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Probabilistic response of linear structures equipped with nonlinear dampers devices (PIS method)
2008
Passive control introducing energy absorbing devices into the structure has received considerable attention in recent years. Unfortunately the constitutive law of viscous fluid dampers is highly nonlinear, and even supposing that the structure behaves linearly, the whole system has inherent nonlinear properties. Usually the analysis is performed by a stochastic linearization technique (SLT) determining a linear system equivalent to the nonlinear one, in a statistical sense. In this paper the effect of the non-Gaussianity of the response due to the inherent nonlinearity of the damper device will be studied in detail via the Path Integral Solution (PIS) method. A systematic study is conducted…
New Energy Corridors in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: The Pivotal Role of Sicily
2018
The present paper deals with the new opportunities deriving from the interconnections of the European and North African transmission systems. In order to achieve a single international market for electricity exchanges, interconnections between networks in different countries are becoming increasingly important and Sicily, for its geographical position in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, will undoubtedly play an important role as an electrical bridge between Europe and the North Africa in the near future. The paper, presenting the actual electro-energetic context of Tunisia, reports the new important interconnection already realized in South Italy (in particular in Sicily) and describe t…
Learning and teaching: two processes to bear in mind when rethinking physical medicine and rehabilitation
2010
Rehabilitation has been defined by the WHO as a process aimed at enabling people with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric and/or social functional levels, providing them with the tools to change their lives towards a higher level of independence (13). Rehabilitation includes all measures aimed at reducing the impact of disabling and handicapping conditions and enabling the disabled and handicapped to achieve social integration (14).
High accuracy Raman measurements using the Stokes and anti-Stokes lines
1997
We show that by measuring the separation between the Stokes and anti-Stokes peaks excited by two different laser lines we obtain a very precise determination of absolute phonon energies. The method is useful for measuring small changes of these energies with strain, temperature, laser power, etc. It doubles the changes and avoids the necessity of using the reference lines in the Raman spectra. The method can be applied for the determination of phonon deformation potentials, for the characterization of strained heteroepitaxial layers, and for micro-Raman analysis of strain in silicon integrated circuits. We give examples of phonon shifts in Si, Ge, GaAs, InAs, and GaP as a function of applie…
Bimodal Acidity at the Amorphous Silica/Water Interface
2015
International audience; Understanding the microscopic origin of the acid base behavior of mineral surfaces in contact with water is still a challenging task, for both the experimental and the theoretical communities. Even for a relatively simple material, such as silica, the origin of the bimodal acidity behavior is still a debated topic. In this contribution we calculate the acidity of single sites on the humid silica surface represented by a model for the hydroxylated amorphous surface. Using a thermodynamic integration approach based on ab initio molecular dynamics, we identify two different acidity values. In particular, some convex geminals and some type of vicinals are very acidic (pK…
Adjuvant volumetric-modulated arc therapy with simultaneous integrated boost in endometrial cancer. Planning and toxicity comparison
2014
Objective. To report dosimetric and acute toxicity data in prospectively enrolled high-intermediate risk endometrial cancer (HIR-EC) patients postoperatively irradiated by simultaneous integrated boost volumetric modulated arc therapy (SIB-VMAT). Methods. Thirty prospectively enrolled HIR-EC patients were postoperatively treated by SIB-VMAT. Target coverage, dose homogeneity, and sparing of organs at risk (OARs) were compared with corresponding data retrieved from an historical control (30 consecutive selected matched patients) treated by concomitant boost three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D CRT CB) from a previously published study (ADA-I trial). All patients received 45 Gy on pel…
Weekly Cisplatin and Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy With Simultaneous Integrated Boost for Radical Treatment of Advanced Cervical Cancer in Elderly…
2016
Background: To evaluate the feasibility and clinical preliminary results of weekly cisplatin and volumetric-modulated arc therapy to the pelvis with simultaneous integrated boost to macroscopic disease in a cohort of elderly patients. Materials and Methods: Inclusion criteria of this prospective study were age ≥70 years, Karnofsky performance status 70 to 100, locally advanced histologically proven squamous cervical carcinoma, and patients unable to undergo brachytherapy. Radiation doses prescribed were 66 Gy to the macroscopic disease and 54 Gy to the pelvic nodes in 30 fractions. Weekly cisplatin dose was 40 mg/mq. Results: A total of 30 patients were recruited. Median follow-up was 32 mo…
Il servizio idrico integrato: evoluzione e prospettive
2015
Il saggio affronta la disciplina del sistema idrico integrato alla luce di due significativi eventi: il referendum del 2011 e il d.l. c.d. "Sblocca Italia. Il lavoro prosegue prospettando l'evoluzione del sistema mettendo a confronto due contesti emblematici: la Toscana e la Sicilia
Il Quartiere ellenistico-romano di Agrigento
2014
Il fascicolo è stato prodotto nell'ambito del Progetto APER (Architettura domestica punica ellenistica e romana), finanziato dal programma ItalieTunisie 2007-2013. Esso sintetizza alcune attività svolte ed è rivolto al largo pubblico, con l'intento di offrire spunto a forme di turismo culturale, proponendo una visione del sito archeologico più possibile integrata con il territorio. Il fascicolo è stato realizzato a cura dell'Agence de Mise en Valeur du Patrimoine di Tunisi, uno dei partner del Progetto APER, in due versioni, una in italiano e l'altra in francese.
Maximal potentials, maximal singular integrals, and the spherical maximal function
2014
We introduce a notion of maximal potentials and we prove that they form bounded operators from L to the homogeneous Sobolev space Ẇ 1,p for all n/(n − 1) < p < n. We apply this result to the problem of boundedness of the spherical maximal operator in Sobolev spaces.