Revisión de la literatura de modelos matemáticos para el tránsito de personas con discapacidad visual a través de rutas accesibles y seguras

Esta investigación parte del análisis de los problemas de accesibilidad que tienen las personas con discapacidad para transitar a través de la ciudad. En particular, para las personas con discapacidad visual transitar, navegar y orientarse resulta un reto particularmente difícil porque sus sentidos no perciben la misma información que un peatón sin discapacidad visual. En el Perú un 61.7% de las personas con discapacidad visual no utiliza ningún elemento de apoyo para movilizarse, además presentan dificultades para adquirirlos por su elevado costo. El principal elemento de apoyo para el tránsito de personas con discapacidad visual es el bastón blanco; sin embargo, ese objeto tiene un rango limitado de acción. Por esta razón se han desarrollado soluciones que permitan que dichas personas transiten de manera segura a través de la ciudad. Entre estas soluciones se encuentran los dispositivos electrónicos que sirven para detectar obstáculos, los dispositivos para navegación mediante radio señales, algoritmos de optimización para encontrar rutas seguras y accesibles y los sistemas de apoyo para navegación que incluye tecnología de inteligencia artificial, Big Data e Internet of Things (IoT). La revisión de la literatura de este trabajo de investigación revela que la solución que utiliza el IoT es la que cubre la mayoría de aspectos de la problemática de tránsito para personas invidentes (detección de obstáculos, navegación y accesibilidad). Asimismo, que en dicha solución también se utilizan algoritmos de optimización que permiten a los usuarios acceder a distintos destinos y que han presentado indicadores de rendimiento que sugieren que estas herramientas de optimización benefician a las personas con discapacidad visual en su movilidad e independencia. Por último, se debe considerar que estas herramientas de optimización deben utilizarse considerando las limitaciones o preferencias de las personas con discapacidad visual, no solo consiste en encontrar la ruta más corta, sino en la medida de los posible encontrar la ruta más segura y accesible.Trabajo de investigació

De-Sign Environment Landscape City Atti

La VI Conferenza Internazionale sul Disegno, De_Sign Environment Landscape City_Genova 2020 tratta di: Rilievo e Rappresentazione dell’Architettura e dell’Ambiente; Il Disegno per il paesaggio; Disegni per il Progetto: tracce - visioni e pre-visioni; I margini i segni della memoria e la città in progress; Cultura visiva e comunicazione dall’idea al progetto; Le emergenze architettoniche; Il colore e l’ambiente; Percezione e identità territoriale; Patrimonio iconografico culturale paesaggistico: arte, letteratura e ricadute progettuali; Segni e Disegni per il Design e Rappresentazione avanzata. Federico Babina, architetto e graphic designer presenta ARCHIVISION, e Eduardo Carazo Lefort, Docente dell’Università di Valladolid e Targa d’Oro dell’Unione Italiana Disegno la Lectio Magistralis. The VI International Conference on Drawing, De_Sign Environment Landscape City_Genoa 2020, deals with: Survey and Representation of Architecture and the Environment; Drawing for the landscape; De-signs for the Project: traces-visions and previews; Margins, signs of memory and the city in progress; Visual culture and communication from idea to project; Architectural emergencies; The color and the environment; Perception and territorial identity; Landscape cultural iconographic heritage: art, literature and design implications; Signs and Drawings for Design and Advanced Representation. Federico Babina, architect and graphic designer presents ARCHIVISION, and Professor Eduardo Carazo Lefort-University of Valladolid and Gold Plate of the Italian Design Union presents his Lectio Magistralis

Early Franciscan painted panels as a response to the Italian Cathars

The wood-panel paintings created by the Franciscan order in the thirteenth century present a dramatic transition from a static, stoic Byzantine style to increasing degrees of naturalistic, realistic, emotional, and corporeal representations. As a driving force behind the iconographic and stylistic shifts evident in these paintings, this study presents the parallel relationship between Francis of Assisi and his mendicant brothers to the heterodox Christian community known as the Cathars, a religious sect that competed directly with the Order of Friars Minor and the Catholic Church in duecento Italy. Using portable and monumental artwork to cultivate orthodox beliefs among the laity, the early Franciscan order positioned itself as one of the most prolific and innovative patrons of the arts nearly from the order's inception, despite their devotion to material poverty--a position that mirrored the ascetic Cathars. Focusing on three compositional models, specifically, large full-length icons of Francis, vita dossals of the saint surrounded by hagiographic scenes, and outsized crucifixes with the poverello depicted at the foot of the cross, this study analyzes the artwork in light of the Franciscans' and Cathars' shared historical context, their divergent theological beliefs, and their intersecting material cultures. Iconographic and material examinations are informed by the writings of early friars and the scarce textual remnants of the persecuted heretics. Evidence indicates that images of Francis were set as a foil to the Cathar leaders and preachers, presenting the saint as alter Christus, as confirmed by the wounds of the stigmata. Painted representations of Francis' life and reported miracles further provided opportunities for the friars to catechize on doctrines that the Church had recently reaffirmed at its Fourth Lateran Council. The imagery of the icons, vita dossals, and crucifixes highlights orthodox Catholic teachings such as Jesus Christ's Incarnation and Real Presence in the Eucharist and his physical suffering at the Crucifixion, as well as the intrinsic goodness of the natural world--all of which repudiated the Cathars' dualist and docetist beliefs. While the community of the Cathars has long been discounted, the Franciscans' rich artistic reaction to refute heterodox beliefs makes clear that the relationship between these two mendicant groups should be recognized and further explored.Includes bibliographical reference

Representation Challenges

Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are technological domains that closely interact with space at architectural and urban scale in the broader ambits of cultural heritage and innovative design. The growing interest is perceivable in many fields of knowledge, supported by the rapid development and advancement of theory and application, software and devices, fueling a pervasive phenomenon within our daily lives. These technologies demonstrate to be best exploited when their application and other information and communication technology (ICT) advancements achieve a continuum. In particular, AR defines an alternative path to observe, analyze and communicate space and artifacts. Besides, AI opens future scenarios in data processing, redefining the relationship between man and computer. In the last few years, the AR/AI expansion and relationship have raised deep transdisciplinary speculation. The research experiences have shown many cross-relations in Architecture and Design domains. Representation studies could arise an international debate as a convergence place of multidisciplinary theoretical and applicative contributions related to architecture, city, environment, tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage. This book collects 66 papers and identify eight lines of research that may guide future developments

Medieval London: Collected Papers of Caroline M. Barron

Caroline M. Barron is the world\u27s leading authority on the history of medieval London. For half a century she has investigated London\u27s role as medieval England\u27s political, cultural, and commercial capital, together with the urban landscape and the social, occupational, and religious cultures that shaped the lives of its inhabitants. This collection of eighteen papers focuses on four themes: crown and city; parish, church, and religious culture; the people of medieval London; and the city\u27s intellectual and cultural world. They represent essential reading on the history of one of the world\u27s greatest cities by its foremost scholar.https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/mip_rmemc/1009/thumbnail.jp