How Smart is This Working? Traces of Proactivity in the Italian Experience During Covid-19

: Italy was the first western nation affected by the pandemic and was observed as a pilot case in the management of the new coronavirus epidemic. The outbreak of COVID-19 disease has been very difficult in Italy, on June 25, 2020 there are 239,821 total cases of which 33,592 deaths nationwide. Three lessons emerged from this experience that can serve as a blueprint to improve future plans for the outbreak of viruses. First, early reports on the spread of COVID-19 can help inform public health officials and medical practitioners in effort to combat its progression; second, inadequate risk assessment related to the urgency of the situation and limited reporting to the virus has led the rapid spread of COVID-19; third, an effective response to the virus had to be undertaken with coherent system of actions and simultaneously.

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The Aristocracy in England and Tuscany, 1000 - 1250

10.1093/oso/9780198846963.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Coss

Keyword(s):

Time Frame ◽

Grand Narrative ◽

English History ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Italian Experience ◽

English Society ◽

History Of ◽

External Stimuli ◽

The Relationship ◽

Interpretative Framework

Part I of this book is an in-depth examination of the characteristics of the Tuscan aristocracy across the first two and a half centuries of the second millennium, as studied by Italian historians and others working within the Italian tradition: their origins, interests, strategies for survival and exercise of power; the structure and the several levels of aristocracy and how these interrelated; the internal dynamics and perceptions that governed aristocratic life; and the relationship to non-aristocratic sectors of society. It will look at how aristocratic society changed across this period and how far changes were internally generated as opposed to responses from external stimuli. The relationship between the aristocracy and public authority will also be examined. Part II of the book deals with England. The aim here is not a comparative study but to bring insights drawn from Tuscan history and Tuscan historiography into play in understanding the evolution of English society from around the year 1000 to around 1250. This part of the book draws on the breadth of English historiography but is also guided by the Italian experience. The book challenges the interpretative framework within which much English history of this period tends to be written—that is to say the grand narrative which revolves around Magna Carta and English exceptionalism—and seeks to avoid dangers of teleology, of idealism, and of essentialism. By offering a study of the aristocracy across a wide time-frame and with themes drawn from Italian historiography, I hope to obviate these tendencies and to appreciate the aristocracy firmly within its own contexts.

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Condition monitoring of the railway line and overhead equipment through onboard train measurement - an Italian experience

IET International Conference on Railway Condition Monitoring ◽

10.1049/ic:20060052 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

M. Elia ◽

G. Diana ◽

M. Bocciolone ◽

S. Bruni ◽

F. Cheli ◽

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Keyword(s):

Condition Monitoring ◽

Railway Line ◽

Italian Experience

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Industrial districts and local governance in the Italian experience

Human Systems Management ◽

10.3233/hsm-1999-18207 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 131-139

Author(s):

Maurizio Mistri

Keyword(s):

Political Behavior ◽

Political Attitudes ◽

Local Governance ◽

Dynamic Processes ◽

Industrial Districts ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Local Growth ◽

Italian Experience ◽

The Law ◽

The Relationship

This paper focuses on the problem of the governance of industrial districts in Italy. The analysis begins with an assessment of the dynamic processes that characterize the development of industrial districts, particularly as concerns the elements of a cultural nature. The relationship between local political attitudes and forms of local growth is considered, generally revealing how in the various practical examples there is a convergence between models of political behavior and the needs of the system of small enterprises. The paper ends with a brief discussion of the law 317/91, designed to establish the responsibilities and roles of the industrial districts.

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