3,674 research outputs found
The mosquito microbiota: a new way to look at mosquito vectors and to investigate other insect pests
No full textI. Ricci, C. Damiani, P. Rossi, A. Capone, P. Scuppa, A. Cappelli, U. Ulissi, M. Mosca, M. Valzano, S. Epis, E. Crotti, D. Daffonchio, A. Alma, L. Sacchi, M. Mandrioli, C. Bandi & G. Favia, Mosquito symbioses: from basic research to the paratransgenic control of mosquito-borne diseases, J. Appl. Entomol. 135 (2011) 487–493\ud
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Guido Favia, Irene Ricci, Patrizia Scuppa, Claudia Damiani, Paolo Rossi, Aida Capone, Chenoa De Freece, Matteo Valzano, Alessia Cappelli, Michela Mosca and Ulisse Ulissi, Facing\ud
Malaria Parasite with Mosquito Symbionts\ud
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Irene Ricci, Matteo Valzano, Ulisse Ulissi, Sara Epis, Alessia Cappelli, Guido Favia, Symbiotic control of mosquito borne disease\ud
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M. Valzano, G. Achille, F. Burzacca, I. Ricci, C. Damiani, P. Scuppa, G. Favia, Deciphering microbiota associated to Rhynchophorus ferrugineus in Italian samples: a preliminary study, Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research 2012; volume 44:e16\u
IP Law and Antitrust Law Complementarity when Property Rights are Incomplete
No full textThis paper explores the interface between two important institutional pillars of market exchange – Intellectual Property (IP) law and Antitrust law – in light of a theory of property rights incompleteness. This theory interprets property as an incomplete bundle of both defined and undefined rights over actual and potential uses of given resources and defines externalities as joint claims over rival production uses of undefined entitlements, irrespective of whether the object of property rights has a tangible or intangible nature. The paper argues that traditional distinctions between physical property and IP based on attributes of tangibility, rivalry and excludability are misleading and bases on the substantial homogeneity of property rights and IPRs an argument supporting the complementarity between IP law and Antitrust law. Far from being an unjustified ex-post limitation to existing property rights, likely to undermine ex-ante incentives, Antitrust intervention represents one of the means by which incompletely specified property rights (both intellectual and tangible) might be redefined over time as externalities emerge.
The strange case of the Jet Airways bankruptcy - A financial structure analysis
No full textThe global aviation industry has been changing very rapidly in recent years, most of all because of evolving technology and commercial models. These changes have also impacted the sector in India, forcing Indian airline companies to face new and unpredictable challenges, not always successfully. The bankruptcy of Jet Airways (JA) is a relevant but still ‘unsolved’ example in this respect. In the following study, the financial structure of the corporation is the object of investigation, with the aim to understand whether financial turbulence for an airline company can constitute an antecedent for predicting the risk of bankruptcy. A combined evaluation using the Altman Z-score, Piotroski F-score, and Beneish M-score highlights that financial instability works as a bankruptcy predictor (through Z- and F-scores) in the case under analysis, at the same time excluding (through M-score) potential earnings manipulation as financial malpractice
Modellazione numerica dell'evoluzione dell'artesianismo nel sistema acquifero del sahara settentrionale // Numerical modeling to estimate the artesianism evolution in north-western sahara aquifer system
No full textNel presente lavoro vengono presentati i risultati ottenuti tramite l’applicazione di un modello numerico di circolazione idrica sotterranea al bacino artesiano del Sistema Acquifero del Sahara Settentrionale al fine ottenere delle realistiche simulazioni relative al trend di abbassamento piezometrico e relativa diminuzione dei fenomeni di artesianismo locale. L’esperienza effettuata negli ultimi anni nell’ambito di un progetto di cooperazione intergovernativa ha permesso di utilizzare un recente modello numerico regionale, elaborato dall’Osservatorio Sahara Sud, come base per la costruzione di un nuovo modello locale centrato sulla regione dei Chotts tunisini tramite il quale implementare differenti scenari plausibili di sfruttamento della risorsa idrica sotterranea. Il modello numerico locale si sviluppa su un’area di circa 30000 Km2, comprendente parte del territorio algerino accanto al confine con la Tunisia e l’intera regione del Chott el Djerid nel sud della Tunisia. L’attualizzazione del modello regionale servito come base per la modellazione locale ha richiesto l’utilizzo dei dati raccolti durati un’apposita campagna di misure svolta nel 2007 e incentrata sul monitoraggio piezometrico di alcuni pozzi artesiani e sull’esecuzione di numerose prove di portata. Le ipotesi fatte sulle possibili evoluzioni dei prelievi nell’area esaminata ha permesso di definire 16 diversi scenari di sfruttamento da implementare nel modello locale. Il risultato delle simulazioni ha mostrato previsioni di trend di abbassamento piezometrico variabili tra gli 0,8 e gli 1,2 m/a, con relative scomparsa dei fenomeni locali di artesianismo prevista tra il 2015 e il 2035
The groundwater overexploitation of a coastal aquifer: a multidisciplinary approach
No full textIn the target of set up a water resources saving plan for a
coastal aquifer in the Latium Region of Italy, the public
agencies managing water resources started a wide
research program involving universities and other
research institutes. The studies we are referring to in this
paper belong to this research program. Here it is
presented the multidisciplinary approach, followed to
study the overexploitation state of groundwater resources
in this region
Green Move Dynamic Applications
No full textIn this chapter, we describe the middleware that has been defined and implemented in the prototype of the Green Move system to dynamically manage value-added applications that run on the Green e-Boxes of vehicles and that are used to tailor the user experience of Green Move customers. A Green Move dynamic Application (GMA) is a bundle of code that can be installed or removed at run-time (i.e., after the system has been deployed, even while the vehicle is in use), depending on the current situation and on the user preferences. GMAs can be developed by the administrators of the Green Move system, but also by third parties. In this chapter, we describe the primitives offered by the GMA framework to facilitate the development of GMAs. We also show how the system allows GMAs to be installed automatically, when certain conditions are met, thanks to the complex event processing capabilities of the Green Move system prototype
Characterization of polycrystalline 3CB-SiC thin films for MEMS and pressure sensors application
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