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Historical building dating: refinement of established sample preparation protocol
2010
Abstract: The application of thermal (TL) and optical (OSL) stimulated luminescence on pottery and building materials has allowed to resolve numer-ous problems in both the fields of retrospective do-simetry and dating. Routine measurements request the registration of TL signals obtained on polymineral fine-grained frac-tion (FG) extracted from pottery sherds and bricks used as building material with the Added Dose (AD) technique. One of the reasons of the dispersion of the lumi-nescence measurements when using this fraction is the variability of relative contents of quartz and feld-spars, which due to their differing behaviour influ-encing the equivalent dose (ED) and therefore its uncertai…
The brick furnace of Pisciotto Country, in Scicli: an example of "human disaster"
2017
La fornace in contrada Pisciotto in Scicli: un esempio di "disastro umano" La Fornace Penna in Contrada Pisciotto, a Scicli è oggi un imponente ed elegante rudere dalla suggestiva bellezza, sfiorita e mortificata dal trascorrere del tempo e dall’incuria dell’uomo. Lo splendido paesaggio che faceva da sfondo al manufatto, è oggi deturpato da costruzioni abusive e da villaggi turistici ad alta ricettività; mentre lo sperone roccioso dal quale un giorno svettava l’alta ciminiera, si è trasformato in "luogo del cinema", vincolo che insieme a molti altri in realtà poco hanno fatto per la salvaguardia di questo bene. Il tempo sembra essersi fermato ad una notte di fine gennaio del 1924 (forse 192…
How Do QR Codes Enhance Customer Experience? : Omnichannel Customer Experiences in a Brick-and-Mortar Fashion Store
2023
In this qualitative study, we investigate how customers perceive QR codes enhancing their customer experience (CX) in the brick-and-mortar (B&M) store environment. Introducing QR codes to B&M stores is a part of the larger phenomenon of retailers creating omnichannel CXs by utilizing digital and cyber-physical elements in B&M stores. To collect data from real customers’ CXs, we displayed QR codes in a Finnish fashion brand’s B&M store and interviewed customers who had authentically visited the store. The QR codes displayed in the store were linked to a product information page on the brand’s online store, a brand ambassador’s Instagram posts, and an online survey. The data consist of 15 ind…
Customers’ QR Code Usage Barriers in a Brick-and-Mortar Store : A Qualitative Study
2023
The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that hinder customers from utilizing QR codes when they visit brick-and-mortar (B&M) stores. The research was conducted at a Finnish fashion retailer, where three types of QR codes were displayed for customers to use. In order to identify the barriers that customers face, two different sets of data were collected and analyzed: open-ended survey data (n = 101) and interview data (n = 16). The findings showed two main categories of barriers,customer and company related, with seven sub-barriers. The customer-related barriers included lack of interest in QR codes, user-related usage issues, desire for a device-free B&M store, and dislike towar…
The Cross-Channel Effects of In-Store Customer Experience in the Case of Omnichannel Fashion Retailing in Finland
2023
Although omnichannel retailing has emerged as a popular research topic in academic research, there are still gaps in our understanding of this phenomenon. One such gap concerns omnichannel customer experience and particularly the cross-channel or spillover effects of how customer experience in one channel may affect customer behaviour not only in that specific channel but also in the other channels of the same retailer. In this study, we aim to address this gap by examining how customer experience in the offline channel affects customer behaviour in both the offline and the online channel, more specifically how in-store customer experience affects both brick-and-mortar store and online stor…
Ri _ GENERAZIONI. Reversibili
2016
Vogliamo ora la maestria del “meccanico” in luogo di quella del “muratore”. Vogliamo architetti capaci di costruire mentre pensano a dover o poter smontare. Troppo spesso assistiamo alla supponenza di tanti manufatti che si arrogano il diritto di sentirsi immortali e invece sono solo premature obsolescenze non più governabili. I tempi di realizzazione dell’architettura contemporanea sono giurassici; spesso l’edificio non è ancora completato è già sono mutate le circostanze per cui lo si è voluto mentre stiamo riconoscendo di non potere più tornare indietro. L’architettura oggi non riesce più a stare al passo con le continue mutazioni che l’ambiente e la società impongono (ormai sempre più r…
Étude d'inclusions végétales dans des tessons de poterie ou des matériaux de construction
2005
Vegetal inclusions embedded in clayey materials (cob, ceramic, mudbrick) are investigated by using impregnation of the porous material with a fluorescent polymer. The micro-casting of the porosity is exploited by following two ways. Sections of the treated samples are examined under UV-light, showing vegetal structures amenable to a botanical identification and quantification. Moreover, micro-casts embedded in the mineral matrix have been successfully sorted. This new application is a tool to study archaeological samples previously not amenable to the work of archaeobotanists and to expand their field of investigation.
The Ludovico Cure. On Body and Music in "A Clockwork Orange"
2009
A Clockwork Orange is a novel by Anthony Burgess (1961) and a movie by Stanley Kubrick (1972). Starting from these two famous works, a series of different texts have been produced: a record by Walter Carlos was drawn from the soundtrack; a theatre version and another novel by Burgess; a rich and intense critical debate on newspapers, reviews, articles and volumes; the film itself has become a cult that the web has thoroughly amplified. This debate was not concerned only with aesthetic issues regarding the value of the two works. It has involved ethic and communicative issues, as well as social and juridical ones concerning the bad influence the two works could have on the public due to the …