1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996213123603316

Autore

Dawson Michael Robert William <1959->

Titolo

From bricks to brains : the embodied cognitive science of LEGO robots / / Michael R. W. Dawson, Brian Dupuis, Michael Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athabasca University Press, 2010

Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-282-85202-7

9786612852022

1-897425-79-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Disciplina

629.8/92

Soggetti

Robots - Programming

Robots - Dynamics

Cognitive science

Robots - Design and construction

Artificial intelligence

LEGO toys

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Mind control - internal or external? -- Classical music and the classical mind -- Situated cognition and bricolage -- Braitenberg's vehicle 2 -- Thoughtless walkers -- Machina speculatrix -- The subsumption architecture -- Embodiment, stigmergy, and swarm intelligence -- Totems, toys -- or tools?

Sommario/riassunto

From Bricks to Brains introduces embodied cognitive science, and illustrates its foundational ideas through the construction and observation of LEGO Mindstorms robots.Discussing the characteristics that distinguish embodied cognitive science from classical cognitive science, From Bricks to Brains places a renewed emphasis on sensing and acting, the importance of embodiment, the exploration of distributed notions of control, and the development of theories by synthesizing simple systems and exploring their behaviour. Numerous



examples are used to illustrate a key theme: the importance of an age

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996206218403316

Titolo

Ayu : an international quarterly journal of research in Ayurveda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mumbai, : Medknow Publications and Media

ISSN

0976-9382

Soggetti

Medicine, Ayurvedic

Holistic medicine

Alternative medicine

Naturopathy

Periodical

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910911298603321

Autore

Santilli Cecilia

Titolo

Civil Society Elites in the Italian Third Sector : A Comparative Perspective / / by Cecilia Santilli, Roberto Scaramuzzino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2025

ISBN

9783031714443

303171444X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research, , 2662-6918

Altri autori (Persone)

ScaramuzzinoRoberto

Disciplina

305.5

Soggetti

Social structure

Equality

Social policy

Welfare state

Social Structure

Comparative Social Policy

Welfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Civil society and elites in Italy -- 3. A study of civil society elites in Europe -- 4. The organisational landscape -- 5. The profile of the Italian civil society elite -- 6. Professionalisation and elitisation -- 7. Career trajectories and Europeanisation -- 8. The view of power and status -- 9. A kaleidoscope of power, tradition, and transformation.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book unveils the hidden elite of Italy's third sector, offering a rare glimpse into the lives and minds of civil society's most influential leaders. Bridging elite and civil society studies, it presents pioneering research on these powerful yet understudied figures. Through in-depth analysis, the chapters reveal surprising insights about the elite's composition, attitudes, career trajectories, and views on power. Essential reading for scholars of democracy, civil society, and social policy, this volume challenges conventional wisdom about leadership in the nonprofit world. By illuminating the dynamics of Italy's



third sector elite, it reshapes our understanding of civil society's role in modern democracies. Cecilia Santilli is a researcher in Socio-anthropology at the School of Social Work at Lund University, Sweden. Her primary research interests include civil society, politics, and policies from a comparative perspective. She is currently involved in a research project examining the impact of populism on civil society. Roberto Scaramuzzino is Associate Professor of Social Work at Lund University, Sweden. His main research interests are civil society and its functions in welfare societies and for migrant integration. He is currently leading a research project about civil society and populism, focusing on how the rise to power of populist parties affects state–civil society relations.