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Dealing with viewers’ complaints: Role, visibility and transparency of PSB Ombudsmen in ten European countries
2017
The article shows the results of a comparative analysis of the complaints management mechanisms offered by ten European Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) systems on their corporate websites. Using a qualitative methodology, it maps the procedures and evaluates the visibility, transparency and dissemination of results. The findings show, firstly, great diversity in terms of responsible election and management, despite the converging media governance. Also noteworthy is the margin of substantial improvement in the transparency and dissemination possibilities, specially relating to the interaction offered by the digital environment. Among the ten public corporations analysed, the BBC is the be…
Problematising the restoration of trust through transparency: Focusing on quoting
2020
Transparency is seen as a panacea for a major problem facing journalism and journalists today, that is, the loss of trust and credibility. However, the scholarly literature has focused primarily on normative considerations, without providing much empirical data that could confirm what are widely assumed to be the positive effects of transparency. In this paper, I argue, first, that editorial texts, in their various manifestations, are the most potent of the various established means of displaying transparency for opening up the production of news item. However, I then draw on my linguistic, process-focused research on quoting and highlight challenges this process creates for the use of edi…
A two-phase insertion technique of unexpected customers for a dynamic dial-a-ride problem
2006
Abstract This work deals with a dynamic dial-a-ride problem with time window constraints. In particular, new unplanned requests for service may arise at a vehicle stop and the driver must decide in real-time whether to accept or reject them. For this problem, we have developed a two-phase insertion algorithm based on route perturbations: the first phase, which is run off-line when the vehicle moves between two successive stops, aims at creating a feasible neighborhood of the current route; while the second phase, which is run in real-time every time a new request occurs, inserts, when possible, the delivery stop of the new customer in the current route.
The prolyl-isomerase PIN1 is essential for nuclear Lamin-B structure and function and protects heterochromatin under mechanical stress.
2021
Summary: Chromatin organization plays a crucial role in tissue homeostasis. Heterochromatin relaxation and consequent unscheduled mobilization of transposable elements (TEs) are emerging as key contributors of aging and aging-related pathologies, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and cancer. However, the mechanisms governing heterochromatin maintenance or its relaxation in pathological conditions remain poorly understood. Here we show that PIN1, the only phosphorylation-specific cis/trans prolyl isomerase, whose loss is associated with premature aging and AD, is essential to preserve heterochromatin. We demonstrate that this PIN1 function is conserved from Drosophila to humans and prevents…
Effetti dell'epoca di trapianto di piante fresche a radice nuda di fragola prodotte in Sicilia
2009
Città nella ricostruzione ... e il Belice?
2008
Il testo parte da un esame delle vicende del dopoguerra nel Sud Italia con particolari riferimenti alla Basilicata (i Sassi di Matera) e alla Sicilia (Trappeto, Partinico e Danilo Dolci). Descrive poi la stato in cui versava il Belice negli anni ’60 prima e dopo il terremoto e costruisce un confronto con la realtà attuale. Molte cose appaiono modificate. Innanzi tutto dalla produzione prevalentemente cerealicola si è passati ad una produzione vitivinicola. La popolazione presente si è ridotta di poco distribuendosi differentemente, ovvero occupando i comuni di costa, ovvero quelli che sono riusciti a modificare la loro struttura produttiva. Emerge con chiarezza che le piccole centralità nel…
La validación transcultural de intervenciones clínicas basadas en evidencia para el tratamiento de trastornos de ansiedad
2014
Las aplicaciones de tecnologías avanzadas han generado la emergencia de un espacio de investigación en ciencias del comportamiento. El creciente acervo de publicaciones, sobre la eficacia y eficiencia de programas de intervención para una serie de trastornos psicológicos, plan- tea la necesidad de fortalecerlos, evaluando su generalización a otros contextos culturales para contribuir a la medición de la validez externa. Mediante la colaboración de dos grupos de investi- gación, se realizó la validación transcultural de tres intervenciones empleando realidad virtual para el tratamiento de miedo a volar, agorafobia y miedo a hablar en público con un programa auto-apli- cado, que demostraron p…
Imagine there’s no borders. Miti identitari, percorsi di viaggio, sguardi sull’altro dall’Antichità al Medioevo
2022
Sulla dicotomia identità e alterità la critica moderna si è molto esercitata negli ultimi decenni, mettendo a punto un armamentario di strumenti e categorie analitiche utili a identificarne i rispettivi spazi di applicazione: da un lato, troviamo dunque l’identità, con tutto il suo repertorio di parole-chiave, quali tradizione, memoria, scrittura, purezza, coerenza; dall’altro, l’alterità, in tutti i suoi gradi, che vanno da una potenziale assimilabilità a un’estraneità radicale, espressa, volta per volta, dalla climax di termini quali ospite, straniero, rifugiato politico, esiliato, nemico, invasore. Il volume che qui presentiamo si propone di indagare, attraverso una galleria di casi stud…
Le ipocolesterolemie primitive
2007
Hypobetalipoproteinemia (HBL) is characterized by cholesterol levels below the 5th percentile of the population distribution. Familial HBL (FHBL) is characterized by an inherited HBL trait within a family. In the last years gene defects underlying some cases of FHBL, but not all, have been identified. The molecular basis of some gene defect and the clinical onset of FHBL are presented in this paper.
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
2022
The study of moral judgements often centres on moral dilemmas in which options consistent with deontological perspectives (that is, emphasizing rules, individual rights and duties) are in conflict with options consistent with utilitarian judgements (that is, following the greater good based on consequences). Greene et al. (2009) showed that psychological and situational factors (for example, the intent of the agent or the presence of physical contact between the agent and the victim) can play an important role in moral dilemma judgements (for example, the trolley problem). Our knowledge is limited concerning both the universality of these effects outside the United States and the impact of …