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Social Capital, Well-Being and Municipality: Salaspils Municipality (Latvia) Case

2016

Abstract During the last three decades, social capital has gained prominence throughout the social sciences. The concepts has been analysed in various manners (from perspectives of economics, political sciences, sociology, anthropology etc.) providing wide range of theoretical conceptualizations. The aim of paper is to analyse the relation of social capital and possibility to improve the well-being of the municipality’s citizens using co-responsibility approach. In order to achieve the aim, the tasks are formulated as follows: 1) to review theoretical background for concept of social capital and subjective well-being, 2) to analyse the factors of social capital at local level, and 3) to use…

A method for determining the position and size of optimal sequence regions for phylogenetic analysis.

1995

The availability of fast and accurate sequencing procedures along with the use of PCR has led to a proliferation of studies of variability at the molecular level in populations. Nevertheless, it is often impractical to examine long genomic stretches and a large number of individuals at the same time. In order to optimize this kind of study, we suggest a heuristic procedure for detection of the shortest region whose informational content can be considered sufficient for significant phylogenetic reconstruction. The method is based on the comparison of the pairwise genetic distances obtained from a set of sequences of reference to those obtained for different windows of variable size and posit…

Assessment of genetically modified cotton GHB614 × T304‐40 × GHB119 for food and feed uses, import and processing under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 …

2018

International audience; The three-event stack cotton GHB614 x T304-40 x GHB119 was produced by conventional crossing to combine three single events, GHB614, T304-40 and GHB119. The genetically modified organisms (GMO) Panel previously assessed the three single cotton events and did not identify safety concerns. No new data on the single cotton events that could lead to modification of the original conclusions on their safety were identified. Based on the molecular, agronomic, phenotypic and compositional characteristics, the combination of the single cotton events and of the newly expressed proteins in the three-event stack cotton did not give rise to food and feed safety concern. The GMO P…

Modification of the immune response against hepatitis B virus by the human immunodeficiency virus.

1989

Hepatitis B virus and the human immunodeficiency virus are similarly transmitted. Individuals with preexisting HIV infection have a higher chance to become HBsAg carriers than do anti-HIV negative persons. Cytotoxic T cells with specificity for HBcAg, that are under the control of HBcAg-specific helper T cells, are responsible for liver injury. There is good evidence that HIV infection lowers inflammatory activity, is associated with milder liver histology, high levels of viral replication and low seroconversion rates. In addition interferon alpha therapy is less effective in anti-HIV positive subjects. The immune response against HBsAg is helper T-cell dependent and vaccination against hep…

Ein verlorener Posten deutschen Geistes, deutscher Sitte und Kultur

1886

Walkscapes. Un’esperienza professionalizzante a Palermo

2020

In seno al dibattito scientifico disciplinare, da alcuni anni ormai, si va sempre più affermando che il campo degli studi urbani, siano essi finalizzati alla sola pratica della conoscenza o ad un progetto di trasformazione, non può più prescindere da un approccio diretto e pensato per il luogo e nel luogo. Il contributo vuole ragionare attraverso delle esperienze, alcune concluse altre ancora in atto, di ricerca-azione su uno degli approcci che si è rivelato più utile e che ha prodotto risultati molto interessanti nel processo di conoscenza e progettazione dello spazio urbano: la camminata di quartiere. Le esperienze sono nate all’interno delle attività didattiche svolte presso il Corso di …

Green small technology for neighbourhood regeneration: a southern case-study.

2012

I rifiuti possono trasformarsi da problema ad opportunità se si transita da un’amministrazione del consumo e dello spreco ad una gestione che si proponga l’ottimizzazione nell’uso delle risorse e la valorizzazione degli scarti. Il trattamento della frazione organica dei rifiuti per la produzione di biogas, calore di processo e compost di qualità può rappresentarne un aspetto di forte rilievo. La scala di quartiere, indicata nel lavoro di ricerca che viene presentato, può consentire, per certi versi, la scomposizione della complessa realtà metropolitana e la declinazione efficiente del paradigma del principio di prossimità, dell’autosostentamento e del coinvolgimento delle comunità locali pe…

Making WiFi work in multi-hop topologies: Automatic negotiation and allocation of airtime

2015

We propose a solution for mitigating the performance impairments of CSMA/CA protocols in multi-hop topologies based on the dynamic adaptation of the contention process experienced by nodes in a wireless network. A distributed protocol is used to negotiate the channel airtime for a node as a function of the traffic requirements of its neighbourhood, taking into account bandwidth reserved for the control operations. A mechanism is provided for a node to tune its contention window depending on its allocated airtime. Different from previous schemes, a node's contention window is fixed in size unless the traffic requirements of its neighbourhood change. The scheme is implemented on legacy commer…

Multicultural and Multifaceted Canada

2018

Describing the system of education in Canada is akin to trying to describe the nation itself—complex. It is perhaps difficult to pinpoint defining features, the country being viewed by many on the world stage as strong and stable; yet on home soil, many Canadians struggle to articulate where the essence of their country lies. [I am one of those Canadians. That being said, I feel very fortunate to live, work and raise my children in Canada. I look out my window and see the Rocky Mountains; I breathe clean air and have clean water to drink any time I turn my faucets on; my children walk to school in what I feel is as safe a neighbourhood as you will find in a large Canadian city; and, I am fo…

Adopt a Neighborhood: When Planners Meet Schoolchildren

2015

Throughout this paper we will present a project that revolves around the idea of the neighbourhood as an ‘identity container’ and aims at bridging the gap between traditional planning programmes and the new challenges linked both to the crisis of public spaces and to participatory planning. During the last two years, our University has been working in cooperation with the Municipality of Palermo and many primary and secondary schools of the city on a project called ‘La scuola adotta il quartiere’ (‘Schools Adopt Neighbourhoods’). Within the project, planning students from the University guided the schoolchildren (8- to 13-years old) to the discovery of their neighbourhood and its community.…