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How small wine Italian company from Puglia can enter the Chinese-Shanghai market
This paper encompasses the strategy for small-medium wine companies from Puglia (Italy) to
enter the Chinese market. The study was conducted to understand the reasons why the
excellent quality wine from Puglia has no penetration in the Chinese market.
The research took into consideration the position in terms of production, size and exports in
the world of Italian producers from Puglia and their competitors in China. After analysing the
market and the opportunities, the report develops a strategy of cooperation among the
companies to obtain more resources and more power in order to better approach this
enormous and difficult market
The 26 year-long X-ray light curve and the X-ray spectrum of the BL Lac Object 1E 1207.9+3945 in its brightest state
We studied the temporal and spectral evolution of the synchrotron emission
from the high energy peaked BL Lac object 1E 1207.9+3945. Two recent
observations have been performed by the XMM-Newton and Swift satellites; we
carried out X-ray spectral analysis for both of them, and photometry in
optical-ultraviolet filters for the Swift one. Combining the results thus
obtained with archival data we built the long-term X-ray light curve, spanning
a time interval of 26 years, and the Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of this
source. The light curve shows a large flux increasing, about a factor of six,
in a time interval of a few years. After reaching its maximum in coincidence
with the XMM-Newton pointing in December 2000 the flux decreased in later
years, as revealed by Swift. The very good statistics available in the 0.5-10
keV XMM-Newton X-ray spectrum points out a highly significant deviation from a
single power law. A log-parabolic model with a best fit curvature parameter of
0.25 and a peak energy at ~1 keV describes well the spectral shape of the
synchrotron emission. The simultaneous fit of Swift UVOT and XRT data provides
a milder curvature (b~0.1) and a peak at higher energies (~15 keV), suggesting
a different state of source activity. In both cases UVOT data support the
scenario of a single synchrotron emission component extending from the
optical/UV to the X-ray band. New X-ray observations are important to monitor
the temporal and spectral evolution of the source; new generation gamma-ray
telescopes like AGILE and GLAST could for the first time detect its inverse
Compton emission.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in A&
A new flaring high energy gamma-ray source
We report the detection of a new gamma-ray source in the Fermi-LAT sky using
a source detection tool based on the Minimal Spanning Tree algorithm. The
source, not reported in previous LAT catalogues but very recently observed in
the X-rays and optical bands, is characterized by an increasing gamma-ray
activity in 2012 June-September, reaching a weekly peak flux of
(3.3+-0.6)*10^-7 photons cm^-2 s^-1. A search for a possible counterpart
provides indication that it can be associated with the radio source NVSS
J141828+354250 whose optical SDSS colours are typical of a blazar.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy &
Astrophysic
A novel mind-set in primate experimentation: Implications for primate welfare
Abstract We emphasize the importance of studying the primate brain in cognitive neuroscience and suggest a new mind-set in primate experimentation within the boundaries of animal welfare regulations. Specifically, we list the advantages of investigating both genes and neural mechanisms and processes in the emergence of behavioral and cognitive functions, and propose the establishment of an open field of primate research. The latter may be conducted by implementing and harmonizing experimental practices with ethical guidelines that regulate (1) management of natural parks with free-moving populations of target nonhuman primates, (2) establishment of indoor-outdoor labs for both system genetics and neuroscience investigations, and (3) hotel space and technologies which remotely collect and dislocate information regarding primates geographically located elsewhere.1 Introduction 2 Animal models in Neurobiology 3 The research domain criteria approach to Neuropsychiatry 4 The open niche of primate experimentation 4.1 Primate natural parks 4.2 Hotel space and remote technologies 5 Cost and benefits trade-offs of primate experimentation 6 Concluding remark
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