21 research outputs found
Nuovi indicatori statistici per la valutazione della digitalizzazione delle aziende zootecniche
No full textThe analysis of the evolution of the animal production sector shows that, over time, the integration of technology, instrumentation and all activities in the subsidiary sectors has taken place according to a truly global approach. This approach starts from the need to increase livestock production and includes the need to protect the environment, the human health and the animal welfare. The digital transformation involving specific sectors of livestock activity often plays an important role in the farm to fork strategy outlined by the European Union, especially concerning the environmental impact of supply chains. Modern and efficient management of livestock farms will make possible to achieve in a faster way the Sustainable Development Goals linked to the 2030 Agenda of the Organization of United Nations (UN). Most Member States have made progress in digital transformation, while the adoption rate of advanced digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data remains low. It is necessary to increase the spread of connectivity infrastructures, in particular the 5G, essential for highly innovative services and applications. Digital skills are another important area where Member States need to make more progress. The Digital Divide (or gap between those who use IT and those who do not due to lack of infrastructure and/or skills) is increasingly an obstacle to digital transformation. In the agricultural sector, it is essential to understand the impacts of the ongoing digital transformation on the dynamics of the livestock sector. In particular, traditional indicators for evaluating farms may not be sufficient. Traditional indicators for evaluating livestock farms have typically focused on measures of productivity and cost-effectiveness. For example, an agricultural business may be highly productive and profitable, but may not be fully exploiting the benefits of digitalization. To address this issue, new statistical indicators have been developed that can provide information on the level of digitalization and potential areas for improvement in livestock operations. The objective was to evaluate more precisely the current state of the digitalization of livestock farms in Italy with a “readiness” Index by analyzing and comparing the various statistical surveys produced by Istat. For instance if a farm collects large amounts of data but does not analyze it effectively, this may indicate a need to improve data analysis tools or training of farm staff. Similarly, if a farm uses digital technologies to collect data but does not integrate it into business management decisions, this may suggest a need for better communication and collaboration between different departments or staff on the farm. By identifying these areas for improvement, livestock sector or in general the agricultural one can be helped to optimize the use of digital technologies and improve overall operational efficiency. Another benefit of using simpler statistical indicators to evaluate digitalization on farms is that they can help promote transparency and accountability. By providing a more complete picture of the extent to which agricultural businesses use digital technologies, these indicators can help raise trust among stakeholders. This is especially important given the growing emphasis on sustainability and ethical farming practices. By demonstrating their commitment to digitalization, livestock farms can show that they are making progress to improve their operations and reduce their environmental impact. In conclusion, the development of more modern and more easily calculable indicators compared to more complicated statistical techniques difficult to access to a user not expert in data analysis are a valuable tool to ensure the long-term sustainability and success of livestock operations in the digital era
PARADOKSALITAS PEMOSISIAN PEREMPUAN NOVEL COLOMBA KARYA PROSPER MERIMEE
No full textWomen have been narrated by men authors since classical literature; this has continued into contemporary
literature. In the 19th century, many authors were interested in narrating and positioning women in
their novels. This period can be considered one of transition, in which traditionality and modernity were
contested because of influences from the industrial revolution and many other social movements in
Europe. This period was also one of challenge, with the appearance of Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame
Bovary, which was questioned because of moralistic issues. If in the early 19th century traditionality
was represented by Eugénie Grandet and Balzac’s figures of woman, but in the middle of the century
Flaubert dealt with freedom of sexuality, what discourses were presented in between these two different
periods? This article aims at explaining the bridging of the gap between the symbols of traditionality
and modernity, especially through the representation of women. Mérimée’s novel, Colomba, depicts the
agency of a woman named Colomba. In this novel, Mérimée not only showed the position of women vis
à vis men in parental or conjugal relation, like in the novels Eugénie Grandet or Madame Bovary. Rather,
the author attempted to look at the relationship between masculinities and femininities in a Corsican
context, in which the intersection of gender and social class (as well as traditions) was different than in
the Parisian context. The relation between the novel and the social structure in the 19th century Europe
plays an important part in the discussion and explanation of the relationship between the literature and
social narration of that perio
Quanta carne si mangia in Italia? Stima del consumo pro capite reale con il metodo innovativo della detrazione preventiva delle perdite
No full textHow much meat do you eat in Italy? Estimated real
per capita consumption with the innovative method of the prior
deduction of losses.
Using the same procedures for calculating Food Balance Sheets (FBS), a method
of estimating the actual consumption of meat in Italy was developed, which
was named the method of prior loss deduction. The method is based on the prior
deduction of all losses (processing losses, scraps and wastes), which occur between
the production of carcasses and consumption, from the national availability of carcasses
and meat products imported and exported.
The estimate envisages two phases: the first consists in the transformation of
the availability of carcasses and meat products of the various animal species in
consumable meat by means of conversion coefficients; the second provides for the
subtraction by the latter of the waste at distribution and of the scraps and wastes at
consumption. With regard to the first phase, the conversion coefficients of carcasses
of domestic production and of the various categories of meat products imported
and exported in consumable meat were determined. By means of these coefficients,
it is possible to obtain the fresh meat actually available for consumption,
regardless of how (raw, cooked, transformed into salami, present in mixed food
preparations, canned food etc.) and where (home, restaurants, fast food, canteens,
communities, street foods etc.) it will be consumed. Regarding the second phase,
fixed percentages of deduction for retail waste and for consumer scraps and waste
have been defined.
Compared to the classic method of FBS, which expresses an apparent consumption
in equivalent carcass weight, the method of the prior deduction of losses
provides the real consumption of fresh meat.
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The new method exploits all the advantages of FBS for the calculation of apparent
meat consumption, but eliminates the great disadvantage of the enormous
overestimation of consumption compared to actually ingested meat. The actual
consumption is a more suitable index to monitor the nutritional status of the population,
to study the relationship between meat consumption and human diseases
and for implementing nutrition education programs. The method of prior loss deduction
allows obtaining an estimate of the actual per capita consumption of meat
similar to that obtained with Individual Dietary Surveys (IDS), but without having
to resort to complex organization and the high costs of the latter. The method was
used to calculate the actual consumption of meat in Italy in the six-year period
2010-2015. The results obtained indicate that a resident in Italy currently consumes
on average 104 g per day of meat, equal to 728 g per week and 38 kg per year. The
real per capita consumption of so-called red meat amounts to 75 g or 69 g per day
depending on whether or not it includes milk-fed calf, lamb and kid. These
amounts do not exceed the recommended threshold of the most important international
research organizations to prevent the risk of contracting cancer. Real consumption
data reduces the alarm on excessive consumption of meat in Italy triggered
by sensationalist advertising campaigns based on apparent consumptions,
which overestimate the amount of meat actually ingested by more than twice as
much
Antiproteinuric effect of add-on paricalcitol in Fabry disease patients: a prospective observational study.
No full textBACKGROUND:
Proteinuria is the predominant risk factor for renal disease progression in Fabry disease (FD). When urine protein excretion is controlled to 0.50 g/24 h persisting despite ERT and anti-RAS therapy titrated to maximum tolerated dosage.
METHODS:
Fifteen FD patients were selected and studied in the first 6 months of add-on oral PCT (1 μg/day) and, in order to verify the dependence of proteinuria reduction on PCT, 3 months after drug withdrawal.
RESULTS:
At baseline, proteinuria was 1.3 ± 0.6 g/24 h. Six months of add-on PCT significantly decreased proteinuria to 0.4 ± 0.3 g/24 h, with levels <0.50 g/24 h achieved in four patients at Month 1, six at Month 3, and in 12 by Month 6, in the absence of changes to BP and GFR. Proteinuria recovered to basal value after drug withdrawal.
CONCLUSIONS:
In conclusion, our study is the first evidence that PCT is effective in reducing proteinuria in FD patients in the presence of ERT and anti-RAS therapy.
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved
Weak solutions of a conservation law with memory
No full textIn this paper, the author obtains the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions of the Cauchy problem for a quasilinear equation of conservation type with memory ut +f(u)x +a∗ψ(u) = 0, u(0,x) = u0(x), in one space variable. The main additional hypothesesareψ(0)=0,ψ′ >0and(−1)na(n) ≥0forn=0,1,2
Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti y la obra Pudica Isabella
No full textEl manuscrito de la obra de Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti Pudica Isabel se conserva inédito en la Sächsische Landesbibliothek de Dresde. De esta obra el autor realizó dos redacciones. Una, Trattato de Pudicizia, es posterior a 1484, año en que murió su esposa Francesca Bruni, y la dedicó a su cuñada, Colomba Bruni. Años más tarde, escribió otra versión, que dedicó a Isabel la Católica, bajo el título de Pudica Isabel, como el mismo autor declara. Nuestro artículo plantea unas cuestiones sobre la naturaleza de esta obra y las fuentes clásicas de los exempla que usó el autor.-- The manuscript of Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti Pudica Isabel is kept unpublished in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresde. The author made two redactions of this work. One Trattato de Pudicizia after 1484, the year his wife Francesca Bruni died, which he dedicated to his sister-in-law, Colomba Bruni. Years later he wrote another version, which he dedicated to Isabella of Castile, under the title of Pudica Isabel, as the author himself declares. Our article raises some questions about the nature of this work and the classical sources of the exempla used by the author
Giovanni Sabadino Degli Arienti and the Work Pudica Isabel
No full textThe manuscript of Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti Pudica Isabel is kept unpublished in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresde. The author made two redactions of this work. One Trattato de Pudicizia after 1484, the year his wife Francesca Bruni died, which he dedicated to his sister-in-law, Colomba Bruni. Years later he wrote another version, which he dedicated to Isabella of Castile, under the title of Pudica Isabel, as the author himself declares. Our article raises some questions about the nature of this work and the classical sources of the exempla used by the author.El manuscrito de la obra de Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti Pudica Isabel se conserva inédito en la Sächsische Landesbibliothek de Dresde. De esta obra el autor realizó dos redacciones. Una, Trattato de Pudicizia, es posterior a 1484, año en que murió su esposa Francesca Bruni, y la dedicó a su cuñada, Colomba Bruni. Años más tarde, escribió otra versión, que dedicó a Isabel la Católica, bajo el título de Pudica Isabel, como el mismo autor declara. Nuestro artículo plantea unas cuestiones sobre la naturaleza de esta obra y las fuentes clásicas de los exempla que usó el autor
Towards Digital Farming: Exploring Technological Integration in Agricultural Practices of a sample of Italian livestock farms.
No full textDespite the rapid rise of digital technologies in agriculture, their application remains more prominent in crop farming than in the livestock sector. Recognizing this gap, our study explores the current state and determinants of digital technology adoption across Italian livestock farms, examining key factors and broader trends in the industry. Using national agricultural census, and national statistical programme data, we applied a logistic regression model to assess the likelihood of adoption of technology. Findings reveal that large ruminant farms, particularly dairy cattle and buffalo, are more likely to integrate digital tools like decision support systems, cloud services, and monitoring devices. In contrast, meat cattle, small ruminants, and pig farms lag. Key determinants include broadband connectivity, ownership structure, education, and age, with additional factors influencing specific technology categories. Our results establish a foundation for future policy and investment, underscoring the need to build digital infrastructure and promote an inclusive model
Low bone mineral density in HIV-positive young Italians and migrants
No full textBackground Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals may have osteoporosis. We aimed to evaluate the bone mineral density (BMD) in naïve antiretroviral (ARV) treated HIV positive patients comparing native Italian group (ItG) to a Migrants group (MiG) upon arrival in Italy. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study on 83 HIV patients less than 50 years old. We used the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) within six months from the HIV diagnosis. Participants were categorized as having low BMD if the femoral neck or total lumbar spine Z-score was– 2 or less. Results MiG showed low BMD more often than ItG (37.5% vs.13.6%), especially for the female gender (16.7% vs. 0.0%). A low CD4 rate (<200 cells/μl) was most often detected in MiG than ItG. In particular, we found most often male Italians with abnormal CD4 than male migrants (67.8% vs. 33.3%) and vice versa for females (30.5% vs. 66.7%). We found an abnormal bone mineral density at the lumbar site. Low BMD at the lumbar site was more frequently observed in female migrants than female Italians. Both male and female migrants had a Z-score value significantly lower than male and female Italians, respectively. By logistic regression low vitamin-D level was positively correlated to low BMD in ItG only. All data were verified and validated using a triple code identifier. Conclusions Both DXA and vitamin-D evaluation should be offered after the diagnosis of HIV infection. Lumbar site low BMD is an initial condition of bone loss in HIV young patients, especially in female migrants. Vitamin D levels and supplementation may be considered after HIV diagnosis independently of age to improve bone health. Highlights This study evaluates the frequency of bone mineral density in HIV positive patients naive to antiretroviral therapy. It compares the density of the native Italian population with that of HIV Migrants upon arrival in Italy. The results show that HIV positive migrants, even if younger than 50 years of age, are at risk for osteoporosis, especially if they are female. © 2020 Cascio et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
