Assessment of business skills experimental study: aspects and personality traits (pp. 213-221)

Los emprendedores son personas que invierten sus propios activos en crear oportunidades para ellos mismos y para otros. Se requiere ser flexible ya que tanto el mercado de trabajo como la economía mundial han variado enormemente a lo largo de los años. Son vistos como los únicos capaces de atajar el desempleo, que se está extendiendo por todo el mundo socavando las economías locales. En este estudio se pretende mirar al empresario como protagonista: el papel que desempeña en el seno de su comunidad, la influencia que tiene sobre la economía, los valores e ideas que impulsan su acción. La muestra se representa por un grupo de 400 empresarios italianos, incluyendo (36,5%) hombres y mujeres (63,5%), con un rango de edad del 37,02 (d.s.=11,61). Les pedimos que rellenen un cuestionario (Coem Joseè Carlos Sánchez,2006),que tiene en cuenta su compromiso de trabajo, los estilos cognitivos y aspectos y rasgos de la personalidad, para evaluar cuál es su elección de su carrera.Enterpreneurs are people investing their own asset to create opportunities for them selves and others,they are requie to be flexible as both job market and global economy have varied enormously over the years. They’re currently seen as the only ones able to tackle unemployment which is spreading across the world undermining local economies . This study main is to look at the entrepreneur himself:the role he plays within his community, the influence he has on the economy, the values and ideas driving his action. the sample in represented by a group of 400 italian entrepreneurs, including (36,5%) of males and female (63,5%), and age range is 37,02(d.s.=11,61). We asked them to fill in a questionaire (Coem Joseè Carlos Sanchez,2006),which takes into account eitheir work engagement, cognitive styles and aspect and personalità traits, for to assess what their career choice.peerReviewe

EvAAL: Evaluating AAL Systems through Competitive Benchmarking

Owing to the complexity of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) systems and platforms, the evaluation of AAL solutions is a complex task that will challenge researchers for years to come. However, the analysis and comparison of proposed solutions is paramount to enable us to assess research results in this area. We have thus organized an international contest called EvAAL: Evaluating AAL Systems through Competitive Benchmarking. Its aims are to raise interest within the research and developer communities in the multidisciplinary research fields enabling AAL, and to create benchmarks for the evaluation and comparison of AAL systems

GLI ANTICHI MAIS DEL PIEMONTE

Il libro descrive le caratteristiche agronomiche ma anche culturali della coltivazione del mais effettuata in Piemonte nel secolo scorso, nonchè le possibilità di valorizzazione e di miglioramento delle cultivar tradizionali destinate all'alimentazione umana ed il loro ruolo nella tutela della biodiversità rurale. Nel libro si descrive inoltre il lavoro attuato dal CRAB (Centro di riferimento per l'Agricoltura Biologica, Provincia di Torino) per il recupero e la caratterizzazione delle cultivar locali di mais, che ha portato alla costituzione di un associazione di produttori e alla formazione di un gruppo di "agricoltori custodi" per la coltivazione in purezza delle sementi di queste antiche varietà maidicole

Comparison of the reactivity of the low buried-volume carbene complexes (ITMe)2Pd(PhC≡CPh) and (ITMe)2Pd(PhN=NPh)

The novel Pd(0)-azobenzene complex (ITMe)2Pd(PhN=NPh) (5) (ITMe = 1,3,4,5-tetramethylimidazol 2-ylidene) has been isolated and characterized in the solid state and by cyclic voltammetry. Its reactivity towards E-E’ bonds (E, E’= Si, B, Ge) has been compared with that of the known palladium carbene complex (ITMe)2Pd(PhC≡CPh) (2). Whereas 2 reacts with all E-E’ bonds studied, 5 only reacted with B-B and B-Si moieties, echoing our previous catalytic studies on azobenzenes

DogOnt - Ontology Modeling for Intelligent Domotic Environments

Abstract. Home automation has recently gained a new momentum thanks to the ever-increasing commercial availability of domotic components. In this context, researchers are working to provide interoperation mechanisms and to add intelligence on top of them. For supporting intelligent behaviors, house modeling is an essential requirement to understand current and future house states and to possibly drive more complex actions. In this paper we propose a new house modeling ontology designed to fit real world domotic system capabilities and to support interoperation between currently available and future solutions. Taking advantage of technologies developed in the context of the Semantic Web, the DogOnt ontology supports device/network independent description of houses, including both “controllable ” and architectural elements. States and functionalities are automatically associated to the modeled elements through proper inheritance mechanisms and by means of properly defined SWRL auto-completion rules which ease the modeling process, while automatic device recognition is achieved through classification reasoning.

An Integration Gateway for Sensing Devices in Smart Environments

Smart Environments, and in particular Smart Homes, have recently attracted the attention of many researchers and industrial vendors. The proliferation of low-power sensing devices requires integration gateways hiding the complexity of heterogeneous technologies. We propose a ZigBee integration gateway to access and integrate low-power ZigBee devices

La conceptualización del cuerpo humano en el arte contemporáneo mendocino (desde los años 90 a la actualidad)

Mendoza como zona de producción dentro de las artes visuales genera discursos propios en torno al tema cuerpo. La corporalidad y la construcción conceptual del cuerpo traducen estéticas que ponen de manifiesto una historia y un sujeto-cuerpo-obra propio y autóctono. Con la implementación de las políticas neoliberales en los años 90 el ámbito de las artes visuales genera una eclosión de propuestas que traslucen una cierta desconfianza a ese aire festivo y relajado de la era menemista, el cuerpo se vuelve territorio para decir lo que muchos aprovechando el clima “liberal" no ven o miran sesgadamente. El cuerpo no sólo es un elemento de coacción, también es el espejo de una época signada por la fiesta y el despilfarro. En referencia al proceso de crisis que eclosiona en diciembre del 2001 surgirán nuevas formas de expresión y representación junto con ese sujeto político: las marchas con inclusión de performances, teatro-abierto, arte público, cacerolazos, pintadas, siluetas y el cuerpo como modo de significar e inscribirse en una lectura político-social. Mendoza no queda fuera de este marco, la intención es explicitar y ahondar sobre dicha problemática desde los distintos matices y diferencias exponiendo una realidad de la imagen-cuerpo en la Argentina. Logrando así el mayor entramado y conexiones posibles, tendientes a trazar una historia sobre el tema cuerpo dentro de las producciones artísticas locales en relación con las nacionales y Latinoamérica. Replanteando cómo y desde dónde se producen hechos artísticos que directa o indirectamente propician la intervención del cuerpo como expresión y concepto.Fil: Furfari, Sergio Daniel. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Artes y Diseño

enabling access to cultural heritage for the visually impaired an interactive 3d model of a cultural site

Abstract We have developed low cost interactive 3D models that improve access to architectural details of cultural sites for all, including people with vision impairments. Our approach uses rapid prototyping and 3D printing along with a very small single-board computer for automating user interaction. As a case study, we developed a prototype model of "Piazza dei Miracoli" (Pisa, Italy), the famous square where the Leaning Tower is located. The system is a combination of tactile information with audio descriptions to enable potential users to explore the artifact autonomously. We exploited low-cost and partially open-source technologies, thus rendering our system easily replicable. We evaluated the interactive system with a group of eight completely blind and partially sighted users. Our user test confirmed the validity of our approach: (1) the three-dimensional models and the tactile reproduction of details obtained via a low-cost 3D printing solution are well perceived by touch; (2) the semantic aural information activated via perceptible buttons on demand and the different content levels for the audio tracks are suitable for an interactive, autonomous and satisfying exploration