Prologo. It is by now commonly accepted that inflation looks more natural in supersymmetric theories rather in non-supersymmetric ones. This is because the necessity of introducing very small parameters to ensure the extreme flatness of the inflaton potential seems very unnatural and fine-tuned in most non-supersymmetric theories, while this naturalness is achieved in supersymmetric models. The...

An analysis of Marxist conceptions of the good and the beautiful and their relationship to alienation, “Ugly and Monstrous” argues that Marxism was ultimately a set of aesthetic beliefs, one that paradoxically called for the temporary cessation of all attempts to create beautiful artwork. Marx understood beauty as Kant had – that it is the result of the harmonization of the faculties that occur...

The tradition of marketing only aesthetically agreeable produce by retailers contributes to a major source food loss through “ugly veg”, i.e., the that does not look “regular”. In this paper, we examine relations between different tiers agri-food supply chains study impact ugly veg on chain members and in system. We compare scenarios centralized chain, traditional without veg, an with single re...

To reduce food waste, retailers have been offering non-calibrated fruits and vegetables (FaVs) in recent years, yet the acceptance of such produce is still far from unanimous. Using reciprocal projections, our research performs a comparative analysis French consumers’ representations eaters non-eaters misshapen FaVs. The overall rest on lexical registers that refer to economic, ecological, soci...