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Cultural institutions as agents of urban and community regeneration in the (post-)pandemic city. The case of the «Laboratorio Zen Insieme» in Palermo

2022

Although all cities in the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, its impacts on the territories, yet to be understood, are unevenly distributed, revealing extremely varied imbalances depending on the places. However, it is clear that the virus and its variants have aggravated pre-existing socio-spatial inequalities, creating new ones and bringing attention back to those implications between space, planning, public health and citizenship that are at the origins of contemporary urbanism. In a reference framework in which the crisis is globalized but unequal and in the absence of a welfare system capable of responding to the urgencies of the most marginalized social contexts and g…

Olsen 2018Settore ICAR/21 - UrbanisticaSettore M-GGR/01 - GeografiaSacco and Blessi 2009). In the current (post-) pandemic context and through the lens of a southern European perspective the purpose of this article is to critically reflect about the role of culture as possible vehicle of urban and community regeneration. In particular we will focus on the activities of the no profit organization «Laboratorio Zen Insieme» in ZEN2 one of the last large popular and peripheral neighborhoods built in Palermo at the end of 80s in order to explore and understand how cultural practices work as agent of urban and social transformation capable of addressing emerging issues especially in the pandemic scenario we are experiencing. Thecasestudy has been conducted through analysis of documents participative observations (Honer and Hitzler 2015) and qualitative in-depth interviews with key actors involved in the conception organization and management of the activities carried out by Laboratorio Zen Insieme with representatives of local institutions and non-formal conversations with participants of the workshops heldin the neighborhood. The experience we narrate finds that cultural practices have re-conceptualized their design and functions as strategies of urban and community regeneration and at the same time have contributed to answer to emergent issues in developing proximity and local based strategies facing up to problems inherent civil rights educationalpoverty socio-spatial justice and have changed the image and identity of urban places they inhabit.In this sense the research provides a framework for development of strategies and legitimization for cultural practices and a point of discussionabouttheirrolein urban development.Although all cities in the world have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic its impacts on the territories yet to be understood are unevenly distributed revealing extremely varied imbalances depending on the places. However it is clear that the virus and its variants have aggravated pre-existing socio-spatial inequalities creating new ones and bringing attention back to those implications between space planning public health and citizenship that are at the origins of contemporary urbanism. In a reference framework in which the crisis is globalized but unequal and in the absence of a welfare system capable of responding to the urgencies of the most marginalized social contexts and groups a response to the new social and individual needs has been offered by cultural institutions that play a role of territorial agency often independently or in the absence of political institutions. Far from the idea of entertainment and divertissement it is in fact increasingly clear how the practices of cultural innovation experimenting with various forms of action and participation can in some cases play a fundamental role in the processes of social cohesion and community building representing an antidote to the worsening of the phenomena of marginalization and socio-spatial inequalities within cities and territories (Colantonio and Dixon 2011
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Early stage screening of breast cancer using electrochemical biomarker detection

2017

Recently researchers have driven their attention in the development of biosensors for breast cancer detection using different biomarkers. This review reports a systematic study of the usefulness of marker-based electrochemical biosensors in breast cancer and its early diagnosis. Also, various types of electro-analytical methods for early stage screening of breast cancer were discussed. The emphasis is placed on immune-, geno- cyto- and enzyme-biosensing strategies. In addition, the advantages offered by some nano-materials in detection of breast cancer biomarkers are illustrated with representative recent examples that highlight the scientific interest in widening the use of new materials/m…

Oncologymedicine.medical_specialtybusiness.industry010401 analytical chemistryNew materialsNanotechnology02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologymedicine.diseaseKey issues01 natural sciences0104 chemical sciencesAnalytical ChemistryTumor BiomarkersBreast cancerInternal medicineMedicineBiomarker (medicine)Electrochemical biosensorStage (cooking)0210 nano-technologybusinessSpectroscopyBiomedicineTrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
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The Effect of Overeducation on Job Content Innovation and Career-Enhancing Strategies Among Young Spanish Employees

2009

The increase of education in younger people and the relative scarcity of qualified jobs available for them make the overeducation of young workers a social issue. We explored the relationships between overeducation and extra-role behaviors (job content innovation and career-enhancing strategies) as well as the direct and moderating role of personal initiative and intrinsic work values in these relationships. We collected data from a sample of 638 young Spanish employees. As expected, there were negative relationships between overeducation and content innovation and career-enhancing strategies. Personal initiative and intrinsic work values related positively to extra-role behaviors. Moreove…

OvereducationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementJob contentPersonal initiativeFormació ocupacional--EspanyaSample (statistics)Occupational training--SpainWork valuesIntrinsic work valuesSocial issuesEducationYouth--Employment--SpainSocial exchange theoryTransfer of trainingIndustrial and organizational psychologyJob content innovationPsychologySocial psychologyCareer-enhancing strategiesJoves—Treball--EspanyaGeneral PsychologyApplied PsychologyCareer developmentJournal of Career Development
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Perfiles de familias con factores de riesgo y problemas comportamentales en niños con déficit de atención con hiperactividad

2019

Introducción. La literatura evidencia que las familias de niños con déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) experimentan factores de riesgo relacionados con niveles elevados de estrés, menor apoyo social, o menor capacidad de afrontamiento. Estos factores familiares contextuales pueden verse agravados por la presencia de problemas comportamentales y sociales en niños con TDAH. Objetivos. El presente estudio se planteó los siguientes objetivos: 1) Identificar perfiles de familias de niños con TDAH en edad escolar de acuerdo con indicadores contextuales y variables socioemocionales como el nivel de estrés, las estrategias de afrontamiento y el apoyo social. 2) Evaluar las diferencias entr…

Parental status05 social sciences050109 social psychologymedicine.diseaseSocial issuesStress levelSocial supportRisk indexmedicineParental psychopathologyAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychologySet (psychology)050104 developmental & child psychologyClinical psychologyInternational Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD de Psicología.
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Key challenges for Latvian teachers in mainstream schools: a basis for preparing teachers for inclusion

2010

This paper analyses current research in Latvia to identify key issues related to inclusive education, special education and social pedagogy. A review of Latvian literature since 2004 was undertaken to determine what is known about special and inclusive education, how it is reflected in various research papers and how it related to the current situation in schools. Key findings suggest that teachers need to be better informed about the potential of inclusion. They need to be prepared to teach children with diverse educational needs in a changing educational landscape. Teacher education for inclusion is identified as a 21st-century priority in Latvia.

PedagogylanguageKey (cryptography)LatvianMainstreamSociologyKey issuesSpecial educationInclusion (education)language.human_languageTeacher educationEducationSocial pedagogyJournal of Research in Special Educational Needs
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Why should We Bother? Ethical and Social Issues in Individualized Medicine

2006

Individualized medicine, methodologically rooted in pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics, is now venturing into clinical application. Prescribing the right drug in the right dose to the right patient according to specific health needs and individual characteristics is a core mission of individualized medicine. The intrinsic values of this mission are so self-evident that--at first glance--the ethical and social issues raised by individualized medicine seem to be negligible. However, the translation of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics into clinical routine not only requires the collection and evaluation of large amounts of individual genetic data, but also heralds the need for further …

PharmacologySocial Responsibilitymedicine.medical_specialtySocial Valuesbusiness.industryeducationClinical BiochemistryMEDLINEBioethicsSocial value orientationsSocial issuesPharmacogeneticsFamily medicinePharmacogenomicsDrug DiscoverymedicineHumansMolecular MedicineNormativeEthics MedicalEngineering ethicsPersonalized medicinebusinessSocial responsibilityCurrent Drug Targets
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Nuclear weak response from the combined study of beta-decay and charge-exchange reaction

2009

Studying the weak nuclear response, especially the Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions, of stable as well as unstable pf-shell nuclei, is one of the key issues in nuclear and astro-nuclear physics. We study the decay half-lives and the GT transitions starting from Tz = ±1 and ±2 mirror nuclei, respectively, by means of β decays and complementary hadronic (3 He , t) charge-exchange reactions. Under the assumption that isospin is a good quantum number, symmetry is expected for mirror nuclei and the GT transitions starting from the mirror nuclei. The half-lives and branching ratios and the measured strength distributions of GT transitions are compared and also combined for the understanding of the …

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy Physics010308 nuclear & particles physicsHadronNuclear TheoryNuclear structureGeneral Physics and Astronomy[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]Key issues01 natural sciencesGood quantum numberNuclear physicsIsospin0103 physical sciencesMirror nucleiAtomic physics010306 general physicsNuclear ExperimentCharge exchange
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Tz = ±1 → 0 ISOSPIN SYMMETRY GAMOW-TELLER TRANSITIONS IN pf-SHELL NUCLEI

2010

Studying the Gamow-Teller (GT) transitions of stable as well as unstable pf-shell nuclei is one of the key issues in nuclear and astro-nuclear physics. Under the assumption that isospin T is a good quantum number, symmetry is expected for mirror nuclei and the GT transitions starting from the mirror nuclei. We study the GT transitions starting from Tz = ±1 mirror nuclei, respectively, by means of hadronic (3 He , t) charge-exchange reactions and complementary β decays.

PhysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsParticle physicsNuclear TheoryHadronShell (structure)General Physics and AstronomyAstronomy and AstrophysicsKey issuesSymmetry (physics)Nuclear physicsGood quantum numberIsospinMirror nucleiNuclear ExperimentModern Physics Letters A
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Is the Universe Fractal?

1999

One of the key issues in cosmology is the question of whether the universe is smooth or fractal at large dimensions. The answer has a bearing on the big bang model of the origin of the universe. MartA­nez discusses why recent analyses have come to opposing conclusions regarding this question and looks at how good a case can be made for large-scale smoothness of the universe.

PhysicsTheoretical physicsMultidisciplinaryFractalSmoothness (probability theory)Key issuesCosmologyFractal cosmologyScience
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Book Review: Mia Arp Fallow and Cory Blad (eds) Social Welfare Responses in a Neoliberal Era. Policies, Practices, and Social Problems

2020

Political economyPolitical sciencePolitical Science and International RelationsSocial WelfareSocial issuesCritical Social Policy
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