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N. 1 borsa di studio post laurea dal titolo: “Lotta biologica conservativa nell’oliveto: relazione tra la gestione del suolo e la predazione delle forme svernanti della mosca delle olive nell’area olivicola di Cetona (SI)"
È indetta una selezione pubblica, per soli titoli, per l'attribuzione di n. 1 borsa di studio post laurea della durata di sei mesi, sul tema Lotta biologica conservativa nell’oliveto: relazione tra la gestione del suolo e la predazione delle forme svernanti della mosca delle olive nell’area olivicola di Cetona (SI) (area Scienze Agrarie e Veterinarie – settore scientifico disciplinare AGR/11).
La domanda di partecipazione, indirizzata al Direttore dell'Istituto di Scienze della Vita, dovrà pervenire a mezzo posta certificata (pec) nelle modalità precisate nel bando, entro le ore 12.00 del 06 giugno 2020.
Il ritardo nell’invio della domanda, qualunque ne sia la causa, comporterà l’inammissibilità del candidato alla selezione.
Per informazioni:
Cinzia Leopizzi
Tel: +39 050 88.3911
e-mail: cinzia.leopizzi@santannapisa.itPremi e Borse di studioAlbo On LineAccesoData di pubblicazioneData di scadenzaSequence number27127Migrate_id6435193Thu, 05/21/2020 - 09:09SpentoNascondi l'oraNascondi l'oraIstituto di Scienze della VitaarchivioSat, 06/06/2020 - 09:09 -
COACHING FOR INDUSTRY 4.0: SANT’ANNA SCHOOL AND ARTES 4.0 COMPETENCE CENTRE OFFER BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING COURSE TO REFOCUS ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY, 15 JUNE 2020
Sant'Anna School and the Competence Centre ARTES 4.0 are offering the free online course “Coaching Industry 4.0” from June 29 through July 4, 2020, to equip future managers with the skills and attributes necessary for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This Tuscany Region-funded 46-hour course provides opportunities to develop understanding of the core technologies in industry 4.0. and take a holistic approach to improve business models and products. Through academic study and practice, trainees will engage in online lectures and cover the overall business transformation taking place in the industrial environment.
In developing the capabilities of high-potential business leaders in ARTES 4.0 advanced robotics and enabling digital technologies, the participants will get value from their executive coaches to compete and grow in the business landscape driven by automation and large-scale digitization.
Successful completion of the “Coaching Industry 4.0” course will lead to the award of a certificate worth 2 credits. The course certificate is issued by the Tuscany Region Authority. The course is now open for free enrollment. Apply online by Monday, June 15. The call for applications is available here.
For more information, please contact Alessandra Patrono: alessandra.patrono@santannapisa.it, or call phone number 050 883584 - office hours.
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Trust in science and in experts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy - CANCELLED
The webinar has been cancelled due to unexpected personal commitments of the speaker and will be rescheduled next fall.
Abstract:
Trust in science and experts is extremely important in times of epidemics to ensure compliance with public health measures. Yet little is known about how this trust evolves while an epidemic is underway. In this paper, the authors examine the dynamics of trust in science and experts in real-time as the high-impact epidemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19) unfolds in Italy, by drawing on digital trace data from Twitter and survey data collected online via Telegram and Facebook. Both Twitter and Telegram data point to initial increases in reliance on and information-seeking from scientists and health authorities with the diffusion of the disease. Consistent with these increases, using a separate online survey the authors find that knowledge about health information linked to COVID-19 and support for containment measures was fairly widespread. Trust in science, relative to trust in institutions (e.g. local or national government), emerges as a consistent predictor of both knowledge and containment outcomes. However, over time and as the epidemic peaks, the authors detect a slowdown and turnaround in reliance and information-seeking from scientists and health authorities, which the authors interpret as signs of an erosion in trust. This is supported by a novel survey experiment, which finds that those holding incorrect beliefs about COVID-19 give no or lower importance to information about the virus when the source of such information is known to be scientific.Here a pre-print of the paper can be accessed.The webinar will take place through the Team platform. Interested participants are invited to contact the organizers.
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Advanced Education Course "Development Law, Policy and Advocacy (DELPA)"
EnglishCrediti CFU13Ore formazione240Numero massimo di partecipanti40Stato corsoIn corsoUrl iscrizioneQuota iscrizione€ 1.200,00Law, welfare & public managementSede - testoOnline - Sant'Anna School of Advanced StudiesScadenza iscrizioneTue, 12/01/2020 - 23:59The Development Law, Policy and Advocacy (DELPA) course, organized in collaboration with Caritas Internationalis, includes a first classroom training module and a second training internship module at one of the organizations affiliated with the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies. The course intends to respond to the training needs in the subjects under investigation (advocacy, development policies, protection of human rights) in an organic and multidisciplinary method, combining scientific knowledge and practical skills.
Training objectives:
The Educational Objective of the Course is the training of qualified operators able to carry out advocacy activities or activities related to the processing and implementation of development policies within non-governmental or international or national organizations, which operate in the areas of development and protection of human rights.
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Corso di Alta Formazione "Development Law, Policy and Advocacy (DELPA)"
ItaCrediti CFU13Ore formazione240Numero massimo di partecipanti40Stato corsoArchivioQuota iscrizione€ 1.200,00Diritto, welfare & public managementSede - testoOnline - Sant'Anna School of Advanced StudiesScadenza iscrizioneTue, 12/01/2020 - 23:59Il Corso Development Law, Policy and Advocacy (DELPA), organizzato in collaborazione con Caritas Internationalis, si compone di un primo modulo di formazione in aula e di un secondo modulo di stage formativo presso una delle organizzazioni convenzionate con la Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna e intende rispondere al fabbisogno formativo nelle materie oggetto di approfondimento (advocacy, politiche di sviluppo, protezione dei diritti umani) in modo organico e multidisciplinare, coniugando saperi scientifici e competenze pratiche.
Obiettivi formativi:
Obiettivo formativo del Corso è la formazione di operatori qualificati in grado di svolgere attività di advocacy o attività connesse all’elaborazione ed all’implementazione di politiche di sviluppo nell’ambito di organizzazioni non governative ovvero internazionali o nazionali, che operano nei settori dello sviluppo e della protezione dei diritti umani.
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DEVELOPING HIGH-PERFORMANCE FLEXIBLE TACTILE SENSORS ABLE TO MEASURE SURFACE DEFECTS AND SUBSTRATES MORPHOLOGY
Recent advances in tactile sensing technology Seedless Hydrothermal Growth of ZnO Nanorods as a Promising Route for Flexible Tactile Sensors, were published in the journal Nanomaterials. In this paper, authors from The BioRobotics Institute at Sant’Anna School, the Centre of Excellence in Robotics & AI, the NEST Laboratory at Scuola Normale Superiore, the Department of Engineering and Geology at the University of Chieti-Pescara, Institute of Automation and Robotics at the University of Poznan and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, demonstrated that the use of the seedless growth significantly simplified the production process of pressure sensors as more effective tactile sensors with the potential to cover large areas. These high-performance flexible tactile sensors could be integrated into the sensorized skins of collaborative robots and prostheses, robots for surgery, clinical diagnosis and treatment process, robotics for Industry 4.0 and robots for emergency response and natural disaster management.
This study is based on a cooperation strategy with Inail Institute (research projects MOTU and SENSE-RISC) and the Ministry of Education, University and Research (project PARLOMA). Shared methodologies reflect the most advanced research in the development of piezoelectric properties of nanomaterials ZnO nanorods (NRs). The ability of the sensor to respond differently to a wide range of frequencies allows detection and exploitation of vibrations from natural sources. As tactile perception in human skin is conveyed by mechanoreceptors, which behave as electromechanical transducers by translating mechanical stimuli into electrical signals, the object manipulation, and the sliding contact between the fingertips generate vibrations which open up a variety of possibilities in the field of pressure sensors.
“Self-powered, non-toxic, and highly sensitive nanomaterials have been deeply explored as they present enhanced mechanical properties and inherent permanent dipole which reduce overall manufacturing costs. Among the possible methods for obtaining ZnO NRs, the hydrothermal growth process is lean to perform, low-cost, and suitable for large-scale production. The hydrothermal process operates at low temperatures thus enabling the growth of NRs on different materials, such as textiles and polymers for the fabrication of flexible devices,” said Ilaria Cesini, postdoctoral researcher from The BioRobotics Institute and the first author of the paper.
“To evaluate the effect of the growth temperature on the morphology of ZnO NRs, different seedless syntheses were carried out at selected temperatures. The growth produced vertical hexagonal prismatic rods, while pyramidal structures were observed at higher temperature. Many recent studies have exploited a SL-assisted growth to develop ZnO NRs-based devices. In this study the sensor fabrication was achieved via simple seedless hydrothermal growth. The as-grown nanostructures have been embedded within a polymeric matrix that provides mechanical support against possible failure of the device under repeated mechanical stress,” said Professor Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera, from the Department of Engineering and Geology at the University G. D'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara.
“Due to their fast-dynamic response to a wide range of vibration frequencies, the piezoelectric elements of the ZnO NRs-based tactile sensor proposed in this study can be used to develop electronic skins for robotics applications. The use of flexible substrates and embedding layers such as polyimide lays the ground for sensors fully conformable to non-planar rigid surfaces, hence suitable for integration into manipulators, robotic arms, and prostheses,” said Sant’Anna School Professor Calogero Oddo as the coordinator of the Neuro-Robotic Touch Lab.Further details can be found in: Ilaria Cesini, Magdalena Kowalczyk, Alessandro Lucantonio, Giacomo D’Alesio, Pramod Kumar, Domenico Camboni, Luca Massari, Pasqualantonio Pingue, Antonio DeSimone, Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera and Calogero Maria Oddo, Seedless Hydrothermal Growth of ZnO Nanorods as a Promising Route for Flexible Tactile Sensors, Nanomaterials 2020, 10(5), 977.
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