WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (WRM) IN THE VENETO REGION: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

The aim of this work is to illustrate the historical evolution of man's intervention in water resource management in the Veneto region in order to highlight, from both the technical and financial points of view, the ability of the institution of the consortia to join public and private interests and to adapt itself to the changing economical and social needs in this region.Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Electromagnetic selection rules in the triangular alpha-cluster model of 12C

After recapitulating the procedure to find the bands and the states occurring in the $\mathcal{D}_{3h}$ alpha-cluster model of $^{12}$C in which the clusters are placed at the vertexes of an equilateral triangle, we obtain the selection rules for electromagnetic transitions. While the alpha cluster structure leads to the cancellation of E1 transitions, the approximations carried out in deriving the roto-vibrational hamiltonian lead to the disappearance of M1 transitions. Furthermore, although in general the lowest active modes are E2, E3, $\cdots$ and M2, M3, $\cdots$, the cancellation of M2, M3 and M5 transitions between certain bands also occurs, as a result of the application of group theoretical techniques drawn from molecular physics. These implications can be very relevant for the spectroscopic analysis of $\gamma$-ray spectra of $^{12}$C

Literature review : what are the best classroom methods to use in assisting elementary students with Tourette Syndrome in reaching academic success?

This capstone investigates and compiles the best known classroom methods to help students with the neurological disorder Tourette Syndrome (TS) in achieving academic success. Tourette Syndrome is a disorder that not only makes academic life a struggle with its distinctive tics, but sufferers may have ADHD like symptoms as well. The best methods discussed in this capstone cover the categories of academic assistance, behavior management, and social help assistance in the classroom; all of which when addressed are known to assist a TS child in reaching academic success

P-Wave Two-Particle Bound and Scattering States in a Finite Volume including QED

The mass shifts for two-fermion bound and scattering P-wave states subject to the long-range interactions due to QED in the non-relativistic regime are derived. Introducing a short range force coupling the spinless fermions to one unit of angular momentum in the framework of pionless EFT, we first calculate both perturbatively and non-perturbatively the Coulomb corrections to fermion-fermion scattering in the continuum and infinite volume context. Motivated by the research on particle-antiparticle bound states, we extend the results to fermions of identical mass and opposite charge. Second, we transpose the system onto a cubic lattice with periodic boundary conditions and we calculate the finite volume corrections to the energy of the lowest bound and unbound $T_1^{\pm}$ eigenstates. In particular, power law corrections proportional to the fine structure constant and resembling the recent results for S-wave states are found. Higher order contributions in $\alpha$ are neglected, since the gapped nature of the momentum operator in the lattice environnement allows for a perturbative treatment of the QED interactions.Comment: 73 pages, 7 figures, 0 tables. To be submitted to the European Physical Journal

Localization landscape for interacting Bose gases in one-dimensional speckle potentials

While the properties and the shape of the ground state of a gas of ultracold bosons are well understood in harmonic potentials, they remain for a large part unknown in the case of random potentials. Here, we use the localization-landscape (LL) theory to study the properties of the solutions to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation (GPE) in one-dimensional (1D) speckle potentials. In the cases of attractive interactions, we find that the LL allows one to predict the position of the localization center of the ground state (GS) of the GPE. For weakly repulsive interactions, we point out that the GS of the quasi-1D GPE can be understood as a superposition of a finite number of single-particle states, which can be computed by exploiting the LL. For intermediate repulsive interactions, we introduce a Thomas-Fermi-like approach for the GS which holds in the smoothing regime, well beyond the usual approximation involving the original potential. Moreover, we show that, in the Lifshitz glass regime, the particle density and the chemical potential can be well estimated by the LL. Our approach can be applied to any positive-valued random potential endowed with finite-range correlations and can be generalized to higher-dimensional systems.Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures, 7 table

Development of strategies to improve modern wheat cultivars by adopting genetic diversity from wild relatives

Bread wheat is a hexaploid plant that contains three subgenomes derived from a hybridization event between tetraploid Triticum dicoccoides and diploid Aegilops taushii. These wild ancestors of wheat offer more genetic diversity, but they lack the domesticated traits critical for cultivating wheat and adapted to modern agricultural practices. In this study, we are optimizing the process of wild relative diversity introgression while reducing the negative impact of non-adaptive alleles on wheat performance. In a population created by crossing a wild relative and bread wheat, we remove a non-domesticated allele of Btr1, affecting traits important for mechanical harvesting, by genetic engineering or by using molecular markers. The resulting population of wheat lines has the domesticated allele at the Btr1 locus as well as novel genetic diversity from a wild relative for further evaluation

Characteristics of Compost Obtained from Winemaking Byproducts

A model procedure for the sustainable management of plant biomass related to wine production, namely vine branches from agricultural practices in the vineyard and marcs remaining after grapes crushing, was devised. An artificial humification process was set up that could respond to the needs of environmental sustainability and could be a safe way to be reintroduce in the vineyard part of the organic matter previously exported, thus contributing to recover or maintain vineyard soil fertility. Two different strategies for composting were tested, namely a static pile, made by branches and marcs, and a pile that was fed twice a year alternatively with vine branches and grape marcs. The experimentation lasted 710 days, during which environmental parameters, i.e. temperature and rainfalls were monitored. Growth dynamics of the principal functional groups of microorganism were followed. A characterization of the composted material was obtained by measuring several parameters among which, pH, carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and heavy metals content. The characteristics of the produced compost fulfill the requirements prescribed by the Italian legislation regarding the use of compost as soil amendment. Germination tests demonstrated the absence of phytotoxicity and conversely evidenced a stimulating activity towards root development