In the next years, it is expected a deep growth of world primary energy and electricity demand. The scenarios prospect a positive rate in all the sectors, especially in the residential one. In particular, residential sector ...

The aim of the study proposed in this discussion is to provide all specifications on comfort in the human-machine relationship and to ensure all tools for the evaluation of the same. To be able to analyze the comfort it ...

Recent security breaches showed that every attack begins with the involvement of users and continues with the exploitation of technology bugs. In almost all cases, without human collaboration, conscious and unconscious, ...

The present research aims at defining a methodological proposal to evaluate the environmental performances of a complex structure, in order to reduce the pressures and the environmental impacts of the various activities ...

Durability and sustainability of cementitious materials are two important issues in the field of construction materials. Durability is defined as the ability of cementitious materials to resist weathering action, chemical ...

Hydrogels are three-dimensional, hydrophilic, polymeric networks capable of imbibing large amounts of water or biological fluids. Depending on the type of polymer, number of cross-links, presence of ionic species the ...

The Theory oj Plastic Mechanism Control (TPMC), based on the application oj the kinematic theorem oj the plastic collapse, has been developed in the nineties with rejerence to moment-resisting jrames (MRFs) and progressively ...

The evolution in the renewable energies field led to search for solutions that allow the combined achievement of heterogeneous energy vectors. This theme introduces multiple levels of analysis, from the definition of new ...

In this thesis we introduce a new software platform for the development of real-time video analysis applications, that has been designed to simplify the realization and the deployment of intelligent video-surveillance sy ...