Nowadays the Government of industrialised countries, in presence of reduced public funds, has to manage the public research laboratories to increase the efficiency and research performance, necessary to the competitiveness of firms and of economic systems. The purpose of this paper is to...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze possible relations between crime, migratory phenomenon and some socioeconomic factors in Europe. In particular, this preliminary study here endeavors to investigate relationships between some types of crime, such as homicides, thefts, sexual violence,...

The paper here investigates possible relationships between violent crime, migration and unemployment. Results seem to show an association between some crimes - such as theft, assaults and sexual violence- and immigration but not between intentional homicides and immigration. Preliminary evidence...

The current debate on public sector research in modern economies has generated an increasing interest regarding the scientific activity of research units for external users. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between production of basic research and applied activity of...

Comparative is a concept that derives from the verb “to compare” (the etymology is Latin comparare, derivation of par = equal, with prefix com-, it is a systematic comparison). Comparative studies are investigations to analyze and evaluate, with quantitative and qualitative methods, a...

The goal of this study is to analyze the variability of topics in research fields of technologies to explain scientific and technological evolution. Empirical research focuses on quantum technologies (quantum optics, metrology, imaging and sensing) to explain characteristics of the variation...

Nowadays the Government of industrialised countries, in presence of reduced public funds, has to manage the public research laboratories to increase the efficiency and research performance, necessary to the competitiveness of firms and of economic systems. The purpose of this paper is to...

The purpose of this paper is to measure and analyze the rate of scientific and technological advances of nano-technological research in biomedicine. The approach, based on models of growth, shows the current evolutionary trends of nano-research that may underpin future patterns of technological...

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be a constant threat in 2022 and is important to design appropriate vaccination campaigns to face next pandemic impacts driven by new variants. This study develops a Machine Learning experiment that shows, between countries, a rapid reduction...

Since a future pandemic similar to COVID-19 is not a question of whether will happen, but when it will happen. The impact of next pandemic will be determined by how well-prepared countries are when it occurs at any time with little warning, and how countries timely respond. In this context, a...