Cimici: guida al riconoscimento delle specie di interesse agrario nel Nord Italia

11openopenAngeli, G.; Borri, G.; Chiesa, S.G.; Chini, L.; Gallimbeni, L.; Marchesini, A.; Sofia, M.; Fellin, L.; Mazzoni, V.; Mottes, R.; Zapponi, L.Angeli, G.; Borri, G.; Chiesa, S.G.; Chini, L.; Gallimbeni, L.; Marchesini, A.; Sofia, M.; Fellin, L.; Mazzoni, V.; Mottes, R.; Zapponi, L

Higher-order singletons and partially massless fields

Based on the talk given by X.B. at the international conference “Mathematics Days in Sofia” held in July 2014 at Sofia (Bulgaria)We review the following higher-spin holographic duality conjecture: the O(N) model at an isotropic Lifshitz point of criticality order l+1 should be dual to a higher-spin gravity theory whose spectrum contains a tower of partially massless symmetric tensor fields of all even spins and all odd depths between 1 and 2l−1. More precisely, the Gaussian fixed point corresponding to free higher-order singletons on the d-dimensional boundary should be de-scribed in the bulk by the Vasiliev equations based on the symmetry algebra of the polywave equation of order 2l. Moreover, an elementary renormalization group analysis suggests that for l=2 and 5<d<11 both the free and the interacting isotropic Lifshitz point should be described by the same bulk theory but with distinct boundary conditions

Human Herpesvirus 8 in Healthy Blood Donors, Argentina

Fil: Pérez, Celeste L. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Virología. Servicio Cultivo de Tejidos; Argentina.Fil: Tous, Mónica I. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas; Argentina.Fil: Zala, Norma. Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas “Francisco J Muñiz,”; Argentina.Fil: Camino, Sofia. Hospital de Enfermedades Infecciosas “Francisco J Muñiz,”; Argentina

INTERARCH 2018. Participation to Exhibition Competition of Architectural Projects and Realizations: 07-20 May 2018.

Partecipazione alla Exhibition Competition of Architectural Projects and Realizations, 07-20 May 2018 a SOFIA, nell'ambito dell'evento INTERARCH 2018, WORLD TRIENNAL OF ARCHITECTURE. Esposizione del progetto "Light on Vallette", Torino. Con Maria L. Barelli.

Probiotic<i> Bacillus subtilis</i> protects against α-synuclein aggregation in <i>C. elegans</i>

How the gut microbiome affects Parkinson's disease remains unclear. Goya et al. show that the probiotic B. subtilis strain PXN21 inhibits and clears α-synuclein aggregation in a C. elegans model. The bacterium acts via metabolites and biofilm formation to activate protective pathways in the host, including DAF-16/FOXO and sphingolipid metabolism.Fil: Goya, María Eugenia. University of Edinburgh; Reino UnidoFil: Xue, Feng. University of Edinburgh; Reino UnidoFil: Sampedro Torres Quevedo, Cristina. University of Edinburgh; Reino UnidoFil: Arnaouteli, Sofia. University Of Dundee; Reino UnidoFil: Riquelme Dominguez, Lourdes. University of Edinburgh; Reino UnidoFil: Romanowski, Andrés. University of Edinburgh; Reino Unido. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires. Fundación Instituto Leloir. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Brydon, Jack. University of Edinburgh; Reino UnidoFil: Ball, Kathryn L.. University of Edinburgh; Reino UnidoFil: Stanley-Wall, Nicola R.. University Of Dundee; Reino UnidoFil: Doitsidou, Maria. University of Edinburgh; Reino Unid

Abundance and conservation status of two newly described lemur species in northwestern Madagascar (Microcebus danfossi, Lepilemur grewcockorum)

The distribution and abundance of Danfoss’ mouse lemurs (Microcebus danfossi) and Grewcock’s sportive lemurs (Lepilemur grewcockorum), two regional endemics from northwestern Madagascar, were studied from May to December 2008 in the Sofia region between the rivers Sofia and Maevarano. The goal was to investigate the size and quality of forest fragments and to determine the presence and abundance of the recently described M. danfossi and L. grewcockorum. They are confined to this region and their conservation status has not yet been determined. A total of eleven sites were visited and systematic census observations were carried out in each of them. M. danfossi was present in ten of eleven sites and its abundance ranged from 4.5 to 8.5 individuals per kilometer. L. grewcockorum was present in only three of eleven sites and its abundance ranged from 0.8 to one individual per kilometre. Based on the results of this study M. danfossi should be listed as Vulnerable and L. grewcockorum as Endangered. Based on the abundance data, the size and the general condition of the fragments, the forests of Anjajavy, Ambarijeby and Bekofafa are most favorable for future protection, because they still contain the most intact nocturnal lemur communities. KEYWORDS: Mouse lemur, distribution, fragmentation, primates, sportive lemur

Jet-related Excitation of the [CII] Emission in the Active Galaxy NGC 4258 with SOFIA

We detect widespread [CII]157.7um emission from the inner 5 kpc of the active galaxy NGC 4258 with the SOFIA integral field spectrometer FIFI-LS. The emission is found associated with warm H2, distributed along and beyond the end of southern jet, in a zone known to contain shock-excited optical filaments. It is also associated with soft X-ray hot-spots, which are the counterparts of the `anomalous radio arms' of NGC~4258, and a 1 kpc-long filament on the minor axis of the galaxy which contains young star clusters. Palomar-CWI H-alpha integral field spectroscopy shows that the filament exhibits non-circular motions within NGC 4258. Many of the [CII] profiles are very broad, with the highest line width, 455 km/s, observed at the position of the southern jet bow-shock. Abnormally high ratios of L([CII])/L(FIR) and L([CII])/L(PAH7.7um) are found along and beyond the southern jet and in the X-ray hotspots. These are the same regions that exhibit unusually large intrinsic [CII] line widths. This suggests that the [CII] traces warm molecular gas in shocks and turbulence associated with the jet. We estimate that as much as 40% (3.8 x 10^39 erg/s) of the total [CII] luminosity from the inner 5 kpc of NGC 4258 arises in shocks and turbulence (< 1% bolometric luminosity from the active nucleus), the rest being consistent with [CII] excitation associated with star formation. We propose that the highly-inclined jet is colliding with, and being deflected around, dense irregularities in a thick disk, leading to significant energy dissipation over a wide area of the galaxy.Comment: Accepted for Publication in the Astrophysical Journal Oct 29 201

CMS Resistive Plate Chamber overview, from the present system to the upgrade phase I

University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics, Atomic Physics Department, 5, James Bourchier Boulevard, BG-1164 Sofia, Bulgaria Ghent University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Proeftuinstraat 86, BE-9000 Ghent, Belgium Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Inst. for Nucl. Res. and Nucl. Energy, Tzarigradsko shaussee Boulevard 72, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria Peking University, Department of Technical Physics, CN-100 871 Beijing, China Universidad de Los Andes, Apartado A\'ereo 4976, Carrera 1E, no. 18A 10, CO-Bogot\'a, Colombia Academy of Scientific Research and Technology of the Arab Republic of Egypt, 101 Sharia Kasr El-Ain, Cairo, Egypt Panjab University, Department of Physics, Chandigarh Mandir 160 014, India Universita e INFN, Sezione di Bari, Via Orabona 4, IT-70126 Bari, Italy INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, PO Box 13, Via Enrico Fermi 40, IT-00044 Frascati, Italy Universita e INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Complesso Univ. Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, IT-80126 Napoli, Italy Universita e INFN, Sezione di Pavia, Via Bassi 6, IT-Pavia, Italy Department of Physics and Korea Detector Laboratory, Korea University, Aman-dong 5-ga, Sungbuk-gu, Seou,l Republic of Korea Sungkyunkwan University, Department of Physics 2066, Seobu-ro, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of KoreaComment: Conference Report for the "RPC2012 Conference" held in Frascati (ITALY) 12 pages, 10 figure