cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Accidental SO(10) axion from gauged flavour
Creators: name: Di Luzio, Luca
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2020
Subjects: axion: potential
axion: mass
symmetry: Peccei-Quinn
dimension: 9
SO(10)
quality
flavor
SU(3)
unified field theory
grand unified theory
seesaw model
fluctuation
U(1)

description: An accidental U(1) Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry automatically arises in a class of SO(10) unified theories upon gauging the SU(3)f$_{f}$​ flavour group. The PQ symmetry is protected by the $\mathbb{Z}_4 \times \mathbb{Z}_3$ center of SO(10)×SU(3)$_f$ up to effective operators of canonical dimension nine (developing high-scale contributions to the axion potential). In the pre-inflationary PQ breaking scenario the axion mass window is predicted to be $m_a$∈[7×10$^{−8}$,10$^{−3}$] eV, where the lower end is bounded by the seesaw scale and the upper end by iso-curvature fluctuations. A high-quality axion, that is immune to the PQ quality problem, is obtained for $m_a$ ≳0.02 eV. We finally offer a general perspective on the PQ quality problem in 4D grand unified theories.
Lygus pratensis
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Lygus
Lygus pratensis

description: Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cimex pratensis Linnaeus, 1758: 448.
NEW DATA. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 900 m, 44.24899°N, 7.38166°E (WGS84), 28.VII.2015, LB & MN leg., 7 specimens, MZUF, MNHN. — Valdieri, Colle dell’Arpione, 1750 m, 44.27762°N, 7.30121°E (WGS84), 30.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1635 m, 44.19694°N, 7.4838°E (WGS84), 21.VI.2013, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF.
CHOROTYPE. — Palaearctic.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 283, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
Revolutionary landscapes: the PCTP/MRPP mural paintings in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
Creators: name: Carmo, André
Publisher: name: Finisterra
Year: 2012

description: This article investigates the mural paintings made by the PCtP/MrPP in the Lisbon Metropolitan area, in the aftermath of the 1974 Portuguese revolution. Drawing on erwin Panofsky’s iconographic method of interpretation, murals are explored from an integrated landscape approach that combines two perspectives: landscapes as representations and landscapes as material artifacts. findings suggest that the PCtP/MrPP mural paintings translated the visual ideology of social transformation and revolution underlying its politics. furthermore, they also crystallized performative revolutionary landscapes, in the sense that they materialized acts of collective artistic citizenship, in which the social space of mural production played a fundamental role.
description: Finisterra, vol. 46 n.º 92 (2011)
Lygus punctatus
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Lygus
Lygus punctatus

description: Lygus punctatus (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Phytocoris punctatus Zetterstedt, 1838: 273.
NEW DATA. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 1360 m, 44.23738°N, 7.38143°E (WGS84), 21.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 1360 m, 44.23738°N, 7.38143°E (WGS84), 21.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Limone Piemonte, La Perla, 1650 m, 44.17084°N, 7.61385°E (WGS84), 15.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 15 specimens, coll. PD, MZUF. — Limone Piemonte, La Perla, 2020 m, 44.15528°N, 7.1753°E (WGS84), 11.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Limone Piemonte, La Perla, 2020 m, 44.15528°N, 7.1753°E (WGS84), 28.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré (Garbella), 1650 m, 44.19694°N, 7.4838°E (WGS84), 19.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Valdieri, Gias della Casa, Gesso della Valletta stream, c. 1675 m, 44.174°N, 7.267°E (WGS84), 28.VII.2015, FC, SR, FT, MD, PD, MN, LB leg., 4 specimens, MZUF. — Limone Piemonte, Gias della Perla, La Perla small lake, 2036 m, 44.1542°N, 7.6183°E (WGS84), 27.VII.2015, LB, FC, PD, MD, MN, SR, FT leg., 12 specimens, MZUF, MNHN.
CHOROTYPE. — Holarctic.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 283, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
Lygus wagneri
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Lygus
Lygus wagneri

description: Lygus wagneri (Remane, 1955)
Lygus (Exolygus) wagneri Remane, 1955: 115.
NEW DATA. — Limone Piemonte, Gias della Perla, La Perla small lake, 2036 m, 44.1542°N, 7.6183°E (WGS84), 27.VII.2015, LB, FC, PD, MD, MN, SR, FT leg., 12 specimens, MZUF. — San Giacomo di Entracque, Prà del Rasur, 1500 m, 44.17261°N, 7.39636°E (WGS84), 05.IX.2003, MN, MD leg., 10 specimens, MZUF. — Valdieri, Colle dell’Arpione, 1750 m, 44.27762°N, 7.30121°E (WGS84), 09.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Colle dell’Arpione, 1770 m, 44.2694°N, 7.30712°E (WGS84), 22.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Gias della Casa, pebble ponds e Gesso della Valletta stream, c. 1675 m, 44.174°N, 7.267°E (WGS84), 28.VII.2015, LB, FC, PD, MD, MN, SR, FT leg., 4 specimens, MZUF. — Valdieri, Pian della Casa, 1650 m, 44.17446°N, 7.2672°E (WGS84), 30.VII.2013, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Terme di Valdieri, La Valletta, 1552 m, 44.19083°N, 7.26778°E (WGS84), 17.VII.1914, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Valasco, 1500 m, 44.204067°N, 7.256410°E (WGS84), 09.IX.2013, MN, MD leg., 3 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1670 m, 44.2041°N, 7.48709°E (WGS84), 11.VII.2013, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré 1625 m, 44.19694°N, 7.4838°E (WGS84), 17.VIII.2013, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, Vilazzo lake, 1840 m, 44.16689°N, 7.49876°E (WGS84), 15.VII.2013, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1580 m, 44.19503°N, 7.49107°E (WGS84), 03.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 5 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1770 m, 44.198119°N, 7.478328°E (WGS84), 21.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 4 specimens, MZUF, MNHN. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1800 m, 44.198119°N, 7.478328°E (WGS84), 30.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1920 m, 44.199977°N, 7.474896°E (WGS84), 26.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 2000 m, 44.20033°N, 7.47289°E (WGS84), 24.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 4 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 2120 m, 44.19726°N, 7.47119°E (WGS84), 27.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, Gias Garbella, 1650 m, 44.19694°N, 7.4838°E (WGS84), 13.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 5 specimens, MZUF, MNHN. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, Gias Garbella, 1650 m, 44.19694°N, 7.4838°E (WGS84), 19.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 10 specimens, MZUF.
CHOROTYPE. — Asiatic-European.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 284, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
Macrotylus (Macrotylus) herrichi
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Macrotylus
Macrotylus herrichi

description: Macrotylus (Macrotylus) herrichi (Reuter, 1873)
Hoplomachus herrichi Reuter, 1873: 24.
NEW DATA. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 1000 m, 44.250810°N, 7.377315°E (WGS84), 21.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 1360 m, 44.23738°N, 7.38143°E (WGS84), 21.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1580 m, 44.19503°N, 7.49107°E (WGS84), 03.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF.
CHOROTYPE. — Turano-European.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 284, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
Honors Convocation, Salisbury University, 2006
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2006
Subjects: Salisbury University
Salisbury (Md.)
Convocation ceremonies

description: The Honors Convocation ceremonies at Salisbury University celebrate the school’s outstanding scholars and student leaders each spring. It has been held annually since 1956.
Honors Convocation, Salisbury University, 2005
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2005
Subjects: Salisbury University
Salisbury (Md.)
Convocation ceremonies

description: The Honors Convocation ceremonies at Salisbury University celebrate the school’s outstanding scholars and student leaders each spring. It has been held annually since 1956.
Honors Convocation, Salisbury University, 2004
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2004
Subjects: Salisbury University
Salisbury (Md.)
Convocation ceremonies

description: The Honors Convocation ceremonies at Salisbury University celebrate the school’s outstanding scholars and student leaders each spring. It has been held annually since 1956.
Macrotylus (Macrotylus) quadrilineatus
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Macrotylus
Macrotylus quadrilineatus

description: Macrotylus (Macrotylus) quadrilineatus (Schrank, 1785)
Cimex quadrilineatus Schrank, 1785: 339.
NEW DATA. — Entracque, S of Suffiet bridge, Bousset stream and right tributary, c. 1185 m, 44.1925°N, 7.4466°E (WGS84), 28.VII.2015, LB, FC, PD, MD, MN, SR, FT leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Pian del Valasco, 1747 m, 44.19608°N, 7.23051°E (WGS84), 20.VIII.2013, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Valdieri, Pian della Casa, 1650 m, 44.17446°N, 7.2672°E (WGS84), 24.VII.2013, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Valasco, 1500 m, 44.204067°N, 7.256410°E (WGS84), 09.IX.2013, Norbiato, 1 specimen, MZUF.
CHOROTYPE. — European.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 284, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
Primordial gravitational waves in a minimal model of particle physics and cosmology
Creators: name: Ringwald, Andreas
name: Saikawa, Ken’ichi
name: Tamarit, Carlos
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2020
Subjects: gravitational radiation: primordial
model: minimal
fluctuation: tensor
baryon: asymmetry
neutrino: mass
strong interaction: CP
critical phenomena
inflation
cosmological model
equation of state
interferometer
Peccei-Quinn
temperature
dark matter
sensitivity
horizon
axion

description: In this paper we analyze the spectrum of the primordial gravitational waves (GWs) predicted in the Standard Model*Axion*Seesaw*Higgs portal inflation (SMASH) model, which was proposed as a minimal extension of the Standard Model that addresses five fundamental problems of particle physics and cosmology (inflation, baryon asymmetry, neutrino masses, strong CP problem, and dark matter) in one stroke. The SMASH model has a unique prediction for the critical temperature of the second order Peccei-Quinn (PQ) phase transition $T_c \sim 10^8\,\mathrm{GeV}$, implying that there is a drastic change in the equation of state of the universe at that temperature. Such an event is imprinted on the spectrum of GWs originating from the primordial tensor fluctuations during inflation and entering the horizon at $T \sim T_c$, which corresponds to $f \sim 1\,\mathrm{Hz}$, pointing to a best frequency range covered by future space-borne GW interferometers. We give a precise estimation of the effective relativistic degrees of freedom across the PQ phase transition and use it to evaluate the spectrum of GWs observed today. It is shown that the future high sensitivity GW experiment -- ultimate DECIGO -- can probe the nontrivial feature resulting from the PQ phase transition in this model.
Mecomma (Globicellus) dispar
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Mecomma
Mecomma dispar

description: Mecomma (Globicellus) dispar (Boheman, 1852)
Cyllecoris dispar Boheman, 1852: 72.
NEW DATA. — Limone Piemonte, Gias della Perla, La Perla small lake, 2036 m, 44.1542°N, 7.6183°E (WGS84), 27.VII.2015, LB, FC, PD, MD, MN, SR, FT leg., 1 ♀, MZUF.
CHOROTYPE. — Sibero-European.
REMARK
In Northern Europe this species lives in coastal wetlands, while S of the Alps it can be found between 1000 and 1900 m a.s.l.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 284, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
Megaloceroea recticornis
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Megaloceroea
Megaloceroea recticornis

description: Megaloceroea recticornis (Geoffroy, 1785)
Cimex recticornis Geoffroy, 1785: 209.
NEW DATA. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 1000 m, 44.250810°N, 7.377315°E (WGS84), 21.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 1000 m, 44.250810°N, 7.377315°E (WGS84), 28.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 1360 m, 44.23738°N, 7.38143°E (WGS84), 21.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 3 specimens, MZUF. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 950 m, 44.250810°N, 7.377315°E (WGS84), 06.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Entracque, S of Suffiet bridge, Bousset stream and right tributary, c. 1185 m, 44.1925°N, 7.4466°E (WGS84), 28.VII.2015, LB, FC, PD, MD, MN, SR, FT leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Colle dell’Arpione, 1750 m, 44.27762°N, 7.30121°E (WGS84), 09.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Colle dell’Arpione, 1770 m, 44.2694°N, 7.30712°E (WGS84), 22.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Valdieri, Gias della Casa, small pools in a peat bog and Gesso della Valletta stream, c. 1675 m, 44.174°N, 7.267°E (WGS84), 28.VII.2015, LB, FC, PD, MD, MN, SR, FT leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1670 m, 44.2041°N, 7.48709°E (WGS84),‰ 5.VIII.2013, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1600 m, 44.19503°N, 7.49107°E (WGS84), 23.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 3 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1625 m, 44.19694°N, 7.4838°E (WGS84), 17.VIII.2013, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1680 m, 44.2041°N, 7.48709°E (WGS84), 25.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 9 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1730 m, 44.2041°N, 7.48709°E (WGS84), 06.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1800 m, 44.198119°N, 7.478328°E (WGS84), 30.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MNHN. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1800 m, 44.198119°N, 7.478328°E (WGS84), 08.VIII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF.
CHOROTYPE. — West-Palaearctic.
REMARK
Introduced in North America and New Zealand; it is one of the more common Italian mirids (Carapezza 2007).
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 284, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
Desarrollo local en el pirineo catalán: impulso económico y uso sostenible del territorio
Creators: name: Vera, Ana
name: Badia, Anna
name: Tulla, Antoni
Publisher: name: Finisterra
Year: 2012

description: Al estudiar el desarrollo local sostenible en el Pirineo Catalán, donde coinciden los impactos sobre el territorio debido al abandono de zonas de montaña junto a la ocupación intensiva de otras, es muy importante poder valorar aquellas actividades respetuosas con el medio social y natural frente a las que solo se fijan en los resultados econó-micos. se explican distintos casos de los que se profundiza en dos de ellos. se plantean las premisas metodológicas que definen a las áreas de montaña como periféricas en el territorio y se tratan los marcos teóricos de los dos casos seleccionados.  en las conclusiones se  defiende la utilización de modelos como la “segunda mejor opción” para poder valorar las ventajas de cada actividad.
description: Finisterra, vol. 46 n.º 92 (2011)
Miris striatus
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Miris
Miris striatus

description: Miris striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cimex striatus Linnaeus, 1758: 449.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri, Terme di Valdieri, La Valletta, 1550 m, 44.19083°N, 7.26778°E (WGS84), 17.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1635 m, 44.187716°N, 7.492824°E (WGS84), 28.VI.2013, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF.
CHOROTYPE. — European.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 285, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
L-Arginine Induces White Adipose Tissue Browning—A New Pharmaceutical Alternative to Cold
Creators: name: Kalezic, Andjelika
name: Korac, Aleksandra
name: Korac, Bato
name: Jankovic, Aleksandra
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: 60104 Cell Metabolism

description: The beneficial effects of L-arginine supplementation in obesity and type II diabetes involve white adipose tissue (WAT) reduction and increased substrate oxidation. We aimed to test the potential of L-arginine to induce WAT browning. Therefore, the molecular basis of browning was investigated in retroperitoneal WAT (rpWAT) of rats exposed to cold or treated with 2.25% L-arginine for 1, 3, and 7 days. Compared to untreated control, levels of inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase protein expression and NO signaling increased in both cold-exposed and L-arginine-treated groups. These increases coincided with the appearance of multilocular adipocytes and increased expression levels of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1), thermogenic and beige adipocyte-specific genes (Cidea, Cd137, and Tmem26), mitochondriogenesis markers (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-coactivator-1α, mitochondrial DNA copy number), nuclear respiratory factor 1, PPARα and their respective downstream lipid oxidation enzymes after L-arginine treatment. Such browning phenotype in the L-arginine-treated group was concordant with end-course decreases in leptinaemia, rpWAT mass, and body weight. In conclusion, L-arginine mimics cold-mediated increases in NO signaling in rpWAT and induces molecular and structural fingerprints of rpWAT browning. The results endorse L-arginine as a pharmaceutical alternative to cold exposure, which could be of great interest in obesity and associated metabolic diseases.
title: Exploring the Aetiology and Effects of Pharmacological Cognitive Enhancement use in UK University Students.
Creators: name: Tully, J
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2020

description: Media claims suggest that use of pharmacological cognitive enhancers (PCE) in UK universities is significant and is increasing, though academic research has come to less consistent conclusions. While there has been expansion of research in this area, the public health impact of long-term PCE use, including the potential for adverse effects to cognitive, neurological and physiological functioning remains unclear. Consequently, this thesis aimed to investigate the aetiology and long-term effects of PCE use in some UK universities. Study 1 aimed to investigate CE use in four UK universities, including: which substances are commonly used, the reasons for use and which factors relate to consumption. Here, caffeinated products were the most popular, followed by modafinil. Furthermore, several sociodemographic and personality variables were part of a statistical model to predict CE use, although only gender, age and moral perceptions of modafinil use were found to be significant. Study 2 focussed on modafinil as the most popular PCE aiming to assess the long-term impact (> 3 months) of use on executive functioning by administering various cognitive performance measures. Despite no behavioural differences on the 2-back (working memory) and the continuous performance task (sustained attention), modafinil users responded to both horizontal and vertical cues more quickly than nonusers on the cued go/no-go task (inhibitory control) without experiencing an accuracy trade-off or performance decrement. To investigate the neural substrates of any potential cognitive deficits, Study 3 assessed cognitive and neurophysiological processes by using functional near-infrared spectroscopy, electrocardiogram and a digital sphygmomanometer alongside cognitive performance measures designed to increase cognitive workload. It was found that there were no behavioural performance differences on easy and difficult variants of the multitasking framework (stressor) or 3-back (working memory) between groups, but users experienced significantly lower systolic blood pressure across the tasks and greater haemodynamic change during the 3-back. Blood pressure indicated that users appeared 11 | P a g e less physiologically aroused during performance measures, but increased haemodynamic response compared with controls revealed possible underlying cognitive deficits. Taken as a whole, modafinil appears to be the most popular PCE in the UK for university students, and long-term use unexpectedly revealed enhanced inhibitory control but possible deficits to working memory performance. This research consolidates previous claims about modafinil as the most popular PCE among UK university students. Furthermore, this is the first study to investigate long-term modafinil use and establish behavioural and neurophysiological differences with nonusers.
Notostira elongata
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Notostira
Notostira elongata

description: Notostira elongata (Geoffroy, 1785)
Cimex elongatus Geoffroy, 1785: 208.
NEW DATA. — Valdieri, Colle dell’Arpione, 1750 m, 44.27762°N, 7.30121°E (WGS84), 30.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 2 specimens, MZUF, coll. PD.
CHOROTYPE. — Palaearctic.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 285, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
title: WORK-LIFE BALANCE EXPERIENCES OF INTERNATIONAL PHD STUDENTS IN UK HIGHER EDUCATION
Creators: name: Evwerhamre, F
Publisher: name: Liverpool John Moores University
Year: 2020

description: This phenomenological study explores the work-life balance experiences of international PhD students studying full-time in UK higher education. This research sought to answer the question: how do international PhD students maintain a balance between academic demands (work) and personal life? It intends to understand how these students manage the demands of their research and personal life while considering the financial needs, language barrier, attrition rate and visa requirements they face during their studies. Drawing on interpretivism, this phenomenological study uses the qualitative method of semi-structured interviews to explore the personal experiences and perceptions of these individuals. The participants were recruited, utilising purposive and snowball sampling. The research sample was from 26 participants who were students at a University in North West England from various fields and different levels of study. The data collected was analysed using the step by step guide of thematic analysis outlined by Braun & Clarke (2006). The findings of the research indicate that the major challenge these students face in their PhD journey is financial constraint. They also experienced challenges such as language barriers and isolation as a result of being distant from their extended family, although most of them had their spouses and children around. Despite the challenges experienced, the desire to complete their PhD led them to develop coping strategies such as prioritising, setting out a plan and working with a schedule. The support from their family and society also helped them to maintain a good work-life balance. Additionally, the support from their supervisors, institutional workshops and seminars as well as their colleagues acted as a form of organisational support, thereby helping most of them to balance their work (study) and family lives.
Notostira erratica
Creators: name: Norbiato, Margherita
name: Dioli, Paride
name: Cianferoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Notostira
Notostira erratica

description: Notostira erratica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cimex erraticus Linnaeus, 1758: 449.
NEW DATA. — Entracque, Fus Carbonaro, 900 m, 44.24899°N, 7.38166°E (WGS84), 29.VII.2015, LB & MN leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Limone Piemonte, La Perla, 1650 m, 44.17084°N, 7.61385°E (WGS84), 15.VII.2014, MN, MD leg., 2 ♀, MZUF. — San Giacomo di Entracque, Prà del Rasur, 1500 m, 44.17261°N, 7.39636°E (WGS84), 05.IX.2003, MN, MD leg., 10 specimens, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1635 m, 44.187716°N, 7.492824°E (WGS84), 23.VI.2013, MN, MD leg., 1 specimen, MZUF. — Vernante, loc. Palanfré, 1680 m, 44.2041°N, 7.48709°E (WGS84), 19.VI.2014, MN, MD leg., 2 ♀, MZUF.
CHOROTYPE. — Turano-European.
description: Published as part of Norbiato, Margherita, Dioli, Paride & Cianferoni, Fabio, 2019, Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation " Alpi Marittime " (NW Italy), pp. 269-312 in Zoosystema 41 (15) on page 285, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15, http://zenodo.org/record/3722483
Honors Convocation, Salisbury University, 2008
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008
Subjects: Salisbury University
Salisbury (Md.)
Convocation ceremonies

description: The Honors Convocation ceremonies at Salisbury University celebrate the school’s outstanding scholars and student leaders each spring. It has been held annually since 1956.
Scheepstra & Stewart 2022
Creators: name: Stewart, Kathryn
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 50202 Conservation and Biodiversity
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The following files are supplimentary material used in Jannick Scheepstra's capstone thesis at Leiden University under the supervision of Dr. Kat Stewart (Dr. Brendan Carroll as second supervisor).
Honors Convocation, Salisbury University, 2007
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2007
Subjects: Salisbury University
Salisbury (Md.)
Convocation ceremonies

description: The Honors Convocation ceremonies at Salisbury University celebrate the school’s outstanding scholars and student leaders each spring. It has been held annually since 1956.
title: The original of Max Uhle´s map of Pachacamac in Quito
Creators: name: Prümers, Heiko
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Peru
subject: Pachacamac
subject: Max Uhle
subject: Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño
subject: Peru
subject: Pachacamac
subject: Max Uhle
subject: Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño

description: Journal of Global Archaeology, 2020
description: Der deutsche Archäologe Max Uhle (1856–1944) führte im Jahre 1896 am Fundort Pachacamac, südlich von Lima, die ersten stratigraphischen Grabungen in Peru durch. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeiten legte er in einer Monographie vor, die 1903 erschien und Uhles Ruf als einer der führenden Archäologen seiner Zeit im Andengebiet begründete. Der Monographie beigefügt war ein Gesamtplan des über 1 km2 großen Ruinengeländes im Maßstab 1:2000. Das Original dieses Plans galt als verschollen und wurde erst kürzlich durch Zufall im Nachlass des ekuadorianischen Wissenschaftlers und Politikers Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño (1890–1950) entdeckt. Dieser Artikel beschreibt kurz die 25 großformatigen Blätter, aus denen sich der Originalplan zusammensetzt. Sein Hauptzweck besteht jedoch darin, der Frage nachzugehen, warum sich diese Blätter heute im Nachlass von Jijón y Caamaño befinden. Interessante Einblicke bietet hierzu die Korrespondenz zwischen den beiden Forschern, die in ihren jeweiligen Nachlässen aufbewahrt wird.
description: The map of Pachacamac made by the German archaeologist Max Uhle (1856–1944) while digging at the site in 1896 is an outstanding work of surveying. It was ncluded in the monographic report on Pachacamac published in 1903 which formed the basis of Uhle´s reputation as one of the leading archaeologists of his time working in the Andean area.The original plan was considered lost and was only recently discovered by chance in the estate of the Ecuadorian scientist and politician Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño (1890–1950). This article briefly describes the 25 large-format sheets that make up the original plan. Its main purpose, however, is to pursue the question of why this plan is now part of Jijón y Caamaño's estate. A plethora of information on this topic came from the correspondence between the two researchers, which is preserved in their respective estates.
Occupant requirements in residential buildings – an empirical study and a theoretical model
Creators: name: Völker, Conrad
name: Beckmann, Julia
name: Koehlmann, Sandra
name: Kornadt, Oliver
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2013

description: Occupant needs with regard to residential buildings are not well known due to a lack of representative scientific studies. To improve the lack of data, a large scale study was carried out using a Post Occupancy Evaluation of 1,416 building occupants. Several criteria describing the needs of occupants were evaluated with regard to their subjective level of relevance. Additionally, we investigated the degree to which deficiencies subjectively exist, and the degree to which occupants were able to accept them. From the data obtained, a hierarchy of criteria was created. It was found that building occupants ranked the physiological needs of air quality and thermal comfort the highest. Health hazards such as mould and contaminated building materials were unacceptable for occupants, while other deficiencies were more likely to be tolerated. Occupant satisfaction was also investigated. We found that most occupants can be classified as satisfied, although some differences do exist between different populations. To explain the relationship between the constructs of what we call relevance, acceptance, deficiency and satisfaction, we then created an explanatory model. Using correlation and regression analysis, the validity of the model was then confirmed by applying the collected data. The results of the study are both relevant in shaping further research and in providing guidance on how to maximize tenant satisfaction in real estate management.
title: The ceramic finds from Guadalupe, Honduras: Optimizing archaeological documentation with a combination of digital and analog techniques
Creators: name: Fecher, Franziska
name: Reindel, Markus
name: Fux, Peter
name: Gubler, Brigitte
name: Mara, Hubert
name: Bayer, Paul
name: Lyons, Mike
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Zentralamerika
subject: Honduras
subject: Postklassik
subject: Keramikzeichnung
subject: Streifenlichtscanner
subject: 3D-Modellierung
subject: Archäoinformatik
subject: Central America
subject: Honduras
subject: Postclassic period
subject: ceramic drawing
subject: structured light scanner
subject: 3D modelling
subject: Digital Archaeology

description: Journal of Global Archaeology, 2020
description: Archäologische Projekte sind am Ausgrabungsort oft mit der Verarbeitung von extrem großen Mengen von keramischem Material konfrontiert. Üblicherweise ist das Handzeichnen von diagnostischen Scherben und Gefäßen essenzieller Bestandteil von Dokumentation und Analyse des Fundgutes. Dies ist insbesondere bei komplexen Gefäßformen sehr zeitaufwendig. Das Archäologische Projekt Guadalupe arbeitet im Nordosten von Honduras mit dem Ziel, die lokale Kultur der Cocal-Periode (1000-1525 n. Chr.) zu charakterisieren. Während der Untersuchungen verglich das Projekt systematisch die Vorteile traditioneller Handzeichnungstechniken mit moderneren Ansätzen, wie z.B. der 3D-Modellierung und 3D-Datenverarbeitung, um einen effektiven Arbeitsablauf für die Dokumentation vor Ort zu entwickeln. Durch eine Kombination aus Scannen mit strukturiertem Licht, traditioneller Handzeichnung und der automatischen Erzeugung von Profilzeichnungen mit der 3D-Software GigaMesh konnten wir unsere Arbeit mit unterschiedlich gearteten Objekten durch die Anwendung der jeweils geeignetsten Technik optimieren.
description: Archaeological projects are often faced with processing unwieldy amounts of ceramic material on-site. This documentation and analysis has traditionally required hand drawing of diagnostic sherds and vessels, which is extremely time-consuming, especially when faced with complex forms. The Guadalupe Archaeological Project operates in northeast Honduras with the aim of characterizing the local culture of the Cocal period (AD 1000–1525). During investigations, the project systematically compared the benefits of traditional hand drawing techniques with more modern approaches, such as 3D modelling and 3D data processing, in order to develop an effective workflow for on-site documentation. Using a combination of structured light scanning, traditional drawing, and the automated generation of profile drawings in the 3D software GigaMesh, we were able to streamline our work by applying the appropriate technique on a case by case basis.
Measuring the human body’s micro‐climate using a thermal manikin
Creators: name: Völker, Conrad
name: Mämpel, Silvio
name: Kornadt, Oliver
Publisher: name: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Year: 2014

description: The human body is surrounded by a micro‐climate which results from its convective release of heat. In this study, the air temperature and flow velocity of this micro‐climate were measured in a climate chamber at various room temperatures, using a thermal manikin simulating the heat release of the human being. Different techniques (Particle Streak Tracking, thermography, anemometry, and thermistors) were used for measurement and visualization. The manikin surface temperature was adjusted to the particular indoor climate based on simulations with a thermoregulation model (UCBerkeley Thermal Comfort Model). We found that generally, the micro‐climate is thinner at the lower part of the torso, but expands going up. At the head, there is a relatively thick thermal layer, which results in an ascending plume above the head. However, the micro‐climate shape strongly depends not only on the body segment, but also on boundary conditions: the higher the temperature difference between the surface temperature of the manikin and the air temperature, the faster the air flow in the micro‐climate. Finally, convective heat transfer coefficients strongly increase with falling room temperature, while radiative heat transfer coefficients decrease. The type of body segment strongly influences the convective heat transfer coefficient, while only minimally influencing the radiative heat transfer coefficient.
title: Numerical simulation and analysis of high-speed unsteady spiked body flows
Creators: name: Feszty, Daniel
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Mechanical engineering, fluid mechanics.

description: High-speed unsteady spiked body flows were simulated and analysed by using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The model geometry was a forward facing cylinder equipped with a protruding spike. Various spike lengths were considered between L/D=1.00 and 2.40 in both flxed spike and moving spike configurations. Axisym- metric, laminar flow conditions were considered at two freestreams of Mach 2.21 and Mach 6.00 and Reynolds' numbers based on the blunt body diameter of 0.12 x 10.
title: Letter Detection in German Silent Reading: Some Linguistic Issues
Creators: name: Buck-Gengler, Carolyn
Publisher: name: Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: German language

description: In a German variant of a letter-detection experiment, native speakers of German read passages in German, searching for the letter d, t, n, or r in four passages. Many more instances of the letter d in definite articles and in the word und were missed than were missed in nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Subjects also missed more syllable-final instances of the letter d than syllable-initial d or syllable-final t. Cluster status and word location of the letter did not affect the results for final d. The first finding supports earlier similar findings by Healy (e.g. 1976) for English, and Ferstl 1991 for German, with respect to high frequency words in the language being read in units larger than the letter. The second finding is understood in terms of the German phenomenon of neutralizing the difference in pronunciation between d and t in syllable-final position. Other preliminary analyses of various linguistic phenomenon were more inconclusive, and point out areas for further research.
title: An Investigation of the Maya Vault. Methodology and Cultural Significance
Creators: name: Gilabert Sansalvador, Laura, Laura
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Arquitectura
subject: maya
subject: bóveda
subject: base de datos
subject: trabajo de campo
subject: levantamiento
subject: Architecture
subject: FOS: Civil engineering
subject: Maya
subject: vault
subject: database
subject: fieldwork
subject: survey

description: Journal of Global Archaeology, 2020
description: Este trabajo presenta la metodología empleada y los principales resultados obtenidos en una investigación realizada recientemente sobre la bóveda en la arquitectura maya. Para abordar esta investigación se registró una amplia muestra de 391 bóvedas de diferentes áreas geográficas y períodos cronológicos. Los datos tomados en campo se complementaron con la información de la bibliografía existente y se introdujeron en una Base de Datos de Bóvedas Mayas, un sistema creado ex profeso para archivar, analizar y comparar todas las características de las bóvedas. A partir de la muestra registrada se realizó un estudio arquitectónico en profundidad sobre la bóveda maya, que contempla los aspectos formales, geométricos, funcionales y constructivos, con especial atención al estado de conservación actual de los edificios y a los mecanismos de deterioro que les afectan. Como resultado, se propone una novedosa clasificación de la bóveda maya que atiende a diferentes criterios y que se establece como una herramienta muy útil para el registro de las bóvedas mayas. El análisis comparativo realizado entre las características de las bóvedas de diferentes áreas geográficas permitió caracterizar las variantes regionales de la bóveda maya y analizar su desarrollo temporal, revelando importantes resultados para la historia cultural de la civilización maya.
description: This paper presents the methodology and the main results of a recently conducted research about the vault in Maya architecture. The study examined this archetypal element by recording data from a wide sample of 391 vaults from different geographical zones and chronological periods. The data collected during fieldwork were complemented by results from previous studies and put into the Maya Vault Database, a new system created to archive, analyze and compare all the features of the vaults. The sample was then analysed from an architectural perspective, taking into account aspects such as form, geometry, function and constructive features of the vaulted spaces, and paying special attention to the conservation state and the mechanisms of decay affecting this type of structures. Based on this analysis, a general classification of the Maya vault according to various criteria was proposed, which provides an efficient tool to register and document Maya vaults. The comparative study of the sample allowed to identify the particularities and the most characteristic features of the vault regional variants, as well as to study their development over time, which reveals results of great interest for cultural history.
title: A closer look at Malaita's lithics. Preliminary results of a functional study of the lithic tools from Apunirereha and Ria, Solomon Islands
Creators: name: Tomasso, Julia
name: Moser, Johannes
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Lithologische Technologien
subject: Funktionelle Studien
subject: Salomon-Inseln
subject: Lithic technologies
subject: functional studies
subject: Solomon Islands

description: Journal of Global Archaeology, 2020
description: Diese Abhandlung liefert vorläufige Ergebnisse einer funktionalen Analyse, die an den lithischen Inventaren aus zwei Fundplätzen, dem Steinschlagatelier ‚Apunirereha‘ und vom Wohn- und Bestattungsplatz ‚Ria rock shelter‘ (Insel Malaita, Salomonen), durchgeführt wurden. Die funktionalen Studien widmen sich vornehmlich der Gebrauchsspuren- und Residuenanalyse an ausgewählten lithischen Werkzeugen. Alle Artefakte wurden in Abhängigkeit ihres individuellen Erhaltungszustandes sowohl makroskopisch als auch mikroskopisch untersucht. In Fällen ausgeprägter, postdepositional bedingter, Veränderungen beschränkten sich die Artefaktanalysen auf optische Beobachtungen mit geringeren Vergrößerungen. Die Ergebnisse bestätigen das Vorhandensein von benutzten und geschäfteten Werkzeugen und tragen somit zu einem besseren Verständnis des Funktionscharakters der verschiedenen Inventare aus den beiden Fundplätzen bei.
description: This paper presents the preliminary results of a functional analysis performed on the lithic assemblages of two archaeological sites from the Solomon Islands: the knapping workshop site of “Apunirereha” and the burial –living site “Ria rock shelter” (Malaita, Solomon Islands). The functional study included the analysis of wear traces and residues on a sample of lithic artefacts. All selected lithic artefacts were examined macro- and microscopically, adjusting the methodology according to the preservation state of individual artefacts and restricting the analysis to examination under low magnification in the case of extensive post-depositional alterations. The preliminary results obtained confirmed the presence of used and hafted artefacts and will contribute to a better understanding of the function of these tools from both sites.
title: Do South-Eastern Arabia's Earliest Extant Copper-Alloy Arrowheads date to the Wadi Suq Period?
Creators: name: Yule, Paul A.
name: Vogt, Burkhard
Publisher: name: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Pfeilspitze
subject: Hafit
subject: Wadi Suq
subject: Prähistorische Bronzefunde
subject: Kupferlegierung
subject: Artefakt-Klassifizierung
subject: arrowhead
subject: Hafit
subject: Wadi Suq
subject: Prähistorische Bronzefunde
subject: copper-alloy
subject: artefact classification

description: Journal of Global Archaeology, 2020
description: Die Untersuchung der prähistorischen metallischen Artefakte Südostarabiens entwickelt sich schnell und fast konvulsiv. Es leidet jedoch an einem Mangel an Forschungs- und Veröffentlichungsstandards und einer Diskussionskultur. Nach heutigem Kenntnisstand argumentieren die Autoren, die frühesten erhaltenen metallischen Pfeilspitzen Südost-Arabiens der Wadi Suq-Zeit zuzuordnen. Die zahlreichen Pfeilspitzen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der prähistorischen Fundinventar Südostarabiens, die für die arabische Chronologie insgesamt von wesentlicher Bedeutung ist. Dennoch sind die Kontexte des 3. und 2. Jahrtausends unerklärlicherweise frei von metallischen Pfeilspitzen und daher chronologisch verzerrt. Die südostarabische Archäologie muss die Klassifizierung von Artefakten zum Zwecke der Datierung stärker nutzen. Pfeilspitzen, die früher auf die Mitte des 2. Jahrtausends datiert waren, sind jetzt eindeutig teilweise in der frühen Eisenzeit datiert.
description: On current knowledge the authors argue to assign the earliest extant metallic arrowheads of south-eastern Arabia to the Wadi Suq period. Arrowheads are an important component of the south-eastern Arabia's prehistoric find assemblage, integral for chronology on the whole. Nonetheless, 3rd and 2nd millennium contexts are depleted of metallic arrowheads and are chronologically skewed. South-eastern Arabian archaeology must make greater use of artefact classification and typology for the purposes of dating not only to arrowheads, but also in general.
Modellizzazione Musicale Tramite Catene Di Markov
Creators: name: Simonetta, Federico
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Algoritmic Composition,Computer Music,Markov Chains

description: Questo lavoro ha avuto come obiettivo principale l'esplorazione del mondo della composizione algoritmica, in particolar modo di quel settore che opera con le catene di Markov, e lo sviluppo di un software che produca musica tramite catene di Markov allenate su brani preesistenti. Il primo capito- lo delinea brevemente le linee generali di una possibile storia del pensiero logico-razionale in musica. Non vuole essere una trattazione esaustiva, ma, riguardando argomenti già ampiamente conosciuti dagli studiosi, si pone come una proposta di percorso tematico. Il secondo capitolo tratta, dopo una breve introduzione teorica, alcuni lavori scientifici cui si è venuti a conoscenza. Si è individuata nella letteratura qui trattata due grandi linee di lavoro: una che riguarda l'analisi musicale assistita dal calcolatore e una che tratta nuovi metodi per le pratiche musicali, siano esse improvvisate o meno. Molti dei lavori citati sono di recente data, a conferma che si tratta di un settore in via di evoluzione. L'ultimo capitolo, infine, tratta del laboratorio annesso alla presente trattazione, durante il quale si è sviluppato un piccolo software in Java capace di elaborare brani tramite catene di Markov; alcuni risultati potrebbero essere utilizzati anche al fine dell'analisi musicale.