Trajectories of life satisfaction during one-year period among university students: Relations with measures of achievement strategies and perception of criteria for adulthood

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine how university students’ achievement strategies in an academic context and perceptions of criteria for adulthood relate to life satisfaction trajectories across one year. Methods: A convenience sample of 143 young adults 18-28 years (mean age: 20.9±2.7 years; 109 females and 34 males) attending the University of Turin in northwest Italy completed questionnaires at three points with a six-month interval between each measurement. Latent Growth Curve Modelling and Latent Class Growth Analysis were used to assess longitudinal changes in life satisfaction and the related heterogeneity within the current sample. Results: Three trajectories of life satisfaction emerged: high stable (37%), moderate decreasing (57%), and low stable (6%). At every time point high success expectations were related to a high stable life satisfaction trajectory. In turn, those adopting achievement avoidance strategies were more likely to have low-stable or moderately decreasing life satisfaction trajectories. The perception of the criteria deemed important to be defined as adults did not change across time points or across life satisfaction trajectories’ groups. Conclusion: These findings suggest that self-reported measures of achievement strategies among university students relate longitudinally to life satisfaction levels. Positive and optimistic dimensions of personal striving may be protective factors against the risk of decrease of life satisfaction among university students. &nbsp

Reliability in Power Electronics and Power Systems

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Integrazione della fotomodellazione nel processo di rilievo. Applicazioni alle costruzioni alpine tradizionali in pietra

This contribute shows the most significant results of the Interreg-AlpStone research in relation to the methods of survey for stone constructions. The Alpine territory located in the area between Italy and Switzerland presents a rich architectural heritage which has an important value both from the cultural (for the local traditions) and real-estate (for touristic and residential aims) points of view. In order to recover these typical buildings it needs in primis to find the survey methodology that best fits the goal. The buildings realized with stone materials are characterized, for their nature, by a high degree of irregularity, which is still more evident in abandoned buildings. This irregularity can't be ignored because it could affect several aspects of the redevelopment (seismic and thermal renovation, space management,…). Techniques of survey with laser scanner and photomodelling have been tested. Photomodelling turned out to be a convenient technique because of its cheapness, its facility of use and its practicality in territories such as the Alpine ones, with impervious paths. The degree of detail of the photomodelling is lower than the one of laser scanner. Nevertheless, for the recovery, the survey based on the multi-images correlation turned out to be largely sufficient for a careful critical analysis of instabilities, deformations and inflections of the building components. The only inconveniences are the time employed for the photos snapshots and the difficulty in modeling the natural context near the architectural heritag

Modeling the catastrophe, and beyond. Digital History and Visualization methods for multiscalar process description of the Nubia Temples flooding

World heritage sites are exposed to the impacts of natural and human-induced catastrophic events which threaten their integrity. According with UNESCO the loss or deterioration of these outstanding properties have severely negative impacts on local communities because of their cultural importance and because of their socio-economic value. The paper focuses on a multiscalar human-induced environmental change with catastrophic effects on the Nubia temples and on the prospective of using a multiscalar process description for studying and visualizing historical and environmental changes related to disasters. Beyond the disaster, the displacement both of temples and villages provoked other kind of damages. The case study presents how the disaster and the risk of damages on Cultural Heritage can be recorded and monitored at the scale of temples, artistic elements (i.e. statues, decorations), till the large portion of territory including villages. The paper highlights the disaster caused by the High Aswan Dam as a warning for an international awareness on a sustainable development that needs to take into account the cultural heritage. It discusses the cultural memory as crucial for Disaster Risk Reduction strategies. Our approach uses 3D models in order to collect data and to make understandable risks, damages and solutions. Historical research and Visualization methods create a fresh context of knowledge for a case study strongly representative of the World Heritage Disaster

3D Digital Modelling and Digital History: A Methodology for Studying the Processes of Transformation of Nubian Temples and Landscape at the Lake Nasser Site

3D models are not only visualization and dissemination outcomes, but can be used to digitally collect, organize and visualize data starting from heterogeneous historical documents. In particular in this research 3D models are conceived to study the transformations of the sites along the river Nile now submerged by the Lake Nasser and the salvage of the temples. This paper illustrates the preliminary results and the issues about the use of 3D digital models to study the landscape and the temples before and after the construction of the Big Aswan Dam. The first results show that the discrepancy between the homogeneity of data required to build the 3D model and the non-homogeneity of historical documents is at the same time the weakness and the strength of the method, since it forces to explore new hypothesis and a proper use of paradata to manage the reliability of historical data

La Geometria come filo di Arianna: note di approfondimento sul rapporto ideazione-costruzione della più grande cupola di forma ovata del mondo

La cupola del Santuario di Vicoforte in Piemonte costituisce un'opera di particolare complessità costruttiva sia per le sue dimensioni sia per la sua forma: è infatti la più grande cupola ovata in muratura nel mondo. Questo studio riguarda la genesi geometrica della costruzione delle cupola, ed evidenzia che la cupola costruita è, da un punto di vista dei parametri geometrici, alquanto diversa da quella disegnata nei progetti. La ricerca è focalizzata sull'analisi geometrica delle sezioni verticali della cupola, al fine indagare il profilo delle centine usate nella costruzione. I risultati possono consentire una più attillata definizione dei modelli di simulazione del comportamento strutturale e sismico che sono necessari per la conservazione dell'integrità del manufatto. The dome of the Sanctuary of Vicoforte, the largest oval masonry dome in the world, is an exceptional expression of building technique for its shape and dimension. This study wants to add information about the geometrical conception of the dome using the modern modeling possibilities based on recent laser scanner survey. In particular it integrates the analysis of the archival drawings and the 3D survey of the dome in order to investigate the geometrical shape of the temporary centrings used in the dome construction. Improving the knowledge about the tridimensional shape and the construction techniques of such dome is of crucial importance at the moment, because the Sanctuary is the subject of a structural monitoring and research campaign due to the important settlements and cracking fenomena that affect the buildin

Relationships between individual endorsement of aggressive behaviors and thoughts with prejudice relevant correlates among adolescents

The current study explored how individual differences in endorsement of aggressive behaviors and thoughts relate to individual levels of tolerance and prejudice toward immigrants and established prejudice correlates such as social dominance orientation (SDO) and ethnic out-groups ratings among adolescents. Participants (N = 141; Age M = 16.08, 68% girls) completed the Readiness for Interpersonal Aggression Inventory, the Tolerance and Prejudice Questionnaire, and measures of SDO and ethnic out-groups ratings. Results indicated that higher individual endorsement of aggression was related to higher prejudice and SDO and lower tolerance and ethnic out-groups ratings. Patterns of endorsement of aggression related to habitual and socially determined aggressive acts or stable needs to hurt others as a source of satisfaction were significantly correlated with prejudice. Conversely, the relationship between prejudice and endorsement of impulsive actions lacking of emotional control resulted was less marked. The results highlight how in the cognitive spectrum of prejudice, individual levels of endorsement of aggression may play a significant triggering role during adolescence. These findings may have implications for future studies and interventions aimed at reducing prejudice already in young ages

A preliminary study of a hybrid user interface for augmented reality applications

Augmented Reality (AR) applications are nowadays largely diffused in many fields of use, especially for entertainment, and the market of AR applications for mobile devices grows faster and faster. Moreover, new and innovative hardware for human-computer interaction has been deployed, such as the Leap Motion Controller. This paper presents some preliminary results in the design and development of a hybrid interface for hand-free augmented reality applications. The paper introduces a framework to interact with AR applications through a speech and gesture recognition-based interface. A Leap Motion Controller is mounted on top of AR glasses and a speech recognition module completes the system. Results have shown that, using the speech or the gesture recognition modules singularly, the robustness of the user interface is strongly dependent on environmental conditions. On the other hand, a combined usage of both modules can provide a more robust input

Rilievo e rappresentazione di sistemi tradizionali di strutturazione del territorio

nella descrizione della struttura del territorio è prassi considerare i fattori naturali, ambientali, idrogeomorfologici, storico-culturali e identitari. In particolare i fattori storico-culturali caratterizzano il territorio e il paesaggio antropizzati. tra questi, nel presente capitolo, verranno trattati alcuni sistemi tradizionali di strutturazione del territorio: i sistemi tradizionali di uso del suolo in area alpina legati all’alpicoltura e i relativi modi di organizzazione degli insediamenti abitati; i sistemi tradizionali di terrazzamento dei versanti; il sistema di vie di comunicazione storiche. Il capitolo tratta dei metodi di indagine conoscitiva e di rilievo a scala territoriale: le analisi sull’architettura tradizionale "è bene che si sviluppino partendo da una prospettiva ampia a livello territoriale, le borgate alpine infatti difficilmente possono essere esaminate come unità a se stanti. La loro localizzazione sembra aver seguito una distribuzione legata alle possibilità di sfruttamento del patrimonio naturale, così che gli insediamenti risultano gravare su certe aree di territorio sviluppate sovente dal fondovalle alle creste spartiacque, comprendenti, integrate, le varie colture necessarie alla vita della comunità. È quindi indispensabile avere chiara questa visione a scala territoriale, tenendo presente gli insediamenti in stretta relazione ai siti, alla topografia delle valli, alla situazione geoidrologica, ecc.”. Pertanto, col fine di fornire strumenti di lettura dei legami tra aggregati edilizi e ambiente circostante, in questo capitolo 2.2 si trattano metodologie e procedure di indagine conoscitiva e rilievo applicabili ai seguenti primari sistemi di strutturazione del territorio: sistemi strutturati di uso del suolo legati in particolare alla pratica dell’alpicoltura; sistemi strutturati di trasformazione dei versanti con la pratica del terrazzamento; sistemi strutturati di viabilità storica