Italian Fashion History and Cultural Heritage: data for a a Tourist Guide

The essay wants to introduce a mapping base, currently in progress, relative to museums, archives of fashion, costume galleries, present in Italy, such as constituent elements for the construction of a tourist guide, dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of knowledge Italian heritage, as well as a possible "offer" to create new spaces for Heritage and Tourism. The data presented here are drawn from the research \u201cGalleries of Costume and Fashion History Museum: Italian Opportunities for International Tourism and Local Development\u201d, planned in Rimini Campus University of Bologna. The general plan of research was officially presented during the 5th International Congress \u201cScience and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranea Basin\u201d, Istanbul Turkey 22-25 November 2011. Given the current research, the general outlines of the project and some initial data provided by the work of historians are provided below without claim of completeness

Climate Change, Weather Insurance Design and Hedging Effectiveness

The insurance industry has so far relied on historical data to develop and price weather insurance contracts. In light of climate change, we examine the effects of this practice in terms of the hedging effectiveness and profitability of insurance contracts. We use simulated crop and weather data for today’s and future climatic conditions to derive optimal weather insurance contracts. We assess the hedging effectiveness and profits of adjusted contracts that are designed with data that accounts for the changing distribution of weather and yields due to climate change. We find that, with climate change, the benefits from hedging with adjusted contracts almost triple and expected profits increase by about 240%. Furthermore, we investigate the effect on risk reduction (for the insured) and profits (for the insurer) from hedging future weather risks with non-adjusted contracts, which are based on historical weather and yield data. When offering non-adjusted insurance contracts, we find that insurers either face substantial losses, or generate profits that are significantly smaller than profits from offering adjusted insurance products. Non-adjusted insurance contracts that create profits in excess of the profits from adjusted contracts cause at the same time negative hedging benefits for the insured. We observe that non-adjusted contracts exist that create simultaneously positive profits and hedging benefits, however at a much larger uncertainty compared to the corresponding adjusted contracts.weather insurance design, climate change, non-stationarity, hedging effectiveness

Force control of lightweight series elastic systems using enhanced disturbance observers

This paper analyzes the control challenges associated to lightweight series elastic systems in force control applications, showing that a low end-point inertia can lead to high sensitivity to environment uncertainties. Where mainstream force control methods fail, this paper proposes a control methodology to enhance the performance robustness of existing disturbance observers (DOBs). The approach is validated experimentally and successfully compared to basic control solutions and state of the art DOB approaches

Cessent Lites! A night to Unite

Let Us Cease! A Night to Unite University Singers, University Chorale, and I Cantorii under the direction of Mr. Stephen Zork, featuring Kleberson Calanca, as the principal choral graduate conductor in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting. Soloists: Katharina Burghardt, Vivian Raimundo, Jessie Link, Megan Mocca, Katia Nikolaus Oboist: Pedro Falcon Graduate conductors: Kleberson Calanca, Megan Mocca, Giovanni Corrodus, Ronnie Zanella.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/seniors-2018-2019/1000/thumbnail.jp

Italian Fashion History and Cultural Heritage: Data for a Tourist Guide

The essay  wants to introduce a mapping base, currently in progress, relative to museums, archives of fashion, costume galleries, present in Italy, such as constituent elements for the construction of a tourist guide, dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of knowledge Italian heritage, as well as a possible "offer" to create new spaces for Heritage and Tourism. The data presented here are drawn from the research “Galleries of Costume and Fashion History Museum: Italian Opportunities for International Tourism and Local Development”, planned in Rimini Campus University of Bologna. The general plan of research was officially presented during the 5th International Congress “Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranea Basin”, Istanbul Turkey 22-25 November 2011. Given the current research, the general outlines of the project and some initial data provided by the work of historians are provided below without claim of completeness.   Some online  archives and fashion history museum on themes developed in this paper are: -          http://www.moda.san.beniculturali.it/wordpress/ -          http://www.imprese.san.beniculturali.it/web/imprese/home;jsessionid=6DFD70C634C40988ED2F021974A84D77.sanimprese_JBOSS -          http://www.ibc.regione.emilia-romagna.it/wcm/ibc/menu/istituto/04attivita/13progetti/prog/tessuti.htm -          http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/musei/?m=costume -          http://www.museoferragamo.it/ -          http://fortuny.visitmuve.it/ -          http://www.museodeltessuto.it/ -          http://www.museodellalana.it/ -          http://www.cultural.it/musei/borsalino.asp -          http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/collezioni/tessili.html -          http://www.museimazzucchelli.it/collezioni/museo-moda.html -          http://www.incampania.com/beniculturali.cfm?s=5&Menu_ID=211&Sub_ID=217&Info_ID=4187 -          http://www.emigratisardi.com/musei-artigiani/museo-costume-tradizionale.htmlThe essay  wants to introduce a mapping base, currently in progress, relative to museums, archives of fashion, costume galleries, present in Italy, such as constituent elements for the construction of a tourist guide, dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of knowledge Italian heritage, as well as a possible "offer" to create new spaces for Heritage and Tourism. The data presented here are drawn from the research “Galleries of Costume and Fashion History Museum: Italian Opportunities for International Tourism and Local Development”, planned in Rimini Campus University of Bologna. The general plan of research was officially presented during the 5th International Congress “Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranea Basin”, Istanbul Turkey 22-25 November 2011. Given the current research, the general outlines of the project and some initial data provided by the work of historians are provided below without claim of completeness.   Some online  archives and fashion history museum on themes developed in this paper are: -          http://www.moda.san.beniculturali.it/wordpress/ -          http://www.imprese.san.beniculturali.it/web/imprese/home;jsessionid=6DFD70C634C40988ED2F021974A84D77.sanimprese_JBOSS -          http://www.ibc.regione.emilia-romagna.it/wcm/ibc/menu/istituto/04attivita/13progetti/prog/tessuti.htm -          http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/musei/?m=costume -          http://www.museoferragamo.it/ -          http://fortuny.visitmuve.it/ -          http://www.museodeltessuto.it/ -          http://www.museodellalana.it/ -          http://www.cultural.it/musei/borsalino.asp -          http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/collezioni/tessili.html -          http://www.museimazzucchelli.it/collezioni/museo-moda.html -          http://www.incampania.com/beniculturali.cfm?s=5&Menu_ID=211&Sub_ID=217&Info_ID=4187 -                         http://www.emigratisardi.com/musei-artigiani/museo-costume-tradizionale.htm

Impact of stratification mechanisms on turbulent characteristics of stable flows over flat surfaces

Flow over a surface can be stratified by imposing a fixed mean vertical temperature (density) gradient profile throughout or via cooling at the surface. These two distinct mechanisms can act simultaneously as well to establish a stable stratification in a flow. Here, we perform a series of direct numerical simulations of open channel flows to study adaptation of a neutrally stratified turbulent flow under the combined or independent action of the aforementioned stratification mechanisms. When both stratification mechanisms are active, the dimensionless stratification perturbation number enters the picture as an external flow control parameter, in addition to the Reynolds, Froude, and Prandtl numbers. Additionally, we force the fully developed flow with constant mass flow rate. This alternative way of forcing the flow enables us to keep the bulk Reynolds number constant throughout our investigation and avoid complications arising from the acceleration of the bulk flow when a constant pressure gradient approach to drive the flow were to be adopted instead. We demonstrate that significant deviations from the original Monin-Obukhov similarity formulation are possible when both stratification mechanisms are active within an otherwise weakly stable flow with contiguous turbulence, even when the flux Richardson number is well below 0.2.Independent of active stratification mechanisms, the degree of deviation from neutral dimensionless shear as a function of the vertical coordinate emerges as a good measure for the strength of stable stratification for the six different cases investigated in this study. An extended version of the Monin-Obukhov similarity also shows promise.Comment: submitted to the Journal of the Atmospheric Science

Short-duration aerobic high-intensity intervals versus moderate exercise training intensity in patients with peripheral artery disease: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the Angiof-HIIT Study).

Supervised exercise training is among the first-line therapies for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Current recommendations for exercise include guidance focusing on claudication pain, programme and session duration, and frequency. However, no guidance is offered regarding exercise training intensity. This study aims to compare the effects of 12-week-long supervised walking exercise training (high-intensity interval training (HIIT) vs moderate-intensity exercise (MOD)) in patients with chronic symptomatic PAD. This study is a monocentric, interventional, non-blinded randomised controlled trial. 60 patients (30 in each group) will be randomly allocated (by using the random permuted blocks) to 12 weeks (three times a week) of HIIT or MOD. For HIIT, exercise sessions will consist of alternating brief high-intensity (≥85% of the peak heart rate (HR <sub>peak</sub> )) periods (≤60 s) of work with periods of passive rest. Patients will be asked to complete 1 and then 2 sets of 5-7 (progressing to 10-15×60 s) walking intervals. For the MOD group, exercise training sessions will consist of an alternation of periods of work performed at moderate intensity (≤76% HR <sub>peak</sub> ) and periods of passive rest. Interventions will be matched by training load. The primary outcome will be the maximal walking distance. Secondary outcomes will include functional performance, functional capacity, heath-related quality of life, self-perceived walking abilities, physical activity and haemodynamic parameters. The Angiof-HIIT Study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Canton de Vaud (study number: 2022-01752). Written consent is mandatory prior to enrolment and randomisation. The results will be disseminated via national and international scientific meetings, scientific peer-reviewed journals and social media. NCT05612945

Application of long-range weather forecasts to agricultural decision problems in Europe

Agriculture can benefit substantially from long-range weather forecasts, for the month or the season, which can help to optimize farming operations and deal more effectively with the adverse impacts of climate variability, including extreme weather events. In the context of climate change, long-range weather forecasts also represent key elements for the development of adaptation strategies. In spite of an undeniable potential, long-range forecasts issued for instance by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) have yet to find widespread application in European agriculture. To address partially the question of why this is the case, the performance of the ECMWF monthly ensemble forecasting system was examined. It was noted that predictability is currently limited to about 3 weeks for temperature and 2 weeks for precipitation and solar radiation. This may appear deceptive at first sight, but it was noticed that precipitation forecasts over a month are, overall, at least as valuable as information obtained from observed climatology. Encouraged by this finding, the possibility of using monthly forecasts to predict soil water availability was tested. In an operational context, this could serve as a basis for scheduling irrigation. Positive skills were found for lead times of up to 1 month. It was concluded that more systematic investigations of the possibilities offered by long-range forecasts should be undertaken in the future. However, this will require additional efforts to increase the quality of the forecasts, design appropriate application tools and promote the dissemination of the outcome within the agriculture communit