Increase the knowledge of Natural Systems through the evaluation of the uncertainty of environmental data: operational theory and application

Assessing the heterogeneity of environmental variables in a geometrically complex geological system, or more generally in a Natural System, represents a significant challenge in real-world applications where a quantitative approach is needed. The complexity arises from the paucity of samples in space, which collectively cover only a small percentage of the study area, ensuring a limited knowledge of the reality. Numerical modeling is a powerful support to expand knowledge available for the ta...

(Re)structuring power in cyberspace. An analysis of the cybersecurity policy design space of the EU member states

This dissertation investigates how cybersecurity policies are formulated and implemented across EU Member States, with particular attention to the range of instruments public authorities can deploy—their policy design space. Integrating perspectives from international relations, public policy analysis, and cybersecurity studies, the research explores the interplay between domestic constraints and supranational frameworks in shaping policy responses to cyber threats. The work is structured ...

Numerical Investigation of AC Losses in Multifilamentary MgB₂ Wires

Unsupervised Learning-based Optimization Models for Defining Storage Rules in Maritime Container Yards.

This thesis focuses on methods based on the integration of operations research and machine learning for the definition of the best consignment strategy for storing containers in an export yard of a maritime container terminal. Adopting the consignment strategy identifies better rules for grouping homogeneous containers characterized by different combinations of characteristics (size, type, weight, and destination), which are defined simultaneously with the assignment of each group of containe...

Un secolo di immagine. Nascita e sviluppo della corporate identity di una grande impresa: il caso Ansaldo (1853 - 1966)

A Century of Image. The Birth and Development of the Corporate Identity of a Major Company: The Ansaldo Case (1853–1966) Abstract This research investigates how Ansaldo constructed its public image between 1853 and 1966. Originating from an inquiry into corporate welfare practices and their communicative potential, the thesis progressively evolved in light of archival research and engagement with existing scholarship. This process challenged the initial hypothesis that Ansaldo systematica...

Study of Heavy Baryons Phenomenology

The objective of this research is to investigate the properties of singly heavy baryons within the framework of the constituent quark model. This study focuses on calculating the mass spectra and the strong and electromagnetic decay widths for singly bottom baryons, as well as the electromagnetic decay widths for singly charmed baryons. The mass spectra are computed using a quark model, while the 3P0 model is employed to analyze the open-flavor strong decay channels of singly bottom baryons....

Archeologia rurale dell'Appennino Ligure. Continuità, discontinuità e abbandoni di pratiche di gestione e condivisione delle risorse ambientali.

The Ligurian Apennines, and in particular the Antola-Tigullio Inland Area, has been the subject of much multidisciplinary research conducted by the Genoa University since the 1970s, devoted to the history of the agrarian, forestry and pastoral landscape, as well as the history and geography of peopling and rural settlement. These geographic-historical investigations stimulated debates on the geography of peopling and the history of material culture, involving historians, geographers, naturali...

Geoheritage and global changes: insights on the open issues of geoconservation

Over the last 30 years, the field of studies related to geological heritage and geodiversity has gained some interest within the scientific community, in parallel with a renewed awareness among scientists, stakeholders and the public of the importance of preserving geological assets. Numerous works have been devoted to the development of appropriate procedures for geo-conservation (e.g. Crofts, 2020), and geoconservation is envisaged, albeit in different forms, in two frameworks of UNESCO sit...

Il ruolo delle aziende di costruzione nella valutazione della sostenibilità delle grandi opere infrastrutturali: una metodologia di casi d’uso applicata al progetto del Terzo Valico dei Giovi

La crescente attenzione della letteratura scientifica verso gli impatti ambientali, sociali ed economici delle infrastrutture ha evidenziato la necessità di ripensare i modelli tradizionali di progettazione e realizzazione delle grandi opere. Le infrastrutture, pur essendo motori di sviluppo, sono anche tra i principali responsabili del consumo di suolo, delle emissioni climalteranti e della frammentazione ecologica. In parallelo, il cambiamento climatico impone nuove sfide in termini di resi...