scholarly journals The role of Sociology in the promotion of actions aimed at social innovation in the Mediterranean area

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
Emiliana Mangone
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Public Spending ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
Rational Choice Model ◽  
The Mediterranean

The change in contexts and their complexity, especially in the Mediterranean area, has raised the need to start reflecting on modernizing innovative actions able to provide social responses to the real needs of citizens and, moreover, able to combine resources and quality. This is necessary since the expansion of rights is associated with a decreasing public funding capacity. The future challenge will surely be a retrenchment in public spending, orienting it towards the threefold structure of choice (need, preferences, goods) and overcoming of rational choice model (preferences, goods). In a context characterized by these features, the sociological knowledge becomes paramount for reading social phenomena. The role of sociology is to produce “knowledge” through which society can observe the occurring phenomena recognizing their problems, thus allowing for a continuous, ongoing improvement.

scholarly journals Role of desert aerosol in metal fluxes in the Mediterranean area

Chemosphere ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Guerzoni ◽  
E. Molinaroli ◽  
P. Rossini ◽  
G. Rampazzo ◽  
G. Quarantotto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
The Mediterranean

The Mobilization of Campaign Activists By the Party Canvass

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER W. WIELHOUWER
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Choice Model ◽  
The Political ◽  
Rational Choice Model ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Election Studies

This research examines the role of the personal contacting activities of the political parties as mobilizing forces in what Verba and Nie termed campaign activities. A reformulated rational choice model is discussed in which parties seek to reduce certain avoidable and unavoidable costs associated with political participation. Using data from the 1952 through 1994 American National Election Studies, it is shown that the party contact has been and continues to be a major factor in mobilizing campaign activists. Its influence is remarkably robust, maintaining statistical and substantive significance even after controlling for other important factors usually associated with political behavior.

scholarly journals Performance of multi-model AEMET-SREPS precipitation probabilistic forecasts over Mediterranean area

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 133-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Callado ◽  
C. Santos ◽  
P. Escribà ◽  
D. Santos-Muñoz ◽  
J. Simarro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Horizontal Resolution ◽  
Ensemble Prediction ◽  
Ensemble Prediction System ◽  
Probabilistic Forecasts ◽  
Mesoscale Convective ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
One Year ◽  
Convective Organization

Abstract. Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) runs a daily experimental multi-model Short-Range Ensemble Prediction System (AEMET-SREPS). The role of the system horizontal resolution (0.25 degrees) on the performance of 24-h precipitation probabilistic forecasts, and its relation with mesoscale events, are assessed comparing the performance over the Mediterranean area and over an European Atlantic area. Gridded high resolution rain observations and standard verification measures have been used at different precipitation thresholds, while studying the dependency on seasons for a one year period (May 2007 to June 2008). As a general result, performance over the Mediterranean area is higher than over the Atlantic one, albeit some relative loss of skill is found in autumn, when mesoscale convective organization is assumed to play a more important role. So it is suggested that AEMET-SREPS system precipitation predictability over the Mediterranean in autumn could be expected to improve if the horizontal and vertical resolution is increased in order to take into account the effect of meso-beta scale, especially important for convective organization.

scholarly journals A peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch.) in Ancient and Early Byzantine Medicine According to Selected Sources (1st – 7th c. AD.)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-41
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Jagusiak ◽  
Maciej Kokoszko
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Prunus Persica ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Persian Empire ◽  
Pliny The Elder ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Early Byzantine

The peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch) is a tree native to the region known today as Northwest China, where its fruits were known around 2000 BC. Inhabitants of the Mediterranean Area came into contact with the peach probably between the 6th and 4th century BC thanks to the contacts with Persian Empire. In the western part of the Mediterranean Region the peach appeared later (ca. 1st c. AD). In the period under study there were many varieties of the peach, and they were eaten in many different ways – e.g. raw, dried, boiled etc. They could be consumed without any other ingredients, or as an element of more complicated dishes. Ancient and early Byzantine authors, who wrote their treatises between the 1st and 7th c. AD, and dealt with medicine (Dioscorides, Pliny the Elder, Galen, Oribasius, Aetius of Amida, Paul of Aegina, Athimus and others), described dietetic properties of a peach with details. Moreover, they left some information about a medical use of this fruit. This aspect of their works is an element of a wider and well-known phenomenon, i.e. an important role of all groups of aliments in the ancient art of healing.

scholarly journals Towards the advancement of the Mediterranean food cultures

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (1a) ◽  
pp. 103-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro Dernini
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Childhood Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Dialogue ◽  
Food Cultures ◽  
The Mediterranean

AbstractThe Forum on Mediterranean Food Cultures has the purpose to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue to acknowledge the underestimated role of the Mediterranean diet and of the Mediterranean food cultures for an effective sustainable development in the Mediterranean. It is addressed towards the achievement of food security and a broader nutritional well-being in the entire Mediterranean area. The Forum uses a creative approach for the development of community-based programmes to manage the emerging trend of childhood overweight and obesity, as well as to reduce the increasing erosion of the Mediterranean food cultural heritage.

Heavy Precipitation Systems in the Mediterranean Area: The Role of GPM

2020 ◽  
pp. 819-841
Author(s):  
Giulia Panegrossi ◽  
Anna Cinzia Marra ◽  
Paolo Sanò ◽  
Luca Baldini ◽  
Daniele Casella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Precipitation ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Fungal Diversity in the Mediterranean Area

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Venturella
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Diversity ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Culture Collection ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Therapeutic Value ◽  
Mediterranean Habitat ◽  
The Mediterranean

The Special Issue entitled “Fungal Diversity in the Mediterranean Area” aimed at highlighting the role of various organisms in the Mediterranean habitat. The role of fungi at the root and phyllosphere level; the biodiversity in small island territories and the sea; rare forms of fungi never previously found; the commercial, food, and therapeutic value of some ascomycetes and basidiomycetes; the diversity related to fungi associated with galls on plants; and the important role of culture collection for the ex situ conservation of fungal biodiversity are the topics dealt with in this Special Issue.

scholarly journals The Role of Lipid Transfer Proteins as Food and Pollen Allergens Outside the Mediterranean Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Scheurer ◽  
Ronald van Ree ◽  
Stefan Vieths
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Food Allergies ◽  
Lipid Transfer ◽  
Pollen Allergens ◽  
Lipid Transfer Proteins ◽  
High Exposure ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Specific Lipid ◽  
Pru P 3

Abstract Purpose of Review To provide an overview of the prevalence and clinical manifestation of non-specific lipid transfer proteins (LTP)-mediated allergies outside the Mediterranean area and to address potential reasons for the different geographical significance of LTP-driven allergies. Recent Findings LTPs are major allergens in the Mediterranean area, which frequently can elicit severe reactions. Pru p 3 the LTP from peach is reported as genuine allergen and is considered a prototypic marker for LTP-mediated allergies. However, both food and pollen LTP allergies exist outside the Mediterranean area, but with lower clinical significance, different immunogenicity, and less clarified role. Summary Evidence has been reported that in areas with high exposure to pollen, in particular to mugwort, pollen-derived LTPs can act as a primary sensitizer to trigger secondary food allergies. Co-sensitization to unrelated allergens might be causative for less severe reactions in response to LTPs. However, the reason for the geographical different sensitization patterns to LTPs remains unclear.

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