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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557413603321

Autore

Palm Jenny

Titolo

Achieving the Circular Economy : Exploring the Role of Local Governments, Business and Civic Society in an Urban Context

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Soggetti

Research & information: general

Technology: general issues

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Urbanisation and climate change are pushing cities to find novel pathways leading to a sustainable future. The urban context may be viewed as a new experimentation space to accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Urban symbiosis and the circular economy are emerging concepts attracting more and more attention within the urban context. Moreover, new business models are emerging around sharing and peer-to-peer practices, which are challenging existing roles of actors in society. These developments are having an important impact on the flows of resources and the use of the city infrastructure, and each research area has taken a different perspective in the analysis of such impacts. This Special Issue aims to explore what a "circular city" could constitute and how and why cities engage in circularity. This Special Issue includes seven high-quality papers on the theories and practices of circular cities. Actors, concepts, methods, tools, the barriers to and enablers of circular cities are discussed and a solid base and inspiration for the future development of circular cities are provided.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337655503321

Titolo

Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III : Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2018), October 16-20, 2018, Pisa, Italy / / edited by Lorenzo Masia, Silvestro Micera, Metin Akay, José L. Pons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-01845-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1,170 pages)

Collana

Biosystems & Biorobotics, , 2195-3570 ; ; 21

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering

Automatic control

Robotics

Automation

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Medical care

Technological innovations

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Control, Robotics, Automation

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Health Care

Innovation and Technology Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Translating research prototypes to bedside: the lesson-learnt of the RETRAINER EU project -- Computer Models in the Design of Neurotechnologies and Rehabilitation Tools -- Improving Strategies for Human-Robot Interaction for Rehabilitation Robotics applications -- Shaping robotic training to maximize patient outcome: new trends and perspectives -- Balance control during walking-related motor tasks -- Multimodal neural interfaces for rehabilitation and assistance of people



with disability -- Application of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to lower limb movement assistance -- Pattern Recognition Techniques for assessment, training and rehabilitation -- Reshaping Perception and Action in Human-Machine Interfaces.

Sommario/riassunto

The book reports on advanced topics in the areas of neurorehabilitation research and practice. It focuses on new methods for interfacing the human nervous system with electronic and mechatronic systems to restore or compensate impaired neural functions. Importantly, the book merges different perspectives, such as the clinical, neurophysiological, and bioengineering ones, to promote, feed and encourage collaborations between clinicians, neuroscientists and engineers. Based on the 2018 International Conference on Neurorehabilitation (ICNR 2018) held on October 16-20, 2018, in Pisa, Italy,, this book covers various aspects of neurorehabilitation research and practice, including new insights into biomechanics, brain physiology, neuroplasticity, and brain damages and diseases, as well as innovative methods and technologies for studying and/or recovering brain function, from data mining to interface technologies and neuroprosthetics. In this way, it offers a concise, yet comprehensivereference guide to neurosurgeons, rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, and bioengineers. Moreover, by highlighting current challenges in understanding brain diseases as well as in the available technologies and their implementation, the book is also expected to foster new collaborations between the different groups, thus stimulating new ideas and research directions.