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Development of Araecerus coffeae (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) on Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer roots
No full textAraecerus coffeae (Fabricius) is a beetle of considerable economic importance. Its occurrence is cosmopolitan, though it is more common in the tropical and subtropical countries. The aim of this experiment was to study the development of coffee bean weevil on two different kinds of ginseng roots, compared with data obtained on corn and coffee grains. Tests were carried out under laboratory condition at a fixed temperature and relative humidity. It was observed that the time of development is the shortest on spindle-shaped, bipartite ginseng roots and the number of emerging adults is higher on corn and coffee grains. Secondary ginseng roots do not allow the development of A. coffeae
Smart Cities Governance: The Need for a Holistic Approach to Assessing Urban Participatory Policy Making
No full textMost of the definitions of a ‘‘smart city’’ make a direct or indirect reference to improving performance as one of the main objectives of initiatives to make cities ‘‘smarter’’. Several evaluation approaches and models have been put forward in literature and practice to measure smart cities. However, they are often normative or limited to certain aspects of cities’ ‘‘smartness’’, and a more comprehensive and holistic approach seems to be lacking. Thus, building on a review of the
literature and practice in the field, this paper aims to discuss the importance of adopting a holistic approach to the assessment of smart city governance and policy decision making. It also proposes a performance assessment framework that overcomes the limitations of existing approaches and contributes to filling the current gap in the knowledge base in this domain. One of the innovative elements of the proposed framework is its holistic approach to policy evaluation. It is designed to
address a smart city’s specificities and can benefit from the active participation of citizens in assessing the public value of policy decisions and their sustainability over time. We focus our attention on the performance measurement of codesign and coproduction by stakeholders and social innovation processes related to public value generation. More specifically, we are interested in the assessment of both the citizen centricity of smart city decision making and the processes by which public decisions are implemented, monitored, and evaluated as regards their capability to develop truly ‘‘blended’’ value services—that is, simultaneously socially inclusive, environmentally friendly, and economically sustainable
[Recensione a:] Frédéric Maget, Notre Colette: Un portrait de Colette par ses lectrices, Paris, Flammarion, 2023, 272 pp.
No full textIn occasione del centocinquantesimo anniversario della nascita di Colette (1873), il saggio di Frédéric Maget, presidente della Société des amis de Colette e direttore della casa natale dell’autrice a Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, intende essere un omaggio alla memoria della scrittrice attraverso lo sguardo di alcune sue lettrici. Grazie ad archivi di stampa, scambi epistolari, memorie e testimonianze, Maget tenta di cogliere «par la compréhension, par l’intuition, par l’imagination la trame de ..
A general framework to evaluate the economical environmental and social impacts related to the diffusion of electric vehicles
No full textIl comportamento d'acquisto e il modello del mercato del veicolo elettrico: un'applicazione dell'analisi gerarchica
No full text[Recensione a:] Myriam Boucharenc, L'écrivain et la publicité. Histoire d'une tentation, Ceyzérieu, Champ Vallon, 2022, 344 pp.
No full textIl saggio di Myriam Boucharenc intende riportare alla luce il legame esistente tra letteratura e pubblicità a partire dal xix secolo fino alla contemporaneità. L’A. si impegna a ricostruire minuziosamente questa relazione troppo facilmente dimenticata, anche per volontà degli scrittori stessi, ripercorrendone la storia mediante la consultazione di fondi personali, collezioni private, cataloghi e rare edizioni di pubblicità d’autore, corredando il volume di un ricco e pertinente apparato icon..
Performance measurement in non profit Organizations: a new framework based on Communinity building Concept
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