307 research outputs found
La metabolizzazione delle Olimpiadi. Capacità trasformativa e lascito dei mega-eventi nel paesaggio urbano
No full textIn recent years, there has been an increase in the number of metropolitan cities around the world. There is an undeniable economic link between these cities, thus forming a global landscape (Sassen, 2004). The latter includes cities wishing to leave their national context with the ambition of excelling at the international level. Each city has its own vision of the potential action needed to implement this radical change (Secchi, 2006). In order to assert their presence at the international level, these cities are particularly keen to hold important events – including mega-events, and most notably, Summer Olympics (Smith, 2012) – through which they can ensure their metropolitan development in multiple directions. Indeed, the Olympic Games have the capacity to organize, within the host city, a true cycle of life characterized by a pre- event and post-event. The issue then becomes for the metropolis to find ways to instrumentalize this mega-event to give a long-term vision of its cultural, economic, and infrastructural development. Already, it is possible to highlight the weakness in the scope and nature of a vision proposed over the long term. Indeed, what is really at stake for a metropolis, through the development of the Summer Olympic Games, is to design an urban landscape that is transformed with and beyond the legacy of the Olympic Games into its material and immaterial brands (Cashman and Hughes, 1999; Ritchie, 2000; Goad, 2001; Searle, 2002; Preuss, 2007; Hiller, 2006; Bondonio and Mela, 2008). For this reason, the main proposal of this research is to examine the possible identification of a metabolism of the Olympic Games and its material heritage in the post-event phase.
More specifically, this thesis is based on a theoretical framework that reconstructs the concept of the urban landscape’s metabolism. This concept of urban metabolism emerged at the beginning of the 20th century. It leads to a reflection on the urban landscape’s capacity of transformation and its mutation through the choice for the conception of the public and private actors around the same controversy. From a methodological point of view, this research is supported by a qualitative approach based on a flexible research design. A structuralist and interpretative approach was undertaken both for data collection and for the analysis of the selected content. More specifically, this study considers the case studies of Rome (1960), Montreal (1976) and London (2012), both in their pre-event and post-event phases. The objective is to evaluate the organization of the event from its conception to its management, as well as how its heritage and its transformative action were considered. In the end, this research shows that the Olympic Games have an operational value of concertation that interweaves different scales: international, metropolitan, and urban
Conoscere gli impianti di smaltimento dei rifiuti
No full textEducare, divulgare, informare sugli indirizzi adottati, quali la scelta della tipologia di impianti di trattamento e la loro localizzazione o l’utilizzo di una determinata tecnologia produttiva, sono azioni che devono essere parte integrante del processo decisionale. Il saggio raccoglie attraverso alcune schede che hanno come scopo illustrare sinteticamente, rielaborando informazioni provenienti da una bibliografia specialistica, i principali impianti di smaltimento e trattamento dei rifiuti solidi urbani, al fine di contribuire alla conoscenza dei principali sistemi disponibili: la discarica controllata, il trattamento meccanico biologico, gli impianti di compostaggio e di digestione anaerobica, i termovalorizzatori
Architecture territoire information 4.0 : fin de la route : les Coasters de la Basse-Côte-Nord
No full textLa présente publication recueille les enquêtes conduites par les étudiants
dans l’atelier et le séminaire de recherche du trimestre d’hiver 2024 à l’École
d’architecture de l’Université de Montréal. Les étudiants, dirigés par l’équipe
d’enseignants composée de Stephan Kowal, Gabriel Payant, Alessandra Ponte
et Alessia Zarzani, ont été confrontés à la proposition suivante :
Dans cette quatrième itération d’Architecture/Territoire/Information 4.0 nous
vous proposons d’explorer la Basse-Côte-Nord. Vaste, peu peuplée, très
difficile d’accès, la région, aux paysages austères et aux conditions climatiques
difficiles, raconte une histoire fascinante de formes millénaires d’occupations
humaines
Paesaggio e Conservazione
No full textPoster grafico sul tema paesaggio e conservazione capace di comunicare l'aspetto transdisciplinare del paesaggi
Economic factors affecting obesity: an application in Italy
No full textThe World Health Organization has stated that obesity is spreading around the world like a “global epidemic”. In 2004 the percentage of obese people in the Italian population was 9%, but the trend s increasing in recent years. Focusing on this country, the purpose of the paper is to analyze the socio-economic variables affecting obesity by means of a survey conducted in a consumer sample. Our analysis is based on a survey conducted in Italy, and the sample was composed of 999 consumers. We used a binary logit model and the dependent variable is body mass index (BMI), expressed in a dichotomic way (seriously overweight and obese, value 1, and normal weight, value 0). The results show that the condition of the seriously overweight and obese increases with age, especially in people over 65 of age. Also gender is correlated with the pathology: being seriously overweight and obese is far more likely for men than for women. An inverse relation was shown between obesity and education, and between obesity and the level of food knowledge. The results highlight that disadvantaged social categories are more susceptible to the problem of overweight and obesity. A policy implication of the analysis, to limit the spread of obesity, could lie in programs aimed at improving health and food awareness and focused on these minority groups.economics of obesity, BMI and consumer, logit model, Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety, Health Economics and Policy,
Architecture, territoire, information 4.0 : les Îles-de-la-Madeleine : l’architecture face aux urgences planétaires
No full textTravaux des étudiant.es du thème D de la maîtrise en architecture - 2022Introduction. Architecture / Territoire / Information 4.0 08 2022_Îles-de-la-Madeleine : l'architecture face aux urgences planétaires / Alessandra Ponte ; Former avec les données, le vent et l'eau / Gabriel Payant ; Au rythme des vagues : voyage vers l'archipel / Alessia Zarzani ; Voyage d'études ; Travaux collectifs. Autonomie et logistique / Emmanuelle Goyer-Pétrin, Clara La Roche, Mireille Proulx, Melanie Tempea ; Économie / Marie-Pier Bazinet, Ariane Corbeil, Florence Lacroix, Dyana Ng Ying Kin ; Géologie, géographie et climat / Méryka Béland, Saraliane Brouillard, Maude Raymond, Geneviève Trudeau ; Infrastructure et communauté / Philippe Cassista-Ruest, Mario Gagné, Eugénie Grosfils, Nicolas Vachon ; Travaux individuels. Le vivier : habitat pour humains et homards / Marie-Pier Bazinet ; Les oiseaux et l'architecte / Méryka Béland ; Accès avec réserves / Saraliane Brouillard ; Entre terre et mer : lexique d'une interface / Philippe Cassista-Ruest ; Guide du tourisme durable 4.0 / Ariane Corbeil ; Les îles nourricières / Mario Gagné ; Biosourcer et partager / Emmanuelle Goyer-Pétrin ; Technécotopia / Eugénie Grosfils ; Ta maison rétrécit / Florence Lacroix ; Le souffle de la Madeleine / Clara La Roche ; À fleur de l'eau / Dyana Ng Ying Kin ; À contre-courant / Maude Raymond ; Des phoques et des hommes / Melanie Tempea ; L'histoire naturelle des ruines / Geneviève Trudeau ; Fun islands : vers une infrastructure / Nicolas Vachon. Bibliographie
Architecture, territoire, information 4.0 : le lac Saint-Jean et la rivière Saguenay : la « valley section » à l’heure des technologies de l’information et des enjeux environnementaux
No full textLa présente publication recueille les enquêtes conduites
par les étudiants dans l’atelier et le séminaire de
recherche du trimestre d’hiver 2023 à l’École d’architecture de l’Université de Montréal. Les étudiants, dirigés
par l’équipe d’enseignants composée de Gabriel Payant,
Alessandra Ponte et Alessia Zarzani, ont été confrontés
à la proposition suivante : « Dans cette troisième
itération d’Architecture/Territoire/Information 4.0,
nous proposons d’explorer la région hydrographique
de la rivière Saguenay et du lac Saint-Jean. La rivière
Saguenay prend sa source dans le lac Saint-Jean,
à Alma. Immédiatement séparé en deux bras, la
Petite et la Grande Décharge, le Saguenay, après un
parcours d’environ 155 kilomètres, atteint le fleuve
Saint-Laurent. Son important bassin hydrographique
draine une vaste portion de la province et ses eaux
tumultueuses, marquées par des rapides et des chutes,
ont été apprivoisées pour fournir une importante source
d’énergie hydroélectrique. Le premier de ces systèmes
de barrages et de centrales est situé sur l’île formée par
la Petite et la Grande Décharge. Les deux branches se
rejoignent à la Pointe des Américains, là où la propre
rivière Saguenay commence réellement sous la forme
d’un vaste réservoir. La rivière se sépare à nouveau à
Shipshaw, où se trouvent deux autres barrages : la
centrale de Shipshaw du côté nord et la centrale de
Chute-à-Caron du côté sud. Les déversoirs des deux
barrages se rejoignent entre Chicoutimi et Jonquière,
où le Saguenay devient navigable. En montagnais,
Chicoutimi signifie « jusqu’où c’est profond »
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No full textDetecting pathogens and mounting immune responses upon infection is crucial for animal health. However, these responses come at a high metabolic price (McKean and Lazzaro, 2011, Kominsky et al., 2010), and avoiding pathogens before infection may be advantageous. The bacterial endotoxins lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are important immune system infection cues (Abbas et al., 2014), but it remains unknown whether animals possess sensory mechanisms to detect them prior to infection. Here we show that Drosophila melanogaster display strong aversive responses to LPS and that gustatory neurons expressing Gr66a bitter receptors mediate avoidance of LPS in feeding and egg laying assays. We found the expression of the chemosensory cation channel dTRPA1 in these cells to be necessary and sufficient for LPS avoidance. Furthermore, LPS stimulates Drosophila neurons in a TRPA1-dependent manner and activates exogenous dTRPA1 channels in human cells. Our findings demonstrate that flies detect bacterial endotoxins via a gustatory pathway through TRPA1 activation as conserved molecular mechanism.sponsorship: Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie Alessia Soldano Luis Franco Guangda Liu Natalia Mora Emre Yaksi Bassem A Hassanr Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0702.12 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0077.15 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0680.10 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0681.10 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0503.12 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0654.15 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0761.10N Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0596.12 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek G.0565.07 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Alejandro Lopez-Requena Natalia Mora Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar KU Leuven GOA/14/011 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Luis Franco Alejandro Lopez-Requena Guangda Liu Natalia Mora Emre Yaksi Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar European Commission IUAP P7/13 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Luis Franco Alejandro Lopez-Requena Guangda Liu Natalia Mora Emre Yaksi Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekensr KU Leuven OT/12/091 Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Luis Franco Alejandro Lopez-Requena Guangda Liu Natalia Mora Emre Yaksi Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talaverar KU Leuven PF-TRPLe Alessia Soldano Yeranddy A Alpizar Brett Boonen Luis Franco Alejandro Lopez-Requena Guangda Liu Natalia Mora Emre Yaksi Thomas Voets Rudi Vennekens Bassem A Hassan Karel Talavera (Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek|G.0702.12, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek|G.0077.15, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek|G.0680.10, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek|G.0681.10, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek|G.0503.12, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek|G.0654.15, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek|G.0761.10N, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek|G.0596.12, KU Leuven|GOA/14/011, KU Leuven|OT/12/091, European Commission|IUAP P7/13, KU Leuven PF-TRPLe)status: Publishe
Workshop di Progettazione "ROMA E IL MARE. VISIONI NEL TERRITORIO DELLA CODA DELLA COMETA" - tema MOBILITÀ SOSTENIBILI. Roma 21 Gennaio - 1 Febbaio 2013
No full textpartecipazione in qualità di progettista al Workshop di Progettazione "ROMA E IL MARE. VISIONI NEL TERRITORIO DELLA CODA DELLA COMETA" con il progetto "Tema MOBILITÀ SOSTENIBILI
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