Mini-mast CSI testbed user's guide

The Mini-Mast testbed is a 20 m generic truss highly representative of future deployable trusses for space applications. It is fully instrumented for system identification and active vibrations control experiments and is used as a ground testbed at NASA-Langley. The facility has actuators and feedback sensors linked via fiber optic cables to the Advanced Real Time Simulation (ARTS) system, where user defined control laws are incorporated into generic controls software. The object of the facility is to conduct comprehensive active vibration control experiments on a dynamically realistic large space structure. A primary goal is to understand the practical effects of simplifying theoretical assumptions. This User's Guide describes the hardware and its primary components, the dynamic characteristics of the test article, the control law implementation process, and the necessary safeguards employed to protect the test article. Suggestions for a strawman controls experiment are also included

Estimation of the rigid transformation between two cameras from the Fundamental Matrix VS from Homographies.

The 3D reconstruction is an important step for the analytical calculation of the Jacobian of the image in a process of visual control of robots. In a two-camera stereo system that reconstruction depends on the knowledge of the rigid transformation between the two cameras and is represented by the rotation and translation between them. These two parameters are the result of a calibration of the stereo pair, but can also be retrieved from the epipolar geometry of the system, or from a homography obtained by features belonging to a flat object in the scene. In this paper, we make an assessment of the latter two alternatives, taking as reference an Euclidean reconstruction eliminating image distortion. We analyze three cases: the distortion inherent in the camera is corrected, without corrected distortion, and when Gaussian noise is added to the detection of features

Massimario di selezione dei documenti inerenti al fascicolo di personale universitario

Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali. Direzione generale per gli archivi; Consorzio universitario sulla formazione COINFO "Massimario di selezione dei documenti inerenti al fascicolo di personale universitario", Trieste, EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2013Il Massimario di selezione dei documenti inerenti al fascicolo di personale universitario è il primo dei due mezzi di corredo dedicati al “fascicolo di persona” degli atenei italiani. Si tratta di uno strumento gestionale previsto espressamente dalla normativa italiana vigente (ex multis, DPR 445/2000). Infatti, al pari delle altre amministrazioni pubbliche, le università sono chiamate ad armonizzare i tempi di conservazione dei documenti, selezionando quelli destinati alla conservazione permanente e quelli destinati all’eliminazione legale. L’innovazione cruciale di questo Massimario, frutto del lavoro svolto nel corso del progetto di formazione-intervento di UniDOC 2012, è l’integrazione con la tabella dei procedimenti amministrativi, degli affari e delle attività poste in essere dall’amministrazione universitaria italiana. È stato approvato dal Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali nel maggio 2013 e, pertanto, è utilizzato dalle università aderenti allo standard nazionale Titulus 97 (autonomia non significa anarchia) come mezzo di corredo prodromico a qualsiasi intervento di selezione sui documenti dei fascicoli di personale, anche al fine di ottenere la prescritta autorizzazione ministeriale per lo scarto (D.Lgs. 42/2004, art. 21)

Report on the state of the art on anti-gender hate speech

This report is the result of the European project titled "Hate speech, gender, social networks and political parties" (GENHA)(Reference: 875388)With the increasing use of social media, we are also witnessing a perverse effect of the potential of communication via social media; namely, the emergence of phenomena linked to hate speech and gender discrimination. that this new media contributes to fuel and spread.Regarding the definition of hate speech, may vary in different contexts. Following the instructions of ECRI nº 15 we considered hate speech as in any form, of the denigration, hatred or vilification of a person or group of persons, as well as any harassment, insult, negative stereotyping, stigmatization or threat in respect of such a person or group of persons and the justification of all the preceding types of expression, on the ground of "race" (…), colour, descent, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, language, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and other personal characteristics or status. But more specifically, hate speech has increased considerably in this new communication context against certain groups of the population based on their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief, gender or sex. Obviously, not all hate speech develops into hate crimes, but it is rare to find a hate crime without a previous process of stigmatisation and dehumanisation of the victims, resulting in a clear link between hate speech and hate crimes. Moreover, we are witnessing the emergence of far-right communicative strategies that through ideological programmes and hate speech, aim at using the Internet and social media as tools to spread malicious and manipulative information about approaches such as gender theories (gender ideology) and hate speech against women. With this scenario as a starting point of the analysis, the aim of the GENHA project is to identify and examine how hate speech against certain segments of the population, subject to discrimination on the basis of gender, sex or identity, are constantly under attack by a certain type of extreme propaganda. This document aims to reflect the state of the art on anti-gender hate speech in Europe, and in particular in the participating countries of Italy, Hungary, Germany, Sweden and Spain. This state of the art report includes the most relevant literature related to anti-gender hate speech, European laws and public policies, a brief comparison of the legal frameworks applicable to anti-gender hate speech in the participating countries, and the most relevant European case law and national case law on anti-gender hate speech

Report on legal and public policies proposals to address anti-gender hate speech

This report is the result of the European project titled "Hate speech, gender, social networks and political parties" (GENHA)(Reference: 875388

Anti-Gender Hate Speech in Populist Right-Wing Social Media Communication

This report is the result of the European project titled "Hate speech, gender, social networks and political parties" (GENHA)(Reference: 875388

Map of the main political parties using hate speech against the "ideology of gender" through the social networks and internet in Europe

This report is the result of the European project titled "Hate speech, gender, social networks and political parties" (GENHA)(Reference: 875388

Idiopathic sclerosing mesenteritis in paediatrics: Report of a successfully treated case and a review of literature

A 6 year old female with symptoms of small bowel obstruction underwent an exploratory laparotomy which revealed widespread evidence of inflammatory fibrotic adhesions involving the jejunal mesentery. In view of persistent growth failure, chronic anaemia, elevated acute phase reactants and imaging evidence of a diffuse progressive inflammatory process, the child was treated with corticosteroids and methotrexate with complete response. The literature on juvenile idiopathic sclerosing mesenteritis has been reviewed

Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome

Arctic warming can influence tundra ecosystem function with consequences for climate feedbacks, wildlife and human communities. Yet ecological change across the Arctic tundra biome remains poorly quantified due to field measurement limitations and reliance on coarse-resolution satellite data. Here, we assess decadal changes in Arctic tundra greenness using time series from the 30 m resolution Landsat satellites. From 1985 to 2016 tundra greenness increased (greening) at ~37.3% of sampling sites and decreased (browning) at ~4.7% of sampling sites. Greening occurred most often at warm sampling sites with increased summer air temperature, soil temperature, and soil moisture, while browning occurred most often at cold sampling sites that cooled and dried. Tundra greenness was positively correlated with graminoid, shrub, and ecosystem productivity measured at field sites. Our results support the hypothesis that summer warming stimulated plant productivity across much, but not all, of the Arctic tundra biome during recent decades

Analisi funzionale dei comportamenti di approvazione e disapprovazione nelle interazioni insegnante-allievo: una rassegna

Functional analysis of approval and disapproval in teacher-pupil interaction: a review A review and analysis of the research literature on teachers’ behavior in the classroom is provided. We are going to clarify what approval is, why it is advisable to be used and how we can use it in an effective way. Firstly, the state of the art about teachers’ approval and disapproval in the classroom is presented; secondly, studies concern with training which have been designed in order to increase teachers’ approvals rate for an effective classroom management are presented. We have analyzed scientific studies appeared on journals from 1975 to date where teachers and typically developing pupils from kindergarten to high school were involved. We have found that an effective use of approval lead up to an enhance in classroom climate; furthermore, it avoid teachers’ burnout