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AUTHOR
V. Militello
Italian Report on Individual Liability for Business Involvement in International Crimes
The study is the Italian national report on the issue of the international criminal liability of individuals responsible for corporations discussed in section I of the XX AIDP Congress. The report underline that the Italian experience contribute to this issue with respect to the general discipline of individual complicity to crimes. Furthermore, it contribute with respect to the application of such general norms to cases in which criminal organizations infiltrate economic activity, through means of close ties with entrepreneurs who profit from relationships with criminal groups. Lastly, it assist with corporate criminal liability for crimes committed by its managers, at least with respect t…
Nucleation mechanisms and morphologies in insulin amyloid fibril formation
Influence of metal ions on thermal aggregation processes of globular proteins
Metal ions are implicated in protein aggregation processes of several neurodegenerative pathologies, where the protein deposition occurs. The idea arises from the finding that increased metal concentrations (mainly copper, iron and zinc) are present in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients both in the amyloid plaques and in the cortical tissue. Cu2+ and Zn2+ metals ions have a different physiological role and it has been observed that, in vitro, both promote (zinc more than copper) aggregation in amyloid fibrils and/or in amorphous aggregates. In addition, studying aggregation protein process can be of interest also in the field of biotechnologies like the food technology, since most p…
Dating of Brazilian shells through electron paramagnetic resonance
In the present work we report dating procedure of these shells by using the electron paramagnetic resonance. The first step of the analysis was the definition of the optimal procedure for sample preparation. At this aim the analysis of the sample composition was carried out by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) measurements and an accurate analysis was study on the effect of the chemical etching with varying typology and concentration of acid to be used for removing the external layer of shells which are affected by alpha particles.