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CSR STRATEGIES AND VALUE CREATION IN THE AGRO-FOOD SECTOR: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
No full textThe research aims to analyze and compare CSR strategies of four companies in the Italian Agro-food sector with the aim of investigating the level of integration of the CSR policies into the business strategy. The analysis aims to investigate 1) whether the leadership of the market, in terms of revenues, geographical and sectoral pervasiveness, is a factor that can lead to a greater focus on social and environmental issues and to a greater integration of CSR in business strategy and (2) the role of the CSR strategies in value creation in the Agro-food sector in the current economic recession. The findings underlines the best practices and the positioning of each company in terms of CSR integration into the business strategy
Vertical transport through laterally periodically modulated heterostructures
No full textThe ballistic transport in a laterally periodically modulated heterojunction connecting two reservoirs is studied: this can model the presence of an ordered layer of self-organized quantum dots. The problem is solved in the envelope function formalism using a three-dimensional (3D) generalization of the transfer matrix approach that exploits the two-dimensional (2D) lattice periodicity. Illustrative numerical results are presented showing qualitatively different behaviors of the transmission coefficients due to the multichannel nature of the propagation, In particular, deep minima of the transmission occur due to destructive interference between different conducting channels, a situation that cannot be realized in the absence of the lateral modulation. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved
Auger-electron angular distributions calculated without the two-step approximation: Calculation of angle-resolved resonant Auger spectra of C_2H_2
No full textAnalytic expressions for the direct, resonant, and interference contributions to the differential cross section of a resonant Auger process, produced by the inner-shell photoionization of a linear molecule either “fixed in space” or belonging to a gas of randomly oriented molecules, have been derived following Dill’s procedures [ Dill et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 45 1393 (1980)], but going beyond the two-step approximation. Angle-resolved Auger spectra of the C2H2 molecule measured on top of the C 1s→π* resonance [ Kivimäki et al. J. Phys. B 30 4279 (1997)] have been calculated together with asymmetry parameters, analyzing also the different contributions to the electron angular distributions
RBE predictions by the BIANCA model for in vitro and in vivo irradiations in hadron therapy scenarios
No full textGoing Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
RBE predictions by the BIANCA model for in vitro and in vivo irradiations in hadron therapy scenarios
No full textMicrogravity vertical gradient measurement in the site of VIRGO interferometric antenna (Pisa plain, Italy)
No full textThe site of the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) located in the countryside near Pisa (Tuscany, Italy) was investigated by a microgravity vertical gradient (MVG) Survey. The EGO site houses the VIRGO interferometric antenna for gravitational waves detection. The microgravity survey aims to highlight the gravity anomalies of high-frequency related to more superficial geological sources to obtain a detailed model of the lithologic setting of the VIRGO site, this will allow an estimate of the noise induced by seismic waves and by Newtonian interference. This paper presents the results of the gradiometric survey of 2006 in the area of the interferometric antenna. MVG measurements allow its to enhance the high frequency signal strongly associated with the shallow structures. The gradient gravity map shows a main negative pattern that seems related to the trending of the high density layer of gravel revealed in geotechnical drillings executed along the orthogonal arms during the construction of the VIRGO complex. Calibrating the relationship between the vertical gradient and the depth of the gravel interface we have computed a model of gravity gradient for the whole VIRGO site, defining the 3D distribution of the top surface of this layer. The latter shows a NE-SW negative pattern that may represent a palaeobed alluvial of the Serchio from the Bientina River system
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Environmental magneto-gradiometric marine survey in a highly anthropic noisy area
No full textWe describe a magneto-gradiometric survey performed in the «Mar Piccolo» of Taranto, Italy in May 2005 for environmental purposes. This region, which is a noisy harbour environment, provides a challenging test for magnetic methods. To reduce spurious noise signals, with both temporal and spatial origins, we used two Geometrics G880 model caesium magnetometers towed in a transverse gradient configuration. We show how, in shallow waters, this gradiometric configuration allows us to distinguish anomalies due to small metallic bodies near the seabed from the induced noise due to the anthropic contribution and geomagnetic field variations. A direct visual inspection confirmed that the peculiarities highlighted in the gradient anomaly map were due to abandoned metallic objects found on the seabed
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