Search results for "capability"

Issues in Software Inspection Practices

2005

The motivation for this research comes from a need to improve software inspection practices in software organizations. Even if inspections are well defined and regularly used in an organization, there may be some problems which can greatly reduce inspection effectiveness. The paper presents a list of inspection related problems which are known in the literature. It also relates some experiences from two case organizations. In addition, this paper provides an approach which helps identifying problems of this kind and directing limited improvement resources effectively.

Towards the European harmonisation of a Soil Cadastre inventory as a tool for environmental, social, economic, legal and taxation purposes

2020

The cadastral systems existing in EU Member States satisfy private and public needs but there is no common regulation describing the purposes, minimum requirements and functions of the Cadastre in each State. In order to satisfy the need for harmonisation of Cadastres at the EU level, the Spanish Government's Official Performance Programme of the Spanish Presidency of the EU Council supported, in the first semester of 2002, the initiative proposed by the Spanish General Directorate for the Cadastre to hold the "First Congress on Cadastre in the European Union" (15-17 May 2002). The main objective of this conference was to study the role of the Cadastre at EU level and the methods for the in…

Rateless Codes Performance Analysis in Correlated Channel Model for GEO Free Space Optics Downlinks

2012

El declive de la ética de las capacidades

2013

Capability approach is one of the most important contributions of contemporary political philosophy to the subject of international distributive justice and more generally to the implementation of development policies. In this paper I aim to shed light on some pitfalls of the last production of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. Sen’s last book “The idea of justice” introduced his theory as a “comparative” approach to issues of justice, while rejecting “transcendental” approaches such as Rawls’one. I will show how this dichotomy between comparative and transcendental approach is mistaken, since it rests on wrong assumptions on what we can require from a theory of justice. As far as Nussbaum i…

L’INNOVAZIONE DEL CAPABILITY APPROACH NEL PROMUOVERE LA COMPETENZA DIGITALE DEGLI INSEGNANTI DELLA SCUOLA SECONDARIA

2022

Le questioni legate alla digitalizzazione e allo sviluppo dei media richiedono un'attenta analisi - in una duplice direzione - su quanto sia importante agire in modo da 1) accrescere le competenze della persona che si trova in un mondo complesso ed estremamente eterogeneo in termini di bisogni, caratteristiche e prospettive di vita; 2) sviluppare un contesto in grado di offrire opportunità formative ai docenti, con particolare riguardo ai docenti oggigiorno, chiamati ad un'opera di mediazione comunicativa e didattica per colmare le tante distanze acuite dall'attuale Covid 19 emergenza pandemia. Per le sue caratteristiche intrinseche, il Capability Approach è un approccio multidimensionale c…

Recensione di La Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani. Storia, tradizioni, sviluppi contemporanei

2022

Il volume a cura di Raffaella Gherardi "Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani. Storia, tradizioni, sviluppi contemporanei" è suddiviso in tre parti precedute da un saggio introduttivo e concluse con un’appendice in cui è riportata la Dichiarazione approvata e proclamata il 10 dicembre 1948, mettendosene in rilievo nei diversi contributi il valore storico e politico, per l’incidenza che da allora esercita sul piano dei diritti umani e della loro configurazione e promozione universale. Le tre parti del volume approfondiscono a più voci: l’evoluzione dei diritti umani dalla modernità ai nostri giorni; la visione contemporanea oltre la tradizione occidentale; lo sviluppo odierno nella pros…

In Your Best Interest

2019

We introduce the opportunity for Capability Approach, developed by Martha C. Nussbaum (1997, 2006, 2011), to be used as a guideline to balance the principle of the child’s best interests as formulated in the crc, art. 3 and respect for family life, echr, art. 8, in cases where these principles are drawn in different directions. To contextualize a dilemma, we refer to two stories from the Norwegian courts which illustrate how complex this can be. The stories are similar in the way that they both are related to an evaluation of children`s best interests. We argue conclusively that the list of capabilities could strengthen and supplement the content of the principle of child’s best interests. …

Exploring the contribution of grassroots innovations to justice: using the capability approach to normatively address bottom-up sustainable transitio…

2020

There is growing interest in the potential of grassroots innovations for the transition towards more just and sustainable societies. Nevertheless, there is lack of clear normative discussion regarding these processes. The paper strives to propose and test a framework that enables an analysis of how and in which sense specific grassroots innovation processes may be contributing to the construction of more just societies. To this end, we connect elements of the multi-level perspective on sociotechnical transitions (frequently used in the analysis of grassroots innovations) with elements of the capability approach, which offers a multi-dimensional perspective to justice. The framework is used …

Disordered hyperuniformity in superconducting vortex lattices

2020

Particles occupying sites of a random lattice present density fluctuations at all length scales. It has been proposed that increasing interparticle interactions reduces long range density fluctuations, deviating from random behaviour. This leads to power laws in the structure factor and the number variance that can be used to characterize deviations from randomness which eventually lead to disordered hyperuniformity. It is not yet fully clear how to link density fluctuations with interactions in a disordered hyperuniform system. Interactions between superconducting vortices are very sensitive to vortex pinning, to the crystal structure of the superconductor and to the value of the magnetic …

Exploring the Link between ICT and Development in the Context of Developing Countries : A Literature Review

2014

Published version of an article in the journal: Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. Also available from the publisher at: http://www.ejisdc.org/ojs2/index.php/ejisdc/article/view/1332. Open Access The article contributes to the ongoing discussion on relating information and communication technology (ICT) to development (D). The quest to relate ICT to D is a topic of open deliberation and critical scrutiny in ICT4D research communities. To enhance the understanding in this regard, we conducted a literature review. The review examines 80 articles to identify various development theories and the role of technologies in the development process. While scanning the …