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Cura e educazione del corpo nella Colonia Eritrea
Il saggio riflette criticamente sulle politiche coloniali in Eritrea relative all'igiene, all'esercizio fisico e alla costruzione di "corpi docili"
Self-attraction effect and correction on three absolute gravimeters
The perturbations of the gravitational field due to the mass distribution of
an absolute gravimeter have been studied. The so called Self Attraction Effect
(SAE) is crucial for the measurement accuracy, especially for the International
Comparisons, and for the uncertainty budget evaluation. Three instruments have
been analysed: MPG-2, FG5-238 and IMPG-02. The SAE has been calculated using a
numerical method based on FEM simulation. The observed effect has been treated
as an additional vertical gravity gradient. The correction (SAC) to be applied
to the computed g value has been associated with the specific height level,
where the measurement result is typically reported. The magnitude of the
obtained corrections is of order 1E-8 m/s2.Comment: 14 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Metrologi
CPIA Palermo 1 e Itastra: due scuole migranti
Il volume raccoglie contributi di docenti di ItaStra e del Cpia Palermo 1 che hanno collaborato a un progetto rivolto all'apprendimento della lingua italiana e alla alfabetizzazione rivolto ad adolescenti ed adulti migranti coordinato da Mari D'Agostino (Direttrice di ItaStra) e Giuseppina Sorce (Dirigente Cpia Palermo 1)
Experimental Signals of Phase Transition
The connection between the thermodynamics of charged finite nuclear systems
and the asymptotically measured partitions is presented. Some open questions,
concerning in particular equilibrium partitions are discussed. We show a
detailed comparison of the decay patterns in Au+ C,Cu,Au central collisions and
in Au quasi-projectile events. Observation of abnormally large fluctuations in
carefully selected samples of data is reported as an indication of a first
order phase transition (negative heat capacity) in the nuclear equation of
state.Comment: 8 pages, 8th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions,
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The k0-INRIM software version 2.0: presentation and an analysis vademecum
The k0-INRIM software was developed at INRIM to perform k(0)-standardization Neutron Activation Analysis and evaluate combined uncertainty through application of the spreadsheet method. However, the presence of some limitation made its use, as a tool for routine NAA, impractical. With the aim to participate to the 2021 IAEA k(0)-NAA software intercomparison to evaluate the effect on mass fraction results due to software used, the k0-INRIM was sizably updated in order to meet the agreed functionality requirements to take part to the exercise. In this work, the version 2.0 of the software is presented and a point-by-point example analysis is displayed. The software version here described is available for download together with the corresponding updated user's manual
A promising new ELISA diagnostic test for cattle babesiosis based on Babesia bigemina Apical Membrane Antigen-1.
Babesiosis due to Babesia bigemina is a relevant tick‑borne disease, affecting cattle worldwide. Many surface proteins of the pathogen including the Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA‑1) ‑ have been analysed for vaccine and diagnostic purposes. This study focused on B. bigemina AMA‑1 and on its use for the assessment of diagnostic tests. After bioinformatic analyses, AMA‑1 codifying region was amplified and cloned into an expression vector used to induce protein synthesis in Escherichia coli cells. AMA‑1 was purified by affinity chromatography and used to set up the best condition for an ELISA protocol. Bovine field sera positive to B. bigemina were used to evaluate the presence of anti‑AMA‑1 antibodies. In order to verify the assay specificity, sera positive to Babesia bovis or to the piroplasm Theileria annulata were also included. Significant differences were obtained between sera negative to both B. bigemina and B. bovis and samples positive to B. bigemina, to B. bovis or to both pathogens. No significant reaction was observed with T. annulata positive sera. The results showed that AMA‑1 protein is suitable to be used as antigen in diagnostic assays for babesiosis diagnosis in cattle, as it does not show any cross reaction with anti-T. annulata antibodies
An overview of the EXTraS project: Exploring the X-ray Transient and Variable Sky
The EXTraS project (Exploring the X-ray Transient and variable Sky) will
harvest the hitherto unexplored temporal domain information buried in the
serendipitous data collected by the European Photon Imaging Camera (EPIC)
instrument onboard the ESA XMM-Newton X-ray observatory since its launch. This
will include a search for fast transients, as well as a search and
characterization of variability (both periodic and aperiodic) in hundreds of
thousands of sources spanning more than nine orders of magnitude in time scale
and six orders of magnitude in flux. X-ray results will be complemented by
multiwavelength characterization of new discoveries. Phenomenological
classification of variable sources will also be performed. All our results will
be made available to the community. A didactic program in selected High Schools
in Italy, Germany and the UK will also be implemented. The EXTraS project
(2014-2016), funded within the EU/FP7 framework, is carried out by a
collaboration including INAF (Italy), IUSS (Italy), CNR/IMATI (Italy),
University of Leicester (UK), MPE (Germany) and ECAP (Germany).Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure. Proceedings of "Swift: 10 years of Discovery", to
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Palmitoylethanolamide is a disease-modifying agent in peripheral neuropathy : pain relief and neuroprotection share a PPAR-alpha-mediated mechanism
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Molecular Biology Meets Logic : Context-Sensitiveness in Focus
Some real life processes, including molecular ones, are context-sensitive, in the sense that their outcome depends on side conditions that are most of the times difficult, or impossible, to express fully in advance. In this paper, we survey and discuss a logical account of context-sensitiveness in molecular processes, based on a kind of non-classical logic. This account also allows us to revisit the relationship between logic and philosophy of science (and philosophy of biology, in particular)
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