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    1st Workshop of Astronomy and Astrophysics for Students

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    The "1st Workshop of Astronomy and Astrophysics for Students" was organized with the purpose of bringing togheter scientific Institutions involved in Astrophysical researches, of the Campania region and beyond. In this context the expression "Astronomy and Astrophysics" was used in its broadest meaning, i.e. including all topics related to the study of the Universe: the Sun and the Solar system, Stars, Galaxies, Cosmology, Astroparticles and Astronomical Technologies, with the belief that all scientific areas would benefit from interaction with related, if not strictly connected, research environments. The goal of the Workshop was to offer Students (undergraduate, graduate, PhD and Post-Docs) the opportunity to share their expertise with colleagues studying and working in other Universities and/or Research Institutes involved in research programs of astrophysical interests. At the same time the Workshop was intended to be a place were the partecipants could, possibly for the first time, promote the work done at any level of their educational and/or professional growth. The Conference Proceedings are available in electronic form at http://www.na.astro.it/astrows06/index.htm

    Effect of information about organic production on beef liking and consumer willingness to pay

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    The present study was aimed to assess the effect of information about organic production on beef liking and consumer willingness to pay. Mean scores of perceived liking were higher for organic beef (OB) as compared to conventional beef (CB). Expected liking scores were higher for OB than for CB. For OB the expected liking was significantly higher than the perceived liking expressed in blind conditions (negative disconfirmation), whereas for CB no difference was observed. Consumers completely assimilated their liking for OB in the direction of expectations. Consumers showed a willingness to pay for OB higher than the suggested price (P < 0.001), the latter corresponding to the local commercial value for organic beef. We conclude that the information about organic farming can be a major determinant of beef liking, thus providing a potential tool for meat differentiation to traditional farms

    Note on sets of hyperplane-type (m, n)_{r−1 }in PG(r, q)

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    It is shown that if K is a set of k points of PG(r, q) of hyperplane- type (m, n)_{r−1}, q = p^h, p an odd prime and h ≥ 1, then either n−m ≤ q (r−1)/2 or p divides m, n and k or p divides m − 1, n − 1 and k − 1

    Note. On (4; r, 6) bipartite biregular graphs.

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    In this note, first we show that the incidence graph of a finite net is a bipartite biregular graph of girth 6, which in some cases is of minimal size (cf e.g.[1] when the net is obtained from an affine plane) and then we determine the order of (4; r ; 6) cages with r =3( mod 4)
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