2,722 research outputs found
Erratum to: The Role of Adipocytokines in Coronary Atherosclerosis (Current Atherosclerosis Reports, (2017), 19, 2, (10), 10.1007/s11883-017-0644-3)
No full textConcerning the paper entitled, “The role of adipocytokine in coronary atherosclerosis” the author to be corrected is Casula Matteo. The correct form is Matteo Casula. Matteo is the first name whereas Casula is the family name
Motion estimation and CABAC VLSI co-processors for real-time high-quality H.264/AVC video coding
No full textReal-time and high-quality video coding is gaining a wide interest in the research and industrial community for different applications. H.264/AVC, a recent standard for high performance video coding, can be successfully exploited in several scenarios including digital video broadcasting, high-definition TV and DVD-based systems, which require to sustain up to tens of Mbits/s. To that purpose this paper proposes optimized architectures for H.264/AVC most critical tasks, Motion estimation and context adaptive binary arithmetic coding. Post synthesis results on sub-micron CMOS standard-cells technologies show that the proposed architectures can actually process in real-time 720 × 480 video sequences at 30 frames/s and grant more than 50 Mbits/s. The achieved circuit complexity and power consumption budgets are suitable for their integration in complex VLSI multimedia systems based either on AHB bus centric on-chip communication system or on novel Network-on-Chip (NoC) infrastructures for MPSoC (Multi-Processor System on Chip
La marina turistica di Porto Corallo: da antico scalo commerciale a porto turistico integrato
No full textApplicazione di tecniche informatiche alla "arena" decisionale del Parco del Gennargentu - Golfo di Orosei
No full textNot a black or white issue: choosing alternative organizational models for delivering early childhood services
No full textThis article investigates how municipalities choose their organiza- tional arrangements for delivering early childhood services and the interplay among the regional framework, local legacies, and agency factors influencing these choices. We answered these questions through a mix-method approach and a comparative analysis of four European regions in the same country (Italy). Our data shows that a variety of hybrid organizational models for service delivery is possible, and the fundamental role played by the regional framework in affecting organizational choices – with local factors such as legacy and agency compensating in the event of its absence
Ground state properties of the one-dimensional Coulomb gas using the lattice regularized diffusion Monte Carlo method
No full textWe study the ground state properties of a quasi-one-dimensional electron gas interacting via an effective potential with a harmonic transversal confinement and long-range Coulomb tail. The exact correlation energy has been calculated for a wide range of electron densities by using the lattice regularized diffusion Monte Carlo method, which is a recent development of the standard projection Monte Carlo technique. In this case it is particularly useful as it allows one to sample the exact ground state of the system, even in the low-density regime when the exchange between electrons is extremely small. For different values of the width parameter b (0.1 a(0)(*)<= b <= 4 a(0)(*)), we give a simple parametrization of the correlation energy, which provides an accurate local density energy functional for quasi-one-dimensional systems. Moreover, we show that static correlations are in qualitative agreement with those obtained for the Luttinger liquid model with long-range interactions
Assessing the Multi-level Government Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: Italy and Spain Compared
No full textThis article compares the functioning of the intergovernmental systems in Italy and Spain facing the COVID-19 crisis. Combining the public administration literature on policy learning and multi-level governance with that on the institutional collective action framework, this article analyses if and how Italy and Spain have reacted and learned from the external pressures of the pandemic, leading to institutional adjustments to the respective multi-level governance systems in the de-escalation of the first emergency phase. In doing so, the article tests the general hypothesis that the existing political structures and dynamics are a crucial variable to explain the different performance in the pandemic response management. The framework presented in this article could be extended to other countries that follow a federal logic in healthcare provision by public administration scholars who are interested in crisis management studies
Il dilemma del riordino. Unioni e fusioni dei comuni italiani
No full textLe unioni e fusioni di comuni sono strumenti di riordino territoriale utilizzati in molti paesi, Italia compresa. Soprattutto in anni di crisi e di austerity, l’aumento delle dimensioni degli enti locali (e la diminuzione del loro numero) sembra aver evidenziato un’inconciliabilità: quella tra la capacità di tali enti di fornire efficacemente i servizi fondamentali ai cittadini, e i principi di democrazia locale e prossimità. Il volume tenta di spiegare come, per superare questo dilemma, sia opportuno considerare una serie di variabili e fattori che danno conto della complessità e della multidimensionalità del riordino territoriale. Policy-makers e amministratori nazionali e locali possono trarre conoscenze e spunti pratici dall’analisi proposta nel volume e dall’individuazione di alcune dimensioni analitiche e indicatori, utilizzabili sia come strumenti descrittivi e valutativi, sia come criteri guida al momento di affrontare decisioni di riordino che coinvolgono unioni e fusioni municipali
Torn Between Neoliberal and Postmodern Trends, Corporatist Defence and Creative Age Prospects: The Ongoing Reshaping of the Classical Music Profession in Italy
No full textIn modern industrial societies, strongly associating work to tangible productivity and
professions to formal regulation and protection of membership, the music occupation has represented a
conundrum for theoretical analysis. In post-industrial societies, however, musicians are being recognised
a pivotal role in capitalist economies, as part of a creative class sharing working conditions already
defining artistic labour markets, but within a significantly changed regulative framework. Drawing on the
literature and her field research, the author adopts a neo-institutional perspective to consider the reshaping
of the classical music profession in Italy, exploring how collective and individual actors are responding to
neo-liberal trends extending market logic to a music world crossed by processes of cultural
declassification. Conclusions reflect over the ambiguities created by creative age prospects, in applying
principles of economic hierarchisation within the field of musical production, and over the transient
nature of professionalisation processes
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