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    TERRITORIAL INTEGRATION AND MARINAS IN SARDINIA

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    Abstract Nautical tourism, considered one of the elect expressions of Italy's offer in the field of tourism, assumes new strategic importance in Sardinia's economic and social framework in the light of the fallout it generates in terms of development and the multifaceted composition of the demand which today characterizes the sector. Such considerations are confirmed by the incidence of the fleet of pleasure craft compared to the resident population, although paradoxically the important marinas are present in areas that are marginal in the panorama of the region's holiday industry. This fact emphasizes the lack of correspondence between an important number of infrastructures - Sardinia is the second Italian region for port infrastructures and berths – and effective territorial integration between nautical installations and inland holiday resort structures. This is to say that it is still quite difficult to interpret the territorial effects of marinas on accommodation facilities.

    STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF THE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS OF THE CITY MASTERPLAN TO THE SARDINIAN REGIONAL LANDSCAPE PLAN: THE CASE OF CITY MASTERPLAN OF ALGHERO, SARDINIA (ITALY)

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    ABSTRACT Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in the context of the enactment of the Directive 2001/42/CE is at the core of the adjustment process of provincial and city Masterplan to the Sardinian Regional Landscape Plan (RLP). SEA is a fundamental instrument for the environmental integration during the elaboration and adoption of plans; SEA offers an opportunity to bring about a real change of attitude and culture at strategic levels into strategic decision-making process. In this context, this paper adopted a critical observation relating to the Sardinian landscape planning, in particular trough the analysed of the adjustment process of city Masterplan of Alghero to the Sardinian RLP. The critical aspects which emerged in the adjustment phases are to be considered in a scenario which is common among those territorial and normative contexts to which the Directive should be applied. In particular the situation which is represented in the case study intends to highlight the urgent need for a Sardinian planning legislation reform. This would positively influence the final evaluation of the effects of the plan on the landscape; in particular, this would make up for the flaws in the outdated traditional approaches, based on the dualism between urban and landscape development planning. This would also unify the phases of management of territory, thus mitigating the contrasts inherent in the enactment process, currently under way. Keywords: Territorial Planning, Urban Planning, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

    An Evaluation of Heat Exchangers Using System Information and PEC

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    This report describes analyses aimed at integrating component optimization and system design by developing heat-exchanger performance evaluation criteria (PEC) that account for the system-level performance impacts of heat exchanger design. It builds on earlier studies that used relatively simple PEC to capture some of the component-level tradeoffs, but which usually ignore the system impact of component design. This report evaluates four PEC-j/f, heat transfer/pumping power (8), heat transfer/(pumping + compressor power) (n), and system COP. It is shown that j/f and 8 are better used as comparison criteria for existing heat exchangers of equal heat duty rather than as design criteria. The other two PEC, n and COP, include the system effect of compressor efficiency and therefore can be used more effectively in heat exchanger and system design. Through a combination of PEC and system optimization techniques, a method is developed to evaluate and design heat exchangers for maximum system performance.Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Project 9

    Pengaruh Prestasi Kerja Terhadap Promosi Karyawan pada Aston Samarinda Hotel& Convention Center

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    Tujuan Studi: penulisan ini untuk memahami konsekuensi presatasi kerja terhadap promosi karyawan pada aston samarinda hotel & convention center. Metodologi: Model penyelidikan ini termasuk kuantitatif, dengan strategi penyelidikan yang dipakai adalah Probability sampling, tekhnik representatif yang dipakai yaitu simple random sampling. Dengan total populasi 108 orang dan jumlah sampelnya 85 responden. Selanjutnya langkah penghimpunan data yang digunakan yaitu angket atau penyebaran kuisioner. Langkah penyusunan data yaitu uji validitas, reliabilitas, dan teknik kajian data yaitu menggunakan regresi linear sederhana. Hasil: Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dari hasil uji t terdapat nilai t hitung 8,357 > dari t tabel 1,988. dengan begitu variabel prestasi kerja berpengaruh signifikan positif terhadap promosi karyawan di aston samarinda hotel & convention center.     Manfaat: Berdsarkan hasil dari penelitian ini dapat diketahui bahwa peningkatan prestasi kerja dapat dilakukan dengan adanya kesempatan bagi karyawan untuk dapat dipromosikan di tempat bekerjanya, terutama dalam konteks lingkungan pekerjaan perhotelan yang banyak mengedepankan service exelent bagi tamunya. &nbsp

    The Role of Banks in the Kosovo Economy

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    Banks play an important role in a country's financial system and economy. As a key component of the financial system, banks transfer funds from savers to borrowers in an efficient manner, thus mediating the financial system. They offer specialized financial services that reduce the cost of obtaining both savings and loan information. With these crucial financial services, banks help to make the economy efficient. If banks did not exist, the economic growth of any country would not be as it is now. This paper aims to present the role of banks in the Kosovo economy and it is fair to say that the Kosovo economy has been greatly assisted by banking activity as businesses grow and consumption increases. From all that has been said so far, it can be concluded that imagining a bankless economy is very difficult and scary because it is precisely what all economic agents rely on

    the school route from a child's perspective : a study of children's movement through their Local environment

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    Att barn har tillgĂ„ng till en trygg och sĂ€ker skolvĂ€g Ă€r grundlĂ€ggande för barns rörelsefrihet. En bra skolvĂ€g har potentialen att öka barns fysiska aktivitet och sjĂ€lvstĂ€ndiga rörelse. Att barns perspektiv lyfts och studeras Ă€r en del av arbetet för barns demokratiska rĂ€ttigheter och beskrivs i FN:s Convention on the Rights of the Child. DessvĂ€rre har barns förutsĂ€ttningar att röra sig fritt i det offentliga rummet har minskat kontinuerligt under Ă„rtionden. Rörelsefriheten Ă€r essentiell för barns fysiska aktivitetsnivĂ„ och för att barn ska kunna leva hĂ€lsosamma och aktiva liv. I detta arbete undersöks vad barnen upplever som hinder för sin rörelsefrihet, med skolvĂ€gen som utgĂ„ngspunkt. Arbetet grundas pĂ„ empirin frĂ„n ett antal semistrukturerade, kvalitativa intervjuer med barn frĂ„n tre olika studieplatser. Studieplatserna utgörs av tre skolor: Semiurbana skolan, Byskolan och NaturnĂ€ra skolan som representerar tre typer av bebyggelse-kontexter. Intervjuerna i detta arbete visar att flera barns rörelsefrihet begrĂ€nsas av nĂ„gon typ av fysisk barriĂ€r. Barnen som intervjuades beskrev att de pĂ„verkas negativt av biltrafik och till viss del Ă€ven buss- och cykeltrafik bĂ„de i frĂ„ga om sĂ€kerhet och den generella upplevelsen av deras skolvĂ€g. Under intervjuerna uttryckte barnen negativa kĂ€nslor till komplexa trafiksituationer. I allmĂ€nhet hade barnen svĂ„rare att formulera sig i trafiktĂ€ta miljöer och lĂ€ttare att formulera sig i lugnare miljöer. Även sociala faktorer pĂ„verkar barnens trygghet och trivsel pĂ„ skolvĂ€gen. Alla barn beskrev platser i sin nĂ€rmiljö som de gillar att vara pĂ„ och de flesta barn kunde ta sig dit pĂ„ egen hand. MĂ„nga barn uttryckte ocksĂ„ att de gillar att gĂ„ och cykla till skolan eftersom de fĂ„r tid att prata med kompisar, lyssna pĂ„ musik eller njuta av vĂ€der eller natur. För barnen frĂ„n Byskolan och NaturnĂ€ra skolan upptar djur och natur en stor del av barnens beskrivningar om bĂ„de skolvĂ€gen och platser de vistas pĂ„, men nĂ€mns inte av barnen frĂ„n Semiurbana skolan. Barnen beskrev ofta sin upplevelse av skolvĂ€gen utifrĂ„n kĂ€nslor som uppkommit vid specifika hĂ€ndelser och kunde, genom att beskriva dessa hĂ€ndelser, identifiera problem och hinder i den fysiska miljön. Även om alla 13 barn i studien bĂ€r pĂ„ sin egen uppfattning om hur en bra skolvĂ€g ser ut, identifierade barnen ofta samma typer av problem i den fysiska miljön. SĂ„ hĂ€r beskrev barnen en bra skolvĂ€g: ‱ Barnen föredrar en vĂ€l belyst skolvĂ€g eftersom mörkret kan orsaka otrygghet. ‱ SkolvĂ€gen ska ha slĂ€tt underlag eftersom det gör det skönare och enklare att cykla. ‱ Bilar och/eller cyklar ska inte korsa gĂ„ng- och cykelbana. ‱ SkolvĂ€gen ska utgöras av tydligt uppdelade ytor för fotgĂ€ngare, cyklister och bilister. ‱ SkolvĂ€gen ska ge bra överblick över bilvĂ€gar/cykelbanor för att barnen ska se trafiken och för att trafikanter ska se dem. ‱ Komplexa trafiksituationer ska undvikas.The access to a safe and secure school route is essential for children's freedom of movement. A good school route has the potential to increase children's physical activity as well as their independent movement. Highlighting and studying children's perspectives is part of the work for children's democratic rights and is described in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children's opportunities to move freely in public spaces have been steadily declining for decades. Freedom of movement is essential for children's physical activity levels and for them to lead healthy and active lives. This paper examines what children experience as impeding of their independent mobility, using the school route as a starting point. The work is based on the empirical findings of a number of semi-structured, qualitative interviews with children from three different cases. The cases consist of three schools: the Semi Urban School, the Village School and the Nature adjacent School, and they represent three types of residential areas. The interviews show that several of the children's independent mobility is limited by some sort of physical barrier. The children described having a generally negative experience of their school route, as well as partly feeling unsafe. Some social factors influence children's safety and well-being on their school route as well. During the interviews, children expressed negative feelings towards complex traffic situations. In general, children found it more difficult to articulate themselves around heavy traffic and easier to articulate themselves in calmer environments. Fortunately, all children described places in their immediate environment that they liked, and most children were able to get there on their own. Many children also expressed that they like walking and cycling to school because they have time to talk to friends, listen to music or go for a walk in the woods. For the children from the Village School and the Nature adjacent School, animals and nature was a large part of the children's descriptions of both the school route and their favourite places however are not mentioned at all by the children from the Semi urban School. The children often described their opinions regarding the school route based on feelings arising from specific events and, by describing these events, they were able to identify problems and obstacles in the physical environment. Although all 13 children had their own perception of what a good school road looks like, the children often identified the same types of problems in the physical environment. In conclusion, this is how the children interviewed in this essay describes a good school route: ‱ They prefer a well-lit school route because darkness causes insecurity. ‱ The school road should have a smooth surface because it makes it more comfortable and easier to cycle. ‱ Cars and/or bicycles should not cross the pedestrian and bicycle path ‱ Clearly divided spaces for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. ‱ The school route should provide a good overview of the car/cycle paths so that children can see the traffic and road users can see them. ‱ The school route should not contain complex traffic situations since it causes stress

    Edukacja i technologie – między nowymi zagroĆŒeniami a nowymi moĆŒliwoƛciami

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    The web represents a unique opportunity for all of us in terms of knowledge, but this sharing process of culture and knowledge must not become an instrument of spreading disinformation or critical behaviors that could become deviances. Social media are the place of democratization of the private, self-presentation, self-narration, and mass self-communication, where the projection that each one wants to give of himself to others is realized, and also the place par excellence where others through their satisfaction redefine us. It is a sort of mass display that can lead to dangerous deviations, an example of all the challenges. The latest evidence collected during the online survey: “My life in the time of Covid-19”, conducted on a sample of 1,858 Italian adolescents in the period from April to May 2020, broadly confirm the above thesis. The time of use of technologies now occupies an important part of their daily life, over 5 hours for 49% of respondents, even at the expense of other activities such as sports. Young people tend to isolate themselves from the family environment. Over 60% of them said that they experience moments of fear and miss their friends very much. It has also been noted that fake profiles are proliferating even among adolescents, demonstrating how in the liquid-modern era deception has become central in the processes of understanding reality, and the distinction between true and false is no longer perceived.Sieć stanowi dla wszystkich wyjątkową szansę pod względem zdobywania wiedzy, ale proces dzielenia się kulturą i wiedzą nie moĆŒe stać się narzędziem szerzenia dezinformacji lub przejawiania krytycznych zachowaƄ, ktĂłre mogƂyby stać się dewiacjami. Media spoƂecznoƛciowe są miejscem demokratyzacji tego, co prywatne, autoprezentacji, autonarracji, masowej autokomunikacji, gdzie realizowana jest projekcja, ktĂłrą kaĆŒdy chce przekazać innym. Są rĂłwnieĆŒ miejscem par excellence, w ktĂłrym inni poprzez swoją satysfakcję nas redefiniują. Stanowią rodzaj masowej ekspozycji, ktĂłra moĆŒe prowadzić do wielu niebezpieczeƄstw, a takĆŒe są przykƂadem mnogoƛci wyzwaƄ. Najnowsze doniesienia, zebrane podczas badaƄ realizowanych ankietą internetową „Moje ĆŒycie w czasach Covid-19”, przeprowadzonych na prĂłbie 1858 wƂoskich nastolatkĂłw w okresie od kwietnia do maja 2020 r., szeroko potwierdzają powyĆŒszą tezę. Czas korzystania z technologii zajmuje obecnie istotną częƛć ich codziennego ĆŒycia (ponad 5 godzin w przypadku 49% respondentĂłw), nawet kosztem innych aktywnoƛci, takich jak sport. MƂodzi ludzie wykazują tendencję do izolowania się od ƛrodowiska rodzinnego. Ponad 60% badanych stwierdziƂo, ĆŒe przeĆŒywają chwile lęku i bardzo tęsknią za przyjacióƂmi. ZauwaĆŒono teĆŒ, ĆŒe faƂszywe profile mnoĆŒÄ… się nawet wƛrĂłd nastolatkĂłw, co pokazuje, jak w epoce pƂynnej nowoczesnoƛci oszustwo staƂo się centralnym elementem procesĂłw rozumienia rzeczywistoƛci, a rozrĂłĆŒnienie między prawdą a faƂszem przestaƂo być dostrzegane

    FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI INTENSI WHISTLEBLOWING DENGAN PERAN MEDIASI KOMITMEN ORGANISASI (STUDI DI PEMERINTAHAN KABUPATEN/KOTA PROVINSI ACEH)

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    Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh direct dan indirect daripersonal cost, komitmen organisasi, dan tingkat keseriusan kecurangan terhadapintensi whistleblowing dengan peran mediasi komitmen organisasi. Jenispenelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalahseluruh Kabupaten/Kota di Provinsi Aceh dengan responden pegawai kontrak atauPNS (Pegawai Negeri Sipil) yang bekerja di Institusi PemerintahanKabupaten/Kota Provinsi Aceh. Sampel dalam penelitian ini dipilih dengan teknikrandom sampling. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioneryang penyebarannya melalui google form. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakanSEM-PLS (Structural Equation Modelling-Partial Least Square). Penelitian inimemperoleh hasil bahwa personal cost dan tingkat keseriusan kecuranganberpengaruh secara direct terhadap intensi whisteblowing, tapi keduanya tidakberpengaruh secara indirect terhadap intensi whistleblowing dikarenakan peranmediasi komitmen organisasi yang lemah
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