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A Neural Network Model to Forecast Urban Electricity Consumptions from Weather Data

2004

Settore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica Ambientaleelectricity consumption neural networks
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Fiscal policy discretion, private spending and crises episodes

2011

In this paper, we assess the impact of fiscal policy discretion on economic activity in the short and medium-term. Using a panel of 132 countries from 1960 to 2008, we find that fiscal policy discretion provides a net stimulus to the economy in the short-run and crowding-in effects are amplified once crisis episodes are controlled for– in particular, banking crises - giving a great scope for fiscal policy stimulus packages. However, crowding-out effects take over in the long-run – especially, in the case of debt crises -, in line with the concerns about long-term debt sustainability.

Settore SECS-P/02 Politica EconomicaFiscal policy discretion GDP growth private consumption private investment crowding-in crowding-out.
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KOSMOS 2017 Peru Side Experiment: nutrients, phytoplankton abundances, enzyme rates, photophysiology

2022

This data was collected during an short-term incubation experiment in March 2017 that investigated the response of a surface plankton community to upwelling. This experiment was carried in the framework of the SFB754-funded KOSMOS mesocosm study that took place in La Punta, Callao, Peru between February-April 2017. A total of six different treatments were used to disentangle chemical and biological characteristics of deep water that influence surface plankton blooms: 2 different deep water sources with different nutrient concentrations; 3 treatments to distinguish the effects of inorganic nutrients, organic nutrients and deep water microbial populations. Measured variables include inorganic…

ratioDay of experimentSFB754colored dissolved organic matter at 325 nmNitriteChlorophyll aAbsorption coefficient colored dissolved organic matter at 254 nmClimate - Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean (SFB754)colorimetric determinationFluorometerFluorometricNitrateNanoplanktonPhytoplankton cells phycocyanin-containing (FL-4)PicoeukaryotesFluorometer fast repetition rateCalculatedFlow cytometryNutrient consumption ratioforward scatterSynechococcusupwelling systemsMesocosm experimentSpectrophotometricClimate Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean SFB754SilicateBiogeochemistryBiospheric SciencesMaximum photochemical quantum yield of photosystem IIenzyme activitycell sizeDissolved inorganic nitrogen/dissolved inorganic phosphorus ratioKOSMOS_2017chainsAbsorption coefficient colored dissolved organic matter 250 nm/365 nm ratioeastern tropical South Pacific OceanKOSMOSExcess phosphateAbsorption coefficient colored dissolved organic matter at 325 nmNatural SciencesGeosciencescolored dissolved organic matter at 254 nmphycocyanin containing FL 4Absorption coefficientPhosphateTank numberPhytoplankton cells chainsNetwork of Leading European AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Mountains to Oceans from the ArctReplicatenutrientsfast repetition rateDATE TIMECryptophytesMicrophytoplanktonPhytoplankton cellsLeucine aminopeptidase activityDissolved inorganic nitrogen dissolved inorganic phosphorus ratiofungiEnzymatic assayContinuous flow analyserTreatmentDATE/TIMEcolored dissolved organic matter 250 nm 365 nmPhytoplanktonPhytoplankton cell size forward scatterNetwork of Leading European AQUAtic MesoCOSM Facilities Connecting Mountains to Oceans from the Arctic to the Mediterranean (AQUACOSM)CDOMContinuous flow analyser colorimetric determinationNitrate and Nitrite
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ANALISI DELLE RISORSE FINANZIARIE NAZIONALI PER LA RIDUZIONE DEI CONSUMI ENERGETICI NELLE PUBBLICHE AMMINISTRAZIONI

2015

The compliance with the Italian Internal Stability Pact represents a relevant constraint for Public Administrations in their aims of improving the efficiency with which they use energy, despite several interesting financial tools have been released for helping these institutions in the imple mentation of effective actions. The available domestic financial tools are here shortly revised, particularly about their compatibility with the Stability Pact. The role of the socalled rotative founds is moreover described as a tool for supporting Public Administrations in improving their energy efficiency, even in the observance of the limits established by the Stability Pact.

Settore ING-IND/11 - Fisica Tecnica AmbientaleEnergy consumption buildings public administrations financial tools Stability Pac
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Complementary approaches for assessing protein sources in fish feed

2018

Fluctuating fishmeal (FM) prices and declining marine fish stocks have led to the current trend of replacing dietary FM with plant proteins (PP) in fish feed. PPs offer challenges both with respect to nutritional quality and the occurrence of antinutrients. The assessment of utilisation efficiency of PPs for growth is important for the sustainable production of fish feed. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the applicability of stable isotope analysis in combination with respirometry in the evaluation of dietary PPs for juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The dietary PPs were corn gluten meal (CGM), rapeseed protein concentrate (RPC) and potato protein (PoP). Complet…

isotoopitfishmealdiet-tissue shiftstable isotope mixing modelrainbow troutrehutkalanviljelymetabolic oxygen consumptionplant proteindigestibilitykirjolohiruokintaravintoaineetravintoarvovesiviljely (kalatalous)aineenvaihduntakasviproteiinit
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Sport and Quality of Life

2022

Negli ultimi trent’anni lo sport ha assunto un significato molto rilevante nella vita delle persone e, seppure con notevoli differenze, sia nei paesi a sviluppo economico avanzato, sia in quelli in via di sviluppo. A livello individuale, esso ha costituito un’area di investimento identitario quando ha assunto la forma di sport spettacolo del quale fruire, alimentando la pratica del tifo e il fandom o costituendo il modello di uno stile di vita vincente; ma anche quando ha assunto la forma di pratica del tempo libero attraverso la quale tenersi in forma, facendo crescere, in questo caso, la diffusione di una cultura della salute e del benessere. Si tratta di due modalità di approcciare al co…

but also when he took the form of free time practice through which to keep fit making grow in this case the diffusion of a culture of health and well-being. These are two ways of approaching the consumption of sports by spectators and actorIn the last thirty years sport has taken on a very significant meaning in people's lives and albeit with considerable differences both in advanced economic development countries and in developing countries. On an individual level it constituted an area of identity investment when it assumed the shape of “sport spectacle” to be enjoyed fueling the practice of cheering and fandom or constituting the model of a winning lifestyleand the two ways of use can be strongly related to the perception and assessment of the quality of life. The “semantic universes” which however connote sport and “free time sports” have often appeared polarized. Commercial sport and sports professionalism are intertwined with the institutions of economics politics and culture which above all stress its “spectacularity” in order to capture first and foremost the audience. But also the sport of leisure time is intertwined with the actions of the institutions of economics politics and culture with the difference that these stress above all its “healthy value” aimed at the “healthy and rational” investment of time in an activity which improves the quality of life in the short medium and long period. This polarization between the consumption of sport entertainment - commercial sport - and the consumption of sport as a leisure activity - sport for all - has become increasingly interconnected precisely because of the increased collective identity demand via sport. In other words we have witnessed the spread of shape of sports entertainment that recall the importance of sports for psychophysical well-being for integration and social participation for the reduction of social inequalities ethnic and cultural differences and in which the importance assumed was weakened in the show from agonism from competition from the physical confrontation between two contenders or two teams. A sport in which we act with competitors as well as against competitors. And on the other hand we have gradually witnessed the spectacularization of sports in our free time to the point that the sharing of the results obtained through the declination of a competitive spirit that presents itself as directed no longer against other contenders but against its own performance limits it has become the way in which each person makes part of his or her own life spectacular the one he often considers most authentic. The aim of this work is to describe how the intertwining between the commercial/professional dimension of the sports show and the playful/recreational dimension of sports practice are fueled by a demand and an offer of social identity that characterizes these two “semantic universes”.Settore SPS/07 - Sociologia Generale
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The role of age and life course stage in digital consumption

2018

Digital technologies are an inherent part of consumer environments today. This dissertation investigates older adults’ usage of digital technologies by focusing on the role of age and life course stage in digital consumption in Finland. The dissertation applies theories of technology adoption and use, generations, and life course to examine older adults as digital consumers, the interrelationship between consumption and digital technologies and the effects of age and life course stage on digital consumption. The study utilises both quantitative and qualitative data from five (5) data sets. The results reveal that between the years 1999 and 2014, older adults reported more ecological and les…

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