2,237 research outputs found
Informative Design. Innovazioni di processo per una progettazione integrata
No full textThe article aims to explore the main possibilities that Building Information Modeling is offering these days, in terms of methods and processes. BIM’s typical informative methodology is deeply modifying the approach to the architectural design. In fact, it influences every single phase of the building process, imposing also a profound rethinking regarding the concept of time. Furthermore, the article outlines how the application of the BIM approach on existing buildings, both civil (EBIM) and historical (HBIM), is possible. Finally, a focus is placed on the difference that an informative design can make in managing and maintaining existing buildings
Costruzioni incompiute tra manutenzione e manutenibilità
No full textUnfinished constructions represent a contemporary unresolved problem, especially in the Italian scenario. Despite the different type, original intended use and location, the reinforced concrete used as structural material denotes a common distinctive feature of these constructions.
In recent decades, this phenomenon has been the object of scandal campaigns, mostly referred to public Administrations. By contrast, various publications and exhibitions have extensively investigated the potentials of unfinished constructions, arousing the interest of academics and designers. Nevertheless, on an operational level the issue still appears unsolved. Indeed, the incomplete constructions bring up technical and methodological problems finding no confirmation at the regulatory and legislative level, to the present day.
The proposed article is part of a research line that has already explored the phenomenon of unfinished constructions from a theoretical point of view. It aims at developing the subject, precisely referring to the reinforced concrete as the main building material. In addition to the diagnosis problems and the restoration of the damaged structures, often characterized by advanced states of decay due to the condition of incompleteness, the article provides ideas and tools maintenance- oriented
Introduzione a "Quale modernità per questo paese. I documentari e le culture dello sviluppo in Italia (1948-1962)"
No full textIncompiuto, una nuova linea di partenza : progettare la differenza per un futuro sostenibile
No full textLe contemporanee costruzioni incompiute, fattispecie diffusa globalmente dell’ambiente costruito in abbandono, solo di recente sono uscite dal tabù in cui le relega l’ineludibile condizione di epifania di un fallimento. Senza entrare nel merito dei significati teoretici ad esse attribuiti (oscillanti tra i poli sovente mistificatori dell’esaltazione e della demonizzazione) e guardando alle tendenze individuabili in alcune realizzazioni degli ultimi lustri, l’articolo intende contribuire alla definizione di un approccio analitico e progettuale orientato ai multidimensionali obiettivi della sostenibilità, per rispondere in modo concreto a molteplici portatori di interesse e istanze della collettività. Il contributo mira a dimostrare che per un futuro sostenibile del mai finito serve una nuova linea di partenza, in cui il progetto si incentri sulla differenza rispetto alle premesse culturali del processo originario interrotto.Contemporary unfinished buildings, which represent a widespread sort of abandoned built environment around the globe, have only recently shaken off the taboo to which they have been relegated by their inescapable condition as symbols of failure. The theoretical connotations attributed to them often fluctuate between the mystifying poles of exaltation and demonization; without discussing these, and looking at trends that can be identified in certain works over the last decades, the article aims to contribute to defining an analytical and design-based approach. This procedure is geared towards the multidimensional goals of sustainability, and to responding in concrete fashion to the demands of stakeholders and the community. The paper aims to demonstrate that, for the sustainable future of unfinished buildings, a new point of departure is needed, in which the design project should focus on actual differences with regard to the cultural premises of the original, interrupted building process
Conception technologique pour les bâtiments inachevés - Progettazione tecnologica per edifici incompiuti
No full textIl fenomeno delle costruzioni incompiute si manifesta in tutti i continenti con diverse entità e frequenza. Alcuni esempi sono ben noti per la loro dimensione fuori dall’ordinario, ma il più delle volte si tratta di costruzioni anonime, capillarmente disseminate nei territori, che deturpano il paesaggio e abbassano sensibilmente la qualità dell’ambiente costruito.The phenomenon of unfinished buildingsoccurs inallconti-nents with varying degrees and frequency. Some examples are well known for their out-of-theordinarydimensions, butmost of the time they are anonymous constructions, widely scattered throughout the territory, which disfigure the landscape and significantly lower the quality of thebuiltenvironmentLe phénomène des bâtiments inachevéssemanifestedans tous lescontinents, avec des degrés et une fréquence variable. Certains exemples sontbienconnuspour leursdimensions horsducommun,maisdans laplupart descas, il s'agitdeconstructionsanonymes,disséminéessur leterritoire,qui défigurent le paysage et réduisent considérablement la qualité de l'environnement bâti
Immune response to vaccines in children with celiac disease
No full textCeliac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated systemic condition evoked by ingestion of gluten and related prolamines in genetically susceptible subjects. The disease is featured by a variable combination of clinical signs, specific antibodies, HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8 haplotypes, and enteropathy. Vaccination is the most potent intervention for infectious disease prevention. Several factors including age, gender, ethnicity, quality and quantity of vaccine antigen, doses, and route of administration can influence immune response to vaccination, although the main cause of variation in the responsiveness among vaccine recipients is host genetic variability. The HLA system has a fundamental role in identifying the antigens introduced into the host with the vaccines and in the development of specific antibodies, and some HLA phenotypes have been associated with a less effective immunological response. The available literature indicates that the immunological response to vaccines in CD children does not differ markedly from that of general population and antibody titres are high enough to provide long-term protection, except for hepatitis B virus vaccine. In this article, we review and discuss the scarce literature in this field in order to provide clinical practice guidelines to achieve the most efficient monitoring of the response to vaccines in pediatric CD patients
"The love that made hell, paradise." Ouida re-writing the Paolo and Francesca theme in Held in Bondage
No full textThe bestselling Victorian author Ouida reveals in her novels, and, in particular, Held in Bondage, an extraordinary knowledge od Dante, by using characters and themes from the Commedia. The Paolo and Francesca theme actually constitutes part of the plot of the novel and is to be found in many of her other works, short stories and non-fiction writing
HERStory Makers 2023: Francesca Fotheringham
No full textFrancesca Fotheringham is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Edinburgh studying educational psychology with a focus on neurodiversity. She took part in HERStory Makers 2023.What is HERStory Makers?HERStory Makers is a social media competition for female-identifying early career researchers to share their research, their career journeys, and to inspire the next generation. Winners are selected by public vote. HERStory Makers is also part of EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night.In 2022-23, EXPLORATHON Francescasupported by the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/X020762/1].Author contributions to contentFrancesca conceived, planned, and recorded the video content. Kirsty Ross edited the video content to insert HERStory Maker credits, added subtitles, and reduce video length to below Twitter/X limit of 2 mins and 20 secs.</p
Medicina illuminata. La Biblioteca Lancisiana di Roma
No full textL'articolo presenta i codici miniati della Biblioteca Lancisiana di Roma. La prima parte, del coautore, è dedicata alla Biblioteca. La seconda parte, di F. Manzari, tratta dei manoscritti miniati, costituiti da due codici con le opere di Avicenna e dal Liber fraternitatis della Confraternita dell'Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia a Roma.The article introduces the illuminated manuscripts of the Biblioteca Lancisiana in Rome. The first part of the article, by the co-author, is dedicated to the Library. The second part, by Francesca Manzari, illustrates the manuscipts; these are two manuscripts with the works of Avicenna and the Liber fraternitatis of the Confraternity of the Hospital of Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome
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