scholarly journals Housing Vienna: The Socio-Spatial Effects of Inclusionary and Exclusionary Mechanisms of Housing Provision

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Friesenecker ◽  
Yuri Kazepov
Keyword(s):  
Social Housing ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
High Status ◽  
Spatial Effects ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Critical Junctures ◽  
Social Mix ◽  
Main Challenge

The provision of housing plays a decisive role in segregation processes. In a European context increasingly influenced by variegated neo-liberal housing policies, Vienna’s approach is characterised by generous access to social housing. This inclusive strategy aims at actively preventing segregation and the isolation of certain groups. Over the last 30 years, however, reconfigured multi-level arrangements and wider contextual changes have transformed Vienna’s housing governance. This article explores how. In particular, it aims at disentangling the relationship between housing policy reforms at multiple policy levels and the changes of the mechanisms shaping the access to tenure segments and residential segregation in Vienna. Through the use of process tracing, we identify critical junctures of housing governance and relate them to housing segmentation and segregation measures over a period of approximately 30 years. Our findings show that reforms on multiple levels produce an increasingly deregulated private rental market and an increasingly fragmented access to a diversified provision of social housing. From a spatial point of view, persistent patterns of segregation blend with new ones, leading to decreasing segregation characterised by a more even spatial distribution of low and high-status groups. At the same time, both groups show very low, but slightly increased levels of isolation. Tenant profiles in social housing are, however, generally still very mixed. Balancing the trade-off between a social mix and social targeting without excluding residents in need will remain the main challenge for Vienna’s social housing model.

Where Do We Go from Here?

2020 ◽  
pp. 227-246
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Meen ◽  
Christine Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
New Directions ◽  
The Uk

Chapter 14 highlights the key themes of the book and their implications for policy. Although there is considerable agreement among economists with regard to the range of required policy reforms - including changes to land use planning, taxation, social housing provision, rents and subsidies, and to financial markets - there are external constraints, both political and economic, that impose limitations on even the most positive reforming governments. But the absence of positive policy change in the UK would imply that the worsening affordability and volatility that have often typified housing markets are likely to continue. The book shows the need to extend housing policy beyond a concentration on expanding supply and points to the need for a more balanced approach that incorporates policies addressing demand as well as the supply sides of housing. Given the policy constraints, the chapter also points to possible new directions.

scholarly journals Combined Method to Remove Endotoxins from Protein Nanocages for Drug Delivery Applications: The Case of Human Ferritin

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Filippo Silva ◽  
Leopoldo Sitia ◽  
Raffaele Allevi ◽  
Arianna Bonizzi ◽  
Marta Sevieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Biological Fluids ◽  
Affinity Purification ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Uniform Structure ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Target Cells ◽  
Clinical Phase ◽  
Main Challenge

Protein nanocages represent an emerging candidate among nanoscaled delivery systems. Indeed, they display unique features that proved to be very interesting from the nanotechnological point of view such as uniform structure, stability in biological fluids, suitability for surface modification to insert targeting moieties and loading with different drugs and dyes. However, one of the main concerns regards the production as recombinant proteins in E. coli, which leads to a product with high endotoxin contamination, resulting in nanocage immunogenicity and pyrogenicity. Indeed, a main challenge in the development of protein-based nanoparticles is finding effective procedures to remove endotoxins without affecting protein stability, since every intravenous injectable formulation that should be assessed in preclinical and clinical phase studies should display endotoxins concentration below the admitted limit of 5 EU/kg. Different strategies could be employed to achieve such a result, either by using affinity chromatography or detergents. However, these strategies are not applicable to protein nanocages as such and require implementations. Here we propose a combined protocol to remove bacterial endotoxins from nanocages of human H-ferritin, which is one of the most studied and most promising protein-based drug delivery systems. This protocol couples the affinity purification with the Endotrap HD resin to a treatment with Triton X-114. Exploiting this protocol, we were able to obtain excellent levels of purity maintaining good protein recovery rates, without affecting nanocage interactions with target cells. Indeed, binding assay and confocal microscopy experiments confirm that purified H-ferritin retains its capability to specifically recognize cancer cells. This procedure allowed to obtain injectable formulations, which is preliminary to move to a clinical trial.

scholarly journals Energy Storage in crystalline Materials based on multivalent Ions

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (a1) ◽  
pp. C365-C365
Author(s):  
Tina Nestler ◽  
William Förster ◽  
Stefan Braun ◽  
Wolfram Münchgesang ◽  
Falk Meutzner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Energy ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Electrical Performance ◽  
Ion Diffusion ◽  
Crystalline Materials ◽  
Multivalent Ions ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Energy Conversion And Storage ◽  
Solid State Batteries

Energy conversion and storage has become the main challenge to satisfy the growing demand for renewable energy solutions as well as mobile applications. Nowadays, several technologies exist for the conversion of electric energy into e. g. heat, light and motion or vice versa. Among a large variety of storage concepts, the conversion of electrical in chemical energy is of great relevance in particular for location-independent use. Main factors that still limit the use of electrochemical cells are the volumetric and gravimetric energy density, cyclability as well as safety. The concept for a new thin-film rechargeable battery that possibly improves these properties is presented. In contrast to the widespread lithium-ion technology, the discussed battery is based on the redox reaction of multivalent Al-ions and their migration through solid electrolytes. The ion conduction and insertion processes in the crystalline materials of the suggested cell are discussed under a crystallographic point of view to identify suitable electrode and separator materials. A multilayer-stack of all-solid-state batteries is synthesized by pulsed laser deposition and investigated in situ, i. e. during charge and discharge, by X-ray reflection and diffraction methods. The correlation between crystal structure, morphology and electrical performance is investigated in order to characterize the ion diffusion and insertion process.

scholarly journals Housing As Social Assistance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shem Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Neoliberal Reform ◽  
Conservative Government ◽  
Social Mix ◽  
The City ◽  
Policy Failures

<div>This Major Research Paper conducted analysis of social housing policies and regulations in Ontario from 1993 to present. It was done to unearth the dominant discourses that informed social housing policies. Through a review of the Literature, a broader perspective will be had on social housing as well as social assistance, of which is deeply intertwined with social housing. The lack of a national strategy on social housing has caused Toronto to adopt a more entrepreneurial approach to housing, using public private partnerships, social mix revitalization initiatives, and other market and third sector influenced development mechanisms.</div><div><br></div><div>Social policy has been neoliberalized in Ontario at least since the advent of the ‘Common Sense Revolution’ in 1995, when a Conservative government was elected on a platform of neoliberal reform. Since then social housing has not been given the priority it deserves even with the changing of government and promises to address the lack of affordable housing in Toronto. These findings highlight difficulties on the part of Toronto to develop new affordable housing at a time when the city continues to grow and demand for housing is increasing. The visibility of homelessness across the city suggest policy failures and a need to act, to address the problem of lack of affordable housing post haste.</div>

SUPPORT TOOLKIT FOR ASSESSING THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF CITIES FOR THE POPULATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 2148-2157
Author(s):  
V.V. Oreshnikov ◽  
◽  
Y.S. Aitova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Economic Agents ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Functional Blocks ◽  
Regional Authorities

The article discusses the issues of assessing the level of attractiveness of cities in the Russian Federation. An algorithm for developing the econometric component of the model is proposed. The parameters of analyzing the level of attractiveness of cities for various economic agents have been determined. Among the factors influencing the attractiveness of cities for residents, the population size, housing provision, crime rate, the level of wages and medical provision were identified. Assessment of attractiveness from the standpoint of doing business involves considering production volumes, retail turnover and the number of city residents. The factors of tourist attraction are the characteristics of collective accommodation facilities and the number of corresponding requests on the Internet. In general, the formed regression equations meet the requirements and are applicable for solving problems of predicting changes in the values of the analyzed parameters. An example of the formation of the corresponding regression equation for assessing the level of attractiveness of a city from the point of view of residents is presented. Together with the equations describing the level of attractiveness for other economic agents (business, tourists, etc.), it forms a complex of econometric models, which can be further used as the core of the corresponding software tools. At the same time, this toolkit should also include functional blocks aimed at solving particular problems of its use. The key ones are responsible for generating scenario forecasts, analyzing information, assessing regional ratings and visualizing the results obtained. The research results can be applied by federal and regional authorities in solving problems of territorial development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the country as a whole.

Wearable Kinesthetic System for Joint Knee Flexion-Extension Monitoring In Gait Analysis

2011 ◽  
pp. 792-800
Author(s):  
Mario Tesconi ◽  
Enzo Pasquale Scilingo ◽  
Pierluigi Barba ◽  
Danilo De Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Gait Analysis ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Neuromuscular Diseases ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Patient Status ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Movement Ability

Posture and motion of body segments are the result of a mutual interaction of several physiological systems such as nervous, muscle-skeletal, and sensorial. Patients who suffer from neuromuscular diseases have great difficulties in moving and walking, therefore motion or gait analysis are widely considered matter of investigation by the clinicians for diagnostic purposes. By means of specific performance tests, it could be possible to identify the severity of a neuromuscular pathology and outline possible rehabilitation planes. The main challenge is to quantify a motion anomaly, rather than to identify it during the test. At first, visual inspection of a video showing motion or walking activity is the simplest mode of examining movement ability in the clinical environment. It allows us to collect qualitative and bidimensional data, but it does not provide neither quantitative information about motion performance modalities (for instance about dynamics and muscle activity), nor about its changes. Moreover, the interpretation of recorded motion pattern is demanded to medical personnel who make a diagnosis on the basis of subjective experience and expertise. A considerable improvement in this analysis is given by a technical contribution to quantitatively analyse body posture and gesture. Advanced technologies allow us to investigate on anatomic segments from biomechanics and kinematics point of view, providing a wide set of quantitative variables to be used in multi-factorial motion analysis. A personal computer enables a realtime 3D reconstruction of motion and digitalizes data for storage and off-line elaboration. For this reason, the clinicians have a detailed description of the patient status and they can choose a specific rehabilitation path and verify the subject progress.

Wearable Kinesthetic System for Joint Knee Flexion-Extension Monitoring In Gait Analysis

2008 ◽  
pp. 1390-1397
Author(s):  
Mario Tesconi ◽  
Enzo Pasquale Scilingo ◽  
Pierluigi Barba ◽  
Danilo De Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Gait Analysis ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Neuromuscular Diseases ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Clinical Environment ◽  
Patient Status ◽  
Main Challenge ◽  
Movement Ability

Posture and motion of body segments are the result of a mutual interaction of several physiological systems such as nervous, muscle-skeletal, and sensorial. Patients who suffer from neuromuscular diseases have great difficulties in moving and walking, therefore motion or gait analysis are widely considered matter of investigation by the clinicians for diagnostic purposes. By means of specific performance tests, it could be possible to identify the severity of a neuromuscular pathology and outline possible rehabilitation planes. The main challenge is to quantify a motion anomaly, rather than to identify it during the test. At first, visual inspection of a video showing motion or walking activity is the simplest mode of examining movement ability in the clinical environment. It allows us to collect qualitative and bidimensional data, but it does not provide neither quantitative information about motion performance modalities (for instance about dynamics and muscle activity), nor about its changes. Moreover, the interpretation of recorded motion pattern is demanded to medical personnel who make a diagnosis on the basis of subjective experience and expertise. A considerable improvement in this analysis is given by a technical contribution to quantitatively analyse body posture and gesture. Advanced technologies allow us to investigate on anatomic segments from biomechanics and kinematics point of view, providing a wide set of quantitative variables to be used in multi-factorial motion analysis. A personal computer enables a realtime 3D reconstruction of motion and digitalizes data for storage and off-line elaboration. For this reason, the clinicians have a detailed description of the patient status and they can choose a specific rehabilitation path and verify the subject progress.

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