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Comparative analysis of the thermal insulation performance of a façade enclosure integrated by vegetation under simultaneous windy and rainy climatic…

2023

The literature offers some studies on the capacity of the greenery apparatus to decrease wind speed and regulate temperatures with the combination of the moisture retained by the plants and the air passing through them, but there is little on the maintenance of performance under particular weather conditions. The aim of this contri- bution is to verify the effectiveness of a vegetal façade in particularly windy conditions combined with rainy and/or high-irradiation events. The subject of the study is the enclosure of the Technology Innovation Centre for Development (itdUPM), on the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where a green wall prototype has been installed. For the purposes of the ana…

Evolutionary Game Dynamics for Collective Decision Making in Structured and Unstructured Environments

2017

Abstract For a large population of players we consider a collective decision making process with three possible choices: option A or B or no option. The more popular option is more likely to be chosen by uncommitted players and cross-inhibitory signals can be sent to attract players committed to a different option. This model originates in the context of honeybees swarms, and we generalise it to accommodate other applications such as duopolistic competition and opinion dynamics. The first contribution is an evolutionary game model and a corresponding new game dynamics called expected gain pairwise comparison dynamics explaining how the strategic behaviour of the players may lead to deadlock…

Robust dynamic comfort modeling for motorcycle riding

2015

Comfort modeling is considered a prerequisite in motorcycle design, primarily to address safety concerns and to position the product on the market. However, a comprehensive methodology for comfort modeling during the earliest development phases of a motorcycle model is still missing. Anthropometrical variation is the main noise factor to consider in comfort modeling in relation to the unavoidable variability of body segments. However, comfort is a subjective concept influencing riders' choice of motorcycle model. This work is a generalization of the robust ergonomic design methodology aimed at designing products whose ergonomic performance is insensitive to anthropometrical variation. This …

Robust dynamic comfort modelling for motorcycle riding

2015

Comfort modeling is considered a prerequisite in motorcycle design, primarily to address safety concerns and to position the product on themarket. However, a comprehensive methodology for comfort modeling during the earliest development phases of a motorcycle model is still missing. Anthropometrical variation is the main noise factor to consider in comfort modeling in relation to the unavoidable variability of body segments. However, comfort is a subjective concept influencing riders’ choice of motorcycle model. This work is a generalization of the robust ergonomic design methodology aimed at designing products whose ergonomic performance is insensitive to anthropometrical variation. This w…

Rec. a Helen Van Noorden, Playing Hesiod. The ‘Myth of the Races’ in Classical Antiquity, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015, x+350 p., 72 l…

2017

Recensione a Helen Van Noorden, Playing Hesiod. The ‘Myth of the Races’ in Classical Antiquity, Cambridge 2015

1443Safety of red yeast rice supplementation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

2019

Abstract Background Recently, concerns regarding the safety of red yeast rice (RYR) have been raised after the publication of some case reports claiming toxicity. Purpose Since the previous meta-analyses on the effects of RYR were mainly focused on its efficacy to improve the lipid profile and other cardiovascular parameters, we carried out a meta-analysis on safety data derived from the available randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs). Methods Primary outcomes were musculoskeletal disorders (MuD). Secondary outcomes were non-musculoskeletal adverse events (Non-MuD) and serious adverse events (SAE). Subgroups analyses were carried out considering the intervention (RYR alone or in asso…

Considerazioni critiche sull’applicazione giurisprudenziale del reato di commercio illecito di sostanze dopanti

2015

Il lavoro prende in esame in modo critico i rapporti tra il reato di ricettazione e il reato di commercio illecito di sostanze dopanti e la tendenza che evidenzia la giurisprudenza, nel caso di specie, ha porre in essere un eccesso sanzionatorio.

A decentralized solution for the constrained minimum cost flow

2010

In this paper we propose a decentralized solution to the problem of network stabilization, under flow constraints ensuring steady—state flow optimality. We propose a stabilizing strategy for network flow control with capacity constraints which drives the buffer levels arbitrarily close to a desired reference. This is a decentralized strategy optimizing the flow via the minimization of a quadratic cost of the control. A second problem characterized by non-fully connected networks is also considered, for which an exact network equilibrium is not possible. Here, the strategy, in the absence of constraints leads to a least square decentralized problem, but, unfortunately, in the presence of con…

I temi emersi dai focus group: percorsi di un’analisi sociologica

2011

La ricerca nelle scuole di Dottorato in Italia. Dottorandi e Docenti a confronto.

2009

Durante i giorni del III Seminario svolto a Roma, nei giorni 25-26-27 giugno 2009, tutti i dottorandi partecipanti hanno avuto modo di crescere nella consapevolezza che la formazione di ricercatori competenti nella padronanza dei modelli teorici e delle diverse metodologie di ricerca, per i differenti ambiti del sapere pedagogico e didattico, e quindi capaci di declinare obiettivi, processi e metodologie, implica il possesso di conoscenze e competenze metodologiche atte a promuovere e realizzare attività di ricerca educativa in contesti scolastici ed extrascolastici. I docenti universitari presenti hanno espresso le loro osservazioni sull’adeguatezza delle procedure di ricerca usate da ogni…