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Dispositions in the Kitchen: Towards a Metaphysical Model for Molecular Gastronomy
Full text linkIn this paper I argue that dispositionalism is the metaphysical theory that can best contribute to the construction of a metaphysical model for Molecular Gastronomy. Molecular Gastronomy is better explained if physical and chemical theories, which lie at the heart of Molecular Gastronomy, and cooking phenomena in general are described in terms of dispositions. This is the reason why trying to construct a metaphysical model for Molecular Gastronomy by using a dispositional metaphysics is a challenge worth taking on. I will thus explore what happens when we bring dispositions in the kitchen, and so the intersection between food, science and metaphysics
Traumatic dislocation of the elbow associated to a fracture of the external condyle. Description of a case
No full textTraumatic dislocation of the elbow associated to a fracture of the external condyle. Description of a cas
Monoradicular syndrome caused by tumors in the differential diagnosis of herniated disk
No full textMonoradicular syndrome caused by tumors in the differential diagnosis of herniated dis
La banca dell'osso: metodi di conservazione e loro effetti sul tessuto osteocartilagineo
No full textLa banca dell'osso: metodi di conservazione e loro effetti sul tessuto osteocartilagine
Dynamic all the way down
No full textIn this paper we provide an analysis of dynamic dispositionalism. It is usually claimed that dispositions are dynamic properties. However, there is no exhaustive analysis of dynamism in the dispositional literature. We will argue that the dynamic character of dispositions can be analyzed in terms of three features: (i) temporal extension, (ii) necessary change and (iii) future orientedness. Roughly, we will defend the idea that dynamism entails a continuous view of time, to be analyzed in mathematical terms, where intervals are its constitutive elements, whose duration lasts as much as a certain change takes to occur (in support of i). Such changes are the necessary components for the flowing of time because we think there cannot be time without change, (thus supporting ii) and that the forward-looking feature of properties is what determines the direction of time (as per iii). The paper is structured in 5 sections. In the first section, we set the problem: we outline and criticize some dispositional theories that defend an unsatisfying notion of dynamism. In the second, third and fourth sections we defend each desideratum for a disposition to be dynamic. Finally, we draw some conclusions and consider potential future research
Potential applications of multi-sensor remote sensing in rock mass characterization
No full textRemote sensing has become an integral component of rock mass characterization. most research to date, however, has focused on the use of photogrammetry and LiDAR to the mapping of discontinuities with an emphasis on orientation. more recently these techniques have been applied to characterize selected geometric characteristics of discontinuities including persistence, spacing, and roughness. In this paper the authors will demonstrate the potential application of a wide range of remote sensing techniques to both discontinuity and rock mass characterization. Using case studies, a combination of LiDAR, high-resolution photography, thermal, and hyperspectral imaging is used to provide a more comprehensive mapping of rock masses. Potential applications of machine learning in rock mass characterization using remote sensing techniques are also discussed
Trust: from the Philosophical to the Commercial
Full text link© 2019, The Author(s). This is a paper about trust, with a specific focus on the ways in which trust is investigated in the business literature and the commercial sector. The lens through which the topic is approached is distinctively philosophical. We use philosophical tools to demonstrate the paucity of some of the accounts of trust that are given in the business and management literature, as well as the empirically informed literature that has flowed from them. We close with a discussion of some work on trust drawn from the commercial sector that would, as we shall demonstrate, benefit from a clearer understanding of the nature of trust. We take this to be important. Trust is a key moral and ethical component of transactional relationships. Without a clear understanding of the notion, we will be missing a central concept in our attempts to understand the commercial world that we inhabit. The paper proceeds in four parts. In the first part of the paper we introduce some reasonably standard philosophical distinctions between different kinds of trust, as well as saying a little more about our methods. In the second, we demonstrate that a reasonably widely held account of trust in the business and management literature fails to capture the nuance reflected by the philosophical literature. On the basis of this, in the third section, we suggest that various pieces of empirical work require reassessment. In the final part of the paper we explore some non-academic discussions of trust drawn from the commercial sector arguing that, there too, we require a more precise understanding of trust. In short, though, our overarching argument is simply this: if we can give a more precise analysis of trust, it follows that both our empirical research and current commercial activity can be improved
Gamma-convergence of quadratic functionals perturbed by bounded linear functionals
Full text linkGiven a bounded open set Ω⊂Rn, we study sequences of quadratic functionals on the Sobolev space H01(Ω), perturbed by sequences of bounded linear functionals. We prove that their Γ-limits, in the weak topology of H01(Ω), can always be written as the sum of a quadratic functional, a linear functional, and a non-positive constant. The classical theory of G- and H-convergence completely characterises the quadratic and linear parts of the Γ-limit and shows that their coefficients do not depend on Ω. The constant, which instead depends on Ω and will be denoted by −ν(Ω), plays an important role in the study of the limit behaviour of the energies of the solutions. The main result of this paper is that, passing to a subsequence, we can prove that ν coincides with a non-negative Radon measure on a sufficiently large collection of bounded open sets Ω. Moreover, we exhibit an example that shows that the previous result cannot be obtained for every bounded open set. The specific form of this example shows that the compactness theorem for the localisation method in Γ-convergence cannot be easily improved
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