The impact of COVID-19 on Piedmont Circular Economy policy roadmap

The outbreak of COVID-19 in the Italian and international scenario has produced diversified responses to an unknown and unexpected event, rooted in the governance characteristics of each Country. Governments need to overcome established legislative practices and procedures, proposing new legislative and financial frameworks to address endemic or unexpected crises while pursuing sustainable development goals (Capano, 2020). The following contribution explores the emerging results from the new activities implemented by the RETRACE project to investigate how the pandemic has influenced the processes of Circular Economy (CE) that it had stimulated in four different regions considered: Piedmont (Italy), New Aquitaine (France), Biscay (Spain), North-East (Romania). Therefore, this paper delves into the situation in the Piedmont Region

Speculative Fabulation to Reclaim the Verbal Dimension of Co-design

Man has always been a narrating animal. In 2009, the literary critic Brian Boyd offered the first comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of storytelling. According to his theoretical framework, humans respond to the selective pressures of their environment by expanding their repertoire of social behavioral responses through storytelling. This article, as part of an ongoing doctoral research, advocates speculative fabulation as an understudied explorative approach to co-design accessing stakeholders experience, enabling feedback loops, subsequently facilitates a “worlding” activity toward societal cultural transitions. The aim of this study is to investigate and conceptualize speculative fabulation, within the co-design process, as an analysis (i.e., problematizing) method to societal transitions. The qualitative research builds on (i) the work of philosophers Donna Haraway, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari on speculative fabulation, (ii) Elizabeth Sanders on generative research, (iii) Mitrovic and Šuran, Dunne and Raby on speculative design, (iv) Göbel's work on systems model to story analysis and (v) Greimas semiotics. Bridging these bodies of literature is novel and allowed us to envision implications for further strands of design research. The suggested framework contributes to conceptualizing speculative co-fabulation within systemic design and may be useful for future implementations in academia and practice toward societal transitions

Gigamaps as enabling tools for envisioning futures

Entrepreneurial ecosystems have gained attention for fostering innovation and sustainable transition. However, their complexity poses challenges, especially when different companies co-design for future making toward sustainable transition strategies implementation. Systemic Design (SD) offers potential solutions, employing system mapping tools like Gigamaps, that use visual synthesis to support effectively the participatory processes. This article aims to present a formalized protocol for the use of Gigamaps as a co-design tool to trigger dialogues among industrial stakeholders, facilitating entrepreneurial ecosystem transition. Through a case study from the master’s degree SD course at Politecnico di Torino, the article will present a Gigamaps-driven co-design experience in an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Finally, the study limitation and the need for systems-thinking and complex science-based methods to support the implementation of those envisioned scenarios are stated

Rilievo Olistico: dialogo tra il territorio e il Distretto UNESCO

Il capitolo presenta i risultati del Rilievo Olistico condotto sul Distretto UNESCO della regione Piemonte. Tale metodologia consente di raggiungere una piena conoscenza dello stato dell'arte del territorio, unendo dati quantitativi e qualitativi ad una fase di osservazione e raccolta dati in campo. La lettura dello stato dell’arte attraverso l’uso dello strumento del rilievo olistico va a considerare lo scenario nella sua interezza analizzando i dati raccolti secondo diversi aspetti socio-economici e geografici. Questi sono indispensabili per comprendere come e dove un determinato intervento può andare a inserirsi per realizzare un progetto che, prima di ogni altra cosa, è in grado di generare valore in questo panorama, basandosi e dando rilievo alle relazioni esistenti per poi innescare nuove relazioni

Co-design per il coinvolgimento degli stakeholder del territorio

ll co-design è un approccio alla progettazione che pone al centro del processo i soggetti che nutrono un particolare interesse nei confronti del progetto che si deve sviluppare. Attuare un processo di co-progettazione significa, dunque, tenere in considerazione diversi punti chiave che si articolano intorno all’importanza di costruire dei processi di progettazione definibili come human/humanity centered designed. Nella visione sistemica il coinvolgimento di tutti gli attori interessati è estremamente importante. Dunque, dopo un’approfondita analisi di dati e documenti si è potuto avanzare un ulteriore approfondimento: avviare un contatto diretto con i rappresentanti dei riconoscimenti che fanno farete del Distretto UNESCO piemontese. Il capitolo presenta il lavoro di co-progettazione svolto con i riconoscimento UNESCO piemontese, illustrando metodologie utilizzate e risultati ottenuti

Nanostructured Lipid Carriers Loaded with Dexamethasone Prevent Inflammatory Responses in Primary Non-Parenchymal Liver Cells

Liver inflammation represents a major clinical problem in a wide range of pathologies. Among the strategies to prevent liver failure, dexamethasone (DXM) has been widely used to suppress inflammatory responses. The use of nanocarriers for encapsulation and sustained release of glucocorticoids to liver cells could provide a solution to prevent severe side effects associated with systemic delivery as the conventional treatment regime. Here we describe a nanostructured lipid carrier developed to efficiently encapsulate and release DXM. This nano-formulation proved to be stable over time, did not interact in vitro with plasma opsonins, and was well tolerated by primary non-parenchymal liver cells (NPCs). Released DXM preserved its pharmacological activity, as evidenced by inducing robust anti-inflammatory responses in NPCs. Taken together, nanostructured lipid carriers may constitute a reliable platform for the delivery of DXM to treat pathologies associated with chronic liver inflammation.Fil: Medina Montano, Carolina. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; AlemaniaFil: Rivero Berti, Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales; ArgentinaFil: Gambaro, Rocío Celeste. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico CONICET- La Plata. Instituto de Genética Veterinaria "Ing. Fernando Noel Dulout". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Genética Veterinaria; ArgentinaFil: Limeres, María José. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; AlemaniaFil: Svensson, Malin. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; AlemaniaFil: Padula, Gisel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico CONICET- La Plata. Instituto de Genética Veterinaria "Ing. Fernando Noel Dulout". Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Instituto de Genética Veterinaria; ArgentinaFil: Chain, Cecilia Yamil. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; ArgentinaFil: Cisneros, José Sebastián. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas; ArgentinaFil: Castro, Guillermo Raul. Laboratorio Max Planck de Biologia Estructural, Quimica y Biofisica Molecular de Rosario ; Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios ; Universidad Nacional de Rosario; . Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Grabbe, Stephan. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; AlemaniaFil: Bros, Matthias. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; AlemaniaFil: Gehring, Stephan. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; AlemaniaFil: Islan, German Abel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales; ArgentinaFil: Cacicedo, Maximiliano Luis. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz; Alemania. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Fermentaciones Industriales; Argentin

De la quinta a la mesa: experiencias en escuelas primarias de La Plata

Este trabajo recoge la experiencia de un proyecto de extensión de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) que comenzó en el año 2012. Sus integrantes son profesionales y estudiantes de distintas carreras de grado y unidades académicas. La propuesta constituye una iniciativa para el abordaje interdisciplinario del consumo responsable de frutas y hortalizas en niños de nivel primario.Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestale

MedZEB: a new holistic approach for the deep energy retrofitting of residential buildings

The MedZEB (Mediterranean Zero Energy Building) approach aims at stimulating the market uptake of energy deep and beyond retrofitting of existing buildings of the Mediterranean. Its holistic nature implies the evaluation and integration of a range of relevant factors and the effective support to the retrofitting supply chain, also with the help of an ICT platform. Main concern of the approach are residential buildings within a framework dealing with High TRL levels and with already on the market technologies to be combined to create Med-specific cost-optimal Packages of technical Solutions, linked to a Voluntary Certification Scheme. The triggered creation of trust and information exchange will pave the way to new investments and strengthen the Med deep and beyond retrofitting network

Potential for a Circular Autopoietic Economy on Canavese Territory

The aim of this gigamap is to describe and summarize a student work carried out during the semester course Open Systems Design at Politecnico Torino. The map is one of the outputs from an analysis of the Canavese, Piedmont region and subsequently an in-depth study of the relationships and “flows” with certain “currencies” between some selected economic and public actors. Canavese is a historical-geographical area located in the province of Turin, Italy; it’s full of great natural and geological spots, with a strong enogastronomic identity, historical re-enactments, a well-known manufacture sector like the ceramic of Castellamonte, as well as the leading high-tech branch like Arduino. Through the approach deriving from systemic design, it was possible to identify some strategies for the creation of new networks aimed at transforming the economy and production processes from linear to circular approach. Five types of “circular flows” were assessed and “designed into” the current linear system, thus proposing an improved economy based on circularity: flows of matter (energy/CO2, water, materials), economic flows, and social flows. The Gigamap will be presented to stakeholders in a public hearing and supposedly be used to illustrate and incubate a circular economy that is more resilient and more regenerative. Reading the map The reading should start at the top left, where the abstract is located, next, there is an outline that shows the connections between the five topics investigated. Subsequently, there is a timeline with some fundamental events in the history of the Canavese. In the center there is the circularity map with the main cities, focusing on new opportunities of circular flows between the 15 analysed economic actors. At the bottom, some general data and on the right a brief description of the role and territorial qualities of the companies. Lastly, there is a summary of the emerging properties

Optimasi Portofolio Resiko Menggunakan Model Markowitz MVO Dikaitkan dengan Keterbatasan Manusia dalam Memprediksi Masa Depan dalam Perspektif Al-Qur`an

Risk portfolio on modern finance has become increasingly technical, requiring the use of sophisticated mathematical tools in both research and practice. Since companies cannot insure themselves completely against risk, as human incompetence in predicting the future precisely that written in Al-Quran surah Luqman verse 34, they have to manage it to yield an optimal portfolio. The objective here is to minimize the variance among all portfolios, or alternatively, to maximize expected return among all portfolios that has at least a certain expected return. Furthermore, this study focuses on optimizing risk portfolio so called Markowitz MVO (Mean-Variance Optimization). Some theoretical frameworks for analysis are arithmetic mean, geometric mean, variance, covariance, linear programming, and quadratic programming. Moreover, finding a minimum variance portfolio produces a convex quadratic programming, that is minimizing the objective function ðð¥with constraintsð ð 𥠥 ðandð´ð¥ = ð. The outcome of this research is the solution of optimal risk portofolio in some investments that could be finished smoothly using MATLAB R2007b software together with its graphic analysis