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"Loyal" to the community. Philosophy and psychology in Josiah Royce's «absolute pragmatism».
No full textThis article explores Josiah Royce’s «absolute pragmatism», focusing on his
epistemological and moral holism through the interaction of philosophy and
psychology. It examines four key aspects: Royce’s reinterpretation of Kant, Fichte,
and Hegel to highlight the construction of a holistic subject within the community;
his concept of will as a «selective act», which addresses the problem of the ego’s
freedom in relation to the necessity of nature; his engagement with Nietzsche’s
subjectivism, through which he seeks to reconstruct objectivity by emphasizing
loyalty to the community; and, finally, his dialogue with William James, culminating
in an ethics of loyalty oriented toward an open and inclusive community. Therefore,
Royce’s philosophy affirms both the mind’s interpretive capacities and the ethics of
loyalty as the fulfillment of moral law and a unifying social principle
Search for vector-like leptons with long-lived particle decays in the CMS muon system in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 13 TeV
No full textA first search is presented for vector-like leptons (VLLs) exclusively decaying into a light long-lived pseudoscalar boson and a standard model τ lepton. The pseudoscalar boson is assumed to have a mass below the τ+τ− threshold, so that it decays exclusively into two photons. It is identified using the CMS muon system. The analysis is carried out using a data set of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV collected by the CMS experiment in 2016–2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1. Selected events contain at least one pseudoscalar boson decaying electromagnetically in the muon system and at least one hadronically decaying τ lepton. No significant excess of data events is observed compared to the background expectation. Upper limits are set at 95% confidence level on the vector-like lepton production cross section as a function of the VLL mass and the pseudoscalar boson mean proper decay length. The observed and expected exclusion ranges of the VLL mass extend up to 700 and 670 GeV, respectively, depending on the pseudoscalar boson lifetime
Spasticity patterns assessment and recognition for therapeutic approaches (SPARTA) in multiple sclerosis: a multicenter epidemiological study
No full textBackground: Spasticity and muscle weakness are the most disabling symptoms in people with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS), frequently affecting lower limbs and causing motor impairments, fatigue and increased risk of falls. Previous epidemiological studies on pwMS reported prevalence of spasticity and other symptoms but scarce information is available about combined patterns of muscle weakness and spasticity, symmetry and regional localization. Objectives: To describe the prevalent combined patterns of muscle weakness and spasticity in pwMS in order to focus attention on their functional balance before spasticity treatment. Methods: pwMS with lower limb spasticity, 3.5 ≤ Expanded-Disability-Status Scale (EDSS) ≤ 6.5 were recruited. Data regarding muscle weakness and spasticity, symmetry and involvement of other functional systems were collected. Prevalence analysis was performed. Results: Three-hundred pwMS were included. Muscle weakness and spasticity occurred mostly asymmetrically with a prevalence of paraparesis. Incidence of both symptoms increase with higher EDSS, particularly of muscle weakness. Twelve prevalent combined patterns were identified, with highest incidence of combinations characterized by “distal-intermediate spasticity and diffuse weakness” (29.3%), “diffuse spasticity and weakness” (13.7%), “distal spasticity and diffuse weakness” (11.7%). Conclusions: This study highlighted the most prevalent combined patterns of weakness and spasticity, useful in clinical practice for pwMS’ assessment by supporting optimal planning of specific pharmacologic and rehabilitative treatments
A method for correcting the substructure of multiprong jets using the Lund jet plane
No full textMany analyses at the CERN LHC exploit the substructure of jets to identify heavy resonances produced with high momenta that decay into multiple quarks and/or gluons. This paper presents a new technique for correcting the substructure of simulated large-radius jets from multiprong decays. The technique is based on reclustering the jet constituents into several subjets such that each subjet represents a single prong, and separately correcting the radiation pattern in the Lund jet plane of each subjet using a correction derived from data. The data presented here correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb−1 collected by the CMS experiment between 2016–2018 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The correction procedure improves the agreement between data and simulation for several different substructure observables of multiprong jets. This technique establishes, for the first time, a robust calibration for the substructure of jets with four or more prongs, enabling future measurements and searches for new phenomena containing these signatures
STATO FITOSANITARIO DELLA SEMENTE E VALORIZZAZIONE DI SEI ECOTIPI LOCALI DI FAGIOLO RAMPICANTE (ROSSO SCRITTO DEL PANTANO, MUNACHEDDA, MARRUCHEDDA, NASIEDDU, TUVAGLIEDDU E CU’ MUSSIDDU)
No full textI fagioli rampicanti negli ultimi decenni sono stati sempre meno utilizzati per la produzione di legumi sia a causa degli alti costi
di produzione sia per il depauperamento fitosanitario - dovuto alla autoproduzione da parte degli agricoltori - del materiale sementiero
utilizzato. La conseguenza di ciò è stato il progressivo abbandono di diversi ecotipi locali – tra cui quelli in studio - con
il rischio di una perdita definitiva della relativa risorsa genetica. Il materiale sementiero di Fagiolo Rosso Scritto del Pantano,
Munachedda, Marruchedda, Nasieddu, Tuvaglieddu e cu’ Mussiddu, recuperato presso gli agricoltori custodi, è stato sottoposto a
valutazione fitosanitaria nei confronti dei principali patogeni di origine virale, batterica e fungina del Fagiolo trasmessi per seme.
L’analisi virologica è stata eseguita mediante ELISA nei confronti dei virus BCMNV, BCMV, AMV e CMV, rilevando elevate % di infezione
da BCMNV e BCMV su tutti i lotti di semi analizzati. CMV e AMV, invece, sono stati rilevati in % di infezione più contenuta e
in un minor numero di lotti di seme.
Le specie batteriche infettanti il fagiolo e trasmissibili per seme Xanthomonas campestris pv. Phaseoli e Pseudomonas syringae
pv. phaseolicola sono state ricercate mediante saggi biologici e molecolari, evidenziando l’assenza del primo e la presenza del
secondo in tutti i campioni di seme analizzati, indipendentemente dall’ecotipo e dalla provenienza.
A livello micologico, l’analisi microscopica ha evidenziato un elevato grado di infezione/contaminazione dei semi da Colletotrichum
lindemuthianum, molto meno da Alternaria spp. e Sclerotinia spp.. Lo studio sulle proprietà nutrizionali e funzionali degli
ecotipi di Fagiolo in studio ha evidenziato che gli ecotipi di fagiolo indagati, oltre all’elevato valore nutrizionale, presentano elevata
attività antiossidante ed ipoglicemizzante, che li rendono molto interessanti come alimenti funzionali.
Ricerca supportata da PSR Basilicata 2014-2020, Mis. 10, Sottomisura 10.2, Operazione 10.2. Progetto PURUS, CUP
G25I2400007000
Advancements in sigma-IASI/f2n: efficient radiative transfer simulations for current and future cloud, atmosphere, and climate remote sensing infrared missions
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Agri-Food By-Products as Ingredients: Exploring Purchase Intentions Among a Sample of Italian Consumers
No full textConsumer perceptions of upcycled foods, as well as the determinants of food choices, are still not well understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of psychological and personal traits on purchase intention (PI) towards upcycled foods of Italian consumers.
Additionally, willingness to try (WTT), willingness to buy (WTB), and willingness to pay
(WTP) for yogurt, bread, and biscuits made with by-products, namely, hazelnut skin and
grape pomace powder, were collected. A web-based survey involving 505 consumers was
conducted, and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to
evaluate the model. It resulted that food neophobia and attitude towards upcycled foods
had a significant impact on PI. In turn, attitude was affected by food neophobia as well as by
objective knowledge about food by-products. Unexpectedly, frugality and environmental
concern did not affect PI. WTP was product-specific; when WTP was compared to a
reference price, it was higher for the yogurt prototype, followed by the bread and biscuits
prototypes. Food neophobia affected WTT, WTB, and WTP. This study contributes to providing new insights into the determinants of consumers’ purchase intention for upcycled foods, which are an emerging category of products
Monitoraggio dell’accumulo di una frana in Argille Varicolori e della galleria artificiale che l’attraversa
No full textIl piede della frana attiva di Varco d’Izzo, a Potenza, è attraversato dalla linea ferroviaria nazionale Battipaglia-Taranto con una galleria artificiale che, realizzata nel 1880 dalle
Ferrovie dello Stato, negli anni ’90 è stata demolita e ricostruita. La frana è oggetto di monitoraggio da parte dell’Università dalla Basilicata da circa vent’anni. Sono state eseguite perforazioni di sondaggio e sono stati installati inclinometri, piezometri, celle di pressione totale, capisaldi per misure GPS. Sono stati valutati gli spostamenti elaborando i dati satellitari COSMO-SkyMed. Le deformazioni interne della galleria sono state monitorate con un sensore distribuito di deformazione a fibra ottica. I risultati delle indagini hanno consentito di ricostruire il campo di velocità della frana e di valutare gli spostamenti subiti da edifici e infrastrutture. La frana, nel periodo 2004-2023, si è mossa con velocità annue costanti nel tempo e, a valle della S.S. Basentana, variabili fra 1 cm/anno e 4 cm/anno. A partire dal 2023, in corrispondenza della galleria, si stanno registrando riduzioni delle pressioni interstiziali lungo le superfici di scorrimento. L’approfondimento di questo fenomeno e dei suoi effetti sulle velocità di spostamento risulta particolarmente interessante in un momento di intenso dibattito sugli effetti climatici
Eredità di uno sguardo. Su Carlo Levi e Luigi Guerricchio.
No full textIl saggio esplora il rapporto tra Carlo Levi e l’artista Luigi Guerricchio, nato a Matera nel 1932, nel contesto dei rapporti che Levi instaurò con gli artisti lucani attivi nel dopoguerra, anche attraverso la mediazione di Rocco Scotellaro. Un approfondimento è dedicato al confronto tra i dipinti di Levi e Guerricchio appartenenti alla collezione della Banca d’Italia