Search results for "Generation"

CMB spectral distortions in generic two-field models

2017

We investigate the CMB $\mu$ distortion in models where two uncorrelated sources contribute to primordial perturbations. We parameterise each source by an amplitude, tilt, running and running of the running. We perform a detailed analysis of the distribution signal as function of the model parameters, highlighting the differences compared to single-source models. As a specific example, we also investigate the mixed inflaton-curvaton scenario. We find that the $\mu$ distortion could efficiently break degeneracies of curvaton parameters especially when combined with future sensitivity of probing the tensor-to-scalar ratio $r$. For example, assuming bounds $\mu < 0.5 \times 10^{-8}$ and $r<0.0…

Palermo, un'idea di cui è giunto il tempo

2023

Palermo, città cosmopolita per natura, raccontata e immaginata in un libro che la propone come laboratorio permanente della direzione che possono prendere le città del sud globale. Un libro che racconta Palermo come un'idea che deve diventare pensiero collettivo per farsi azione e generare evoluzione. Dieci mosse sorreggono strategie creative e di rigenerazione urbana che ambiscono a diventare la piattaforma per un dibattito pubblico, spingendo ad agire come costruttori di cattedrali: con visione politica lungimirante e intervento tempestivo. Il libro condivide un'idea urbanistica necessaria, atta a generare un progetto di città capace di sconfiggere bruttezza, degrado, povertà e criminalit…

Italian Frontotemporal Dementia Network (FTD Group-SINDEM): sharing clinical and diagnostic procedures in Frontotemporal Dementia in Italy.

2014

In the prospect of improved disease management and future clinical trials in Frontotemporal Dementia, it is desirable to share common diagnostic procedures. To this aim, the Italian FTD Network, under the aegis of the Italian Neurological Society for Dementia, has been established. Currently, 85 Italian Centers involved in dementia care are part of the network. Each Center completed a questionnaire on the local clinical procedures, focused on (1) clinical assessment, (2) use of neuroimaging and genetics; (3) support for patients and caregivers; (4) an opinion about the prevalence of FTD. The analyses of the results documented a comprehensive clinical and instrumental approach to FTD patient…

Autonomie e controlli della Corte dei conti nel quadro dei principi costituzionali e dei vincoli sovranazionali in materia economico-finanziaria

2022

Una riflessione dei controlli sulle autonomie territoriali intestati alla Corte dei conti non può prescindere dal loro inquadramento costituzionale. L’A. prospetta una ricostruzione del controllo come espressione di una funzione neutra e imparziale che deve riposare su precisi parametri costituzionali che ne legittimano l’adozione e di cui va resa una stretta interpretazione: il controllo sulle Autonomie territoriali deve così essere necessariamente una attività tale da avvicinarla a quella giurisdizionale piuttosto che amministrativa. È in tale chiave che deve essere inteso il rapporto fra ausiliarietà di cui all’art. 100 Cost. e controlli sui bilanci ed i rendiconti. L’evoluzione del quad…

Cathodic reduction of hexavalent chromium coupled with electricity generation achieved by reverse-electrodialysis processes using salinity gradients

2014

Abstract A new approach for the simultaneous generation of electric energy and the treatment of waters contaminated by recalcitrant pollutants using salinity gradients was proposed. Reverse electrodialysis allows for the generation of electric energy from salinity gradients. Indeed, the utilization of different salt concentrations gives a potential difference between the electrodes which allows the generation of electric energy by using suitable electrolytes and an external circuit. The simultaneous generation of electric energy and the treatment of waters contaminated by Cr(VI) was successfully achieved for the first time by reverse electrodialysis processes using salinity gradients and pr…

Creative Cities in Italy: new scenarios and projects

2012

Reflections on and experimentation with urban creativity as a competitive factor put together in recent years, starting with the works of Florida and Landry, gave rise to further theoretical/operative reflections aimed at providing a greater territorial dimension to the creative city, lessening the rhetorical character and increasing that of the concrete effects on the quality of life. In 2007 my book “Creative City: Dynamics, Innovations, Actions” identified the need for concrete evolution and pointed out the factors that make it possible for urban creativity to become a launch pad for new economies and a creative force for new cities and not simply an attractive force for intellectual res…

Creative City 3.0: smart cities for the urban age

2012

In current financial, economical and political crisis, with the progressive downgrading of the States and the world’s GDPs dropping, the strong flows of financial, social and relational capital that powered urban regeneration over the last fifteen years are no longer available to be tapped in on in an indiscriminate manner as it seems was the case until just a few years ago. The most dynamic cities in the near future will no longer be those that are able to attract urban projects driven by the real estate market, or hedge funds, but the cities that have extensive cultural and identifying resources and that are able to use them as the basis for creating new culture and new urban value. Today…

Creative Cities

2010

Renovatio urbis versus creatività urbana / Renovatio urbis versus urban creativity

2016

I relatori che hanno inaugurato il ciclo di incontri Spazi Pubblici e Luoghi Condivisi - Progetti architettonici per le città europee sono stati entrambi Visiting Professors del Politecnico di Milano presso il Polo Territoriale di Piacenza. L’architetto catalano Enric Massip Bosch - Professore Associato presso la Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès e de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, fondatore dello studio EMBA - ha presentato una riflessione sullo sviluppo urbano della città di Barcellona in rapporto ai suoi spazi pubblici. Il secondo ospite, che ha trattato delle strategie urbane messe in atto nella città di Siviglia, è stato invece Carlos Garcia Vazquez: architett…

The Idea Machine: LLM-based Expansion, Rewriting, Combination, and Suggestion of Ideas

2022

We introduce the Idea Machine, a creativity support tool that leverages large language models (LLMs) to empower people engaged in idea generation tasks. The tool includes a number of affordances that can be used to enable various levels of automation and intelligent support. Each idea entered into the system can be expanded, rewritten, or combined with other ideas or concepts. An idea suggestion mode can also be enabled to make the system proactively suggest ideas.