This monograph, which was also designed as a short reference book for specialized undergraduate and graduate courses on EU law, intends to shed light on, and legally frame, the evolution of the doctrine of services of general economic interest (SGEIs). The book emphasizes the pivotal role played by SGEIs in striking a fair balance between market and social objectives. To this end, the book claims, first of all, that SGEIs have a dual nature inasmuch as they act as a limitation to/derogation from the free market and, simultaneously, as a value and positive obligation addressed at national authorities, undertakings, and EU institutions. The EU notions of access to public services and universal service are the clearest signal of such phenomenon. Secondly, the book claims that the transfer of competences from the Union to the Member States and the reaffirmation of Member States’ sovereignty in crucial sectors of the economy are not the only solutions to foster social rights. In fact, this narrative is apt to undermine the foundations, spirit, and purpose of the process of European integration, especially at a time like the present, when new forms of populism and anti-Europeanism are on the rise, and when a European response is imperative to counter the spread of the coronavirus in European countries. The book concludes that SGEIs’ regulation is an area of law where the EU institutions have generally successfully put into action and consolidated the social market economy principles on which the EU was founded. This is even further proof that the EU is not merely the reflection of interests linked to market completion, but also and foremost a ‘Community based on the rule of law’. The book will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers in EU Law, European Public Law and EU competition law.
How can a book about effective and efficient meetings be life changing? If you spend a considerable part of your life in meetings and they are unsatisfactory or frustrating, that will impact the quality of your time. Every day. Every time. Time is money. Time is limited. Time is the most expensive currency and it can’t be traded. Time is your life passing by. Most of the time meetings are unnecessary or boring. One big issue in current workplaces is that most of the people are not trained to organize successful meetings. Another big issue is that most attendees do not know how to approach a meeting and how to participate to produce a valuable output. Meetings are broken and no one seems to know why or how to fix them. Learning how to improve the quality of collaborative moments is more sustainable and pays better in the long-term. The MEET model for successful meetings, defined and explained in this book, provides the needed shift of paradigm and a wide range of tools, principles, and techniques to organize and attend meetings achieving more results in less time. What you will get from this book? After reading this book, you will be more conscious of how you are spending your precious time. Using the MEET (Motivational, Effective, Efficient, Transformational) meeting model, you will have tools to improve the quality of your time and your life before, during and after meetings. Use time well when alone (avoiding meetings) and when with others (participating in meeting) achieving your goals, faster. Successful meetings are effective and efficient. Having successful meetings is a habit that can be incept, practiced and built up. When success becomes a habit and you have a strong motivation to do what you do and you keep yourself open to transformation, then what you get is more than just success. You can achieve a fulfilling life! This book is a practical toolkit talking to different audiences at different levels: meeting organizers and attendees, team facilitators and coaches, people managers and business leaders. This book defines the MEET meeting model and collects over 20 years of personal and professional observations, expertise, reflections, practices, tools, techniques, workshops notes. I am sharing them so that everyone can get valuable time back and more enjoyment, success, happiness, fulfillment in their life. The book also contains 4 appendices with handy checklists for meeting facilitators, organizers and attendees, exercises and scenarios for training sessions, template of agenda.
Questo libro nasce dall'idea di fornire sia ai lettori appassionati di storia degli scacchi sia agli studiosi specialisti uno strumento di consultazione rapido ed efficace, vale a dire un indice bio-bibliografico degli scacchisti attivi in Sicilia dal 1500 fino al 1975. La chiave che ho privilegiato è l'attività scacchistica documentata in tale ambito geografico a prescindere dal luogo di nascita dello scacchista. Per questo criterio si spiega la presenza di scacchisti sia siciliani, sia italiani ma non siciliani, sia stranieri ma residenti per un certo arco di tempo o in modo permanente in Sicilia.
Theoretical reflections and analytical observations on memory and prediction, linking these concepts to the role of the cerebellum in higher cognition. What is memory? What is memory for? Where is memory in the brain? Although memory is probably the most studied function in cognition, these fundamental questions remain challenging. We can try to answer the question of memory's purpose by defining the function of memory as remembering the past. And yet this definition is not consistent with the many errors that characterize our memory, or with the phylogenetic and ontogenetic origin of memory. In this book, Tomaso Vecchi and Daniele Gatti argue that the purpose of memory is not to remember the past but to predict the future.
This book explores Italian science fiction from 1861, the year of Italy’s unification, to the present day, focusing on how this genre helped shape notions of Otherness and Normalness. In particular, Italian Science Fiction draws upon critical race studies, postcolonial theory, and feminist studies to explore how migration, colonialism, multiculturalism, and racism have been represented in genre film and literature. Topics include the role of science fiction in constructing a national identity; the representation and self-representation of “alien” immigrants in Italy; the creation of internal “Others,” such as southerners and Roma; the intersections of gender and race discrimination; and Italian science fiction’s transnational dialogue with foreign science fiction. This book reveals that though it is arguably a minor genre in Italy, science fiction offers an innovative interpretive angle for rethinking Italian history and imagining future change in Italian society.
An authoritative pocket guide to the birds of Italy. This compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide is suitable for any birdwatcher visiting Italy. The book features concise descriptions, detailing essential information on identification, songs and calls, behaviour, distribution and habitat. There are full colour photos of more than 250 species regularly seen in the region, carefully selected to aid accurate identification. This is the ideal pocket-sized guide – perfect for nature-loving travellers and birdwatchers visiting Italy.
Summary ASP.NET 4.0 in Practice contains over 100 real world techniques distilled from the experience of a team of MVPs. Using a practical problem-solution-discussion format, the book will guide you through the most common scenarios you will face in a typical ASP.NET application, and provide solutions and suggestions to take your applications to another level. About the Technology ASP.NET is an established technology to build web applications using Microsoft products. It drives a number of enterprise-level web sites around the world, but it can be scaled for projects of any size. The new version 4.0 is an evolutionary step: you will find a lot of new features that you will be able to leverage to build better web applications with minimal effort. About the Book ASP.NET is a massive framework that requires a large amount of know-how from developers. Fortunately, this book distills over 100 practical ASP.NET techniques from the experience of a team of MVPs, and puts them right at your fingertips. The techniques are tested and selected for their usefulness, and they are all presented in a simple problem-solution-discussion format. You'll discover methods for key new subjects like data integration with Entity Framework and ASP.NET MVC. Along the way, you'll also find ways to make your applications fast and secure. This book is written for developers familiar with the basics of ASP.NET, looking to become more productive with it. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside The Identity Map pattern in EF 4 Use Master Pages to define a common UI Adaptive Rendering Save user login data securely ......and much more ===============================================Table of Contents PART 1 ASP.NET FUNDAMENTALS Getting acquainted with ASP.NET 4.0 Data access reloaded: Entity Framework Integrating Entity Framework and ASP.NET PART 2 ASP.NET WEB FORMS Building the user interface with ASP.NET Web Forms Data binding in ASP.NET Web Forms Custom controls Taking control of markup PART 3 ASP.NET MVC Introducing ASP.NET MVC Customizing and extending ASP.NET MVC PART 4 SECURITY ASP.NET security ASP.NET authentication and authorization PART 5 ADVANCED TOPICS Ajax and RIAs with ASP.NET 4.0 State Caching in ASP.NET Extreme ASP.NET 4.0 Performance and optimizations
In this book, I have tried to illustrate the importance of language for contemporary neo-populist political expressions. In the wake of Klemperer's work, I discovered that language forms a specific social reality by activating above all projective mechanisms capable of reinforcing the difference between in-group and out-group. In the contemporary context, the neo-populist language and its medium contributes to the transformation of the "modern" representation of facts. What neo-populist communication successfully practices is the substitution of data analysis through a form of sentiment analysis. I consider this phenomenon in two empirical cases. Brexit and the electoral success of M5S in Italy. Despite the differences between these two forms of neo-populism, in both cases it emerges how language, through its projective mechanisms, can identify a social bloc united against an imaginary enemy.
In recent years visual devices have proliferated, from the massive high-resolution, high-contrast screens to the tiny ones on mobile phones, with their limited dynamic range and color gamut. The wide variety of screens on which content may be viewed creates a challenge for developers. Adapting visual content for optimized viewing on all devices is called retargeting. This is the first book to provide a holistic view of the subject, thoroughly reviewing and analyzing the many techniques that have been developed for retargeting along dimensions such as color gamut, dynamic range, and spatial resolution.
This book covers some biostatistical methods and several case studies useful to interpret and analyze dental research in the areas of orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders. It will guide practitioners in these fields who would like to interpret research findings or find examples on the design of clinical investigations. After an introduction dealing with the basic issues, the central sections of the textbook are dedicated to the different types of investigations in sight of specific goals researchers may have. The final section contains a recent approach based on nonparametric permutation tests which can be adopted in many practical situations. The field of orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders is emerging as one of the most critical areas of clinical research in dentistry. Due to the complexity of clinical pictures, the multifactorial etiology, and the importance of psychosocial factors in all aspects of the TMD practice, clinicians often find it hard to appraise their modus operandi, and researchers must constantly increase their knowledge in epidemiology and medical statistics. Indeed, proper methodological designs are fundamental to reaching high levels of internal and external validity of findings in this specific area.
Provides a thorough overview of the role of fluorine in pharmaceutical science and development Includes chapters on fluorinated analogues of natural products, fluorinated amino acids and peptides, and derivatives of sugars Classifies marketed and in-development fluorinated pharmaceuticals according to their therapeutic classes
Summary Entity Framework 4 in Action is an example-rich tutorial for .NET developers with full coverage of EF 4 features. The book begins with a review of the core ideas behind the ORM model and shows through detailed examples and larger case studies how Entity Framework offers a smooth transition from a traditional ADO.NET approach. About the Technology Entity Framework builds on the ADO.NET persistence model and the language features of LINQ to create a powerful persistence mechanism that bridges the gap between relational databases and object-oriented languages. About the Book Entity Framework 4 in Action is an example-rich tutorial that helps .NET developers learn and master the subject. It begins by explaining object/relational mapping and then shows how you can easily transition to EF from ADO.NET. Through numerous focused examples and two larger case studies, the book unfolds the EF story in a clear, easy-to-follow style. Infrastructure and inner workings of EF are discussed when you need them to understand a particular feature. This book is written for .NET developers. Knowledge of ADO.NET is helpful but not required. Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside Full coverage of EF 4 features Layer separation, Data Layer, and Domain Model Best practices Table of Contents PART 1 REDEFINING YOUR DATA-ACCESS STRATEGY Data access reloaded: Entity Framework Getting started with Entity Framework PART 2 GETTING STARTED WITH ENTITY FRAMEWORK Querying the object model: the basics Querying with LINQ to Entities Domain model mapping Understanding the entity lifecycle Persisting objects into the database Handling concurrency and transactions PART 3 MASTERING ENTITY FRAMEWORK An alternative way of querying: Entity SQL Working with stored procedures Working with functions and views Exploring EDM metadata Customizing code and the designer
Teaching and Mobile Learning: Interactive Educational Design is a groundbreaking book which shows how to design innovative educational mobile learning environments to instructional designers, curriculum developers, and learning professionals. The book aims to solicit teachers, educators, and practitioners to adapt their teaching with the help of educational digital models related to mobile technologies. Mobile learning is a revolution in concepts like space, sound production, and learning to get more and more customized in always-connected and ever-changing educational mobile learning environments. Researchers and academicians can be trained in cognition processes in learning management of mixed reality and virtual bodies. Mixed reality mobile technologies are becoming tools for education and training in mixed reality mobile learning. Readers of this book will understand how user and device innovative interactions are borderline with attention deficit disorder, digital amnesia, and information overload. The book develops educational knowledge on how to manage mobile technology and specific learning disorders to monitor the use of smartphones and technology tools and to empower their role in learning enhancement processes.
What is the state of current European governance on new and emerging technologies, and where is it going? What is, and what can be, the role of human rights in governance arrangements? These are the main questions that this book answers for both European and non-European scholars. It provides a wide picture of current European governance, notably in biotechnology, nanotechnology and synthetic biology, and discusses the model of Responsible Research and Innovation, which is gaining popularity within the European Union, under a human rights perspective. It shows how human rights can contribute to governance frameworks without posing obstacles to research and innovation. The theory presented in the book is followed by practical guidelines drawn from human rights law. Starting from the Strasbourg Court jurisprudence, it provides a complete review of the wide range of rights that the European Convention on Human Rights protects in light of the challenges of techno-scientific advances. This analysis will come in handy for private actors, policymakers, regulators, as well as judges in solving hard cases raised by techno-scientific progress in the future.
Focuses on the challenges of AIDS-related intestinal infections in the worldwide scenario. It fills a gap in the medical literature on the subject by providing the latest information and advances in the field along with an exhaustive series of light and electron microscopy micrographs and illustrations. It can serve as a reference book for problems arising in clinical and laboratory practice worldwide, and is a valuable textbook for clinicians, students, and AIDS care workers in industralized and developing countries alike.
La sentenza Dolce & Gabbana del 2012 segna un'importante cambio di tendenza della Giurisprudenza in merito alla rilevanza penale dell'elusione fiscale e più in generale dell'abuso del diritto. Il presente trattato, dopo aver analizzato la nascita e gli sviluppi del concetto di elusione fiscale e di abuso del diritto, si concentra sull'esperienza italiana, soffermandosi in particolare sui modi in cui la nostra Giurisprudenza ha recepito nel corso degli anni gli orientamenti comunitari e come li abbia poi disattesi nel corso del tempo, talvolta senza un'adeguata legittimazione normativa, generando un'ulteriore problema: l'abuso dell'abuso del diritto. In conclusione ci si soffermerà sull'esigenza della positivizzazione di una norma antiabuso in Italia al fine di combattere quell'incertezza del diritto che spesso costituisce discriminante per le decisioni di investimento di operatori italiani e stranieri.
This monograph, which was also designed as a short reference book for specialized undergraduate and graduate courses on EU law, intends to shed light on, and legally frame, the evolution of the doctrine of services of general economic interest (SGEIs). The book emphasizes the pivotal role played by SGEIs in striking a fair balance between market and social objectives. To this end, the book claims, first of all, that SGEIs have a dual nature inasmuch as they act as a limitation to/derogation from the free market and, simultaneously, as a value and positive obligation addressed at national authorities, undertakings, and EU institutions. The EU notions of access to public services and universal service are the clearest signal of such phenomenon. Secondly, the book claims that the transfer of competences from the Union to the Member States and the reaffirmation of Member States’ sovereignty in crucial sectors of the economy are not the only solutions to foster social rights. In fact, this narrative is apt to undermine the foundations, spirit, and purpose of the process of European integration, especially at a time like the present, when new forms of populism and anti-Europeanism are on the rise, and when a European response is imperative to counter the spread of the coronavirus in European countries. The book concludes that SGEIs’ regulation is an area of law where the EU institutions have generally successfully put into action and consolidated the social market economy principles on which the EU was founded. This is even further proof that the EU is not merely the reflection of interests linked to market completion, but also and foremost a ‘Community based on the rule of law’. The book will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers in EU Law, European Public Law and EU competition law.
DANIELE MENOZZI, Tra “cambiamento d’epoca” e “cambiamenti epocali”. le radici di un giudizio sul presente di papa Francesco / Between “epochal Change” and “epochal Changes”. The Roots of a Judgement on the Pre- sent by Pope Francis AGOSTINO GIOVAGNOLI, Papa Francesco e la storia della Chiesa dopo il vati- cano II / Pope Francis and the History of the Church after vatican II PHILIPPE BORDEYNE, le courage de l’incomplétude dans une Église syno- dale / The Courage of Incompleteness in a synodal Church ORIETTA RACHELE GRAZIOLI, Donne, sinodo e sinodalità / Women, synod and synodality MAURIZIO CHIODI, gender studies e teologia / genders studies and Theology SIMONA SEGOLONI RUTA, Il gender come categoria euristica in teologia. alcune linee di sviluppo / gender as a Heuristic Category in Theology. some lines of Development JAIME RODRIGUEZ DÍAZ , la “Recíproca complementariedad”: interpretación de efesios 5 desde las Catequesis sobre el amor Humano de Juan Pa- blo II / The “Mutual Complementarity”: Interpretation of ephesians 5 from John Paul II’s Catechesis on Human love CYRIL PASQUIER, Toothing-stones in Irenaeus of lyon to apprehend Mar- riage Today / addentellati in Ireneo di lione per comprendere oggi il matrimonio NICOLA REALI, Per una teologia pastorale del sacramento della penitenza / For a Pastoral Theology of the sacrament of Penance
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