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Sexuality and Dissent in Fernando Arrabal’s Work
2020
En este artículo pretendemos analizar la presencia y la importancia de las sexualidades no normativas, o que escapan a la función reproductora, en la obra de Fernando Arrabal, autor español, nacido en Melilla en 1932, “desterrado” en París, donde vive desde 1955. El trabajo está dividido en tres partes: en la primera, expondremos la relación que existe entre Eros y Thanatos para dilucidar las relaciones que se establecen entre erotismo y pulsión de muerte, entre amor y sufrimiento en su obra; en la segunda parte, abordaremos el Deseo homosexual para exponer los aspectos narcisistas y sadomasoquistas del mismo que aparecen en la creación arrabaliana; en la última parte, titulada Placeres fál…
Transition to distributed energy generation in Finland: Prospects and barriers
2015
Abstract Small-scale distributed energy generation is expected to play an important role in helping Finland increase its energy self-sufficiency. However, the overall strategy to date for promoting distributed energy remains unclear. It is not yet well understood which factors promote the growth of the distributed energy sector and what barriers need to be removed. In this article we present the results of a questionnaire directed at a panel of 26 experts from the distributed energy value chain and 15 semi-structured interviews with industry and non-industry representatives. We investigated, from a sociotechnical transition perspective, the possibilities and challenges of the transition to …
A methodological system for hydraulic heritage assessment: a management tool
2016
Traditional irrigation systems are spatial units with a remarkable cultural and heritage value, which in turn generate water landscapes. They are part of hydraulic heritage, which includes material, ideational and symbolic assets. However, the assets related to historical irrigation systems and their landscape units have been poorly studied and evaluated. This paper develops a methodological system for the assessment of hydraulic heritage which combines basic and multi-criteria quantitative techniques. The authors conducted an evaluation of water heritage assets and their associated systems for the purpose of establishing a hierarchy for devising appropriate heritage management actions.
The Value of Media in the Acquisition of Master Degree Program: Students’ Assessment
2015
Rapid development of innovative processes characterizes the conditions of the scientific and technical revolution. The understanding about the place and role of the man in the innovative society also changes. Therefore the readiness of the social and individual consciousness to changes in all spheres of life (including education) and the acceptance of the novelties as a value are important. It testifies about a new orientation of education which applies to methods as well as their forms, content and aim. But is the preschool teacher ready to use media in her professional work? Does the acquisition of higher education promote it? The aim of the article is to study the use of the innovative t…
Preservation of the artistic heritage within the seat of the Chancellorship of the University of Palermo
2006
The correct maintenance of artworks of historical and artistic value requires a wide and detailed analysis of all the information relevant for preserving them, such as identification of the main deterioration factors, knowledge of the climatic history of the object, set-up of measuring methods and statistics of the guide parameters, and definition of a set of recommended environmental aspects to be controlled within a stable climate condition linked to the particular kind of object or its surface. In Italy, the basic laws UNI 10829 and UNI 10969 impose a reference methodology for the in-field measurement and data analysis. This paper reports the first results of a measuring campaign, carrie…
Enhancing Joined-Up Government and Outcome-Based Performance Management through System Dynamics Modelling to Deal with Wicked Problems: the Case of S…
2015
The paper by Auping et al. (2015) focuses on the topic of societal ‘ageing’, that is, ‘a population process, caused by declining fertility and mortality rates, which manifests itself in the growing number of older persons in society’ (Huber, 2005). A broader definition frames societal ageing as a ‘demographic, structural, cultural and economic transformation resultant from the increase in the number and proportion of “older” people within society’ (Victor, 2005, p. 5). ‘Double societal ageing’ today characterizes most developed countries, which experience both an increase in the percentage of older people and in their life expectancy. In terms of public policy and finance, the relevance of …
How Target and Acquirer Firm can Create Value in the Integration Process in Order to Learn with and of the Partner?
2014
Acquisitions between firms can create value through learning between acquirer and target firm well transferring knowledge from on partner to the other well creating new knowledge. The success in these acquisitions relies on the integration process, achieving that the knowledge of both partners is retained in the combined firm and that new knowledge is created or transferred. The aim of this work is to demonstrate that knowledge is a source of value creation in acquisitions and to analyze how firms are integrated in order to achieve knowledge transfer or knowledge creation. Specifically, we analyze three key management choices of the integration process, the autonomy level, the level of soci…
Socio-cultural factors and entrepreneurial activity
2011
Scholars who study entrepreneurship have lent great value by exploring the factors that explain how entrepreneurs create new businesses and thus, how societies and economies grow and prosper. Although there has considerable research based on psychological and economic approaches to entrepreneurship, the influence of socio-cultural factors on enterprise development remains under studied. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to integrate, from a theoretical perspective, the socio-cultural factors and entrepreneurial activity. In this sense, the article points out that the institutional approach could be an apt framework to develop future research analyzing the socio-cultural factors that influ…
Towards World Philosophy and a World History of Philosophy—Karl Jaspers: His Work, Calling, and Legacy
2011
Professor Wisser’s address to students during the Summer Semester of 1995 at the University of Mainz (Germany) regarding the contributions of Karl Jaspers on world philosophy, a history of world philosophy, and the value of his thought for philosophizing in general. Discussion of the semantics of seeing, hearing, and learning and what Jaspers has to offer as regards the continuous project of Bildung as contrast to other major figures in the history of Western philosophy and theology.
Indicators for sustainable pedestrian mobility
2012
Pedestrians walk everyday to satisfy their basic necessities. They need an environment that reflects their requirements and expectations, in other words "liveable" as much as possible. So we should offer tools that could allow a complete and clear evaluation of the existing walking environment, taking into account both pedestrian requirements and urban environment schemes. To measure pedestrian mobility performance we usually use indicators, which measure performances and grant a quick estimation of progress. Indicators are universally acknowledged synthetic and standard parameters that should help policy makers gauge whether things are going in the right direction or not. They should be ou…