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Impacts of Land Disputes on Community Development
Get PDFLand disputes as experienced in different parts of Nigeria
have strong effect on rural and urban socio-economic
development. Land disputes have disastrous and life
threatening effects on individuals as well as on groups,
communities and even entire nations. The goal of this
study is to investigate the impacts of disputes on land in
relation to human capital and infrastructural development
of communities. In view of this, the study examined the
specific impacts of land disputes on the development
of communities in Inyimagu district. In achieving this,
Three hundred and Seventeen (317) questionnaires were
retrieved from the residents of the various villages that
make up Inyimagu community in Ikwo local government
area of Ebonyi state Nigeria, a community that has been
ravaged by communal clashes with the adjoining villages
including Nsobo community in Obubra local government
area of Cross River state over the issue of land ownership.
Data were analysed using a simple descriptive statistics.
Finding shows that village claim of long time settlements,
long-term enmity amongst families among others factors
are the major reasons for the incessant land disputes
in these communities. The study will contribute to the
knowledge of understanding the major factors responsible
for land disputes in rural communities and the effects
of such disputes to the socio-economic growth and
development of the effected communities
The INFN project MAPS 3D
Get PDFMAPS 3D is a project of Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare which aims to implement an unprecedented characterisation of magnetised laboratory plasmas by means of high-resolution spectropolarimetry in the visible range. This observational technique is routinely applied to astrophysical plasmas in order to derive physical parameters of stars. Through the experimental set-up of MAPS 3D spatial resolution of the emitting plasma will be obtained, giving the possibility to localise the emitters from hot and cold plasma regions, as well as to estimate the charge state distribution. This innovative plasma characterisation, not achievable by means of the present diagnostic techniques, will allow a better comprehension
of laboratory plasma structure, heating processes and magnetic confinement, with strong implications for Accelerator Physics, Plasma Physics, Astrophysics and Nuclear Astrophysics
COSINUS: A NaI-based cryogenic calorimeter for direct dark matter search
Get PDFFor two decades, extraordinary effort has been devoted to clarifying the controversial results in direct dark matter detection. The claim of DAMA/LIBRA for a dark matter annual modulation signal is in apparent contradiction with most of the results of the other direct detection experiments, but a material-independent check of this signal can still be decisive. For this reason, COSINUS aims to develop a sodium iodide-based cryogenic scintillating calorimeter, whose two-channel readout of light and phonon allows an event-by-event discrimination of the dominant β/γ-background from the sought-for nuclear recoils
Flexible thermo-plasmonics: Mechanically actuated control of the photo-induced heat generation
Get PDFThermoplasmonics is a new field of Plasmonics in which metallic nanostructures are used to generated heat at the nanoscale. This research area has developed rapidly in the last decade, due to the several applications in nanophotonics, nanomedicine and in many other fields. In this paper, the process of photoinduced heating in this kind of structures is described. A characterization of the heat delivered by a uniform distribution of gold nanoparticles on solid and flexible substrate is reported, along with different methods to control the effects
CP violation in charm at LHCb
Get PDFWhile the CKM paradigm of CP violation has been tested extensively in K and B mesons, CP violation remains unobserved in the decay of up-type quarks. The study of CP violation in charm decays is thus a complementary test of
the Standard Model, since it allows constraining CP-violating operators that might leave the observables of down-type quarks unaffected. Two recent measurements of CP violation in charm decays by the LHCb Collaboration are reviewed. Their precision, below the 10−3 level, is finally entering the upper limit of the range of Standard Model predictions. The forthcoming Upgrade I of LHCb (2021–2029) will allow pushing the precision of the searches for CP violation in charm below the 10−4 level
Exotic hadrons at BESIII
Get PDFThe BESIII experiment at the electron positron collider BEPCII is successfully operating since 2008 and has collected large data samples in the taucharm mass region. Selected recent results on XYZ studies at BESIII are reported. Thanks to the data samples of about 12 fb−1, useful for this kind of studies, BESIII Collaboration continues the exploration of these intriguing charmonium-like states
Methamphetamine-Induced Lung Injury
Get PDFMethamphetamine is a substance of abuse that is most commonly smoked. Both regular and non-regular use can cause toxic injury to the lung
parenchyma, the signs and symptoms of which are non-specific. Clinical scenarios include non-cardiac pulmonary oedema, acute respiratory
distress syndrome, alveolar haemorrhage, pneumonia and pneumoconiosis. As radiological imaging is often non-specific, a positive history
of methamphetamine use is the only way to reach a definite diagnosis. The use of methamphetamine is now increasing in Europe, so it is
important as physicians to be aware of this differential diagnosis in patients in respiratory distress with risk factors for illicit drug use
Tullio Gregory e l’ILIESI
Get PDFIl Lessico Intellettuale Europeo (LIE) è nato nel 1964 prima come Gruppo di ricerca, poi come Centro, quindi come Istituto per il Lessico Intellettuale Europeo e Storia delle Idee (ILIESI) del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Tullio Gregory ne è stato non soltanto il fondatore, ma l’ispiratore delle linee di ricerca e il promotore delle iniziative scientifiche. Si illustrano qui i vari progetti promossi da Gregory, intorno ai quali si è incentrata la gran parte delle attività dell’Istituto
L’Aula Ovest del complesso di Domiziano tra Foro Romano e Palatino: metodologie a confronto per un rilievo XXL
Get PDFThe survey campaign on the monumental remains of the West Hall of the Domitian Complex (Roman Forum) has provided an opportunity for a general reflection on the archaeological surveying of architecture. Above all, there is the problem of how to guarantee an accurate documentation, when approaching ‘XXL buildings’, like those of this architectural complex. Working with two different methodologies, in particular digital photogrammetry and laser scanning, the authors have detected the best operating procedure for the documentation of such very big structures. The data obtained during the surveying campaign has also allowed the reconstruction of the different historical phases for the West Hall in the Roman Forum
Analisi territoriali in un’area della Sardegna centromeridionale: modelli ubicativi durante l’età del Bronzo
Get PDFThe territory of Sarcidano is very important for the study of the settlements of the Nuragic population in the central-southern Sardinia (Italy), as the archaeological evidence of the late phases of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age shows. In particular, the great sanctuary of Santa Vittoria at Serri stands out on the homonymous plateau and exercises a control of the surrounding territory, corresponding in whole or part to the territories of the Serri, Escolca, Gergei, Isili, and Nurri municipalities. In this work, we experimented with an analytical procedure not yet widely used in the study of settlement processes in the Bronze and Iron Ages: that of Spatial Autocorrelation Techniques. The advantage of this approach lies in the fact that it not only shows spatial relationships, but does so on the basis of different values connected to the spatial data. Results showed that the Nuragic monuments were built near routes of passage so as to control the valleys below the basalt plains. This demonstrates the existence of a specific and organized approach for exploiting and monitoring the landscape, in which settlement choices depend on functionality criteria, with both nuraghi and villages having a key role on the strategic control of the territory