cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Estimating Maintenance.
L’estimo della manutenzione.
Creators: name: Domini, Sara; Università Di Udine
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: The evolution of construction technologies needs an integration between designers: this is essential to define solutions owning quality and economy to assure, during the life cycle of a building, a correct management approach, economically useful.
Founding a methodology to realize instruments to develop economical analysis to give valid solutions to verify quality management, as topicality of the project, and value engineering, as total costs, is very important. To estimate maintenance costs in building trade, object of this research, is important to study a building, realized as industrial building, to reduce the number of temporal variables and create a reliably database: so it will possible to have a reliable maintenance cost available.
description: L’evoluzione delle tecnologie costruttive richiede un’integrazione tra soggetti specializzati nella progettazione: la multidisciplinarietà che si viene a creare si qualifica allora come elemento indispensabile per un’attenta definizione di scelte che oltre a possedere le caratteristiche di qualità devono essere in grado di garantire, durante il ciclo di vita dell’edificio, anche un approccio gestionale che risulti economicamente vantaggioso. Fondamentale è individuare una metodologia grazie alla quale poter creare quegli strumenti atti a sviluppare analisi economiche in grado di fornire soluzioni ottimali per verificare la gestione della qualità totale da un lato e i costi totali dall’altro. Per affrontare la stima dei costi di manutenzione in ambito edilizio, ambito della ricerca, è indispensabile studiare un organismo edilizio con caratteristiche proprie industriali in modo da ridurre in numero le variabili temporali e permettere la creazione di un database affidabile.
Évaluation du raisonnement clinique d'étudiantes et d'infirmières dans le domaine de la pédiatrie, à l'aide d'un test de concordance de script
Creators: name: Latreille, Marie-Eve
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2012
Subjects: test de concordance de script
raisonnement clinique
sciences infirmières
pédiatrie
simulation de haute fidélité
outil d'évaluation

description: Le but de cette étude exploratoire est de déterminer si le test de concordance de script est un instrument capable de mesurer le raisonnement clinique d’étudiantes en formation et s’il peut déceler des différences entre le raisonnement clinique des novices et des expertes de la profession. Un TCS adapté au domaine des sciences infirmières et portant sur des champs particuliers de la pédiatrie a été administré à des candidates revendiquant différents niveaux d’expérience : des expertes du domaine (n=15), des infirmières (n=40) et des étudiantes de troisième année de formation (n=30). D’une durée de 20 minutes, le test a été pratiqué en ligne; il comptait 15 scénarios et 45 items au total. Les scores des étudiantes étaient significativement inférieurs aux scores des infirmières et des expertes. Le TCS est un instrument fiable et utile lorsqu’il s’agit de déterminer, en termes de raisonnement clinique, une différence de niveau entre la novice et l’experte.
A comparison of the contributions of Japanese and English-Canadian parents to their children's education.
Creators: name: Fanjoy, Andrea S.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 1999
Subjects: subject: Education, Elementary.

description: Education reforms throughout much of Canada reflect growing awareness of the role parents can play in an effective system. Though the relationship between parent involvement and student achievement is well established, how much time and money parents contribute to their children's education was largely unknown. To determine this for a sample of English-Canadian parents and to learn by comparison with a Japanese sample, 48 English-Canadian parents and 115 Japanese parents of children in grade 5 completed a survey on their contributions of time and money. They were also asked about their perceptions of the roles of home and school, aspirations for their children and motivations for spending their time and money in this way. While no significant differences were found in the total amount of money parents spent, there were many significant differences in how they spent it. Regarding time, English-Canadian parents spent more on almost every measure. Contrary to expectations, these findings raise many questions about previous research and prevailing attitudes regarding Japanese and English-Canadian parent involvement in education.
Ermittlung der Geräuschemissionen und Möglichkeiten zur Lärmminderung bei Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpen
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Geräuschemission
subject: Lärmminderung
subject: Verkehr
subject: Lärm
subject: Grundwasserwärmepumpe
subject: Lärmminderungsmaßnahme
subject: Lärm
subject: Transport

description: Ziel des Vorhabens ist die Unterstützung der Strategie des Bundes zur Minderung des Lärms durch Wärmepumpen und andere, stationär im Freien von Wohngebieten betriebene Geräte zur Kühlung, Lüftung und Heizung von Gebäuden. Dies soll einerseits durch die Entwicklung eines praxisgerechten Mess- und Bewertungsverfahrens zur Ermittlung der Geräuschemissionen und andererseits durch die Beschreibung technischer Lärmminderungsmaßnahmen geschehen. Zusätzlich wird eine Datensammlung mit relevanten Leistungs- und Geräuschkennwerten von aktuell erhältlichen Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpen zur Verfügung gestellt. Im Verlauf der Erstellung dieser Studie zeigte sich, dass es sinnvoll ist, die Datensammlung ebenfalls durch die anfallenden Netto-Kosten für die einzelnen Geräte sowie für zusätzlich erhältliche Lärmminderungsmaßnahmen zu ergänzen. Dies ermöglicht es, einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen technischen Stand von LWWP zu gewinnen.
Quelle: www.umweltbundesamt.de

description: Ziel des Vorhabens ist die Unterstützung der Strategie des Bundes zur Minderung des Lärms durch Wärmepumpen und andere, stationär im Freien von Wohngebieten betriebene Geräte zur Kühlung, Lüftung und Heizung von Gebäuden. Dies soll einerseits durch die Entwicklung eines praxisgerechten Mess- und Bewertungsverfahrens zur Ermittlung der Geräuschemissionen und andererseits durch die Beschreibung technischer Lärmminderungsmaßnahmen geschehen. Zusätzlich wird eine Datensammlung mit relevanten Leistungs- und Geräuschkennwerten von aktuell erhältlichen Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpen zur Verfügung gestellt. Im Verlauf der Erstellung dieser Studie zeigte sich, dass es sinnvoll ist, die Datensammlung ebenfalls durch die anfallenden Netto-Kosten für die einzelnen Geräte sowie für zusätzlich erhältliche Lärmminderungsmaßnahmen zu ergänzen. Dies ermöglicht es, einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen technischen Stand von LWWP zu gewinnen.
The emergence of the Romance languages from Latin: A case for creolization effects.
Creators: name: Goyette, Stéphane.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Language, Ancient.

description: This thesis aims to ascertain whether or not the phenomenon known as creolization played a role in the emergence of the Romance language from Latin. Creolization and normal language change differ in terms of their respective effects upon inflectional morphology: normal language change yields morphological loss and morphological creation through grammaticization. Creolization cause inflectional morphology to be severely reduced. Thus, the hypothesis tested would predict that the transition from Latin to Romance would involve an unusually high degree of morphological loss and an absence of creation of new inflectional morphology. Comparison with another language, whose external history precludes its having been creolized, Greek, is used to ascertain whether Romance shows an unusual pattern of morphological loss.. Comparison is first made between the fate of Latin nominal declension in Romance and Classical Greek declension in Modern Greek. It is found that declension was almost wholly eliminated in Romance but is preserved largely unscathed in Modern Greek. A similar fate befell adjectival declension. Likewise, the synthetic comparatives and superlatives of Latin did not survive into Romance, but those of Classical Greek survived into Modern Greek. Comparison of the two verb systems yields a similar result: whereas Romance severely reduced Latin verbal morphology (most importantly, the passive), Modern Greek has preserved the greater part of Classical Greek verbal morphology unscathed. If one adds to this a complete absence of any morphological creation in the emerging Romance languages, one is forced to conclude that creolization must indeed have played a role in the history of Romance. In conclusion, some examination is made of other alleged instances of creole-influenced language change, all of which are found wanting: some suggestions are made regarding methodology. Likewise, the implications of this conclusion, to linguists and especially Romance linguists, are presented.
Design and maintainance representation. Bologna social housing case study.
Disegni di progetto e manutenzione. Esempi di case popolari a Bologna.
Creators: name: Ballabeni, Massimo; Università Di Bologna
name: Cipriani, Luca; Università Di Bologna
name: Manferdini, Anna Maria; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: The aim of this paper is to investigate the representation of maintenance, taking the social housing of Bologna as case studies. These examples allow to develop this topic around a particular category of buildings that belong to modern period as far as formal and technological solutions are concerned, but that have inherited local and morphological characteristics that have made them integrate in the local urban context.
description: Il presente contributo ha l’obiettivo di individuare un “disegno di manutenzione” dell’edilizia residenziale popolare realizzata in epoca moderna che, partendo dal rilievo dell’esistente, dalla documentazione archivistica, dalla ricostruzione del panorama tecnico, porti ad un “disegno di peculiarità dell’architettura” capace di evidenziarne i caratteri tecnologici e impiantistici, oltre che ambientali, distributivi e formali. In particolare, la scelta di fare riferimento a casi di studio dell’edilizia popolare realizzati a Bologna tra le due guerre e nel secondo dopoguerra, consente di articolare il tema su una particolare categoria di edifici che, seppure riferibili all’architettura moderna in termini di metodologie progettuali e soluzioni formali e tecnologiche, sono riusciti ad inserirsi nel panorama urbano locale sottolineando i caratteri morfologici e formali tipici del luogo.
Camunites, a new genus of Hungaritinae (Ammonoidea, Ceratitida) and its meaning for the Anisian (Middle Triassic) biostratigraphy
Creators: name: Mietto, Paolo
name: Manfrin, Stefano
name: Preto, Nereo
Publisher: name: Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences
Year: 2024

description: Based on ammonoids collected in the uppermost part of the Prezzo Limestone (middle Illyrian, Anisian) in the Losine section (Camonica valley, Eastern Lombardy, Southern Alps), the new genus Camunites is described. Camunites gen. nov. comprises highly involute ceratitids characterized by a phragmocone with wedge-shaped whorl section, a distinct but rounded keel, a juvenile shell without nodes, and a smooth ventrolateral margin. The flanks show serried, weak, and scarcely elevated or barely visible ribs. The genus comprises Ceratites inconstans Reis, 1901, selected as the type species, and Ceratites lenis Hauer, 1896. We believe that the first appearance of Camunites (i.e. C. inconstans, here considered as the forerunner of the Subfamily Hungaritinae) can be used to define the base of the Hungarites Zone - reitzi Subzone (upper Anisian).
description: Journal of Mediterranean Earth Sciences, Vol. 16 (2024)
The internal envelope. A new way to conceive the internal environment.
L’involucro interno. Un nuovo modo di concepire gli ambienti.
Creators: name: Conti, Christina; Università Di Udine
name: Rossetti, Massimo; Università Di Udine
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: The article investigates the most recent tendencies in terms of design experimentation and technological innovation concerning the technical elements of the internal envelope, focusing in particular to the mobile and dry-assembled systems as vertical partitions, raised floors and false ceilings, which show the tendency to become a sort of internal “shell”, separated from the structural systems of the building and equipped with all devices finalized to the generation and maintenance of the thermal, acoustic and luminous comfort.
From the analysis of the tendencies it seems that the concept of an internal environment defined through this kind of “shell” can be one of the possible, if not prevailing, directions, in order to easily respond to functional and aesthetical requests for interior spaces.
description: L’articolo intende indagare le più recenti tendenze in quanto a sperimentazione progettuale e innovazione tecnologica relative agli elementi tecnici dell’involucro interno, con particolare riferimento ai sistemi mobili e assemblati a secco quali partizioni verticali mobili, pavimenti sopraelevati e controsoffitti, i quali tendono sempre maggiormente a configurarsi come una sorta di “guscio” interno, svincolato dai sistemi portanti dell’edificio e dotato di tutti dispositivi finalizzati alla generazione e mantenimento del comfort termico, acustico e luminoso.  Dall’analisi delle tendenze emerge che il concetto di un ambiente interno definito mediante un involucro di questo tipo possa essere una delle direzioni possibili se non prevalenti, in grado di conformarsi con facilità ed efficacia a esigenze di tipo funzionale ed estetico.
Functionalized Surface Layer on Poplar Wood Fabricated by Fire Retardant and Thermal Densification. Part 2: Dynamic Wettability and Bonding Strength
Creators: name: Chu, Demiao
name: Mu, Jun
name: Avramidis, Stavros
name: Rahimi, Sohrab
name: Liu, Shengquan
name: Lai, Zongyuan
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2019

description: In continuation of our former study on a novel combined treatment of nitrogen–phosphorus fire retardant and thermomechanical densification on wood, this study focuses on the dynamic wettability and the bonding strength. The contact angle was measured using the sessile drop method and the surface energy was calculated according to the van Oss method. Water surface penetrating and spreading is analyzed by both the Shi and Gardner model and the droplet volume changing model. The results reveal that the combined treatment increased the surface energy, especially the acid–base component. The contact angle declined and the water droplet spread more easily on the surface. Meanwhile, the rate of relative droplet volume decreased by 32.6% because the surface layer was densified and stabilized by the combined process. Additionally, the surface possesses the lowest roughness and highest abrasion resistance on the tangential section. Thus, the bonding strength of the combined treated poplar decreased by 29.7% compared to that of untreated poplar; however, it is still 53.3% higher than that of 220 °C heat-treated wood.
Using Transformers for Skeletal Pose Sequence Generation
Creators: name: Bär, Florian
Publisher: name: Hochschule Luzern – Informatik
Year: 2024
Subjects: sign language
transformers
machine learning
machine translation

description: Deafness affects approximately three out of every 1,000 people, making sign language essential for many. Current translation systems between written text and sign language are limited, posing communication challenges between hearing and non-hearing individuals. The goal of this project is to develop and explore the capabilities of a comprehensive text-to-pose sequence system using transformer-based neural network models, contributing towards a holistic text-to-pose neural network.
This study utilizes the Swiss sign language pose lexicon, with skeletal pose sequences ex- tracted using MediaPipe Holistic. The dataset was integrated into an evolving machine-learning pipeline. Initially, this project explored a transformer-based decoder model to represent single- hand GLOSS and later integrated a BERT encoder as the model evolved, conducting experiments with more pose components and a limited number of GLOSS sequences.
The initial challenge addressed was translating single words of written text into skeletal body keypoint sequences in sign language. Technical challenges in developing a transformer-based encoder-decoder model were explored, with experiments highlighting the sequence generation process.
This study achieved significant progress in text-to-pose translation but identified limitations in pose extraction methods and data imbalances, affecting sequence accuracy. Future research should focus on improved pose extraction, further developments in error representations, and collaboration with the deaf community to enhance communication technologies. The approach is compared with existing gloss-to-pose translators, noting advancements and areas for further development.
description: + ID der Publikation: hslu_107339 + Art des Beitrages: Master-/Lizentiats-/Diplomarbeit + Name der Universität / Institution inkl. Ort: Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology, 6343 Rotkreuz + Land der Universität / Institution: Switzerland + Sprache: Englisch + Letzte Aktualisierung: 2024-11-05 15:40:32
Supplementary document for Effect of SiO₂ nanoparticles embedded in the electrode layer on the efficiency of organic solar cells - 5148611.pdf
Creators: name: Vladimirova, Yulia
name: Zadkov, Victor
name: Paraschuk, Dmitry
name: Mannanov, Artur
name: Luponosov, Yuriy
name: Ponomarenko, Sergey
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Le Nuove Scienze e il Genius Loci
The New Sciences and The Spirit of Place
Creators: name: Mehaffy, Michael; International Network For Traditional Building
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2009

description: Oggi la teoria della conservazione urbana sta affrontando aspetti intangibili – notabilmente il concetto del “genius loci”. Ma questa idea potenzialmente vaga deve essere compresa nei termini che permettono un suo effettivo utilizzo. L’autore argomenta che tale questione può essere affrontata attraverso un approfondimento della complessità della scienza rivelando i modi attraverso i quali un sistema nella sua interezza può essere scomposto in elementi dinamici. All’interno dei tessuti storici noi siamo conservatori, siamo utilizzatori, siamo consumatori e, inevitabilmente, siamo coloro che attuano le modifiche. Il nostro compito non è di far resistere quell’insieme, ma di poterlo gestire in maniera più dinamica e di pretendere un più ampio concetto di conservazione. Questo atteggiamento va oltre il dualismo basato sul modello di pensiero del “genius loci” ma abbraccia una più efficace aspettativa di crescita organica.
description: Today urban conservation theory is embracing intangible aspects -- notably the concept of the “spirit of place”. But this potentially vague idea must be understood in terms that allow effective management. The author argues that this can be done through the insights of complexity science – revealing the ways in which a complex wholeness can be maintained in a system of dynamic elements. Within historic environments we are conservators; we are users; we are enjoyers; and inevitably, we are changers. Our task is not to resist that complex mix, but to manage our way through it more skilfully, and to aim for a more holistic preservation. This entails moving beyond the dualist “spirit of the age” thinking of a previous generation, and embracing a more nuanced model of organic evolution.
German health-related environmental monitoring: Assessing time trends of the general population̷s exposure to heavy metals
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Monitoring
Uran
Nickel

description: The German system of a health-related environmental monitoring is based upon two instruments: The German Environmental Survey (GerES) and the Environmental Specimen Bank (ESB). The ESB is a tool to describe time trends of human exposure. Each year approx. 500 students from 4 sampling locations are analysed for their heavy metal contents in blood, blood plasma, and urine. GerES is a nationwide representative cross-sectional study that has been conducted four times up to now. Both instruments have been used to measure heavy metals over the last decades and thus provide complementary information.Both instruments are useful to describe time trends. However, combining the two has an added value, which is demonstrated for heavy metals for the first time in this paper. Major results and the changing importance of sources of exposure to heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Hg, Au, Pt, U and Ni) are shown. This leads to the following conclusion about the today's relevance of exposure in Germany. For the study participants of the city of Muenster, lead in whole blood decreased from about 70 ìg/l in 1981 to levels below 15 ìg/l in 2009. GerES data of young adults confirmed this time trend and GerES IV on children revealed the decreasing relevance of lead in outdoor air and in drinking water. The concentrations of mercury in urine decreased because in Germany it is no longer recommended to use amalgam fillings for children. However, GerES IV and ESB data also demonstrate that despite the decline of these heavy metals exposures to nickel and uranium originating from drinking water are still of importance.
 Quelle: http://www.sciencedirect.com/
The Effect of Macrophage-secreted Factors on Preadipocyte Survival
Creators: name: Molgat, André
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: adipocyte
preadipocyte
metabolism
adipose tissue
fat
macrophage
inflammation
PDGF
TNFalpha
apoptosis
reactive oxygen species
platelet-derived growth factor
tumor-necrosis factor alpha

description: Adipose tissue (AT) expansion and remodeling that maintains healthy function relies on stromal preadipocytes capable of differentiating into new adipocytes (adipogenesis). During chronic positive energy balance, a relative deficit in adipogenesis, from either a decrease in preadipocyte number or their capacity to differentiate, leads to excessive adipocyte hypertrophy and AT dysfunction. AT contains macrophages whose number and activation state is dynamically regulated with changes in AT mass. This study aims to investigate the effect of macrophage-secreted factors on preadipocyte survival. To assess the effect of macrophage-secreted factors on preadipocytes, murine 3T3-L1 preadipocytes or human primary preadipocytes were incubated with macrophage-conditioned medium (MacCM), prepared from either murine (J774A.1, RAW264.7, bone marrow-derived) or human (THP-1, monocyte-derived) macrophage models, respectively. MacCM inhibited preadipocyte apoptosis and activated pro-survival signaling in both preadipocyte models. Inhibition of PDGFR, Akt, or ERK1/2 reduced the pro-survival effect of MacCM in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. Inhibition of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, or enhancement of ROS clearance, reduced MacCM-dependent 3T3-L1 preadipocyte survival. Whereas anti-inflammatory activated macrophages retained the ability to prevent preadipocyte apoptosis, pro-inflammatory activated macrophages did not. TNF-α immunoneutralization restored the survival activity of pro-inflammatory MacCM on 3T3-L1 preadipocytes. These studies reveal a novel pro-survival effect of MacCM on preadipocytes, and identify signaling molecules (PDGF, Akt, ERK1/2, and ROS) that underlie this action. Macrophage activation was found to regulate the pro-survival activity of MacCM. These in vitro cell culture studies are consistent with a model in which the extent of preadipocyte apoptosis in vivo may determine preadipocyte number and the ability of AT to expand while maintaining healthy function during chronic positive energy balance.
title: Corruption in Central Asia
Creators: name: Mambetaliev, Askarbek
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Education

description: This project is dedicated to the exploration of the nature, the causes and the means of combating corruption. It focuses on the context and experience in Central Asia, seeking to contribute towards the betterment of these countries and peoples. Growing attention is being given to the phenomenon of corruption worldwide. There have been established numbers of specialized International Organizations directly addressing to the issues of preventing and combating against corruption. According to Transparency International corruption traps people in poverty, undermines democracy, distorts national and international trade, diminishes ethics, contributes socioeconomic and political crises, threaten security, hinders development, and affects nature.
Three-dimensional X-ray Computed Tomography: a new diagnostic tool for artistic and Cultural Heritage
La Tomografia Computerizzata tridimensionale con raggi X: un nuovo strumento diagnostico per il patrimonio artistico e culturale
Creators: name: Morigi, Maria Pia; Università Di Bologna
name: Casali, Franco; Università Di Bologna
name: Bettuzzi, Matteo; Università Di Bologna
name: Brancaccio, Rosa; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2010

description: Born in the early Seventies for medical applications, X-ray Computed Tomography is currently playing an increasingly important role in the field of Cultural Heritage diagnostics. It represents a powerful non-destructive investigation technique, capable of displaying in a three-dimensional way the volume and the internal structure of the investigated objects, also thanks to modern 3D rendering techniques. This article presents the results of some diagnostic tests carried out by our research group, in collaboration with major restoration centers, using transportable tomographic systems developed by us. In particular it will deal with case studies that highlight the versatility and potential of computed tomography as a tool of knowledge in the field of artistic and cultural heritage.
description: Nata nei primi anni Settanta per applicazioni in campo medico, la Tomografia Computerizzata con raggi X attualmente sta assumendo un ruolo di crescente importanza per la diagnostica nel settore dei Beni Culturali. Essa rappresenta infatti una potente tecnica di indagine non distruttiva, capace di visualizzare in maniera tridimensionale il volume e la struttura interna degli oggetti investigati.  In questo articolo verranno presentati i risultati di alcune indagini diagnostiche realizzate dal nostro gruppo di ricerca, in collaborazione con importanti centri di restauro, utilizzando sistemi tomografici trasportabili da noi sviluppati. In particolare saranno trattati casi di studio in grado di evidenziare la versatilità e le potenzialità della tomografia come strumento conoscitivo nel campo del patrimonio artistico e culturale.
Supplementary document for Effect of SiO₂ nanoparticles embedded in the electrode layer on the efficiency of organic solar cells - 5148611.pdf
Creators: name: Vladimirova, Yulia
name: Zadkov, Victor
name: Paraschuk, Dmitry
name: Mannanov, Artur
name: Luponosov, Yuriy
name: Ponomarenko, Sergey
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental document
Field deployment of prototype antenna tiles for the Mileura Widefield Array Low Frequency Demonstrator
Creators: name: Bowman, Judd D.
name: Barnes, David G.
name: Briggs, Frank H.
name: Corey, Brian E.
name: Lynch, Merv J.
name: Bhat, N. D. R.
name: Cappallo, Roger J.
name: Doeleman, Sheperd S.
name: Fanous, Brian J.
name: Herne, David E.
name: Hewitt, Jacqueline N.
name: Johnston, Chris
name: Kasper, Justin C.
name: Kocz, Jonathon
name: Kratzenberg, Eric
name: Lonsdale, Colin J.
name: Morales, Miguel F.
name: Oberoi, Divya
name: Salah, Joseph E.
name: Stansby, Bruce
name: Stevens, Jamie
name: Torr, Glen
name: Wayth, Randall B.
name: Webster, Rachel L.
name: Wyithe, J. Stuart B.
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Experiments were performed with prototype antenna tiles for the Mileura Widefield Array Low Frequency Demonstrator (MWA LFD) to better understand the wide-field, wide-band properties of their design and to characterize the radio-frequency interference (RFI) between 80 and 300 MHz at the site in Western Australia. Observations acquired during the 6 month deployment confirmed the predicted sensitivity of the antennas, sky-noise-dominated system temperatures, and phase-coherent interferometric measurements. The radio spectrum is remarkably free of strong terrestrial signals, with the exception of two narrow frequency bands allocated to satellite downlinks, and rare bursts due to ground-based transmissions being scattered from aircraft and meteor trails. Results indicate the potential of the MWA LFD to make significant achievements in its three key science objectives: epoch of reionization science, heliospheric science, and radio transient detection.
P-Cycle-based Protection in Network Virtualization
Creators: name: Song, Yihong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Network Virtualization
virtual network embedding
survivability
p-Cycle protection
optimization
Integer Linear Programming
Column Generation

description: As the "network of network", the Internet has been playing a central and crucial role in modern society, culture, knowledge, businesses and so on in a period of over two decades by supporting a wide variety of network technologies and applications. However, due to its popularity and multi-provider nature, the future development of the Internet is limited to simple incremental updates. To address this challenge, network virtualization has been propounded as a potential candidate to provide the essential basis for the future Internet architecture. Network virtualization is capable of providing an open and flexible networking environment in which service providers are allowed to dynamically compose multiple coexisting heterogeneous virtual networks on a shared substrate network. Such a flexible environment will foster the deployment of diversified services and applications. A major challenge in network virtualization area is the Virtual Network Embedding (VNE), which aims to statically or dynamically allocate virtual nodes and virtual links on substrate resources, physical nodes and paths. Making effective use of substrate resources requires high-efficient and survivable VNE techniques. The main contribution of this thesis is two high-performance p-Cycle-based survivable virtual network embedding approaches. These approaches take advantage of p-Cycle-based protection techniques that minimize the backup resources while providing a full VN protection scheme against link and node failures.
Supplementary document for Photometric constraint for absolute phase unwrapping from single-frequency fringe patterns - 5148758.pdf
Creators: name: qi, zhao shuai
name: Liu, Xiaojun
name: Wang, Zhao
name: yang, jiaqi
name: Zhang, Yanning
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Appendix A: Details about the simplification of energy function in the second stage of the proposed algorithm
The Representation of Nature between Art and Science
La rappresentazione della Natura tra Arte e Scienza
Creators: name: Manferdini, Anna Maria; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2010

description: The current issue of “DISEGNARECON” collects examples of works, researches and experiments able to testify the central role that the observation of reality plays within the knowledge and creative process in several fields. Similarly to the Renaissance, when the introduction of new instruments for observing reality suggested considerations whose consequences went beyond contingencies and called into question an entire cultural system, in recent decades, thanks to the availability of new sophisticated tools and methods of investigation, we witnessed a renewed interest in Nature and its observation that has suggested applications in different fields. The study of Nature, of its forms, functions and principles that rule the evolution and the balance between living creatures and the external environment proposes experimentations in fields such as, for example, architecture and design of the environment, which are actually called to provide answers to the problem of the relationship between man and the natural environment.
description: Obiettivo di questo numero di “DISEGNARECON” è raccogliere contributi, esperienze e risultati di ricerche che testimoniano il ruolo centrale della osservazione della realtà all’interno del processo cognitivo e creativo. Il tema della osservazione e della rappresentazione del dato naturale è stato scelto in analogia a quanto accadde a partire dal Rinascimento, quando la messa a punto di nuovi strumenti per l’osservazione della realtà aprirono dibattiti le cui conseguenze andarono al di là delle contingenze e misero in discussione un intero sistema culturale. Negli ultimi decenni, grazie alla disponibilità di nuovi e sofisticati strumenti e metodi di indagine, l’interesse verso il dato naturale e la sua osservazione è stato rinnovato e ha al contempo suggerito interessanti applicazioni in campi differenti. Lo studio della Natura, delle sue forme, funzioni e principi che regolano l’evoluzione e l’equilibrio fra gli esseri viventi e l’ambiente suggerisce sperimentazioni in ambiti come, ad esempio, quelli del design e della progettazione architettonica dell’ambiente antropizzato che sono attualmente chiamati a fornire risposte al problema del rapporto fra l’uomo e l’ambiente naturale.
Rehabilitación psiquiátrica y recuperación funcional: Una revisión bibliográfica
Creators: name: Martínez Abella, Andrea
name: García Villalobos, Irais Esther
name: Martínez Andreu, Bárbara
name: Molina Romero, Germán
name: Blanco Germán, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: INTRODUCCIÓN

En la actualidad la recuperación funcional en los pacientes con trastorno mental grave y deterioro funcional se basa en programas de rehabilitación psicosocial.

OBJETIVOS

Enmarcar la importancia de los programas de rehabilitación psiquiátrica en la recuperación e integración de los pacientes, con la mejoría que esto implica de su calidad de vida.

Exponer los distintos pilares que existen en los programas de rehabilitación psiquiátrica que caracterizan una recuperación funcional significativa según la evidencia científica.

MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS

Se ha realizado una revisión sistemática de artículos publicados sobre la relación entre rehabilitación psiquiátrica y recuperación funcional utilizando PubMed como motor de búsqueda, seleccionando finalmente artículos.

DISCUSIÓN

Continúa existiendo controversia en cuanto a si realmente existe una recuperación funcional significativa en los pacientes con trastorno mental grave y deterioro funcional tras realizar un programa de rehabilitación psiquiátrica.

Valorando los componentes de una rehabilitación psiquiátrica psicosocial y la recuperación funcional, se ha evidenciado que son de especial importancia la remisión sintomática, el desarrollo de habilidades sociales y el fortalecimiento del funcionamiento cognitivo, por lo que muchos programas se basan en estos pilares.

CONCLUSIONES

Con la evolución de los programas de salud mental y rehabilitación psiquiátrica, se ha evidenciado que las intervenciones que se realizan tienen un alto impacto en la vida de los pacientes, permitiéndoles mantener un mejor manejo de su enfermedad y una mayor autonomía.
A LOOK AT NATURE. From observation to representation
UNO SGUARDO SULLA NATURA. Dall'osservazione alla rappresentazione
Creators: name: Ruf, Annina; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2010

description: To look, to see, to observe, to represent.
The exercises that are presented are based upon the above mentioned verbs.
The first three verbs are related to knowledge that can be translated into representation.
The looking action represents our most generic approach with fenomenic reality, it is the starting point of a fisiologic characteristic that belongs to us and to other living creatures.
The seeing action is a voluntary consequence of the previous act and it represents the precise will to create a relationship based upon our decisions.
The observing action is a deeping act that approaches reality focusing our attention on it.
The representing action is another deeping act that both:
a) allows reality to reappear in front of us as we know it beacuse of our previous seeing action;
b) allows to translate reality into its evocation.
description: Guardare, vedere, osservare, rappresentare.
Gli esercizi proposti si basano sui quattro verbi precedentemente enunciati.
I primi tre verbi aprono un sapere, suscettibile di tradursi in atto rappresentativo.
Guardare è l'atto più generico del nostro rapporto con la realtà fenomenica, è il punto di partenza di una caratteristica fisiologica della nostra e di altre specie viventi.
Vedere, conseguenza volontaria del precedente atto, è la scelta precisa che permette di istituire una relazione, basata su decisioni finalizzate.
Osservare è un approfondimento che avvicina il dato di realtà situandolo nel centro della nostra attenzione.
Rappresentare è un approfondimento, nella sua duplice veste:
a) un fare riapparire di fronte a sé ciò che so per averlo veduto;
b) essendo capace di tradurlo nella sua evocazione.
REHABILITACIÓN PSIQUIÁTRICA Y RECUPERACIÓN FUNCIONAL: UNA REVISIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA
Creators: name: Martínez Abella, Andrea
name: García Villalobos, Irais Esther
name: Martínez Andreu, Bárbara
name: Molina Romero, Germán
name: Blanco Germán, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: INTRODUCCIÓN

En la actualidad la recuperación funcional en los pacientes con trastorno mental grave y deterioro funcional se basa en programas de rehabilitación psicosocial.

OBJETIVOS

Enmarcar la importancia de los programas de rehabilitación psiquiátrica en la recuperación e integración de los pacientes, con la mejoría que esto implica de su calidad de vida.

Exponer los distintos pilares que existen en los programas de rehabilitación psiquiátrica que caracterizan una recuperación funcional significativa según la evidencia científica.

MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS

Se ha realizado una revisión sistemática de artículos publicados sobre la relación entre rehabilitación psiquiátrica y recuperación funcional utilizando PubMed como motor de búsqueda, seleccionando finalmente artículos.

DISCUSIÓN

Continúa existiendo controversia en cuanto a si realmente existe una recuperación funcional significativa en los pacientes con trastorno mental grave y deterioro funcional tras realizar un programa de rehabilitación psiquiátrica.

Valorando los componentes de una rehabilitación psiquiátrica psicosocial y la recuperación funcional, se ha evidenciado que son de especial importancia la remisión sintomática, el desarrollo de habilidades sociales y el fortalecimiento del funcionamiento cognitivo, por lo que muchos programas se basan en estos pilares.

CONCLUSIONES

Con la evolución de los programas de salud mental y rehabilitación psiquiátrica, se ha evidenciado que las intervenciones que se realizan tienen un alto impacto en la vida de los pacientes, permitiéndoles mantener un mejor manejo de su enfermedad y una mayor autonomía.
Misurare l'invisibile
Measuring the Invisible
Creators: name: Gagliardini, Claudio; Zeiss ITALIA
name: De Console, Daniele
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2010

description: Il termine “metrotomografia” indica il risultato del connubio tra metrologia e tomografia.
A differenza della tradizionale tomografia computerizzata, la metrotomografia va oltre i puri controlli visivi, offrendo l’opportunità di misurare anche le geometrie interne ed esterne di particolari molto complessi in modo accurato, completo e non distruttivo.
L’immagine 3D dell’intero volume dell’oggetto viene ottenuta componendo una sequenza di immagini ricavate tramite radiazioni elettomagnetiche, durante una rotazione di 360° del pezzo.
Avendo una descrizione completa del particolare è possibile effettuare tutta una serie di analisi che in alcuni casi diminuiscono notevolmente le tempistiche rispetto ai metodi tradizionali, in altri casi permettono indagini fino ad oggi non realizzabili.
description: The term "metrotomography" is the result of the combination of metrology and tomography.
Unlike traditional computer tomography, metrotomography goes beyond pure visual checks, offering the opportunity to accurately measure internal and external geometries of complex objects, using non-destructive procedures.
The 3D model of the object is obtained by composing a sequence of images obtained through electromagnetic radiation during a 360° rotation of the object.
The accurate and complete description of the micro scale detail of the object allows to perform analysis and tests that, in some cases, significantly reduce the timeframes in respect to traditional methods and in other cases allow investigations that couldn’t be completed until today.
Architettura, eTrees, & Natura
Architecture, eTrees, & Nature
Creators: name: Dollens, Dennis; Università Internazionale Di Catalogna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2010

description: Innestare prestazioni biologiche in architettura significa creare, crescere, sintetizzare attributi biologici e pensare l’architettura come una natura/cultura metabolicamente evoluta. Questo processo richiede una strategia di integrazione fra design, biologia, arte, orticultura, simulazione mediante e-plant, vita sintetica, bio-mineralizzazione e metodi di fabbricazione avanzati. L’integrazione fra la ricerca in campo botanico e in quello industriale ha l’obiettivo di introdurre specifiche risposte di tipo ambientale in campo architettonico. Questo contributo illustra un approccio alla progettazione architettonica che utilizza la simulazione digitale derivata dalla biologia - in particolare gli algoritmi di generazione di planto-architetture, quali ad esempio quelli che si fondano sulla fillotassi e sull’allometria - in fase ideativa.
description: One vision for grafting biological performance into buildings includes inventing, growing, and synthesizing biological attributes for architectural life—thinking of architecture as metabolically evolved nature/culture. This requires a parallel strategy fostering collaborations between design, biology, art, horticulture, e-plant simulation, synthetic life, bio-mineralization, and advanced fabrication. It encourages designers to integrate industrial and agricultural information as design research with the goal of embedding specific environmental-life responses in architecture. This text discusses and illustrates induced evolution in one emerging method for design realized through software simulation—in this case, plant-to-architecture generation based in naturally occurring algorithms, found for example, in botanic phyllotaxy and allometry.
Use of sildenafil in an infant with persistent pulmonary hypertension secondary to lung and renal hypoplasia – a case report
Creators: name: Lavie-Nevo, Karen
name: Harris, Kevin C
name: Ting, Joseph Y
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2019

description: Background: Premature preterm rupture of membranes (PPROM) is reported to be associated with high rates of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Sildenafil has been used in infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn (PPHN) due to congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Recently, Sildenafil has been evaluated as an alternative or adjunctive pulmonary vasodilator. This case report illustrates the use of early sildenafil for PPHN and right ventricular dysfunction in an unusual setting of lung and renal hypoplasia. Case presentation: A male infant was born at 37 weeks with a birth weight of 2840 g. Rupture of membranes developed at approximately 24 weeks of gestational age (GA). Bilateral small kidneys (< 2 standard deviations below average) were detected on ultrasound (US) examination at 30 weeks of gestation. The baby developed pneumothorax and pulmonary hypertensive crisis towards the end of the first day. An echocardiogram showed a dilated right ventricle, moderate right ventricular systolic dysfunction, hypoplastic pulmonary arteries and a large patent ductus arteriosus with bidirectional flow. The patient was sedated, paralyzed, and inhaled nitric oxide was administered to decrease the pulmonary resistance. In anticipation of persistent pulmonary hypertension due to the hypoplastic lungs and small calibre of pulmonary arteries, sildenafil was started on day of life (DOL) 5 at a dosage of 0.25 mg/kg/dose Q8H and gradually increased to 2 mg/kg/dose Q8H on DOL 9. The patient was finally extubated on DOL 7 and weaned off of non-invasive respiratory support on DOL 26. Sildenafil was gradually weaned beginning on DOL 21 and discontinued on DOL 48. Repeat echocardiogram assessment at 3 months showed complete resolution of PHT and right ventricular dilatation. Conclusions: We describe the early use of sildenafil in treating pulmonary hypertension associated with lung and renal hypoplasia in a non-CDH patient. Following this treatment the patient made a full recovery from right ventricular dysfunction.
Oltre la simulazione
Beyond simulation
Creators: name: Erioli, Alessio; Università Di Bologna
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna
Year: 2010

description: In natura “fare” o “crescere” implicano una relazione  intrinseca tra forma, materiale, pattern, spazio, in cui funzione e performance sono i risultati emergenti dell’interrelazione organismo-ambiente. L’energia è strettamente coinvolta nella variazione complessa del principio di minimo sforzo, sia nel mondo inorganico (cristalli, gocce d’acqua) che in quello organico; negli organismi, il metabolismo è l’espressione di questa relazione tra forma, energia e materia. Al contrario, i nostri sistemi di produzione tendono a separare e ottimizzare le fasi di progettazione, fabbricazione e costruzione. Gli strumenti digitali stanno riavvicinando e fondendo queste fasi tra loro, promuovendo una ecologia di progetto più sensibile nel loro facilitare una migliore comprensione delle sinergie tra sistemi e ambiente, o interazione tra sottosistemi.
description: In nature "making" or "growing" implies an intricate and embedded relation between form, material system, pattern, space, where function and performance are the emergent result of the organism-environment interrelation. Energy is tightly involved in the complex variation of the principle of minimal effort, both in the inorganic world (i.e. water drop or crystals) and in the organic;  when dealing with organisms, metabolism is the expression of this relation between form, energy and matter. Conversely, our systems of production tend to separate and optimize the various phases of design, fabrication and construction. Digital tools are tightening and fusing those phases together, fostering a more sensible design ecology as they may facilitate a better understanding of synergies between systems and environments, or subsystem interaction.