Lo sfruttamento lavorativo. Profili giuridici

The research addresses the complex issue of labor exploitation, in all its possible forms, contexts and actors involved, while also attempting to outline a general notion of labor exploitation (currently absent in both the national and supranational contexts). The study delves into measures and sanctions to address labor exploitation, highlighting their merits and criticalities, and then hypothesizes a system to combat exploitation that also considers the protection and reintegration of victims.

Marmor nostrum in Mare Nostrum. Genova e l’affermazione di una Repubblica del marmo nell’Età moderna

Grazie a profonde e inedite ricerche d’archivio, la tesi analizza i diversi fattori storici, geografici, tecnologici, economici ed artistici che nella prima Età Moderna fecero di Genova il cuore pulsante della cosiddetta “industria” del marmo. Dopo avere considerato il tema dell’inserimento della maestranze di origine lombardo-svizzera nella città ligure, dove si integrarono talmente bene da poterli definire a tutti gli effetti genovesi, la tesi affronta la nascita e lo sviluppo della loro co...

Ambiente e digitalizzazione: l’adattamento ai cambiamenti climatici tra precauzione e nuove tecnologie

The Covid-19 pandemic crisis has had, among its many effects, that of aggravating the overall economic condition of the eurozone. The result of the exacerbation of an already critical situation was the elaboration of the now well-known 'Next Generation EU', proposed by the European Commission in May 2020, which is part of a project path already started by the European institutions, giving it, due to the amount of funds made available, a phenomenal acceleration. The two main pillars of the tra...

Il mestiere dell’indoratore a Genova (1590-1690): carte d’archivio e tecnica esecutiva a confronto

This research investigates the profession of gilders in Genoa during the 17th century, a period marked by the notable dispute involving Giovanni Battista Paggi (1590–1690). This conflict catalyzed the formal recognition of gilders as an independent professional category, distinct from painters, and permanently excluded from the corporate system deemed degrading. Reconstructing the profession, which lacked stable associations and was scarcely documented—both in terms of notable figures and sur...

Implementing single nuclei RNA sequencing to study tumor-host interaction in bladder cancer resected by Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor (TURBT)

Bladder cancer's significant intratumoral heterogeneity poses challenges to accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. While genomic and transcriptomic analyses have advanced our understanding, bulk sequencing methods often mask this heterogeneity, potentially overlooking aggressive subclones contributing to treatment resistance. This study leveraged single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq), a technology newly implemented in Qatar, to characterize the cellular composition and transcription...

Solving and Explaining Scheduling problems in Digital Health using Logic Programming

The importance of Digital Health has been increasing in recent years. This is due to the development of technologies and new challenges in the healthcare sector. The world's population is increasing and becoming older, moreover, according to the World Health Organization, in the near future there will be a shortage of medical staff of several million. In this thesis, we define and propose a solution to three healthcare scheduling problems using Answer Set Programming (ASP), a declarative lang...

The Stochastic sub-Gradient Method under Heavy-Tailed Noise

This thesis is dedicated to the study of the Stochastic sub-Gradient Method (SsGM) applied to data that are affected by heavy-tailed noise. The emergence of heavy-tailed noise in modern datasets has been investigated intensively in recent years. This type of noise affects negatively the performances of most optimization and machine learning methods, which instead are conceived with well-behaved light-tailed noise in mind. As SsGM is arguably the most adopted method in modern machine learning ...

Multiple Sclerosis: insights on COVID-19, treatments and inequalities

This thesis presents a collection of projects on multiple sclerosis (MS), divided into three sections according to the main focus: COVID-19, treatments and inequalities. These three topics are highly interrelated: MS research during the pandemic principally focused on the impact of MS therapies, COVID-19 crisis exacerbated inequalities, disparities can be found in early access to therapies and representativeness in clinical trials. Part of the works on COVID-19 explored data from the MuSC-19 ...

«Andremo via di qui vincitori o morti». Militanza contadina indiana e l’occupazione a Delhi. Utilizzo di pratiche religiose e istituzioni tradizionali nel processo di costruzione di una identità collettiva e una militanza sacra.