Drawing as dialogue

[EN] The training paths are essentially based on the acquisition of knowledge in which the transmission of knowledge is organized starting and through the acquisition, and capacity for further modulation, of textual or alphanumeric languages. An area of particular intellectual value is however normally recognized and delegated to the activities defined as creative or artistic. The very concept of "vision", typical of the current methodologies of strategic thinking, refers to the ability to communicate through visual interpretive hypotheses, the experience of reality. In Italy a new regulation called "School-Work Alternation" has been introduced in the training courses, for the development of those attitudes of so-called soft-skills in operational and relational responsibility, for a positive outlook in working contexts. The case study of this manuscrippt concernes the students of the Liceo Artistico who forge their attitudes to know how to deal the conceptual mediations between visible and invisible, between visual thinking and concept vision images. The Drawing accompanies the way they look at the world and elaborate a shareable image. These formative features have made their contributions in these experiences particularly interesting and original, not so much for non-profit creative collaborations that they have been able to develop with the Institutions that have welcomed them, but above all for the current image and innovative that they have been able to interpret and return.http://ocs.editorial.upv.es/index.php/HEAD/HEAD18Brunetti, F. (2018). Drawing as dialogue. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 1511-1520. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAD18.2018.8239OCS1511152

The contribution of manufacturing companies to the achievement of sustainable development goals: an empirical analysis of the operationalization of sustainable business models

This study aims to identify the sustainable business practices operationalized in the sustainable business models of manufacturing companies and highlights these companies' contributions to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The results outline that a clear sustainable value proposition is operationalized through a large and various range of sustainable practices that, although some of them are legally promoted, are mostly voluntarily adopted. Unlike previous studies, this research shows a widespread commitment not only to the economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability but also to the social one, above all to promote workers' well-being, improve the workplaces, and engage the employees. Furthermore, the study reveals an across-the-board dimension of sustainability operationalized by the adoption of local embeddedness strategies, networking development, and creation of a sustainable ecosystem and contributes to extending -and improving all dimensions of- the triple bottom line framework. Finally, the companies investigated contribute to the achievement of 11 of the 17 SDGs by highlighting dimensions in which companies already have a strong impact and those in which they could enhance their practice. Based on these results, this research advances theoretical knowledge and offers practical implications to improve sustainable business management further.The authors wish to express their gratitude to Prof. Claudio Baccarani, Emeritus Professor of Business Management in University of Verona, for valuable comments and for supporting the original research carried out. Open Access Funding provided by Universita degli Studi di Verona within the CRUI-CARE Agreement

Crowdcrafting as a new manufacturing model: the experience of Berto Salotti

Purpose of the paper: The paper aims to present two experimental projects (\u201c#DivanoxManagua\u201d and \u201c#Sofa4Manhattan\u201d) conducted by an Italian small-medium enterprise of the furniture industry in order to outline crowdcrafting as a new manufacturing model. Methodology: An inductive research approach is followed. Our research strategy is a case study that works as an illustration and inspiration for new ideas. Findings: Berto Salotti projects fully embodied Knowledge Economy principles are meaningful examples of Experience Economy and act as a good application of crowdsourcing logic as well. They do represent an empirical illustration of the \u201cfuture craftmanship\u201d approach. Research limitations: The paper deals with one single case study, hardly generalizable, even if it is highly representative; the initiative is still in its starting phase and its results are hardly assessable. Practical implications: Companies aspiring to apply crowdcrafting could improve their customers\u2019 service by looking for new ways of interaction with them. Opening up themselves to social networks, finding competencies from the outside and providing customization and product quality together with unusual experiences are some suggestions. Originality of the paper: Our work makes both scholars and practitioners aware of an Italian SME innovative in introducing crowdcrafting in its processes; at the same time, it highlights the feature of such an approach both theoretically and practically

Drawing as language in design project: a course of analysis via Vesely and Perez-Gomez

We propose drawing as design project process, regarded both as project’s instrumental utility (technology) and condition for disciplinary reflection (art), considering drawing as language whose operability enables innovation in design. At the production level (drawing), two cornerstone conditions are implied: 1. the instrumental ability (technology) and 2. its critical (semantical) evaluation. As subject for analysis we present project drawings from widely recognized contemporary Portuguese designers. We interpret design object as the project’s overall communication exchange, questioning how drawing, as mediator for projectual practice in design, limits the object’s creation and hence its existence as design language? Our answer considers drawing: 1. mediator for representation (through technical expression), 2. classifying function (through program) and 3. interpretative mark of imagination (through authorship).Propomos o processo da projectação em design através do desenho, interpretado simultaneamente como utilidade instrumental (tecnologia) e condição de reflexão disciplinar (arte) considerando o desenho como uma linguagem cuja operatividade possibilita a inovação em design. No plano do fazer (desenhar) estão, fundamentalmente, implicadas duas condições: 1. a capacidade instrumental (tecnologia) e 2. a sua valorização crítica (semântica). Tomamos como material de análise desenhos de projecto de designers portugueses contemporâneos de reconhecido mérito nacional e internacional. Procuraremos atingir a compreensão do objecto de design, como intercâmbio da comunicação global do projecto, através da seguinte pergunta: em que medida o desenho, como mediador da prática projectual do design, condiciona a criação do objecto e consequentemente a sua existência enquanto linguagem do design? Responderemos considerando o desenho: 1. mediador da representação (através da expressão técnica), 2. como função classificadora (através do programa) e 3. como marca interpretativa da imaginação (através da autoria)

Behavioral Event Management: una proposta di applicazione della prospettiva behaviorista alla progettazione e organizzazione di eventi culturali

Obiettivi. In questo paper si prover\ue0 ad applicare i principali risultati delle ricerche di matrice behaviorista allo specifico ambito della gestione degli eventi. Obiettivo del lavoro \ue8 dunque vedere quali suggerimenti l\u2019approccio behaviorista pu\uf2 offrire per migliorare l\u2019efficacia degli eventi culturali e della loro gestione.Metodologia. Questo paper segue una impostazione metodologica di fondo di tipo deduttivo. All\u2019interno di questo percorso, l\u2019orientamento \ue8 di tipo prescrittivo ovvero si propone di individuare alcune modalit\ue0 di comportamento da suggerire agli organizzatori di eventi.Risultati. Seguendo il percorso descritto, gli insight behavioristi presi in considerazione sono i seguenti: peak-end rule; sequence in pain and pleasure; vorfreude; build commitment through choice; rituals; felicit\ue0 esperita vs. felicit\ue0 ricordata. Ciascuno di essi viene illustrato secondo un framework predefinito, articolato in: descrizione dell\u2019insight a livello generale; forme di applicazione nel contesto degli eventi; casi esemplificativi; problemi o aspetti critici.Limiti della ricerca. Sinteticamente, essi consistono nella focalizzazione sui soli eventi di genere culturale; nell\u2019esame ristretto soltanto ad alcuni insight behavioristi; nella considerazione esclusivamente della dimensione soggettiva e non collettiva; nella mancata analisi degli eventuali risvolti etici connessi all\u2019applicazione dell\u2019approccio behaviorista.Implicazioni pratiche. L\u2019impiego della prospettiva behaviorista costringe a pensare all\u2019evento ponendosi dal punto di vista dello spettatore nel senso della considerazione della sua dimensione psicologica, del \u201cvissuto\u201d che l\u2019evento va a creare nella sua esperienza e memoria. I soggetti impegnati nell\u2019attivit\ue0 di organizzazione di eventi potranno senz\u2019altro beneficiare, cos\uec, di una serie di conoscenze utili per ottimizzare gli effetti della loro azione.Originalit\ue0 del lavoro. Il presente lavoro costituisce, a quanto risulta, una delle prime applicazioni dell\u2019approccio behaviorista alla gestione degli eventi culturali

Use of fractal models to define the scaling behavior of the aquifers' parameters at the mesoscale

AbstractWe present an experimental study aiming at the identification of the hydraulic conductivity in an aquifer which was packed according to four different configurations. The conductivity was estimated by means of slug tests, whereas the other parameters were determined by the grain size analysis. Prior to the fractal we considered the dependence of the conductivity upon the porosity through a power (scaling) law which was found in a very good agreement within the range from the laboratory to the meso-scale. The dependence of the conductivity through the porosity was investigated by identifying the proper fractal model. Results obtained provide valuable indications about the behavior, among the others, of the tortuosity, a parameter playing a crucial role in the dispersion phenomena taking place in the aquifers

Morphological evidence that the molecularly determined Ciona intestinalis type A and type B are different species: Ciona robusta and Ciona intestinalis

Ciona intestinalis is considered a widespread and easily recognizable tunicate, the sister group of vertebrates. In recent years, molecular studies suggested that C. intestinalis includes at least two cryptic species, named 'type A' and 'type B', morphologically indistinguishable. It is dramatic to certify that two different species may be hidden under the name of a species widely used as a model species in biological researches. This raised the problem of identifying diagnostic morphological characters capable of distinguishing these types. We compared the morphology of specimens belonging to the two types and found that only type A specimens possess tunic tubercular prominences, allowing unambiguous discrimination. Remarkably, these structures were already described as distinctive of the Japanese species Ciona robusta, Hoshino and Tokioka, 1967; later synonymized under C. intestinalis (sensu Millar, 1953). In this study, we have confirmed that C. intestinalis type A corresponds to C. robusta. Based on the geographic distribution of C. intestinalis type B, and considering that the original C. intestinalis species was described from North European waters, we determined that C. intestinalis type B corresponds to C. intestinalis as described by Millar in 1953 and possibly to Linnaeus' Ascidia intestinalis L., 1767 for which we have deposited a neotype (from Roscoff, France) and for which we retain the name Ciona intestinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Dissecting Adaptation Mechanisms to Contrasting Solar Irradiance in the Mediterranean Shrub Cistus incanus

Molecular mechanisms that are the base of the strategies adopted by Mediterranean plants to cope with the challenges imposed by limited or excessive solar radiation during the summer season have received limited attention. In our study, conducted on C. incanus plants growing in the shade or in full sunlight, we performed measurements of relevant physiological traits, such as leaf water potential, gas exchange and PSII photochemistry, RNA-Seq with de-novo assembly, and the analysis of differentially expressed genes. We also identified and quantified photosynthetic pigments, abscisic acid, and flavonoids. Here, we show major mechanisms regulating light perception and signaling which, in turn, sustain the shade avoidance syndrome displayed by the ‘sun loving’ C. incanus. We offer clear evidence of the detrimental effects of excessive light on both the assembly and the stability of PSII, and the activation of a suite of both repair and effective antioxidant mechanisms in sun-adapted leaves. For instance, our study supports the view of major antioxidant functions of zeaxanthin in sunny plants concomitantly challenged by severe drought stress. Finally, our study confirms the multiple functions served by flavonoids, both flavonols and flavanols, in the adaptive mechanisms of plants to the environmental pressures associated to Mediterranean climate

Light-Switchable Membrane Permeability in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

: In this work, giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) were synthesized by blending the natural phospholipid 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) with a photoswitchable amphiphile (1) that undergoes photoisomerization upon irradiation with UV-A (E to Z) and blue (Z to E) light. The mixed vesicles showed marked changes in behavior in response to UV light, including changes in morphology and the opening of pores. The fine control of membrane permeability with consequent cargo release could be attained by modulating either the UV irradiation intensity or the membrane composition. As a proof of concept, the photocontrolled release of sucrose from mixed GUVs is demonstrated using microscopy (phase contrast) and confocal studies. The permeability of the GUVs to sucrose could be increased to ~4 × 10-2 μm/s when the system was illuminated by UV light. With respect to previously reported systems (entirely composed of synthetic amphiphiles), our findings demonstrate the potential of photosensitive GUVs that are mainly composed of natural lipids to be used in medical and biomedical applications, such as targeted drug delivery and localized topical treatments