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Defining an Agribusiness Strategic Agenda for 2010-2020
networks, sustainability, supply chains, marketing, agribusiness, agenda, Agribusiness, Marketing,
Coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus
Much of the excess mortality in diabetic subjects is due to cardiovascular disease. Diabetic subjects are at increased risk of developing coronary artery disease and have a higher case fatality after acute myocardial infarction and after unstable angina. Diabetes is associated with microvascular disease, accelerated atherogenesis and left ventricular dysfunction. We review the data on the epidemiology, pathogenesis and management of coronary artery disease in diabetic patients.peer-reviewe
Industry Speaks Strategies for Solving the Food Inflation Problem
This article addresses some of the partial truths and misinformation in media reporting over the booming food prices debate. Many studies are only linking biofuels to the inflation cause, while ignoring several other factors such as the growth of the world population, economic development and income distribution. An overview of the causes is discussed and 10 strategies proposed which policy makers, governments, and organizations can adapt to move the world forward towards long-term sustainability.food crisis, bio-fuels, strategy, sustainability, problem solving, Food Security and Poverty, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, Q10, Q16, Q27,
Misurazione delle risorse elettroniche in biblioteca
The article aims at presenting a review of standards and current international initiatives on academic libraries evaluation and assessment, with the analysis of indicators related to electronic resources measurement. On electronic resources there are given some definition useful to understand both indicators and measures. The review of the international literature show that the emergent tendency is to collect and evaluate quantitative data related to the "health" of academic libraries together with qualitative data on services offered to library users
Il progetto intermedio come luogo dell’empowerment: esempi di nuove pratiche nelle città europee
‘Città in attesa’ sono il risultato fisico e concettuale dei profondi cambiamenti che coinvolgono la
nostra società . Nel secolo dell’urbanità , lo spopolamento di molte città occidentali la mancanza
delle risorse necessarie al completamento di grandi piani urbani producono un numero
crescente di spazi vacanti. Rimandando la sua trasformazione ad un futuro indefinito, la cittÃ
viene quindi ridotta a un paesaggio amorfo, riflesso dell’altrettanto disagio sociale che investe
un’ampia fascia della cittadinanza media.
In questo scenario di incertezza il progetto temporaneo diviene strumento efficace ad abilitare lo
spazio urbano al suo uso evitandone un ulteriore degrado. Attraverso pratiche intermedie le
‘pause temporali’ in cui è costretta la città possono essere trasformate in momenti di
sperimentazione diventando inoltre opportunità di riflessione sui mezzi e sulle modalità del
progetto stesso.
Questo lavoro propone dunque una riflessione sul concetto di tempo basata sull’idea di durata
reale introdotta da Bergson. ‘Attivando’ sequenze temporali solitamente inutilizzate, il progetto
intermedio diventa mezzo dinamico di riqualificazione urbana basato sull’’empowerment delle
comunità locali.
Obiettivo di questo scritto è infine sintetizzare le caratteristiche che rendono il progetto
intermedio capace di innescare una trasformazione della città basata su un modo nuovo di
partecipare, orientato al rafforzamento delle capacità resilienti degli abitanti coinvolti. A questo
scopo vengono raccolti e classificati in quattro categorie dimensionali diversi progetti realizzati
in ambito europeo dimostrandone l’adattabilità a tutti i livelli della pianificazione.The physical and conceptual result of the great changes which affect our society is a city in
‘stand-by’. Even if the XXI century is considered to be an ‘urban century’, many Western cities
are shrinking and lack the resources which are necessary to complete planned masterplans. By
postponing the transformation of the city to an indefinite future, the number of vacant spaces is
increasing. This situation reduces the city into an amorphous landscape that also reflects the
social problems concerning a wide number of citizens.
In this uncertain scenario, the temporary project becomes an effective tool to open the urban
space toward its use as well as to avoid a further degradation of the landscape. Through interim
practices the 'forced breaks', to which the city is constrained, can be transformed into moments of experimentation, becoming an opportunity to reflect on the means and methods of the project
itself.
This work proposes a reflection on the concept of time based on the idea of real duration
introduced by Bergson. 'Activating' usually unused sequences of time, the interim project works
as a dynamic means of urban regeneration based on the empowerment of local communities.
Finally, the aim of this paper is to summarize the features that make the intermediate project
able to trigger a transformation of the city based on a new way to participate, attempting to
strengthen the resilient capacity of the people involved. For this purpose several European
projects are collected and classified into four dimensional categories, showing the adaptability
of the temporary project at all scales and levels of planning.Peer Reviewe
Historia y memoria : ¿cómo enseñar la(s) memoria(s) del dolor?
Esta ponencia pretende relacionar las ideas de historia investigada e historia enseñada desde algunas preguntas sobre cómo enseñar el pasado traumático de nuestra historia reciente.
El ejercicio de pensar cómo se "enseña" cualquier área del conocimiento deberÃa ser el punto inicial de un ciclo lectivo. Es igual y tal vez diferente hablar de cómo "transmitir"
los hechos de la historia argentina reciente. Porque explicar nuestro pasado cercano no es
fácil si se quiere ir más allá de reseñar fechas, protagonistas, vencedores y vencidos.
El devenir histórico es tan complejo que significa, en última instancia, responder por lo que
somos y por qué somos como somos, es decir, es responder por la configuración de nuestra identidadFil: Fava, Claudia.
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Ciencias PolÃticas y Sociale
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