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Entertainment virtual reality system for simulation of spaceflights over the surface of the planet Mars
2006
In recent years Virtual Reality technologies have enabled astronomers to recreate and explore three dimensional structures of the Universe for scientific purposes. Mars, due to its scientific interest,has been the focal point of numerous research projects using these technologies, however, none of these virtual reality tools have been developed specifically for entertainment purposes.The focus of this paper is to present MarsVR, as an entertainment research project that educates people on the topography and orography of the planet Mars from the perspective of popular science. Some projects have been designed MarsVR for entertainment purposes and include the latest advances in 3D real time a…
Finite-Time Control and Estimation for Complex and Practical Dynamical Systems
2014
1Merchant Marine College, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China 2Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43202, USA 3Department of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, 4898 Grimstad, Norway 4School of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China 5Deep Space Exploration Research Center, School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Why corporates syndicate their investments with a specific partner? An explorative analysis of corporate venture capital co-investments
2016
The 80% of corporates that engage in CVC activities, make these investments with other corporates, recognizing the strategic benefits provided by co-investors. Despite the relevance of this phenomenon, no studies focus on the motivations that drive a corporate to syndicate its investments and most important there are no researches that investigate antecedents that drive a corporate in choosing the partner with whom to syndicate the CVC investments. Thus, the aim of this paper is to study why corporates syndicate their CVC investment with a specific partner. Based on the CVC and the alliance literatures we propose a research framework that considers two main elements characterizing a CVC syn…
Les apports du modèle expérientiel à l'analyse du comportement dans le domaine culturel : une exploration conceptuelle et méthodologique
1993
numéro spécial "Marketing culturel"
Cluster and firm-specific antecedents of organizational innovation
2016
Based on the idea of the tourist destination as a cluster, this paper proposes a model to explain the relationships between exploration and exploitation capabilities – whether originating in the cluster or firm-specific – and a firm’s organizational innovation. This study turns to the resource-based view to provide a theory-based concept of shared capabilities accumulated in a tourist destination or cluster, together with valid measurement instruments to capture them. Our conceptual model highlights the theoretical and practical benefits for firms of being embedded in a cluster to develop both exploration and exploitation capabilities. The study also analyses the interaction between cluster…
2d GPR and geoelectrical modelling: tests on man–made tunnels and cavities
2005
B036 2D GPR AND GEOELECTRICAL MODELLING: TESTS ON MAN–MADE TUNNELS AND CAVITIES Introduction 1 Many engineering and environmental projects require geophysical exploration to minimize the geological risk connected with the presence of natural or artificial tunnels and cavities (air and/or water filled). Many studies have been carried out to optimize the procedures to investigate these cavities using many geophysical methods (Beres et al. 2001; Li et al. 2004). In this paper we like to confirm the reliability of combined geophysical methodologies (GPR and ERT) and relative modelling to detect and locate cavities in a particular site (Marsala Western Sicily) where
METALANG. Protocolo franco-español de exploración de habilidades metalingüísticas en niños de 6 a 9 años: un estudio preliminar
2012
International audience; In this work are described the principles of functional-pragmatic and the reasons for developing an exploration protocol for natural metalinguistic abilities. This study explains the base hypothesis and structure of METALANG protocol. This protocol consists in a Test and a Questionnaire for parents with two different scales: A = Ability, B = Frequency. Each element of the protocol has 6 sections and 40 items. It is performed a preliminary contrast with 12 subjects aged 6 to 9 years. Among the 12 subjects, 4 were diagnosed with dysphasia. METALANG shows high scores in reliability and internal consistency. This result confirms the hypothesis that it is possible a joint…
Construction et évaluation d’un modèle de simulation dans un contexte interdisciplinaire
2015
Le travail présenté ici s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’ANR TransMonDyn, qui vise à étudier les transformations dans les systèmes de peuplement sur le temps long, au moyen de modèles conceptuels ou implémentés sous forme informatique. Cette étude s’appuie sur un formalisme, développé au sein du projet, définissant la transformation comme une transition entre un régime 1 et un régime 2. Le projet TransMonDyn repose sur l’analyse d’un ensemble de douze cas d’études empiriques, les transitions, dont les localisations autant que les échelles spatiales et temporelles sont extrêmement diverses.
Astrobiology of life on Earth
2021
Astrobiology is mistakenly regarded by some as a field confined to studies of life beyond Earth. Here, we consider life on Earth through an astrobiological lens. Whereas classical studies of microbiology historically focused on various anthropocentric sub-fields (such as fermented foods or commensals and pathogens of crop plants, livestock and humans), addressing key biological questions via astrobiological approaches can further our understanding of all life on Earth. We highlight potential implications of this approach through the articles in this Environmental Microbiology special issue ‘Ecophysiology of Extremophiles’. They report on the microbiology of places/processes including low-te…
The buried Fold and Thrust Belt in Sicily: perspectives for future exploration.
2012
The study region is a part of the Sicilian-Maghrebian Fold and Thrust Belt (FTB), a segment of the Alpine collisional belt, recently described as a result of both post-collisional convergence between Africa and Europe and roll-back of the subduction hinge of the Ionian lithosphere. The region (extending in central Sicily from the Madonie Mountains. to the eastern corner of the Iblean-Pelagian foreland through the impressive NE-SW trending Tertiary clastic and evaporitic range of the Caltanissetta trough) is located in an area where the main thrust system disappears beneath a wedge of deformed Neogene deposits. Earlier studies have neglected the importance of the potential target for hydroca…