neoliberal que se impone en nuestros días
A Novel 3D Staring System for Driver Assistance
No full textThis paper reports the development of an intelligent electro-optical device for drive scenarios detection and object recognition, finalised to automotive functions, such as pre-crash, in which the obstacles classification is very important. The system is based on a new CMOS image sensor able to enhance the passive vision by integration on pixel of the distance information. The scene detection is based on a new active 3D imaging techniqu
Restricting consumer credit access: household survey evidence on effects around the Oregon rate cap
No full textMany policymakers and some behavioral models hold that restricting access to expensive credit helps consumers by preventing overborrowing. The author examines some short-run effects of restricting access, using household panel survey data on payday loan users collected around the imposition of binding restrictions on payday loan terms in Oregon. The results suggest that borrowing fell in Oregon relative to Washington, with former payday loan users shifting partially into plausibly inferior substitutes. Additional evidence suggests that restricting access caused deterioration in the overall financial condition of the Oregon households. The results suggest that restricting access to expensive credit harms consumers on average.Consumer credit
The Need for Better Internal Oversight of Corporate Lobbying
No full textThe author shows by example that corporate lobbying on public policy issues is not always in the best interests of shareholdersâor customers or employees. Best practice by leading companies provides oversight of lobbying by the board of directors, but far too few companies now employ such practices.
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