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ROBOTIC INTERACTION AND COOPERATION. Industrial and rehabilitative applications
2014
The main goal of the thesis is the development of human-robotic interaction control strategies, which enable close collaboration between human and robot. In this framework we studied two di erent aspects, with applications respectively in industrial and rehabilitation domains. In the rst part safety issues are examined on a scenario in which a robot manipulator and a human perform the same task and in the same workspace. During the task execution the human should be able to get into contact with the robot and in this case an estimation algorithm of both interaction forces and contact point is proposed in order to guarantee safety conditions. At the same time, all the unintended contacts hav…
Lavoro e retribuzione nel Terzo Settore: appunti e disappunti
2019
Il saggio esamina i rapporti tra retribuzione e Terzo Settore alla luce della disciplina contenuta nel d.lgs. n. 117/2017. Il percorso di analisi viene sviluppato da una duplice prospettiva: in primo luogo la retribuzione è indagata in relazione al suo contrario, ovvero la gratuità, al fine di inquadrare giuridicamente il fenomeno del volontariato e tratteggiarne le caratteristiche genuine, al cospetto della diffusione di pratiche abusive dello schema solidaristico. Nella seconda parte ci si sofferma sulle tecniche di determinazione degli standard di trattamento economico e sulla loro funzione di regolazione della concorrenza. Vengono pertanto esaminate le norme sulla tutela retributiva dei…
Modelli di lavoro di rete in un'ottica di comunità educante
2014
Il lavoro di rete si configura come un nuovo paradigma del lavoro sociale, che ridimensiona la trasmissione unidirezionale delle risorse tecniche e professionali con il risultato di svincolare le risorse informali operanti nel contesto. Più precisamente non si tratta di un nuovo paradigma epistemologico ma piuttosto di un “modo di lavorare”, quindi di un paradigma operativo (una metodologia, appunto) che interviene sull’intera rete sociale e a diversi livelli per aumentare l’“accordo intersistemico” tra le parti. Dal punto di vista strategico il nuovo paradigma formula i suoi obiettivi generali coerentemente al modello di comunità competente: aumento della sensibilità per le risorse interne…
MALIGNANT GERM CELL TUMOURS in CHILDHOOD: the Italian Experience
1998
Malignant Germ Cell Tumours (MGCT) account approximately 3% of all malignancies in the paediatric age group. Although many of them are curable, their natural history, staging, systems and optimal treatment still need to be better defined. Tha data of an Italian co-operative study are reported here
The social innovation of social cooperatives operating on confiscated mafia properties: support factors and critical issues.
2015
In recent years, the theme of Social Innovation (SI) has gained significant importance both in academic studies and in policy. In the many definitions of SI proposed by scholars the aspect of change seems to be central. Making social innovation means to find and to provide new solutions to the social needs of individuals and communities; to develop and to introduce changes in the relationships between individuals and institutions; and again, to redefine the priorities of the economic and social development. In this paper we focus on a particular form of SI realized by social cooperatives operating in Italy on assets confiscated from the mafia. Thanks to a law of popular initiative these goo…
Recent Evolutions of the Social Economy in the European Union
2017
The general objective of the Report is to study the recent evolution of the social economy in the European Union. It focuses on three areas: firstly, the social economy and the emergent concepts/movements related to it, secondly, the public policies adopted in both the EU and the member states in recent years to enhance the social economy sector and thirdly, measuring the weight of the social economy in each EU member country. This Report shows that the European social economy provides over 13.6 million paid jobs in Europe, accounting for 6.3% of the total EU working population of the EU-28. Despite its size, the social economy remains invisible in the national accounts and statistics aroun…
Exploring the contribution of grassroots innovations to justice: using the capability approach to normatively address bottom-up sustainable transitio…
2020
There is growing interest in the potential of grassroots innovations for the transition towards more just and sustainable societies. Nevertheless, there is lack of clear normative discussion regarding these processes. The paper strives to propose and test a framework that enables an analysis of how and in which sense specific grassroots innovation processes may be contributing to the construction of more just societies. To this end, we connect elements of the multi-level perspective on sociotechnical transitions (frequently used in the analysis of grassroots innovations) with elements of the capability approach, which offers a multi-dimensional perspective to justice. The framework is used …
An Expert System for the Design of Agents
2007
The growing interest for the design and development of multi-agent systems has brought to the creation of a specific research area called Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (AOSE), specifically conceived for the development of complex systems. The development of such systems needs the support of appropriate tools that could help the designer in producing the design artefacts. We developed a tool called Metameth that may be used to define a new (agent-oriented) design process as well as to apply it. In this paper, we describe only a slice of this complex tool, specifically addressing the interaction with human actors (the designers). This subsystem is conceived as a collaborative multi-agen…
Designed for unanticipated use
2003
Common artefacts have been identified as fundamental characteristics for framing activities in workplaces. Mike Robinson's article 'Design for unanticipated use...' conceptualised and defined the dimensions of common artefacts as consisting of predictability, peripheral awareness, implicit communication, double level language and overview. These dimensions have often been used in explaining unexpected uses of different applications and systems. In this paper, experiences from common artefacts as CSCW application design principles, indicating that unanticipated uses are expected and further supported, are discussed. Two distinct cases, a physical room and a software application, are presente…
Stakeholders' involvement in establishing sustainable business models
2020
PurposeCooperatives play a dominant role in the European dairy sector. The aim of the study is to define a sustainable business model of dairy cooperatives and explore how stakeholders can contribute to innovation processes generated in this ecosystem.Design/methodology/approachStarting from theoretical assumption and investigation of three major cooperatives located in an ecological agricultural Poland region, known also as “Green Lungs of Poland,” the authors propose a sustainable business model where the role stakeholders in the value co-creation is emphasized.FindingsThe findings of this paper show how the involvement of various stakeholders by the cooperatives contributes to the develo…