34 research outputs found
Artivismo antimilitarista: l’esperienza del Movimento No Dal Molin a Vicenza
No full textL\u27esperienza del Movimento No Dal Molin nasce a Vicenza nel 2006 contro la costruzione di una nuova base militare Usa nell’ex aeroporto Dal Molin. Da allora il Presidio Permanente No Dal Molin diventa la casa comune di diverse realtà antimilitariste e lo spazio della creatività del movimento.
L\u27arte ha un ruolo fondativo di tale attivismo politico, in diverse forme riconducibili alla sfera della public art. Mentre le basi militari vicentine imitano l\u27arte di Andrea Palladio, infatti, il Movimento No Dal Molin attraversa la città con performance e produzioni artistiche partecipative.
L’articolo intende approfondire alcune delle forme artistiche proposte dal 2006 al 2014 e indagarne l’attuale eredità. Tra queste: le azioni di Teatro invisibile e teatro di strada che le donne del movimento hanno usato per stimolare inizialmente il dibattito pubblico sulla base militare; i contributi di artisti locali, come l’azione rivolta all’Unesco The Burning Cemetery, di Alberto Peruffo; infine Silent Play, un percorso audioguidato coordinato da Carlo Presotto e scritto collettivamente: nella fase di costruzione della base, ripercorreva luoghi ed eventi simbolo del movimento.The No Dal Molin Movement was born in Vicenza in 2006 against the construction of a new US military base in the former Dal Molin airport. Since then, the No Dal Molin Permanent Presidium has become the common home of various anti-militarist realities and the space for the movement\u27s creativity. Art has a founding role in this political activism, in various forms attributable to the sphere of public art. While the Vicenza military bases imitate the art of Andrea Palladio, in fact, the No Dal Molin Movement crosses the city with participatory artistic performances and productions.
The article intends to deepen some of the artistic forms proposed from 2006 to 2014 and investigate their current legacy. Among these: the actions of invisible theater and street theater that the women of the movement used to initially stimulate the public debate on the basis; the contributions of local artists, such as the action addressed to Unesco The Burning Cemetery, by Alberto Peruffo; Silent Play, an audio-guided tour coordinated by Carlo Presotto and written collectively which, during the construction phase of the base, retraced the places and events that symbolize the movement
«Chi inquina paga, o no?» I casi DuPont e Miteni
No full textNoi abbiamo appreso quattro lezioni dai casi in parola. La prima è di economia e finanza aziendale: imprese che perseguono la creazione di profitti possono razionalmente decidere di inquinare se il valore dei profitti attesi è stimato in un importo superiore ai costi conseguenti ai danni causati.
La seconda conclusione impone la ricerca di nuovi meccanismi che disincentivino ex ante questi comportamenti. Una terza conclusione: occorre individuare una sede istituzionale dove la rappresentanza trasversale di attori e portatori di interessi di un territorio sia parte integrante di una sua governance multlivello. Qyarta conclusione: occorre prevedere un meccanismo finanziario con il quale durante l’esercizio dell’attività, fin dal primo permesso a costruire, una parte dei ricavi siano accantonati in un fondo esterno all’azienda che verrà utilizzato per il ripristino dell’area al medesimo stato in cui si trovava prima della sua trasformazione in un sito produttivo, ovvero la sua bonifica. La terra, l’acqua, l’aria, la biodiversità che viveva in quei prati, trasformati in luoghi di produzione di benefici privati, sono beni comuni: né pubblici né privati. Solo con queste garanzie di tutela dei beni comuni, dopo i misfatti delle imprese, fallite o meno che siano, potranno «ritornare i prati»
Analisi sperimentale su un ciclo transcritico bistadio con anidride carbonica
No full textGenova, Itali
Asymmetry in the Cytoarchitecture of the Area 44 Homolog of the Brain of the Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
No full textThe evolution of the brain in apes and man followed a joint pathway stemming from common ancestors 5–10 million years ago. However, although apparently sharing similar organization and neurochemical properties, association areas of the isocortex remain one of the cornerstones of what sets humans aside from other primates. Brodmann’s area 44, the area of Broca, is known for its implication in speech, and thus indirectly is a key mark of human uniqueness. This latero-caudal part of the frontal lobe shows a marked functional asymmetry in humans, and takes part in other complex functions, including learning and imitation, tool use, music and contains the mirror neuron system (MNS). Since the main features in the cytoarchitecture of Broca’s area remains relatively constant in hominids, including in our closest relative, the chimpanzee Pan troglodytes, investigations on the finer structure, cellular organization, connectivity and eventual asymmetry of area 44 have a direct bearing on the understanding of the neural mechanisms at the base of our language. The semi-automated image analysis technology that we employed in the current study showed that the structure of the cortical layers of the chimpanzee contains elements of asymmetry that are discussed in relation to the corresponding human areas and the putative resulting disparity of function
The Brain of the Domestic Bos taurus: Weight, Encephalization and Cerebellar Quotients, and Comparison with Other Domestic and Wild Cetartiodactyla.
No full textThe domestic bovine Bos taurus is raised worldwide for meat and milk production, or even for field work. However the functional anatomy of its central nervous system has received limited attention and most of the reported data in textbooks and reviews are derived from single specimens or relatively old literature. Here we report information on the brain of Bos taurus obtained by sampling 158 individuals, 150 of which at local abattoirs and 8 in the dissecting room, these latter subsequently formalin-fixed. Using body weight and fresh brain weight we calculated the Encephalization Quotient (EQ), and Cerebellar Quotient (CQ). Formalin-fixed brains sampled in the necropsy room were used to calculate the absolute and relative weight of the major components of the brain. The data that we obtained indicate that the domestic bovine Bos taurus possesses a large, convoluted brain, with a slightly lower weight than expected for an animal of its mass. Comparisons with other terrestrial and marine members of the order Cetartiodactyla suggested close similarity with other species with the same feeding adaptations, and with representative baleen whales. On the other hand differences with fish-hunting toothed whales suggest separate evolutionary pathways in brain evolution. Comparison with the other large domestic herbivore Equus caballus (belonging to the order Perissodactyla) indicates that Bos taurus underwent heavier selection of bodily traits, which is also possibly reflected in a comparatively lower EQ than in the horse. The data analyzed suggest that the brain of domestic bovine is potentially interesting for comparative neuroscience studies and may represents an alternative model to investigate neurodegeneration processes
Data-driven Abstractions with Probabilistic Guarantees for Linear PETC Systems
No full textWe employ the scenario approach to compute probably approximately correct (PAC) bounds on the average inter-sample time (AIST) generated by an unknown PETC system, based on a finite number of samples. We extend the scenario optimisation to multiclass SVM algorithms in order to construct a PAC map between the concrete state-space and the inter-sample times. We then build a traffic model applying an l-complete relation and find, in the underlying graph, the cycles of minimum and maximum average weight: these provide lower and upper bounds on the AIST. Numerical benchmarks show the practical applicability of our method, which is compared against model-based state-of-the-art tools.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Team Manuel Mazo J
Expression of calcium-binding proteins and selected neuropeptides in the human, chimpanzee, and crab-eating macaque claustrum
No full textThe claustrum is present in all mammalian species examined so far and its morphology, chemoarchitecture, physiology, phylogenesis and ontogenesis are still a matter of debate. Several morphologically distinct types of immunostained cells were described in different mammalian species. To date, a comparative study on the neurochemical organization of the human and non-human primates claustrum has not been fully described yet, partially due to technical reasons linked to the postmortem sampling interval. The present study analyze the localization and morphology of neurons expressing parvalbumin (PV), calretinin (CR), NPY, and somatostatin (SOM) in the claustrum of man (# 5), chimpanzee (# 1) and crab-eating monkey (# 3). Immunoreactivity for the used markers was observed in neuronal cell bodies and processes distributed throughout the anterior-posterior extent of human, chimpanzee and macaque claustrum. Both CR- and PV-immunoreactive (ir) neurons were mostly localized in the central and ventral region of the claustrum of the three species while SOM- and NPY-ir neurons seemed to be equally distributed throughout the ventral-dorsal extent. In the chimpanzee claustrum SOM-ir elements were not observed. No co-localization of PV with CR was found, thus suggesting the existence of two non-overlapping populations of PV and CR-ir interneurons. The expression of most proteins (CR, PV, NPY), was similar in all species. The only exception was the absence of SOM-ir elements in the claustrum of the chimpanzee, likely due to species specific variability. Our data suggest a possible common structural organization shared with the adjacent insular region, a further element that emphasizes a possible common ontogeny of the claustrum and the neocortex
