Search results for "Cohesion"
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Enseñanza de las ciencias : revista de investigación y experiencias didácticas
2021
La biodiversidad es un concepto complejo, convertido en un importante referente curricular. Esta investigación explora si un ejercicio avanzado de las competencias necesarias para hacer significativo el concepto de biodiversidad en diferentes contextos conlleva una mejora significativa de la calidad de los argumentos implicados en la toma de decisiones sobre conservación de la biodiversidad. Para ello se ha aplicado una metodología cualitativa al análisis de doce argumentos formulados por estudiantes de 1.º de Bachillerato, caracterizados por su elevada complejidad estructural, de los cuales se muestra uno a modo de ejemplo. Los resultados revelan que, a pesar del nivel de cohesión estructu…
Design and optimisation of an innovative two-hub-and-spoke network for the Mediterranean short-sea-shipping market
2020
Abstract Short Sea Shipping (SSS) is generally considered as a privileged transport mode in terms of reducing road congestion and related external costs. In the last two decades, SSS has attracted a lot of attention in the European Union, where it is also regarded as a key factor for economic and social cohesion between countries. In this regard, the present study proposes a new network design that aims at improving and increasing freight traffic between the north-western and the south-eastern shores of the Mediterranean Basin. The proposed model, designed for Ro-Ro (Roll-on Roll-off) freight transport, tries to overcome the limits of the existing multi-port-calling services through an inno…
Modelling steel jacketed RC columns: Remarks by experimental-numerical comparisons
2015
The recent large use of nonlinear seismic assessment techniques requires the definition of highly reliable computational models. The retrofitting or strengthening of RC columns by steel angles and battens is a commonly adopted technique, used to improve strength and deformation capacity of existing RC buildings. In the case of steel angles not directly loaded, the numerical definition of the cross-section model has to be handled carefully since it is affected by more uncertainties. The vertical load carried by the angles is a function of the lateral confinement pressure, the cohesion and the friction coefficient between the materials, parameters which are not always easy to predict. The pap…
La strategia europea delle macroregioni. Opportunità e criticità
2018
Le politiche regionali europee hanno offerto nuovi spazi per promuovere l’azione ai livelli subnazionali di governo, nonché la possibilità di sperimentare nuove strategie per lo sviluppo territoriale. In questo lavoro prenderemo in considerazione la strategia macroregionale dell’Unione Europea al fine di identificare opportunità e aspetti critici delle esperienze già maturate (macroregioni del Mar Baltico, del Danubio, Adriatico-Ionica e Alpina), con particolare attenzione alla possibilità di istituire una macroregione del Mediterraneo occidentale. Alcune riflessioni e questioni critiche vengono proposte nella parte finale del contributo. European regional policies have offered new spaces t…
A Psychometric Evaluation of the Group Environment Questionnaire in a Sample of Professional Basketball and Soccer Players
2013
Psychometric properties of the Group environment Questionnaire were investigated in a large sample of soccer (n = 222) and professional basketball players (n = 375). Confirmatory factor analysis was performed both on the total sample and on the two sub samples through a multi-group approach; associations between cohesion and the duration of belonging to the team were also explored. Results confirmed the four-factor structure proposed by Carron's original model even though some items with low loadings were eliminated. No signifcant associations were found between team cohesion and the duration of belonging to the team. © Perceptual & Motor Skills 2013.
LA POLITICA ORDINARIA E DI COESIONE NELLE REGIONI ITALIANE: UNA VALUTAZIONE SETTORIALE SUL FUNZIONAMENTO DEL PRINCIPIO DI ADDIZIONALITA'
2022
This paper analyses the degree of additionality of the Cohesion Policy to ordinary domestic spending in the Italian NUTS-2 regions during the last two programming periods (2007-2013 and 2014-2020). The European Commission has established that the Structural Funds must not be used to replace the disbursement of the Member States to the regions. However, the treatment could distort the allocative choices of the national policy maker. The main element of novelty is the ex-post panel evaluation of cohesion funds’ additionality to the Ordinary Policy through a sectoral breakdown of spending, controlling for the potential endogeneity of the cohesion variable. The sectoral approach allows us to as…
Integrazione dei migranti
2022
Il termine “integrazione” nell’ambito degli studi sulle migrazioni, conosce una pluralità di accezioni, che deriva sia dalla molteplicità di variabili oggettive e soggettive che concorrono alla sua definizione, sia dalla sua interconnessione con i mutamenti politici e culturali costantemente in atto (partecipazione [3], inclusione giuridica, intervento civile e politico, cittadinanza, politiche sociali, convivenza democratica, diritti sociali ecc.). The term "integration" in the field of migration studies has a plurality of meanings, which derives both from the multiplicity of objective and subjective variables that contribute to its definition, and from its interconnection with the politic…
Classifying Regions for European Development Funding
2010
Structural and cohesion funds play a prominent role in European Union regional policy, which aims to reduce gaps in development between regions and disparities in well-being between European citizens. The regions and areas eligible for funding — 308,000 million during the 2007—13 period — are chosen according to regional GDP per inhabitant as the variable of reference. Despite the great importance of this indicator, the complex socioeconomic reality of regions cannot be fully explained by means of a single variable. Hence, using the large number of variables on economic, political, cultural and demographic characteristics available at regional level, this article groups European regions in…
Spillover outcomes of job insecurity: differences among men and women (Consecuencias indirectas de la inseguridad laboral: diferencias entre hombres …
2021
A vast literature on job insecurity can be found. However, there are still several significant research gaps. Little attention has been paid to the spillover effect of job insecurity on employees’ ...
Coesione sociale, etica ed educazione
2017
In this article, social cohesion is presented in terms of belonging, interdependence, integration, sharing, participation, but also as corresponsibility between the different actors present in a territory. The promotion of social cohesion, therefore, essentially has to do with educational interventions aimed at social inclusion. Compared to the more traditional interventions on social emergencies, supporting social cohesion means in fact enhancing relations between members of society and promoting the common good through the collective assumption of responsibility. The role of the school is crucial in this, but also of lifelong learning, therefore the Third Mission of Universities.