311 research outputs found
Wood Snoezelen. Multisensory wooden environments for students with disabilities in the primary school of Lozzo Atestino
No full textThe paper presents the results of a funded research project titled "Wood Snoezelen", which aims to study and design a ‘snoezelen environment’ using wood components.
The term 'snoezelen' - a word originating from the contraction of the Dutch words 'snuffelen' (to explore) and 'doezelen' (to rest) - refers to environments aimed at the multi-sensory stimulation of persons with severe and/or very severe disabilities, mainly of an intellectual character. In these spaces, multisensory stimulation takes place through the specific use, established by an expert caregiver, of equipment and tools such as optical fibres, light columns, systems for producing sounds and/or vibrations, diffusers of essences and tactile materials. Numerous studies and scientific research attest to the effectiveness of multisensory stimulation provided within a ‘snoezelen room’ both on elderly people (Alzheimer's and dementia) and on individuals with developmental disabilities (autism spectrum disorders, Rett syndrome, ADHD); other research also highlights the use of multisensory rooms within school buildings. Therefore, the diffusion of ‘snoezelen environments’ in school buildings is considered of considerable importance to offer an educational and inclusive offer to schoolchildren with disabilities. This approach is in line with the intention to transform schools into an inclusive space proposed by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD), reaffirmed by Goal 4-SDG4 of the Education 2030 Agenda, and in Italy by the guidelines "Futura. Progettare, costruire e abitare la scuola " of the Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR). Moreover, including a space for therapy, such as ‘snoezelen’, is consistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) proposal that schools are suitable for long-term therapy. Therefore, the increase and spread of these multi-sensory environments could increase and improve the rehabilitation process of students and implement the type of sensory-perceptive aids available to the school.
The rehabilitative and multisensory aspect of the ‘snoezelen approach’ is, in this context, emphasised using wood, whose properties can have beneficial effects in terms of health and comfort, as well as influencing perceptual and psychological aspects. In addition, studies have demonstrated the potential of wood as an ideal material for the design of rooms for the accommodation of dependent persons, while one project shows the effectiveness of a wooden interior envelope for visually impaired schoolchildren.
The previously mentioned issues gave rise to the ‘Wood Snoezelen’ environment, designed with interior components - raised floors, false ceilings, partition walls, etc. - predominantly made of wood. Subsequently, the research findings were applied to the design of the first ‘Wood Snoezelen’ for the primary school of Lozzo Atestino, Veneto (IT). The multisensory room, placed inside an unused classroom, presents an internal wooden envelope, where false walls, false ceilings and raised floors themselves become multisensory devices and integrate the ‘snoezelen instruments’ (bubble tubes, water beds, fibre optics and projectors)
Testing Calibration Issues in Resistance Drilling Applied to Timber Elements
No full textResistance drilling devices are commonly used for the onsite inspection of wood and timber
structural components in existing buildings. Although they provide a measure related to the
density variation along a section of an element, results are used mainly qualitatively, due to
several parameters that affect the computed values.
In this paper, several new and old timber elements, taken from the dismantling of original roofs
from a large existing historical building in northern Italy, are tested through a series of ND
(non-destructive), SD (semi-destructive) and destructive testing procedures. Various wood
species (spruce, fir, larch, oak, elm, pine) are taken into consideration.
Among the applied testing methods (visual inspection, resistance drill, ultrasonic, needle
penetration, radar, lab tests bending/compression), not all reported here, a focus on the
resistance drill tests results is addressed, to evaluate the influence of consumption of the needle
tip on the amplitude output. This was done by correlating the drillings to a reference sample
on each test position to obtain data with an enhanced quantitative content. From the visual old
timber elements grading, SD tests execution and successive element strength characterization
through laboratory tests, it finally emerged the need for proper calibration of assessment
methodologies through the application of a combined approach, in order to achieve more
reliable results
Studio di unità abitative temporanee innovative in legno per accogliere gli anziani delle case di cura = Study of innovative temporary wooden housing units to accomodate elders from nursing homes
No full textArchaeological and historical notes on the Castellum Tariona in the Roman Era
No full textAutor donosi ispravak dosadašnjeg čitanja rimskoga
terminacijskog natpisa iz Bljušćevice kod sela Rastovca u
Trogirskoj zagori koji je u vrijeme Publija Kornelija Dolabele
uklesan u kamen živac. Također donosi novi nalaz cipusa iz zaselka
Bašelovici u Grebaštici kod Šibenika. Na njemu se spominje
Salto(ru)m F(inis) / Tariot(arum), a oznacava zapadnu granicu
tariotskog pašnjaka.The author provides a correction to the previous reading of the
Roman boundary inscription from Bljušćevica near the village of
Rastovac in the elevated hinterland of Trogir which was engraved
in solid rock during the consulship of Publius Cornelius Dolabella.
He also presents a new discovery of a cippus from the hamlet
of Bašelovici in Grebaštica near Šibenik. The inscription reads
Salto(ru)m F(inis) / Tariot(arum), designating the western boundary
of the Tariote pastures
Portrait de l’artiste en facteur de ponts
No full textLe texte “Portrait de l’artiste en facteur de ponts” relève davantage du témoignage personnage personnel que de l’article. L’auteur, le dramaturge Enzo Cormann, y donne des “Notes pensives en résonance de l’œuvre de Jean-Marie Piemme” : une série de notes, de forme libre, non ponctuées qui réagissent, commentent et dialoguent avec l’œuvre et avec les écrits critiques de Piemme.The text "Portrait de l'artiste en facteur de ponts" (Portrait of the artist as a bridge-builder) is more of a personal testimony than an article. In it, the author, playwright Enzo Cormann, gives some "Notes pensives en résonance de l'œuvre de Jean-Marie Piemme": a series of free-form, unpunctuated notes that react to, comment on and dialogue with Piemme's work and critical writings
3D-1D Analyses of the Turbulent Flow Field, Burning Speed and Knock Occurrence in a Turbocharged SI Engine
No full textCFD techniques are more and more utilized in the development of new solutions for performance improvement of internal combustion engines.
Three dimensional models, in general, are able to provide detailed and sound information on engine phenomena, but often they are time consuming and hard to be implemented. On the other hand, one-dimensional models can reproduce the entire engine cycle with acceptable computational times; however they need semi-empirical correlations in order to model the flow field details and the burning speed within each cylinder.
In this paper, an example of hierarchical structure of 3-D and 1-D models has been proposed. The main performances of a small turbocharged spark-ignition engine have been calculated. Variable-speed and full load operating points have been analyzed. The 3-D model provided the details of the in-cylinder flow field and turbulent indices. These results have been utilized as reference data in tuning a quasi-dimensional turbulent combustion model, included within a 1-D model of a “downsized” turbocharged spark-ignition (SI) engine. Combustion modeling utilizes a deeply validated approach based on a fractal schematization of the flame front surface. Knock occurrence has been predicted by the solution of a kinetic-scheme inside the “end-gas” unburned zone. Once tuned, the one-dimensional code has been finally applied to find the knock-limited spark-advance at wide-open-throttle conditions, for different engine speeds. Numerical results have been compared to the experimentally determined values and a good agreement has been found.
This work demonstrates as matching models of different hierarchical levels could be a useful tool in the industrial development of high efficiency engines
Nuevas derechas, viejas izquierdas : Una conversación con Enzo Traverso
No full textThe present reflections are the result of a series of conversations with Enzo Traverso that took place in mid-November, in the city of Buenos Aires. Traverso obtained his PhD degree at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France), who currently works as a professor and researcher in the United States. Author of important books on contemporary European history, Enzo Traverso has written numerous reflections on historiographical practice and on the relationship between memory, politics and history. During his last visit to Argentina, he gave lectures and seminars in the framework of the Marx 200 years International Encounter. On this occasion, and about the publication in Spanish of his last two books (The New Faces of the Right and Left Melancholy. Marxism, history and memory), he agreed to discuss the new Latin American rights, the feminist movements, the situation of the left worldwide, and the nature of neoliberalism. Here we present and transcribe the result of those conversations.Las presentes reflexiones son el resultado de una serie de conversaciones con Enzo Traverso que tuvieron lugar a mediados de noviembre, en la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Traverso es un historiador italiano doctorado en París que, actualmente, se desempeña como docente e investigador en Estados Unidos. Autor de importantes libros sobre historia europea contemporánea, Enzo Traverso ha escrito numerosas reflexiones sobre la práctica historiográfica y sobre la relación entre memoria, política e historia. En su última visita a la Argentina, dictó conferencias y seminarios en el marco del Encuentro Internacional Marx 200. En esta oportunidad, y a propósito de la publicación en español de sus dos últimos libros (Las nuevas caras de la derecha y Melancolía de izquierda. Marxismo, historia y memoria), aceptó debatir sobre las nuevas derechas latinoamericanas, los movimientos feministas, la situación de la izquierda a nivel mundial, y la naturaleza del neoliberalismo. Aquí presentamos y transcribimos el resultado de esas conversaciones
La domus sentinate col mosaico di Aiòn:decorazione musiva e anomalie iconografiche
No full textPrevious careful “excavation” work in the archives had allowed the author to shed light on the little known antiquarian issues relating to the discovery, removal and sale to Duke Ludwig of Bavaria of the great multi-coloured mosaic of Aion at the centre of the zodiac and Tellus with the four seasons. The work was discovered in the first half of the nineteenth century in a town house in Sentinum (modern day Sassoferrato, in the province of Ancona).
Now, some decades later, the author returns to the subject for a more detailed stylistic examination of the mosaic and of the mistakes and iconographic anomalies, especially in terms of the sequence of the signs of the zodiac, since the Sentinum mosaic only has eleven signs and these are not depicted in accurate astronomic order.
This contribution re-launches the thesis that such incongruities and anomalies should be attributed to damage done by the excavators and nineteenth century restorers in cutting and later putting the panels back together when the great mosaic was sectioned to make transport to Munich possible and that it is preferable to attribute such mistakes and lack of understanding to groups of itinerant Italian mosaic makers working from “travelling” drawings of complex subjects who did not fully understand the deep astronomical and symbolic meaning
POSITIVE EXISTENTIALISM OF ENZO PACI
No full textThe article deals with analysis of philosophic views of one representative of Italian existentialism - Enzo Pachi. It investigates principle ideas of his philosophy, his attempts to link irrational with rational in the problem of world structure. Using key sources of the essence of positive existentialism we can see how philosophy of Pachi is connected with Gusserl phenomenology, some ideas of Marx and other philosophers who thought about the human being. Positive existentialism of Pachi is considered to be non-system philosophy, which is open to different ideas and directed to uniting people through overcoming their problems. The author comes to the conclusion that philosophy of E.Pachi is an integral and important part of existentialism as a philosophic trend in general
Sulla prima attività di Gregorio Guglielmi
No full textSulla prima attività di Gregorio Guglielmi
La ricerca condotta dall’autore nelle chiese e archivi di Roma e di Praga ha prodotto una nuova conoscenza sulla prima attività del pittore romano Gregorio Guglielmi. Dopo un inizio come incisore (1734), egli fu incaricato da vari ordini religiosi (Gesuiti, Oratoriani, Servi di Maria, Agostiniani), di eseguire alcune pale d’altare e altre opere a carattere religioso, in parte ancora conservate.
Particolare importanza riveste la sconosciuta commissione della tela dell’altare maggiore della chiesa degli Agostiniani a Praga e di una per un altare laterale della stessa chiesa nel 1739, di cui si pubblicano inediti documenti in appendice. L’autore ha anche identificato una tela ed un affresco inediti di Guglielmi nel palazzo del Commendatore dell’Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Saxia eseguiti poco prima del 1750.Contribution to the early activity of Gregorio Guglielmi
The article derives from a research carried out by the author in the churches and archives of Rome and Prague and throws fresh light on some aspects of the early work of the Roman painter Gregorio Guglielmi. It analyses at first some of Guglielmi’s experiments in the field of engraving (1734) and afterwards the various altarpieces commissioned to him by religious orders (Jesuits, Oratorians, Servants of Mary, Augustinians). Some of this works still survive and can partially be reconstructed through indirect testimonies.
In particular, the commission of the altarpiece of the Augustinians' church in Prague and another commission of 1739 for a side altar in the same church are investigated. The relevant unedited documents are to be found in the appendix. The author has also identified a canvas and a fresco by Guglielmi in the Palazzo del Commendatore of the Hospital of Santo Spirito in Saxia in Rome, performed shortly before the middle of the century
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