Territorial Networks Research Articles

Diversity Management Policies for the Inclusion of LGBT People into the Labour Market: The Case of Naples

The goal of this paper is to analyze the experimental project ‘Diversity on the Job’ (DJ) carried out in the city of Naples. The project was meant to set a best practice for labor market inclusion of LGBT people. DJ created integrated territorial networks to help LGBT people find work through the involvement of associations and stakeholders. The project proved, since it promoted the employability of disadvantaged individuals at high risk of discrimination (through orientation and coaching services, three-month internships, and job placement services), but also since it performed a capacity-building action. The analysis shows why the implementation of the DJ Project in the city of Naples has achieved a virtuous yet at the same time ambiguous effect for the specific territorial context.

Mathematical model for optimizing the repair plan for the international roughness index IRI

The authors analyzed the existing regulatory documents and studies on the road surface evenness impact on the traffic flow speed, the transportation and traffic safety costs. Currently available methods of forming a plan of repair work are focused on the use of the roads diagnostics results according to the evenness level of the carriageway obtained with the help of thrusters. The transition to the international evenness index (IRI) requires a review of the previously obtained mathematical dependencies and existing approaches to optimizing the road network repair program. In this work, the authors established a correlation of the traffic flow average speed, losses from the road traffic accidents (traffic accidents) and the road transport costs from flatness of coverage. Based on the identified statistical patterns of changes in the IRI index, a method for calculating the road section length that requires the restoration of transport and operational indicators (TOI) is proposed. The developed mathematical model for optimizing the repair plan will make it possible to create a list of road objects taking into account their priority within the budget funding of the annual program. The proposed model is based on diagnostics and assessment of the territorial road network technical condition in the Volgograd region.

Географія заповідання дендрораритетів роду Spiraea L. в Україні

Over the last half century, the relevance of phytososological research has not diminished. Therefore, at the taxonomic and phytocoenotic levels, the current state of conservation of rare dendrodiversity of the genus Spiraea L. was analyzed. The quantitative and qualitative composition of the autochthonous and introduced, as well as phytocenotaxonomic species diversity, which is protected by world, national and regional red and green lists, has been established. Dendroexot Spiraea cana Waldst. & Kit. listed in The IUCN Red List, and Spiraea media subsp polonica (Blocki) Dostal (= Spiraea polonica Blocki) – in the Red Book of Ukraine, the remaining five plant species are listed in the regional red lists of 15 administrative regions of Ukraine. Of the five rare species and one subspecies of dendroautochthonous, only two species in Ukraine are being grown outside their natural habitats. All studied plant taxa are represented in different ways in the nature reserve fund of Ukraine in situ and ex situ. Analysis of the regional representativeness of their distribution showed uneven conservation of taxa in physical – geographical plains and mountainous countries. The network of territories and objects of conservation covers 15 protected areas in the Steppe zone, 13 in the Forest-steppe zone, 14 in the zone of deciduous forests, 13 in the zone of mixed forests. In the Crimean mountains and the Ukrainian Carpathians, the studied plant taxa are not protected. Phytocenotic diversity (three species) was identified, which is listed in the Bern Convention and the Green Book of Ukraine. Spiraea hypericifolia L. forms and participates in the creation of 10 associations and therefore has the widest phytocenotic amplitude. Spiraea litvinovii Dobrocz. creates a separate formation of shrub steppes, which includes six associations. At the co-dominant level, Spiraea media Franz Schmidt is a part of only one forest association. These dendroassociations are protected in five nature reserves, two national nature parks, one regional landscape park, six nature reserves and one natural monument. In the future, the development of systematic research on the conservation regimes of populations and phytocenoses of rare dendrodiversity is seen.

Results of the Use of the Teleconsultation Platform After 2 Months of Implementation.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) set the National Digital Health Strategy 2018-2024 as a state policy. It included a National TeleHealth Plan to enhance access and quality of healthcare in a wide territory like Argentina, leveraging more than 20 years of national telemedicine experiences and coordinating it with the territorial integrated health service networks proposed by the Universal Health Coverage strategy. In collaboration with the Ministry of Modernisation, the MoH developed and implemented a new TeleHealth Web Platform to perform eReferrals and eConsultations nationwide. This poster describes the first 2 months of usage.

How does the territory impact on entrepreneurial family embeddedness?

PurposeThis paper aims to explore how territory impacts on entrepreneurial families’ (EFs) embeddedness to unveil the role that territories play on the continuity and development of EFs.Design/methodology/approachTo study complex contexts where subjective realities are analyzed, a constructivist qualitative approach is recommended. Given that, this paper develops a qualitative methodology in which 25 semi-structured interviews were carried out and analyzed based upon the use of ATLAS.ti, following an open-coding approach.FindingsThis paper found out that the territory can condition EFs’ embeddedness in different ways. First, through the cultural embeddedness, the shared territorial understanding of values and norms inherited by the history of the territory. Second, by the political embeddedness, i.e. the power exercised by territorial economic actors and non-market institutions. Third, through the structural embeddedness generated by the territorial social networks and the generation of close relationships and finally, through the so-called cognitive embeddedness, the territorial actors’ representations, interpretations and meanings. These four modes of territorial embeddedness are unfolded in a set of 16 territorial factors that impact on EFs’ embeddedness. Most of the identified factors, 14 out of the 16, are acting mainly over one of the embeddedness modes studied (cultural, political, structural and cognitive), while two of them, because they are operating simultaneously on various modes of embeddedness, have been considered transversal factors.Originality/valueEFs have, to a great extent, been recognized as major generators of positive externalities in the territories in which they are located, and to date, the literature has focused on the impact that firms and family firms have on regional development. However, how the territory conditions the embeddedness of these families, especially how it impacts on the EFs’ territorial embeddedness, remains unexplored. This paper proposes a framework of 16 factors that help to understand the embeddedness dynamics between EFs and territories, serving as a starting point for future research avenues. Additionally, regional policy makers may use it as a guidance to build policy mix that considers these territorial factors to boost EFs’ embeddedness.

Factors associated with inappropriate intravenous antibiotic prescription in patients discharged from the emergency department.

Since 2011, a collaborative territorial network for urgent care has been deployed in Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau area, which allows direct and early transfer of patients with frailty from the hospital emergency department (ED) to other healthcare settings according to the destination's adequacy. This study aimed to identify factors associated with inappropriate intravenous antibiotic treatment prescribed on referral of patients with frailty based on microbiological culture and analyse the effect of inappropriate prescription on ED reconsultations for any cause 30days after hospital discharge. This observational, retrospective study was performed at a tertiary hospital between March 2018 and February 2019 and included 264 patients. A multivariate analysis, including variables with a P-value <.2 in the previous univariate analysis, was conducted. The variables included in the analysis were age, sex, patient comorbidities (COPD, diabetes and chronic kidney disease), antibiotic treatment in the last 30days and patient referral (nursing home or family home). Multidrug-resistant bacteria were isolated from 85 patients (51.5% of the isolates). In total, 159 patients received carbapenem, of whom 87 (54.7%) had non-drug-resistant bacteria. The antibiotic was considered inappropriate in 33 patients (12.5%) according to an antibiogram. Only 71 (26.8%) patients had a definitive culture on discharge. Moreover, 73 (28.3%) patients were readmitted after 30days. Patients with an inappropriate antibiotic treatment had more reconsultations within 30days than those with adequate treatment (59.3% vs 24.5%; P<.001). In a multivariate analysis, an inappropriate prescription was significantly associated with a higher number of reconsultations at 30days (OR, 3.22 [1.37-7.57]). In patients discharged from the ED with intravenous antibiotics, the empirical prescription of an inappropriate drug according to the final culture is a frequent problem and is related to a higher number of reconsultations. This highlights the need to implement early communication strategies with outpatient units to optimize antibiotic therapy once microbiological results are known.

Il doppio binario delle cure primarie. Alcune scelte di fondo per i sistemi di tutela della salute

What role did primary care and general practice play in the different phases of Covid-19 epidemic? What can we learn from the emergency to innovate the health system and the role of primary care in our country? The article addresses these questions by presenting the happenings that directly involved primary care and general practitioners (especially on topics concerning USCA, personal safety and protection, and new care models) and by making some considerations on the immediate future The role of general practice is discussed from a double perspective, where the epidemic situation coexists with the ordinary care management, especially of chronic patients The management of the pandemic forces us to reflect on i) the coordination of territorial actors, ii) the management of territorial services network operations, iii) the consequences of challenging the traditional care model, and iv) the hypothesis of a new mix of person-centred services and community centred-services Copyright © FrancoAngeli

COVID-19 outbreak: organisation of a geriatric assessment and coordination unit. A French example.

Older people are particularly affected by the COVID19 outbreak because of their vulnerability as well as the complexity of health organisations, particularly in the often-compartmentalised interactions between community, hospital and nursing home actors. In this endemic situation, with massive flows of patients requiring holistic management including specific and intensive care, the appropriate assessment of each patient’s level of care and the organisation of specific networks is essential.To that end, we propose here a territorial organisation of health care, favouring communication between all actors. This organisation of care is based on three key points: To use the basis of territorial organisation of health by facilitating the link between hospital settings and geriatric sectors at the regional level.To connect private, medico-social and hospital actors through a dedicated centralised unit for evaluation, geriatric coordination of care and decision support. A geriatrician coordinates this multidisciplinary unit. It includes an emergency room doctor, a supervisor from the medical regulation centre (Centre 15), an infectious disease physician, a medical hygienist and a palliative care specialist.To organise an ad hoc follow-up channel, including the necessary resources for the different levels of care required, according to the resources of the territorial network, and the creation of a specific COVID geriatric palliative care service.This organisation meets the urgent health needs of all stakeholders, facilitating its deployment and allows the sustainable implementation of a coordinated geriatric management dynamic between the stakeholders on the territory.

Reserved Abundance:

Preindustrial public and state granaries were utilitarian buildings, but they were also instruments of food security regimes, representing a government's promise of abundance for its people. In the early modern period such granaries became widespread across Asia, Europe, and European colonies, ranging from territorial storehouse networks to monumental civic buildings near city centers. In Reserved Abundance: State Granaries of Early Modern Istanbul, Namık Erkal discusses Ottoman Istanbul's state granaries, using primary textual and visual sources to trace the type's evolution from modified, repurposed buildings (e.g., shipsheds and bathhouses) to purpose-built storehouses. He also evaluates the forms and importance of storage systems such as encased single-layer and double-stacked wooden grain bins. Erkal defines the capacities, dimensions, and variations of Istanbul's granaries, maps their locations in relation to major urban functions and locales, and compares them with similar buildings within and outside Ottoman domains.

Features of the functional reliability of 0.4-10 kV distribution networks

The article is devoted to the study of the influence of regime restrictions on the functional reliability of distribution networks of 0.4-10 kV. This level of the network is largely determining the values of indicative indicators of reliability of power supply. In the work, by the example of the analysis of the reliability of power supply of two energy regions, the significance of the influence of the regime factor on the uninterrupted power supply is proved. Due to the complexity of the topology and the variability of the flow distribution, it is proposed to use the decomposition method for calculating the reliability and recoverability of network nodes. The expediency of calculating indicative indicators of the reliability of electricity supply at the stage of network design is shown, since today, in Russia, the economic efficiency of the functioning of territorial network companies is largely determined by the level of reliability due to the existing relationship between reliability indicators and the tariff for the transmission of electric energy.

The epidemiological surveillance of malignant mesothelioma in Italy (1993-2015): methods, findings, and research perspectives.

as a legacy of the large asbestos consumption until the definitive ban in 1992, Italy had to tackle a real epidemic of asbestos related diseases. The Italian National Registry of Malignant Mesotheliomas (ReNaM) is a permanent surveillance system of mesothelioma incidence, with a regional structure. Aims, assignments and territorial network of ReNaM are described, as well as data collection, recording and coding procedures. to describe the Italian epidemiological surveillance system of mesothelioma incidence, to provide updated data about occurrence of malignant mesothelioma in Italy, and to discuss goals, attainments, and expectations of registering occupational cancer. analysis of data by malignant mesothelioma incident cases surveillance system. Italy, network of regional surveillance system, all Italian regions. a Regional Operating Centre (COR) is currently established in all the Italian regions, actively searching incident malignant mesothelioma cases from health care institutions. Occupational history, lifestyle habits, and residential history are obtained using a standardized questionnaire, administered to the subject or to the next of kin by a trained interviewer. The extent of dataset, epidemiological parameters, and occupations involved are reported updated at 31.12.2016, and standardized incidence rates are calculated. at December 2016, ReNaM has collected 27,356 malignant mesothelioma cases, referring to the period of incidence between 1993 and 2015. The modalities of exposure to asbestos have been investigated for 21,387 (78%) and an occupational exposure has been defined for around 70% of defined cases (14,818). the Italian experience shows that epidemiological systematic surveillance of asbestos related diseases incidence has a key importance for assessing and monitoring the public health impact of occupational and/or environmental hazards, programming preventive interventions, including remediation plans and information campaigns, and supporting the efficiency of insurance and welfare system. Monitoring the incidence of malignant mesothelioma through a specialized cancer registry is essential to follow-up the health effects of changing modalities and extent of occupational exposures over years and of environmental contamination. Such consolidated surveillance system is recommended also for occupational cancers with low aetiological fraction.

The role of forest conversion, degradation, and disturbance in the carbon dynamics of Amazon indigenous territories and protected areas

Maintaining the abundance of carbon stored aboveground in Amazon forests is central to any comprehensive climate stabilization strategy. Growing evidence points to indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) as buffers against large-scale carbon emissions across a nine-nation network of indigenous territories (ITs) and protected natural areas (PNAs). Previous studies have demonstrated a link between indigenous land management and avoided deforestation, yet few have accounted for forest degradation and natural disturbances-processes that occur without forest clearing but are increasingly important drivers of biomass loss. Here we provide a comprehensive accounting of aboveground carbon dynamics inside and outside Amazon protected lands. Using published data on changes in aboveground carbon density and forest cover, we track gains and losses in carbon density from forest conversion and degradation/disturbance. We find that ITs and PNAs stored more than one-half (58%; 41,991 MtC) of the region's carbon in 2016 but were responsible for just 10% (-130 MtC) of the net change (-1,290 MtC). Nevertheless, nearly one-half billion tons of carbon were lost from both ITs and PNAs (-434 MtC and -423 MtC, respectively), with degradation/disturbance accounting for >75% of the losses in 7 countries. With deforestation increasing, and degradation/disturbance a neglected but significant source of region-wide emissions (47%), our results suggest that sustained support for IPLC stewardship of Amazon forests is critical. IPLCs provide a global environmental service that merits increased political protection and financial support, particularly if Amazon Basin countries are to achieve their commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement.

Could general practitioners play a part in the public health concern onfighting microplastics?

Plastic production is overwhelming, worldspread (around 300millions tons a year) and liable to triple by 2050. Science is currently trying to assess the environmental impact of microplastics: particles that are smaller than 5 mm and end up in oceans, invading thus the marine ecosystems. By 2025, 250millions tons of accumulated plastic waste are expected to be found in the oceans, althought these oceans provide food, well-being and therapeutics for human beings. Health actors are thus enticed to study with more depth and attention potentials risks of toxicity (additives, contaminants, etc.), sources of microplastics, and the becoming in human body of the thinnest particles (nanoplastics).General practionners could use their public health skills by staying alert and operating a preventive action in the Community (through communication, coordination and cooperation amongst local institutions, eg. school) to use plastics with more relevance. Versatility and multiple practicing (eg. Multidisciplinary group practice, well-followed recommandations…) as well as the maping of territorial networks bring hope for a diffused and assessable action, under control of health authorities.

Institutional Networks of Association for GIS Use: The Case of an Urban Local Body in India

In the past decade, India has witnessed rapid urban transformation leading to a changing urban governance culture in the country. This has prompted a growing push toward informationization of government practices coupled with the government’s ambition of building an information infrastructure. Urban local bodies (ULBs) in particular have become the arena for implementation of planning policies conceptualized by the central government as it strives to manage the urban population and fulfill its information technology ambitions. In this process, there has been a growing use of geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial technologies by Indian ULBs. GIS use by Indian ULBs is highly uneven and variable, however. This unevenness can be explained by using literature on critical GIS and politics of scale. Critical GIS highlights the importance of power relations and institutional structures in an organization’s GIS practices, and politics of scale helps to understand the complexities of network formation and power relations embedded in such networks that facilitate an organization’s GIS use. Through an in-depth case study of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), this study demonstrates that active construction of scalar politics and networks of association is key in a ULB’s attempts toward spatial engagement. SMC constructs thematic and territorial networks of association to procure material and discursive resources and uses “scale jumping” as a representational strategy to garner political influence. Such a strategy enables SMC to form alliances with key actors and navigate power structures facilitating their GIS use, reflecting the politicized nature of GIS constructions for urban governance by an Indian ULB.

Formation of territorial transportation network for optimization of load flows in the region

Formation of territorial transportation network for optimization of load flows in the region

Development of Mechanisms for Active-Adaptive Control of Reactive Power Based on Intelligent Electrical Networks

Improving the energy efficiency of the power grid complex is an urgent problem. The need to solve this problem is due to various technical and economic reasons. First of all, this is due to high power losses in distribution electrical networks, caused by a significant load of its elements by reactive power flows. In this regard, the development of mechanisms for active-adaptive control of reactive power is becoming increasingly important. Currently, the Smart Grid concept has become widespread in the global electric power industry. The use of these technologies allows not only to optimize power losses in distribution networks, but also to improve the efficiency of the electric grid complex. The article proposes an algorithm for optimizing the placement of compensating devices in the distribution network on the example of one of the territorial network organizations of the Kuzbass. This algorithm is based on the theory of multilevel systems using the method of indefinite Lagrange multipliers. The results of applying this algorithm based on the developed simulation model are presented.

A A cooptação de agentes do sistema penitenciário como forma de integração dos presídios às redes territoriais externas do tráfico de drogas no estado do Pará

Este estudo buscou compreender a percepção de agentes da segurança pública do Estado do Pará a respeito do estabelecimento e manutenção de relações e cooptação de agentes do sistema penitenciário como forma de integração dos presídios às redes territoriais externas do tráfico de drogas. Utilizou-se o método hermenêutico e dialético, sob uma abordagem qualitativa, com o emprego de técnicas de coleta de dados por entrevistas, seguida de uma análise de conteúdo das falas. Como resultados, identificou-se que os agentes do sistema penitenciário, por sua ampla circulação dentro e fora das cadeias, representam um trunfo para o tráfico. Revelaram-se, ainda, as formas de sua cooptação e atuação, bem como problemas relativos ao processo seletivo empregado para sua contratação.&#x0D; Palavras-chave: Sistema penitenciário do Pará; Cooptação de agentes prisionais; Redes do tráfico de drogas.

Além das grades: um estudo de caso sobre as estratégias utilizadas para integração dos presídios às redes territoriais externas do tráfico de drogas

O presente trabalho objetivou a realização de um estudo de caso instrumental para compreensão de como as estratégias utilizadas para integração dos presídios às redes territoriais externas do tráfico de drogas condicionaram as relações de territorialidade de um determinado bairro do município de Ananindeua – PA. Valendo-se do método hermenêutico e dialético, bem como de técnicas de estudo de caso, pesquisa documental e cartografia temática, perfez-se a análise do caso denominado operação paradigma para verificação do objetivo proposto. Como resultado, constatou-se que o uso das estratégias em questão influenciou diretamente as relações de territorialidade havidas na escala do estudo sob diversas perspectivas, confirmando e negando algumas proposições constantes da teoria, do mesmo modo acrescentando dados até então não enunciados em estudos sobre o tema.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OF GAMMA SPECTROMETRY LABORATORIES.

Currently, the territorial Radiation Monitoring Network (RMN) of the Czech Republic consists of seven laboratories equipped with gamma spectrometry High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detectors. From 2007 to 2018, five emergency exercises were carried out to test the sample throughput of these facilities and their staff. The main objective was to identify weaknesses and problem areas in the whole process from the moment of obtaining the samples to logging the results into the central RMN database. The long-term aim of these exercises is to optimize emergency response procedures. The most important factor limiting laboratory capacity is the lack of qualified personnel. The exercises showed that in the current state, these laboratories would be able to operate in 12-hour shifts for 14days and analyze 1700 samples per day. Emergency exercises have highlighted the fact that this type of exercise should be repeated periodically in order to monitor the performance and analytical capabilities of RMN.

“CORDUBA, EL MONS MARIANUS Y EL CONVENTUS CORDUBENSIS”

Este artigo analisa uma região montanhosa da Hispânia romana, o Conventus Cordubensis, cuja capital ficava em Colonia Patricia Corduba, que também era a sede do governador da província Baetica. Estudamos este espaço geográfico de diferentes perspectivas. Em primeiro lugar, a sua organização territorial, a rede de comunicações e os principais centros populacionais. Na segunda parte, é considerado o importante papel administrativo exercido por Corduba no seu conventus. Finalmente, são avaliados os recursos económicos de Mons Marianus (florestas, pastagens, gado, etc.), dando-se especial atenção à mineração, que foi o setor produtivo mais destacado naquela área montanhosa do sul da Hispânia.