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Small points on subvarieties of a torus
Get PDFLet V be a subvariety of a torus defined over the algebraic numbers. We give a qualitative and quantitative description of the set of points of V of height bounded by invariants associated to any variety containing V . Especially, we determine whether such a set is or is not dense in V . We then prove that these sets can always be written as the intersection of V with a finite union of translates of tori of which we control the sum of the degrees. As a consequence, we prove a conjecture by the first author and David up to a logarithmic factor
Aldo M. Sandulli alfiere della legalità
No full textRiflessione, a vent’anni dalla scomparsa, sull’opera di Sandulli. In particolare, muovendo dall’adesione del Maestro alla sentenza della Corte costituzionale, all’epoca molto criticata, con la quale venne riconosciuta la legittimazione della Sezione di controllo della Corte dei conti a sollevare questione incidentale di costituzionalità, e attraverso l’esame di alcune significativi scritti, emerge come la “legalità” costituisca il filo che lega l’esame dei tanti e differenti temi affrontati da Sandulli, e rappresenti un aspetto basilare e centrale di tutta la sua corposa opera
mmWaves RSSI indoor network localization
No full textIndoor positioning gained great interest in recent years. Several performance evaluations are available for consolidated systems, especially for ultra-wideband radios. Given the current success of mmWaves networks, in this paper, we investigate the performance of RSSI localization systems operating at mmWaves. Our reference is the IEEE 802.11ad standard for multi-Gbps WLANs. We tested the performance of RSSI localization in several scenarios differing in the number of access points serving as anchors and the RSSI acquisition. Our results show that RSSI localization is still effective at mmWaves using devices compliant with the IEEE 802.11ad standard in terms of sensitivity and frequency bands. We will show that these radios can achieve an accuracy of around 1 m if a sufficient number of measurement samples is acquired
Cyphocharax sanctigabrielis Melo & Vari 2014, new species
No full textCyphocharax sanctigabrielis, new species Fig. 1 Holotype. MZUSP 115004, 60.7 mm SL, Brazil, Amazonas, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Igarapé Nouba Uba, near BR-307 road, upper rio Negro, Amazon basin, 00°00.321’N 66°55.357’W, 9 Aug 2008, C. Oliveira, M. I. Taylor, M. A. Alexandrou & J. I. R. Porto. Paratypes. LBP 6963, 6, 44.3-67.0 mm SL (tissues 33399 and 33400); collected with holotype. Diagnosis. Cyphocharax sanctigabrielis is distinguished from all other species of Cyphocharax by the presence on the lateral surface of the caudal peduncle of a distinct, longitudinally elongate, posteriorly often vertically expanded, darkly pigmented mark extending anteriorly from the base of the median caudal-fin rays to the vertical through the posterior limit of the base of the adipose fin. Dark pigmentation on the caudal peduncle is absent in C. abramoides, C. aspilos, C. derhami, C. festivus, C. leucostictus, C. magdalenae, C. microcephalus, C. multilineatus, C. nigripinnis, C. notatus, C. pinnilepis, C. plumbeus, C. stilbolepis, and C. vexillapinnus. When present, the dark pigmentation in that region in other congeners can alternatively be rotund (C. gangamon, C. gillii, C. gouldingi, C. helleri, C. mestomyllon, C. oenas, C. punctatus, C. spiluropsis, and C. vanderi), somewhat triangular with its posterior border darker (C. meniscaprorus), a vertically oriented ellipsoid (C. aninha), in the form of an elongate stripe (C. laticlavius, C. modestus, C. nagelii, and C. pantostictus) or longitudinally ovoid but terminating anteriorly distinctly posterior to the vertical through the posterior limit of the base of the adipose fin (C. biocellatus, C. gilbert, C. saladensis, C. santacatarinae, C. signatus, C. spilotus, C. spilurus, and C. voga). Cyphocharax sanctigabrielis can be further diagnosed from various congeners by the absence of a series of dark stripes or spots running between the scale rows (vs. the presence of such dark pigmentation in C. helleri, C. multilineatus, and C. pantostictus), the absence of two to eight dark spots distributed along the midlateral surface of the body (vs. the presence of such pigmentation in C. biocellatus, C. punctatus, and C. vanderi), the absence of a patch of dark pigmentation on the dorsal or adipose fins (vs. the presence of such pigmentation in C. nigripinnis, C. notatus and C. vexillapinnus) and a non-fleshy upper lip (vs. lip very fleshy in C. mestomyllon). Cyphocharax sanctigabrielis can be meristically further distinguished from various other congeners by the possession of 31 pored scales along the lateral line from the supracleithrum to the hypural joint (vs. four to nine pored scales in C. aninha, C. saladensis and C. signatus, 27 in C. vanderi, 27 or 28 in C. gangamon and in sum 32 to 97 in C. abramoides, C. aspilos, C. gilbert, C. leucostictus, C. magdalenae, C. nagelii, C. nigripinnis, C. pinnilepis, C. platanus, C. santacatarinae, C. stilbolepis, and C. voga), the presence of 9 branched dorsal-fin rays (vs. 10 to 12 in C. spilotus), and the possession of 30 or 31 vertebrae (vs. 28 or 29 in C. vanderi and 32 to 37 in C. abramoides, C. aspilos, C. gilbert, C. modestus, C. nagelii, C. notatus, C. platanus, C. santacatarinae, C. stilbolepis, and C. voga). Morphometric ratios and counts serve to further discriminate C. sanctigabrielis from various congeners (for comparative data see Vari, 1992a; Vari & Blackledge, 1996; Vari & Chang, 2006; Vari et al., 2010, 2012). Description. Morphometric data presented in Table 1. Body moderately elongate; elongation more pronounced in larger specimens. Dorsal profile of head convex from margin of upper lip to vertical through anterior nares, nearly straight from that point to posterior terminus of head. Dorsal profile of body slightly convex from tip of supraoccipital spine to dorsal-fin origin; straight to slightly convex and posteroventrally-slanted from base of last dorsal-fin ray to adipose-fin origin and then slightly concave to origin of anteriormost dorsal procurrent ray. Dorsal surface of body with barely apparent median ridge anterior to dorsal-fin base and transversely rounded posterior to fin base. Ventral profile of head very slightly convex to nearly straight from margin of lower lip to isthmus. Ventral profile of body smoothly convex from isthmus to pelvic-fin origin, convex from that point to rear of anal-fin base and then slightly concave to origin of anteriormost ventral procurrent ray. Prepelvic region smoothly flattened transversely, with midventral series of scales comparable in size to those on adjoining portions of body. Postpelvic region of body transversely rounded. Dorsal fin pointed, with distal margin straight and first and second branched rays longest. Pectoral-fin profile pointed. Tip of adpressed pectoral fin falls four or five scales short of vertical through pelvic-fin origin. Pelvic fin profile pointed. Tip of adpressed pelvic fin falls one or two scales short of anus. Caudal fin forked with tips of lobes somewhat pointed. Adipose fin well developed. Anal fin emarginate with first branched ray longest and about three times length of ultimate ray. Tip of adpressed anal fin falls five or six scales short of point of origin of ventral most caudal-fin ray. Head profile anteriorly pointed overall from lateral view, but rounded in region of mouth and snout. Upper jaw very slightly longer than lower jaw with mouth slightly subterminal or jaws equal. Nostrils very close; anterior circular to ovoid, posterior crescent-shaped with aperture closed by thin flap of skin separating nostrils. Adipose eyelid well developed and extending posteriorly onto anterodorsal portion of opercle. Smaller specimens with central aperture in adipose eyelid round and approximately corresponding to limits of pupil. Opening in larger individuals vertically-ovoid with eyelid overlapping anterior and posterior portions of pupil. All scales of lateral line pored with primary laterosensory canal straight. Pored lateral-line scales from supracleithrum to hypural joint 31* (7). Pored scales on basal portions of caudal fin posterior to hypural joint 2* (5) or 3 (2). Scales in transverse series from dorsal-fin origin to lateral line 5* (6) or 5½ (1). Scales in transverse series from anal-fin origin to lateral line 4*(3), 4½ (3) or 5 (1). Scales between anus and anal-fin origin 2* (6) or 3 (1). Middorsal series of scales from rear of supraoccipital spine to dorsal-fin origin 9* (6) or 10 (1). Smaller individuals lacking scales over caudal-fin lobes. Midsized and larger specimens with field of adherent scales continuing posteriorly onto basal portion of each caudal-fin lobe. Anterior scales similar in size to those on posterior portion of caudal peduncle. Adherent scales present over basal portions of pelvic fin; scales primarily covering last unbranched fin-ray. Dorsal-fin rays iii,9* (7), with first unbranched ray very short. Anal-fin rays ii,7* (3) or iii,7 (4), with first ray very short when three unbranched rays present. Pelvic-fin rays ii, 9* (7). Pectoral-fin rays 14 (1) or 15* (6). Total vertebrae 30 (1) or 31* (6). Coloration in alcohol. Ground coloration of specimens fixed in alcohol brownish; those fixed in formalin yellowish. Overall coloration of larger specimens retaining guanine on scales silvery or silvery golden. Dusky surface coloration darker on dorsal portion of head; head dusky dorsolaterally and light colored ventrally. Chromatophores on postorbital region of head slightly larger than those on snout other than in area posterior of orbit overlapped by adipose eyelid. Overall pigmentation of that portion of postorbital region consequently somewhat lighter than that of adjoining areas. Dusky surface coloration darker on dorsal and dorsolateral regions of body. Ground coloration of body more yellowish ventrally. Dusky surface coloration darker on dorsal and dorsolateral regions of body. Ground coloration of body more yellowish ventrally. Deep-lying, dark chromatophores forming faint, dusky midlateral stripe on body. Stripe most evident posterior of vertical through base of ultimate dorsal-fin ray and with posterior section of stripe slightly expanded vertically. Stripe continues to anterior margin of patch of dark pigmentation on midlateral surface of caudal peduncle. Middorsal region of body with series of small dark chromatophores running from tip of supraoccipital spine to anterior border of adipose fin, darker than adjoining areas. Scales on dorsal and dorsolateral regions of body with dark central regions. Light versus dark regions cumulatively forming overall reticulate pattern on those portions of body. Dark chromatophores sparsely distributed over central portion of exposed region of scales but more concentrated anteriorly. Dark pigmentation absent on scales on lateral surface of body ventral to horizontal through base of pectoral fin and also on abdomen. Dorsal, anal, and caudal fins somewhat dusky, with ray margins outlined by small, dark chromatophores. Dark pigmentation most developed distally on caudal-fin lobes, dorsal fin, and anterior rays of anal fin. Pectoral and pelvic fins hyaline overall, but with rays outlined by small, dark chromatophores. Adipose fin speckled with small dark chromatophores. Distribution. Cyphocharax sanctigabrielis is presently known from the upper rio Negro, Amazon basin (Fig. 2). The type locality, Igarapé Nouba Uba (Fig. 3) empties into the rio Negro upriver of the city of São Gabriel da Cachoeira. Habitat notes. The Igarapé Nouba Uba (Fig. 3) is a shallow (30-50 cm), slow-flowing stream over fine and sand substrate within a well-preserved forested setting with the stream borders lined with grasses and rushes. Etymology. The species name, sanctigabrielis, is in reference to the município de São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, within which the new species was discovered. Generic placement. As presently defined, Cyphocharax is delimited by the combination of the possession of the synapomorphies for a quadritomy formed by that genus, Curimatella, Pseudocurimata and Steindachnerina in conjunction with the absence of the synapomorphies diagnostic for each of those three other genera (Vari, 1989a, 1989c, 1991, 1992a, 1992b). The absence of identified derived features common to the species of Cyphocharax leaves open the possibility that the closest relatives of Cyphocharax sanctigabrielis (and likely some other species in Cyphocharax) lie with one of Curimatella, Pseudocurimata, and Steindachnerina rather than with their nominal congeners. That possibility notwithstanding, Cyphocharax sanctigabrielis lacks the externally obvious synapomorphies present in Curimatella (Vari, 1989a: 58, 1992b: 4), Pseudocurimata (Vari, 1989c: 3) and Steindachnerina (Vari, 1989: 58; 1991: 23). In the absence of such derived features, the new species is assigned to Cyphocharax under the present definition of that genus.Published as part of Melo, Bruno F. & Vari, Richard P., 2014, New species of Cyphocharax (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the upper rio Negro, Amazon basin, pp. 327-332 in Neotropical Ichthyology 12 (2) on pages 328-331, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20130153, http://zenodo.org/record/455120
Lower bounds for the normalized height and non-dense subsets of varieties in an abelian variety
Get PDFThis work is the third part of a series of papers. In the first two we considered curves and varieties in a power of an elliptic curve. Here we deal with subvarieties of an abelian variety in general. Let V be an irreducible variety of dimension d embedded in an abelian variety A, both defined over the algebraic numbers. We say that V is weak-transverse if V is not contained in any proper algebraic subgroup of A, and transverse if it is not contained in any translate of such a subgroup. Assume a conjectural lower bound for the normalized height of V . Then, for V transverse, we prove that the algebraic points of bounded height of V which lie in the union of all algebraic subgroups of A of codimension at least d + 1 translated by the points close to a subgroup Γ of finite rank, are non Zariski-dense in V . If Γ has rank zero, it is sufficient to assume that V is weak-transverse. The notion of closeness is defined using a height function
L'impatto dell'Unione Europea e degli organismi internazionali: casi ed esperienze
No full textPartecipazione al progetto Innovazione amministrativa e crescita. Ricerca Giannini-Formez. II Fase; elaborazione di un contributo a carattere complementare rispetto al contributo elaborato dal prof. Mario Pilade Chiti sul tema “L’impatto dell’Unione Europea e degli organismi internazionali” (“L’impatto dell’Unione Europea e degli organismi internazionali: casi ed esperienze”, in Innovazione amministrativa e crescita. Rapporto con Raccomandazioni, Vol. VI, Napoli, Formez, 2008
Le voci del Medioevo. Testi, immagini, tradizioni
No full textContributi vari su testi, immagini, tradizioni nelle letterature medieval
Sintomi guida addominali - considerazioni diagnostico-differenziali e cenni di diagnosi strumentale
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