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Atividades pedagógicas com TIC no jardim de infância - utilização das apps Aprender XXI
Creators: name: Laranjeiro, Dionisia
name: Zagalo, Nelson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: game-based learning; jardim de infância; apps educativas.

description: Estudos recentes apontam que o acesso a dispositivos móveis é universal para crianças dos zero aos oito anos e indicam os tablets como os dispositivos preferidos das crianças. A preferência associa-se à adequação à idade, devido à portabilidade, autonomia de utilização, interação multitouch e variedade de apps e jogos disponíveis nas app Stores, de forma gratuita ou baixo custo. A utilização de TIC no jardim de infância não é consensual e encontra ainda alguma resistência, causada por vários motivos: falta de equipamentos e condições das instituições, falta de formação adequada dos educadores, crenças de alguns pais e
 educadores de que a utilização das TIC nestas idades não é benéfica. No entanto, extensa literatura vem contrariar esta visão, apresentando evidências dos contributos das tecnologias digitais em diferentes áreas da aprendizagem das crianças em idade pré-escolar, nomeadamente, ao nível do desenvolvimento da linguagem e literacia, matemática, pensamento lógico, artístico e criativo, conhecimento do mundo, competências cognitivas e colaborativas. Neste sentido, o projeto Aprender XXI tem como objetivo desenvolver apps que promovam a aprendizagem das crianças em idade pré-escolar, recorrendo a estratégias de game-based learning e abordando áreas de conteúdo em conformidade com as Orientações Curriculares para a Educação Pré-escolar, do Ministério da Educação. O projeto utiliza a metodologia Design-Based Research, que alia a investigação científica e o
 desenvolvimento tecnológico e divide-se em três fases: estudo preliminar (revisão de literatura, levantamento de necessidades dos utilizadores e das soluções já existentes no mercado), desenvolvimento (especificações funcionais, guionismo, design e programação dos produtos tecnológicos) e avaliação (testes finais com utilizadores e conclusões). Neste momento, está a terminar a fase de desenvolvimento e correções, da qual resultaram quatro apps educativas respeitantes a quatro áreas de conhecimento do mundo - ambiente, saúde, cidadania e profissões. Cada app tem por base um conjunto de jogos, adequados aos interesses do nível etário e foi pensada para promover uma aprendizagem autónoma pelas crianças ou uma aprendizagem orientada pelos educadores de infância, possibilitando o planeamento de atividades pedagógicas que incluam a utilização das tecnologias digitais.
Ανάπτυξη μοριακών διαγνωστικών μεθόδων για την αναγνώριση μολυσματικών φύλων φουζαρίου και μελέτη αλληλεπιδράσεων με φυτά
Creators: name: Ζαμπούνης, Αντώνιος Γ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2006
Subjects: Ανίχνευση
PCR πραγματικού χρόνου
Detection
Real time PCD

description: Η φουζαρίωση του βάμβακος που προκαλείται από τον μύκητα Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV) θεωρείται κύρια απειλή για την καλλιέργεια βάμβακος παγκοσμίως εξαιτίας των καταστρεπτικών συνεπειών που προκαλεί μέσω του αποικισμού του παθογόνου στις ηθμαγγειώδεις δεσμίδες των φυτών και της ικανότητας του να επιβιώνει για μεγάλες χρονικές περιόδους στο νερό, τους σπόρους και στο έδαφος. Επομένως, είναι αναγκαίος ο χαρακτηρισμός και η αξιόπιστη μοριακή ανίχνευση αυτών των απομονώσεων του FOV σε πιθανές πηγές μόλυνσης καθώς αποτελούν απαραίτητες προϋποθέσεις για την εφαρμογή προγραμμάτων φυτοπροστασίας. Η ενίσχυση με αλυσιδωτή αντίδραση της πολυμεράσης (PCR) των επαναλαμβανόμενων τμημάτων των ριβοσωμικών ενδογονιδιακών περιοχών (IGS) και κοπή με τρία περιοριστικά ένζυμα (AluI, HaeIIIII, RsaI) είχε ως αποτέλεσμα τη δημιουργία τριών ευδιάκριτων προτύπων (IGS απλότυποι 1,2,3) για αυτές τις απομονώσεις του Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum, ικανές να τις διαχωρίζουν από άλλες ειδικές μορφές (formae speciales) του Fusarium oxysporum...
description: Cotton fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum (FOV), is considered as a major threat for commercial cotton production worldwide due to its devastating effect on the vascular system of cotton plants and its ability to survive in water, seeds or soil for very long periods. Therefore accurate characterization and sensitive detection in potential contamination sources of these pathogenic FOV isolates are prerequisites for the application of a prevention program and for the developing of key strategies in disease management. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of the repetitive regions of the ribosomal intergenic spacer regions (IGS) and digestion with three restriction enzymes (AluI, HaeIIIII, RsaI) resulted in three unique restriction profiles (IGS haplotypes 1,2,3) for Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum isolates, capable of distinguishing them from other formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum. In addition, a portion of the IGS region flanking the 5' end was sequenced and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were revealed. Using these data there were developed two specific Real Time PCR-based assays for the absolute quantification of genomic DNA from these isolates in soil substrates and infected cotton tissues. Standard curves showed a linear relation (r2=0.99) between log values of fungal genomic DNA and Real Time PCR threshold cycles...
Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Orthostatic Tremor
Creators: name: Yaltho, Toby C.
name: Ondo, William G.
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2011

description: Background: Orthostatic tremor is an uncommon disorder manifest by high frequency, low amplitude leg tremor upon weight bearing. Treatment with oral tremor agents is inconsistent and usually not satisfactory. Methods: We implanted bilateral ventralis intermedius nuclei deep brain stimulators into an 82-year-old male with refractory orthostatic tremor. Results: The patient had a marked subjective and objective improvement in leg and arm tremor, mainly manifested by an improved ability to stand. Discussion: Bilateral thalamic deep brain stimulation may be considered in refractory cases of orthostatic tremor.
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Supplementary document for Rapid Azoospermia Classification by Stimulated Raman Scattering and Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy - 6540353.pdf
Creators: name: Huang, Jie
name: Tang, Xiaobin
name: Chen, Zhicong
name: Li, Xiaomin
name: Zhang, Yongqing
name: Huang, Xiangjie
name: Zhang, Delong
name: An, Geng
name: Lee, Hyeon Jeong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supporting figures
Επισκοπικοί ναοί της μέσης βυζαντινής περιόδου: το παράδειγμα της Μακεδονίας
Creators: name: Καραγιάννη, Φλώρα Γ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2006
Subjects: Επίσκοπος/Επισκοπή
Επισκοπικός ναός/Επισκοπείο
Εκκλησιαστικά κέντρα
Bishop/Bisopric
Episcopal church/Cathedral/Episcopeion
Ecclesiastical centers

description: Αντικείμενο της παρούσας διδακτορικής διατριβής αποτελούν οι ναοί που σώζονται στο χώρο της βυζαντινής Μακεδονίας από τη μέση βυζαντινή περίοδο και λειτουργούσαν ως έδρες επισκόπων ή μητροπολιτών. Στόχος της εργασίας υπήρξε η αναζήτηση των ειδικών χαρακτηριστικών και η διερεύνηση της θέσης που κατείχαν οι ναοί αυτής της κατηγορίας στη θρησκευτική και λατρευτική ζωή των βυζαντινών. Στο πλαίσιο της παραπάνω αναζήτησης εξετάζονται αρχικά, ζητήματα που σχετίζονται με την ιδιότητα των ναών αυτών ως εκκλησιαστικών κέντρων, στα οποία ο επίσκοπος τελούσε με μεγαλοπρέπεια τις ιερές ακολουθίες και τα μυστήρια και στη συνέχεια, ειδικότερα θέματα που αφορούν τη λειτουργία τους ως διοικητικών κέντρων, όπου εξυπηρετούσαν ποικίλες δραστηριότητες της επισκοπής(φύλαξη ιερών αντικειμένων, σύγκληση συνόδων, τόπος δημοσιοποίησης διαταγμάτων και συνοδικών αποφάσεων). Η μελέτη των αρχιτεκτονικών χαρακτηριστικών και των λειτουργικών κατασκευών, καθώς και η αναζήτηση της θέσης που καταλάμβαναν στον ιστό της βυζαντινής πόλης και του άμεσου περιβάλλοντος των επισκοπικών ναών αποτελούν επιπλέον θεματικές στις οποίες εστιάζει η εργασία, σε μια προσπάθεια συνθετικής προσέγγισης της μορφής και του χαρακτήρα των επισκοπικών ναών. Στην τεκμηρίωση των μνημείων αποσκοπεί η εκπόνηση του καταλόγου των σωζόμενων ναών στη Μακεδονία, τον οποίο συνοδεύει παράρτημα σχεδίων και φωτογραφιών
description: The present doctorate deals with the byzantine churches of Macedonia, which were used as seats of bishops or metropolitans. The main goal was to investigate the special characteristics and the place which the churches of this category occupied, in the everyday, religious and ecclesiastical life of the Byzantins. In the first chapter, issues are discussed that are related to the role these churches played as centers of worship in the cities, where the bishop used to celebrate the Holy Liturgy and other services(akolouthies) and mysteries as well. In the second chapter, the episcopal churches are examined through their function as ecclesiastical centers where several activities of the bishoprics took place(e.g. storage of holy objects, liturgical vessels and books, organisation of synods and publication of edicts or special synodic decisions). The study of the architectural features, and liturgical constructions(synthronon, episcopical throne and ambo). as well as the investigation of the space that episcopal churches occupied within the city-grid and of their surrounding area are special issues that this dissertation focuses on. The whole text in which the pre-mentioned issues are discussed, is accompanied by and extended catalogue of the monuments preserved in the byzantine Macedonia, and by two appendixes which include plans and photographs of the episcopal churches
Μελέτη της αντίδρασης σύνθεσης & αποσύνθεσης της ΝΗ3 σε ατμοσφαιρική πίεση
Creators: name: Σκόδρα, Αγλαϊα Δ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2006
Subjects: Στερεοί ηλεκτρολύτες
Πρωτονιακοί αγωγοί
Καταλύτης Ρουθήνιο
Solid electrolytes
Proton conductors
Ruthenium catalyst

description: Η παρούσα διατριβή αποτελεί έρευνα προς εύρεση νέων αποδοτικότερων και οικονομικότερων μεθόδων παραγωγής ΝΗ3, καθώς και παραγωγής Η2 απ'τη διάσπασή της. Το ρουθήνιο (Ru) ήταν ο καταλύτης και για τις δύο αντιδράσεις. Κατά την ηλεκτρολυτική αποσύνθεση της ΝΗ3 με επιβολή συνεχούς δυναμικού, παρατηρήθηκε αύξηση του καταλυτικού ρυθμού και μείωση της φαινόμενης ενέργειας ενεργοποίησης έως 75%. Επίσης, με χρήση παλμικού δυναμικού και επιβολή τετραγωγνικών παλμών παρατηρήθηκε πως ο καταλύτης απενεργοποιούνταν λιγότερο από ότι το συνεχές ρεύμα. Κατά την ηλεκτροκαταλυτική σύνθεση ΝΗ3 με χρήση πρωτονιακού αγωγού παράχθηκε ΝΗ3 από αέριο Ν2 και από Η2 που προερχόταν από ηλεκτρόλυση του Η2Ο, σε ελάχιστη όμως ποσότητα συγκριτικά με την ενέργεια που δαπανήθηκε για την ηλεκτρόλυση του νερού και τη μεταφορά του Η2 διαμέσων του πρωτονιακού αγωγού με τη μορφή πρωτονίων(Η+)
description: The present thesis aims to find more efficient and economic methods of NH3 synthesis and to produce H2 from the decomposition of NH3. Ruthenium(Ru) was the catalyst for both reactions. During the electrocatalytic NH3 decomposition by applying constant currents through a proton conductor, caused an increase in the catalytic rate and a decrease in the apparent activation energy up to 75%. Furthermore, by applying square waves, the deactivation of the catalyst was less than that occured by constant voltage. During the electrocatalytic NH3 Synthesis, NH3 was produced by N2 in the gas phase and H2 from the electrolysis of H2O. However, the amount of NH3 produced was rather small compared to the energy consumed for the electrolysis of H2O and the transfer of H2 through the solid electrolyte in the form of protons (H+)
Encephalopathy, Hypoglycemia, and Flailing Extremities: A Case of Bilateral Chorea–Ballism Associated with Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Creators: name: Guerrero, Waldo R
name: Okun, Michael S.
name: McFarland, Nikolaus R.
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2012

description: Background: Hypo/hyperglycemia is a known cause of chorea and hemiballism. The temporallobes, hippocampus, basal ganglia, and substantia nigra are most susceptible to hypoglycemic changes. Methods: We present a caseof bilateral chorea and bi-ballism accompanied by encephalopathyin the setting of severe hypoglycemia and diabetic ketoacidosis. The patient had brain MRI changes involving both caudate nuclei, temporal lobes, and hippocampi. Discussion: This case demonstrates the basal ganglia's vulnerability to hypoglycemia and the need for cautious evaluation of involuntary movements when they occur in the setting of encephalopathy.
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Plectic Galois action on CM points and connected components of Hilbert modular varieties
Creators: name: Leonhardt, Marius
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11G15, 14G35

description: We expand on Nekovář's construction of the plectic half transfer to define a plectic Galois action on Hilbert modular varieties. More precisely, we study in a unifying fashion Shimura varieties associated to groups that differ only in the centre from $R_{F/\mathbb{Q}}{\rm GL}_2$. We define plectic Galois actions on the CM points and on the set of connected components of these Shimura varieties, and show that these two actions are compatible. This extends the plectic conjecture of Nekovář--Scholl.
description: This is the version to appear in Bull. Lond. Math. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1112/blms.12692. The start of Section 2.3 has been rewritten to expand on the moduli space interpretation of Hilbert modular varieties. Comments welcome!
Inclusive Photoproduction of $η$ Mesons on Nuclei and the in-medium properties of the S$_{11}$ Resonance
Creators: name: Hedayati-Poor, M.
name: Sherif, H. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A relativistic non-local model for the inclusive photoproduction of $η$ mesons from complex nuclei is introduced. The model is based on the dominance of the S$_{11}$(1535) resonance. We compare the results of our calculations with the available data on inclusive cross sections for the nuclei C, Al and Cu. Assuming the resonance propagates freely in the nuclear medium, we find that the calculated angular distribution and energy dependence of the cross sections reproduce the data in a reasonable fashion. The present non-local model allows the inclusion of density dependent mass and width in the calculations. Including these in the calculations reveals that the presently available data do not show clear preference for the inclusion of such modifications of the properties of the S$_{11}$(1535) in the nuclear medium.
description: 15 pages, 8 figures
Paesaggio e società. Una prospettiva geografica di Benedetta Castiglioni
Creators: name: Squarcina, Enrico
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2023

description: Quello del paesaggio è uno dei temi più ambigui e discussi non solo in ambito geografico. Di paesaggio si sono occupati pittori, storici, architetti, urbanisti, sociologi e politici dandone interpretazioni differenziate, ma in dialogo, a volte conflittuale, tra loro. Anche da ciò deriva la difficoltà di scrivere di paesaggio. Benedetta Castiglioni in questo lavoro, che riprende riflessioni sul tema svolte in anni di lavoro dando loro una cornice unitaria e un’interpretazione complessiva dichiarata fin dall’introduzione, sottolinea come il paesaggio sia il frutto dell’interazione tra gli aspetti fisici del mondo e chi li osserva, ne costruisce rappresentazioni, li valuta e incessantemente li modifica in modo consapevole o inconsapevole: che il paesaggio è un prodotto sociale.
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 1 (2023): Critical toponimy: practices of (re)naming and the power to trasnform time into space
Topological phase transition in chiral graphene nanoribbons: from edge bands to end states
Creators: name: Li, Jingcheng
name: Sanz, Sofia
name: Merino-Díez, Nestor
name: Vilas-Varela, Manuel
name: Garcia-Lekue, Aran
name: Corso, Martina
name: de Oteyza, Dimas G.
name: Frederiksen, Thomas
name: Peña, Diego
name: Pascual, Jose Ignacio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Precise control over the size and shape of graphene nanostructures allows engineering spin-polarized edge and topological states, representing a novel source of non-conventional $π$-magnetism with promising applications in quantum spintronics. A prerequisite for their emergence is the existence of robust gapped phases, which are difficult to find in extended graphene systems: only armchair graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) show a band gap that, however, closes for any other GNR orientation. Here we show that semi-metallic chiral GNRs (chGNRs) narrowed down to nanometer widths undergoes a topological phase transition, becoming first topological insulators, and transforming then into trivial band insulators for the narrowest chGNRs. We fabricated atomically precise chGNRs of different chirality and size by on surface synthesis using predesigned molecular precursors. Combining scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) measurements and theory simulations, we follow the evolution of topological properties and bulk band gap depending on the width, length, and chirality of chGNRs. The first emerging gapped phases are topological, protected by a chiral interaction pattern between edges. For narrower ribbons, the symmetry of the interaction pattern changes, and the topological gap closes and re-opens again as a trivial band insulator. Our findings represent a new platform for producing topologically protected spin states and demonstrates the potential of connecting chiral edge and defect structure with band engineering.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
Diffusion of Botulinum Toxins
Creators: name: Brodsky, Matthew A.
name: Swope, David M.
name: Grimes, David
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2012

description: Background: It is generally agreed that diffusion of botulinum toxin occurs, but the extent of the spread and its clinical importance are disputed. Many factors have been suggested to play a role but which have the most clinical relevance is a subject of much discussion. Methods: This review discusses the variables affecting diffusion, including protein composition and molecular size as well as injection factors (e.g., volume, dose, injection method). It also discusses data on diffusion from comparative studies in animal models and human clinical trials that illustrate differences between the available botulinum toxin products (onabotulinumtoxinA, abobotulinumtoxinA, incobotulinumtoxinA, and rimabotulinumtoxinB). Results: Neither molecular weight nor the presence of complexing proteins appears to affect diffusion; however, injection volume, concentration, and dose all play roles and are modifiable. Both animal and human studies show that botulinum toxin products are not interchangeable, and that some products are associated with greater diffusion and higher rates of diffusion-related adverse events than others. Discussion: Each of the botulinum toxins is a unique pharmacologic entity. A working knowledge of the different serotypes is essential to avoid unwanted diffusion-related adverse events. In addition, clinicians should be aware that the factors influencing diffusion may range from properties intrinsic to the drug to accurate muscle selection as well as dilution, volume, and dose injected.
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Il supporto alla gestione ambientale tramite la mappatura dei servizi ecosistemici culturali di un sito Natura 2000 di proprietà privata
Creators: name: Battisti, Luca
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2023

description: Le tematiche relative alla tutela, valorizzazione e fruizione di siti Natura 2000 risultano essere di grande interesse in ambito professionale e accademico, in particolare per ricerche di tipo quantitativo e qualitativo, soprattutto in ambito geografico. Non di rado i siti Natura 2000 hanno subìto cambiamenti di proprietà nel corso del tempo, vedendo a volte tra i proprietari anche soggetti privati che, per tutelare gli aspetti ecologici del sito, hanno dovuto terminare le attività economiche condotte prima della designazione della proprietà ad area protetta, evidenziando la necessità di una nuova modalità di utilizzo e fruizione di tali spazi. Il contributo propone un approccio metodologico volto a garantire la tutela e una nuova fruizione di tali aree, analizzando la fornitura di servizi ecosistemici culturali, mediante il metodo di mappatura partecipativa. Il caso di studio è l'area privata di proprietà di Stellantis nel parco protetto e sito Natura 2000 "ZSC IT1110079 La Mandria", a nord-ovest di Torino (Italia).
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 2 (2023)
Strategy bifurcation and spatial inhomogeneity in a simple model of competing sellers
Creators: name: Mitchell, L.
name: Ackland, G. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Trading and Market Microstructure (q-fin.TR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: We present a simple one-parameter model for spatially localised evolving agents competing for spatially localised resources. The model considers selling agents able to evolve their pricing strategy in competition for a fixed market. Despite its simplicity, the model displays extraordinarily rich behavior. In addition to ``cheap'' sellers pricing to cover their costs, ``expensive'' sellers spontaneously appear to exploit short-term favorable situations. These expensive sellers ``speciate'' into discrete price bands. As well as variety in pricing strategy, the ``cheap'' sellers evolve a strongly correlated spatial structure, which in turn creates niches for their expensive competitors. Thus an entire ecosystem of coexisting, discrete, symmetry-breaking strategies arises.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures, epl2; 1 new figure, include nash equilibrium analysis, typo fixes
Current Gaps in Understanding the Molecular Basis of FXTAS
Creators: name: Hagerman, Paul J
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2012

description: Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a neurodegenerative disorder with defining clinical features that include kinetic tremor, gait ataxia, and parkinsonism, with associated features spanning medical, cognitive, and psychiatric clinical domains. The emerging model for the pathogenesis of FXTAS is that of RNA toxicity as a consequence of the sequestration of RNA binding proteins by the expanded CGG-repeat element within the FMR1 message, thus compromising the normal functions of those proteins. A principal challenge at this point is to determine precisely which proteins are involved in FXTAS pathogenesis and how to prevent or reverse this process. A second challenge is to determine why there is incomplete penetrance of FXTAS among premutation carriers with identical CGG-repeat lengths, and what the protective factors are in some carriers. Finally, the discovery in premutation mice of early neurodevelopmental abnormalities, some occurring even during late embryogenesis, raises the question of whether FXTAS is the end-stage of a life-long process of neuronal dysregulation. If an extended pre-clinical phase precedes the development of FXTAS, there is great potential for therapeutic intervention, years or even decades before its clinical features are manifest.
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Test of J-matrix inverse scattering potentials on electromagnetic reactions of few-nucleon systems
Creators: name: Barnea, Nir
name: Leidemann, Winfried
name: Orlandini, Giuseppina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The J-matrix inverse scattering nucleon-nucleon potentials (JISP), describing both two-nucleon data and bound and resonant states of light nuclei to high accuracy, are tested on the total photoabsorption cross sections of Deuteron, Triton, 3He and 4He. The calculations in the three- and four-body systems are carried out via the Lorentz integral transform method and the hyperspherical harmonics (HH) technique. To this end the HH formalism has been adapted to accommodate non-local potentials. The cross sections calculated with the JISP are compared to those obtained with more traditional realistic interactions, which include two- and three-nucleon forces. While the results of the two kinds of potential models do not differ significantly at lower energies, beyond the resonance peak they show fairly large discrepancies, which increase with the nuclear mass. We argue that these discrepancies may be due to a probably incorrect long range behavior of the JISP, since the one pion exchange is not manifestly implemented there.
description: 18 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
MAGNETO: Fingerprinting USB Flash Drives via Unintentional Magnetic Emissions
Creators: name: Ibrahim, Omar Adel
name: Sciancalepore, Savio
name: Oligeri, Gabriele
name: Di Pietro, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Universal Serial Bus (USB) Flash Drives are nowadays one of the most convenient and diffused means to transfer files, especially when no Internet connection is available. However, USB flash drives are also one of the most common attack vectors used to gain unauthorized access to host devices. For instance, it is possible to replace a USB drive so that when the USB key is connected, it would install passwords stealing tools, root-kit software, and other disrupting malware. In such a way, an attacker can steal sensitive information via the USB-connected devices, as well as inject any kind of malicious software into the host. To thwart the above-cited raising threats, we propose MAGNETO, an efficient, non-interactive, and privacy-preserving framework to verify the authenticity of a USB flash drive, rooted in the analysis of its unintentional magnetic emissions. We show that the magnetic emissions radiated during boot operations on a specific host are unique for each device, and sufficient to uniquely fingerprint both the brand and the model of the USB flash drive, or the specific USB device, depending on the used equipment. Our investigation on 59 different USB flash drives---belonging to 17 brands, including the top brands purchased on Amazon in mid-2019---, reveals a minimum classification accuracy of 98.2% in the identification of both brand and model, accompanied by a negligible time and computational overhead. MAGNETO can also identify the specific USB Flash drive, with a minimum classification accuracy of 91.2%. Overall, MAGNETO proves that unintentional magnetic emissions can be considered as a viable and reliable means to fingerprint read-only USB flash drives. Finally, future research directions in this domain are also discussed.
description: Accepted for publication in ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS) in September 2020
Blueing the Coastline. From Heavy Industry to Sport Tourism in the Years Following World War II: The Case of Trieste
Creators: name: Modaffari, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2023

description: Negli ultimi decenni il litorale di Trieste è stato oggetto di una radicale operazione di blueing attraverso la quale ha finalmente riacquisito il suo rapporto con il mare. Tale caratteristica, al centro dell’identità urbana fin dal 1719, anno in cui la città viene dichiarata porto franco, da fine Ottocento viene oscurata da un’industrializzazione pesante i cui maggiori esempi sono la Ferriera di Servola e la Raffineria Aquila. Questi stabilimenti mutarono l'identità della città in direzione dell'industria pesante ma già dal secondo dopoguerra si registrarono i segnali dell’inesorabile declino. Gradualmente, l'idea di Trieste come città industriale ha fatto spazio a un'agenda blu il cui esempio più significativo è un grande evento di turismo sportivo, la regata velica Barcolana, grazie a cui la città sta tracciando un nuovo percorso verso un futuro basato sul mare e sulla sua tutela. Il presente articolo propone una lettura di tali eventi e dell'operazione di blueing attuata a Trieste, a partire dalla documentazione visuale nota e inedita relativa alla Ferriera, alla Raffineria dell'Aquila e alla Riviera di Barcola.
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 2 (2023)
Branching, Capping, and Severing in Dynamic Actin Structures
Creators: name: Gopinathan, Ajay
name: Lee, Kun-Chun
name: Schwarz, J. M.
name: Liu, Andrea J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Branched actin networks at the leading edge of a crawling cell evolve via protein-regulated processes such as polymerization, depolymerization, capping, branching, and severing. A formulation of these processes is presented and analyzed to study steady-state network morphology. In bulk, we identify several scaling regimes in severing and branching protein concentrations and find that the coupling between severing and branching is optimally exploited for conditions {\it in vivo}. Near the leading edge, we find qualitative agreement with the {\it in vivo} morphology.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
Ενεργοποίηση της οδού της ενδοτοξίνης (LPS) από βλάβη συντήρησης των ηπατικών μοσχευμάτων
Creators: name: Τσουλφάς, Γεώργιος Α.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2006
Subjects: Βλάβη ισχαιμίας/επαναιμάτωσης
Ενδοτοξίνη
Reperfusion injury
Endotoxin (LPS)

description: Γενικό μέρος. Η βλάβη ισχαιμίας/επαναιμάτωσης αποτελεί σημαντικό πρόβλημα στην κλινική μεταμόσχευση ήπατος.Έχει ως αποτέλεσμα αυξημένο κίνδυνο πρώϊμης ανεπάρκειας του οργάνου ή ακόμη και πρωτοπαθούς μη λειτουργίας. Επιπροσθέτως συνεισφέρει στην οξεία έλλειψη δοτών λόγω της αυξημένης ευαισθησίας του ήπατος οριακών δοτών σε ισχαιμική βλάβη.Σκοπός της εργασίας είναι να αξιολογήσουμε αν το μονοπάτι μεταγωγής σήματος της ενδοτοξίνης (LPS)ενεργοποιείται στην μεταμόσχευση ήπατος μετά από βλάβη ισχαιμίας/επαναιμάτωσης. Μέθοδοι.Το μοντέλο το οποίο χρησιμοποιήθηκε είναι ένα μοντέλο ορθοτοπικής μεταμόσχευσης ήπατος σε συγγενείς αρουραίους με 0-18 ώρες χρόνο ψυχρής ισχαιμίας σε διάλυμμα του Πανεπιστημίου του Wisconsin.Τα ζώα θυσιάστηκαν σε διαφορετικές χρονικές στιγμές μετά την επαναιμάτωση κι έγιναν μετρήσεις για τα διαφορετικά τμήματα της οδού της ενδοτοξίνης. Αποτελέσματα.Τα επίπεδα της ενδοτοξίνης LPS στον ορό βρέθηκαν αυξημένα νωρίς μετά την επαναιμάτωση.Οι τρανσαμινάσες ΑST και ALT αυξήθηκαν στο μέγιστο 12 ώρες μετά την μεταμόσχευση.Το mRNA και η πρωτεϊνη LBP, καθώς και το CD14mRNA και TLR2mRNA αυξήθηκαν 6-12 ώρες μετά την επαναιμάτωση. Επίσης παρατηρήσαμε σημαντική αύξηση τόσο στο NF-kB όσο και στο AP-1. Συμπέρασμα.Τα δεδομένα αυτά αποδεικνύουν ότι η ενεργοποίηση του μονοπατιού μεταγωγής σήματος της ενδοτοξίνης (LPS) είναι αποτέλεσμα της βλάβης ισχαιμίας / επαναιμάτωσης σε ένα μοντέλο μεταμόσχευσης ήπατος
description: Background.Ischemia / Reperfusion injury (I/R) is an important problem in clinical liver transplantation.It can result in delayed graft function, or even primary nonfuction.In addition, it adds to the severe lack of donors due to the increasead vulnerability of marginal donor grafts to I/R injury.The goal of this study is to evaluate whether the LPS signaling pathway is activated in liver transplanation after I/R injury.Methods.The rar model of orthotopic liver transplantation, a syngeneic model, was used with 0-18 hours of cold ischemia using the University of Wisconsin presernation solution.The recipients were sacrificed at different time intervals following reperfusion and measurements were performed for the different parts of the endotoxim pathway.Results.The endotoxim LPS levels in the serum were found to be elevated early after reperfusion.The transaminases AST and ALT reached their peak elevation 12 hours after the transplantation.LBP mRNA and protein, as well as CD14mRNA and TLR2 mRNA were induced 6-12 hours after reperfusion.Me also observed a significant induction of the transcription factors NF-kB and AP-1.Conclusion.This study shows that the activation of the endotoxim LPS signaling pathway is the result of the ischemia reperfusion injury in the model of liver transplantation
L’evoluzione del turismo a Capri: storia di una trasfigurazione che minaccia mito e identità
Creators: name: Russo Krauss, Dionisia
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2023

description: Iniziato alla fine dell'Ottocento ma divenuto progressivamente più intenso dagli anni Sessanta del XX secolo, il processo di turistificazione dell'isola di Capri ha prodotto profondi mutamenti sociali e trasformazioni territoriali. Ai benefici apportati dallo sviluppo turistico si sono affiancati una serie di costi che risultano evidenti sia ragionando sul consumo di spazio derivante dall'urbanizzazione innescata dall'espansione della domanda che osservandone le conseguenze sull'ambiente e la società locale; l'enorme crescita del flusso del turismo "mordi e fuggi", d'altra parte, ha determinato effetti sempre più gravi in termini di perdita di vivibilità e offuscamento del mito dell'isola. Partendo da queste considerazioni, il contributo si propone di riflettere sulla situazione di sovraffollamento stagionale vissuta dall'isola, al fine di ribadire la necessità, per non compromettere ulteriormente la capacità di carico territoriale e deteriorare le risorse locali, di un effettivo cambiamento di rotta nella pianificazione strategica e nella governance del turismo.
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 2 (2023)
Yang-Mills instanton as a quantum black hole
Creators: name: Slizovskiy, Sergey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In terms of spin-charge separated variables, the Minkowski space Yang-Mills BPST instanton describes a locally conformally flat doubly-wrapped cigar manifold that can be viewed as a Euclidean quantum black hole. An ensemble of instantons then corresponds to a ``spacetime foam'' that creates a locally conformally flat spacetime from ``nothing'' as a quantum fluctuation.
description: 11 pages, revised
Erratum for Rocon, E., Gallego, J. A., Belda-Lois, J. M., Benito-Leon, J., & Pons, J. L. (2012). Biomechanical loading as an alternative treatment for tremor: A review of two approaches. Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2, 1-13.
Creators: name: Louis, Elan D.
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2013

description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Guidance Mechanism for Flexible Wing Aircraft Using Measurement-Interfaced Machine Learning Platform
Creators: name: Abouheaf, Mohammed
name: Mailhot, Nathaniel
name: Gueaieb, Wail
name: Spinello, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The autonomous operation of flexible-wing aircraft is technically challenging and has never been presented within literature. The lack of an exact modeling framework is due to the complex nonlinear aerodynamic relationships governed by the deformations in the flexible-wing shape, which in turn complicates the controls and instrumentation setup of the navigation system. This urged for innovative approaches to interface affordable instrumentation platforms to autonomously control this type of aircraft. This work leverages ideas from instrumentation and measurements, machine learning, and optimization fields in order to develop an autonomous navigation system for a flexible-wing aircraft. A novel machine learning process based on a guiding search mechanism is developed to interface real-time measurements of wing-orientation dynamics into control decisions. This process is realized using an online value iteration algorithm that decides on two improved and interacting model-free control strategies in real-time. The first strategy is concerned with achieving the tracking objectives while the second supports the stability of the system. A neural network platform that employs adaptive critics is utilized to approximate the control strategies while approximating the assessments of their values. An experimental actuation system is utilized to test the validity of the proposed platform. The experimental results are shown to be aligned with the stability features of the proposed model-free adaptive learning approach.
title: François Villon in English : translation and cross-cultural poetic influence
Creators: name: Pascolini-Campbell, Claire
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/02wn5qz54
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2014

description: This thesis argues that François Villon becomes a significant, but overlooked, influence in the tradition of English poetry, and that this influence reveals itself in translations, adaptations, and responses to his work. By focusing on the way in which numerous high profile poets in the United Kingdom and the United States have reacted to Villon, this study will posit that the reasons behind the appeal of his oeuvre as a source text lie both in the protean nature of his narrative voice and in the myth of his life. The inter-lingual intertextual relationships established through translation and the residue of Villon in English poetic tradition will be presented by means of five case studies, all taking the work of a specific poet as their theme: Algernon Charles Swinburne; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Ezra Pound; Basil Bunting; and Robert Lowell. These five poets are presented as being exemplary of a greater tradition of translating Villon into English, and will take the reader from the first verse translations of his work in the nineteenth century, to postmodern adaptations and parodies of Villon in the twentieth. They will illustrate the specified intertextual relationships that exist both between source text and target text, and the work of one translator and another, thereby demonstrating the accumulation of influences at play in any one translation of this medieval French poet. In so doing, this thesis will also explore translation and adaptation as dialogical and transformative spaces, distinct from other genres in their ability to establish cross-cultural and interlingual intertexts. Translation and adaptation as spaces of cultural and linguistic hybridity will be demonstrated by observing some of the ways in which Villon has left his mark on English verse, and some of the Villons that anglophone poets have created in their turn.
Trascrizione della relazione che Eugen Dollmann consegnò a Giovanni Barbareschi nel 1948
(Relazione conservata nella Biblioteca dell’ INSMLI
fondo Barbareschi b 1 fasc. 19
Viale Sarca, 336 - Milano)
Creators: name: Molari, Pier Gabriele
name: Magnini, Elena
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2014
Subjects: M-STO/02 Storia moderna

description: Si trascrive il memorandum che Eugen Dollmann scrisse di proprio pugno nel 1948 e consegnò a Giovanni Barbareschi.
Una lettura necessaria per meglio comprendere, con le dovute cautele, un drammatico periodo della storia della nostra Italia nella interpretazione, ovviamente di parte e scritta a posteriori, di un protagonista del periodo di occupazione nazista e delle prolungate trattative per la resa delle SS in Italia.
Sembra utile ricordare al lettore anche ciò che Dollmann scrisse:
"L’odio dell’Italia s’è però rivolto contro i piccoli comandanti, non sempre criminali. Insuperabile questa ricetta del tenersi fra le quinte, ringraziando la preveggente madre natura dell’averci reso indifferenti come Harster al bizzarro ed ingiusto mondo esterno."
[E. Dollmann, Roma Nazista, Ed. Longanesi, Milano 1949, pag. 346-347].

Nel testo sono state mantenute le interruzioni di pagina e, per rendere più scorrevole la lettura, sono stati corretti alcuni errori di grammatica.
Biomechanical Loading as an Alternative Treatment for Tremor: A Review of Two Approaches
Creators: name: Rocon, Eduardo
name: Gallego, Juan Álvaro
name: Belda-Lois, Juan Manuel
name: Benito-León, Julián
name: Pons, José Luis
Publisher: name: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Year: 2012

description: Background: Tremor is the most common movement disorder and strongly increases in incidence and prevalence with aging. Although not life threatening, upper-limb tremors hamper the independence of 65% of people suffering from them affected persons, greatly impacting their quality of life. Current treatments include pharmacotherapy and surgery (thalamotomy and deep brain stimulation). However, these options are not sufficient for approximately 25% of patients. Therefore, further research and new therapeutic options are required to effectively manage pathological tremor. Methods: This paper presents findings of two research projects in which two different wearable robots for tremor management were developed based on force loading and validated. The first consisted of a robotic exoskeleton that applied forces to tremulous limbs and consistently attenuated mild and severe tremors. The second was a neuroprosthesis based on transcutaneous neurostimulation. A total of 22 patients suffering from parkinsonian or essential tremor (ET) of different severities were recruited for experimental validation, and both systems were evaluated using standard tasks employed for neurological examination. The inclusion criterion was a postural and/or kinetic pathological upper-limb tremor resistant to medication. Results: The results demonstrate that both approaches effectively suppressed tremor in most patients, although further research is required. The work presented here is based on clinical evidence from a small number of patients (n = 10 for robotic exoskeleton and n = 12 for the neuroprosthesis), but most had a positive response to the approaches. In summary, biomechanical loading is non-invasive and painless. It may be effective in patients who are insufficiently responsive (or have adverse reactions) to drugs or in whom surgery is contraindicated. Discussion: This paper identifies and evaluates biomechanical loading approaches to tremor management and discusses their potential. Erratum published March 14, 2013
description: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Back-to-Africa introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the main cause of tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Creators: name: Zwyer, Michaela
name: Rutaihwa, Liliana K
name: Windels, Etthel
name: Hella, Jerry
name: Menardo, Fabrizio
name: Sasamalo, Mohamed
name: Sommer, Gregor
name: Schmülling, Lena
name: Borrell, Sonia
name: Reinhard, Miriam
name: Dötsch, Anna
name: Hiza, Hellen
name: Stritt, Christoph
name: Sikalengo, George
name: Fenner, Lukas
name: De Jong, Bouke C
name: Kato-Maeda, Midori
name: Jugheli, Levan
name: Ernst, Joel D
name: Niemann, Stefan
name: Jeljeli, Leila
name: Ballif, Marie
name: Egger, Matthias
name: Rakotosamimanana, Niaina
name: Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy
name: Asare, Prince
name: Malla, Bijaya
name: Dou, Horng Yunn
name: Zetola, Nicolas
name: Wilkinson, Robert J
name: Cox, Helen
name: Carter, E Jane
name: Gnokoro, Joachim
name: Yotebieng, Marcel
name: Gotuzzo, Eduardo
name: Abimiku, Alash'le
name: Avihingsanon, Anchalee
name: Xu, Zhi Ming
name: Fellay, Jacques
name: Portevin, Damien
name: Reither, Klaus
name: Stadler, Tanja
name: Gagneux, Sebastien
name: Brites, Daniela
Publisher: name: The Francis Crick Institute
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: Model organisms
subject: Model organisms
classificationCode: Infectious Disease
subject: Infectious Disease
classificationCode: Human Biology & Physiology
subject: Human Biology & Physiology
classificationCode: Immunology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: In settings with high tuberculosis (TB) endemicity, distinct genotypes of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) often differ in prevalence. However, the factors leading to these differences remain poorly understood. Here we studied the MTBC population in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania over a six-year period, using 1,082 unique patient-derived MTBC whole-genome sequences (WGS) and associated clinical data. We show that the TB epidemic in Dar es Salaam is dominated by multiple MTBC genotypes introduced to Tanzania from different parts of the world during the last 300 years. The most common MTBC genotypes deriving from these introductions exhibited differences in transmission rates and in the duration of the infectious period, but little differences in overall fitness, as measured by the effective reproductive number. Moreover, measures of disease severity and bacterial load indicated no differences in virulence between these genotypes during active TB. Instead, the combination of an early introduction and a high transmission rate accounted for the high prevalence of L3.1.1, the most dominant MTBC genotype in this setting. Yet, a longer co-existence with the host population did not always result in a higher transmission rate, suggesting that distinct life-history traits have evolved in the different MTBC genotypes. Taken together, our results point to bacterial factors as important determinants of the TB epidemic in Dar es Salaam.
Non-SUSY $p$-branes, bubbles and tubular branes
Creators: name: Lu, J. X.
name: Roy, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider non-supersymmetric $p$-brane solutions of type II string theories characterized by three parameters. When the charge parameter vanishes and one of the other two takes a specific value, the corresponding chargeless solutions can be regular and describe ``bubbles'' in static (unstable) equilibrium when lifted to $d = 11$. In appropriate coordinates, they represent D6 branes with a tubular topology R$^{1,p}$ $\times$ S$^{6-p}$ when reduced to $d=10$, called the tubular D6 branes, held in static equilibrium by a fixed magnetic flux (fluxbrane). Moreover, a `rotation parameter' can be introduced to either of the above two eleven dimensional configurations, giving rise to a generalized configuration labelling by the parameter. As such, it brings out the relations among non-supersymmetric $p$-branes, bubbles and tubular D6 branes. Given our understanding on tubular D6 branes, we are able to reinforce the interpretation of the chargeless non-supersymmetric $p$-branes as representing $p$-brane-anti$p$-brane (or non-BPS $p$-brane) systems, and understand the static nature and various singularities of these systems in a classical supergravity approximation.
description: 18 pages, footnote 7 removed due to some error