Ministero degli Affari Esteri

• Boundaries for Russian HE are harder in EHEA than in CIS, EEU, SCO and BRICS. • Spatial imaginaries places Russian HE among global and Eurasian leaders. • Russian HEIs do not participate in shaping spatial imaginaries of Russian HE. • Spatial imaginaries and internationalization policy goals contradict implementation. • Privileged internationalization shapes neocoloniality of Russian HE. The article considers how and at which recent historical and political junctures documents, experts and academics frame the internationalization of Russian higher education (HE) in the course of neoliberal reforms. Asking how new boundaries for Russian HE have re-emerged, re-imaged and aligned with internationalization policy, we explore whether the current trend of isolation for Russian HE is realistic. For this purpose, we examine the regional spaces and spatial imaginaries of Russian HE, investigate how and why they contradict with the principles and particularly, implementation of internationalization policy. We develop the concept of ‘shadows in internationalization’, exploring how a privileged internationalization, understood as a set of deliberately built decision-making mechanisms to provide the rent extraction for policy insiders, hinders quality and equity in Russian HE and its regional spaces outside. We outline how and why Russia’s leadership have incorporated quantitative evaluation criteria for internationalization policy amidst neoliberal reforms, and juxtapose them with implementation realities. In doing so, we focus on internationalization activities which Russian universities are obliged to develop in HE and dynamics of related publications of Russia-affiliated scholars to reveal their alignment with the spatial imaginaries. We conclude that implementation of internationalization policy based on Western criteria, coupled with monopolisation of privileges and a traditional rigidity of university governance, contradict spatial imaginaries of a globalising and internationalising of Russian HE in prioritised regional spaces and worldwide. We argue that this contradiction continues to undermine the quality and cohesion of national and regional spaces of Russian higher education from inside.

San Juan de los Lagos y Lagos de Moreno, ciudades que han conformado la historia, la actividad productiva y el tejido social en la región de los Altos de Jalisco, México, enfrentan desafíos y retos en torno a la gestión del agua, la sequía y el cambio climático. El presente volumen es el resultado de una investigación interdisciplinaria que muestra lo que sucede en este territorio mediante la comprensión de sus escenarios de vulnerabilidad y a través de información científico–técnica a fin de generar políticas capaces de hacerles frente. Esta información ha sido sistematizada a partir de tres conceptos: la ecología política, el institucionalismo y el ciclo hidrosocial, entendiendo este último como un enfoque que logra un análisis más integral sobre las relaciones de poder entre “los flujos del agua y la sociedad”. Incorpora, además, los datos obtenidos en grupos focales, talleres y entrevistas con funcionarios y productores ganaderos de la región, lo que permite el conocimiento de la forma en que los propios actores entienden su realidad socioambiental a la vez que expone las vicisitudes que conlleva hacer valer los derechos humanos relacionados con el medio ambiente. Este estudio pretende aportar soluciones que incidan en el diseño e implementación de mejores políticas públicas y brindar elementos para fortalecer y transformar la acción de las instituciones encargadas del cuidado de las zonas semiáridas.

This work sought evidence of statistical literacy and critical thinking in individuals aged 16 to 25 when facing news with statistical data on COVID-19. A questionnaire was administered to 76 participants in the Storytellers program at Tecnológico de Monterrey, consisting of high school and undergraduate students. Under Gal's model (2002), it was found that they succeeded in 73% in reading graphs, 52% in statistical skill with mathematical operations, and 45% in critical evaluation. On the other hand, evidence of critical thinking was found in 72% under Koga's model (2022), and evidence of a 4% improvement in statistical literacy at the undergraduate level compared to high school. In conclusion, there is a perceived need for training in these cross-cutting competencies.

<strong>The methodology developed within RELaTED identifies interesting interactions between heat sources and high dense areas, but fails to encounter fully successful outcomes.</strong> The main output of this study is the definition of a procedure for the identification of opportunities of waste heat reuse with a practical application based on real data in both Basque country region and Mazovia region. This document included: <strong>. Phase 1 of the regional study, with an energy and administrative planning of DH in consolidated urban environments.</strong> The main output from this task is the methodology to define roadmaps for the planning of new DH networks in existing urban areas. This methodology has been developed through its practical applications, with identification of potential sources. Technical, administrative and financial constraints are considered in the identification of these potential sources. Considering that administrative &amp; policymaking environments vary in Europe, administrative roadmaps are focused on the particular cases of the regions/countries directly represented in RELaTED: Basque Country (EVE) and Mazovia (MAE). <strong>. Phase 2, where potential DH development have been identified at regional scale.</strong> Based on phase 1 and regional workgroups, potential sites for DH development are identified based on predefined key factors such as economic factors, available residual industrial heat or vicinity of urban areas, among others. Based on these criteria, a set of 2-3 locations are defined and analysed on detail for each region. The final outcome of this task is the identification of at least one suitable location per region, for the deployment of a new DH network with the RELaTED configuration based on a feasibility study. This work allows the definition of an implementation roadmap based in the studied areas but with application to other regions. The roadmap considers every step which must be considered in order to identify potential areas where a low temperature DH based in industrial waste heat can be located. The roadmap should be carried out by a public entity in the region, in order to have a general vision of the possibilities of this technology, as well as promote every project that can be made.

In 1989 Pope John Paul II, through the Motu Proprio “On the first anniversary”, established the Labour Office of the Apostolic See (ULSA), with the task of contributing to ensure that the dignity of every employee or collaborator working for the Holy See be respected and guaranteed. In 2009 during the Pontificate of Benedict XVI the ULSA-Statute underwent some modifications (Motu Proprio “Twenty years ago”). Today other adjustments have been made: the composition of the ULSA-Council has been adjusted to the reforms of the Roman Curia and the extent of jurisdiction of the Office has been widened: as a matter of fact, now the ULSA is obliged to try a conciliation in all labour disputes.

A necessidade de métodos analíticos mais rápidos e com alta eficiência é o que move a pesquisa aplicada às áreas de ciência e análise de alimentos.A metabolômica é uma plataforma extremamente versátil, que integra dados estatísticos e experimentais na produção de resultados analíticos de alta confiabilidade.Aliado às técnicas modernas de espectrometria de massas,

Questo saggio analizza la politica culturale sviluppata dal fascismo italiano in Spagna nel periodo compreso tra la presa del potere in Italia fino alla fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Attraverso questa politica si sviluppò la strategia di espansione e proselitismo del regime fascista nei confronti della società spagnola. Emergerà così l’interesse del fascismo per porre la cultura italiana allo stesso livello di quelle delle grandi Potenze. Questo progetto fu però condizionato dallo sviluppo politico interno alla Spagna. Nel testo vengono analizzati i diversi veicoli usati dal fascismo: le scuole italiane all’estero, gli Istituti Italiani di Cultura e i programmi di scambio e di cooperazione culturale.