The Global Legal Standards Report

The IUC Independent Policy Report was drafted by the “IUC Legal Standards Research Group," organized by a Steering Committee chaired by Ugo Mattei (International University College of Turin), coordinated by Edoardo Reviglio (International University College of Turin) and Giuseppe Mastruzzo (International University College of Turin), and composed by Franco Bassanini (University of Rome “La Sapienza"), Guido Calabresi (Yale University), Antoine Garapon (Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice, Paris), and Tibor Varady (Central European University, Budapest). Contributors include Eugenio Barcellona (Eastern Piedmont University), Mauro Bussani (University of Trieste), Giuliano G. Castellano (Ecole Polytechnique, Preg/CRG), Moussa Djiré (Bamako University), Liu Guanghua (Lanzhou University), Golnoosh Hakimdavar (University of Turin), John Haskell (SOAS), Jedidiah J. Kroncke (Yale Law School), Andrea Lollini (Bologna University), Alberto Lucarelli (Federico II University), Boris N. Mamlyuk, (University of Turin), Alberto Monti (Bocconi University), Sergio Ariel Muro (Torquato di Tella University), Domenico Nicolò (Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria), and Nicola Sartori (University of Michigan).

Escritos para pensar o público-político em tempos de algoritmos e plataformas conectivas

Las discusiones sobre lo público se han suscitado en el debate académico desde las primeras conceptualizaciones realizadas entre fines de la década del ‘50 y principios de los ‘60 del siglo XX por Hannah Arendt y Jürgen Haber­mas en sus ya clásicos La condición humana e Historia y crítica de la opinión pública, respectivamente. Los cuestionamientos, atenuaciones y respuestas a estos planteos no tardaron en aparecer, incluso, contemporáneamente a la publicación de las obras mencionadas. A aquel conjunto de planteos —que varios autores de este volumen recuperan y problematizan— se suman hoy los diferentes argumentos que se han precipitado en relación con los recientes cambios acaecidos en la configuración de la esfera pública, sobre todo aquellos vinculados con el desarrollo del proceso histórico de mediatización.Fil: Reviglio, María Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales. Instituto de Investigaciones. Centro de Investigaciones en Mediatizaciones; ArgentinaFil: Raimondo Anselmino, Natalia. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales. Instituto de Investigaciones. Centro de Investigaciones en Mediatizaciones; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Expresión y rol del slpi (secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor) en la inmunidad innata del ojo asociado a procesos inflamatorios e infecciosos oculares.

En la terapia antimicrobiana, se pretende comprender y desarrollar sinergia con los mecanismos de defensa innatos del huésped, en el área oftalmológica, los relacionados a procesos oculares infecciosos tanto específicos como no específicos. Conservando y estimulando la presencia de los péptidos antimicrobianos, se obtendría una prevención e inhibición de los microorganismos responsables de los principales procesos infecciosos e inflamatorios oculares, que permitirá un tratamiento rápido y eficaz en el control del proceso patológico.De esta forma se podrá evitar secuelas devastadoras de dichas complicaciones que en un gran porcentaje llevan a la ceguera del paciente asociadas al diagnóstico tardío, inespecífico o asociado a resistencia a los antibióticos actuales.Los péptidos antimicrobianos y anti-inflamatorios prometen ser un método terapéutico eficaz, natural, libre de efectos secundarios y adversos en la terapia antimicrobiana e inmuno moduladora futura.Basados en estudios publicados realizados en animales, estos péptidos con capacidad antibacteriana se expresarían en tejidos oculares normales actuando como agentes antimicrobianos de la inmunidad innata del ojo y así también como regulador de la actividad inflamatoria. Estos péptidos antimicrobianos – anti inflamatorios podrían utilizarse para la prevención y tratamiento de procesos infecciosos oculares, en formulaciones simples o combinadas a otras sustancias antibióticas antimicrobianas en forma sinérgica.Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), terminología anglosajona que se utilizo para definir a una proteína de 12 kDa de peso molecular cuya única función conocida hasta hace unos años era la de ser secretada por leucocitos para inhibir proteasas de la matriz extracelular. El objetivo es estudiar la presencia del péptido antimicrobiano SLPI en relación con el remodelado cicatrizal de la matriz extracelular de la cornea y otras estructuras intra oculares, como así también su expresión en relación a procesos inflamatorios e infecciosos del ojo como agente antimicrobiano de la inmunidad innata del huéspe

Faint, Evolving Radio AGN in SDSS Luminous Red Galaxies

We detect and study the properties of faint radio AGN in Luminous Red Galaxies (LRGs). The LRG sample comprises 760,000 objects from a catalog of LRG photometric redshifts constructed from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaging data, and 65,000 LRGs from the SDSS spectroscopic sample. These galaxies have typical 1.4 GHz flux densities in the 10s-100s of microJy, with the contribution from a low-luminosity AGN dominating any contribution from star formation. To probe the radio properties of such faint objects, we employ a stacking technique whereby FIRST survey image cutouts at each optical LRG position are sorted by the parameter of interest and median-combined within bins. We find that median radio luminosity scales with optical luminosity (L_opt) as L_1.4 GHz ~ L_opt^(beta), where beta appears to decrease from beta ~ 1 at z = 0.4 to beta ~ 0 at z = 0.7, a result which could be indicative of AGN cosmic downsizing. We also find that the overall LRG population, which is dominated by low-luminosity AGN, experiences significant cosmic evolution between z = 0.2 and z = 0.7. This implies a considerable increase in total AGN heating for these massive ellipticals with redshift. By matching against the FIRST catalog, we investigate the incidence and properties of LRGs associated with double-lobed (FR I/II) radio galaxies. (Abridged)Comment: 12 pages, 9 figures, Accepted by A

Galaxies Correlating with Ultra-high Energy Cosmic Rays

The Pierre Auger Observatory reports that 20 of the 27 highest energy cosmic rays have arrival directions within 3.2 deg of a nearby galaxy in the Veron-Cetty & Veron Catalog of Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (12th Ed.), with ~5 of the correlations expected by chance. In this paper we examine the correlated galaxies to gain insight into the possible UHECR sources. We find that 14 of the 21 correlated VCV galaxies are AGNs and we determine their bolometric luminosities. The remaining 7 are primarily star-forming galaxies. The bolometric luminosities of the correlated AGNs are all greater than 5 x 10^{42} erg/s, which may explain the absence of UHECRs from the Virgo region in spite of the large number of VCV galaxies in Virgo, since most of the VCV galaxies in the Virgo region are low luminosity AGNs. Interestingly, the bolometric luminosities of most of the AGNs are significantly lower than required to satisfy the minimum condition for UHECR acceleration in a continuous jet. If a UHECR-AGN correlation is substantiated with further statistics, our results lend support to the recently proposed ``giant AGN flare" mechanism for UHECR acceleration.Comment: 13 pages, 3 figures, to be submitted to Ap

IUC Independent Policy Report: At the End of the End of History

The IUC Independent Policy Report was drafted by the IUC Legal Standards Research Group, organized by a Steering Committee chaired by Ugo Mattei (International University College of Turin), coordinated by Edoardo Reviglio (International University College of Turin) and Giuseppe Mastruzzo (International University College of Turin), and composed by Franco Bassanini (University of Rome “La Sapienza”), Guido Calabresi (Yale University), Antoine Garapon (Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice, Paris), and Tibor Varady (Central European University, Budapest). Contributors include Eugenio Barcellona (Eastern Piedmont University), Mauro Bussani (University of Trieste), Giuliano G. Castellano (Ecole Polytechnique Preg/CRG), Moussa Djir´e (Bamako University), Liu Guanghua (Lanzhou University), Golnoosh Hakimdavar (University of Turin), John Haskell (SOAS), Jedidiah J. Kroncke (Yale Law School), Andrea Lollini (Bologna University), Alberto Lucarelli (Federico II University), Boris N. Mamlyuk, (University of Turin), Alberto Monti (Bocconi University), Sergio Ariel Muro (Torquato di Tella University), Domenico Nicol`o (Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria), and Nicola Sartori (University of Michigan). The IUC Independent Policy Report argues for a radical change of perspective, capable of restoring the supremacy of the law over the economic system. It is not only about finance, nor is it only about economics or policy. In this sense a transnational set of normative principles is needed in order to establish a global legal system capable of controlling economic processes, rather than being controlled by them. Within this framework a series of policy proposals are presented in order to effectively implement a new system of global standards. The current Western standard of living is unsustainable. Should the rest share the model of development of the West, our planet will simply not be capable of resisting the growth in consumption and pollution. Within this fundamental setting of scarcity in resources, using the rhetoric of the end of history as the polar star for growth, development and ultimately happiness of the whole world is simply a cynical lie. We argue here for the beginning of a necessary process aimed at the development of a legal system that is much less about creating an effcient backbone for an exploitive economy and much more about a vision of civilization, justice and respect where the laws of nature and those of humans converge in a sustainable long-term philosophy. Principles of justice, responsibility and long term environmental protection, rather than short term economic contingency and strong interests must set the legal agenda. A new governance and bottom-up inclusive integration of knowledge-based economies (wherever located), which is crucial to the very survival of humankind, cannot happen without defning new terms of a widely accepted standard of long term justice in the transnational context, hence the urgency to conceive legitimate transnational legal structures and possibly some apparatus of “superlegality.” The report is composed of fve sections. After having presented the pitfalls of the prevailing theoretical apparatus, an alternative cultural grid upon which policy actions should be shaped is presented. In this sense several normative proposals - revisiting the key characteristics of the current system - are offered aiming at acquiring a wider perspective over the actual global crisis

The untamed and discreet role of data brokers in surveillance capitalism: a transnational and interdisciplinary overview

Data brokers have a significant role in data markets and, more broadly, in surveillance capitalism. Due to increasingly sophisticated techniques, data brokers allow for pervasive datafication. This not only seriously threatens privacy, but also national security and the necessary trust for data markets to function properly. The data broker industry, however, is an underresearched and under-regulated subject. Thus, this article provides an up-to-date critical literature review, highlighting innovative policy proposals and elaborating further research questions. Overall, apart from strengthening privacy protection, the article makes a case for further research on data brokers and a more inclusive international discussion that may eventually lead to a new social contract for data that is focused, above all, on data standardisation, economic incentives, data brokers’ legal definitions, and the creation of an oversight authority