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d.verse. Primo Festival Internazionale del Teatro per le Diverse Abilità
No full textNell’ambito delle manifestazioni per Genova 2004 Capitale Europea della Cultura, si è svolto a Genova, fra il 4 ottobre e il 26 novembre 2004, "d.verse. Primo Festival Internazionale del Teatro per le Diverse Abilità" organizzato dal Centro Studi per l’integrazione lavorativa dei disabili della ASL 3 “Genovese” in collaborazione con l’associazione culturale “la Milonga” e il Laboratorio Teatrale Integrato Tuttinscena, con il sostegno della Provincia di Genova e della Regione Liguria, il patrocinio dell'Università degli Studi di Genova, e la collaborazione di otto teatri genovesi. Responsabile: Maria Paola Ferrigno; Progettazione artistica: Cristina Valenti; Coordinamento artistico: Sandro Baldacci. In conclusione, il convegno "D.verse Abilità e Teatro", occasione che ha consentito a studiosi, attori, registi e scrittori di interrogarsi sulle nuove frontiere del teatro come strumento di integrazione e sul peculiare apporto che artisti “diversamente abili” possono dare alla rappresentazione artistica. Il cartellone ha ospitato alcune fra le più importanti compagnie di teatro integrato, e di compagnie composte da attori disabili, che operano in Italia e in Europa. Il Festival si è aperto con il musical “l’Anima Buona del Pianeta Sezuan” del Laboratorio Tuttinscena: trenta ragazzi, di cui una buona parte portatori di handicap, provenienti da dieci scuole genovesi, per la regia di M. Pirovano e M. Bonomi. A seguire: “Microphobia” e “The Human Suite”, due coreografie della CandoCo Dance Company di Londra, una compagnia di danza contemporanea formata da danzatori disabili e normodotati, leader nella formazione e nell’educazione alla danza integrata; “La Sirena di Rodari” del Laboratorio Teatrale Integrato Piero Gabrielli di Roma, per la regia di R. Gandini: tredici “ex” del laboratorio in uno spettacolo che ha dato vita alla prima Compagnia Italiana Integrata di Teatro Ragazzi; “Esopo Opera Rock”, musical per la regia di S. Baldacci, frutto di un laboratorio integrato che ha coinvolto i centri diurni della Città di Imperia, il DAMS di Genova e operatori socio sanitari; “No Exit”, regia di A. Viganò, della compagnia francese Oiseau Mouche, finanziata dallo stato e composta da attori professionisti portatori di handicap; “Ritratti” di Lenz Rifrazioni di Parma per la regia di M.F. Maestri: cinque ritratti del mito occidentale resi con eccezionale forza rappresentativa delle attrici diversamente abili ; “Filottete H” di Maccabeteatro per la regia di E. Toma: ispirato a Sofocle, lo spettacolo, con attori portatori di handicap, tratteggia la difficoltà di accettare l’idea di non essere perfetti.
A conclusione del ciclo di rappresentazioni, il convegno dal titolo "D.verse Abilità e Teatro". Interventi di E. Buonaccorsi (Università di Genova ), M.P. Ferrigno (Centro Studi della ASL 3 “Genovese”), G. Oliva (Università Cattolica di Milano), C. Valenti (Università di Bologna), A. Celestini (attore e regista), R. Frati (Teatro dell’Oppresso di Parigi), T. Scarpa (scrittore), D. Segre (regista). In chiusura: “A proposito di sentimenti”, mediometraggio di D. Segre. Il Festival si è concluso con la performance “Emplacement Reservé”, che Rui Frati ha rappresentato con i suoi attori e con il coinvolgimento diretto del pubblico presente. Le disavventure di una madre “speciale” a causa delle circostanze che coinvolgono sua figlia disabile. Un modo dinamico e vitale affinché il dibattito e l’atto teatrale siano un unico corpo
Image Reconstruction using a Hierarchical RBF Network Architecture
No full textPerspective in neural computing. ed. by M.Marinaro and R.Tagliaferri, Springe
L’importanza della natura evolutiva dei contratti di fiume: il contesto Siciliano e il caso del Patto di Fiume Simeto
No full textL'articolo affronta il tema dei contratti di fiume in Sicilia. A partire dalla costruzione dello stato dell'arte e delle esperienze attualmente in corso, si pone in evidenza il vuoto normativo in materia e contestualmente la vivacità dei territori nella capacità aggregativa e di costruzioni di politiche. Viene assunto come caso di studio l'esperienza pilota del Patto di Fiume Simeto
A novel TMR based triaxial eddy current test probe for any orientation crack detection
No full textThe paper proposes the development, the analysis, and the experimental validation of a novel probe for Eddy Current (EC) Non-Destructive Testing especially thought to warrant good signal to noise ratios in the detection of thin defects when low excitation currents are adopted and whatever the orientation of the probe respect to the orientation of the defect. The probe is based on a simple double coil excitation, that generate a single direction EC flow, and adopts three magnetic sensors that form a triaxial magnetic sensor. Other main contributions of this paper are: i) performance analysis of an EC triaxial probe carried out in simulation environment that considers the measurement uncertainty of the magnetic sensors; ii) an experimental campaign that allow evaluating the performance of the realized probe; iii) a comparison between simulated and experimental results that prove the goodness of the proposed approach
Chest wall and lung volume estimation by optical reflectance motion analysis.
No full text Cala, S. J., C. M. Kenyon, G. Ferrigno, P. Carnevali, A. Aliverti, A. Pedotti, P. T. Macklem, and D. F. Rochester. Chest wall and lung volume estimation by optical reflectance motion analysis. J. Appl. Physiol. 81(6): 2680–2689, 1996.—Estimation of chest wall motion by surface measurements only allows one-dimensional measurements of the chest wall. We have assessed an optical reflectance system (OR), which tracks reflective markers in three dimensions (3-D) for respiratory use. We used 86 (6-mm-diameter) hemispherical reflective markers arranged circumferentially on the chest wall in seven rows between the sternal notch and the anterior superior iliac crest in two normal standing subjects. We calculated the volume of the entire chest wall and compared inspired and expired volumes with volumes obtained by spirometry. Marker positions were recorded by four TV cameras; two were 4 m in front of and two were 4 m behind the subject. The TV signals were sampled at 100 Hz and combined with grid calibration parameters on a personal computer to obtain the 3-D coordinates of the markers. Chest wall surfaces were reconstructed by triangulation through the point data, and chest wall volume was calculated. During tidal breathing and vital capacity maneuvers and during CO2-stimulated hyperpnea, there was a very close correlation of the lung volumes (Vl) estimated by spirometry [Vl(SP)] and OR [Vl(OR)]. Regression equations of Vl(OR) ( y) vs. Vl(SP) ( x,btps in liters) for the two subjects were given by y = 1.01 x − 0.01 ( r = 0.996) and y = 0.96 x + 0.03 ( r = 0.997), and by y = 1.04 x + 0.25 ( r = 0.97) and y = 0.98 x + 0.14 ( r = 0.95) for the two maneuvers, respectively. We conclude spirometric volumes can be estimated very accurately and directly from chest wall surface markers, and we speculate that OR may be usefully applied to calculations of chest wall shape, regional volumes, and motion analysis. </jats:p
From Mocap data to inertial data through a biomechanical model to classify countermeasure exercises performed on ISS
No full textAbstract— On board the International Space Station (ISS) resistive training is essential to reduce the effects of musculoskeletal system deconditioning due to weightlessness. However, it could be equally dangerous or not useful if performed with inappropriate techniques. Thus, a system based on inertial sensors able to monitor astronauts has been thought. In this work, an OpenSim biomechanical model was used to reproduce motion of countermeasure target exercises and to simulate inertial sensors put on the model. This was done starting from kinematic data collected with motion capture system (mocap), because no inertial data were available. Then, it was explored a possible approach to build the classifier able to automatically recognize ‘correct’ and ‘wrong’ techniques of execution. Two machine learning algorithms were compared and results in terms of accuracy were encouraging
Reducing and filtering point clouds with enhanced vector quantization
No full textModern scanners are able to deliver a huge amount of 3D data points sampled on the object’s surface, in a short time. These data have to be filtered and their cardinality reduced to come up with a mesh manageable at interactive rates. We introduce here a novel procedure to accomplish these two tasks, which is based on an optimized version of soft Vector Quantization (VQ). The resulting technique has been termed Enhanced Vector Quantization (EVQ) since it introduces several improvements with respect to the classical soft VQ approaches. These are based on computationally expensive iterative optimization; local computation is introduced here, by means of an adequate partitioning of the data space called Hyperbox, to reduce the computational time to be linear in the number of data points, N, saving more than 75% of time in real applications. Moreover, the algorithm can be fully parallelized, thus leading to an implementation sub-linear in N. The voxel side and the other parameters are automatically determined from the data distribution on the basis of the Zador’s criterion. This makes the algorithm completely automatic: as the only parameter to be specified is the compression rate, the procedure is a tool suitable also to non-trained users.
Results obtained in the reconstruction of faces of both humans and puppets as well as of artefacts from point clouds publicly available on the web are reported and discussed in comparison with other methods available in the literature.
EVQ is a general procedure, not limited to the application presented here. It can be successfully exploited in all those VQ applications with relatively low dimensionality of the data space
Ice-front change and iceberg behaviour along Oates and George V Coasts, Antarctica, 1912-96
No full textIce-front change may well be a sensitive indicator of regional climate change. We have studied the western Oates Coast from Cape Kinsey (158°50'E, 69°19'S) to Cape Hudson (153°45'E, 68°20'S) and the entire George V Coast, from Cape Hudson to Point Alden (142°02'E, 66°48'S). The glaciers here drain part of the Dome Charlie and Talos Dome areas (640 000 km2). A comparison between various documents, dated several years apart, has allowed an estimate of the surficial ice discharge, the ice-front fluctuation and the iceberg-calving flux during the last 50 years. The ice-front discharge of the studied coast has been estimated at about 90±12 km3 a-1 in 1989-91, 8.5 km3 a-1 for western Oates Coast and 82 km3 a-1 for George V Coast. From 1962-63 to 1973-74 the floating glaciers underwent a net reduction that continued from 1973-74 to 1989-91. On the other hand, from 1989-91 to 1996 the area of floating glaciers increased. Ninnis Glacier Tongue and the western part of Cook Ice Shelf underwent a significant retreat after 1980 and 1947, respectively. Satellite-image analysis of large icebergs has provided information about ice-ocean interaction and the existence of an 'iceberg trap' along George V Coast. A first estimate of the mass balance of the drainage basin of Mertz and Ninnis Glaciers shows a value close to zero or slightly negative
Analysis of the uncertainty contributions for on board vehicle speed meters calibration method
No full textThis paper proposes an uncertainty analysis to evaluate the suitability of a calibration method based on a rotary encoder mounted on the vehicle wheel to calibrate on board vehicle speed measurement instruments. Considering all the measurement uncertainty contributions, a sensitive analysis has been made to highlight the limits and/or the suitability of this calibration methodology with speed up to 300 km/h. The proposed analysis can be also used as a design tool to make the choices in the definitions of the methodologies and specifications of the instruments to be used in the calibration measurement system to achieve the desired compromise between calibration costs and compliance with technical requirements
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