cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Influence of Heat Accumulation on Morphology Debris Deposition and Wetting of LIPSS on Steel upon High Repetition Rate Femtosecond Pulses Irradiation
Creators: name: Florian, Camilo
name: Fuentes-Edfuf, Yasser
name: Skoulas, Evangelos
name: Stratakis, Emmanuel
name: Sanchez-Cortes, Santiago
name: Solis, Javier
name: Siegel, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The fabrication of laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) over extended areas at high processing speeds requires the use of high repetition rate femtosecond lasers. It is known that industrially relevant materials such as steel experience heat accumulation when irradiated at repetition rates above some hundreds of kHz, and significant debris redeposition can take place. However, there are few studies on how the laser repetition rate influences both the debris deposition and the final LIPSS morphology. In this work, we present a study of fs laser-induced fabrication of low spatial frequency LIPSS (LSFL), with pulse repetition rates ranging from 10 kHz to 2 MHz on commercially available steel. The morphology of the laser-structured areas as well as the redeposited debris was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and μ-Raman spectroscopy. To identify repetition rate ranges where heat accumulation is present during the irradiations, we developed a simple heat accumulation model that solves the heat equation in 1 dimension implementing a Forward differencing in Time and Central differencing in Space (FTCS) scheme. Contact angle measurements with water demonstrated the influence of heat accumulation and debris on the functional wetting behavior. The findings are directly relevant for the processing of metals using high repetition rate femtosecond lasers, enabling the identification of optimum conditions in terms of desired morphology, functionality, and throughput.
Clerical marriage and buddhist modernity in early twentieth-century Korea
Creators: name: Park, Jeongeun
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation examines the issue of clerical marriage among Korean Buddhist clerics during the Japanese colonial period in Korea. The majority of celibate monks and scholars in South Korea accuse clerical marriage of bringing about the deterioration of “pure” Korean Buddhist tradition. This dissertation argues that clerical marriage was, in fact, one of the survival tactics of Korean Buddhist monks who were confronted with significant changes foisted upon them under Japanese colonial rule, changes that included the introduction of the modern household register system and the change in the relationship between teacher and pupil in Korean Buddhist monasteries. Clerical marriage can be seen as a barometer that exposes the complicated relationship of Buddhist ethics and colonial rule. The dissertation is divided into five major chapters that proceed in chronological order. Chapter One revisits late Chosŏn Buddhism, a period which saw the emergence of a “dharma family” that allowed monks to bequeath their private property to their dharma descendants with the purpose of its being used for memorial services. Chapter Two examines the temple bylaws and clerical marriage in the 1910s. Temple bylaws brought the issue of “clerical marriage and meat-eating” to the surface for the first time in the history of Korean Buddhism. Chapter Three discusses the revision of the temple bylaws in the 1920s that, in essence, removed the disadvantages previously experienced by monks who married and ate meat. Chapter Four centers on the hot debate over clerical marriage in 1926, and analyzes the way in which Korean Buddhists understood clerical marriage and the revision of the temple bylaws. Chapter Five traces the practice of clerical marriage through an examination of the household registers of Korean monks, and addresses the way that the modern household register system became intertwined with the spread of clerical marriage. This chapter also shows that clerical marriage was practiced by full-fledged monks in the early 1920s. A close examination of clerical marriage and its multiple facets by presenting concrete and tangible examples of Korean married monks may provide a deeper understanding of just how Buddhist ethics, modernity, and colonialism were interwoven.
Critical behaviour of the compact 3d U(1) gauge theory at finite temperature
Creators: name: Borisenko, Oleg
name: Fiore, Roberto
name: Gravina, Mario
name: Papa, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Critical properties of the compact three-dimensional U(1) lattice gauge theory are explored at finite temperatures. The critical point of the deconfinement phase transition, critical indices and the string tension are studied numerically on lattices with temporal extension N_t = 8 and spatial extension ranging from L = 32 to L = 256. The critical indices, which govern the behaviour across the deconfinement phase transition, are generally expected to coincide with the critical indices of the two-dimensional XY model. It is found that the determination of the infinite volume critical point differs from the pseudo-critical coupling at L = 32, found earlier in the literature and implicitly assumed as the onset value of the deconfined phase. The critical index $ν$ computed from the scaling of the pseudocritical couplings agrees well with the value $ν$ = 1/2 of the XY model. The computation of the index $η$ brings to a value larger than expected. The possible reasons for such behaviour are discussed.
description: 7 pages, 1 figure, presented at the XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Lattice 2010, June 14-19, 2010, Villasimius, Italy
Augusto Romagnoli: la specificità della disabilità visiva e la nascita della tiflopedagogia
Creators: name: Salmeri, Stefano
Publisher: name: Gli Argonauti. Rivista di Studi Storico-Educativi e Pedagogici
Year: 2021
Subjects: bisogni educativi specifici; cecità; interventi compensativi; educazione; consapevolezza; specific educational needs; blindness; compensational action; education; awareness

description: Romagnoli, il più importante teorico di Pedagogia della minorazione visiva, è un pensatore attuale per le sue intuizioni in campo educativo e per l’impianto epistemico del suo modello. Oggi la scuola ambisce ad essere luogo per l’inclusione e comunità educante e aperta alle differenze, allora rivisitare il contributo teorico di Romagnoli può aiutare a ridefinire e a ricalibrare i percorsi di integrazione nel rispetto delle specificità e degli effettivi bisogni formativi di ogni allievo in difficoltà, soprattutto se con disabilità visiva. Vicino al pensiero della Montessori e all’Attivismo, già agli inizi del XX secolo comprende che mentre gli obiettivi educativi possono essere comuni sia per i normodotati che per i ciechi, invece le metodologie, le tecniche e i tempi di apprendimento sono diversi. Romagnoli, the most important theorist of the pedagogy of visual disabilities, is a thinker whose educational intuitions are still valid today, as is the epistemic structure of his model. Today school has the ambition of being a place of integration and an educating community, open to difference. In this perspective, revisiting Romagnoli’s theoretical contribution can help educators to redefine and fine-tune integration processes in a way that is respectful of the specific educational needs of challenged students, particularly those with visual disabilities. As early as the beginning of the twentieth century, Romagnoli – who was close to the thought of Maria Montessori and of Activism – realized that while the educational objectives can be the same for non-disabled students and the blind, the methods and learning schedules must be different.
description: Gli Argonauti. Rivista di Studi Storico-Educativi e Pedagogici, V. 1, N. 1 (2021)
Congenital bilateral inguinal hernia, complete on one side, with postoperative hydrocele formation.
Creators: name: Rafailidis, Vasileios
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Ultrasound-Power Doppler
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Hernia

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: male, 40 days
description: Clinical History: The patient was admitted to the outpatient department of Paediatric Surgery clinic with bilateral inguino-scrotal swelling which was more prominent on the right. On the right, the swelling was permanent. On the left, the swelling was reducible, intermitte... Final Diagnosis: Congenital bilateral inguino-scrotal hernia with postoperative hydrocele formation.
Osservazioni sul concetto di degenerazione nell’antropologia di Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Creators: name: Sani, Filippo
Publisher: name: Gli Argonauti. Rivista di Studi Storico-Educativi e Pedagogici
Year: 2021
Subjects: Razza; istinto; degenerazione; Blumenbach; Kant; Race; instinct; degeneration; Blumenbach; Kant

description: Nella concezione antropologica di Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, il concetto di degenerazione presuppone la formazione di deviazioni rispetto a una forma umana originaria, quella bianca caucasica, la quale conserva i caratteri del prototipo scaturito direttamente dalle mani di Dio. La degenerazione genera una varietà stabile a causa del contatto con un determinato clima. Tuttavia, nel corso degli anni ottanta e novanta, attraverso il concetto di Bildungstrieb, si compie l’avvicinamento di Blumenbach a Kant. Progressivamente, grazie al filosofo di Königsberg, Blumenbach assume il concetto di razza a discapito di quello buffoniano di varietà. According to Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, the concept of degeneration requires the formation of deviations compared with an original human form. The White Caucasians are the original form, retaining characteristics which came forth from the hands of God. All degenerations become varieties under the influence of the climate. However, in the eighties and the nineties of the eighteenth century, thanks to the concept of Bildungstrieb, Blumenbach approached Kant’s racial theories. In the light of the latter, Blumenbach gradually employs the concept of race to the detriment of that of variety.
description: Gli Argonauti. Rivista di Studi Storico-Educativi e Pedagogici, V. 1, N. 1 (2021)
The Current State of Risk Management in Italian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Creators: name: Aureli, Selena
name: Salvatori, Federica
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2013
Subjects: SECS-P/07 Economia aziendale

description: Risk management literature mainly refers to large companies. When it focuses on SMEs, risk management seems to be unstructured, reactive and solely in the hands of owner-managers. Further investigation is necessary, especially in Italy where SMEs are the backbone of the country. This research aims to identify the most important risks, SMEs’ risk management organization, process and approach, as well as drivers, obstacles and benefits of a holistic risk management implementation.
Ten case studies indicate that Italian SMEs are aware of the benefits of implementing holistic risk management practices, but constraints seem to be stronger than drivers. Companies are particularly concerned with financial risks, IT breakdown and exogenous events. Risk managers are never appointed and risk management processes are usually not formalized. Half of the companies behave fatalistically, others have introduced holistic risk management practices, and few cases show to be even more advanced
Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions to a Nonlocal Equation with Monostable Nonlinearity
Creators: name: Coville, Jerome
name: Davila, Juan
name: Martinez, Salome
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $J \in C(\mathbb{R})$, $J\ge 0$, $\int_{\tiny$\mathbb{R}$} J = 1$ and consider the nonlocal diffusion operator $\mathcal{M}[u] = J \star u - u$. We study the equation $\mathcal{M} u + f(x,u) = 0$, $u \ge 0$, in $\mathbb{R}$, where $f$ is a KPP-type nonlinearity, periodic in $x$. We show that the principal eigenvalue of the linearization around zero is well defined and that a nontrivial solution of the nonlinear problem exists if and only if this eigenvalue is negative. We prove that if, additionally, $J$ is symmetric, then the nontrivial solution is unique.
Additional file 1 of Local signs at insertion site and catheter-related bloodstream infections: an observational post hoc analysis using individual data of four RCTs
Creators: name: Buetti, Niccolò
name: Ruckly, Stéphane
name: Jean-Christophe Lucet
name: Bouadma, Lila
name: Maité Garrouste-Orgeas
name: Schwebel, Carole
name: Mimoz, Olivier
name: Souweine, Bertrand
name: Jean-François Timsit
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Material of “Local signs at insertion site and catheter-related bloodstream infections. A post hoc analysis using individual data of four RCTs”. Description: supplementary methods (data sources, patients and study catheters), supplementary Figures (Figure E1 flow-chart; Figure E2 Risk for developing CRBSI for non-purulent discharge and purulent discharge by different subgroups), supplementary Tables (Table E1: Univariate logistic model for catheter-related bloodstream infection, stratification by ICU; Table E2: Multivariate logistic models for CRBSI forcing the variable ≥ 1 local sign, stratification by ICU; Table E3: Multivariate logistic models for CRBSI forcing the variable redness, stratication by ICU; Table E4: Multivariate logistic models for CRBSI forcing the variable pain, stratification by ICU; Table E5: Multivariate logistic models for CRBSI forcing the variable non-purulent discharge, stratification by ICU; Table E6: Multivariate logistic model for CRBSI stratified by ICU forcing the variable purulent discharge; Table E7: Microorganism identified in CRBSI, E8 Skin colonization at catheter removal), supplementary references.
t-J model of coupled Cu$_2$O$_5$ ladders in Sr$_{14-x}$Ca$_x$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$
Creators: name: Wohlfeld, Krzysztof
name: Oleś, Andrzej M.
name: Sawatzky, George A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Starting from the proper charge transfer model for Cu$_2$O$_5$ coupled ladders in Sr$_{14-x}$Ca$_x$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$ we derive the low energy Hamiltonian for this system. It occurs that the widely used ladder t-J model is not sufficient and has to be supplemented by the Coulomb repulsion term between holes in the neighboring ladders. Furthermore, we show how a simple mean-field solution of the derived t-J model may explain the onset of the charge density wave with the odd period in Sr$_{14-x}$Ca$_x$Cu$_{24}$O$_{41}$.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables
IDENTIFYING HUMANITY THROUGH NARRATIVE: A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH TO YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE.
Creators: name: Wilder, Ayla Nyriese
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: Young adult literature

description: Young Adult (YA) literature is a subject that is often unclear. There is no clear definition of what YA literature is. However, most YA literature has several things in common. First, it includes characters between the ages of 12 and 25. Second, it fits into the publication genre of YA literature. Third, it features diverse characters experiencing themes surrounding identity. It is this theme of identity on which this essay focuses. Narrowed down to the subject of narrative identity, we look at how the events of someone’s life makes up their personality and the correlation between narrative identity and YA literature. Narrative identity can be seen within novels, and it is also impacted by the stories we read. The text Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kauffman is used to further examine this framework, alongside frameworks of posthumanism and technology. The ideas of technology, narrative identity, and YA literature are all combined in a representative assignment that is a podcast. This podcast assignment asks students to examine these intersections utilizing technology, and to use multimodality to communicate their findings. The essay concludes by discussing possible pitfalls, such as political climate, breadth of topics, and student preconceptions. However, it is concluded that YA is a vital part of literature and society that allows for an empathetic approach to how we interact with one another.
Information fusion for prostate brachytherapy planning
Creators: name: Nouranian, Saman
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Low-dose-rate prostate brachytherapy is a minimally invasive treatment approach for localized prostate cancer. It takes place in one session by permanent implantation of several small radio-active seeds inside and adjacent to the prostate. The current procedure at the majority of institutions requires planning of seed locations prior to implantation from transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) images acquired weeks in advance. The planning is based on a set of contours representing the clinical target volume (CTV). Seeds are manually placed with respect to a planning target volume (PTV), which is an anisotropic dilation of the CTV, followed by dosimetry analysis. The main objective of the plan is to meet clinical guidelines in terms of recommended dosimetry by covering the entire PTV with the placement of seeds. The current planning process is manual, hence highly subjective, and can potentially contribute to the rate and type of treatment related morbidity. The goal of this thesis is to reduce subjectivity in prostate brachytherapy planning. To this end, we developed and evaluated several frameworks to automate various components of the current prostate brachytherapy planning process. This involved development of techniques with which target volume labels can be automatically delineated from TRUS images. A seed arrangement planning approach was developed by distributing seeds with respect to priors and optimizing the arrangement according to the clinical guidelines. The design of the proposed frameworks involved the introduction and assessment of data fusion techniques that aim to extract joint information in retrospective clinical plans, containing the TRUS volume, the CTV, the PTV and the seed arrangement. We evaluated the proposed techniques using data obtained in a cohort of 590 brachytherapy treatment cases from the Vancouver Cancer Centre, and compare the automation results with the clinical gold-standards and previously delivered plans. Our results demonstrate that data fusion techniques have the potential to enable automatic planning of prostate brachytherapy.
Herschel-HIFI observations of H2O in high-mass star-forming regions: first results
Creators: name: van der Tak, Floris
name: Herpin, Fabrice
name: Wyrowski, Friedrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper reviews the first results of observations of H2O line emission with Herschel-HIFI towards high-mass star-forming regions, obtained within the WISH guaranteed time program. The data reveal three kinds of gas-phase H2O: `cloud water' in cold tenuous foreground clouds, `envelope water' in dense protostellar envelopes, and `outflow water' in protostellar outflows. The low H2O abundance (1e-10 -- 1e-9) in foreground clouds and protostellar envelopes is due to rapid photodissociation and freeze-out on dust grains, respectively. The outflows show higher H2O abundances (1e-7 -- 1e-6) due to grain mantle evaporation and (probably) neutral-neutral reactions.
description: 4 pages; to appear in the proceedings of the conference "Conditions and Impact of Star Formation" (Zermatt 2010)
Bound states of UED level-1 KK quarks at the Linear Collider
Creators: name: Panella, O.
name: Fabiano, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the formation and detection at the next linear $e^+e^-$ collider of bound states of level-1 quark Kaluza-Klein excitations ${\cal B}_{KK}$ within a scenario of universal extra-dimensions (UED).
description: 11 pages, 2 figures. Contributed paper to the proceedings of LC09: e+e- physics at the TeV scale and the Dark Matter connection. 21-24 September 2009, Perugia, Italy
Additional file 2 of Irradiation induced inversions suppress recombination between the M locus and morphological markers in Aedes aegypti
Creators: name: Augustinos, Antonios A.
name: Misbah-Ul-Haq, Muhammad
name: Carvalho, Danilo O.
name: Fuente, Lucia Duran De La
name: Koskinioti, Panagiota
name: Bourtzis, Kostas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S2: Recombination frequencies between re and the M locus in 16 different genomic backgrounds.
Spectral densities and diagrams of states of one-dimensional ionic Pauli conductor
Creators: name: Stasyuk, I. V.
name: Vorobyov, O.
name: Stetsiv, R. Ya.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We focus on the features of spectra and diagrams of states obtained via exact diagonalization technique for finite ionic conductor chain in periodic boundary conditions. One dimensional ionic conductor is described with the lattice model where ions are treated within the framework of "mixed" Pauli statistics. The ion transfer and nearest-neighbour interaction between ions are taken into account. The spectral densities and diagrams of states for various temperatures and values of interaction are obtained. The conditions of transition from uniform (Mott insulator) to the modulated (charge density wave state) through the superfluid-like state (similar to the state with the Bose-Einstein condensation observed in hard-core boson models) are analyzed.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
Stellar black holes: cosmic history and feedback at the dawn of the universe
Creators: name: Mirabel, I. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Significant historic cosmic evolution for the formation rate of stellar black holes is inferred from current theoretical models of the evolution of massive stars, the multiple observations of compact stellar remnants in the near and distant universe, and the cosmic chemical evolution. The mean mass of stellar black holes, the fraction of black holes/neutron stars, and the fraction of black hole high mass X-ray binaries (BH-HMXBs)/solitary black holes increase with redshift. The energetic feedback from large populations of BH-HMXBs form in the first generations of star burst galaxies has been overlooked in most cosmological models of the reionization epoch of the universe. The powerful radiation, jets, and winds from BH-HMXBs heat the intergalactic medium over large volumes of space and keep it ionized until AGN take over. It is concluded that stellar black holes constrained the properties of the faintest galaxies at high redshifts. I present here the theoretical and observational grounds for the historic cosmic evolution of stellar black holes. Detailed calculations on their cosmic impact are presented elsewhere (Mirabel, Dijkstra, Laurent, Loeb, Pritchard, 2011).
description: 9 pages, 1 color figure. Invited talk at the IAU Symp. 275, Jets at all scales. Held in Buenos Aires on 13-17 September 2010. To be published by Cambridge University Press. Eds. G. Romero, R. Sunyaev and T. Belloni
Additional file 4 of Irradiation induced inversions suppress recombination between the M locus and morphological markers in Aedes aegypti
Creators: name: Augustinos, Antonios A.
name: Misbah-Ul-Haq, Muhammad
name: Carvalho, Danilo O.
name: Fuente, Lucia Duran De La
name: Koskinioti, Panagiota
name: Bourtzis, Kostas
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Table S4: Recombination frequencies between re, we, and the M/m locus from previous studies.
Optimal genetic circuit design for mammalian synthetic biology applications
Creators: name: CELLA, FEDERICA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: Synthetic biology combines biology and engineering to redesign living organisms by conferring them new properties. Synthetic biologists harness the power of nature to solve problems in medicine, manufacturing, and agriculture and use engineering principles to control and perturb cell pathways to gather novel insights into biological functions. Specifically, the programming of new functions into mammalian cells has tremendous application in research and medicine. The rapid advances in the ability to synthesize DNA and RNA have increased our understanding of gene function and regulation and have enabled the expansion of genetic parts available for programming cell biology. Genetic parts can be multiplexed to build complex genetic circuits to (i) confer new functions to the host cells, (ii) regulate endogenous pathways, or (iii) sense inputs of interest to actuate a cellular response. This thesis focuses on the optimization of genetic circuit design for mammalian synthetic biology applications. It covers the need for additional regulatory tools for tight spatiotemporal control of gene expression and cell response and the need for a better understanding of how regulation processes work in cells. Finally, it explores strategies to select biologically relevant inputs for sensor-actuator devices that control cell fate.
DELITTO DI TORTURA: UN PASSO IN AVANTI NELLA TUTELA DEI DIRITTI UMANI IN ITALIA?
Creators: name: SICCARDI, ILENIA
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: Parlare di tortura, oggi, sembra anacronistico. Rievoca le battaglie intraprese contro la stessa nel periodo dell?Illuminismo. Tuttavia, si tratta di un fenomeno che �affiora prepotentemente dal passato e minaccia di avere un futuro�. Essa ricompare nelle guerre, nelle dittature nelle carceri e come strumento di lotta al terrorismo internazionale. E? dopo gli attacchi terroristici dell?11 settembre 2001 che � tornato in auge il discorso in ordine alla legittimit� o meno delle pratiche di tortura, scoperchiandosi completamente quel vaso di Pandora che sembrava essere stato chiuso in maniera definitiva dall?Illuminismo. In questo delicato momento storico governato dall?insicurezza e dalla paura a causa dei dilaganti fenomeni terroristici, riaffiorano diversi temi quale quello della sicurezza, dello stato di emergenza, del diritto penale del nemico. Sono proprio questi i temi che rischiano di far perdere di vista i diritti fondamentali della persona umana, i quali vengono sacrificati di fronte al bisogno della sicurezza e di forme di ricerca della prova sempre pi� pervasive. Solo tardivamente, su impulso delle non rare condanne della Corte di Strasburgo per violazione dell?art. 3 CEDU, l?Italia si � adeguata alla Convenzione ONU contro la tortura del 1984 introducendo, con la legge n. 110 del 2017, una (gi�) controversa fattispecie incriminatrice all?art. 613-bis (tortura), il cui drafting legislativo ha fatto molto discutere fin da subito. Di fronte alla nuova fattispecie ed ai suoi difetti di formulazione, pare opportuno domandarsi se sarebbe stato auspicabile rimanere nella situazione pregressa o se la sua approvazione rappresenti, comunque, un passo in avanti per la tutela dei diritti umani. L'elaborato muover� da una ricognizione dell?ordinamento sovranazionale, per poi analizzare le soluzioni adottate nelle legislazioni penali di tutti i Paesi europei che saranno suddivisi per modelli a seconda di una maggiore o minore corrispondenza del reato di tortura introdotto nei rispettivi Codici penali alla definizione del termine contenuta nell?art. 1 della Convenzione ONU del 1984. La comparazione �verticale� ed �orizzontale� consentir� di individuare quali caratteristiche dovrebbe avere, da un punto di vista normativo, un �buon reato di tortura�, di stabilire alcune linee guida che tentino di risolvere i numerosi problemi interpretativi posti dall?infelice formulazione dell?art. 613-bis c.p. e di rispondere al quesito sul quale la dottrina si sta interrogando: �meglio una brutta legge che nessuna legge?�.
On Polynilpotent Multipliers of Free Nilpotent Groups
Creators: name: Parvizi, Mohsen
name: Mashayekhy, Behrooz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20E34, 20E10, 20F18

description: In this paper, we present an explicit structure for the Baer invariant of a free nilpotent group (the $n$-th nilpotent product of the infinite cyclic group, $\textbf{Z}\st{n}* \textbf{Z}\st{n}*... \st{n}*\textbf{Z}$) with respect to the variety of polynilpotent groups of class row $(c,1)$, ${\cal N}_{c,1}$, for all $c > 2n-2$. In particular, an explicit structure of the Baer invariant of a free abelian group with respect to the variety of metabelian groups will be presented.
description: 12 pages
On a simple criterion for the existence of a principal eigenfunction of some nonlocal operators
Creators: name: Coville, Jerome
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we are interested in the existence of a principal eigenfunction of a nonlocal operator which appears in the description of various phenomena ranging from population dynamics to micro-magnetism. More precisely, we study the following eigenvalue problem: $$\int_ØJ(\frac{x-y}{g(y)})\frac{ϕ(y)}{g^n(y)}\, dy +a(x)ϕ=ρϕ,$$ where $Ø\subset\R^n$ is an open connected set, $J$ a nonnegative kernel and $g$ a positive function. First, we establish a criterion for the existence of a principal eigenpair $(λ_p,ϕ_p)$. We also explore the relation between the sign of the largest element of the spectrum with a strong maximum property satisfied by the operator. As an application of these results we construct and characterize the solutions of some nonlinear nonlocal reaction diffusion equations.
title: Asclepias incarnata
title: Swamp milkweed
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Asclepiadaceae
Asclepias
incarnata

description: Family: Asclepiadaceae
description: Genus: Asclepias
description: Species: incarnata
The Application of Cloud Computing to the Creation of Image Mosaics and Management of Their Provenance
Creators: name: Berriman, G. Bruce
name: Deelman, Ewa
name: Groth, Paul
name: Juve, Gideon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We have used the Montage image mosaic engine to investigate the cost and performance of processing images on the Amazon EC2 cloud, and to inform the requirements that higher-level products impose on provenance management technologies. We will present a detailed comparison of the performance of Montage on the cloud and on the Abe high performance cluster at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Because Montage generates many intermediate products, we have used it to understand the science requirements that higher-level products impose on provenance management technologies. We describe experiments with provenance management technologies such as the "Provenance Aware Service Oriented Architecture" (PASOA).
description: 15 pages, 3 figure
Investigation of mechanical and durability properties of cement mortar and concrete with varying replcement levels of crumb rubber as fine aggregate
Creators: name: Meherier, Md Salamah
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Waste rubber materials are increasing over time with the increase in rubber tire production. These huge piles of waste are contributing to environmental degradation. As such, environment friendly substitutes are required in minimizing the adverse impact. Reuse of these materials in various alternatives are in research for the last few decades; however, major outputs in structural construction material industries are still discouraging. This research primarily focuses on the reuse of crumb rubber in both cement mortar and concrete by replacing 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50% volume of sand aggregates. The experiments and analyses are done in terms of fresh properties, i.e. workability, setting time, and air content as well as hardened characteristics, i.e. compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength, stress-strain behavior, unit weight, and water absorption. Moreover, durability aspects, in particular freeze-thaw resistance and rapid chloride permeability test, are examined. The experimental results confirmed low compressive strength of rubber-based mortar; however, crumb rubber up to 10% replacement performed the best with a cement to sand ratio of 1: 2.5. On the other hand, crumb rubber up to 20% replacement in concrete surpassed 35 MPa designated compressive strength, showing comparable results with the control (without any crumb rubber) specimens. Moreover, rubber-based concrete outperformed natural aggregate based concrete in terms of long-term durability performance, creating potentials of using this construction material in harsh environment.
Additional file 5 of The identification of co-expressed gene modules in Streptococcus pneumonia from colonization to infection to predict novel potential virulence genes
Creators: name: Sadegh Azimzadeh Jamalkandi
name: Kouhsar, Morteza
name: Salimian, Jafar
name: Ahmadi, Ali
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5: Table S2. Enrichment Analysis. Biological process and pathway enrichment analysis results for the best modules obtained using the SPD algorithm.
BIOINFORMATIC TOOLS FOR NEXT GENERATION GENOMICS
Creators: name: CHIARA, MATTEO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli Studi di Milano
Year: 2012

description: New sequencing strategies have redefined the concept of ?high-throughput sequencing? and many companies, researchers, and recent reviews use the term ?Next-Generation Sequencing? (NGS) instead of high-throughput sequencing. These advances have introduced a new era in genomics and bioinformatics??.
During my years as PhD student I have developed various software, algorithms and procedures for the analysis of Nest Generation sequencing data required for distinct biological research projects and collaborations in which our research group was involved. The tools and algorithms are thus presented in their appropriate biological contexts.
Initially I dedicated myself to the development of scripts and pipelines which were used to assemble and annotate the mitochondrial genome of the model plant Vitis vinifera. The sequence was subsequently used as a reference to study the RNA editing of mitochondrial transcripts, using data produced by the Illumina and SOLiD platforms.
I subsequently developed a new approach and a new software package for the detection of of relatively small indels between a donor and a reference genome, using NGS paired-end (PE) data and machine learning algorithms. I was able to show that, suitable Paired End data, contrary to previous assertions, can be used to detect, with high confidence, very small indels in low complexity genomic contexts.
Finally I participated in a project aimed at the reconstruction of the genomic sequences of 2 distinct strains of the biotechnologically relevant fungus Fusarium. In this context I performed the sequence assembly to obtain the initial contigs and devised and implemented a new scaffolding algorithm which has proved to be particularly efficient.
Powerful Solutions for Exploring Epigenomic Changes
Creators: name: Dianna, Gellar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: CD Genomics provides a wide range of epigenomics sequencing services to meet the needs and budgets of clients. They can be used for many purposes, including the detection of various methylations elucidation of mechanisms of complex disease, disease diagnosis, and translational discovery.
The Baer Invariant of Semidirect and Verbal Wreath Products of Groups
Creators: name: Mashayekhy, Behrooz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20E10, 20E22, 20F12

description: W. Haebich (1977, Journal of Algebra {\bf 44}, 420-433) presented some formulas for the Schur multiplier of a semidirect product and also a verbal wreath product of two groups. The author (1997, Indag. Math., (N.S.), {\bf 8}({\bf 4}), 529-535) generalized a theorem of W. Haebich to the Baer invariant of a semidirect product of two groups with respect to the variety of nilpotent groups of class at most $c\geq 1,\ {\cal N}_c$. In this paper, first, it is shown that ${\cal V}M(B)$ and ${\cal V}M(A)$ are direct factors of ${\cal V}M(G)$, where $G=B\rhd
description: 28 pages
title: Eriophyllum lanatum
title: Common woolly sunflower
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Asteraceae
Eriophyllum
lanatum

description: Family: Asteraceae
description: Genus: Eriophyllum
description: Species: lanatum
Experimental investigation on propeller and blade loads during off-design conditions
Creators: name: ORTOLANI, FABRIZIO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2021

description: The present thesis wants to take a step forward towards the understanding and quantification of
the complex hydrodynamic mechanisms which characterize the propeller performance during
real operative scenarios: a novel set?up, based on the measure of three forces and moments
exerted by the single blade of the propulsor, has been developed, installed and successfully
tested on a twin screw scaled model at the CNR-INM maneuvering basin and towing tank. At
first, the new setup is presented, reporting the results of the extensive experimental activity
performed on the selected test case, dedicated to quantify, for the first time by means of
free-running model test, the entity of the single blade forces and integrated propeller loads in
different operating conditions. Although free running model tests still represent the primary
approach for a reliable performance assessment, they require facilities and devices that are
not commonly affordable; alternatively, rectilinear towing tank can be used for manoeuvring
investigations by static or dynamic tests and can be a valid alternative to investigate propeller
performance in off-design. Considering this, another experimental campaign has been
performed at CNR-INM towing tank. In the experiments, the drift angle and the advance
speed of the model were varied systematically, to focus on the relation between propeller
operating conditions and loads. Moreover, the averaged and periodic blade and propeller
loads are compared, in terms of the equivalent drift angle, to the measurements obtained
by free running model tests, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of simulating turning
circle stabilized phase with pure oblique flow tests, providing a preliminary quantification of
the off-design loads developed by the propeller. The research ends with the comparison of
single blade loads that arise during transient motions of the turning manoeuvres at weak and
tight rudder angles, performed at the same reference speed of the captive model test. This
section allows to analyse the possibilities and limitations of the characterization of propeller
performance under time varying inflow by means of quasi-steady towing conditions. The
availability of cycle?resolved blade loads further highlighted their fluctuating nature with
respect to the averaged ones and opens new paths for the investigation of hydrodynamic
phenomena that characterize the performance of the propeller and blade(propeller)/wake
interaction in behind hull, both during design and off-design conditions.
title: Arctostaphylos patula
title: Greenleaf manzanita
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Ericaceae
Arctostaphylos
patula

description: Family: Ericaceae
description: Genus: Arctostaphylos
description: Species: patula
Recursive parametrization of Quark flavour mixing matrices
Creators: name: Chaturvedi, S.
name: Gupta, V.
name: Sánchez-Colón, G.
name: Mukunda, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine quark flavour mixing matrices for three and four generations using the recursive parametrization of $U(n)$ and $SU(n)$ matrices developed by some of us in Refs.[2] and [3]. After a brief summary of the recursive parametrization, we obtain expressions for the independent rephasing invariants and also the constraints on them that arise from the requirement of mod symmetry of the flavour mixing matrix.
title: Mimulus guttatus
title: Seep monkeyflower
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Scrophulariaceae
Mimulus
guttatus

description: Family: Scrophulariaceae
description: Genus: Mimulus
description: Species: guttatus
Non-Existence of Positive Stationary Solutions for a Class of Semi-Linear PDEs with Random Coefficients
Creators: name: Coville, Jerome
name: Dirr, Nicolas
name: Luckhaus, Stephan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider a so-called random obstacle model for the motion of a hypersurface through a field of random obstacles, driven by a constant driving field. The resulting semi-linear parabolic PDE with random coefficients does not admit a global nonnegative stationary solution, which implies that an interface that was flat originally cannot get stationary. The absence of global stationary solutions is shown by proving lower bounds on the growth of stationary solutions on large domains with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Difficulties arise because the random lower order part of the equation cannot be bounded uniformly.
"Blue energy" from ion adsorption and electrode charging in sea- and river water
Creators: name: Boon, N.
name: van Roij, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A huge amount of entropy is produced at places where fresh water and seawater mix, for example at river mouths. This mixing process is a potentially enormous source of sustainable energy, provided it is harnessed properly, for instance by a cyclic charging and discharging process of porous electrodes immersed in salt and fresh water, respectively [D. Brogioli, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 058501 (2009)]. Here we employ a modified Poisson-Boltzmann free-energy density functional to calculate the ionic adsorption and desorption onto and from the charged electrodes, from which the electric work of a cycle is deduced. We propose optimal (most efficient) cycles for two given salt baths involving two canonical and two grand-canonical (dis)charging paths, in analogy to the well-known Carnot cycle for heat-to-work conversion from two heat baths involving two isothermal and two adiabatic paths. We also suggest a slightly modified cycle which can be applied in cases that the stream of fresh water is limited.
description: 7 Figures
Learning by correlation for computer vision applications: from Kernel methods to deep learning
Creators: name: CAVAZZA, JACOPO
Publisher: name: Universit� degli studi di Genova
Year: 2018

description: Learning to spot analogies and differences within/across visual categories is an arguably powerful approach in machine learning and pattern recognition which is directly inspired by human cognition. In this thesis, we investigate a variety of approaches which are primarily driven by correlation and tackle several computer vision applications.
title: Cleome serrulata
title: Rocky Mountain beeplant
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Capparaceae
Cleome
serrulata

description: Family: Capparaceae
description: Genus: Cleome
description: Species: serrulata
Progress of concepts and processes in library information system: towards Library 2.0
Creators: name: Scherer, Michael
name: Sidhom, Sahbi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The main principle of the Library 2.0 is in the fact that the information has to be spread from the library to the user and viceversa, to allow fast and permanent adaptation of the library services. Within the framework of the implementation of the "Departmental Plan of the Public Services Reading" by the "General Council of Moselle", the division of the public reading develops a departmental portal as main vector of the information with various users' profile. The context of this research work takes a part of a Master degree training Diploma in STI-Economic Intelligence (Nancy2 University), combining facets of R&D in a professional context at the "Conseil Général de la Moselle" in France.
Reply to Comment on "Electron transport through correlated molecules computed using the time-independent Wigner function: Two critical tests''
Creators: name: Baldea, Ioan
name: Koppel, Horst
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In their Comment, Greer et al (i) put us in charge of a pretended wrong claim, which we never made in Phys.~Rev.~B {\bf 78}, 115315 (2008), where we criticized a method (DG)proposed by two of them, (ii) incorrectly claim that the DG method can reproduce the conductance quantum $g_0$, but (iii) to deduce $g_0$ for a toy model, they carry out calculations within the standard Landauer method, which has nothing to do with the DG's. We present results for their model obtained within the DG method, which demonstrate that the DG method fails as lamentably as in the examples we presented in our earlier work. We also analyze the physical reasons why the DG method fails.
description: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
title: Penstemon barbatus
title: Beardip penstemon
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Scrophulariaceae
Penstemon
barbatus

description: Family: Scrophulariaceae
description: Genus: Penstemon
description: Species: barbatus
title: Penstemon strictus
title: Rocky Mountain penstemon
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Scrophulariaceae
Penstemon
strictus

description: Family: Scrophulariaceae
description: Genus: Penstemon
description: Species: strictus
Additional file 4 of The identification of co-expressed gene modules in Streptococcus pneumonia from colonization to infection to predict novel potential virulence genes
Creators: name: Sadegh Azimzadeh Jamalkandi
name: Kouhsar, Morteza
name: Salimian, Jafar
name: Ahmadi, Ali
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Table S1. Genes in the top modules. Co-expressed genes in the best modules extracted from the data by the SPD algorithm.