scholarly journals Elettori in movimento nelle comunali 2011 a Milano, Torino e Napoli

2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-43
Author(s):  
Matteo Cataldi ◽  
Vincenzo Emanuele ◽  
Aldo Paparo
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Role ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Political Polarization ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Northern Cities ◽  
Dirichlet Model ◽  
Cutting Mechanisms ◽  
First Time ◽  
Local Nature

In 2011 Italian local elections we observed high electoral mobility: in Milan, for example, the center-left gained his first-time victory in the Berlusconi era, while in Naples there was a significant split voting in the first round and a huge turnaround between the first and the second ballot. A general research question emerged: are the shifts in the results understandable trough a left-right axis (political nature hypothesis of these elections) or were there cross-cutting mechanisms (local nature hypothesis of the elections with a strong role of personal aspects)?To answer the question we analyze the voting ecological estimates in the three biggest cities involved in 2011 elections: Milan, Naples and Turin. For every matrix we generated the estimates both applying the traditional Goodman model (for the whole city and splitting by district) and the hierarchical multinomial-dirichlet model developed by Rosen, Jiang, King and Taner.The most important result of our study is the strong political polarization of the vote in the two northern cities and a great importance of the local factors in Naples, where only a dominant role of the candidates can make sense of the detected shifts in voting behaviour.

scholarly journals Evolutionary paths among different red galaxy types at 0.3 < z < 1.5 and the build-up of massive E-S0's

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S295) ◽  
pp. 176-176
Author(s):  
Jesús Gallego ◽  
Mercedes Prieto ◽  
M. Carmen Eliche-Moral ◽  
Marc Balcells ◽  
David Cristóbal-Hornillos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Massive Galaxies ◽  
Combining Data ◽  
Red Galaxies ◽  
Evolutionary Paths ◽  
First Time ◽  
Red Sequence

AbstractSome recent observations seem to disagree with hierarchical theories of galaxy formation on the role of major mergers in a late build-up of massive early-type galaxies. We re-address this question by analysing the morphology, structural distortion level, and star formation enhancement of a sample of massive galaxies (M* > 5 × 1010M⊙) lying on the Red Sequence and its surroundings at 0.3 < z < 1.5. We have used an initial sample of ~1800 sources with Ks < 20.5 mag over an area ~155 arcmin2 on the Groth Strip, combining data from the Rainbow Extragalactic Database and the GOYA Survey. Red galaxy classes that can be directly associated to intermediate stages of major mergers and to their final products have been defined. For the first time we report observationally the existence of a dominant evolutionary path among massive red galaxies at 0.6 < z < 1.5, consisting in the conversion of irregular disks into irregular spheroids, and of these ones into regular spheroids. This result points to: 1) the massive red regular galaxies at low redshifts derive from the irregular ones populating the Red Sequence and its neighbourhood at earlier epochs up to z ~ 1.5; 2) the progenitors of the bulk of present-day massive red regular galaxies have been blue disks that have migrated to the Red Sequence majoritarily through major mergers at 0.6 < z < 1.2 (these mergers thus starting at z ~ 1.5); 3) the formation of E-S0's that end up with M* > 1011M⊙ at z = 0 through gas-rich major mergers has frozen since z ~ 0.6. Our results support that major mergers have played the dominant role in the definitive build-up of present-day E-S0's with M* > 1011M⊙ at 0.6 < z < 1.2, in good agreement with the hierarchical scenario proposed in the Eliche-Moral et al. (2010a) model (see also Eliche-Moral et al. 2010b). This study is published in Prieto et al. (2012).Supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) under projects AYA2009-10368, AYA2006-12955, AYA2010-21887-C04-04, and AYA2009-11137, by the Madrid Regional Government through the AstroMadrid Project (CAM S2009/ESP-1496), and by the Spanish MICINN under the Consolider-Ingenio 2010 Program grant CSD2006-00070: “First Science with the GTC” (http://www.iac.es/consolider-ingenio-gtc/). S. D. H. & G.

scholarly journals Splicing of a Critical Exon of Human Survival Motor Neuron Is Regulated by a Unique Silencer Element Located in the Last Intron

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1333-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nirmal K. Singh ◽  
Natalia N. Singh ◽  
Elliot J. Androphy ◽  
Ravindra N. Singh
Keyword(s):  
Motor Neuron ◽  
Antisense Oligonucleotide ◽  
Muscular Atrophy ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Survival Motor Neuron ◽  
Exon Junction Complex ◽  
Splicing Silencer ◽  
Smn Protein ◽  
First Time

ABSTRACT Humans have two nearly identical copies of the Survival Motor Neuron (SMN) gene, SMN1 and SMN2. In spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), SMN2 is not able to compensate for the loss of SMN1 due to exclusion of exon 7. Here we describe a novel inhibitory element located immediately downstream of the 5′ splice site in intron 7. We call this element intronic splicing silencer N1 (ISS-N1). Deletion of ISS-N1 promoted exon 7 inclusion in mRNAs derived from the SMN2 minigene. Underlining the dominant role of ISS-N1 in exon 7 skipping, abrogation of a number of positive cis elements was tolerated when ISS-N1 was deleted. Confirming the silencer function of ISS-N1, an antisense oligonucleotide against ISS-N1 restored exon 7 inclusion in mRNAs derived from the SMN2 minigene or from endogenous SMN2. Consistently, this oligonucleotide increased the levels of SMN protein in SMA patient-derived cells that carry only the SMN2 gene. Our findings underscore for the first time the profound impact of an evolutionarily nonconserved intronic element on SMN2 exon 7 splicing. Considering that oligonucleotides annealing to intronic sequences do not interfere with exon-junction complex formation or mRNA transport and translation, ISS-N1 provides a very specific and efficient therapeutic target for antisense oligonucleotide-mediated correction of SMN2 splicing in SMA.

scholarly journals Psycholinguistic Preconditions of Speech Formation of Children with General Speech Retardation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-277
Author(s):  
Iryna Brushnevska ◽  
Julia Ribtsun ◽  
Liudmyla Stasiuk ◽  
Nataliia Ilina ◽  
Iryna Vasylehko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Role ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Speech Activity ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Prediction Function ◽  
Probability Prediction ◽  
Verbal Probability ◽  
First Time

The article addresses psycholinguistic preconditions for development of the communicative component of speech activity in 5-year-olds with general speech retardation (GSR). The development of speech activity is analyzed through the lens of psycholinguistic motivation for the emergence of speech units. The authors for the first time identified psychological mechanisms that underlie disorders in the development of the communication component of speech activity in 5-year-olds with GSR and suggested effective interventions. The research involved a study of probability prediction within the structure of the communicative component of speech activity of 5-year-olds with GSR. The author-developed classification of non-verbal and verbal probability prediction formed the basis for a theory-based diagnostic tool to assess the communicative component of speech activity in 5-year-olds with GSR. The research demonstrated the importance of probability prediction as a dynamic process and indicator of practical realization of utterance and holistically developed coherent speech. The analysis of disorders in cognitive and speech operations and functions identified in the study points to the dominant role of weak probability prediction function at non-verbal and verbal levels. Weak probability prediction was defined as the cause of poorly developed communication component of speech activity in 5-year-olds with GSR.

scholarly journals TRANSATLANTIC AFFILIATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: A QUARTER-CENTURY OF BIBLIOMETRIC EVIDENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-646
Author(s):  
Oskar Kosch ◽  
Marek Szarucki
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Scientific Collaboration ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
The United States ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
The Us ◽  
First Time

The main objective of the paper is to identify and explore patterns and dynamics of transatlantic scientific collaboration in the field of strategic management between the United States (US) and European countries (EUC) during the last quarter century. Scholarly connections between countries, cities and institutions on the basis of co-author affiliations were analysed to determine the knowledge flow from a geographical perspective. This is the first time international scientific collaboration between researchers in the field of strategic management has been studied to such an extent. We employed all sources of relevant data from the Web of Science and Scopus databases and explored 453 results. Utilizing a bibliometric analysis, our study offers a comprehensive and up-todate identification and assessment of the current situation and dynamics of transatlantic scientific collaboration. The obtained results confirm the dominant role of the US in this type of collaboration. Also, the dominant role of several clusters in terms of collaboration, both on country and institution levels can also be observed. The study confirms the weaker position of Eastern and Central Europe countries in this collaboration and provides some recommendations to increase this type of knowledge exchange in the future.

scholarly journals 2010 Local Elections- A Serious Warning to Parliamentary Political Parties

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjan Brezovšek ◽  
Lea Smerkolj
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Local Level ◽  
National Level ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Elected Representatives

The fundamental principle of the modern local self-government system is the transfer of decision-making on public matters to the lowest possible level, enabling citizens to identify themselves with the local political environment as much as possible. Local government is considered democratic if its performance is decisively and directly or indirectly influenced (through elected representatives that are entrusted with local-level tasks) by the citizens themselves. Local elections are frequently compared to national elections, even though data show that local elections have their own peculiarities that cannot be applied to the national level. This is especially true regarding the dominant role of non-partisan candidates, and the ever decreasing support for political parties. Without the latter, one cannot even imagine the national level of government because they represent the key actors in national democratic political systems. Regarding the degree of trust in political parties at the local level, one can identify a trend indicating that citizens have gained a greater awareness that local-level politics is not related to party adherence, and that individuals’ personalities and their alleged apolitical character is coming increasingly to the fore, which is reflected by a high number of eligible non-partisan candidates. Therefore, one can see in Slovenia that people have become frustrated over the politicisation of local-level politics by expressing an ever-greater desire to support non-partisan candidates for the leaders of their local communities. Thus, they seek the candidates whose performance is not politically marked so that they can more easily identify themselves with them. Keywords: • local democracy • local elections • parliamentary elections • political parties • non-partisan candidates • Slovenia

scholarly journals Longitudinal Structure in the Altitude of the Sporadic E Observed by COSMIC in Low-Latitudes

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 4714
Author(s):  
Zhendi Liu ◽  
Qingfeng Li ◽  
Hanxian Fang ◽  
Ze Gao
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Role ◽  
Longitudinal Structure ◽  
Zonal Wavenumber ◽  
Low Latitudes ◽  
June Solstice ◽  
Sporadic E ◽  
First Time ◽  
De3 Tide ◽  
Northern And Southern Hemispheres

The longitudinal structure in the altitude of the Sporadic E (Es) was investigated for the first time based on the S4 index provided by the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) in low latitudes. The longitudinal structure is identified as a symmetrically located wavenumber-4 (WN4) pattern within 30°S–30°N. The WN4 occurs primarily during the daytime at the June solstice and equinoxes, with the largest amplitude at the September equinox and the smallest one at the March equinox. It moves eastward with a speed of ~90°/day. The strongest WN4 appears within 10–20°N and 5–15°S in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively. At the June solstice and the September equinox, the WN4 is stronger in the Northern hemisphere than in the Southern hemisphere, while the situation is reversed at the March equinox. The altitude distribution of the convergence null in the diurnal eastward non-migrating tide with zonal wavenumber-3 (DE3) for the zonal wind is similar to that of the WN4. This and other similar features, such as the seasonal variation, eastward speed, and the symmetrical locations, support the dominant role of the DE3 tide for the formation of the WN4 structure.

scholarly journals Human Development Management as the Basis for the Pre-Adaptation of Complex Systems in Conditions of Uncertainty and Unpredictability

wisdom ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
Svetlana GUBANOVA
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Role ◽  
Personality Development ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Economic Reality ◽  
Intelligent Management ◽  
Hybrid Technologies ◽  
High Degree ◽  
First Time

The article is devoted to the issue of managing the balanced development of human potential in a new socio-economic reality, which is characterized by a high degree of unpredictability, interconnectedness and interdependence, globalization and informatization of the environment and introduction of digital, cognitive and hybrid technologies. There is a need to recognize the dominant role of scientific knowledge and creative implementation, wise management and consumption. For the first time, the term “noo- management” was introduced: it is a method of intelligent management of the fundamental processes of personality development focused on higher-order values and creative implementation.

scholarly journals Water concept in the novel by Olena Pechorna the witch

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Andriy Gurduz
Keyword(s):  
Emotional State ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Art World ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Important Place ◽  
The Witch ◽  
Work Structure ◽  
First Time

In Ukrainian prose of the first decades of the ХХІ century nearly greatest attention to the artistic word cleanness is spared by Olena Pechorna, her scantily explored novels deserve a system study. The novel The Witch occupies an important place in her artistic work and it is organic for her idiostyle paradigm, but while did not get a professional estimation. In our article we carry out an attempt to define the specific of dominant water concept in the novel The Witch for the first time. The key in the article become the study of the realization type of the water concept of in the book, and also the research of changes of its expression by comparison to the previous novels of authoress, finding out of method of subordination of The Witch poetics to the named concept. In the article are used psychoanalytic, system and comparable methods of research, elements of corporeal-mimetic method. The Witch continues a row of pseudomystic novels, where the expressed corporalness and system personification of the natural phenomena, objects, abstractions, etc. assists to the irrational atmosphere. Personification here is more electoral, its receptions are carried in descriptions of the emotional state, landscape, interior. «Circular elements» go out on the first plan and they assists to conceptualization of the different phenomena row. That are leit-motif imitations: updating; elements of application of meal and / whether taste feelings; the anatomy-type description of the phenomena, objects, abstractions, etc.; expressed corporalness. In The Witch system of images and microimages a separate place belongs to the water concept. As well as in «The Circles on the Water» or «A Fortress for the Heart», a water is living here, but already not anatomic and it is more frequent represented in description of processes and states. The accordingly executed descriptions of personages experiencing and properties complement a water dictate in the novel. The dominating woman beginning, incident to the pantheistic picture of the authoress’ art world, is underlined by the dominant role of water element and by proper key concept. This concept is realized through variant poetics and subordinates the work structure, co-operates with the analogical clusters of personification, leit-motif imitations, with the concepts of memory, returning, paradise, hell, etc. The named water concept also assists in forming in the novel of the mosaic mythopoetic paradigm. The concepts of memory, «winged» woman are actualized in the novel.

scholarly journals Does Tokyo Stock Exchange Appreciate Corporate Innovations? Role of Patents’ Quality and Research Productivity.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostiantyn Ovsiannikov
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Generalized Additive Models ◽  
Additive Models ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Empirical Measures ◽  
Tokyo Stock Exchange

This paper examines the market perception of corporate innovations in Japan. It follows the research question formulated by Hall, Jaffe, and Trajtenberg (2005): "how does innovative activity translate into market value, and what aspects of the underlying process are captured by the empirical measures available?". The novelty of my study is twofold. First, it embraces the longitudinal innovation- and finance-related corporate records to come up with the largest ever combined data-set for Japan that encompasses 632 companies listed at the Tokyo Stock Exchange over the period of 19 years. Second, in addition to linear regressions, it applies the generalized additive models (GAMs). The latter technique allows for realistically capturing nonlinear patterns present in the data while at the same time retaining predictive features of a model. The main finding of the article is following. Amid the dominant role of research and development (R&amp;D), especially for the Pharmaceutical and Chemical industries, market consistently rewards influential patents in the manufacturing sector.

scholarly journals Genius loci and/or city-forming enterprise: scientific centre as assemblage point (case study of the city of Apatity)

2020 ◽  
pp. 249-256
Author(s):  
V.P. Kliueva
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Scientific Organization ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Scientific Center ◽  
Murmansk Region ◽  
Northern Cities ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The City

Based on the theory of resilience, the author analyses the role of science in the life-sustaining practices of northern cities on the example of the Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KSC RAS) in Apatity (Murmansk Region). The resilience of the territory is considered as a successful adaptation to changing conditions manifested in a crisis situation. The stability of the sociocultural resilience subsystem is ensured by the presence of the scientific community in the city. According to the typology of Arctic cities, Apatity is classified as a non-capital intracontinental university centre; the criterion for inclusion in the category is the presence of the KSC RAS in the city. It is the only RAS structure located in the Arctic. In the Kola Peninsula, the scientific institution has existed since 1930; since 1961, the majority of scientific institutions has been located in the Apatity Akadem-gorodok (Science Campus). Narrative interviews with residents of Apatity and Kirovsk became the source base of the study. The analysis of the interviews was conducted by coding method. The sample included citizens — em-ployees of the scientific centre and those not related to it. Thirty interviews have been conducted. As a hypothe-sis, the thesis was put forward that, at the heart of the local community of Apatity, there have been and still re-main scientists and people with an understanding of the activities of the KSC. Subsequently, this part of the popu-lation forms behavioural practices and sociocultural values for all residents of the city. The key research question was whether the presence of the KSC RAS was noticeable for different categories of citizens, and above all, for non-scientists. The city’s community considers separately KSC as a scientific organization, and Akademgorodok as a central urban neighbourhood. On the mental map, there is the Akademgorodok, which plays the role of Ge-nius loci. The Kola Scientific Center is perceived as a city-forming enterprise, although it has not been anymore since the early 1990s. The Kola Scientific Center is seen by the Apatity citizens as a place of attraction and a point of assembly of the urban community, without which it can lose the core factor of its sociocultural identity and merge with the neighbouring industrial Kirovsk.

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