109 research outputs found
Quale tutela per il lupo (Canis lupus)? La situazione attuale e le possibili prospettive
No full textIn last few years the wolf population has greatly increased in Italy. This study is aimed at analyzing the national and international regulatery framework of the wolves protection and the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice. In this regards, two of the latest laws of 2018 – issued by the Autonomous Provinces of Trento e Bolzano – which allowed, in particular situations, the killing of wolves, will be examined in the light of the sentence of Corte Costituzionale n. 215 of 2019. Finally, possible legal tools will be selected in order to foster wolf-human coexistenc
Chronik der Grafen von Cilli
No full textTitle Die Freien von Saneck und ihre Chronik als Grafen von Cilli Author/Creator Krones, Franz Xavier, Ritter von Marchland Publisher Graz : Leuschner & Lubensky Publisher Brigham Young University Year 1883 Year 2005-02-24 Resource Type text Resource Format text/pdf, Language German; ger; ge Source Genealogical Society of Utah Note Genealogy of the von Saneck and von Cilli families of Steiermark, Austria. Inhalt: Pt. 1, Die Freien von Saneck und der erste Graf von Cille -- Pt. 2, Die Cillier ..
ERUDITE: a Deep Neural Network for Optimal Tuning of Adaptive Video Streaming Controllers
No full textCross-Property DEM Toolbox
No full textCross-Property DEM Toolbox Version 1.0.1
Release date: 7 February 2021
Author: Phil Cilli
A set of MATLAB scripts and functions which model a composite or porous material's elastic properties from its electrical properties, and vice versa, using the theory of Cilli and Chapman (2021) [DOI:10.1093/gji/ggab046]. See "ReleaseNotes_CP_DEM.pdf" in the release for further details. See the "README.md" in the github repository's [https://github.com/pcilli/CP_DEM] main branch for up to date details.
This software is licenced under GNU GPLv3. The licence file is located within the release.This software is licenced under GNU GPLv3. The licence file is located within the release
Cross-Property DEM Toolbox (Deprecated - Only Use Newer Release)
No full text<p>WARNING: THIS IS A DEPRECATED VERSION. ONLY USE V1.0.1 AND NEWER.</p>
<p>[DEPRECATED] Cross-Property DEM Toolbox Version 1.0.0</p>
<p>Release date: 6 February 2021<br>
Author: Phil Cilli</p>
<p>A set of MATLAB scripts and functions which model a composite or porous material's elastic properties from its electrical properties, and vice versa, using the theory of Cilli and Chapman (2021) [DOI:10.1093/gji/ggab046]. See "ReleaseNotes_CP_DEM.pdf" in the release for further details. See the "README.md" in the github repository's [https://github.com/pcilli/CP_DEM] main branch for up to date details.</p>
<p>This software is licenced under GNU GPLv3 and not Creative Commons. Any references claiming this software is licenced under Creative Commons licencing are incorrect, void, and categorically superseded by this paragraph. Please find the only correct and valid (GNU GPLv3) licence file within the software package.</p>
<p> </p>This software is licenced under GNU GPLv3 and not Creative Commons. Any references claiming this software is licenced under Creative Commons licencing are incorrect, void, and categorically superseded by this paragraph. Please find the only correct and valid (GNU GPLv3) licence file within the software package
Determination of lomefloxacin in human plasma by solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography with UV detection
No full textA high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of lomefloxacin in human plasma has been developed and validated. A solid-phase extraction procedure was used to isolate lomefloxacin from the biological matrix prior to the quantitative analysis. The compound was separated on a Vydac anion-exchange column using acetonitrile—phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) as the mobile phase and quantified by measuring its UV absorbance at 280 nm. The lower limit of detection for the analyte was 0.05 μg ml−1. Enoxacin was used as the internal standard. The calibration graph of the method was linear from 0.1 to 10 μg ml−1 of lomefloxacin in human plasma. This procedure is suitable for pharmacological and pharmacokinetic studies of lomefloxacin
Al Museo Lombroso di Torino il caso del cranio di Giuseppe Villella: un patrimonio in beni culturali, la sua vera storia, le tappe giudiziarie, le implicazioni giuridiche e museologiche
No full textIl cranio di Giuseppe Villella, sul quale Cesare Lombroso fondò la sua teoria dell’atavismo, è esposto al Museo di Antropologia criminale “Cesare Lombroso” dell’Università di Torino. È stato oggetto di una vicenda giudiziaria che si è ora conclusa, dopo sette anni, con una sentenza della Corte di Cassazione di grande rilevanza per i musei italiani, che ribadisce l’importanza storico-scientifica del reperto e la sua natura di bene culturale
Evaluation of bedload yield in two small sand-bed rivers of the Ravenna province (Italy)
No full textSediment transport, and bedload transport in particular, is one of the most dynamic and complex hydraulic and geomorphologic processes in a river basin. Sediment supply is strictly dependent on erosion processes in the catchment which are highly controlled by primary factors such as: climate, basin area, geology and topography. Sediment transport influences the geomorphic responses of rivers and the equilibrium of the fluvial environment. The sampling devices and techniques used in the field to quantify bedload transport are very few. Difficulties liked to their efficiency, together with the request of large human and financial resources, have proven that bedload transport is one of the most difficult fluvial processes to measure. These difficulties have pushed scientists to develop physically based and empirical formulas to quantify bedload transport based on both laboratory and field studies. However, field measurements are very limited. Despite continued efforts, bedload transport equations still have limited application. Thus, understanding and quantifying sediment yield is becoming increasingly the center of attention of a variety of scientific and societal problems. Given the poor knowledge of river supplies at regional scale, this research aims at quantifying the bedload yield to the Romagna beaches through field investigations and measurements on two representative rivers to enlarge the actual dataset. By means of hydraulic and hydrological approach and, most of all, by means of bed load transport direct measurement campaigns in the field, this research aims at defining the quantity of sediment flux of the Fiumi Uniti and Savio rivers. They both flow from the northern Apennines to the Padan plain and outflow into the Adriatic Sea in the Ravenna province. Focusing particularly on bedload transport, the investigation took place in the last 10 kilometers of the rivers, i.e. in the vicinity of their mouths. Field campaigns have been carried out by means of the Helley-Smith bedload sampler. Field measurements started in 2005-06 by previous authors were revise and were integrated by the author in 2019. Repeated samplings carried out during different flood conditions have permitted to calculate bedload rating curves (and annual bedload yields). Bathymetric surveys carried out on the river downstream reaches, revealed the presence of bedforms. Since these play an important role in the interaction between flow and sediment transport, further investigation have been done on their role in controlling bedload. Important components affecting the bedload transport rates and its calculation using the classical bedload equations were also investigated. They include the threshold conditions of incipient bedload motion and the roughness component of dune bedforms. The field data indicate that bedload sediment yield to the Romagna beaches is highly variable and that the Fiumi Uniti bedload transport is higher than that of the Savio river. Finally, a comparison of the field data with the results of well-known criteria to predict bedload transport rate has been performed to define the best equation to be used at regional scale to quantify bedload supply to beaches in a mid-term scenario.Il trasporto di sedimenti, e in particolare il trasporto solido (al fondo), è uno dei più dinamici e complessi risultati dei processi idro-climatici, idraulici e geomorfologici che si verificano all’interno di un bacino fluviale. La capacità di produzione sedimentaria dipende strettamente dalla fornitura di sedimenti dal bacino che è altamente controllata da fattori primari quali: clima, area del bacino, geologia e topografia. Ulteriormente influenzato da impatti antropici, il trasporto di sedimenti controlla le risposte geomorfiche dei fiumi che, a loro volta possono essere ulteriormente esacerbati dai cambiamenti climatici. Diversi sono gli strumenti e le tecniche di campionamento utilizzati sul campo per quantificare il trasporto solido. Le difficoltà connesse alla loro efficienza, assieme alla richiesta di grandi risorse umane e finanziarie, hanno dimostrato che il trasporto solido è uno dei processi fluviali più difficili da misurare. Negli ultimi cinquant'anni tali difficoltà hanno spinto gli scienziati a sviluppare modelli empirici per la stima del trasporto solido al fondo. Sono state proposte diverse formule basate fondamentalmente su studi di laboratorio e di campo, pur considerando che le misure dirette di campo sono molto limitate. Nonostante i continui sforzi compiuti, esistono ancora grandi limiti delle equazioni. Comprendere e quantificare il tasso dei sedimenti trasportati sta diventando sempre più importante per una varietà di problemi sia da un punto di vista scientifico che applicativo. Sebbene vi siano alcuni sporadici studi sperimentali sugli apporti solidi fluviali in regione Emilia-Romagna, i dati a disposizione sono estremamente esigui e, sfortunatamente, si riferiscono solo a un numero limitato di fiumi. Data la scarsa conoscenza degli apporti fluviali a scala regionale, questa ricerca mira a quantificare il trasporto solidi dei corsi d’acqua attraverso indagini sul campo e misurazioni dirette svolte su due fiumi rappresentativi con lo scopo di ampliare il dataset attuale a disposizione. Mediante un approccio di tipo idraulico ed idrologico e, soprattutto, mediante campagne di misura diretta del trasporto solido, si è quantificato il trasporto al fondo nei Fiumi Uniti e Savio. Entrambi i fiumi scorrono dall'Appennino settentrionale alla Pianura Padana, sfociando nel mare Adriatico in prossimità della provincia di Ravenna. Concentrandosi in particolare sul trasporto solido fluviale, l'indagine si svolge nei pressi degli ultimi dieci chilometri dei corsi d’acqua, a ridosso delle zone fociali. Le campagne sono state condotte con un approccio di misurazione diretta ( ossia tramite l’utilizzo del campionatore Helley-Smith) iniziato nel 2005-06 da autori precedenti ed esteso dall’autrice nel 2019. Campionamenti ripetuti effettuati in diverse condizioni di piena hanno permesso di calcolare le scale di deflusso degli apporti solidi (e il carico solido al fondo fluviale annuale). Ulteriori indagini batimetriche sono state condotte in prossimità delle sezioni di misura, rivelando la presenza di forme di fondo. Ulteriori approfondimenti sono stati svolti relativamente ai fattori che influenzano il trasporto solido, del quale è stata anche effettuata una stima analizzando alcune classiche equazioni presenti in letteratura. Sono state infatti considerate sia le condizioni di soglia del movimento dei sedimenti sia la componente di rugosità dovuta alla presenza delle forme di fondo, ed in particolare dovuta alle dune. I dati ottenuti indicano che l’apporto solido fluviale dei fiumi studiati è molto variabile ed in particolare il trasporto solido dei Fiumi Uniti è superiore a quello del fiume Savio. Infine, è stato eseguito un confronto tra dati misurati sul campo e quelli ottenuti da criteri ben noti di letteratura allo scopo di definire la migliore equazione utilizzabile a scala regionale per quantificare l’apporto solido fluviale alle spiagge romagnole
The Italian Version of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ): Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation
No full textBackground: Patient-reported outcome measures are largely used in clinical practice and scientific community. Michigan hand questionnaire (MHQ) is widely recognized as a standardized reliable instrument for the assessment of any kind of hand disorders.Aim of the study: translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Italian version of MHQ.Methods: The study was composed by two phases. Phase 1 consisted in translation and cross-cultural adaptation of MHQ, from original language version (English) into Italian, according to the standard procedure of translation and back translation. The final Italian version of MHQ was tested on 136 Italian patients with hand disorders (Phase 2), in addition to Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) questionnaire, Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain assessment and grip strength, to psychometric properties of the new version, 55 patients repeated the questionnaire after 7 days for test-retest to assess the reproducibility of the questionnaire. All data were subsequently analyzed (descriptive statistics, multitrait analysis, reliability and construct validity assessment).Results: Phase 1 was performed without major problems, thus the final Italian version was approved for Phase 2. The questionnaire was clear and easily understood (missing data 0-2.9%). Multitrait analysis brought very good results for each outcome measure. High reliability (Cronbach's alpha: 0.91-0.99) and very good reproducibility (Intraclass correlation coefficients: 0.83-0.98) were revealed. High to moderate correlation was found between MHQ and DASH, grip strength and VAS.Conclusions: The Italian version of MHQ has demonstrated to be reliable and valid
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