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Vince Colosimo Collection
No full textVince Colosimo is an Australian actor who has worked in theatre, film and television. Colosimo has made a number of television appearances, including A Country Practice, Stingers, Something in the Air and The Secret Life of Us. His film appearances include: Moving Out (1983), The Wog Boy (2000), Chopper (2000), Lantana (2001) and Body of Lies (2008). This collection comprises of items pertaining to the career of Colosimo
COMPLEX PCA AS AN EXPLORATORY TOOL FOR 3-DIMENSIONAL PROFILES
No full textDuring the past few years, an increasing number of approaches and applications of profile monitoring have been proposed in the scientific literature. As a matter of fact, very often product and/or process quality is characterized by profiles or functional data. In this type of applications, the quality outcome (dependent variable) is actually a function of one or more spatial or temporal location variables (independent variables). Up to now, profile monitoring techniques have been constrained to situations in which the dependent variable is a scalar which can be modelled as a function of one or more independent variables via linear models or data-reduction approaches as PCA. As a matter of fact, PCA has been demonstrated to be an excellent exploratory method for interpreting and modelling profiles in a scalar field of data, obtained from manufacturing processes (Colosimo and Pacella 2007). However, when the quality of products is related to geometric tolerances, very often the profile cannot be simply modelled via a scalar variable, since the profile or curve lies in a 3-dimensional space. Examples range from the simplest requirement of axial straightness to very complex curves in free-form geometric tolerance. This paper explores problems arising when 3D curves has to be monitored over time proposing possible solutions. A real case dealing with the straightness of cylindrical components machined by turning is used as reference throughout the paper. In particular, an approach is discussed in which a generalization of PCA is used to model two-dimensional vector observations (i.e., directional data). The method is based on an appropriate use of complex, rather than real numbers in the analysis. The so-called “complex PCA” is routinely used in the case of horizontal velocity components in geophysical measurements (such an approach was firstly proposed by Hardy and Walton, 1978). Our aim is to explore the use of complex PCA also for modelling 3D profiles obtained from manufacturing processes.
References
Colosimo B. M. and Pacella M., 2007. On the Use of Principal Component Analysis to Identify Systematic Patterns in Roundness Profiles. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 23(6), 707-725.
Hardy D. M. and Walton J. J., 1978. Principal Components of Vector Wind Measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 17(8), 1153–1162
Cranial movement disorders: clinical features, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis and treatment
No full textCranial movement disorders are a common neurological problem. These disorders can be limited to the cranial muscles alone or manifest as part of a more generalized movement disorder. Cranial movement disorders can originate from the highest (motor cortex) to the lowest (cranial nerve and muscle) levels of the motor system. Owing to the lack of diagnostic tests and biomarkers for these disorders, their differential diagnosis can be difficult even for the experienced neurologist. Advances have, however, been made in the identification and treatment of these conditions, and most can be managed effectively with appropriate knowledge of the diagnostic signs and effective treatments. Here, we review the clinical features, pathophysiologies and therapies of the main movement disorders that affect the face, jaw, tongue and palate.Giovanni Fabbrini, Giovanni Defazio, Carlo Colosimo, Philip D. Thompson and Alfredo Berardell
Special factors in Biological strings
No full textBiological macromolecules such as DNA, RNA, and proteins can be regarded as finite sequences of symbols (or words) over a finite alphabet. In this paper, we refer to DNA (RNA) sequences which are words on a four-letter alphabet. A comparison is made between some “genes”, or fragments of them, with random sequences or random reshuffled sequences on the same alphabet and having the same length. Some combinatorial techniques of analysis of finite words are developed. A crucial role in the comparison is played by the so-called special factors of a given word. In all the analysed DNA (RNA) fragments the distribution on the length of the number of right (left) special factors differs, in a very typical way, from the corresponding distribution in a string on the same alphabet and having the same length generated by a random source or obtained by making a random alteration (=shuffling) of the original string. This kind of change is irrespective of the length in the range that we have considered <2650 bp and of the phylogenetic origin of the fragment
GCG Stacks: a friendly interface for the GCG programs.
No full textA 'PLUS' stack which provides a friendly user interface for the GCG suite of programs is presented. The interface takes advantage of the whole set of programming tools available in a graphical and object-oriented environment and its major features include: (i) an efficient management of the on-line help documents, and (ii) a flexible editor for macrocommands. The former facilitates finding specific information in the huge documentation bundled with the GCG suite, and the latter is useful whenever several GCG programs must be run in sequence with automatic piping of the intermediate results
From time to space recurrences in biopolymers.
No full textThe application of Recurrence-Based Techniques to biopolymers is herewith introduced with an emphasis on the differences holding between the analysis of strings endowed with a mainly logical (DNA) or chemico-physical (Proteins) information content. The unique features of RQA when applied to systems in which spatial order (sequence) takes the place of time are described, showing how RQA can be considered as a complex network analysis tool particularly suited for giving a quantitative description to molecular structures at different levels of detail. The comparison of DNA sequences with text strings helps to shed light on the particular nature of biological information coding and shed light on the role of RQA technique in bioinformatics and computational biology fields
State v. Colosimo: Minnesota Anglers’ Freedom from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures Becomes “The One That Got Away”
No full textThis article examines the various opinions in the Colosimo case, including the opinion of the Minnesota Court of Appeals (which was reversed by the supreme court), as well as the majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions of the supreme court. The article provides a brief background of how the issue of stops and inspections by conservation officers has been dealt with in other jurisdictions before turning to a critique of the Minnesota Supreme Court\u27s decision in Colosimo, which the authors consider far too expansive. The decision in Colosimo undermines the right of citizens of Minnesota to be free from invasions of privacy at the unbridled discretion of officers in the field. The court historically has recognized and protected this right, but Colosimo, to paraphrase the court in Henning, represents “a dramatic departure that demotes constitutional protections to a position inferior to that of fishing regulations.
AN INTRODUCTION TO RECURENCE QUANTIFICATION ANALYSIS OF CLICK-EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS. A
No full textL'Apprendimento Permanente delle persone rifugiate: un focus sulla valutazione di accesso all'Istruzione Terziaria
No full textNegli ultimi anni si assiste ad un numero sempre più crescente di persone provenienti da Paesi in stato di
crisi che intendono riprendere gli studi interrotti e veder riconosciuto il proprio diritto all’Apprendimento
Permanente. In quest’ottica è sempre più determinante che le Università Italiane adottino dei sistemi flessibili e
autonomi di valutazione e di riconoscimento dei titoli di studio e culturali e delle competenze acquisiti, il che è
ancora abbastanza complesso per le persone rifugiate. Partendo da tale consapevolezza, il presente contributo,
dopo aver illustrato il quadro normativo di riferimento sul tema e i sistemi di valutazione attualmente presenti
nelle realtà accademiche italiane, si sofferma sulle esperienze e i risultati conseguiti dal Centro Servizio per
l’Apprendimento Permanente dell’Università degli Studi di Bari (d’ora in poi CAP) nella sperimentazione e
adozione di una procedura di valutazione autonoma dei titoli di accesso all’Università delle persone rifugiate,
a sostegno di una sempre maggiore inclusione e integrazione accademica
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