548 research outputs found
We should not Fail to Leave Tracks on Our Path
No full textEntrevista realizada por Iolanda Martínez Suárez, en la que Alicia H. Puleo habla de que en la sociedad capitalista occidental de hoy en día, en la que los medios no dejan de estimular nuestro deseo d consumir y de disfrutar –tanto de objetos materiales como de nuestros cuerpos– y crean la falsa ilusión de que se ha conseguido la libertad absoluta para todo el mundo, tenemos que intentar conservar el espíritu crítico. En esos tiempos de una supuesta libertad sexual, las mujeres todavía tienen que luchar por ser reconocidas como personas. Alicia H. Puleo, que se autodefine como “ecofeminista e ilustrada”, propone que adoptemos una actitud que combina la mesura y la conciencia de una autonomía feminista. En esta entrevista se habla e mujeres y educación, además de los roles de género y la dominación masculina (desde la ciencia) sobre el cuerpo de la mujer. Puleo sugiere que aprovechemos tanto los medios tradicionales como las posibilidades que la nueva tecnología nos ofrece para luchar contra los estereotipos.Iolanda Martínez Suárez interview with Alicia H. Puleo, which talk about in today’s capitalist society, in which the media continuosly stimulate our desire to consume –both material objects and our own bodies- and create the false illusion that absolute freedom has been achieved for everyone, we should try to maintain a critical perspective on life. In times of a supposedly sexual freedom, women still have to fight to be recognized as persons. Alicia H. Puleo, who defines herself as an “illustrated ecofeminist”, proposes to adopt an attidude which combines measure and awareness of feminist discussed, as well as gender roles and male (scientific) domination over women’s bodies, and how these determine our behavior and choices in life. Puleo suggests we benefit from traditional tools, but also from the possibilities of new technologies in order to fight stereotypes
Castelnuovo
No full textIl saggio indaga la natura composita e ibrida di uno dei principali monumenti della città di Napoli, il Castenuovo; legge i processi di formazione e i principi compositivi, che ne hanno generato la “monumentalità stratificata” e riconosce alla sua forma architettonica la capacità di rappresentare nella scena urbana l’importanza degli eventi storici e culturali, legati alla sua natura di strumento di dominio sulla città di Napoli e sul territorio dell’Italia meridionale e di luogo di promozione delle arti e della cultura. La matrice dell’unità composita del monumento risiede nell’idea progettuale sottesa nella metamorfosi aragonese, che mette in atto un procedimento compositivo fondato sull'ibridazione: della nozione di palazzo e di castello, di tradizione e innovazione, nell'uso di elementi stilistici, tipologici e strutturali dell'architettura gotico-catalana e dell'arte rinascimentale, di un modo di comporre che coordina le parti, con uno che opera per accostamento di elementi anche eterogenei. Il senso profondo dell’edificio - che è insieme emblema di raffinata regalità e isola monumentale difensiva - si rivela nella dialettica tra la preziosità del dettaglio e la poderosa geometria dell’impianto
Fiera Agricola
No full textNell’ambito della ricerca “Funzione e figura delle architetture pubbliche e servizi per lo sviluppo sostenibile delle aree metropolitane: Firenze, Milano, Napoli, Mestre”, l’unità napoletana della ricerca, diretta dal prof. Bisogni, ha sviluppato alcuni progetti di ricerca, con l’intento di indagare la possibilità di innervare l’area metropolitana di Napoli con un sistema di “zolle”, composizioni di edifici pubblici e di spazi collettivi, con l’obiettivo di ricondurre ad una nuova dimensione territoriale la nozione di città, di spezzare l’antinomia centro/periferia, di riqualificare la struttura urbana e sociale dell’hinterland napoletano, in una rinnovata dialettica e integrazione tra capisaldi monumentali, tessuti urbani, aree verdi.
All’interno di questo orizzonte concettuale, il progetto della “Fiera Agricola delle cinque regioni dell’Italia Meridionale”, sviluppa, mediante la tesi di Fosci e Gioioso, il tema di un’attrezzatura fieristica, collocata in piena campagna, a poca distanza dalla Reggia di Carditello, che si misura con la monumentalità e con la vocazione agricola della reggia borbonica.
Il progetta si misura con l’attualità del linguaggio classico di Mies e sviluppa il tema funzionale del padiglione fieristico, declinando il tema compositivo dello spazio vuoto dell’”aula”
Mostra d'Oltremare
No full textNell'ambito di una monografia su Marcello Canino si esamina il progetto della Mostra d'Oltremare, mettendo in evidenza la complessità dei principi compositivi messi in atto da Canino nella definizione del suo Piano Regolatore, che gli consentono di cordinare la molteplicità degli apporti degli architetti nella direzione di un'opera fortemente unitaria. In particolare si analizza: l'utilizzazione degli stili in chiave eclettica, per connotare le varie parti del complesso espositivo attribuendo precisi valori simbolico-formali alle sue parti; la vera e propria imitazione di composizioni urbane; il dosaggio del rapporto tra spazi costruiti e spazi verdi
Water and Energy Saving in Urban Water Systems: The ALADIN Project
No full textAbstractThe ALADIN project was aimed at contributing to environmental and energy sustainability of the urban water system by means of a decision support tool able to allow an evaluation of the energy impact related to each different macro-sectors of urban water cycle highlighting the main energy flows and to assess the system energy balance and identify the possible energy-efficient solutions. Moreover the tool suggests the most efficient actions in reducing water losses. In the present paper the main features of the developed tool are presented
Fluid–Solid Interaction Analysis for Developing In-Situ Strain and Flow Sensors for Prosthetic Valve Monitoring
No full textTranscatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was initially developed for adult patients, but there is a growing interest to expand this procedure to younger individuals with longer life expectancies. However, the gradual degradation of biological valve leaflets in transcatheter heart valves (THV) presents significant challenges for this extension. This study aimed to establish a multiphysics computational framework to analyze structural and flow measurements of TAVI and evaluate the integration of optical fiber and photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors for monitoring valve function. A two-way fluid–solid interaction (FSI) analysis was performed on an idealized aortic vessel before and after the virtual deployment of the SAPIEN 3 Ultra (S3) THV. Subsequently, an analytical analysis was conducted to estimate the PPG signal using computational flow predictions and to analyze the effect of different pressure gradients and distances between PPG sensors. Circumferential strain estimates from the embedded optical fiber in the FSI model were highest in the sinus of Valsalva; however, the optimal fiber positioning was found to be distal to the sino-tubular junction to minimize bending effects. The findings also demonstrated that positioning PPG sensors both upstream and downstream of the bioprosthesis can be used to effectively assess the pressure gradient across the valve. We concluded that computational modeling allows sensor design to quantify vessel wall strain and pressure gradients across valve leaflets, with the ultimate goal of developing low-cost monitoring systems for detecting valve deterioration
[Recensione a] Absorbing the Blow: Populist Parties and their Impact on Parties and Party Systems, a cura di S. Wolinetz and A. Zaslove, New York, Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018
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Oral sensitivity to flowability and food neophobia drive food preferences and choice
No full textThe study aimed to investigate the role of sensitivity to flowability on food liking and choice, the relationship between sensitivity to flowability and food neophobia, and its role in food liking. Five chocolate creams were prepared with different levels of flowability, and rheological measurements were performed to characterise them. One hundred seventy-six subjects filled in the Food Neophobia Scale and a food choice questionnaire (FCq). The FCq was developed to evaluate preferences within a pair of food items similar in flavour but different in texture. Secondly, the subjects evaluated their liking for creams (labelled affective magnitude (LAM) scale) and the flowability intensity (generalised labelled magnitude (gLM) scale). The subjects were clustered into three groups of sensitivity and two groups of choice preference. The effect of individual flowability sensitivity on food choice was investigated. Finally, the subjects were clustered into two groups according to their food neophobia level. The sensitivity to flowability significantly affected the liking of chocolate creams and the solid food choice. The liking of chocolate creams was also affected by the individual level of neophobia (p = 0.01), which, in turn, was not correlated to flowability sensitivity. These results confirm that texture sensitivity and food neophobia affect what a person likes and drives what a person chooses to eat
Prediction of secondary shelf-life of croissants: Survival analysis and cata questions methodologies
No full textThe secondary shelf life of croissants made by frozen dough was estimated by using the survival analysis methodology. Check-all-that-apply (CATA) questions were also performed in order to evaluate sensory perception of the product by consumers. Two formulations of frozen butter croissant (A, B) were stored at -18 degrees C until experimental analysis. The samples were removed from the freezer and baked for 20 minute at 180 degrees C. Samples were stored for 3, 7, 16, 20, 23 and 27 hours at 25 degrees C and 65% of relative humidity (RH). Ninety-six subjects participated in the consumer test. They were asked to eat each sample, and answer the question:" Would you normally consume/buy this croissant? Yes or No?" and provide a sensory product characterization using check-all-that-apply (CATA) questions composed of 16 terms. Results showed that the survival analysis can be used to successfully determine the secondary shelf life of croissants. Weibull distribution was used to describe the rejection function. The shelf life was estimated as the storage time that corresponded to 50% consumers rejection in 22 +/- 2 h and 11 +/- 2 h, respectively for formulation A and B. Significant differences among samples were found in terms of both negative (stale, hard, dry) and positive (soft, fresh) attributes, and, as expected, frequency of use of the positive attributes decreased with storage time, whereas the contrary occurred for the negative ones
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