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‘We are all responsible now’: Governmentality and responsibilized subjects in corporate social responsibility
2014
The corporate social responsibility promise is a fascinating one: companies are able and willing to regulate themselves, and self-regulation is manifested in collaborative efforts that promote individual well-being. Yet, this macro-level promise has a silenced flip side in organizational contexts. We argue that corporate social responsibility has diffused the idea of employee responsibilization into organizational environments, so it entails a dual role for employees: employees become both the objects and the subjects of corporate social responsibility. The primary aim of this article is thus to develop a theoretical understanding that acknowledges the role of individual members of the org…
Reconfigurable nonlinear response of dielectric and semiconductor metasurfaces
2021
Abstract Optically resonant dielectric and semiconductor metasurfaces are an emerging and promising area of nanophotonics and light–matter interaction at the nanoscale. Recently, active tuning of the linear response and nonlinear effects of these components has received an increasing amount of interest. However, so far these research directions have remained separated with only few sporadic works that study their combination beginning to appear in the literature. The evolution of nonlinear metasurfaces based on dielectric and semiconductor materials toward reconfigurable and dynamic components could potentially answer the demand of integrated on-chip components that realize essential functi…
DNA-based applications in molecular electronics
2011
This thesis is mainly focused on DNA molecules and especially on self-assembled DNA constructs and their potential applications in nanotechnology and molecular electronics. In the field of molecular electronics the conductivity of DNA is a crucial - yet open - question, and it is of great concern, since DNA is a very promising molecule in a context of bottom-up based nanodevices due to its superior selfassembly characteristics. A key tool in all the experiments presented in this thesis is a dielectrophoretic trapping technique, which was exploited in spatial manipulation of individualDNA molecules, DNA constructs and also semiconducting quantum dots. In the case of DNA, the technique provid…
Digital pulse processing techniques for X-ray and gamma ray semiconductor detectors
2012
Digital pulse processing (DPP) systems, based on direct digitizing and processing of detector signals, have recently been favoured over analog electronics, ensuring higher flexibility, stability and lower dead time. We present our research activities on the development of X-ray and gamma ray spectrometers based on semiconductor detectors and DPP systems. We developed off-line and real-time DPP systems able to perform precise height and shape analysis of detector pulses. X-ray and gamma ray spectra measurements with cadmium telluride (CdTe) and germanium (Ge) detectors highlight the excellent performance of the systems both at low and high rate environments (up to 800 kcps).
Real-Time Minimization Power Losses by Driven Primary Regulation in Islanded Microgrids
2020
Islanded microgrids are small networks that work independently from the main grid. The frequency and voltage in islanded microgrids are affected directly by the output power of distributed generators and power demand variations. In this work, a real-time driven primary regulation, which relies on optimized P-f droop coefficients, is proposed. In all operating conditions, it minimizes the power losses for islanded microgrids. The proposed configuration will allow the optimization modules to interact with each other and adjust parameters producing a suitable power sharing among generators. The methodology is tested based on a hardware-in-the-loop experimental set-up where distributed generato…
Reguły działania a argumentacja
2016
Argumentacja niemonotoniczna ma być blisko rozumowań praktycznych i zdroworozsądkowych: wykonawcy czynności (agenci) opracowują plany działań i starają się plany te wykonać; często jednak są pozbawieni pełnego opisu sytuacji, ich wiedza jest cząstkowa, czynią założenia i podejmują decyzje oraz działania, w tym działania słowne, polegając na własnym doświadczeniu i nawykach. Powstające formalne struktury obejmują tzw. cyrkumskrypcje (circumscriptions), logikę domyśleń (default logic), logikę autoepistemiczną (autoepistemic logic), konsekwencje kumulatywne (cumulative consequences) i szereg innych. Można wyodrębnić dwa główne typy systemów rozumowań niemonotonicznych: systemy defi niowalne po…
La pubblica amministrazione e l’etica delle istituzioni pubbliche: la questione dei codici di comportamento
2022
Public employees are bound to comply with specific duties and rules of conduct that broaden their sphere of esponsibility compared to that of ordinary citizens. The ethics of public institutions is crucial for the development and interpretation of the duties and behaviours established by the code of conduct. Accordingly, it is interesting to explore the possibility of enhancing the moral characteristics of the subjects called to perform a public function considering the Aretaic theory. In the Italian context this theory appears decidedly in line with both the constitutional provision that identifies law as a social practice and the ideal of the rule of law. A key element of the Aretaic theo…
Method effects associated with negative worded items in the 29 items spanish version of Ryff's Well-being Scales
2018
Aim Although they have been frequently used in the literature, there has been much confusion concerning Ryff’s Well-being Scales, such as their factor structure and the effects of method due to the use of reversed items. A common practice nowadays is the use of positively worded items and reversed forms, in order to reduce response bias. However, in many different studies have been seen that this practice introduce method effects in the scores, leading to problems of reliability and validity. This work had two goals: first, to verify the factor structure of the 29-item Spanish version of the original Ryff’s Well-being Scale in an athlete population, and second, to determine whether the meth…
Adicción al juego: procesos psicológicos y conductas relacionadas
2021
La adicción a los juegos de azar supone uno de los principales problemas de conductas adictivas a nivel mundial. Por ello, es necesario conocer en profundidad cuáles son los procesos psicológicos y las conductas que pueden llevar a desarrollar o a empeorar esta problemática. La presente Tesis Doctoral, presentada en forma de compendio de investigaciones, tiene el objetivo de analizar una serie de factores implicados en los problemas de juego patológico. Estos factores son la medición de los problemas con el juego y una serie de procesos psicológicos y conductuales entre los que se encuentran la depresión, el afrontamiento del estrés, la susceptibilidad al efecto marco y las conductas prosoc…
Intranasal oxytocin decreases fear generalization in males, but does not modulate discrimination threshold
2021
Background: A previously acquired fear response often spreads to perceptually or conceptually close stimuli or contexts. This process, known as fear generalization, facilitates the avoidance of danger, and dysregulations in this process play an important role in anxiety disorders. Oxytocin (OT) has been shown to modulate fear learning, yet effects on fear generalization remain unknown. Methods: We employed a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, between-subject design during which healthy male participants received either intranasal OT or placebo (PLC) following fear acquisition and before fear generalization with concomitant acquisition of skin conductance responses (SCRs). Twenty-…