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CENTRIFUGE MODELLING IN LIQUEFIABLE GROUND BEFORE AND AFTER THE APPLICATION OF REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES
No full texthis paper describes the small scale centrifuge modelling activities performed at ISMGEO (Istituto Sperimentale Modelli Geotecnici, formerly ISMES – Italy) laboratory in the frame of the H2020 LIQUEFACT project (http://www.liquefact.eu/). The main aim of the exper- imentation was to analyze the seismic behavior of loose, saturated, sandy deposits, homogeneous or stratified, subjected to increasing seismic excitations up to liquefaction and to verify the effec- tiveness of different liquefaction mitigation techniques. Some tests were carried out under free field condition, in some others a simple structure based on shallow foundations was modelled. Thirty-seven centrifuge tests were carried out to this aim, organized in three series: the first one aimed at investigating the liquefaction triggering conditions, the second and third ones devoted at analyzing the effectiveness of three selected liquefaction mitigation techniques: vertical drains, horizontal drains and “Induced Partial Saturation” (IPS). Some of the most significant results are presented in this paper
Mafia Violence : Strategies, Representations, Performances
No full textThis chapter offers an introduction to the main features and dynamics of mafia violence in Italy, concentrating on the major criminal organizations historically rooted in the southern part of the country, such as Cosa Nostra in Sicily, the ’Ndrangheta in Calabria and the Camorra in Campania. The author’s attention is primarily dedicated to the qualitative aspects of mafia violence, trying to go beyond a strictly quantitative analysis which would risk providing only partial information as to the phenomenon. In particular, the focus is on the distinctive traits of and the meanings taken on by mafia violence in the recent history of these organizations, from a perspective that considers it not only as an important strategic resource but also, and above all, a social resource. A resource, that is, able to generate and/or nourish factors bearing on the identities, both personal and collective, found within these groups, which have important repercussions on the broader social and economic context in which they operate
Situated psychological agents: A methodology for educational games
No full textIn recent years, the ever-increasing need for valid and effective training to acquire competences in multiform contexts has led to a wide diffusion of educational games (EG). In spite of their diffusion, there is still a need to reflect on the design process that should embed the games' pedagogical potential and the instructional process in the entertainment scope. Moreover, as building EG, especially in digital environments, is an enterprise that involves specialistswith different expertise, it can be useful to have a shared methodology that is easily understandable and usable by many users. In this paper, we propose to use situated psychological agents (SPA) as a methodology to design and build effective EG and show how to represent games in terms of SPA and their interactions by diagrams and describe different examples of how this approach has been applied
Evoluzione urbana e immagine del paesaggio sorrentino tra Sette e Ottocento
No full textTra la seconda metà del Settecento e l’età preunitaria, il processo evolutivo della rete viaria costiera appare destinato a mutare l’approccio iconografico e, quindi, la fruizione del paesaggio sorrentino. Quei luoghi verranno fatti oggetto di rappresentazioni che, a differenza di quelle tradizionali, riprese prevalentemente dal mare, cominceranno a ‘penetrare’ negli insediamenti, specie con l’apertura del nuovo nastro viario da Castellammare a Sorrento, inaugurato nel 1839, offrendo inedite vedute di quegli abitati: pur violando, in qualche modo, la loro secolare intimità, favoriranno la scoperta delle straordinarie peculiarità urbanistiche e architettoniche di quel paesaggio
La vendetta della cicogna
No full textL’intervento muove dall’analisi di un noto passo delle Satire di Orazio (serm. 2.2.46-52). In questo contesto il poeta offre una colorita, efficace descrizione del ruolo del banchetto alla fine della Repubblica romana, quando, in tempi di crisi politica dirompente, un evergetismo sempre più sfarzoso si combina con il lusso privato declinato (anche) attraverso il consumo di pietanze esotiche, inusuali e – proprio perciò – utile alla costruzione di profili, di veri e propri personaggi che fanno dello spreco alimentare un’ostentazione di ricchezza tesa alla preparazione o al consolidamento di carriere magistratuali
Fluidized bed CaO hydration-dehydration cycles for application to sorption-enhanced methanation
No full textLa pratica sportiva e fisico-motoria
No full textIl volume analizza, con gli strumenti concettuali delle scienze sociali, le diverse modalità con cui lo sport attraversa la società contemporanea e la vita quotidiana, in un'epoca contrassegnata da imponenti processi di globalizzazione, mediatizzazione e commercializzazione dei fenomeni sportivi, specie in ambito professionistico. Redatti da differenti prospettive, i saggi raccolti in questo libro sono uniti dalla consapevolezza del ruolo rilevante esercitato dallo sport su relazioni sociali, pratiche contemporanee di consumo, processi socio-economici e politici e finanche sulle relazioni internazionali. Le analisi qui proposte confermano come per le scienze sociali lo studio dello sport costituisca un'opportunità significativa per riconsiderare una serie di fenomeni imprescindibili della società contemporanea, quali la stratificazione, i conflitti e le solidarietà sociali, le identità, i consumi, i processi mediali, le relazioni politiche, la centralità degli immaginari e delle narrazioni socioculturali, l'incidenza del mercato, le trasformazioni della vita quotidiana
Le "origini" cristiane nell'Enciclopedia Italiana. Lo spartiacque del 1929
No full textThe representation of Christian origins in the Italian Encyclopedia (Treccani) is the result of a particular way of looking at the religions of the past. It stands out as an alliance between European historicist reflection and strictly theological-dogmatic and apologetic assessments. The political fact of the Concordat of 1929 strengthens this alliance. The Italian Encyclopedia becomes one of the tools by which it is possible to emphasize and amplify the Fascist discursive machine, that at that moment emerges as strictly connected with the
traditionalist Catholicism. This traditionalist Catholicism is 'incorporated' and ‘institutionalized’ within the media-communicative framework built by the Fascist regime, as it emerges also, among other elements, from the same Italian Encyclopedia
