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The representation of segmental information: an fMRI investigation of the consonant-vowel distinction
No full textRecent studies suggest that consonants and vowels are represented
separately in cognitive/neural space. Much of the evidence
comes from research on dysgraphia (for review, see Miceli & Capasso,
submitted). In the first place, letter substitution errors preserve
the consonant/vowel (CV) status of the target (e.g., cinema fi cirema
or cinoma, but not cintma). Second, there are reports of selective
impairment for consonants or vowels. Additional evidence comes
from disorders of phonology, demonstrating the dissociability between
consonants and vowels (Caramazza, Chialant, Capasso, &
Miceli, 2000). However, while neuropsychological observations
clearly support the C/V distinction, the anatomical correlates of such
distinction are still unknown. We investigated this issue by means of
an event-related fMRI experiment, with a grapheme verification
task
Investigation of perceptual strength in aging and in lexical-semantic decisions
No full textAvailability of young (Miceli et al., 2021) and older adults (Miceli et al., 2022) PS norms that were necessary to create the protocol of the study.
Availability of descriptive statistics for the 56 stimuli used in the study (Miceli et al., in revision)
R codes used in the study for the linear mixed-effect modeling (LMEM) and method used to detect outliers in the LME
Sicurezza e paura
No full textWorking Paper ; n.127/1999- Indice #3- Prefazione #5- 'Abitare insieme': un progetto associativo per una città migliore (A. Imeroni) #6- Introduzione #7- Parte I. La percezione del rischio criminalità (R. Miceli, R. Rosato) #9- Parte II. Bambini, città, paure (G. Giardiello) #37- Parte III. Le paure degli anziani (P. Chiambretto, P. Parra Saiani) #6
A new high accuracy software based resolver-to-digital converter
No full textTracking resolver-to-digital conversion (R/D converter or simply RDC) has emerged as one of the most robust method for obtaining high resolution position and angular speed information from resolvers. In this paper a low cost software based RDC is presented. The main features are: high accuracy, simple set up, high reliability and stability and good performances. Some experimental results, showing the capabilities of the proposed system, are presented and discussed. An output signal comparison between the proposed RDC and a commercial encoder is also presented
Dynamic thermal rating for overhead lines: Self-adaptive protection device
No full textThe increase in the consumption of electricity, the stringent environmental restrictions and the need to keep costs, make ever more meaningful the need for a flexible operation of existing overhead lines. This paper studies the possibility to use a dynamic thermal rating for overhead line starting from the analysis of the mathematical model and the ability of the latter to reflect the temperature of an overhead conductor in different ambient condition; then it simulates the thermal behaviour of a conductor both in steady state and dynamic one. Finally the paper shows a method for a self-adaptive thermal protection syste
Development of a test for recording both visual and auditory reaction times, potentially useful for future studies in patients on opioids therapy
No full textLuca Miceli,1 Rym Bednarova,2 Alessandro Rizzardo,1 Valentina Samogin,1 Giorgio Della Rocca1 1Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Udine, 2Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Hospital of Latisana, Latisana, Udine, Italy Objective: Italian Road Law limits driving while undergoing treatment with certain kinds of medication. Here, we report the results of a test, run as a smartphone application (app), assessing auditory and visual reflexes in a sample of 300 drivers. The scope of the test is to provide both the police force and medication-taking drivers with a tool that can evaluate the individual’s capacity to drive safely. Methods: The test is run as an app for Apple iOS and Android mobile operating systems and facilitates four different reaction times to be assessed: simple visual and auditory reaction times and complex visual and auditory reaction times. Reference deciles were created for the test results obtained from a sample of 300 Italian subjects. Results lying within the first three deciles were considered as incompatible with safe driving capabilities. Results: Performance is both age-related (r>0.5) and sex-related (female reaction times were significantly slower than those recorded for male subjects, P<0.05). Only 21% of the subjects were able to perform all four tests correctly. Conclusion: We developed and fine-tuned a test called Safedrive that measures visual and auditory reaction times through a smartphone mobile device; the scope of the test is two-fold: to provide a clinical tool for the assessment of the driving capacity of individuals taking pain relief medication; to promote the sense of social responsibility in drivers who are on medication and provide these individuals with a means of testing their own capacity to drive safely. Keywords: visual reaction time, auditory reaction time, opioids, Safedriv
Il modello romanistico della 'proprietà' nell'ambito dei nuovi 'circuiti di legalità' e del sistema integrato delle fonti del diritto europeo (parte prima)
No full textEnergy Management and Smart Grids
No full textThe paper outlines energy management concepts and the smart grid evolution. The necessity of considering energy management as a crucial innovation in load supplying to permit a more powerful penetration of renewable energy usage at the building and city level and to perform energy savings and CO2 emissions reduction is pointed out. The driving factors to enhance the current power distribution are presented, and the benefits concerning smart grids are underlined. In the paper, a specific energy management analysis is reported by considering all the electric value chain, and the demand-side management and distributed on site control actions are described. To verify the benefit of energy management control actions, a house simulator and a grid simulator are here presented and the results discussed in three different scenarios. Moreover, in the paper, the evaluation of ecological benefits are reported, and a cost benefit analysis of the energy management system is performed. Results pointed out that with the standard control actions, the system is not economic for the end user, and only by using energy management systems with renewable energy, in site production remunerative energy savings can be reached. Finally the evolution of smart grids is presented, focusing on potential benefits and technical problems. The active grids, microgrids and virtual utility are described, and final consideration on hypothetical scenarios is presented in the conclusion
sj-docx-1-qjp-10.1177_17470218221136827 – Supplemental material for The role of attention in status quo bias
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-qjp-10.1177_17470218221136827 for The role of attention in status quo bias by Anthony C Miceli and Gaurav R Suri in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology</p
A General Mathematical Model for non-Redundant Fault-Tolerant Inverters
No full textIndustrial systems able to release trusted services is an integrated concept that resumes the attributes of availability, reliability, safety, integrity, and maintainability. In power
electronics this can be aimed via the introduction of fault
tolerant architectures. While In the past technical literature the
mathematical modeling problem for non-redundant converters
was fronted studying separately the cases of fault leg by leg, in
this paper a general model able to include the three possible
cases of leg faults with a unique set of equation is introduced
and discussed. The same model allows to evaluate the DC Link
transient and steady state evolution and also allows to develop with much ease an all at once control strategy for the three fault
cases
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