L'America Latina e il laboratorio argentino

In questo libro curato da Andrea Riccardi , si riflette su che cosa \ue8 oggi la Chiesa in Cina, in Africa, nelle Americhe e non solo nel vecchio continente. Ci si interroga sulle sfide poste dal confronto tra religioni e sulle prospettive dei laici e dei credenti; sul delicato rapporto tra Vaticano e politica, sulla grande questione dei poveri nel contesto della nuova 'teologia della citt\ue0'

Economic outcomes of customer engagement: Emerging fi ndings, contemporary theoretical perspectives, and future challenges

Customers nowadays are very active on social media and social networks, in which they, for instance, discuss companies and their brands (Hennig-Thurau et al., 2010). Key facilitating factors in this area include social media (e.g. Facebook and Twitter), which have increased the connectivity of customers and fi rms (e.g. Liu-Thompkins and Rogerson, 2012). As a result, customer value becomes more important for companies. For instance, the share of customer value in enterprise valuation is rising (from less than 10 per cent in 2003 to almost 20 per cent in 2013; Binder and Hanssens, 2015), research company Forrester speaks about a new era of ‘the age of the customer’ (Band, 2012), many companies have increased investment in CRM technologies (Band, 2010), and over 80 per cent of chief marketing offi cers report to expect a rising use of online customer behaviour data within their companies (cf. www.cmosurvey.org)

Peripheral retinal dysfunction in patients taking vigabatrin

Objective: To assess the wide-field multifocal electroretinogram (WF-mfERG) for assessment of retinal function in vigabatrin-treated patients. Methods: Thirty-two adults who had taken vigabatrin for at least 3 years for localization-related epilepsy underwent WF-mfERG, ERG, logMar visual acuity and color vision evaluation, Humphrey visual field analysis (static perimetry), and funduscopy. The group was matched with a cohort of patients who had never received vigabatrin. Results were compared with a normative data set (120 drug-free controls) with respect to potential bilateral abnormalities in response timing. Results: There were no significant differences between groups in visual acuity or color vision testing. Of the vigabatrin patients, 19 (59%) had bilateral visual field defects compared to none of the controls. Using WF-mfERG, all patients on vigabatrin with visual field defects showed abnormalities (100% sensitivity) and only 2 of the 13 patients without a field defect showed retinal abnormalities (86% specificity). Conclusions: WF-mfERG may be useful for detecting retinal pathology in patients taking vigabatrin. The majority of previous reports based on subjective testing may have underestimated the prevalence of peripheral retinal toxicity related to the drug

The Missing Layers: Integrating Sociocultural Values Into Marine Spatial Planning

Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is a relatively new approach to ocean management and has been widely implemented worldwide. Ideally, MSP should be established as a public process that analyzes and distributes human activities across space and time to achieve ecological, economic and social goals, which historically have been accomplished exclusively in the political arena. However, in most cases MSP seems to be driven primarily by economic interests rather than by sociocultural goals. In this paper, we discuss how integrating the missing sociocultural layers into MSP can help to reduce governance rigidity, promote adaptability in decision-making, support environmental justice, and improve MSP acceptance and uptake. In particular, we focus on identifying possible points of connection between MSP and frameworks based on social-ecological system theory, including co-management and other democratic and empowering alternatives. We conclude by proposing a new definition of the MSP process that is more inclusive, and mindful of users’ rights and sociocultural objectives. If we bridge the gap between the dominant economic rhetoric and a de facto sociocultural-ecological system approach, we are likely to improve the chances of the MSP process succeeding on both the human and nature fronts. ecosystem based management, human dimension, Marine Spatial Planning, stakeholder participation, sociocultural values, inclusive proces