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Repurposing old drugs to fight multidrug resistant cancers.
2020
Overcoming multidrug resistance represents a major challenge for cancer treatment. In the search for new chemotherapeutics to treat malignant diseases, drug repurposing gained a tremendous interest during the past years. Repositioning candidates have often emerged through several stages of clinical drug development, and may even be marketed, thus attracting the attention and interest of pharmaceutical companies as well as regulatory agencies. Typically, drug repositioning has been serendipitous, using undesired side effects of small molecule drugs to exploit new disease indications. As bioinformatics gain increasing popularity as an integral component of drug discovery, more rational approa…
An Industrial Automation Course: Common Infrastructure for Physical, Virtual and Remote Laboratories for PLC Programming
2018
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">This work describes the development of a teaching strategy to leverage current simulation tools and promote learning of industrial automation systems. Specifically, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) programming in an industrial automation course. We propose an infrastructure where it is possible to work with physical, virtual and mixed laboratories</span>
A computational approach for the assessment of executive functions in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
2019
Previous studies on obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) showed impairments in executive domains, particularly in cognitive inhibition. In this perspective, the use of virtual reality showed huge potential in the assessment of executive functions; however, unfortunately, to date, no study on the assessment of these patients took advantage of the use of virtual environments. One of the main problems faced within assessment protocols is the use of a limited number of variables and tools when tailoring a personalized program. The main aim of this study was to provide a heuristic decision tree for the future development of tailored assessment protocols. To this purpose, we conducted a study that…
Towards Digital Twinning on the Web: Heterogeneous 3D Data Fusion Based on Open-Source Structure
2023
Recent advances in Computer Science and the spread of internet connection have allowed specialists to virtualize complex environments on the web and offer further information with realistic exploration experiences. At the same time, the fruition of complex geospatial datasets (point clouds, Building Information Modelling (BIM) models, 2D and 3D models) on the web is still a challenge, because usually it involves the usage of different proprietary software solutions, and the input data need further simplification for computational effort reduction. Moreover, integrating geospatial datasets acquired in different ways with various sensors remains a challenge. An interesting question, in that r…
In assenza di intervento. Rappresentazioni digitali di restauri virtuali
2015
La simulazione della realtà attraverso le tecniche di rappresentazione digitale viene oggi in aiuto dei restauratori poiché consente loro di verificare l’impatto di un restauro ancor prima di intervenire. Ciò può contribuire a evitare interventi troppo invasivi e a contenere errate pratiche che, a volte, irrimediabilmente cancellano le tracce originali. Il saggio analizza alcune esperienze di ricerca sull’illuminazione nei modelli virtuali che sono emblematiche di un approccio possibile. Le ricostruzioni tridimensionali digitali analizzate forniscono non solo le informazioni spaziali e dimensionali ma anche gli aspetti cromatici e le caratteristiche di illuminazione di un’architettura. Lo s…
Bim and architectural heritage: Towards an operational methodology for the knowledge and the management of cultural heritage
2016
The study aims to answer the growing need for virtuously organize informational apparatuses related to Cultural Heritage. We propose a methodology that integrates multidisciplinary processes of interaction with information aimed at survey, documentation, management, knowledge and enhancement of historic artifacts. It is needed to review and update the procedure of instrumental data acquisition, standardization and structuring of the acquired data in a three-dimensional semantic model as well as the subsequent representability and accessibility of the model and the related database. If the use of Building Information Modeling has in recent years seen a consolidation in the procedures and the…
Viajes de cine. El relato del turismo en el cine hispánico
2017
Entre las estrategias desarrolladas por la industria turística para captar la atención del público viajero hacia destinos concretos una de las más rentables consiste en convertirlos en escenarios de las tramas fílmicas. Como envoltorio de los relatos cinematográficos, dichos escenarios quedan grabados en el imaginario colectivo, que los transforma en objetos de deseo susceptibles de ser visitados más tarde o más temprano. El análisis de esa exhibición cinematográfica de los espacios autóctonos es el objeto de los trabajos contenidos en el libro. Mediante el estudio de películas concretas, los autores abordan asimismo otros aspectos que muestran cómo el cine hispánico se hace eco de las tran…
El fomento de la mediación y de otros medios alternativos de justicia (también) en relación con la sustracción internacional de menores en Europa
2021
El decidido fomento de la mediación y de otros instrumentos MASC en el ámbito del Derecho de familia internacional constituye una constante, en los últimos tiempos, en el panorama comparado internacional. También en relación con aquellas disputas que involucran a menores. La UE no es ajena a este proceso y contribuye decididamente a éste. Aunque persisten dudas sobre la virtualidad real de estos mecanismos en la práctica diaria internacional.
Herramientas virtuales para la comunicación directa entre los agentes de la comunidad educativa. Análisis de caso de la aplicación móvil Smart Schools
2017
La comunicacion directa entre los diferentes agentes de la comunidad educativa cada vez es mas factible por el uso de herramientas virtuales. En el presente articulo, analizamos el uso de la aplicacion movil Smart Schools para la comunicacion escuela- familia y gestion interna de un centro escolar. Como estudio de caso, seleccionamos uno de los primeros cinco centros pioneros donde se ha implantado, el CEIP Bachiller Alonso Lopez, de la Comunidad de Madrid. Como metodologia de analisis, se han realizado encuestas y entrevistas en profundidad a una muestra representativa de cada uno de los perfiles (docentes, padres y equipo gestor) que estan utilizando dicha app . El objetivo es detectar c…
MIME: A mixed-space collaborative system with three immersion levels and multiple users
2018
Shared spaces for remote collaboration are nowadays possible by considering a variety of users, devices, immersion systems, interaction capabilities, navigation paradigms, etc. There is a substantial amount of research done in this line, proposing different solutions. However, still a more general solution that considers the heterogeneity of the involved actors/items is lacking. In this paper, we present MIME, a mixed-space tri-collaborative system. Differently from other mixed-space systems, MIME considers three different types of users (in different locations) according to the level of immersion in the system, who can interact simultaneously – what we call a tri-collaboration. For the thr…