Modelling and Co-simulation of Multi-Energy Systems: Distributed Software Methods and Platforms

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Auto-ID e soluzioni logistiche per la tracciabilità nel cantiere Benetti di Livorno

Il cantiere Benetti di Livorno, leader mondiale nella realizzazione di mega-yacht, ha manifestato l’esigenza di migliorare la gestione della logistica interna attraverso l’implementazione di un sistema che consenta di tracciare e gestire l’enorme quantità di materiali movimentati. Il presente elaborato descrive l’intero iter progettuale, soffermandosi in particolare sull’analisi dei processi attuali e delle principali problematiche da risolvere, nonché sulla descrizione della soluzione proposta. Inizialmente sui materiali verranno applicate etichette barcode, ma l’intenzione è quella di porre le basi per un impiego esteso, per la prima volta in questo settore, della tecnologia RFID, di cui già a inizio 2008 verrà lanciato un progetto pilota all’interno del cantiere. Il progetto descritto prevede pure l’implementazione di un sistema di tracciabilità dei mezzi adibiti alla movimentazione e di un quadro sinottico per la raccolta, la condivisione ed il monitoraggio di dati e informazioni inerenti le attività del cantiere. A questi si aggiungono ulteriori interventi, volti a ridurre e razionalizzare le scorte prevedendo anche un maggiore coinvolgimento di alcuni fornitori strategici, il tutto nell’ottica di perseguire, oltre che l’eccellenza di prodotto che il mercato già riconosce a Benetti, l’eccellenza del processo

Fault Detection, Isolation and Restoration Test Platform Based on Smart Grid Architecture Model Using Intenet-of-Things Approaches

© 2018 IEEE. To systematically shift existing distribution outage management paradigms to smart and more efficient schemes, we need to have an architectural overview of Smart Grids to reuse the assets as much as possible. Smart Grid Architecture Model offers a support to design such emerging use cases by representing interoperability aspects among component, function, communication, information, and business layers. To allow this kind of interoperability analysis for design and implementation of Fault Detection, Isolation and Restoration function in outage management systems, we develop an Internet-of-Things-based platform to perform real time co-simulations. Physical components of the grid are modeled in Opal-RT real time simulator, an automated Fault Detection, Isolation and Restoration algorithm is developed in MATLAB and an MQTT communication has been adopted. A 2-feeder MV network with a normally open switch for reconfiguration is modeled to realize the performance of the developed co-simulation platform

A co-ultramicronized palmitoylethanolamide/luteolin composite mitigates clinical score and disease-relevant molecular markers in a mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Background: Persistent and/or recurrent inflammatory processes are the main factor leading to multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions. The composite ultramicronized palmitoylethanolamide, an endogenous N-acylethanolamine, combined with the flavonoid luteolin, PEALut, have been found to exert neuroprotective activities in experimental models of spinal and brain injury and Alzheimer disease, as well as a clinical improvement in human stroke patients. Furthermore, PEALut enhances the expression of different myelin proteins in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells suggesting that this composite might have protective effects in MS experimental models. Methods: The mouse model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) based on active immunization with a fragment of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG35-55) was used. The daily assessment of clinical score and the expression of serum amyloid A (SAA1), proinflammatory cytokines TNF-\u3b1, IL-1\u3b2, IFN-\u3b3, and NLRP3 inflammasome, as well as TLR2, Fpr2, CD137, CD3-\u3b3, and TCR-\u3b6 chain, heterodimers that form T cell surface glycoprotein (TCR), and cannabinoid receptors CB1, CB2, and MBP, were evaluated in the brainstem and cerebellum at different postimmunization days (PIDs). Results: Vehicle-MOG35-55-immunized (MOG35-55) mice developed ascending paralysis which peaked several days later and persisted until the end of the experiment. PEALut, given intraperitoneally daily starting on day 11 post-immunization, dose-dependently improved clinical score over the range 0.1-5 mg/kg. The mRNA expression of SAA1, TNF-\u3b1, IL-1\u3b2, IFN-\u3b3, and NLRP3 were significantly increased in MOG35-55 mice at 14 PID. In MOG35-55 mice treated with 5 mg /kg PEALut, the increase of SAA1, TNF- \u3b1, IL-1\u3b2, and IFN-\u3b3transcripts at 14 PID was statistically downregulated as compared to vehicle-MOG35-55 mice (p < 0.05). The expression of TLR2, Fpr2, CD137, CD3-\u3b3, TCR-\u3b6 chain, and CB2 receptors showed a significant upregulation in vehicle-MOG35-55 mice at 14 PID. Instead, CB1 and MBP transcripts have not changed in expression at any time. In MOG/PEALut-treated mice, TLR2, Fpr2, CD137, CD3-\u3b3, TCR-\u3b6 chain, and CB2 mRNAs were significantly downregulated as compared to vehicle MOG35-55 mice. Conclusions: The present results demonstrate that the intraperitoneal administration of the composite PEALut significantly reduces the development of clinical signs in the MOG35-55 model of EAE. The dose-dependent improvement of clinical score induced by PEALut was associated with a reduction in transcript expression of the acute-phase protein SAA1, TNF-\u3b1, IL-1\u3b2, IFN-\u3b3, and NLRP3 proinflammatory proteins and TLR2, Fpr2, CD137, CD3-\u3b3, TCR-\u3b6 chain, and CB2 receptors

Fault Detection, Isolation and Restoration Test Platform Based on Smart Grid Architecture Model Using Internet-of-Things Approaches

To systematically shift existing distribution outage management paradigms to smart and more efficient schemes, we need to have an architectural overview of Smart Grids to reuse the assets as much as possible. Smart Grid Architecture Model offers a support to design such emerging use cases by representing interoperability aspects among component, function, communication, information, and business layers. To allow this kind of interoperability analysis for design and implementation of Fault Detection, Isolation and Restoration function in outage management systems, we develop an Internet-of-Things-based platform to perform real time co-simulations. Physical components of the grid are modeled in Opal-RT real time simulator, an automated Fault Detection, Isolation and Restoration algorithm is developed in MATLAB and an MQTT communication has been adopted. A 2-feeder MV network with a normally open switch for reconfiguration is modeled to realize the performance of the developed co-simulation platform

The Dual Role of Artificial Intelligence in Developing Smart Cities

Defining smart city pillars, and their nature and essence, continues to be debated in the scientific literature. The vast amount of information collected by electronic devices, often regarded merely as a means of rationalizing the use of resources and improving efficiency, could also be considered as a pillar. Information by itself cannot be deciphered or understood without analysis performed by algorithms based on Artificial Intelligence. Such analysis extracts new forms of knowledge in the shape of correlations and patterns used to support the decision-making processes associated with governance and, ultimately, to define new policies. Alongside information, energy plays a crucial role in smart cities as many activities that lead to growth in the economy and employment depend on this pillar. As a result, it is crucial to highlight the link between energy and the algorithms able to plan and forecast the energy consumption of smart cities. The result of this paper consists in the highlighting of how AI and information together can be legitimately considered foundational pillars of smart cities only when their real impact, or value, has been assessed. Furthermore, Artificial Intelligence can be deployed to support smart grids, electric vehicles, and smart buildings by providing techniques and methods to enhance their innovative value and measured efficiency

Les corps comme preuve. M\ue9decins et inquisiteurs dans les pratiques judiciaires du Saint-Office

Partant du cas de Venise \ue0 l\u2019\ue9poque moderne, l\u2019essai se concentre sur les strat\ue9gies employ\ue9es par les inquisiteurs pour observer et mettre \ue0 l\u2019\ue9preuve les corps des t\ue9moins et des accus\ue9s. Le corps devient une source de preuve qui, avec l\u2019aide des m\ue9decins et des chirurgiens, est soumise \ue0 examen : d\u2019un c\uf4t\ue9 les gestes et comportements sont analys\ue9s pour contr\uf4ler les discours, de l\u2019autre, l\u2019usage de la torture, aussi limit\ue9 soit-il, met en jeu le corps qui devient le lieu sur lequel mesurer la v\ue9rit\ue9

Libertinismo e la Chiesa in Italia

La voce ripercorre il rapporto e i motivi di condanna del libertinismo da parte della Chiesa Cattolica in Et\ue0 modern

Political Astrologers and the Secret Wheels of Providence Prophecies, Astrology, and Pragmatic Futurologies in Seventeent - and Eighteenth - Century Venice

The article addresses the issue of the interweaving between prophecy, astrology and the political discussion, in particular at the \uabpopular\ubb level. The case study is represented by Venice between the 17th and 18th centuries, a period marked by great attention towards the political discussion. The archival material, coming especially from the funds of the Inquisitors of State and of the Inquisition, offers the chance to consider from another perspective the intersections between astrology, prophecy, politics and the religious dissent

PEDAGOGINIO AUTORITETO SAMPRATOS ONTOLOGINĖS PERSPEKTYVOS LINK

In academic works on authority in the tradition of educational sciences and philosophy, a dual tendency can be noted. Alongside authors who view authority with suspicion and treat it as limiting a person and not allowing the unfolding of his personality, there are those who consider authority as a positive phenomenon. However, the latter also do not always manage to reach the depth of the phenomenon of authority. The paper concentrates on the concepts of authority, formulated by philosophers and education scientists that, going back to the etymology of the word “authority”, not only consider the authority as a positive phenomenon in the vast life of the society and of a person and a positive factor in the process of education, but also give an ontological grounding for it. In this way the authority is considered as “authority that promotes growth”, that corresponds to the human nature because “someone else”, the encounter with “otherness” gives the possibility to be oneself. Three fundamental characteristics of authority have been highlighted: authority that implies an obedience in which men retain their freedom, the transcendental nature of authority, and authority as assuming responsibility and introducing the pupil to the depth of reality. Existential / personal “insight” is presented based on the thoughts of Arendt, Zambrano and Giussani and has shown a new way of looking into the contemporary status of pedagogical authority which is firstly characterized by the educator being lost on the level of Being. This ontological insight of the phenomenon of authority has important implications towards the educator and the pupil. It reminds the educator that the fundamental part of his task is not only the professional actions and functions, that his mission goes beyond rendering knowledge, and that he is a representative of “other” (culture, tradition, past...), obliged to transmit to the pupil “the wealth” that he himself has received. It also reminds the pupil that this education is essential because a person grows and becomes himself when “encountering the otherness”.Socialinių mokslų (edukologijos) doktorantėVilniaus universiteto Filosofijos fakulteto Edukologijos katedraUniversiteto g. 1/9, LT-01513 VilniusTel. (8 5) 266 76 25El. paštas: [email protected] literatūrą, skirtą autoriteto temai, remiantis edukologijos ir filosofijos tradicija, galima pastebėti dvejopą tendenciją: šalia autorių, kurie žiūri į autoritetą įtariai ir jį traktuoja kaip ribojantį žmogų, neleidžiantį atsiskleisti jo asmenybei, yra tokių, kurie autoritetą mano esant teigiamu reiškiniu. Tačiau pastarieji taip pat ne visada pasiekia autoriteto fenomeno gelmes. Šio straipsnio tikslas – aptarti filosofų ir edukologų suformuluotas autoriteto sampratas, susitelkiant ties autoriais, kurie, grįždami į autoriteto žodžio etimologiją, ne tik autoritetą mano esant teigiamu reiškiniu visuomenės ir žmogaus gyvenime bei pozityviu ugdymo veiksniu, bet ir pagrindžia jį ontologiškai. Taip apskritai autoritetas konfigūruojasi kaip „auginantis autoritetas“, atitinkantis žmogaus prigimtį, nes „kažkas kitas“, susidūrimas su „kitybe“ suteikia galimybę būti savimi