Development of the commodity strategy: the case of sidel

The thesis will address the development of the sourcing strategy in Sidel, a manufacturing company that provides packaging equipment for liquids such as water, carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks, sensitive beverages like milk, and liquid dairy products. It is developed the sourcing strategy structure that characterizes every commodity, with a particular focus on the commodity execution process. Then, it is discussed a concrete case: the one of Nitro Dozers. In order to achieve the goal, it is used a systematic approach that focuses on different steps, from the Product overview and Spend analysis to the supplier assessment and benchmarking. After defining the commodity strategy, it be deepened the new supplier qualification process: it is required when the company decided to purchase from a new supplier. The ultimate goal of this dissertation is the definition of the purchasing strategy that meets the targets and mitigates the supply risk for the Company

The relationship between maternal self-efficacy and parenting practices: Implications for parent training.

The present study examined the relationship between maternal self-efficacy, dysfunctional discipline practices and child conduct problems. Specifically, three levels of self-efficacy, global, domain and task-specific self-efficacy, were assessed in mothers of 2- to 8-year-old children with conduct problems (clinic group, n=45) and non-clinic mothers (non-clinic group, n=79). Measures of global, domain and task-specific self-efficacy were completed by mothers

Pb9Cu(PO4)6O is a charge-transfer semiconductor

By means of density functional theory and constrained random phase approximation we analyze the band structure of Pb9Cu(PO4)(6)O (named LK-99). Our data show that the lead-phosphate apatite LK-99 in the proposed Cu-doped structure is a semiconductor with a predominant charge-transfer nature, a result incompatible with a superconducting behavior. In order to understand the interesting electronic and magnetic properties of this compound, it will be necessary to study the actual response to doping, the possibility of alternative structural and stoichiometric (dis)order, and to clarify the magnetic interactions as well as their impact on the electronic structure

Desatar, desnudar… reanudar

This paper discusses how the construction of the feminist subject in Latin America opens up new theoretical approaches through which to analyze the experiences undergone by women under the dictatorships of the Southern Cone. If we can talk about gender violence in these dictatorships today it is because feminism has created a space where collective enunciation assumes the existence of a subject who is capable of politicizing her experience and thus of opening up a field of debate with other social actors about the meanings of these experiences. To develop this idea, I have constructed an argument centered on the three verbs used by the feminist movement in Latin America during the celebration of its thirtieth year: to untie, to unfold, and to re-entangle. My aim is to show that certain categories that are perceived as neutral by the hegemonic culture may not be when the social experience of women – read from a feminist perspective – enters the public debate. Thus, I hope to bring to the fore dissonant aspects and hidden meanings that have been concealed up until now.El articulo analiza cómo la constitución del sujeto feminista en América Latina posibilita una lectura de la experiencia de las mujeres en las dictaduras del Cono Sur desde nuevas perspectivas teóricas. Si hoy podemos hablar de violencia de género en las dictaduras del Cono Sur es porque desde el feminismo se ha creado el espacio de enunciación colectivo que supone la existencia de un sujeto capaz de politizar su experiencia y abrir campos de disputa con otros actores acerca del sentido de esas experiencias. Para hacer ese recorrido se toman tres verbos que convocaron la conmemoración de los 30 años de feminismo en América Latina: desatar, desnudar y reanudar, con la intención de mostrar que cuando la experiencia social de las mujeres leída desde el feminismo, ingresa en el debate público, todas las categorías asumidas como neutras por la cultura hegemónica, son interpeladas, mostrando, entonces, espesores y disonancias, hasta entonces desconocidos.

Surgical site infection after caesarean section. Space for post-discharge surveillance improvements and reliable comparisons

Surgical site infections (SSI) after caesarean section (CS) represent a substantial health system concern. Surveying SSI has been associated with a reduction in SSI incidence. We report the findings of three (2008, 2011 and 2013) regional active SSI surveillances after CS in community hospital of the Latium region determining the incidence of SSI. Each CS was surveyed for SSI occurrence by trained staff up to 30 post-operative days, and association of SSI with relevant characteristics was assessed using binomial logistic regression. A total of 3,685 CS were included in the study. A complete 30 day post-operation follow-up was achieved in over 94% of procedures. Overall 145 SSI were observed (3.9% cumulative incidence) of which 131 (90.3%) were superficial and 14 (9.7%) complex (deep or organ/space) SSI; overall 129 SSI (of which 89.9% superficial) were diagnosed post-discharge. Only higher NNIS score was significantly associated with SSI occurrence in the regression analysis. Our work provides the first regional data on CS-associated SSI incidence, highlighting the need for a post-discharge surveillance which should assure 30 days post-operation to not miss data on complex SSI, as well as being less labour intensive

Quantizzazione canonica del campo gravitazionale

Si mostra il tentativo di costruzione di una teoria quantistica del campo gravitazionale attraverso il metodo di Dirac come originariamente presentato da DeWitt nel 1967. A tal fine, si discutono i sistemi hamiltoniani vincolati e in particolare quelli generalmente covarianti, per le analogie formali che questi presentano con la Relatività Generale. Il programma di quantizzazione è presentato dopo aver introdotto il formalismo geometrico che permette di scrivere l'azione ADM del campo gravitazionale, la quale costituisce il punto di partenza per lo sviluppo della teoria quantistica. Enfasi particolare è posta sul problema del tempo e sul ruolo della covarianza generale

The Mott transition in the 5d1^1 compound Ba2_2NaOsO6:_6: a DFT+DMFT study with PAW non-collinear projectors

Spin-orbit coupling has been reported to be responsible for the insulating nature of the 5d$^1$ osmate double perovskite Ba$_2$NaOsO$_6$ (BNOO). However, whether spin-orbit coupling indeed drives the metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) in this compound is an open question. In this work we investigate the impact of relativistic effects on the electronic properties of BNOO via density functional theory plus dynamical mean-field theory calculations in the paramagnetic regime, where the insulating phase is experimentally observed. The correlated subspace is modeled with non-collinear projectors of the projector augumented wave method (PAW) employed in the Vienna Ab Initio Simulation Package (VASP), suitably interfaced with the TRIQS package. The inclusion of PAW non-collinear projectors in TRIQS enables the treatment of spin-orbit coupling effects fully ab-initio within the dynamical mean-field theory framework. In the present work, we show that spin-orbit coupling, although assisting the MIT in BNOO, is not the main driving force for its gapped spectra, placing this material in the Mott insulator regime. Relativistic effects primarily impact the correlated states' character, excitations, and magnetic ground-state properties

Diálogo de mulheres de fronteira no contexto da universidade popular dos movimentos sociais: novas metodologias e agendas

A atuação dos movimentos sociais pode ser sentida em vários lugares do mundo intervindo nas mais diversas esferas: local, nacional ou internacional. O movimento de mulheres e a fronteira se insere neste contexto de disputas de significados, agendas e novas metodologias de diálogos e troca de experiências. Estas trocas podem dar-se a partir de uma perspectiva decolonial com agendas pautadas a partir das autonomias: do corpo, econômica, política e territoriais. A metodologia consiste no intercambio de saberes acadêmico e popular por meio da ecologia de saberes empregada a partir da Universidade Popular dos Movimentos Sociais (UPMS). Neste trabalho propomos discutir o processo da UPMS a partir do diálogo de mulheres de fronteira e para isto faremos a discussão deste processo a partir de três pontos neste artigo: 1) contextualização da geopolítica mundial e latino-americana, 2) construção de novas pedagogias e epistemologias a partir do diálogo e 3) a experiência da Universidade Popular dos Movimentos Sociais: mulheres em diálogo de fronteira.Palavras-chave: Movimentos sociais. Feminismo. Mulheres. Ecologia de saberes.Border women's dialogue in the popular university of social movements context: new methologies and agendas.AbstractThe activities of social movements have an impact in several places of the world intervening in the most diverse spheres: local, national or international. The women's movement and the border are inserted in this context of disputes of meanings, agendas and new dialogue's methodologies and exchange of experiences. These exchanges can take place from a decolonial perspective with agendas based on the autonomies: of the body, economic, political and territorial. The methodology consists of the exchange of academic and popular knowledge through the ecology of knowledges employed by the Popular University of Social Movements (UPMS). In this article, we propose to discuss the UPMS' process from the border women's dialogue point of view and for this propose we divide this article in three parts: 1) contextualization of global and Latin American geopolitics, 2) construction of new pedagogies and epistemologies through dialogue and 3) the Popular University of Social Movements’ experience: women in border’s dialogue.Key words: Social movements. Feminism. Women. Ecology of knowledge

“El feminismo es un movimiento que está en muchos movimientos y eso le da la potencialidad de abarcar perspectivas amplias”. Entrevista a Lilián Celiberti

Lilián Celiberti is a Uruguayan feminist and a Democracy and Human Rights activist in Uruguay and Latin America. She was a student activist in the 1970s and faced the military dictatorship in her country and in Brazil. She was persecuted, detained, tortured and imprisoned. After her release, she was able to go into exile in Milan (Italy), where she became aware of European feminism. With the return of democracy, Celiberti founded the Cotidiano Mujer collective in 1985, from which she has worked on various topics based on gender equality and women's rights. She participated in different projects at the national, regional, and global levels. She is the author of numerous essays and academic articles. In this interview, she talks about her feminist activism, about her political trajectory, the place that occupies the dialogue between Latin American feminisms. Moreover, she mentions the relationship between the ecological and feminist dimensions in the expansion of the economic extractivism present in the the region. Also, she comments on care as an instance of ethics and the potential of feminisms to consider the future. Lilián Celiberti es una feminista uruguaya y militante por la Democracia y los Derechos Humanos en Uruguay y en América Latina. Fue activista estudiantil en la década de 1970 y enfrentó a la dictadura militar en su país y en Brasil. Fue perseguida, detenida, torturada y encarcelada. Tras su liberación, pudo exiliarse en Milán (Italia), donde se acercó al feminismo europeo. Con el retorno de la democracia, Celiberti fundó en 1985 el colectivo Cotidiano Mujer, desde la cual ha trabajado diversos temas sobre la igualdad de género y los derechos de las mujeres, y participado de distintos proyectos a nivel nacional y regional, y global. Es autora de numerosos ensayos y artículos académicos. En esta entrevista, habla sobre su militancia feminista, de su trayectoria política, del lugar del diálogo entre los feminismos latinoamericanos, de la articulación de las dimensiones ecologistas y feministas en el contexto de expansión de la economía extractivista en la región, del cuidado como una ética y de las potencialidades de los feminismos para pensar el futuro. Lilián Celiberti é uma feminista uruguaia e ativista pela democracia e pelos direitos humanos no Uruguai e na América Latina. Foi militante estudantil na década de 1970 e enfrentou a ditadura militar em seu país e no Brasil. Ela foi perseguida, detida, torturada e presa. Após sua libertação, ela conseguiu se exilar em Milão (Itália), onde se aproximou do feminismo europeu. Com o regresso da democracia, Celiberti fundou o colectivo Cotidiano Mujer em 1985, a partir do qual trabalhou em diversos temas sobre igualdade de género e direitos das mulheres, e participou em diversos projectos a nível nacional, regional e global. Autora de numerosos ensaios e artigos acadêmicos, nesta entrevista fala sobre seu ativismo feminista, sua trajetória política, o lugar de diálogo entre os feminismos latino-americanos, a articulação das dimensões ecológica e feminista no contexto da expansão econômica. na região, do cuidado como ética e do potencial dos feminismos para pensar o futuro. Lilián Celiberti é uma feminista uruguaia e ativista pela democracia e pelos direitos humanos no Uruguai e na América Latina. Foi militante estudantil na década de 1970 e enfrentou a ditadura militar em seu país e no Brasil. Ela foi perseguida, detida, torturada e presa. Após sua libertação, ela conseguiu se exilar em Milão (Itália), onde se aproximou do feminismo europeu. Com o regresso da democracia, Celiberti fundou o colectivo Cotidiano Mujer em 1985, a partir do qual trabalhou em diversos temas sobre igualdade de género e direitos das mulheres, e participou em diversos projectos a nível nacional, regional e global. Autora de numerosos ensaios e artigos acadêmicos, nesta entrevista fala sobre seu ativismo feminista, sua trajetória política, o lugar de diálogo entre os feminismos latino-americanos, a articulação das dimensões ecológica e feminista no contexto da expansão econômica. na região, do cuidado como ética e do potencial dos feminismos para pensar o futuro