Avanti donne

Il legame tra razzismo, politiche securitarie e nazionalismo si fa sempre più serrato con l'avanzata delle donne a destra. E intanto, nella sinistra in caduta libera, gli uomini si barricano e le donne spariscono: dalle liste, dagli incarichi e dalla leadershi

Il pluralismo dell'informazione nell'era digitale. Applicazione del Media Pluralism Monitor nell'Unione Europea, in Albania, Montenegro, Repubblica della Macedonia del Nord, Serbia e Turchia nell'anno 2021. Paese : Italia

This report presents the results of the implementation of the Media Pluralism Monitor for the year 2021 (MPM2022) in Italy. The MPM is a holistic tool geared at assessing the risks to media pluralism in EU member states and selected candidate countries (32 European countries in total, including Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey). The MPM takes into account legal, political and economic variables that are relevant to analysing the levels of plurality of media systems in a democratic society. The Media Pluralism Monitor has been implemented, on a regular basis, by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, since 2013/2014.The Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom is co-financed by the European Unio

Implications of the digital transformation on different social groups

Published online: March 2024This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, analyses the impact of digitalization on vulnerable social groups in terms of lower income and education, age, people affected by disabilities, minority ethnic groups and people living in remote/isolated geographic areas. It includes a review of the relevant academic literature, secondary data analysis, as well as three case studies focused on digital inequality in e-commerce and digital financial services. The study reviews the EU legislations relevant in the policy areas that are the object of the case studies and elaborates some recommendations on the actions that the EU could undertake to tackle the digital divide affecting vulnerable social groups

Effect of ascorbic and citric acids on physicochemical and sensory properties of vegetarian cakes supplemented with grape marc flour

O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver formulações de misturas para preparo de bolos de caneca, sem ovos e sem leite, com farinhas de cascas e sementes de uvas, além de avaliar características físico-químicas, tecnológicas e sensoriais, com enfoque nos efeitos dos ácidos ascórbico e cítrico sobre os bolos, com substituição parcial da farinha de trigo por farinha de bagaço de uva. Aos produtos, foram incorporados 5% de farinhas de cascas e sementes em relação à farinha de trigo. Foram realizadas análises de polifenóis, atividade antioxidante, cor, pH, volume específico, perda de massa e sensorial. Entre as formulações com farinha de uva, a amostra com adição de ácido ascórbico apresentou maior (p 0,05) quando comparada com a formulação com a adição de ácido cítrico ou a combinação de ácidos. De acordo com o coeficiente de correlação de Pearson, quanto mais ácido (menor pH) se mostrou o bolo, maior foi a tendência de aumento na concentração de polifenóis totais, antocianinas e compostos com atividade antioxidante. Com relação ao volume específico, a maioria das formulações controles apresentou os maiores volumes em relação às suas respectivas amostras com farinha de uva. Assim, a incorporação dos ácidos ascórbico e cítrico nos bolos com farinha de bagaço de uva possivelmente acarretou estabilização da coloração vermelha e o bolo com farinha de bagaço de uva e ácido ascórbico apresentou as maiores quantidades de compostos fenólicos totais, quando comparado aos outros bolos com o subproduto, além de ter sido um dos bolos mais bem aceitos pelos provadores, demonstrando o potencial de mercado para esses produtos alimentícios inovadores.This study aimed to develop formulations of mixtures to prepare mug cakes, without eggs and milk, with grape skin and seed flours, and to evaluate their physicochemical, technological and sensory characteristics focusing on the effects of ascorbic and citric acids on cakes with partial replacement of wheat flour with grape marc flour. The products were incorporated with 5% grape marc flour in relation to wheat flour. The following analyses were performed: polyphenols, antioxidant activity, color, pH, specific volume, loss of mass, and sensory. Among the formulations with grape marc flour, the sample with addition of ascorbic acid showed higher (p 0.05) compared with those with addition of citric acid or a combination of acids. According to the Pearson’s correlation coefficient, the more acidic (lower pH) the cake was, the greater the tendency for increased concentration of total polyphenols, anthocyanins, and compounds with antioxidant activity. Regarding specific volume, most of the control formulations presented higher values compared with those of their respective samples with grape marc flour. Thus, incorporation of ascorbic and citric acids into cakes with grape marc flour possibly resulted in red color stabilization, and the cake with grape marc flour and ascorbic acid presented the highest amounts of total phenolic compounds compared with those of other cakes with this by-product, in addition to being one of the cakes most accepted by the tasters, demonstrating the market potential of these innovative food products

The European Media Freedom Act : media freedom, freedom of expression and pluralism

This study analyses the European Media Freedom Act proposal. It provides a political and historical overview of EU policies in the field of media and on information society at large, also taking into account the debate regarding EU competences on media pluralism and media freedom. The study reasons on the legal basis of the proposed Act, and then analyses the provisions of it under each of the Chapters of the Act, basing on relevant academic literature, policy documents, and empirical data. It concludes with policy recommendations.Study requested by the LIBE Committee at the European Parliament

Position statement on the Joint ITA–NIST–USPTO collaboration initiative regarding standards : notice of public listening and request for comments

On 11th September 2023, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the International Trade Administration (ITA), and the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) called for stakeholder input on the current state of U.S. firm participation in standard-setting, and the ability of U.S. industry to readily adopt standards to grow and compete, especially as they relate to the standardisation of critical and emerging technologies. The Centre for a Digital Society (CDS) of the European University Institute (EUI) is thankful for the opportunity to offer its comments. We would like to express our view on the legislative proposal of the European Commission (EC) for a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (hereinafter, the Regulation) as it relates to question no. 1 of the Request for Comments on the impact of foreign IPR policies on US leadership and participation in international standard setting. Furthermore, concerning question no. 9 on possible standard-essential patents (SEP) transparency measures, we highlight the possibility of improving the USPTO patent register already in place

Monitoring media pluralism in the digital era : application of the media pluralism monitor in the European member states and in candidate countries in 2023

Published: 27 June 2024This report presents the results of the implementation of the Media Pluralism Monitor for the year 2023 (MPM2024). The MPM is a holistic tool geared at assessing the risks to media pluralism in EU member states and selected candidate countries (32 European countries in total, including Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey). The MPM takes into account legal, political and economic variables that are relevant to analysing the levels of plurality of media systems in a democratic society. The Media Pluralism Monitor has been implemented, on a regular basis, by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, since 2013/2014.Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EACEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them

Position statement on the European Commission’s proposal for a SEPs regulation

On 27th April 2023, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on Standard Essential Patents (hereinafter, SEPs Regulation) and allowed the public to provide feedback. The Centre for a Digital Society (CDS) of the European University Institute (EUI) is thankful for the opportunity to offer its comments and make suggestions on the proposed Regulation. Our team of researchers has significant research, policy and training experience in the areas of intellectual property, telecommunications regulation, standardisation and EU competition policy. In this Position Statement, we caution against adopting the proposed SEPs Regulation in its current form and suggest adopting guidance under Arts. 101 and 102 TFEU to clarify how SEP licensing should occur not to breach EU competition law. In the sub-optimal scenario where EU institutions would continue to pursue an immediate regulatory intervention, we provide substantial suggestions in an attempt to improve the current proposal of SEPs Regulation and limit certain negative consequences. Our constructive criticism aims to be a catalyst for the debate in the legislative process about the appropriate SEP licensing framework

Hunting imaging biomarkers in pulmonary fibrosis: Benchmarks of the AIIB23 challenge

Airway-related quantitative imaging biomarkers are crucial for examination, diagnosis, and prognosis in pulmonary diseases. However, the manual delineation of airway structures remains prohibitively time-consuming. While significant efforts have been made towards enhancing automatic airway modelling, current public-available datasets predominantly concentrate on lung diseases with moderate morphological variations. The intricate honeycombing patterns present in the lung tissues of fibrotic lung disease patients exacerbate the challenges, often leading to various prediction errors. To address this issue, the 'Airway-Informed Quantitative CT Imaging Biomarker for Fibrotic Lung Disease 2023' (AIIB23) competition was organized in conjunction with the official 2023 International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). The airway structures were meticulously annotated by three experienced radiologists. Competitors were encouraged to develop automatic airway segmentation models with high robustness and generalization abilities, followed by exploring the most correlated QIB of mortality prediction. A training set of 120 high-resolution computerised tomography (HRCT) scans were publicly released with expert annotations and mortality status. The online validation set incorporated 52 HRCT scans from patients with fibrotic lung disease and the offline test set included 140 cases from fibrosis and COVID-19 patients. The results have shown that the capacity of extracting airway trees from patients with fibrotic lung disease could be enhanced by introducing voxel-wise weighted general union loss and continuity loss. In addition to the competitive image biomarkers for mortality prediction, a strong airway-derived biomarker (Hazard ratio>1.5, p < 0.0001) was revealed for survival prognostication compared with existing clinical measurements, clinician assessment and AI-based biomarkers