Data infrastructures and spatial models for biodiversity assessment and analysis: applications to vertebrate communities.

In conservation biology the computation of biodiversity maps, based on statistical models is a central concern. These maps, produced with objective and repeatable methods are an essential tool for conservation and monitoring programs as well as for landuse planning. Since the computation of biodiversity maps requires complex and time consuming procedures for data processing and analysis, it is necessary to design methods for homogeneous, scalable and repeatable data management and analysis. M...

The E-ELT adptive mirror: prototype and optical test

Ground-based optical-infrared 10m-class telescopes, such as Keck, Gemini, and Very Large Telescopes (VLT), are currently leading many of the astronomical research fields due to their unprecedented collecting areas. However, many new astrophysical quests arose from recent observations, justifying the need for even larger telescopes, with diameters > 30 m. The European scientific community, led by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), takes part in this challenging competition whit the "Eu...

Infrared cameras for small telescopes: from requirements to device.

This thesis work concerns the study, the procurement and the commissioning of small infrared cameras for imaging with small sized ground-based telescopes. Observations at infrared wavelengths are of great importance in astronomy. One of the most known advantages concerns the observation of the distant universe. Due to red-shift, distant objects have their spectral features moved toward higher wavelengths. If one wants to compare the restspectrum of a nearby galaxy in the V band (500-600 nanom...

La cooperazione italiana. Funzione e rilevanza economica: un focus particolare sui settori non bancari

Robust optimization in data envelopment analysis: extended theory and applications.

Performance evaluation of decision-making units (DMUs) via the data envelopment analysis (DEA) is confronted with multi-conflicting objectives, complex alternatives and significant uncertainties. Visualizing the risk of uncertainties in the data used in the evaluation process is crucial to understanding the need for cutting edge solution techniques to organizational decisions. A greater management concern is to have techniques and practical models that can evaluate their operations and make d...

Qualità di vita e alessitimia nel trattamento con antidepressivi.

Premesse e obiettivi : Gli studi sull' impatto del trattamento con antidepressivi sulla qualità della vita hanno segnalato la necessità di non trascurare questo parametro nella valutazione a medio e lungo-termine dei disturbi ansioso-depressivi. La soddisfazione e il benessere sono esperienze soggettive che risultano fondamentali per comprendere l’atteggiamento del paziente verso la terapia. Scopo del progetto di ricerca è quello di valutare l’impatto del trattamento con antidepressivi sull...

Malattia mentale e imputabilità penale nel dibattito giuridico e medico-scientifico tra Otto e Novecento.

Questa ricerca si propone di analizzare alcuni aspetti del problema dell'imputabilità penale, con particolare riguardo al vizio di mente giuridicamente rilevante come causa scriminante o scusante, in un periodo di grande fermento, quello dei lavori per il primo codice penale unitario del Regno d'Italia, durante il quale l'intero ambiente giuridico italiano è teso nel massimo sforzo di elaborazione di norme in grado di amalgamare le diverse tradizioni del Paese. Dopo un breve excursus storico...

Xenopus laevis a versatile animal model to study chemical embryotoxicity: the fungicide Triadimefon.

Triazole-derivatives are potent antifungal agents widely used as systemic agricultural fungicides and against fungal diseases in humans and domestic animals. They act by inhibiting the cytochrome P-450 conversion of lanosterol to ergosterol resulting in faulty fungal cell wall synthesis. Some data have been published about the teratogenic activity of triazoles on rodent embryos: hypoplasias, abnormal shape, agenesis of the pharyngeal arches were reported as typical induced malformations. Unfo...

Modello animale per il trattamento delle metastasi di adenocarcinoma polmonare.