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    A vehicle-user matching tool to encourage electric mobility

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    Electric vehicles (EVs) are recognized to be an effective way to reduce global warming pollution. Therefore, there is an increasing interest and effort in developing new ideas and technology to spread the use of EVs as an alternative to conventional cars. However, the consumers' perception of EVs, especially concerning their limited and not-fully predictable range, is still of low reliability, thus the number of sales is increasing slower than expected. In this paper, a software tool for non-EVs owners is presented, with the aim of profiling the drivers and show which EV alternative, if any, would be suitable for each case. The final goal is to encourage electric mobility against range anxiety. The whole analysis is carried out by using experimental data collected from some users in Milan, Italy

    A System-Level Characterization of Residential Electric Vehicle Recharge for the Provision of Balancing Services with a Focus on aFRR

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    This paper focuses on balancing ancillary services facilitated by EVs, examining service prerequisites and EV potential contributions, with an emphasis on ongoing pilot projects. It evaluates recharging patterns and flexibility potential of residential EV recharging at a national level in a 2030 scenario, considering uncontrolled charging, a strategy based on flattened power absorption (here called 'smooth' charging), and a delayed recharging strategy. Leveraging the obtained charging patterns, it assesses EVs' potential contribution to supplying the automatic frequency restoration reserve. The results show that the smooth charging strategy offers better flexibility potentials concerning typical trends of the aFRR requirement. For this type of charging, it is observed that electric vehicles, in a 2030 scenario, could cover between 16-18% of the automatic frequency restoration reserve demand

    A Florentine family in crisis: the Strozzi in the fifteenth century.

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    PhDIn 1434 the Strozzi lineage had held a leading position in Florentine society and government for at least one hundred and fifty years, and was one of the largest and wealthiest of the city's patrician lineages. The records of the catasto of 1427 and of the scrutiny of 1433 are used to give a profile of the dominant social, economic and political position of the Strozzi before the advent of Medicean dominance. Their record of electoral success, and the political and cultural leadership of influential and respected men such as Palla di Nofri and Matteo di Simone, with other factors, put the Strozzi amongst the greatest enemies of the victorious Medicean regime of late 1434. The effects of political opposition and exile on the lineage are examined both directly, through records of office-holding, and indirectly through such indicators as marriage alliances and household wealth. The two most prominent lines of the Strozzi were exiled after 1434. Palla di Nofri's life and preoccupations in his Paduan exile are examined, together with the lives of his sons; none of these Strozzi ever returned to Florence, pursued as they were by the enmity of the Medicean regime. The very different careers of Filippo di Matteo and his brother Lorenzo are also examined: how they succeeded in founding a lucrative bank in Naples, and in returning to Florence to 'rebuild' (rifare) the position of the Strozzi lineage there. The final decades of the century saw the Strozzi in an economically more secure position, due substantially to the efforts of Filippo. Except for a very small number of its members admitted into the regime, most of the lineage is here shown to have remained excluded from significant political office until after the fall of the Medici regime in 1494

    Vues présentes sur le celtique cisalpin

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    Present views on Cisalpine Celtic. During the last twenty years, the knowledge of Lepontic and of Italian Gaulish has been notably enriched by very important finds, and also by numerous studies. The author proposes a synthesis of all new linguistical and cultural data provided by epigraphy in this particular resort.Dans les vingt dernières années la connaissance du lépontique et du gaulois d’Italie a été notablement enrichie par certaines trouvailles fort importantes ainsi que par de nombreuses études. Tableau synthétique des nouvelles données linguistiques et culturelles apportées par l’épigraphie de ce domaine.Motta Filippo. Vues présentes sur le celtique cisalpin. In: Etudes Celtiques, vol. 29, 1992. Actes du IXe congrès international d'études celtiques. Paris, 7-12 juillet 1991. Deuxième partie : Linguistique, littératures. pp. 311-318

    Occhi pieni e mani vaganti. Movimenti, emozioni, astrazioni.

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    Filippo FIMIANI, Occhi pieni e mani vaganti. Movimenti, emozioni, astrazioni, «Fata Morgana», 12/2010, pp. 147-164. ISSN 1970-5786. ITALIANO. Una piccola sequenza da un episodio della serie televisiva Mad Men in cui la relazione sensoriale emozionale tra lo spettatore e un corpo in movimento, precisamente un corpo danzante, è l’oggetto di questo articolo, che intende così verificare la cosiddetta naturalizzazione della fenomenologia e del corpo vissuto operata dalle scienze cognitive applicate agli studi visuali. L’autore mostra anche i rapporti tra la cosiddetta simulazione incarnata e una memoria simbolica e iconografica profonda, e discute in particolare la polarità tra proiezione e introiezione, attività e passività nell’esperienza empatica delle immagini in movimento.A short filmic example from the AMC's award-winning series Mad Men in which the sensorial and emotional relationship between the spectator and a moving body, i.e., a dancing body, is explicitly put into play. The essay wants to deal with the so called naturalization of phenomenology and of the living body, trained by the cognitive sciences reading the visuality. The author shows the relationship between the so called ‘embodied Simulation’ and a symbolic and iconographic deep memory of the pictures, and he gives an in-depth attention to the polarity between projections and introjections, activity and passivity of the spectator’s body during the empathic experience of the moving pictures

    Multiple political geographies

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    This chapter delves into the multifaceted realm of political geography within the context of the journal Political Geography. The author, who has held various editorial positions within the journal, navigates the intricate terrain of diversity and inclusion, exploring the challenges posed by linguistic and cultural biases inherent in academic publishing. The chapter critically examines efforts to mitigate barriers and broaden the scope of political geography, questioning the adequacy of current approaches. Through a reflective analysis, the author elucidates the complex dynamics of political geography as a subdiscipline, shedding light on both the impediments and possibilities it offers to researchers and students

    Erratum to: Lung Tissue Damage Caused by Heat Accumulation from Adjacent Laser Application: Surgical Implications (Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon (2014) DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1389086)

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    It has been brought to the Publisher's attention that the author names "Filippo Lococo" and "Alfredo Cesario" were not listed correctly in the above-mentioned article, published on eFirst on September 5, 2014. DOI of the original article is DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1389086. The names should be read as "Filippo Lococo" and "Alfredo Cesario" in place of "Lococo Filippo" and "Cesario Alfredo."

    Fasti di Lodovico XIV. il Grande : esposti in versi in occasione dell'esser levato al sacro fonte il primogenito del marchese Filippo cavalier Sampieri in nome di S.M. Cristianissima.

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    Illustrated with etchings, comprising a portrait of Louis XIV by Francesco Maria Francia, and 12 plates by Lodovico Mattioli.Each of the twelve cantos is by a different author. Names supplied in manuscript in table of contents, p. [1] at end.Dedication signed: Filippo Sampieri.Imprint from colophon.Signatures: pi⁴ A-O⁸ P⁴.Mode of access: Internet.Bound in old vellum; ink title and library shelf mark on spine
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