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Interoceptive influences on peripersonal space boundary
Full text linkIntegration of body-related signals within the peripersonal space (PPS) contributes to bodily self-awareness. Whereas several studies have shown how individual PPS extension is shaped by external factors, e.g. during interactions with people and objects, no studies have looked at interoceptive influences on PPS extension. We exposed participants to an audio-tactile interaction task, to measure their PPS boundary (Session 1), and to a heartbeat counting task and a time estimation task, to specifically assess their interoceptive accuracy (Session 2). Participants’ traits of private self-consciousness and social anxiety were also evaluated, to account for their possible effect on the relation between interoception and PPS representation. We found that higher interoceptive accuracy specifically predicts narrower PPS boundary. Moreover, this relation is moderated by individual traits of private self-consciousness, but not social anxiety. Extending the concept of interoceptive influences on exteroceptive body representations to PPS, our results, first, support the idea that a dynamic balance between intero-exteroceptive processing might represent a general principle underlying bodily self-awareness; second, they shed light on how interoception may affect also the way we interface with the external world. Finally, showing that, in order for interoceptive accuracy to be effective on the intero-exteroceptive balance, it is important that individuals tend to focus on inner sensations and feelings, our results suggest that a comprehensive intero-exteroceptive model of bodily self-awareness should be (at least) a three-dimensional model that includes individual self-consciousness traits
Introduction of Domestic Water Saving Systems in the Municipal Water Cycle: an LCA Based Comparison
No full textAs part of AQUASAVE project, funded by the European Union in the framework of the LIFE-ENVIRONMENT action, an assessment of the environmental sustainability of innovative techniques of water consumption reduction, rain water harvesting and grey water reuse in a residential building of Bologna has been recently initiated.The aim of AQUASAVE is to design and build an apartment house in Bologna, to demonstrate, trough the introduction of appropriate devices and technologies, the possibility to save up to 50% of drinking water. The idea is to use treated grey water for toilet flushing and rain water, after treatment and storage, in dishwashers and washing machines. Moreover, devices for reducing water consumption will be extensively adopted.The environmental benefits and burdens of introducing these systems in a residential building without changing the municipal wastewater treatment system will be evaluated by mean of an LCA analysis.In the first phase of the study an LCA of production and distribution of drinking water and of treatment of waste water of the entire Bologna municipality has been performed.This activity has been conducted in collaboration with Seabo, the municipal firm that has in charge the whole water cycle of the Bologna city.In the second phase the introduction of the proposed domestic systems will be evaluated.In this paper the preliminary results of the study will be presented
LCA Application to Municiapl Drinking Water and Waste Water Treatment Systems
No full textDescrizione sintetica delle analisi di LCA eseguite all'interno del progetto AQUASAVE e discussione dei risultati
Life Cycle Assessment del sistema di produzione, distribuzione e trattamento delle acque del Comune di Bologna
No full textIn questo documento è riportato il testo del sommario della relazione su invito presentata alla giornata di studio 'Il risparmio e il riciclo dell'acqua nelle città - Per un uso sostenibile della risorsa idropotabile' tenutasi a Bologna, Palazzo d' Accursio il 23 Ottobre 1998. La giornata di studio si inquadra nell' attività ENEA di preparazione alla Conferenza Nazionale Energia e Ambiente. Il lavoro presentato riporta i risultati preliminari relativi all'analisi di Ciclo di Vita del sistema esistente di potabilizzazione e trattamento reflui del Comune di Bologna. Tale lavoro è stato finanziato dalla Comunità Europea nell' ambito del programma Life-Ambiente ed è stato commissionato alla Divisione ERG-SIEC dall' unità AMB-TEIN-DEP. In Allegato 1 sono inseriti le copie dei trasparenti presentati dall' Ing. Ferri nel corso della giornata di studio
LCA of Drinking and Wastewater Treatment Systems of Bologna City
No full textAs part of AQUASAVE project, funded by the European Union in the framework of the LIFE-ENVIRONMENT action, an assessment of the environmental sustainability of innovative techniques of water consumption reduction, rain water harvesting and grey water reuse in a residential building of Bologna is in progress. A preliminary TEAMTMLCA model of the drinking and wastewater treatment systems of the Bologna metropolitan area (existing scenario) has been completed. Environmental impact assessment results confirm that the dominant process for the most important impact categories, except eutrophication, is the electric energy production. Anyway when interpreting the results, great importance shall be given to local effects related to ground water extraction such as the subsidence phenomenon and pollutants intrusion in water-bearing stratum
LCA of Drinking and Wastewater Treatment Systems of Bologna City: Final Results
No full textA pilot study to apply LCA methodology to domestic water cycle of Bologna city is in course of completion. The activity is being carried out within the AQUASAVE project, funded by a LIFE-ENVIRONMENT action of the European Union. The LCA study objective is to develop a model that will allow to compare the overall environmental impact of the 'existing scenario' of the drinking and wastewater treatment systems of Bologna metropolitan area to the 'innovative one' tested in AQUASAVE. The final TEAMTMLCA model of the existing scenario has been completed. In this paper the methodological approach, the limits and advantages of LCA methodology when applied to urban water cycle and the final results of the study are discussed
Progetto per centro sportivo dedicato alla vela situato alla foce del Canale Logonovo Lido di Spina provincia di Ferrara
No full textRicerca finalizzata alla riqualificazione a fine turistici e sportivi di un'area sul fronte mare fortemente degradata per la presenza di materiali inquinanti. Sono prese in esame problematiche connesse con la bonifica da manufatti in amianto
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