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Il secolo spezzato delle avanguardie
2014
“Questo è il libro d’un curatore frustrato, al quale nessuno mai ha concesso la libertà del pensiero folle, ovvero la possibilità di fare alcune mostre riassuntive degli anni che ci hanno formati, quelli del secolo breve che ha sconvolto tutti i parametri preesistenti, scoprendo il profondo della psiche e del linguaggio.” L’arte della prima metà del Novecento è un vorticoso susseguirsi di movimenti e “ismi”. Difficile dunque definirla in un sistema chiuso e immutabile, meglio, e forse più giusto, cercare di catturarne lo spirito di molteplicità e di contaminazione continua attraverso un programma di mostre temporanee, percorsi visivi, tematici o storici che tengono conto di connessioni, rim…
Il secolo lungo della modernità. Il museo immaginato
2012
Abbiamo ipotizzato un museo diverso, luogo della fantasia e dell'immaginazione, in un'ipotetica città d'Europa che da qui vuole ripartire per il riordino urbanistico del suo centro utilizzando la vecchia stazione ferroviaria ormai dismessa." In questo libro Philippe Daverio ci accompagna alla scoperta dell'età moderna, ovvero del Secolo Lungo che parte dalla Rivoluzione francese e finisce nella catastrofe della Prima guerra mondiale. Questo volume affronta i temi più importanti della modernità attraverso oltre seicento opere d'arte raccolte tematicamente per vettori storici: quello politico, da Delacroix e Géròme al Quarto stato di Pellizza da Volpedo; quello della macchina e del lavoro, da…
Modelling and Analysis of Nonstationary Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Channels with Time-Variant Angles of Arrival
2018
In mobile radio channel modelling, it is generally assumed that the angles of arrival (AOAs) are independent of time. This assumption does not in general agree with real-world channels in which the AOAs vary with the position of a moving receiver. In this paper, we first present a mathematical model for the time-variant AOAs. This model serves as the basis for the development of two nonstationary multipath fading channels models for vehicle-to-infrastructure communications. The statistical properties of both channel models are analysed with emphasis on the time-dependent autocorrelation function (ACF), time-dependent mean Doppler shift, time-dependent Doppler spread, and the Wigner-Ville sp…
Statistical modeling, simulation, and experimental verification of wideband indoor mobile radio channel
2018
This paper focuses on the modeling, simulation, and experimental verification of wideband single-input single-output (SISO) mobile fading channels for indoor propagation environments. The indoor reference channel model is derived from a geometrical rectangle scattering model, which consists of an infinite number of scatterers. It is assumed that the scatterers are exponentially distributed over the two-dimensional (2D) horizontal plane of a rectangular room. Analytical expressions are derived for the probability density function (PDF) of the angle of arrival (AOA), the PDF of the propagation path length, the power delay profile (PDP), and the frequency correlation function (FCF). An efficie…
Evolutionary Algorithms and Metaheuristics : Applications in Engineering Design and Optimization
2018
Delay-Probability-Distribution-Dependent FIR Filtering Design with Envelope Constraints
2013
Published version of an article in the journal: Mathematical Problems in Engineering. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/930927 Open Access This paper studies the problem of H∞ finite-impulse response (FIR) filtering design of time-delay system. The time-delay considered here is time-varying meanwhile with a certain stochastic characteristic, and the probability of delay distribution is assumed to be known. Furthermore, the requirement of pulse-shape is also considered in filter design. Employing the information about the size and probability distribution of delay, a delay-probability-distribution-dependent criterion is proposed for the filtering error syst…
Intraocular Telescopic System Design: Optical and Visual Simulation in a Human Eye Model
2016
Purpose. To design an intraocular telescopic system (ITS) for magnifying retinal image and to simulate its optical and visual performance after implantation in a human eye model. Methods. Design and simulation were carried out with a ray-tracing and optical design software. Two different ITS were designed, and their visual performance was simulated using the Liou-Brennan eye model. The difference between the ITS was their lenses’ placement in the eye model and their powers. Ray tracing in both centered and decentered situations was carried out for both ITS while visual Strehl ratio (VSOTF) was computed using custom-made MATLAB code. Results. The results show that between 0.4 and 0.8 mm of d…
Artificial intelligence techniques for cancer treatment planning
1988
An artificial intelligence system, NEWCHEM, for the development of new oncology therapies is described. This system takes into account the most recent advances in molecular and cellular biology and in cell-drug interaction, and aims to guide experimentation in the design of new optimal protocols. Further work is being carried out, aimed to embody in the system all the basic knowledge of biology, physiopathology and pharmacology, to reason qualitatively from first principles so as to be able to suggest cancer therapies.
Image quality with multifocal intraocular lenses and the effect of pupil size
2007
Purpose To analyze the image quality with a refractive and 2 hybrid refractive–diffractive multifocal intraocular lenses (IOLs) in vitro to determine the IOL modulation transfer function (MTF) following the EN-ISO international standard for distance and near vision and to study the IOLs' behavior with different pupil sizes. Setting Fundacion Oftalmologica del Mediterraneo, Valencia, Spain. Methods This study evaluated 4 IOLs: the hybrid refractive–diffractive AcrySof ReSTOR SN60D3 (Alcon) and Tecnis ZM900 (AMO), the refractive ReZoom NXG (AMO), and the monofocal AcrySof SN60WF (Alcon). The MTF was calculated from the cross-line spread function recorded with the OPAL Vector System (Image Sci…
An ontology for cognitive mimetics
2018
AI and autonomous systems are intended to replace people in several jobs. People have worked in these jobs being able to execute the required information processing. This implies that new technical artefacts must be able to perform equitably effective information processing. Thus, it makes sense to develop the analysis of human information processing in designing intelligent systems. This approach has been termed cognitive mimetics. This paper studies how it would be practical to gain knowledge about human information processing and organize this knowledge using ontologies.