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Increasing the flexural capacity of RC beams using steel angles and pre-tensioned stainless steel ribbons
2016
This article presents an experimental programme on reinforced concrete beams retrofitted with steel angles and pre-stressed stainless steel ribbons to increase their flexural strength and ductility. Two different configurations of the steel ribbon were designed, and two companion specimens for each type considered were subjected to a four-point bending test to facilitate a direct comparison in the analysis of the effectiveness of the retrofitting technique. The influence of longitudinal steel angles and transverse stainless steel ribbons is analysed, and the concrete confinement due to stainless steel ribbons examined. The strengthened beams show remarkable increments in flexural strength a…
Modélisation et analyse spatiales des pratiques de mobilité partagée et de transport flexible en région PACA
2019
En France métropolitaine, en 2018, on estime que les transports contribuent à environ 40 % dans l'émission du dioxyde de carbone atmosphérique, et consomment un tiers de l'énergie produite (ADEME, 2018). L'objectif de neutralité carbone fixé par l'État vise une réduction de 40 % des gaz à effet de serre dès 2030, puis 75 % à l'horizon 2075. Dans ce contexte, la région PACA a réduit de 22 % ses émissions entre 2000 et 2017, pour une baisse moyenne de 30 % au niveau de la France sur la même période. Face aux enjeux environnementaux, la région PACA, comme la plupart des régions françaises, se doit de réduire drastiquement ses émissions de polluants atmosphériques liés aux transports routiers. …
International distance learning design experiences. Above the clouds, a project for a temporary event in the Bolognetta valley
2021
The health emergency due to the spread of COVID-19 has required a methodological and technological adaptation to the entire world of teaching and researching, in order to define in a brief time new methods for designing and teaching. In consideration of this, Campus Asia1 decided to organize one of the key events of its educational offer in a distance learning form, an international winter school with overn eighty participants and five international guest universities. Together with Kyushu University (China), Tongji University (Japan) and Pusan National University (South Korea), the edition held between 15 and 26 February 2021 saw the participation of two European partner universities, the …
Does Stretching Training Influence Muscular Strength? A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression
2022
Thomas, E, Ficarra, S, Nunes, JP, Paoli, A, Bellafiore, M, Palma, A, and Bianco, A. Does stretching training influence muscular strength? A systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000-000, 2022-This aim of this study was to review articles that performed stretching training and evaluated the effects on muscular strength. Literature search was performed using 3 databases. Studies were included if they compared the effects on strength following stretching training vs. a nontraining control group or stretching training combined with resistance training (RT) vs. an RT-only group, after at least 4 weeks of intervention. The meta-analyses were performe…
The role of symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota) in roots of the host plant Deschampsia flexuosa in vegetation succession of inland…
2013
Suurin osa maalla elävistä putkilokasvilajeista ja -heimoista elää symbioosissa mykorritsasienten kanssa. Mykorritsatyyppejä on useita, ja näistä yleisin ja vanhin on arbuskelimykorritsasymbioosi, jossa Glomeromycota-sienet muodostavat arbuskelimykorritsaa (AM) kasvien juurien sisällä. Tämä kasvin ja sienen välinen tiivis suhde on molempia osapuolia hyödyttävä symbioosi. Toisenvarainen AM sieni on riippuvainen kasvin tuottamasta orgaanisesta hiilestä, ja vastapalveluksena sieni voi parantaa kasvin ravinteiden- ja vedenottokykyä, sekä suojata tätä taudinaiheuttajilta, tuhohyönteisiltä ja laiduntajilta, sekä parantaa kasvin kuivuudensietokykyä. Vaikuttamalla isäntäkasvien kasvuun ja resurssie…
Assessment of the Kinematic Adaptations in Parkinson’s Disease Using the Gait Profile Score: Influences of Trunk Posture, a Pilot Study
2021
Introduction: Postural abnormalities are common in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and lead to gait abnormalities. Relationships between changes in the trunk posture of PD patients and gait profile score (GPS) and gait spatiotemporal parameters are poorly investigated. The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationships between trunk posture, GPS, and gait spatiotemporal parameters, in patients with PD. Materials and Methods: Twenty-three people with PD and nineteen age-matched healthy people participated in this study. A 3D gait kinematical analysis was applied to all participants using the Plug-In Gait Full BodyTM tool. Trunk and limb kinematics patterns and gait spat…
Perceptions, motives, and psychological flexibility associated with weight management
2012
Introduction: Overweight people are often able to lose weight with the help of professionals, but majority (about 85 %) of the weight losers fail to maintain behavioral changes that would lead to favorable results in the long term [1‐3]. Studies suggest that obesity treatment failures may reflect motivational and contextual impediments to weight loss, rather than limitations of the behavior change strategies per se [4, 5]. A stronger emphasis on motivational factors within a behavioral weight maintenance program offers promise for improving long-term outcomes. The motivation-focused approach has been shown to be as effective as the successful standard skill-based method in weight maintenanc…
AMMORTIZZATORI SOCIALI E NUOVE PROSPETTIVE DI WELFARE
In linea con la costruzione di un Modello sociale europeo e con i principi di flexicurity e lotta all’esclusione sociale elaborati nel quadro della Strategia Europa 2020, lo studio ripercorre le tappe dell’auspicato processo di razionalizzazione/universalizzazione del sistema degli ammortizzatori sociali in Italia, al fine di conciliare le istanze di flessibilità del mercato del lavoro con un incremento della sicurezza sociale e dell’occupabilità. In particolare, si analizzano le rilevanti modifiche introdotte dalla legge n. 92 del 2012 (cd. Riforma Fornero), nonché quelle proposte, a distanza di neanche due anni, nell’ennesimo percorso di riforma prefigurato all’interno del cd. Jobs Act , …
Wireless software and hardware platforms for flexible and Unified Radio and Network Control (WiSHFUL)
2022
In the last years, we have assisted to an impressive evolution of wireless technologies for short distance communication (like IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.15.4. Bluetooth Low Energy, etc.) due to the need of coping with the heterogeneous requirements of emerging applications, such as Internet of things, the Industry 4.0, the Tactile Internet, the ambient assistant living, and so on. Indeed, for optimizing the technology performance in these scenarios, it is often required to support some forms of protocol adaptation, by allowing the dynamic reconfiguration of protocol parameters and the dynamic activation of optional mechanisms, or some targeted protocol extensions.In both cases, prototyping, tes…
Work–Family Boundary Management Profiles in Two Finnish Samples : A Person-oriented Approach
2015
Background: The present study aims to identify different work-family boundary management profiles among Finnish employees, and examine how these relate to conflict between work and family or their mutual enrichment. Method: Participants from two samples, one consisting of university staff (n1 = 1,139) and another of nurses (n2 = 271), were asked to respond to an online survey concerning work-family boundary management, work-to-family enrichment, and work-to-family conflict scales. Results: A cluster analysis identified three profiles in both samples: segmentors, integrators and favoring family over work in the university sample, and segmentors, integrators and favoring work over family in t…