Multimodal Culture-Aware Gesture Generation for Social Robots: Combining Semantic Similarity with Generative Models

As social robots become integrated into daily life, optimizing their interactions with humans is crucial to enhancing their acceptance. Cultural differences significantly influence verbal and non-verbal human-robot communication, yet embedding culturally adaptive behaviors, such as co-speech gestures, remains largely unexplored. This thesis addresses the challenge of generating culture-aware co-speech gestures for social robots by introducing two novel approaches: a rule-based method leveragi...

Compressed sensing for inverse problems

Inverse problems are fundamental in many areas of science and engineering, yet their theoretical analysis often assumes access to an infinite number of measurements. While some studies address scenarios with finite measurements, they frequently neglect sparsity constraints, which are crucial in practical applications where only a limited number of noisy measurements can be obtained. The principles of compressed sensing (CS) suggest that leveraging sparsity can significantly enhance reconstruc...

Innovative approaches for the environmental assessment of ecological building envelopes: a computational application in the ECOLOPES project

The urban environment currently faces several challenges, primarily stemming from climate change exacerbated by human activities and rapid urbanization. These challenges manifest in various forms, including air, water, and land pollution, which adversely impact natural ecosystems and biodiversity. Additionally, these issues give rise to environmental, social, and economic problems, all viewed from an anthropocentric perspective. Urban densification and the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs)...

IL MALTRATTAMENTO DELL’ANZIANO: ASPETTI MEDICO-LEGALI ED IPOTESI DI PREVENZIONE DI UN FENOMENO SOMMERSO

Background: Elder abuse is currently a worldwide problem. The literature reports that one elderly person out of six is a potential victim. Aims: To analyse cases reported to the judicial authorities in the territory of Genoa in the period 2010–2023, to investigate the features of elder abuse, to assess the trend of this phenomenon and to propose preventive strategies. Methods: We analysed the data on reports of abuse passed by the Court of Genoa in the period 2020–2023 concerning physical a...

USE OF ONCOLYTIC VIRUSES TO TREAT GLIOBLASTOMA RELAPSES THROUGH EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES

Abstract Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive, therapy-resistant brain tumor with limited treatment options and poor prognosis. Oncolytic viruses (OVs), including those in the Measles–Mumps–Rubella (MMR) vaccine and herpes simplex virus (HSV), have shown promise in targeting GBM due to their selective cytotoxicity toward cancer cells. This study explores the anti-cancer efficacy of the MMR vaccine against GBM and investigates the role of CD46—a receptor for various OVs and a compl...

FROM FAIRY MODERNITY TO FEAR OBSOLESCENCE The adaptive future of meta- metropolitan touristic coastal cities Study case of la Grande Motte, France

La Grande Motte is a symbol of renewal for the second generation of French seaside resorts, resulting from the democratisation of leisure with the extension of paid leave, a shift in demographics after the war, and the creation of motorways. The resort was born from a desire of the French Government to adapt the country for mass tourism. The term utopia has never been as close to reality as when the construction of a whole city is given to one man. Jean Balladur is one of only few who can pr...

Le carrozze a Roma nel secondo Seicento. Dalla progettazione all'esecuzione attraverso le testimonianze documentarie e figurative

Diete Sane e Sostenibili nella Popolazione Adolescenziale: uno Studio Grounded Theory Mixed-Method (Studio LET’s EAT)

Background: More than half of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals are related to food, both in terms of its impact on health and on the environment. The eating habits of the population are a determining factor in both of these areas. In order to promote the adoption of healthy and ecologically sustainable diets in young people, it is necessary to recognise and promote their agency, give space to their voices and expectations, and involve them in current and future research. The aim of t...

Cladribine Tablets treatment in multiple sclerosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of the real-world experience

The term Real World Evidence (RWE) refers to information obtained from the analysis of patient data (RWD, Real World Data) generated during everyday clinical practice, i.e. outside of traditional randomized controlled trials (RCTs). RWE become relevant to overcome a specific limitation of clinical trials, namely the inability to generalize the produced information to the population that actually receive (or will receive) the treatment, be it a drug, a medical device, or another type of produc...