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For a history of effects: Hume and German anti-rationalism
L'articolo analizza la ricezione del pensiero di Hume da parte di quello che I. Berlin ha definito l'anti-razionalismo tedesco, in pensatori come Hamann e, in particolare, H.F. Jacobi. E' anche attraverso tale ricezione infatti che si Ăš annunciato lo spirito del grande movimento romantico. Di qui l'importanza di questi autori che sono stati protagonisti di una vera svolta d'epoca
Foreword
A âtrust in youthâ challenge In their rationale for âYoung Shakespeareâ, the 2015 Conference of SociĂ©tĂ© Française Shakespeare, Dominique Goy-Blanquet and François Laroque called Shakespeareâs works âa âtrust in youthâ challenge.â The speakers met the challenge with papers (gathered here in their revised versions) tackling various meanings of the relation between Shakespeare and youth: the playwrightâs own young age when he wrote some of his plays, but also the age of his younger characters, ..
THE EUROPEAN AIRLINES TRANSFORMATION: HYPERCOMPETITIVE AND LONG TAIL EFFECTS
This paper focuses on technological and organizational levers as strategic determinants of innovation and transformation of airlines, considering the high rate of technological and organizational change (Barrett S., 2000) occurred in airlines market since 2004. The European airlines evolution will be especially examined on the basis of the hyper-competition phenomenon.
European airlines industry appears as a paradox both from an organizational and a technological point of view. By an organizational perspective, classical competition theory (Porter 1979, 1980, 1985) opposes low cost and differentiation as two mutually exclusive âgeneric strategiesâ. Not choosing between these strategies dooms firms to âstuck in the middleâ. However, this static model does not seem to explain the behaviour of firms in hyper-competitive (Volberda, 1999) and turbulence environments characterized by high and frequent changes. In airlines industry the coexistence of âlow-costâ and ânetworksâ airlines seems to be an illustration of Porterâs dualist model. If low cost and differentiation can coexist, does it mean that Porterâs duality is still valid in hyper-competition? We argue here that a close analysis shows that both types of companies practice cost reduction and differentiation. Moreover, there are some âhybrid airlinesâ, like Meridiana, that operate in the same time as low cost and network airlines. On technological standpoint, the main effect of the Internet channel is supposed to deliver more consumer surplus than cost reduction, according to the Long tail theory. An inclusive analysis of Internet performance into European airlines is usually perceived to be cost reduction and differentiation. Therefore, this paper suggests moving beyond the âairline paradoxâ in Europe
Per un'ontologia della vita: Hans Jonas e Michel Henry
L'articolo pone a confronto il pensiero di Hans Jonas con la sua ontologia della vita con la fenomenologia della vita come radicale immanenza, svolta da Michel Henry, al fine di mostrare la ostanziale convergenza tra i due pensatori contemporanei. Convergenza tanto piĂč significativa, data la diversitĂ dei presupposti di partenza
Gender mainstreaming active inclusion policies
The aim of this report therefore is to inform and help develop gender mainstreaming in active inclusion policies. In order to do this, the report at first reviews gender differences and inequalities in the risks of poverty and social exclusion and it provides a close look at the connections between active inclusion policies and gender equality strategies (Chapters 2 and 3). It then analyses examples of concrete gender mainstreaming in each of the three pillars of active inclusion, i.e. income support (Chapter 4), labour inclusion (Chapter 5) and access to services (Chapter 6).
Under each heading, the report summarises available information on the actual policy developments and looks at the results of the policies in terms of gender equality. Finally, Chapter 7 draws some conclusions.
The information in this report is mainly provided by the national experts of the EGGSI network of experts in gender equality, social inclusion, healthcare and long-term care and covers 30 European countries (the EU-27 Member States) and the three EEAâEFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway)
State-insensitive bichromatic optical trapping
We propose a scheme for state-insensitive trapping of neutral atoms by using
light with two independent wavelengths. In particular, we describe the use of
trapping and control lasers to minimize the variance of the potential
experienced by a trapped Rb atom in ground and excited states. We present
calculated values of wavelength pairs for which the 5s and 5p_{3/2} levels have
the same ac Stark shifts in the presence of two laser fields.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Shigellosis: An Old Disease in New Clothes?
Sansonetti discusses a "landmark" study of the epidemiology of shigellosis, involving over 600,000 people of all ages in six Asian countries
Learning Tolerance while Fighting Ignorance
Research on microbe-host interactions focuses principally on pathogens, yet our immune system must deal with the huge number of beneficial commensal bacteria in our gut. It is becoming clear that the host immune system must reach a delicate balance between destroying dangerous bacterial pathogens while preserving the beneficial gut microbiota
Helium 2 3S - 2 1S metrology at 1557 nm
An experiment is proposed to excite the 'forbidden' 1s2s 3S1 - 1s2s 1S0
magnetic dipole (M1) transition at 1557 nm in a collimated and slow atomic beam
of metastable helium atoms. It is demonstrated that an excitation rate of 5000
/s can be realised with the beam of a 2W narrowband telecom fiber laser
intersecting the atomic beam perpendicularly. A Doppler-limited sub-MHz
spectroscopic linewidth is anticipated. Doppler-free excitation of 2% of
trapped and cooled atoms may be realised in a one-dimensional optical lattice
geometry, using the 2W laser both for trapping and spectroscopy. The very small
(8 Hz) natural linewidth of this transition presents an opportunity for
accurate tests of atomic structure calculations of the helium atom. A
measurement of the 3He - 4He isotope shift allows for accurate determination of
the difference in nuclear charge radius of both isotopes.Comment: accepted for publication in Europhysics Letter
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