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    A 3D multiscale cohesive zone model for quasi-brittle materials accounting for friction, damage and interlocking

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    A three-dimensional (3D) two-scale Cohesive Zone Model (CZM), which is based on a multiplane approach and couples damage with friction and interlocking, is presented for analysing crack propagation in quasi-brittle materials along structural interfaces where formation of cracks is expected. The main idea of the 3D multiplane formulation herein exploited is to describe the asperities of the interface in the form of periodic patterns of inclined planes, denominated Representative Interface Elements (RIE). The interaction within each plane of the RIE is governed by the interface formulation proposed by Alfano and Sacco in earlier work. After reporting details of the formulation and of its algorithmic implementation, the sensitivity of the macroscopic mechanical response to the specific selection of the RIE is analysed and reported with a general numerical assessment of the 3D interface mechanical response to monotonic and cyclic loading histories. A fundamental issue addressed in this paper is the identification of optimal RIE patterns with a minimum number of planes capable of providing isotropic in-plane behaviour in response to confined slip tests

    Object (B)logging: a Semantic-Based Self-Description for Things Networks in Pervasive Contexts

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    This thesis proposes Object (b)logging, a novel general approach for a Semantic Web of Things, based on an evolution of conventional Web of Things paradigms and introducing ubiquitous Knowledge Base KB models in order to associate semantic annotations to real-world objects and events. Object (b)logging represents the capability of an object to describe itself and its context in a fully automated fashion starting from raw environmental data collected by sensors. The overall goal is to define a knowledge-based framework for high-level information representation, knowledge discovery, allotment and sharing in distributed scenarios populated by smart objects. Smart object is an intelligent agent equipped with embedded sensors, actuators, communication interfaces, computation and storage. Several heterogeneous micro-devices cooperate to connote and modify appropriately the state of the surrounding environment. By leveraging the integration of standard machine learning techniques with non-standard semantic-based reasoning services, the dissertation defines software architectures and methods to enable efficient automated context annotation on resource-constrained mobile computing devices and to progressively improve produced descriptions during the object's lifetime. Throughout the objects lifetime, the acquired knowledge is exposed to the outside world as in a blog: to achieve this, the proposal includes a layered architecture built on a publish/subscribe Message Oriented Middleware. A novel collaborative and distributed information sharing approach is enabled in pervasive computing scenarios featured by volatile nodes interacting in an opportunistic fashion. It is based on the ubiquitous KB (u-KB) paradigm, which allows to manage in a decentralized way knowledge scattered on several nodes within a network. Semantic matchmaking is exploited to support dynamic and flexible knowledge discovery. The various elements of the framework were implemented in suitable prototypical testbeds and experimental analysis was carried out with reference to selected case studies. Results indicate the feasibility and usefulness of the envisioned approach

    Dr. Luigi Sacco

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    Botanico: Sacco, Luigi (1769-1836). Celebre medico che con numerose e apprezzate pubblicazioni e coll\u27esempio diffuse in Italia l\u27innesto del vaccino. Era anche buon florista. Titolo manoscritto sul recto, dove compaiono anche le note: Riprod. dal libro: Sacco, Tratt. d. vaccinazione. Nota manoscritta sul verso: Luigi Sacco, medico, da Varese, n. nel 1769, morto a Milano nel 1836. Diffuse primo in Italia, o almeno in Lombardia, la vaccinazione secondo le idee di Jenne[...]. Fu agronomo, botanico e simplicista. Riproduzione fotografica della incisione di una medaglia che orna il frontespizio dell’opera: "Trattato di vaccinazione con osservazioni sul giavardo e vajuolo pecorino" del Dottore Luigi Sacco. Matteo Calegari VIII.1901; Dono del professore M. Calegari, VIII.1901. Montata su cartone 208 x 153 mm. 1 fotografia : aristotipo ; 185 x 118 mm. Vai alla scheda bibliografica: https://galileodiscovery.unipd.it/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=39UPD_INST:VU1&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&tab=Everything&docid=alma99001598427020604

    Author Correction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy: features on chest computed tomography using a structured report system (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (17236), 10.1038/s41598-020-73788-5)

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    The original version of this Article contained errors in the spelling of the authors Roberto Grassi, Roberta Fusco, Maria Paola Belfiore, Alessandro Montanelli, Gianluigi Patelli, Fabrizio Urraro, Antonella Petrillo, Vincenza Granata, Palmino Sacco, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Beatrice Feragalli, Alfonso Reginelli & Salvatore Cappabianca which were incorrectly given as Grassi Roberto, Fusco Roberta, Belfiore Maria Paola, Montanelli Alessandro, Patelli Gianluigi, Urraro Fabrizio, Petrillo Antonella, Granata Vincenza, Sacco Palmino, Mazzei Maria Antonietta, Feragalli Beatrice, Reginelli Alfonso & Cappabianca Salvatore. These errors have now been corrected in the PDF and HTML versions of the Article

    Imagem, narrativa e discurso da reportagem em quadrinhos de Joe Sacco

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    Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Jornalismo, Florianópolis, 2010Investigação sobre o discurso da reportagem em quadrinhos de Joe Sacco, compreendida como uma manifestação particular que vincula uma prática jornalística tradicional a uma forma de expressão artística. Concentrando-se no caráter jornalístico desse objeto empírico, empreendemos uma descrição arqueológica deste discurso, utilizando o aparato teórico e metodológico de Michel Foucault. A filiação deste estudo à análise do discurso, multidisciplinar por excelência, permite que aliemos as diferentes proposições teóricas do campo do jornalismo, da arte, da teoria dos quadrinhos e do cinema para ampliar a compreensão das características formais desse estilo de reportagem

    G. Alpa, M. Graziadei, A. Guarneri, U. Mattei, P. G. Monateri, R. Sacco, Il diritto soggettivo

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    G. Alpa, M. Graziadei, A. Guarneri, U. Mattei, P. G. Monateri, R. Sacco, Il diritto soggettivo. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 55 N°2, Avril-juin 2003. p. 443

    R. Sacco, M. Guadagni, R. Aluffi Beck-Peccoz, L. Castellani (coll.), diritto africano

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    R. Sacco, M. Guadagni, R. Aluffi Beck-Peccoz, L. Castellani (coll.), diritto africano. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 49 N°3, Juillet-septembre 1997. pp. 752-755

    R. Sacco, M. Guadagni, R. Aluffi Beck-Peccoz, L. Castellani (coll.), diritto africano

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    R. Sacco, M. Guadagni, R. Aluffi Beck-Peccoz, L. Castellani (coll.), diritto africano. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 49 N°3, Juillet-septembre 1997. pp. 752-755

    G. Alpa, M. Graziadei, A. Guarneri, U. Mattei, P. G. Monateri, R. Sacco, Il diritto soggettivo

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    G. Alpa, M. Graziadei, A. Guarneri, U. Mattei, P. G. Monateri, R. Sacco, Il diritto soggettivo. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 55 N°2, Avril-juin 2003. p. 443
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