Remarks by Charlotte M. Ponticelli at the XV Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 11-13, 2007

Ponticelli, Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs at the United States Department of Labor, discusses key elements of job creation. She also describes projects and grants aimed at the elimination of child labor from the workplace at international level

According to new research, once governments try to impose cuts above 2 per cent of GDP, a major surge in social instability can be expected.

Do government cut-backs lead to greater levels of social unrest? Hans-Joachim Voth and Jacopo Ponticelli have analysed 90 years worth of data for 26 European countries and found an unambiguous message- the more governments cut, the greater the levels of social unrest.

Italian hybrid fire prevention code

Fire safety of residential buildings and activities subjected to fire inspection is a difficult task, especially when the safety targets have to be adopted in built buildings or in activities that are going to be modified into more complex ones. Generally, these circumstances show more constraints and it could be difficult to achieve an acceptable level of fire residual risk by prescriptive based fireregulations. Therefore, the Italian National Fire Rescue and Service in charge for fire safety, in August 2015 issued a new Fire Prevention Code whose design methodology is more oriented to fire performance based design rather than prescriptive fire codes. The flexibility of this new fire design methodology offers a very complex tool to experts in order to design fire safety measures and strategies of buildings and activities subjected to fire inspection. The present paper aims tohighlig hts the contents and the fire safety strategy design methodology of the new Italian Fire Prevention Code

SCM In Construction Industry: A Risk Investigation To Mega-yacht Division

Il comparto dei mega-yacht è caratterizzato da una filiera complessa, sia per il numero di soggetti che vi partecipano, sia l’enorme mole di scambi fisici e informativi. Supply Chain Management permette di gestire con efficienza la filiera, conseguendo gli obiettivi strategici che sono stati identificati in questa tesi. L’introduzione di nuovi modi di gestione non è un processo privo di rischi: questa ricerca fornisce un’analisi di Risk Investigation, strettamente collegata agli obiettivi di SCM. Le strategie, le misure di performance e l’approccio al Risk Management, descritti in questa tesi, sono basati su un’ampia rassegna letteraria e sono categorizzati seguendo un approccio innovativo. Tutti i risultati sono supportati da un caso studio, al fine di confermare la validità dell’analisi effettuata

Dispositivo útil para la generación de mapas de contorno y sus aplicaciones

Dispositivo útil para la generación de mapas de contorno y sus aplicaciones. La presente invención describe un ispositivo útil para la generación de mapas de contorno que comprende un soporte abierto, cerrado o con cualquier forma, sobre el que sitúa una red de uno o más medidores de distancia puntuales dispuestos consecutivamente alrededor del perímetro de dicho soporte creando una zona o perímetro de medición cerrado y continuo. Este dispositivo puede acoplarse a un aparato, con o sin capacidad de movilidad, por ejemplo un robot manipulador de objetos, un robot detector de minas antipersonas, un sistema de direccionamiento de una persona ciega, un robot volador (como un quadrotor o helicóptero autónomo), etc.Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)B1 Patente con informe sobre el estado de la ténic

Reversible acute renal failure from gross haematuria due to glomerulonephritis: not only in IgA nephropathy and not associated with intratubular obstruction

Seven patients with acute renal failure due to gross haematuria caused by glomerulonephritis are described. Gross haematuria lasting 4-40 days led to acute impairment of renal function of variable severity (peak plasma creatinine 1.3-12 mg/dl) and duration. While partial recovery of renal function occurred in all patients within few days, complete remission was observed only some months later. Three patients had IgA nephropathy (2 the primary form and 1 nephritis secondary to Schönlein-Henoch purpura), two patients had acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis, andtwo others had focal necrotizing (pauci-immune) glomerulonephritis. The glomerular changes seen in renal biopsy were not enough to explain per se the renal function impairment. Tubular changes, however, were severe and consisted of tubular necrosis, erythrocyte casts, erythrocyte phagocytosis by tubular cells, accompanied by interstitial damage (oedema, red-cell extravasation, and inflammatory infiltrates). Study of the renal biopsies by immunofluorescence revealed retrodiffusion of Tamm-Horsfall protein into the glomerular Bowman's space, a sign of obstructed tubular flow in any case. It is concluded that acute renal failure due to gross haematuria in glomerulonephritic patients may not occur only in IgA nephropathy, as reported so far, and is not associated with intratubular obstructio

Renal Disease in Essential Mixed Cryoglobulinaemia: LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP OF 44 PATIENTS

The mode of presentation of renal disease in 44 patients with essential mixed cryoglobulinaemia (EMC) was: acute renal failure (two patients), acute nephritic syndrome (six patients), nephrotic syndrome (eight patients), proteinuria and/or haematuria (28 patients). Renal biopsy, performed in 35 patients, showed proliferative lesions in 33, while only minimal glomerular changes were seen in the remaining two. Immunofluorescence studies showed: IgG (85 per cent), IgA (36 per cent), IgM (90 per cent), C3 (90 per cent), Clq (47 per cent), and C4 (33 per cent) deposits, mainly located in subendothelial position. On electron microscopy, crystalloid structure of deposits and monocyte infiltration of capillary loops were the outstanding feature. The survival rate was 75 per cent at 10 years from the onset of clinical symptoms. Thirty-nine patients were followed for three to 146 months (mean 53·8). Twelve patients died, cardiovascular disease and infection being the commonest cause of death. Thirteen patients showed acute renal failure or acute nephritic syndrome: nine recovered completely, whereas the remaining four died during the acute renal episode. Three patients developed chronic renal failure, but only one required chronic dialysis. The ominous significance of renal impairment in EMC should therefore be revaluated. The high prevalence of hypertension (28/44 patients) which was refractory to treatment in six, may be important to the clinical outcom

Predictors of child abuse potential in a sample of parents at risk of maltreatment: the role of epistemic trust, parenting stress, and parental representations

Theory and research suggest that parents who were abused as children are more likely to repeat abuse in the following generation. One model of explanation suggests that this cycle is partly owing to disruptions in the acquisition of mentalizing abilities, to low levels of epistemic trust and to further disruptions in mentalizing brought about by high parental stress observed in high-risk parents. The present study aimed to assess whether parental epistemic trust domains, parental risk representations and parental stress would associate with the risk of parental child abuse, using the Child Abuse Potential (CAP) Inventory. Secondary data analysis was conducted on baseline data collected as part of a parenting intervention aimed at reducing child maltreatment in high-risk parents. One hundred and ten parents with child protection service involvement were interviewed on the Parent Development Interview (Slade et al., 2004) about their views on themselves as parents, a specific child, and their relationship to that child. The transcripts were coded using the Assessment of Representational Risk (Sleed, Isosävi et al., 2021). Participants also completed measures assessing their epistemic trust, mistrust and credulity and their perceived parental stress levels. Adverse childhood experiences data collected at post intervention were also analysed. Epistemic trust showed a small, non-significant negative relationship to CAP, whilst higher levels of epistemic mistrust and credulity were significantly associated with higher levels of CAP. Higher risk in parental representations was also significantly associated with higher CAP. Last, parental stress showed a large, positive correlation to CAP. When analysed together only parental stress predicted CAP, and there was a trend of representational risk approaching significance as a CAP predictor. Overall, the findings suggest that parental stress is a salient factor in CAP and that parents’ epistemic stance, and parental representations may be relevant to CAP among high-risk parents with childhood histories of maltreatment. The results have implications for treatment models, social care, and future research

The Eurotower Strikes Back

The 2008 global financial crisis came with fears—and, for some, hopes—that a new wave of public mobilization would emerge in industrialized countries. Especially throughout the European Union (EU), the epicenter of the crisis, large protests were expected. Yet, the energy with which social groups mobilized against the proposed austerity measures quickly fizzled. This article provides new evidence for why this was the case. In line with Neo-Keynesian theory, we argue that the interest rate adjustments and political announcements of the European Central Bank (ECB) limited the potential for mass unrest in the member states of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) affected by the crisis. We provide evidence for our argument with yearly panel data and a new original data set of monthly political protests between 2001 and 2013. Our analyses support the hypothesis that the ECB was able to successfully assuage dissatisfaction with the limited reform options of the Eurozone member states in the wake of the Eurocrisis