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Mimicking human autonomy in industrial robotic enabled sensing
Humans have an immediate perception of shapes and surroundings through their senses and their cognitive capabilities. This innate ability enables the manual inspection of components in manufacturing environments. Trained inspectors combine their senses and handling skills with bespoke non-destructive testing instrumentation. However, manual inspections can be slow for large and/or complex geometries and prone to human factors. Automated non-destructive testing systems have emerged in recent years, to increase data acquisition speed, part coverage and inspection reliability. These tools work well when the robotic inspection takes place in a well-structured environment and an accurate part mo…
GRUPPI, GIOVANI ADULTI E DISIDENTITÀ
Introduzione In connessione con i cambiamenti socio-antropologici che caratterizzano la nostra epoca post-moderna, si è proposto il concetto di disidentità (Ferraro, Lo Verso, 2007, 2008; Ferraro, 2011; Ferraro, Giannone, Lo Verso, 2012) come chiave di lettura della condizione esistenziale espressa oggi da molti giovani-adulti e come cartina di tornasole rispetto all’affermarsi di nuovi quadri psicopatologici. Lo studio analizza i vissuti legati al tema della disidentità, per individuarne le forme d’espressione e valutare le capacità del gruppo d’intervenire su di essi. Metodo In 3 focus group (21 giovani adulti) a conduzione psicodinamica, sono stati somministrati prima e dopo l’esperienza…
The impact of insulin resistance, serum adipocytokines and visceral obesity on steatosis and fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Aims To assess whether host metabolic factors influence the degree of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in patients infected with hepatitis C virus, and to evaluate the impact of anti-viral therapy on insulin resistance and serum levels of adipocytokines. Methods Clinical and biochemical features, anthropometrical characteristics, and levels of fasting insulin, leptin, adiponectin and resistin were measured in ‘naı¨ve’ patients with chronic hepatitis C, before, during and after therapy with Peg-Interferon-alpha 2a plus Ribavirin. Results Forty-eightpatientswereincluded(M/F28/20;meanage50.0 12.6years; 62.5% genotype-1). Body mass index was 26.4 4.0 kg/m2 , and visceral obesity was present in 24…