The political economy of competing regional images: the case of Tuscany's brands

This essay is based on empirical evidence from the case of Tuscany (Italy) and follows previous work on the role and meaning of image in regional development and innovation policies (Bellini, 2004). Discussions about image and branding policies is usually placed in the framework of "place marketing" and marketing literature helps in defining the features, components and main characters of image and of its relationship with local identity. We suggest, however, that managing images is also a political process with significant impact in supporting and shaping the scenario (perceptions and expectations) for innovation policies. In fact this process implies a competition between images in order to "control" the representation of the past, present and future of an area. This competition aims at influencing the policy agenda by manipulating the gap between image and identity. In other words, we suggest that image-related policies should be considered part of the toolbox of a modern innovation policy.

Ponte per l'attraversamento del fiume Arno tra le localita di Fibbiana e di Capraia e Limite

Dato il bando di concorso per un progetto di massima per l'attraversamento dell'Arno presso Fibbiana,si è scelto di confrontare varie ipotesi progettuali e calcolare un valore caratteristico per ogni opzione sulla base delle caratteristiche salienti che le contraddistinguevano. Scopo della tesi è quello di adoperare una metodologia di progetto che porti a scegliere analiticamente e razionalmente il progetto migliore per un dato contest

Lezioni di medicina di laboratorio. Prima edizione (print edition)

Il volume raccoglie il contenuto delle lezioni di Medicina di Laboratorio svolte dagli autori nei Corsi di Laurea Triennali della Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgi

Geographic information for the management of flood risk insurance

This paper describes a research project aimed at introducing geographic information in the management of flood insurance policies through GIS technologies. The main scope is the development of a toolbox to take geographic information into account in the calculation of flood insurance premiums. Several factors influence real estate flood vulnerability: building’s exposure depends on territorial aspects, like the presence of flood areas, the elevation profile, the position of the building compared to hazard zones, but it is also determined by the construction characteristics of the building itself. In a pilot project workflows were set up to manage the whole underwriting process, following a rational methodology and taking into account all variables influencing building flood vulnerability. The developed tools are all based on free and open source software, server-side as a WebGIS tool and API and clientside as an Android application. Through a more accurate evaluation of the risk, the insurer is allowed to better manage its risk exposure and this way guarantee solvency in the case of a flood event and on the other hand be more competitive on the market

Open Data e Propriet? Intellettual. Il dataset come banca di dati e la questione delle licenze

In italian onlySe la valutazione sulle implicazioni legali della scelta di una pubblica amministrazione di aprire il patrimonio informativo in suo possesso coinvolge un preliminare interrogativo sulla natura giuridica di dato personale, con riferimento ai contenuti ed alle informazioni che si intendano rilasciare, e, in caso di risposta affermativa, un\u27adeguata ponderazione degli spazi applicativi da riservare al Codice della privacy, la questione intorno al rispetto degli intellectual property rights si pone alla base dell\u27intera costruzione giuridica in tema di open data

Flood risk management: the role of geo-information in the insurance industry

The use of Geographic Information Systems for management purposes is going beyond the traditional field of territorial government and new applications are developed supporting other sectors dealing with territorial issues: insurance industry is one of the sectors where spatial data are acquiring importance, introducing an innovative way for the definition of flood risk insurance premiums

Progress with PXIE MEBT Chopper

A capability to provide a large variety of bunch patterns is crucial for the concept of the Project X serving MW-range beam to several experiments simultaneously. This capability will be realized by the Medium Energy Beam Transport's (MEBT) chopping system that will divert 80% of all bunches of the initially 5mA, 2.1 MeV CW 162.5 MHz beam to an absorber according to a pre-programmed bunch-by-bunch selection. Being considered one of the most challenging components, the chopping system will be tested at the Project X Injector Experiment (PXIE) facility that will be built at Fermilab as a prototype of the Project X front end. The bunch deflection will be made by two identical sets of travelling-wave kickers working in sync. Currently, two versions of the kickers are being investigated: a helical 200 Ohm structure with a switching-type 500 V driver and a planar 50 Ohm structure with a linear 250 V amplifier. This paper will describe the chopping system scheme and functional specifications for the kickers, present results of electromagnetic measurements of the models, discuss possible driver schemes, and show a conceptual mechanical design.Comment: 3 pp. 3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2012) 20-25 May 2012. New Orleans, Louisian