Hydrologic vulnerability to climate change of the Mandrone glacier (Adamello-Presanella group, Italian Alps)

In order to assess the annual mass balance of the Mandrone glacier in the Central Alps an energy- balance model was applied, supported by snowpack, meteorological and glaciological observations, together with satellite measurements of snow covered areas and albedo. The Physically based Distributed Snow Land and Ice Model (PDSLIM), a distributed multi-layer model for temperate glaciers, which was previously tested on both basin and point scales, was applied. Verification was performed with a network of ablation stakes over two summer periods. Satellite images processed within the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) project were used to estimate the ice albedo and to verify the position of the simulated transient snowline on specific dates. The energy balance was estimated for the Mandrone and Presena glaciers in the Central Italian Alps. Their modeled balances (-1439 and -1503 mm w.e. yr-1, respectively), estimated over a fifteen year period, are in good agreement with those obtained with the glaciological method for the Caresèr glacier, a WGMS (World Glacier Monitoring Service) reference located in the nearby Ortles- Cevedale group. Projections according to the regional climate model COSMO-CLM (standing for COnsortium for Small-scale MOdeling model in CLimate Mode) indicate that the Mandrone glacier might not survive the current century and might be halved in size by 2050

Equilibrium refinement through negotiation in binary voting

We study voting games on binary issues, where voters might hold an objective over some issues at stake, while willing to strike deals on the remaining ones, and can influence one another’s voting decision before the vote takes place. We analyse voters’ rational behaviour in the resulting two-phase game, showing under what conditions undesirable equilibria can be removed as an effect of the prevote phase

O ponto e a linha. História do Direito e Direito Positivo na formação jurista do nosso tempo Paolo Grossi

O artigo realiza reflexão sobre opapel da história e do historiador do direitoquanto ao processo de formação do juristade nosso tempo e sobre o próprio desígnioinstitucional das Faculdades de Direito naatualidade. O historiador, estando ao ladodo operador do direito positivo, oferece contribuiçãoa uma saudável desmistificação dadogmática jurídica. Com isso, relegitimam-sereciprocamente o historiador e o jurista.This paper aims at reflecting aboutthe history and law historian’s roles accordingto his background learning process nowadays,as well as the institutional purpose of LawColleges nowadays. The historian, whenside by side to the positive law operator,contributes to a healthful juridical dogmaticnon-mystification. Thus, historian and juristlegitimate themselves again, respectively

Transition period of dairy cows and inflammation: a novel index to assess the individual response, pre-calving treatments aiming to mitigate it and consequences on productive and reproductive performances

Il periparto è la parte più critica della vita della bovina da latte. I cambiamenti importanti ed improvvisi nel metabolismo e nelle condizioni di vita possono favorire l’insorgenza di problemi di salute e di uno stato infiammatorio. Una risposta eccessiva dell’organismo all’infiammazione può sottrarre risorse fondamentali, causando un peggioramento delle condizioni di salute e un calo della produzione di latte. Nella prima parte della tesi si propone un nuovo indice basato su alcuni parametri plasmatici utile a descrivere meglio la risposta all’infiammazione nel post-parto. Una identificazione rapida degli animali caratterizzati da una risposta eccessiva all’infiammazione, specialmente quelli senza sintomi esterni, permette un intervento efficace per evitare ulteriori conseguenze negative. La seconda e terza parte della tesi descrivono due prove sperimentali finalizzate a ridurre la risposta all’infiammazione impiegando acidi grassi ω-3 e/o acido acetilsalicilico. La somministrazione di acidi grassi ω-3 a cavallo del parto ha ridotto la risposta all’infiammazione e migliorato il bilancio energetico, mentre la loro somministrazione esclusivamente prima del parto ha evidenziato alcuni leggeri miglioramenti nella risposta all’infiammazione e nel bilancio energetico. La somministrazione prima del parto di acido acetilsalicilico ha causato l’insorgenza di alcuni problemi e pertanto dovrebbe essere somministrata solo dopo il parto.The peripartum period is the most critical stage of the dairy cows. The sudden and major changes in metabolism and life conditions may favor the onset of health problems together with an inflammatory status. An excessive response by the organism to inflammation may subtract primary resources, resulting in a worsening of health status and in a lower milk yield. In the first part of the thesis a new index based on some plasma parameters is proposed to better describe the response to inflammation in the post-calving of dairy cows. An early identification of the animals characterized by a severe response to inflammation, especially without any external symptom, allows an effective intervention in order to avoid further negative consequences. The second and the third part of the thesis describe two experiments aiming to reduce the response to inflammation using ω-3 fatty acids and/or acetylsalicylic acid. The administration of ω-3 fatty acids around calving reduced the inflammatory response and improved the energy balance, while their pre-calving only administration highlighted some slight improvements in inflammatory response and energy balance. The pre-calving administration of acetylsalicylic acid caused the onset of some problems and should be used only after calving

Il contributo di Romualdo Trifone alla sistemazione teorica del ‘diritto forestale’ in Italia

Multi-dimensional scholar, Romualdo Trifone, as a positive jurist, deals with the problem of collective land structures as living history. His sensitivity of law historian allows him to contemplate the legal dimension alongside the economic and the structural one. Between twenty and forty years, Trifone provides a decisive contribution to the legislation on forest law

Ideology and Technique in a Legal Definition (the Obertine Definition of Feudo from the Glossators to Cujas)

The paper examines the way jurists, since the glosses, until Jacques Cujas, analyzed the definition of feud within the interpretation of common law, in the light of the Oberto dell’Orto’s writings. By this perspective, this author reviews aspects of the feudary real situation as an useful domain, grounding the usufruct’s technical inadequacy to express it, as well as analyzing the fiefs’ later characterization as quasi-dominium, found mainly in legal thought of sixteenth and seventeenth centuries’ jurist

O mundo das terras coletivas: itinerários jurídicos entre o ontem e o amanhã

Divulgação dos SUMÁRIOS das obras recentemente incorporadas ao acervo da Biblioteca Ministro Oscar Saraiva do STJ. Em respeito à Lei de Direitos Autorais, não disponibilizamos a obra na íntegra.Localização na estante: 347.23(450) G678