CERN Storage Systems for Large-Scale Wireless

The project aims at evaluating the use of CERN computing infrastructure for next generation sensor networks data analysis. The proposed system allows the simulation of a large-scale sensor array for traffic analysis, streaming data to CERN storage systems in an efficient way. The data are made available for offline and quasi-online analysis, enabling both long term planning and fast reaction on the environment

Large mammal remains from the early pleistocene site of Podere San Lorenzo (Perugia, Central Italy)

Most of the research on fossil mammals from Umbria (central Italy) has been carried out in the southwestern branch of the Tiber basin, due to its paleontological richness. This portion of the basin extends from Perugia to Terni and corresponds to a well-defined half-graben filled with fluvial-lacustrine deposits. The paleontological sample presented here was discovered in a sand and gravel quarry at Podere San Lorenzo, East of the town of Deruta. The stratigraphic succession exposed in the quarry is no longer visible, but we describe here a new outcrop (Palazzone), which is not far from Podere San Lorenzo and shows comparable facies associations. The two successions were deposited in a fluvial environment characterized by an average reduction of the hydrodynamic energy from the bottom upwards. They are referred to the Early Pleistocene Santa Maria di Ciciliano Subsyntheme (Madonna dei Bagni Lithofacies). Large mammal remains are attributed to Mammuthus cf. meridionalis (Nesti, 1825), Stephanorhinus etruscus (Falconer, 1859), Equus stenonis Cocchi, 1867, Leptobos cf. etruscus (Falconer, 1868), ‘Pseudodama’ nestii (Azzaroli, 1947), and Sus strozzii Forsyth Major, 1881. Some hyena coprolites are also reported. The assemblage is typical of the early Late Villafranchian Land Mammal Age and can be referred to the Olivola/Tasso Faunal Units (about 2.0–1.8 Ma). This is in agreement with the alleged age of some other assemblages found in the southwestern branch of the Tiber basin (e.g., Torre Picchio, Villa San Faustino, Colle Sant’Andrea, Pantalla)

Modelling the built environment: Spatial patterns, siting techniques and layout works of non-monumental architecture in Early Bronze Age Eastern Arabia

The interest in the built environment of Early Bronze Age Eastern Arabia is rapidly increasing with the emergence of new field data from the excavation of settlement sites. However, little is known about architectural planning and spatial patterns in the region. This article explores non-monumental architecture throughout the 3rd millennium BCE.A series of methods (Pythagorean triples, modular grids, interception of circles) were used to assess the geometric and metric characteristics of buildings, and to stress regularities and variation in the long term. The results of these analyses suggest the application of specific techniques in layout and construction works: the intersection of circles during the Hafit occupations, and more sophisticated techniques, combining the properties of circles and triangles, during the Umm an-Nar period.The diachronic approach allowed by the temporal span of the occupations highlights a firm progression of architectural paradigms and building crafts throughout the EBA. The evidence hints at the existence of specialized work force since the dawn of the Bronze Age, and reveals a sharp increase of technicity and standardization towards the end of the 3rd millennium.Horizon 2020(H2020)Archaeology of the Near Eas

Domenico Losurdo 1941-2018, in memoriam

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Bibliografia completa e approvata di Domenico Losurdo

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Ernst Jünger: l’Arbeiter, la guerra e l’incanto della razionalizzazione

Nel 1945, quando la Seconda guerra mondiale era appena finita, Martin Heidegger scriveva un’interessante memoria sugli anni del proprio Rettorato all’Università di Friburgo e sui rapporti intrattenuti in quell’epoca con il nazionalsocialismo. In questo testo, che veniva redatto anche pensando alla propria difesa personale nei confronti delle pesanti accuse di collusione con il regime appena deposto e che sarà pubblicato soltanto diversi anni più tardi, Heidegger riconosceva esplicitamente l’importanza cruciale della riflessione di Ernst Jünger per l’elaborazione della propria visione del presente storico e delle sue coordinate metafisiche. Nel saggio di Jünger su La mobilitazione totale, del 1930, e soprattutto nella sua opera capitale, Der Arbeiter, del 1932, diceva Heidegger, l’«essenziale comprensione» del ruolo ontologico della volontà di potenza messo in luce da Nietzsche faceva sì che «venissero visti e prefigurati la storia e il presente dell’Occidente», permettendo a chi realmente intendeva tali idee di «cogliere ciò che era sul punto di affacciarsi sull’orizzonte della nostra storia».[Segue nel testo ...]* Presentato dal Dipartimento di Scienze Umane “Pasquale Salvucci”

Questione nazionale e «fronte unico»: Zetkin, Radek e la lotta d’egemonia contro il fascismo in Germania

After the end of the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles and the French military occupation of the Ruhr mines, is Germany still the heart of the forthcoming socialist revolution in Europe? Or will the neo-nationalist movements prevail, producing catastrophic consequences also for Soviet Russia itself? The anxiety with which the Comintern strives to analyze the fascist phenomenon, that from Italy seems to start expanding across the continent, was anything but excessive. In Clara Zetkin’s and Karl Radek’s reflections, in particular, the task of a confrontation with the fascist movements becomes an hegemonic struggle focused on the German national question. Keywords: German Revolution; National Question; Communism; Neo-nationalism; Radek; Zetkin; Lenin

The first excavation season at the Early Bronze Age settlement of Ra's al-Jinz RJ-3.

This paper presents the results of the first excavation season at the Early Bronze Age settlementof Ras Al Jinz RJ-3, in the coastal southern Sharquiyyah. Unexplored until the recent excavationcampaign, except for a small sounding excavated during the 1990s by the Joint Hadd Project (JHP),the Um An Nar site of RJ-3 most likely formed a single, large settlement with the site of RJ-2, locatedon the other side of the bay, and explored for over two decades in the frame of the JHP. Based onpreliminary survey, the distribution of surface material at RJ-3 hinted at a specialised area, related todifferent sorts of craft activities. The results of the current season of excavation confirm the presenceof craft-related areas, at least for the most recent Um An Nar occupations, which were extensivelyexcavated. Furthermore, a series of deep trenches shows the presence of three periods of occupations,spanning from the late Neolithic to the end of the Um An Nar period, and with an intermediate phasethat might be ascribed to the very beginning of the Bronze Age. Although the chronological frame ofthis occupation needs to be verified through further explorations, a stratigraphic sequence of over 2.5m is quite exceptional in the coastal contexts of the area. Besides, shall the presence of a Hafit phasebe confirmed, the site would display a continuity of occupation so far unique in coastal Sharquiyyah.Archaeology of the Near Eas

Cento anni dalla Rivoluzione d’ottobre: un convegno di studi

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WSN and RFID Integration in the IoT scenario: an Advanced Safety System for Industrial Plants

The paper proposes and discusses the integration of WSN and RFID technologies in the IoT scenario. The proposed approach is based on the REST paradigm, thanks to which the two technologies can be seamless integrated by representing sensors, actuators and RFID related data as network resources globally addressable through state-of-the-art IoT protocols. The integration approach is detailed for the Smart Factory use case by proposing and developing an advanced IoT-based WSN and RFID integrated solution aiming at improving safety in industrial plants. The developed system can guarantee a safe access to factory dangerous areas in which safety equipments are required. In the paper, the system design is first presented, then, all the developed hardware and software solutions are described before presenting system performance results in a real test bed. System performance are reported in terms of response time and accuracy for authorization control and location tracking applications