102,330 research outputs found
An integrated socio-cyber-physical system framework to assess responsible digitalisation in agriculture: A first application with Living Labs in Europe
No full textMetta, M., Ciliberti, S., Obi, C., Bartolini, F., Klerkx, L., & Brunori, G. (2022). An integrated socio-cyber-physical system framework to assess responsible digitalisation in agriculture: A first application with Living Labs in Europe. Agricultural Systems, 203, 103533
Dalle grotte alle acque lungo i corsi dei fiumi Fiora e Albegna: cavità, risorse naturali e attrattori culturali nelle frequentazioni eneolitiche e dell’età del bronzo
No full textIl contributo presenta il quadro distributivo delle evidenze dell’età del rame e
del bronzo individuate nelle cavità lungo la valle del fiume Fiora, le aree umide
costiere e il monte Argentario. Lo studio propone, attraverso l’uso delle tecnologie
GIS, elaborazioni relative alle strategie d’uso delle grotte e ripari messe
in atto dall’Eneolitico all’età del bronzo prendendo in considerazione modalità
d’utilizzo e identità culturali delle frequentazioni pre-protostoriche. Tali
dati sono al contempo confrontati con i caratteri morfometrici delle cavità e
con le caratteristiche del sottosuolo valutando inoltre il rapporto con le acque
interne ed esterne alle grotte. Le elaborazioni mirano ad individuare elementi
che possono fungere da attrattori culturali e naturali nelle dinamiche di formazione
dei paesaggi funerari e rituali in quest’area della Maremma al confine fra
Toscana e Lazio.The contribution presents the distributional framework of Copper and Bronze
Age evidence identified in caves along the Fiora river valley, the coastal wetlands
and Monte Argentario. The study proposes, through the use of GIS technologies,
elaborations on the use strategies of caves and shelters from the Eneolithic to the
Bronze Age, taking into consideration the methods of use and cultural identities
of pre-protohistoric frequentations. These data are at the same time compared
with the morphometric characteristics of the caves and the characteristics of the
subsoil, also assessing the relationship with the water inside and outside the
caves. The elaborations aim to identify elements that can act as cultural and
natural attractors in the dynamics of the formation of funerary and ritual landscapes
in this area of the Maremma on the border between Tuscany and Lazio
Metta-based therapy for chronic depression
No full textMetta-based therapy for chronic depression - supplementary data for publication in Mindfulnes
Metta-based therapy for chronic depression
No full textMetta-based therapy for chronic depression - supplementary data for publication in Mindfulnes
Metta-based therapy for chronic depression
No full textMetta-based therapy for chronic depression - supplementary data for publication in Mindfulnes
Introduction: The Fourth International Workshop on Epigenetic Robotics
No full textAs in the previous editions, this workshop is trying to be a forum for multi-disciplinary research ranging from developmental psychology to neural sciences (in its widest sense) and robotics including computational studies. This is a two-fold aim of, on the one hand, understanding the brain through engineering embodied systems and, on the other hand, building artificial epigenetic systems. Epigenetic contains in its meaning the idea that we are interested in studying development through interaction with the environment. This idea entails the embodiment of the system, the situatedness in the environment, and of course a prolonged period of postnatal development when this interaction can actually take place. This is still a relatively new endeavor although the seeds of the developmental robotics community were already in the air since the nineties (Berthouze and Kuniyoshi, 1998; Metta et al., 1999; Brooks et al., 1999; Breazeal, 2000; Kozima and Zlatev, 2000). A few had the intuition – see Lungarella et al. (2003) for a comprehensive review – that, intelligence could not be possibly engineered simply by copying systems that are “ready made” but rather that the development of the system fills a major role. This integration of disciplines raises the important issue of learning on the multiple scales of developmental time, that is, how to build systems that eventually can learn in any environment rather than program them for a specific environment. On the other hand, the hope is that robotics might become a new tool for brain science similarly to what simulation and modeling have become for the study of the motor system. Our community is still pretty much evolving and “under construction” and for this reason, we tried to encourage submissions from the psychology community. Additionally, we invited four neuroscientists and no roboticists for the keynote lectures. We received a record number of submissions (more than 50), and given the overall size and duration of the workshop together with our desire to maintain a single-track format, we had to be more selective than ever in the review process (a 20% acceptance rate on full papers). This is, if not an index of quality, at least an index of the interest that gravitates around this still new discipline
Tactile sensing - from humans to humanoids
No full textStarting from human "sense of touch" this paper reviews the state of tactile sensing in robotics. The physiology, coding, and transferring tactile data and perceptual importance of the "sense of touch" in humans are discussed. Following this, a number of design hints derived for robotic tactile sensing are presented. Various technologies and transduction methods used to improve the touch sense capability of robots are presented. Tactile sensing, focused to fingertips and hands until past decade or so, has now been extended to whole body, even though many issues remain open. Trend and methods to develop tactile sensing arrays for various body sites are presented. Finally, various system issues that keep tactile sensing away from widespread utility are discussed
Integrating Metta Into CBT: How Loving Kindness and Compassion Meditation Can Enhance CBT for Treating Anxiety and Depression
No full textBackground: Loving kindness meditation and compassion meditation are traditional Buddhist practices that have recently been introduced and investigated in psychotherapy with promising results. Both meditation practices emphasize metta, a mental state of positive energy and kindness towards oneself and other beings, as opposed to the anger, hostility, or self-loathing that often accompany emotional problems.
Method: We conducted a qualitative review of the literature to produce an integrative review.
Results: Metta meditation appears to be particularly useful for treating depression and social anxiety, both characterized by low positive affect and negative attitudes and core beliefs about the self.
Conclusion: Metta meditation can aid therapy by promoting more adaptive self-images, social connectedness, and emotional experiences.
Loving kindness and compassion meditation (metta) have been recently introduced in psychotherapy.
Metta addresses shame, anger, and hostility, and promotes an accepting attitude towards oneself.
Metta meditation increases positive affect.
Metta meditation can be particularly useful in social anxiety and depression
System Approach: A paradigm for Robotic Tactile Sensing
No full textIn the pursuit of developing touch sensors or tactile
sensing arrays, the emphasis has only been on the sensors. This
led to a large number of ‘bench top’ sensors, very few of which
have actually been used in robotic systems. And those that have
seen the actual use have almost invariably been used in static
contact point imaging rather than the active manipulation or
exploration. Perhaps the lack of the system approach rendered
many of them unusable. In this work, we present the design of a
tactile sensing system taking into account not only the parameters
to be sensed but also the physical and operational constraints of
robotic system
Blink-Sync: Mediating Human-Robot Social Dynamics with Naturalistic Blinking Behavior
No full textThis short paper discusses the utilization of naturalistic eye blinking behavior in social robotics and gives an overview of the application possibilities. It proposes an integrative blinking model and gives an outlook on its implementation
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