672 research outputs found
E. CONCINA, Bisogni educativi speciali e didattica della musica
No full textThis review illustrates the issues addressed by the author in relation to the use of music as an educational tool that can promote well-being and the development of individual potential, even in the presence of special educational needs. The scientific approach of the text makes it a valuable support for professionals who need to get to know, or deepen, the pedagogical and organizational aspects that make this use of music a great opportunity to promote school inclusion and, in general, social inclusion. La recensione illustra gli aspetti trattati dall’autrice in relazione all’impiego l’impiego della musica quale strumento educativo in grado di favorire il benessere e lo sviluppo delle potenzialità individuali anche in presenza di bisogni educativi speciali. Il taglio scientifico del testo lo rende un valido supporto per i professionisti che necessitano di conoscere o di approfondire gli aspetti pedagogici e organizzativi che rendono tale impiego una grande opportunità per promuovere l’inclusione scolastica e sociale. 
Sul Pittore di Monaco 833
No full textThe Painter of Munich 833, studied by J.Gy. Szilágyi, who attributed to him 5 vases, has always been closely related
to the Ivy leaf Group. In this article it’s proposed to distinguish two different painters, the first, with the old name of
Painter of Munich 833 more tied to the Attic tradition, for iconography and stylistic models, author of two amphorae
(Munich 833 and tomb 170 Osteria necropolis of Vulci), the second, with the new name of the Symplegma Painter,
nearer to Greek East ceramography for his stylistic models, author of three amphorae (Louvre E723, Metropolitan
Museum 22.139.83 and fragments in Budapest). The Painter of Munich 833 could be an Attic Painter, near to Amasis
and related , moved to Etruria during the second half of the sixth century, around 540-520 B.C
Cooperative ways of working: towards a Mediterranean research project
No full textedited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Saviour Rizzo, Edward L. Zammit.; Includes bibliographical references.Source type: Print(0
Introduction: Symposium on Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy by Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman
No full textRizzo and Whitman’s Escaping Paternalism (2019) is, at once, a scholarly treatise on the nature of rationality and a powerful critique of the use of behavioral insights to support a new paternalism in public policy. Since its recent publication, it has informed research, among other things, into the decision processes of paternalist policymakers (Ambuehl, Bernheim, and Ockenfels 2021), the implications of dynamic preferences for tax policy (Delmotte and Dold 2021), and alternative theoretical grounds for behavioral policymaking (Sunstein 2021; Sugden 2021; Rizzo and Whitman 2021). Its theoretical depth has far-reaching implications for methodological discussions within behavioral economics and the scope of government action beyond contemporary policy debates. We are very grateful to the editor of the Review of Behavioral Economics for hosting this critical interdisciplinary discussion of the book. In this introduction, we briefly review the key arguments from Escaping Paternalism and then summarize the contributions to the symposium. The diverse views expressed therein show that Rizzo and Whitman’s critique of the methodological robustness of behavioral biases and their proposal of a “paternalism-resisting framework” is stimulating, but not uncontroversial. This special issue is an invitation to further engage with Rizzo and Whitman’s arguments and, in doing so, advance both the methodological debate about key concepts in behavioral economics (such as rationality, biases, internalities, or welfare) and the normative debate about the implications of behavioral insights for policymaking.</p
SHM of Vibrating Stay-Cables by Microwave Remote Sensing
No full textA radar equipment was used to measure the deflection response of bridge stay-cables induced by ambient and traffic excitation. After a concise description of the radar equipment and a summary of advantages and potential issues of the microwave technology, the paper focuses on the experimental tests performed on all stay-cables of the curved cable-stayed bridge erected in the commercial harbor of Porto Marghera, Venice, Italy. The bridge consists of an inclined concrete tower, single-plane cables and a composite deck; the curved deck has a centerline length of 231 m, with two different side spans and 9 cables supporting each side span. Three series of ambient vibration tests were performed (on July 2010, April 2011 and October 2019) on the two arrays of cables of the bridge by using conventional accelerometers and microwave interferometer. The availability of simultaneously collected radar and accelerometer data (which are usually regarded as reference data in dynamic tests) allowed to investigate the accuracy of the radar technique (in terms of natural frequencies and tensile force estimated from natural frequencies) and the errors/uncertainties in radar results. Furthermore, the tests allowed to verify the repeatability of radar survey, with SHM purposes.Accepted author manuscriptMechanics and Physics of Structure
Translating cognitive neuroscience to the driver's operational environment: A neuroergonomic approach
No full textNeuroergonomics provides a multidisciplinary translational approach that merges elements of
neuroscience, human factors, cognitive psychology, and ergonomics to study brain structure and
function in everyday environments. Driving safety, particularly that of older drivers with cognitive
impairments, is a fruitful application domain for neuroergonomics. Driving makes demands
on multiple cognitive processes that are often studied in isolation and so presents a useful
challenge in generalizing findings from controlled laboratory tasks to predict safety outcomes.
Neurology and the cognitive sciences help explain the mechanisms of cognitive breakdowns
that undermine driving safety. Ergonomics complements this explanation with the tools for systematically
exploring the various layers of complexity that define the activity of driving. A variety
of tools, such as part task simulators, driving simulators, and instrumented vehicles, provide a
window into cognition in the natural settings needed to assess the generalizability of laboratory
findings and can provide an array of potential interventions to increase driving safety.
Overview of neuroergonomics with respect to driving
Neuroergonomics is the study of brain and behavior
at work (Parasuraman, 2003; Parasuraman & Rizzo,
2007). This multidisciplinary field merges the principles
and practice of neuroscience and ergonomics
to study brain structure and function in everyday
environments. Whereas neuroscience and cognitive
psychology have tended to focus on the neural structures
and mental processes underlying cognition in
controlled laborator
G.G. Rizzo, Il giardino privato di Roberto Burle Marx, Il Sítio. Sessant’anni dalla fondazione. Cent’anni dalla nascita di Roberto Burle Marx, Roma, Gangemi, 2009
No full textThe Sítio, a garden of 40 hectares, was founded by Roberto Burle Marx in 1949, at Guaratiba (Rio de Janeiro). It is also the center of the friendship between its author and Giulio G. Rizzo. In the book, Giulio Rizzo recalls its birth, the different phases of realization, the scientific and artistic components, the goals, the loving attention of its creator. He also condemns the absurdo actual management that makes it a intact ruin
Il dottore sul Nilo e altri racconti
No full textDonne alienate, in crisi in una Londra solitaria e in una gelida Aberdeed, donne che radicalizzano la cultura afro-araba di origine, sono le donne dei racconti di Leila Aboulela, donne che con distacco osservano lo stato di ibernazione delle loro tristi e sterili esistenze fuori dal Sudan. Le lenti di un passato intrecciato di ricordi nostalgici impediscono loro di appropriarsi del presente e intensificano, invece, la voglia di valorizzare la cultura araba, distorta dalla prospettiva “orientalista”. La decostruzione dello stereotipo e l’utilizzo della strategia della resistenza messa in atto con la pratica della traduzione culturale divengono gli strumenti attraverso cui le protagoniste di Luci colorate, de Il museo e Lo Struzzo, i racconti qui proposti nelle loro prime versioni italiane, sfidano il rischio dell’assimilazione alla cultura anglosassone.
Le donne arabe, musulmane, africane e immigrate ritratte da Leila Aboulela sono donne attuali e socialmente conflittuali, oggetto di indagine da parte della critica postcoloniale: sono donne con tratti innovativi che illuminano le loro storie ed esperienze e che si distinguono, da un lato da quelle di figure femminili di opere di narrativa contemporanea collocate nell’ambito delle letterature arabo-anglofone e della migrazione e, dall’altro, da quelle di personaggi maschili come il dottor McCulloch, protagonista del racconto Il dottore sul Nilo e veicolo di trasmissione di vecchi cliché sull’Africa.
Riflessive e consapevolmente critiche della loro scomoda condizione di “donne”, immigrate e africane, Sumra, Shadia e l’anonima giovane araba di Luci colorate reagiscono all’occidentalizzazione e rappresentano l’universo afro-arabo con gli occhi dell’Altro.The volume Il Dottore sul Nilo e altri racconti is a collection that includes the most significant short stories produced by Sudanese writer, Leila Aboulela, within the field of first-generation immigrant writing. The four short stories – “Coloured Lights”, “The Ostrich”, “The Museum”, and “Doctor on the Nile” – are presented in their first Italian versions and introduced by a critical investigation entitled “Traduzione culturale e scrittura arabo-anglofona
nei racconti di Leila Aboulela” (“Cultural translation and Arab-anglophone writing in Leila Aboulela’s Short Stories”), where the author (who is also the translator) tackles issues such as translation and identity, translation, gender and Islam, as well as specific topics related to homesickness, cultural translation and re-writing. The short stories, which have as protagonists female Muslim immigrant characters - with the exception of the British male protagonist in “Doctor on the Nile”, are translated and commented through an in-depth analysis which sheds light on linguistic and cultural features - specifically referring to the maintenance and reproduction of stereotypes and prejudices, the deconstruction of colonialism and its contribution to the manipulation of non-European realties, strategies and techniques of translation concerning Arabic terms in English texts, practices of foreignization against domestication as an act of resistance
Dummynet and Forward Error Correction
No full textIn this paper we present a couple of tools developed by the author on FreeBSD, and available from the author's Web page in source format. The first one, called dummynet, is a tool designed for the performance evaluation of network protocols and applications. Despite its original design goal, there has been a lot of interest on using dummynet as a bandwidth manager in network servers. dummynet simulates the effect of finite queues, bandwidth limitations, and queueing delays, and is embedded in the protocol stack of the host, allowing even complex experiments to be run on a single machine, using existing applications and protocol implementations. The second tool is a software implementation of an erasure code especially suited for use in network protocols. Erasure codes are used in Forward Error Correction (FEC) techniques to reduce or remove the need for retransmissions in presence of communication errors. FEC has been rarely used in network protocols, because of the encoding/decoding o..
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