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Pascal Gabellone, "Dans la hauteur de la lumière / Nell'altezza della luce", traductions de M. Carminati, P. Dao, F. Pisanelli, La Colle sur Loup, Tim buctu éditions, 2016
No full textPascal Gabellone, "Dans la hauteur de la lumière / Nell'altezza della luce", traductions de M. Carminati, P. Dao, F. Pisanelli, La Colle sur Loup, Tim buctu éditions, 201
Erratum to Quantum Information, Oscillations and the Psyche by F. Martin, F. Carminati, and G. Galli Carminati
No full textDifferential compaction and early rock fracturing in high-relief carbonate platforms: numerical modelling of a Triassic case study (Esino Limestone, Central Southern Alps, Italy)
No full textNumerical models were used to investigate the effects of differential compaction on strain development and early fracturing in an early cemented high-relief Triassic carbonate platform prograding onto basinal sediments, whose thickness increases basinward. Results show that basinal sediment compaction induces stretching of internal platform and slope strata in prograding platforms. When sediments are early cemented, such extensional strain is accommodated by the generation of syndepositional fractures. The amount of stretching is predicted to increase from the oldest to the youngest layers, due to the thickening of the compactable basinal sequences towards the external parts of the platform. Stretching is also controlled by the characteristics of the basin: the thicker and the more compactable the basinal sediments, the larger will be the stretching. Numerical modelling has been applied to the LadinianEarly Carnian carbonate platform of the Esino Limestone (Central Southern Alps of Italy). This case study is favourable for numerical modelling, as it is well exposed and both its internal geometry (inner platform, reef and prograding clinostratified slope deposits) and the relationship with the adjacent basin can be fully reconstructed, as the Alpine tectonic overprint is weak in the study area. Evidence for early fracturing (fractures filled by fibrous cements coeval with the platform development) is described and the location, orientation and width of the fractures measured. The fractures are mainly steeply dipping and oriented perpendicularly to the direction of progradation of the platform, mimicking local platform-margin trends. The integration of numerical models with field data gives the opportunity to quantify the extension triggered by differential compaction and predict the possible distribution of early fractures in carbonate platforms of known geometry and thickness, whereas the interpretation of early fractures as the effects of differential compaction can be supported or rejected by the comparison with the results of ad hoc numerical modelling
Subsidence history from a backstripping analysis of the Permo-Mesozoic succession of the Central Southern Alps (Northern Italy)
No full textSeven tectonic subsidence curves, based on outcrop data, have been calculated in order to constrain the geodynamic evolution of the Permian-Mesozoic sedimentary succession (up to 10 km thick) of the Central Southern Alps basin (Italy). The analysis of the tectonic subsidence curves, covering a time span of about 200 Ma, allowed us to quantify the subsidence rates, to document the activity of syndepositional fault systems and calculate their slip rates. Different stages, in terms of duration and magnitude of subsidence-uplift trends, have been identified in the evolution of the basin. The fault activity, reconstructed by comparing subsidence curves from adjacent sectors, resulted as highly variable both temporally and spatially. Strike-slip tectonics was coeval to Permian sedimentation, as suggested by the strong differences in the subsidence rates in the sections. The evolution and subsidence rates suggest a continental shelf deposition from Early Triassic to Carnian, when subsidence came to a stop. A rapid resumption of subsidence is observed from the Norian, with a subsidence pulse in the Late Norian, followed by the regional uplift, in the Late Rhaetian. The following Early Jurassic subsidence is characterized by tectonic subsidence similar to that of the Norian. The Norian and Early Jurassic pulses were characterized by the highest slip rates along growth faults and are identified as two distinct tectonic events. The Norian-Rhaetian event is tentatively related to transtensional tectonics whereas the Early Jurassic event is related to crustal extension. The Early Jurassic subsidence records a shift in space an time of the beginning of the extensional stage, from Late Hettangian to the east to Late Pliensbachian-Toarcian to the west. From the Toarcian to the Aptian, the curves are compatible with regional thermal subsidence, later followed (Albian-Cenomanian) by uplift pulses in a retrobelt foreland basin (from Cenomanian onward)
The Processing of Emotional Sentences by Young and Older Adults: A Visual World Eye-movement Study
No full textCarminati MN, Knoeferle P. The Processing of Emotional Sentences by Young and Older Adults: A Visual World Eye-movement Study. Presented at the Architectures and Mechanisms of Language and Processing (AMLaP), Riva del Garda, Italy
Does compaction-induced subsidence control accommodation space at the top of prograding carbonate platforms? Constraints from the numerical modelling of the Triassic Esino Limestone (Southern Alps, Italy)
No full textThe demise of the high-relief, steep-slope, prograding Ladinian-Early Carnian carbonate platforms of the
Esino Limestone (Central Southern Alps of Italy) is marked by subaerial exposure of the platform top
associated with different erosional (mainly karst-related), depositional and diagenetic processes (Calcare
Rosso). The exposure-related deposits consist of three major facies associations: 1) residual soils with
thin lenses of conglomerates with black pebbles, and, locally, weathered vulcanites; 2) chaotic breccia
lenses irregularly distributed in the uppermost part of the Esino Limestone carbonate platform, interpreted as collapse breccias in karstic setting: 3) inter-supratidal carbonate cycles with dissolution and
development of paleosols and tepee structures.
Facies distribution follows the sub-environments of the underlying Esino Limestone. Facies 1 and 2
typically characterize the core of the platform, covering the underlying inner platform facies. Facies 3
instead develops toward the edge of the platform, above reef-upper slope facies of the prograding facies
of the Esino Limestone. The thickness of facies 3 decreases toward the core of the platform. Facies distribution reflects differences in the accommodation space and sedimentary processes from the rim
(highest accommodation, favouring the deposition of peritidal-supratidal carbonates) to the core
(reduced accommodation, causing pedogenesis and karstification) of the carbonate system.
The observed thickness changes may be controlled by different factors: 1) syndepositional tectonics, 2)
subsidence induced by magmatic activity or 3) differential subsidence controlled by the stratigraphic
architecture of the Esino Limestone platform and adjoining basins. As evidence of tectonics was not
observed and the presence of volcanic bodies is only documented tens of km away from the study area,
the scenario involving the creation of accommodation space by compaction of the basinal sediments
(resedimented, fine-grained calciturbidites) during the progradation of the carbonate platform is here
investigated. Numerical modelling was performed to verify the compatibility of compaction-induced
subsidence with the observed depositional architecture. The models were built to simulate the architectural evolution of the platform by progressively adding layers from deepest to shallowest, while
compacting the underlying sediments, in order to evaluate compaction-induced subsidence (and accommodation space for the Calcare Rosso) after the deposition of the youngest platform strata. Modelling
results allow us to conclude that the wedge geometry of the Calcare Rosso, deposited on top of the
extinct Esino carbonate platform, can be explained by subsidence controlled by compaction of the basinal
sediments present below the early-cemented, fast prograding platform slope deposits
Jet Study in Ultra-Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions with the ALICE Detectors at the LHC
No full textIn ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions at = 5.5 TeV at the ALICE experiment at the LHC, interactions between the high- partons and the hot, dense medium produced in the collisions, are expected to lead to jet energy loss (jet-quenching) resulting in changes in the jet fragmentation functions as compared to the unquenched case. In order to reconstruct jet fragmentation functions, accurate information on the jet energy, direction and momentum distribution of the jet particles is needed. This thesis presents first results on jet reconstruction in simulated Pb+Pb collisions using the ALICE detectors and a UA1-based cone jet finding algorithm which has been modified and optimised to reconstruct high- jets on an event-by-event basis. Optimisation of the algorithm parameters and methods used to suppress the large background energy contribution while maximising the algorithm efficiency, are discussed and the resulting jet energy and direction resolutions are presented. Accurate jet reconstruction will allow measurement of the jet fragmentation functions and consequently the degree of quenching and therefore provide insight on the properties of the hot and dense medium (for example the initial gluon density) created in the collisions.In ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions at = 5.5 TeV at the ALICE experiment at the LHC, interactions between the high- partons and the hot, dense medium produced in the collisions, are expected to lead to jet energy loss (jet-quenching) resulting in changes in the jet fragmentation functions as compared to the unquenched case. In order to reconstruct jet fragmentation functions, accurate information on the jet energy, direction and momentum distribution of the jet particles is needed. This thesis presents first results on jet reconstruction in simulated Pb+Pb collisions using the ALICE detectors and a UA1-based cone jet finding algorithm which has been modified and optimised to reconstruct high- jets on an event-by-event basis. Optimisation of the algorithm parameters and methods used to suppress the large background energy contribution while maximising the algorithm efficiency, are discussed and the resulting jet energy and direction resolutions are presented. Accurate jet reconstruction will allow measurement of the jet fragmentation functions and consequently the degree of quenching and therefore provide insight on the properties of the hot and dense medium (for example the initial gluon density) created in the collisions.This thesis presents first results on jet reconstruction in simulated Pb+Pb collisions using the ALICE detectors and a UAl-based cone jet finding algorithm which has been modified and optimised to reconstruct high-PT jets on an event-by-event basis. Optimisation of the algorithm parameters and methods used to suppress the large background energy contribution while maximising the algorithm efficiency, are discussed and the resulting jet energy and direction resolutions are presented
Blockchain-based Privacy Enforcement in the IoT domain
No full textThe Internet of Things (IoT) pervades our lives every day and has given end users the opportunity of accessing personalized and advanced services based on the analysis of the sensed data. However, IoT services are also characterized by new challenges related to security and privacy because end users often share sensitive data with different consumers without precise knowledge of how they will be managed and used. To cope with these issues, we propose a blockchain-based privacy enforcement framework where users can define how their data can be used and check if their will is respected without relying on a centralized manager. The preliminary tests we performed, simulating different scenarios, show the feasibility of our approach
A Blockchain-based Framework in Support of Privacy Preferences Enforcement for Scientific Workflows
No full textScientific workflows are today a vital tool for computational science, enabling the definition and execution of complex applications in heterogeneous and often distributed environments. A key characteristic of scientific workflow applications is that they often require the massive processing of an enormous amount of data that, in many cases, convey personal information. To allow an efficient and transparent privacy compliance check process, in this paper, we propose a blockchain-based solution coupled with an ad-hoc index structure that makes it possible an efficient compliance check for a massive amount of data.Invited Pape
Residential placement and quality of life for adults with severe autism spectrum disorders and severe-to-profound intellectual disabilities
No full textAbstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the relationship between some main characteristics of different living arrangements and the quality of life (QoL) of their users with severe intellectual disability and low-functioning autism spectrum disorders.
Design/methodology/approach
Study participants were assessed for ASD severity through the Childhood Autism Rating Scale or the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS): for behavioral problems with the aberrant behavior checklist (ABC); for perception of efficacy and satisfaction with care, through an adapted Visual Analogue Scale; and for QoL with the QoL inventory in residential environments (validated in French as Inventaire de la Qualité de Vie en Milieu Résidentiel). Because the goal was to define a “residential profile (RP),” the authors evaluated each participating residence with the Working Methods Scale and the questionnaire on residential parameters.
Findings
The RP allowed for the classification of the residences into three clusters. The authors found no clear relationship between QoL and the RP clusters, but the authors found the RP clusters to be significantly correlated with ABC factors F1 (irritability, agitation, crying) and F2 (lethargy, social withdrawal), and VABS scores for living, socialization, and motor skills.
Originality/value
RPs were more strongly correlated with ABC items and the ability to cope with everyday life than with QoL. The authors hypothesize that RP is correlated with both aberrant behavior and the autonomy of residents and that QoL remains relatively stable. Therefore, RP is correlated with the status of the residents; however, this appears not to be correlated with their QoL
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