The Geodesy of the Main Saturnian Satellites

The work is organized as follows: Chapter 1 presents an overview of the Cassini mission with particular focus on the Radio Science instrumentation and describes the current knowledge of the main satellites of Saturn whose gravity was analyzed in this work. Chapter 2 reviews the basic concepts of planetary geodesy and all the geophysical models used in the analysis. Chapter 3 is dedicated to the description of the mathematical formulation of the orbit determination problem. It includes a detailed description of the approach used and the data on which the analysis is based. Chapter 4 describes with more details the general characteristics of the analysis methods used to derive the geodesy of the main Saturnian satellites and includes the description of the dynamical model and all the key points of the analysis. Chapter 5 reports the results of the data analysis process with possible interpretations. Finally, Chapter 6 gives conclusions and future work perspectives

A Firenze messe le basi per una Piattaforma internazionale per una corretta gestione delle risorse idriche sotterranee

II 10 dicembre, in occasione della Giornata dei Diritti umani si è tenuto a Firenze, nella monumentale Sala dei Cinquecento di Palazzo Vecchio, il 1° Workshop su: "Uso delle risorse idriche sotterranee in periodi siccitosi. Esperienze dalla Toscana al resto del mondo", organizzato dalla Sezione Italiana dell'Associazione Internazionale degli Idrogeologi (IAH) con Aquifera onlus e patrocinato, oltre che dalla Regione Toscana e dal Comune di Firenze (che ha gentilmente concesso l'uso della sala), dalla Società Geologica Italiana (SGI), dal Consiglio Nazionale dei Geologi (CNG) e dal'IAH-Burdon Groundwater Network for International Development [...]

Can we learn from aviation : safety enhancements in transport by achieving human orientated resilient shipping environment

It is well reported in the literature that more than 80% of shipping accidents are attributed to Human/organisational Error. Maritime community has realised that despite all the increased safety standards and technological developments, accidents are still occurring and the systems are not resilient to errors at various levels. The FP7 SEAHORSE project focuses on safety in marine transport by addressing human and organisational factors through transfer of well proven practices and methodologies from air transport to marine transport in an effective, collaborative and innovative manner. This will be primarily achieved by introducing the principles of resilience engineering in an integrated framework which will result in multi-level resilience that linking individuals, team, multi-party teams and organisations in ship operation that ultimately enhancing shipping safety. This paper presents similarities and gaps between two transport sectors while establishing the principles of transfer of skills, technology from aviation to maritime, which includes but not limited to rules, standard operating procedures, safety culture, just culture and mandatory safety reporting methodologies. The paper further present the feasible areas for transfer, experience gained during the transfer of technology/skills from air to marine while outlining the resilience framework adapted to maritime transport

SCMR level II/independent practitioner training guidelines for cardiovascular magnetic resonance: integration of a virtual training environment

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is an important non-invasive imaging modality used for the evaluation of patients with known or suspected heart disease. Despite its clinical importance, CMR is currently not widely available, in part, because of a scarcity of well-trained physicians to perform and interpret the exam. Moreover, current 2018 Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) training guidelines [1] and also training guidelines from other societies [2, 3] require a significant amount of in-person hands-on experience making training inaccessible for many individuals. This limits the availability of physicians appropriately trained to perform and interpret CMR exams. The purpose of this statement is to provide guidance for implementing a high-quality virtual CMR training program to complement in-person training options

Correction to: Psychiatric disorders and SLC6A4 gene variants: possible effects on alcohol dependence and alzheimer's disease

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