785 research outputs found
Eritrean Mobility and Cultural Heritage. New Frontiers of the Horn of Africa. An overview of the project
No full textEritrea achieved its independence in 1991 after thirty years of war with Ethiopia. As
already mentioned, in 2018 the borders with Ethiopia were re-opened, but currently
the commercial border is closed, therefore, an increase of traffic is still to come. At
the present time the Eritrean road is mainly used for connecting coastal lowlands
and highlands, and for national transfers, but we must keep in mind that the road
will be a strategic asset of paramount relevance in the Horn of Africa.
The challenges of the EMotion Project are a new mobility preserving the pre-existing
historic infrastructure: an extraordinary and vulnerable cultural heritage. It consists
of a unique road and railway network crossing natural and cultural landscapes and
connecting archaeological, historical-artistic and architectural sites; but above all it
is itself the summation of artefacts and monuments to be preserved, protected and
enhanced.
The main axis considered in this project is the Asmara-Massawa road: 120 km,
difference in elevation 2,300 m, single carriageway, with about thirty civil important
historical structures. Besides being a road for trade and transport, this strategic
axis represents an extraordinary opportunity to design an original and innovative
itinerary.
The new model of smart mobility and the possible future vision of the project can
represent the ideal and real bridge, capable of transferring knowledge, goods, ideas,
values and of connecting people, as well as reuniting historically and culturally
related places and paths. The new role of infrastructures will be pivotal.
The historic system of the colonial period can now become an instrument of
valorization and commercial/cultural/touristic development, but it needs to be safe,
equipped, easily accessible and managed with sustainable mobility criteria.
A key factor therefore is the role of the transport network, which will have to be
designed taking into account the current meaning of sustainable mobility, which
must consider the development policies of urban and territorial areas, cultural
heritage, energy efficiency and environmental quality and its replicability in other
contexts.
The EMotion project aims to provide a set of integrated solutions for sustainable
development, for the valorization and fruition of cultural heritage through the
activation of innovative high-profile research lines, thanks also to the contribution
of the stakeholders, partners and companies involved
The road connecting Massawa to Asmara: present scenario and future perspectives for increasing road safety
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The engineering approach to winter sports
No full textThe Engineering Approach to Winter Sports presents the state-of-the-art research in the field of winter sports in a harmonized and comprehensive way for a diverse audience of engineers, equipment and facilities designers, and materials scientists. The book examines the physics and chemistry of snow and ice with particular focus on the interaction (friction) between sports equipment and snow/ice, how it is influenced by environmental factors, such as temperature and pressure, as well as by contaminants and how it can be modified through the use of ski waxes or the microtextures of blades or ski soles. The authors also cover, in turn, the different disciplines in winter sports: skiing (both alpine and cross country), skating and jumping, bob sledding and skeleton, hockey and curling, with attention given to both equipment design and on the simulation of gesture and track optimization
Valore nutritivo dei vari tipi di latte il latte come alimento funzionale
No full textVengono illustrate le potenzialità del latte di diverse specie quale fonte naturale di componenti bioattive con effetti positivi sulla salute dell’uomo. Nella valutazione di quella che è la ridefinizione del ruolo funzionale del latte, alcune componenti bioattive sono oggetto di ricerca da numerosi anni, altre stanno ricevendo attenzione nell’ultimo decennio. Vengono inoltre presentati alcuni approcci nutrizionali che permettono di migliorare le proprietà funzionali del latte nonchè approcci tecnologici per la progettazione e formulazione di nuovi prodotti specifici destinati a diverse classi di popolazione
An in vitro approach to mammary gland biology and nutrition
No full textThe presentation describes several in vitro cellular models and their application in the field of mammary gland biology and nutritio
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