80 research outputs found
The Impact of ESG Practices in Industry with a Focus on Carbon Emissions: Insights and Future Perspectives
No full textIn recent years, interest in economic, environmental and social sustainability has increased significantly. Companies are gradually adopting behaviors aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, which represent a crucial aspect of the 2030 Agenda. In practice, they are currently incorporating organizational strategies that jointly consider environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), with the aim of generating value for all stakeholders. This paper aims to review, through a recognized seven-step procedure, the current literature on the impact that ESG practices have in industry, with a focus on the reduction of carbon emissions. The results are extremely useful for both researchers and entrepreneurs. The bibliometric analysis shows that interest in the ESG paradigm has grown considerably in the last three years. Furthermore, through the analysis of 13 key documents, it emerges that (i) the European community is pushing significantly towards the adoption of ESG practices through new regulations, (ii) the link between industrial operations and carbon emissions can no longer be neglected within the factory of the future, and (iii) significant efforts are still needed to standardize, in terms of variables and KPIs, the adoption of ESG-centric strategies
Human Robot Collaboration in Industry 4.0: a literature review
No full textTechnological developments through the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) jointly with the global COVID-19 pandemic have brought about a change in life and work of almost all existing professionals. Some researchers argue how the fifth industrial revolution will approach the fourth much sooner than all previous industrial revolutions. In fact, several sources start talking about the fifth industrial revolution, although the paradigms that will define its context and areas of development are still unclear. This research study focuses on one of the foundational aspects of the fourth industrial revolution and which already has the basis for being projected into the fifth industrial revolution and thus the possibility to be taken to the next level: Human-Robot Collaboration. A state-of-the-art study and a bibliometric analysis have been carried out in order to identify research trends related to this paradigm. In addition, the authors present a definition of HRC trying to describe its main characteristics and the key aspects that identify it. In the second part of the paper, a summary of the main research trends is presented, reporting some significant case studies
Digital twin for human-robot collaboration enhancement in manufacturing systems: Literature review and direction for future developments
No full textThe integration of robots in manufacturing systems known as Human Robot Collaboration (HRC) can provide relevant opportunities in terms of productivity, safety and quality control although there are still many challenges such as integration costs, complexity, safety and workforce concerns, skills gaps and regulatory compliance. Digital Twins (DTs), which are virtual replicas of physical systems, are being explored as a promising solution to address these challenges. Therefore, this paper delves into the potential DTs-based approaches for HRC in manufacturing systems with a focus on their ability to provide a realistic simulation environment for testing and optimizing collaboration strategies. The first part of the study involves a comprehensive literature
review devoted to understand how the scientific community perceives the application of DTs for HRC in manufacturing systems and the main trends of this research area are identified. The second part of the study presents a detailed analysis of the currently available commercial simulation software solutions for developing DT models in manufacturing systems for HRC scenarios. The analysis encompassed various aspects such as: the software’s capabilities in human and robot simulation, ergonomic and time measurements analysis, data exchange and interoperability with the physical world as well as with other software. The results of the analysis are meant to provide practical insights to researchers and practitioners interested in implementing DTs to enhance
HRC in manufacturing systems
Task Allocation in Human-Robot Collaboration: A Simulation-based approach to optimize Operator’s Productivity and Ergonomics
No full textThis paper delves into the transformative realm of Industry 4.0, emphasizing the pivotal role of Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) in redefining manufacturing landscapes. Central to this revolution is the integration of cyber-physical systems, automation, and the Internet of Things (IoT), culminating in the advent of smart manufacturing. We explore how HRC fosters a synergistic work environment, blurring the traditional boundaries between human workers and robotic counterparts. This research emphasizes the importance of intelligent task allocation in optimizing operational efficiency while safeguarding the ergonomic well-being of human operators. A simulation-based approach is presented, focusing on task allocation within HRC contexts to enhance both human operators' productivity and fatigue levels. The study provides an analysis of fatigue dynamics and its repercussions on industrial settings. The paper outlines various collaborative scenarios, including sole human operation, robot support, a Flexible Workstation (F-WS) support, and combined robot-FWS support, evaluated through a case study of an assembly station. The results underscore the tangible benefits of integrating robotic and F-WS support, demonstrating a balanced improvement in processing speed, operator efficiency, and a significant reduction in fatigue accumulation. In conclusion, this paper advocates for a balanced, human-centric approach to Industry 4.0, where the integration of HRC and ergonomic considerations pave the way for a sustainable, efficient, and health-preserving industrial future
Droits fondamentaux et «valeurs» dans le processus d’intégration européenne
No full textThe paper highlights the importance of fundamental rights and common normative
values within the European integration process. The author argues that they are the ‘ground
rules’ of the European legal system. Fundamental rights and the common system of
values are interdependent but different, particularly with regard to their respective scope.
Furthermore, the author examines normative values through the prism of what he assumes to
be their six basic components. The conclusion reached – keeping in due account the recent
case-law of the Court of Justice – is that the ‘doctrine of values’ can play a key role in the
European constructio
VII Shakespeare: Shakespeare’s Comedies
No full textThe Year's Work in English Studies is the qualitative narrative bibliographical review of scholarly work on English language and literatures written in English. It is the largest and most comprehensive work of its kind and the oldest evaluative work of literary criticism. The Year’s Work in English Studies does not merely offer annotated or enumerated bibliography entries, but provides expert, critical commentary supplied for every book covered.
Each volume includes a detailed overview from Old English to contemporary critical works for a given year, and contains critical notices for some 1100 books; extensive coverage of English Language, American Literature, New Literatures in English and English Literature; coverage of specialist periodicals; comprehensive indexing by critic, author, and subject; plus bibliographical endnotes for each chapter. YWES is an essential resource for scholars in any field of language or literary studies
Constantinople chez Antonio Baratta : palimpseste ou peinture d'après nature ?
No full textInternational audienceThe study of the volumes that the diplomat Antonio Baratta dedicated to the city of Constantinople, where he lived for several years, aims to question the supposedly original position of the author on the tradition of travel narrative in the main city of the Levant. Indeed, Baratta claims to write with a clear distance from other travel writers but this analysis invites to qualify this statement. His relation to the travelling Orientalist narratives is intricate and his efforts to free himself from his predecessors seem to end, after all, in failure. This research questions the gap between his desire to provide a new representation of the city and the use of pre-texts to fuel his own books
Autore contro lettore, riddler contro riddlee, criminale contro detective. La contesa enigmistica come strumento di gestione del sapere
No full textThis work intends to investigate different ways of managing knowledge in the modern, ancient and postmodern era through the analysis of three riddle contests. In the first case, we will reflect on the relationship between author and reader starting from a review by Edgar Allan Poe on Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge; in the second, the outcome of a riddle contest narrated by Tolkien in The Hobbit will be commented; in the third, the gnoseological logics that preside over the connotations of Paul Auster’s detective fiction will be explored
“Evoking the Atmosphere of a Vanished Society”: la Firenze fantasmatica di Sir Harold Acton in The Soul’s Gymnasium (1982)
No full textFlorence plays a central role both in the existential path and in the vast, multifaceted literary production of Sir Harold Acton (1904-1994), the last of a generation of Anglo-Americans who inhabited the “City of the Lily” more as an idea than a geographical place. Those who read Acton’s pages continuously encounter a coherent thematic thread, in which Florence beauty is both a victim and an antidote to the horror of the twentieth century. With the aim of giving perspective depth to this fascinating relation between an author and his city, the essay offers for the first time an analytical summary of Acton’s macrotext, isolating in it the city of Florence as a narrative chronotope: beyond the different approaches to narration – be it that of the Renaissance, late Baroque or eighteenth-century past, that of Acton's life, or that of fiction – the corpus brings out constant, authorial features in the representation of the city. At the same time, this article also proposes, as a case study, the close reading of The Soul’s Gymnasium, a collection of short stories published by Acton in 1982. This late work encapsulates a final and stratified vision of Florence, whose layers may be peeled back to investigate the physiology of Acton’s gaze on the city. The stories gathered in The Soul’s Gymnasium allow (more than historiography or popularization, eminently linked to data) the free emergence of an “idea” of the city: a fading dream darkened by death, a precious world hovering over the precipice. These stories are the last gift of old age, in which the nostalgic dimension – the awareness that an era is ending forever – is captured with vivid strength and power
Ritratto dell'artista da lavoratore. Posture estetiche in La carte et le territoire
No full textAccording to Lipovetsky and Serroy, beauty has risen to a new ontological requirement: the aesthetic phenomenon has expanded beyond its traditional boundaries, influencing reality and, above all, the economic dimension. The result has been an art market in which the aesthetic work responds to unprecedented hierarchies of value, and the author finds himself assuming professional postures fueled by innovative deontologies. This contribution investigates the transformations the aesthetic job undergoes in the late capitalist and post-Fordist logic through a close reading of Michel Houellebecq’s La carte et le territoire. In the novel, it is possible to observe the professional attitudes of three different artists: the photographer and painter Jed Martin, the fictional writer Michel Houellebecq and – through a metanarrative refraction – the narrator Michel Houellebecq. All three face the professionalization of the artistic activity oscillating between the poles of a dialectic that is difficult to resolve between artisanal and industrial work, creativity and methodicalness
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