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A multi-objective genetic algorithm for the passenger maritime transportation problem

2014

Over the last years, the transportation demand has continuously increased and a further growth is predicted for the next future especially as regards the maritime sector. As a consequence, shipping companies will be asked to improve the supplied services in order to assure a high quality and time-effective goods and passengers transportation, deriving at the same time their own benefits by minimizing costs. Therefore, the optimization of routes and schedules together with the fleet deployment take a meaningful role on companies profitability and efficiency. In such a perspective, the present paper proposes a multi-objective mathematical programming model to determine a set of routes and sch…

Flota wojenna Bazylego II Bułgarobójcy (976-1025)

2016

The Emperor Basil II (976-1025) made his history by virtue of fact victorious war with Bulgaria and other numerous wars, that were fought during his reign in Asia Minor and the Balkans. However, from the very beginning of his reign, he had to pay attention to the naval forces of his empire. This was due to the fact that part of the fleet supported his opponents, aspiring to the imperial crown. After his victory in the civil war, he did not destroy the rebel fleet, but has entrusted her closer inspection. His state possessed a fleet, which could be attributed to the many activities: the fight against internal and external enemies at sea; military transport between distant points within the e…

Self-selected running gait modifications reduce acute impact loading, awkwardness, and effort

2021

Impact loading has been associated with running-related injuries, and gait retraining has been suggested as a means of reducing impact loading and lowering the risk of injury. However, gait retraining can lead to increased perceived awkwardness and effort. The influence of specifically trained and self-selected running gait modifications on acute impact loading, perceived awkwardness and effort is currently unclear. Sixteen habitual rearfoot/midfoot runners performed forefoot strike pattern, increased step rate, anterior trunk lean and self-selected running gait modifications on an instrumented treadmill based on real-time biofeedback. Impact loading, perceived awkwardness and effort scores…

How is the spread of the Electric Vehicles?

2015

Many automotive manufacturers are investing heavily in Electric Vehicle (EV) design and manufacturing. Governments and other public sector bodies are making significant investments in the development of EVs and introducing various tax credits, incentives and subsidies. In addition, energy companies and other industries have set their sights on electric vehicles. In particular, EV development is being strongly fueled by consumer demand stemming from economic and environmental factors. The scope of this work is to present a representation of the spread of EVs in some European countries, in order to address an integration of green energy with recharge of EVs with particular attention for Italy…

Wii-bändi : designing an expressive digital musical interface for therapeutic use with disabled people in a group setting

2011

This thesis presents the developmental prototype of a gesturally controlled digital musical interface. It is called Wii-bändi, as it uses Nintendo Wii controllers to translate the gestures into music, and is constructed specifically for clients with a variety of physical and mental disabilities so that they can use it in a therapeutic group context. It is argued that gestural and emotional expressivity might be based on a theory of vitality affects, and that optimal learnability could be achieved through making use of learning schemas. It then sets out how the interface was created using a methodological approach based on action research, describing the specific contexts that led to the cha…

The application of motion capture to embodied music cognition research

2012

A multi-objective fleet routing optimization for passenger shipping among islands

2009

In the last few years the statistical analysis on maritime freight and passenger transport highlights a positive trend of demand and for the next future, given the stressing congestion characterizing the road transport, a further increase both on the deep-sea-shipping and the short-sea-shipping is predicted. Given that, the navigation companies are called to improve their own services to assure a high quality and efficient customers transport, deriving at the same time their own benefits by minimizing the operating costs. Hence, an efficient and careful routes planning activity plays a meaningful role on navigation company productivity and income. Furthermore, the fleet deployment also cons…

Valkosolu- ja verihiutalevasteet voimaharjoituksen ja voimaharjoittelun yhteydessä miehillä: erityisesti proteiinin ja ikääntymisen vaikutukset

2010

Mutanen, Niina 2009. Valkosolu- ja verihiutalevasteet voimaharjoituksen ja voimaharjoittelun yhteydessä miehillä: erityisesti proteiinin ja ikääntymisen vaikutukset. Valmennus- ja testausopin kandidaatintutkielma. Liikuntabiologian laitos, Jyväskylän yliopisto, 39 s. Fyysisen kuormituksen immunologisia vaikutuksia on tutkittu paljon, mutta tutkimus on keskittynyt lähinnä kestävyystyyppiseen kuormitukseen. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää valkosolu- ja verihiutalevasteita voimaharjoituksen ja voimaharjoittelun yhteydessä miehillä. Erityisesti tutkittiin voimaharjoituksen yhteydessä nautitun heraproteiinin akuutteja vaikutuksia sekä ikääntymisen vaikutusta immuniteettireaktioihin…

What is “showing” in language?

2022

In this squib, I discuss the issue of showing meaning in language. I consider showing to form a continuum with telling (traditional language use with lexico-grammatical units and processes) and define showing in its purest form as a way of signaling meaning through depiction. For this purpose, showing makes use of relatively gradient and non-conventional means which are not typically considered to belong to language proper. I situate showing together with telling in ontology in which language is conceived as being simultaneously a physical, cognitive and social activity on a par with other such types of activities. In mainstream linguistics, showing has been marginalized and set aside from …

Viittomakielet hybridisysteemeinä - hämärärajaisuus ja epäkonventionaalisuus osana viittomakielten rakennetta

2018

Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan hämärärajaisuutta ja epäkonventionaalisuutta osana joitakin kaikista viittomakielistä löydettyjä yksiköitä ja rakenteita ja niiden käyttöä. Täsmällisemmin artikkelin fokuksessa ovat tietyt muodoltaan ja merkitykseltään tilanteisesti muuntuvat viittomat (erityisesti niin kutsutut osittain leksikaaliset viittomat) sekä eräänlainen vaihteleva-asteinen näytteleminen (niin kutsuttu konstruoitu toiminta), jota viittojat käyttävät tuottamiensa syntaktisten rakenteiden osana ja niiden sijaan. Käytännössä artikkeli esittelee näkemyksen, jonka mukaan molemmissa tarkastelun kohteena olevissa ilmiöissä on kyse samasta asiasta eli kielen diskreettien ja konventionaaliste…