889 research outputs found
When do the expectations of others matter? Experimental evidence on distributional justice and guilt aversion
No full textDistributional justice—measured by the proportionality between effort exerted and rewards obtained—and guilt aversion—triggered by not fulfilling others’ expectations—are widely acknowledged fundamental sources of pro-social behavior. We design three experiments to study the relevance of these sources of behavior when considered in interaction. In particular, we investigate whether subjects fulfill others’ expectations also when this could produce inequitable allocations that conflict with distributional justice considerations. Our results confirm that both justice considerations and guilt aversion are important drivers of pro-social behavior, with the former having an overall stronger impact than the latter. Expectations of others are less relevant in environments more likely to nurture equitable outcomes
Light deep learning models enriched with Entangled features for RGB-D semantic segmentation
No full textSemantic segmentation is a crucial task in emerging robotic applications like autonomous driving and social robotics. State-of-the-art methods in this field rely on deep learning, with several works in the literature following the trend of using larger networks to achieve higher performance. However, this leads to greater model complexity and higher computational costs, which make it difficult to integrate such models on mobile robots. In this work we investigate how it is possible to obtain lighter performing deep models introducing additional data at a very low computational cost, instead of increasing the network complexity. We consider the features used in the 3D Entangled Forests algorithm, proposing different strategies to integrate such additional information into different deep networks. The new features allow to obtain lighter and performing segmentation models, either by shrinking the network size or improving existing networks proposed for real-time segmentation. Such result represents an interesting alternative in mobile robotics application, where computational power and energy are limited
Recensione di M. Griffin, Transforming Tales: Rewriting Metamorphosis in Medieval French Literature (2015)
No full textDietary curcumin : correlation between bioavailability and health potential
No full textThe yellow pigment curcumin, extracted from turmeric, is a renowned polyphenol with a broad spectrum of health properties such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, anti-allergic, anti-dermatophyte, and neuroprotective. However, these properties are followed by a poor pharmacokinetic profile which compromises its therapeutic potential. The association of low absorption by the small intestine and the extensive reductive and conjugative metabolism in the liver dramatically weakens the oral bioavailability. Several strategies such as inhibition of curcumin metabolism with adjuvants as well as novel solid and liquid oral delivery systems have been tried to counteract curcumin poor absorption and rapid elimination from the body. Some of these drug deliveries can successfully enhance the solubility, extending the residence in plasma, improving the pharmacokinetic profile and the cellular uptake
Recensione di M. Tyssens, «La Tierce Geste qui molt fist a prisier». Études sur le cycle des Narbonnais (2011)
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