University of Udine

About: University of Udine is a education organization based out in Udine, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 6745 authors who have published 20530 publications receiving 669088 citations. The organization is also known as: Università degli Studi di Udine & Universita degli Studi di Udine.

The post-prandial state and cardiovascular disease: Relevance to diabetes mellitus

Abstract: There is increasing evidence that the post-prandial state is an important contributing factor to the development of atherosclerosis. In non-diabetic subjects the atherosclerotic risk factors comprised in the categories of lipids, coagulation system and endothelial function may be adversely modified in the post-prandial phase. The generation of an oxidative stress may be the common pathway through which eating may induce these alterations. In diabetic patients these phenomena may be amplified by post-prandial hyperglycemia.

Scalarizing vector optimization problems

Abstract: A scalarization of vector optimization problems is proposed, where optimality is defined through convex cones. By varying the parameters of the scalar problem, it is possible to find all vector optima from the scalar ones. Moreover, it is shown that, under mild assumptions, the dependence is differentiable for smooth objective maps defined over reflexive Banach spaces. A sufficiency condition of optimality for a general mathematical programming problem is also given in the Appendix.

Temporal and intensity coding of pain in human cortex.

Abstract: Porro, Carlo A., Valentina Cettolo, Maria Pia Francescato, and Patrizia Baraldi. Temporal and intensity coding of pain in human cortex. J. Neurophysiol. 80:3312–3320, 1998. We used a high-resolutio...

Effects of Different Types of Virtual Reality Display on Presence and Learning in a Safety Training Scenario

Abstract: The increasing availability of head-mounted displays (HMDs) for home use motivates the study of the possible effects that adopting this new hardware might have on users. Moreover, while the impact of display type has been studied for different kinds of tasks, it has been scarcely explored in procedural training. Our study considered three different types of displays used by participants for training in aviation safety procedures with a serious game. The three displays were respectively representative of: (i) desktop VR (a standard desktop monitor), (ii) many setups for immersive VR used in the literature (an HMD with narrow field of view and a 3-DOF tracker), and (iii) new setups for immersive home VR (an HMD with wide field of view and 6-DOF tracker). We assessed effects on knowledge gain, and different self-reported measures (self-efficacy, engagement, presence). Unlike previous studies of display type that measured effects only immediately after the VR experience, we considered also a longer time span (2 weeks). Results indicated that the display type played a significant role in engagement and presence. The training benefits (increased knowledge and self-efficacy) were instead obtained, and maintained at two weeks, regardless of the display used. The paper discusses the implications of these results.