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A free plate model can predict guided modes propagating in tubular bone-mimicking phantoms
2014
The goal of this work was to show that a non-absorbing free plate model can predict with a reasonable accuracy guided modes measured in bone-mimicking phantoms that have circular cross-section. Experiments were carried out on uncoated and coated phantoms using a clinical axial transmission setup. Adjustment of the plate model to the experimental data yielded estimates for the waveguide characteristics (thickness, bulk wave velocities). Fair agreement was achieved over a frequency range of 0.4 to 1.6 MHz. A lower accuracy observed for the thinnest bone-mimicking phantoms was caused by limitations in the wave number measurements rather than by the model itself.
A variant design of Tuned Mass Damper Inerter for reducing displacements of base isolated structures
2021
In this study an innovative passive control strategy, referred to as New Tuned Mass Damper Inerter (New TMDI), coupled with a base isolation system (BI), is presented with the aim of reducing displacements in base isolated structures subject to seismic actions. The proposed New TMDI employs the synergetic benefits of a recently developed non-traditional Tuned Mass Damper (known as New TMD) and an inerter device to achieve higher control performances in isolated structures. Specifically, the New TMD is a secondary mass system connected to the BI system by a spring and to the ground by a dashpot. In addition, in the New TMDI configuration, the inerter device is placed in parallel with the dam…
Turbo-Roundabouts: a Model to Evaluate Capacity, Delays, Queues and Level of Service
2012
A turbo roundabout is a particular type of roundabout where entering and circulating lanes are bounded by traffic signs and by non-mountable curbs. The physical separation between lanes, both at entries and on the ring, helps to prevent side collisions crossing the roundabout. The main advantages of turbo roundabouts are: i) reduction in the number of potential conflict points; ii) lower speed of vehicles passing through the intersection; iii) safety conditions at the intersection due to lower risk of side-by-side accidents. These aspects make turbo-roundabouts more appropriate than roundabouts when a higher level of safety has to be guaranteed, particularly in presence of relevant pedestri…
Effect of partial replacement of meat by carrot on physicochemical properties and fatty acid profile of fresh turkey sausages: a chemometric approach
2020
BACKGROUND This study evaluated the modification of physicochemical characteristics and fatty acid composition of fresh turkey sausages manufactured including carrot (Daucus carota L.) as a vegetable source (i.e., 10%, 20% and 30%, w/w). RESULTS The results were compared with sausages used as controls (i.e., containing 100% turkey meat, w/w). Overall, significant differences were detected for all of the evaluated attributes. The inclusion of 20% and 30% carrot (w/w) in the sausages resulted in a reduction of the lipid content (by 5.42 and 5.26 g/100 g, respectively) and reduced energy value (-7.6%). The color parameters were strongly affected by the inclusion of carrot, recording a signific…
A Notation for Modeling Jason-Like BDI Agents
2012
The design and development of a large Multi Agent System (MAS) is a complex and difficult activity where a proper modeling notation may offer a significant contribution to the formulation of the best solution. The support provided by a specific CASE tool can significantly contribute to make the chosen approach technically valid and it is also a fundamental element of a feasible development strategy. The present work reports a UML profile and the related graphical notation for describing a MAS based on the Jason meta model. Moreover a specific CASE tool has been developed for supporting MASs design and automatic code generation. The proposed notation is shown in details using a classical exa…
Design for all strategies for the Palermo's Arab and Norman UNESCO itinerary
2021
Sicily, with its seven sites recognized by UNESCO, is the Italian region that can boast the highest number of them: the last elected is Palermo, which since 2015 is also part of the prestigious World Heritage List. The Palermo itinerary unfolds through eight stages: Royal Palace, Palatine Chapel, Churches of San Giovanni degli Eremiti, Martorana, San Cataldo, Cathedral, Zisa Castle, Bridge of mmiraglio to which the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale. However, Palermo has critical issues that make the tourist route difficult and uncomfortable, not easily accessible due to the limited physical connections that make it difficult for both citizens and tourists with disabilities to move from one …
When is Architecture Not Design?
2019
If there’s nothing more to architecture than design, and to its attendant thinking processes than design thinking, then core dimensions of the enterprise from production and use angles have no special character over and above their counterparts in general design. Yet that does not appear to be true by the lights of architects or design specialists or the public at large. So what is it, at the core or periphery of the discipline or its objects, that makes architecture not design? The ways in which architecture and design constitute artistic enterprises, drawing on and promoting aesthetic interest, differ such that architecture is not, or at least not only, a branch of or variation on desi…
The Effect of Music on Movement Perception: Synchresis in Hits for HIIT
2021
Hits for HIIT consists in a research-creation project aiming to produce both musical pieces and training exercises for, on the one hand, optimizing HIIT practice and, on the other, enriching scholarly research on the relations between music and sports. These questions and their related studies have highlighted music/movement relations and the way they are perceived. In this paper we would like to outline how we attempt to build a two-way dialogue between the production of music adapted to HIIT and the design of workouts based on the music.
Educación artística : revista de investigación
2017
Resumen: La ensenanza del diseno en el Estado espanol tiene su inicio la decada de 1960 y se ha ido definiendo a traves de los sucesivos planes de estudio desarrollados por las autoridades educativas desde entonces hasta la actualidad. El dibujo, como conocimiento y competencia asociados a la representacion y a la ideacion de las formas, ha estado presente siempre como uno de los elementos formativos de los futuros disenadores. Ahora bien, su estatus en estos planes de estudio, y en los consecuentes programas academicos aplicados, ha ido cambiando. El examen de los diferentes planes en relacion a la formulacion de la docencia del dibujo en ellos revela innovaciones significativas. Ha habido…
Jueces y acceso a la justicia en Puerto Rico: Designación, formación y buenas prácticas. Un estudio histórico-crítico y propuestas de futuro
2021
Esta investigación analiza de forma histórico-crítica, tanto en el ordenamiento como en la práctica, el modelo de designación y formación de los jueces en Puerto Rico. Además, evalúa sus implicaciones en la legitimidad democrática, el acceso a la justicia, la independencia e imparcialidad judicial, el acceso a la información, la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas. Estos dos últimos factores, de más reciente cuña en el contexto judicial, son incluidos con el entendido de que son las buenas prácticas que deben permear toda la gestión judicial. De forma transversal, evalúa sistemas comparados de acceso a la función y formación judicial, con el fin de proponer un modelo de futuro para Puer…