bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
For F☆ck’s Sake. The Political Narrative of Sex Toys in the Communication of MySecretCase
Authors: Biasetton Silvia , Biasetton Noemi 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIn the last 20 years, the industry of sex toys has grown exponentially within the Western online market, giving life to new forms of communication regarding topics such as sex and sexuality. However, if on one hand the online sale of sex toys and its related communication allow (once again) the spread of political narratives, on the other they seem to reinforce an individual and self-determining conception of sex and sexuality which preclude its broader understanding within societal norms and omit forms of collective and shared practices related to such topics.To understand the consequences of this paradox, the paper will focus on sex toys as carriers of political narratives related to sex and sexuality, reflecting especially on the role of that online communication might have on their diffusion. To achieve this, the paper will take into consideration the visual communication of MySecretCase as a case study and analyze it through the visual methodology proposed by Gillian Rose [1, 2]. Through the analysis of the communication design strategies adopted by MySecretCase, we aim at interrogating whether—if confined in the virtual space—sex toys can still be considered as carriers of political and collective values, reflecting on the role of communication design in shaping the symbolic narrative around these objects.
25 Ways to Hammer a Nail. “Postcrocian” Aesthetics and Everyday Life’s Poetics in Enzo Mari
Authors: Messori Rita 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe essay analyzes the poetics of Enzo Mari in the light of postcrocian aesthetics, in particular Umberto Eco and Luciano Anceschi’ contributes.The field of reflection of the essay, conducted on several levels (both meta-artistic and intra-artistic) is polarized around some expressions and some key words, explications of issues perceived as urgent.First, a rethinking of aesthetic experience on the basis of the results of psychology and the phenomenology of perception.Secondly, a rethinking of the status of the work of art, which becomes “open work” or work “with multiple outcomes”; to characterize the work is a semantic stratification, a multiplicity of meanings that requires an active user, able to enter the work and trace an interpretative path. Thirdly, a rethinking of the aesthetic-social impact of art capable of activating an “aesthetic education”, a new and more conscious experience of the “environment”, be it natural or cultural: artistic objects, as well as those of design, have a transformative power of ordinary space-time, and consequently of the habits that mark it. This creates a very close link between aisthesis, poiein and praxis, between aesthetics, artistic operation and life, in its ethical and social aspect.
Design for Emergencies
Authors: De Angelis Chiara 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe recent health crisis and the phenomena linked to environmental upheavals have aroused great interest in the theme of emergency and the need to systematise it.The “Design for Emergency”, not yet well defined and in continuous evolution within the scientific discipline of Design, is today at the centre of the cultural debate to find a more precise definition, limits and possibilities, good practices and necessary interdisciplinary relations.After an initial introduction to the topic, the essay intends to define and discuss, through selected case studies, the design’s contribution within critical contexts, through the reinterpretation of two terms, the “cycle” and the “wave”, discussed in the essay “Designing in the Post-COVID Era” (2021) by M. Bianchini, P. Bolzan and S. Maffei [1].The two terms, used by the authors to describe a range of phenomena, would influence differently the actions, methods and design strategies aimed at developing innovative and effective solutions and products to cope with emergency conditions.
The Physical Model as an Evolution of the Design Process: From the “Capostipite” to the Finished Product
Authors: Di Stefano Alessandro , Paciotti Davide 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe physical contact with the material, the giving of form while simultaneously verifying material consistency, curvature, and three-dimensionality, is an indispensable component of the designer's personal process in shaping the object to be produced. The physical model is the tool that has enabled designers to develop and validate their projects for successful industrial production. The paper explores the role of the physical model as a design tool and its contemporary evolution. It has, through the influence of increasingly advanced digital tools, acquired various functionalities, radically transforming the prototyping process. The model has increasingly become virtual from physical by means of more computational parametric and generative modelling software. With the evolution of rapid prototyping technologies into rapid additive manufacturing technologies, there is a shift from verification model to finished product, with performance characteristics comparable to an industrially manufactured object. This investigation made it possible to explain the main stages of change in the prototyping process in three graphics, where the constant shift from physical to digital can be seen. From a time-consuming process caused by making physical models mainly by manual work, to a short and digital process, making the main verification steps virtual.
Aesthetics of Design for Social Innovation. Pathways for a Dialogue with Everyday Aesthetics
Authors: De Rosa Annalinda , Galluzzo Laura 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe paper presents “ADESSO - Aesthetics of Design for Social Innovation”, foundational research that aims at investigating the sensorial insights and the aesthetic experience related to services, relationships, environments, communication strategies, and spaces within Design for Social Innovation approaches, highlighting the impact on processes and outcomes.As Design for Social Innovation deals with all that design branches can do to promote and support social changes towards social and environmental sustainability, such processes are usually typified by a strong dematerialization of the design object itself: they own a relational and dialogical perspective. As the object itself of the design process has constantly been expanded, mainly towards its intangibility, the focus on the value generated by the experience of artefacts and places has found its area of investigation. Also, a decreased authorship has progressively turned the designer’s role into participatory-design-led practices. Indeed, Design Aesthetics has mainly dealt with product design and the related sensorial involvements, and no specific studies have so far included Design for Social Innovation.Focusing on these three principal axes of change for design research, ADESSO starts by investigating the aesthetic experience generated throughout sustainable and participative cases, stressing the importance of differential contributions to the whole process.
Design for Behavior Change in Design Education. A Case Study
Authors: Pillan Margherita 
Published: December 2023

AbstractAddressing design education programs according to the goals for sustainable development indicated by the ONU Agenda 2030 requires the update of contents and methodologies. The paper deals with why design theories for behavior change (DfBC) should be considered in design education at the university level, with a particular focus on service and interaction design. It also reports, as a case study, the results of including DfBC in a UX Design course, where students were engaged in the design of solutions aimed at supporting change of behaviors for sustainability. The experiment shows the potential of these theories as valuable educational content; it also enlights the need to develop further ethical discussion on the use of brain sciences in design.
Beyond Visualisation Data as Raw Material for Uncoded Experiences
Authors: Calogero Lucilla 
Published: December 2023

AbstractIn the context of our evolving data-driven society, controlling the current abundance of data and the resulting flow of information does not circumscribe actions from disciplinary boundaries. Many recent theories factually underline this fact contributing significantly to the definition of valuable tools, methodologies, and processes. Numerous cross-disciplinary contributions support an ever-expanding field of knowledge in its many applications, the benefits of which are evident from an economic, social and cultural perspective. Furthermore, they seem to reveal the potential of a material transformation of data: re-materialising data, giving it physical shape and staging it in public spaces to create more emphatic relationships. This plastic experience would make people feel the data, not just watch and observe it. The paper proposes an analytical framework, helpful in exploring the opportunities offered by data design: what technological innovations make the development of new data communication languages possible? What spatial dimension does the experience provide? What value, what meaning do they bring? The framework offered here intends to be a thinking tool and inspire renewed data interaction design practices. A better understanding of what interaction in data design is, and how it can enrich the quality of interaction in data-informed product-service systems which empower those who use them. The goal is to open up the dialogue amongst parties interested in making the human explicit in the data ecosystem.
Space as a Narrative Interface. Phygital Interactive Storytelling in the Field of Cultural Heritage
Authors: Bollini Letizia 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe paper explores the evolution of interaction design and digital communication – with a focus on the phygital space and the enhancement of people experience – both from the theoretical as well as a design point of view, based on a phenomenological and critical mapping of recent and paradigmatic case studies. In doing that, it introduces, presents, and discuss the possible role played by the phygital space as a narrative device exploring possible combinatons – space, narrationa and technologies – of space-based, multimodal storytelling mediated by blended experiences and devices.
Objects Between Material Culture and Visual Culture
Authors: La Fortuna Loredana 
Published: December 2023

AbstractWhat happens to a squeezer, a coffee maker, a corkscrew, when they leave the kitchen and become part of a film set? What happens when material culture is transformed into visual culture? What new roles, meanings and connections to the subject, do objects find themselves constructing in the content continuum of virtual media?This paper attempts to answer, albeit partially, these questions by using a specific case study, namely the analysis of the presence of some of the most famous Italian design objects, the kitchen objects by Alessi, within the American filmography of the last twenty years.The ultimate aim is to reason in terms of meaning and narrativity according to the methods proposed by sociosemiotics and cultural studies, in order to identify new characteristics and functions that design can perform within an experiential context that is already dominant: the world of images.
Conversation Design for Raising Awareness on the Responsible Use of the Internet
Authors: Filippi Mauro , Di Dio Salvatore , Schillaci Domenico , Malorni Stefano , Scuderi Angelo , Guzzo Sabrina 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe rapid process of digital transformation and servitization experienced on a global scale in recent decades, further accelerated by the pandemic crisis, has radically altered the life experience of societies, with technological innovations leading to the emergence of new ethical and legal challenges. The issue of digital literacy and the acquisition of basic skills for responsible use of the internet has become one of the most urgent prerogatives in international government programs to address psychosocial phenomena such as those related to online grooming, cyberbullying, cybersuicide, cyber racing, or online scamming. The proposed work introduces the use of participatory game design as an empowerment tool for young students. The case study of the NetWalking project, developed by an interdisciplinary team of practitioners and researchers in several secondary schools in the city of Palermo (Italy), describes the experimentation of co-design activities of an edugame with a conversational interface (chatbot), which exploits the logic of nonlinear storytelling to actively engage students in playful learning activities, contributing to the development of hard skills (STEM) and soft skills (self-assessment, teamwork and information management).
Vorgehensweise: Methodologie und Methode
Authors: Ruther Lilo 
Published: December 2023

ZusammenfassungSchon die im vorausgehenden Kapitel skizzierte Datenerhebung impliziert methodologische und methodische Vorentscheidungen. Das gilt erst recht für die Aufbereitung und Auswertung der erhobenen Daten. Daher geht es im Folgenden um allgemeine methodologische und konkrete methodische Fragen und Entscheidungen, die bei der Umsetzung der Untersuchung eine wichtige Rolle gespielt haben.
Thematisches Feld Natur
Authors: Ruther Lilo 
Published: December 2023

ZusammenfassungIm Folgenden werde ich den Positionierungsdimensionen folgend das Selbstbild, die Aufgaben, die Agency und die Deutungsmuster im thematischen Feld Natur rekonstruieren. Es werden unterschiedliche Datentypen (Prospekt, Interview und teilnehmende Beobachtungen) analysiert. Bei dem Bestattungsverein für Frauen zeigt sich auf allen vier Positionierungsdimensionen eine starke Orientierung an dem thematischen Feld Natur. Daher widme ich diesem Fall von Ritualleitung in diesem Kapitel besondere Aufmerksamkeit.
Thematisches Feld Ritual
Authors: Ruther Lilo 
Published: December 2023

ZusammenfassungIm Folgenden rekonstruiere ich das Positionierungsspektrum innerhalb des thematischen Feldes Ritual, indem ich den Ritualbegriff der Ritualleitenden untersuche, der sich aus ihrer Verwendung der Wörter «Ritual» und «rituell» in verschiedenen Zusammenhängen ergibt. Ausserdem beziehe ich mich auf Äusserungen, innerhalb derer unmittelbar auf weitverbreitete Ritualtheorien zurückgegriffen wird (rites des passage; Theorien von Lebensübergängen), indem z. B. von «Übergang» oder «Transformation» die Rede ist. In den Thematisierungen popularisierter Ritualtheorien, die sich in meinen Daten finden, spiegelt sich eine Reflexion etischer Ritualbegriffe und deren Verhältnis zu anderen Konzepten.
Problem and Project-Based Learning at Aalborg
Authors: Habbal Fawwaz , Kolmos Anette , Hadgraft Roger G. , Holgaard Jette Egelund , Reda Kamar 
Published: December 2023

AbstractAalborg University has grown out of a certain educational mindset based on reform pedagogy and German critical theory back in the 1970s. Aalborg University has developed problem and project based learning as the core principles for education at a systemic level. In this chapter, the history and contemporary principles and the educational practices are presented.
Studios Reshape Engineering Curricula at UTS
Authors: Habbal Fawwaz , Kolmos Anette , Hadgraft Roger G. , Holgaard Jette Egelund , Reda Kamar 
Published: December 2023

AbstractAs identified earlier, engineering curricula must develop three categories of skills and knowledge—(i) design and problem solving in complex, sociotechnical situations, (ii) the technical knowledge to support the design process, and (iii) the interpersonal skills to support engineering team processes. Traditional curricula, based on teaching the technical knowledge and skills, under-deliver developing the design and interpersonal skill sets. Studios are a place where all three categories of skills can be developed.
Application of image analysis and machine learning for the assessment of grape (Vitis L.) berry behavior under different storage conditions
Authors: Ropelewska Ewa , Noutfia Younes 
Published: December 2023

AbstractFresh grapes are characterized by a short shelf life and are often subjected to quality losses during post-harvest storage. The quality assessment of grapes using image analysis may be a useful approach using non-destructive methods. This study aimed to compare the effect of different storage methods on the grape image texture parameters of the fruit outer structure. Grape bunches were stored for 4 weeks using 3 storage methods ( – 18 °C, + 4 °C, and room temperature) and then were subjected subsequently to image acquisition using a flatbed scanner and image processing. The models for the classification of fresh and stored grapes were built based on selected image textures using traditional machine learning algorithms. The fresh grapes and stored fruit samples (for 4 weeks) in the freezer, in the refrigerator and in the room were classified with an overall accuracy reaching 96% for a model based on selected texture parameters from images in color channels R, G, B, L, a, and b built using Random Forest algorithm. Among the individual color channels, the carried-out classification for the R color channel produced the highest overall accuracies of up to 92.5% for Random Forest. As a result, this study proposed an innovative approach combining image analysis and traditional machine learning to assess changes in the outer structure of grape berries caused by different storage conditions.
Complete Minimal Logarithmic Energy Asymptotics for Points in a Compact Interval: A Consequence of the Discriminant of Jacobi Polynomials
Authors: Brauchart J. S. 
Published: December 2023

AbstractThe electrostatic interpretation of zeros of Jacobi polynomials, due to Stieltjes and Schur, enables us to obtain the complete asymptotic expansion as$$n \rightarrow \infty $$n→∞of the minimal logarithmic potential energy ofnpoint charges restricted to move in the interval$$[-1,1]$$[-1,1]in the presence of an external field generated by endpoint charges. By the same methods, we determine the complete asymptotic expansion as$$N \rightarrow \infty $$N→∞of the logarithmic energy$$\sum _{j\ne k} \log (1/| x_j - x_k |)$$∑j≠klog(1/|xj-xk|)of Fekete points, which, by definition, maximize the product of all mutual distances$$\prod _{j\ne k} | x_j - x_k |$$∏j≠k|xj-xk|ofNpoints in$$[-1,1]$$[-1,1]. The results for other compact intervals differ only in the quadratic and linear term of the asymptotics. Explicit formulas and their asymptotics follow from the discriminant, leading coefficient, and special values at$$\pm 1$$±1of Jacobi polynomials. For all these quantities we derive complete Poincaré-type asymptotics.
Optimal vitamin D supplement dosage for improving insulin resistance in children and adolescents with overweight/obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Authors: Zhu Linlian , Li Shan , Zhong Lijuan , Xu Shiping , Zhu Hongbin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Purpose
We conducted a network meta-analysis which aims to evaluate the comparative efficacy of different supplementation dosages of vitamin D on cardiometabolic and bone-metabolic indicators as well as insulin resistance in children and adolescents with overweight/obesity.

Methods
Eligible studies published before December 10, 2022 were retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science. Mean difference and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to express pooled estimates. Network meta-analysis of multiple doses, including low (< 1000 IU/day, LDS), medium (1000–2000 IU/day, MDS), high (2000–4000 IU/day, HDS), and extremely high (> 4000 IU/day, EHDS) dosage strategy, was conducted using STATA/MP 14.0.

Results
Our network meta-analysis of 15 RCTs suggested that, compared with placebo and LDS, EHDS was increased 25-(OH)-D, with a pooled MD of 8.65 (95% CI 4.72–12.58) and 7.66 (95% CI 0.91–14.41), respectively. Meanwhile, EHDS also decreased ho meostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) (MD: − 0.74; 95% CI: − 1.45 to − 0.04) and C-reactive protein (CRP) (MD: − 18.99; 95% CI − 21.60 to − 16.38), and EHDS was also better than LDS (MD: − 18.47; 95% CI − 20.66 to − 16.28) and MDS (MD: − 19.69; 95% CI − 22.17 to − 17.21) in decreasing CRP. Ranking probability suggested that EHDS ranked best for increasing 25-(OH)-D, and decreasing HOMA-IR and CRP, with a probability of 86.1%, 83.1%, and 76.6%, respectively.

Conclusions
The results of our network meta-analysis suggest that EHDS may be the best strategy for vitamin D supplementation to reduce inflammatory responses as well as improve insulin resistance in children and adolescents with overweight/obesity.

PROSPERO registration number
CRD42023387775.
A citizen science report—Tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) in allotment gardens in Graz, Styria, Austria
Authors: Reichl Julia , Prossegger Christina , Eichholzer Bernhard , Plauder Pamina , Unterköfler Maria Sophia , Bakran-Lebl Karin , Indra Alexander , Fuehrer Hans-Peter 
Published: December 2023

AbstractAedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito, is an invasive species not native to Europe. Due to its ability to transmit pathogens, such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses, Ae. albopictus is considered a major health threat. In Austria, it was first reported in 2012 in the Western province of Tyrol and was documented in the metropolitan area of Vienna in 2020, demonstrating its ability to colonize urban areas. In July 2021, a garden owner from Graz, Styria, Austria, contacted experts because of the possible presence of tiger mosquitoes in an allotment garden complex. Accordingly, citizen scientists collected adult mosquitoes and set up ovitraps. Adults and eggs were sent to the laboratory for morphological examination and molecular DNA barcoding within the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene. In total, 217 eggs of Ae. albopictus were found at the allotment garden as well as at a second location in the city of Graz. In addition, 14 adult Ae. albopictus specimens, of which 7 were molecularly identified as an identical haplotype, were collected at the allotment garden. With its mild climate and numerous parks and gardens, Graz provides the perfect environment for reproduction of tropical/subtropical alien Aedes mosquitoes. The presence of eggs and adult specimens in the current study period indicates that Ae. albopictus is already breeding in Graz. However, monitoring efforts need to be continued to determine whether stable populations of Ae. albopictus can survive there.
Lab-on-chip technologies for space research — current trends and prospects
Authors: Krakos Agnieszka 
Published: December 2023

Abstract The in-depth analysis concerning application of microfluidic instruments for space biology research is presented. The article focuses on recently investigated key scientific fields, i.e., lab-on-chips applied to the biomedical studies performed in the (1) International Space Station and (2) CubeSat nanosatellites. The paper presents also the lab-on-chip devices that were fabricated with a view to future space biology research and to those that to date have been solely been tested under Earth laboratory conditions and/or simulated microgravity environments. NASA and ESA conceptual mission plans for future are also mentioned, concerning for instance “tissue chips” and the ESA-SPHEROIDS campaign. The paper ends with final conclusions and future perspectives regarding lab-on-chip application in the space biology sector and its impact on novel biomedical and pharmaceutical strategies.
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