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<i>Acacia cyclops</i> A. Cunn. ex G. Don (Leguminosae) in Italy: first cases of naturalization
2012
The first two cases of naturalization of <i>Acacia cyclops</i> are reported for Italy. Young trees were observed growing in the wild some 15 years ago on Linosa (Pelagie Islands, Strait of Sicily). A decade later, this alien plant should no longer be considered as a casual, since a very intensive process of self-sown regeneration has been observed in some plantations on Lampedusa, the major island of the same Archipelago. The available literature suggests the need for careful monitoring of the ongoing invasion process, as <i>A. cyclops</i> has already shown a very invasive behaviour elsewhere within Mediterranean-type biomes due to its ability to withstand high envir…
Gruntsūdens režīma ietekme uz dabisko zālāju veģetāciju Aiviekstes palienē
2017
Gruntsūdens režīma ietekmes uz dabisko zālāju veģetāciju noteikšanai ir izvēlēta viena reprezentatīva teritorija Aiviekstes palienē. Teritorijā ierīkotas 10 gruntsūdens līmeņa monitoringa akas un pēc Brauna – Blankē metodes aprakstīti 39 parauglaukumi. Gruntsūdens līmeņa mērījumi veikti no 2016. gada jūlija līdz 2017. gada aprīlim. Teritorijā tika izdalītas piecas augu sabiedrības, no kurām divas ir grīšļu sabiedrības, viena graudzāļu sabiedrība un divas ‘’pārejas’’ sabiedrības. Noskaidrots, ka gruntsūdens līmenis ietekmē augu sabiedrību veidošanos – mitrākās vietās, kur gruntsūdens līmenis svārstās no 0-30 centimetriem, dominē grīšļu sabiedrības, savukārt graudzāļu sabiedrības labprātāk at…
How salience enhances inhibitory control : An analysis of electro-cortical mechanisms
2023
Stop-signal tasks (SSTs) combined with human electro-cortical recordings (Event-Related Potentials, ERPs) have revealed mechanisms associated with successful stopping (relative to failed), presumably contributing to inhibitory control. The corresponding ERP signatures have been labeled stop N1 (+/- 100-ms latency), stop N2 (200 ms), and stop P3 (160–250 ms), and argued to reflect more sensory-specific (N1) versus more generic (N2, P3) mechanisms. However, stop N1 and stop N2, as well as latencies of stop-P3, appear to be quite inconsistent across studies. The present work addressed the possible influence of stop-signal salience, expecting high salience to induce clear stop N1s but reduced s…
Motivos por los que los emigrantes españoles se inscriben en el registro consular
2018
La inscripción en el registro consular no es obligatoria para los emigrantes españoles. Conlleva, no obstante, una serie de ventajas que propician, antes o después, su realización. En este artículo se identifican y analizan los principales motivos que animan a ello a los emigrantes españoles. Se toman como base fundamental los datos e informaciones obtenidos a través de una encuesta cuantitativa y entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas a más de cuatro mil españoles residentes en el extranjero. Se concluye que los principales motivos para llevar a cabo esta inscripción son los relacionados con el ejercicio de derechos y deberes ciudadanos (especialmente el de sufragio en elecciones español…
Ritrovamento di macroforaminiferi appartenenti al genere Amphistegina nei sedimenti attuali lungo le coste delle isole Pelagie (Italia Meridionale).
2012
The groundwater pollution of Korneuburg, Austria : its issue life-cycle in the public discourse and collaboration and confrontation strategies of act…
2015
This thesis is a case study about the groundwater contamination of Korneuburg, Austria. The company Kwizda was responsible for pesticides leaking into the groundwater. The contamination was kept quiet with the help of local authorities and would have never come to light if not for the diligent efforts of affected residents. Their collaboration with environmental activists and a journalist led to the uncovering of the incident, eventually leading to remediation measures and lawsuits. While public attention to the issue was high, the authorities approved a controversial remediation measure that would lead to further pollution. With a particular reference to environmental and social issues, th…
The Strategic Cognition View of Issue Salience and the Evolution of a Political Issue : Landis & Gyr, the Hungarian Uprising and East-West Trade, 195…
2017
Why do firms facing similar stakeholder issues respond quite differently? The recently introduced strategic cognition view of issue salience and firm responsiveness (hereinafter: issue salience model) seeks to tackle this core question of stakeholder theory. I extend the nascent theorizing with a historical case study in order to rethink the model’s firm-centric perspective. The firm under examination in this historical case study is the Swiss multinational Landis & Gyr (LG) during the Cold War period. Like many other Swiss exportoriented companies in the 1950s and early 1960s, LG was challenged by Swiss pressure groups, which were highly effective at putting an issue on the public agenda: …
2.3.4. Il processo di alienazione: Palazzo Barlotta di San Giuseppe e Palazzo Miano
2010
Il processo di alienazione del patrimonio costruito messo in atto dalle pubbliche amministrazioni impossibilitate a far fronte a costi di gestione e manutenzione dei beni in loro possesso ha posto la necessità di indirizzare e controllare i processi di trasformazione cui inevitabilmente i beni alienati saranno sottoposti. Ciò ha imposto che le pubbliche amministrazioni si dotino di nuove procedure e strumenti attraverso cui esercitare l’azione di indirizzo e di controllo sugli interventi previsti in modo da garantire funzioni compatibili e la permanenza dei valori espressi dai beni stessi. Nel contributo si riporta l’iter di alienazione seguito per alcuni immobili di proprietà comunale inse…
Cue weighting and task processing in melodic classification
2015
Many studies have considered the role of diverse musical parameters in the perception and cognition of specific musical contexts, yet few attempts have been made to integrate these findings into a general cognitive overview of everyday music listening. This study shifted the focus of research, by considering the importance, the relative weight, of particular parameters of music to individual music listeners, and groups composed of those listeners who had differing levels of formal musical experience. Manipulations in various musical and auditory parameters – melodic contour, metrical accent, instrument timbre, distortion and loudness – in two short melodic phrases, were presented to two gro…
Sobre alguns contrastos fonològics en l'entonació del català
2021
The main goal of this article is to provide evidence in favor of the phonological character of some intonational contrasts in Catalan. First, the article shows that tonal alignment differences with respect to metrically strong positions are crucial for the distinction between a yes-no question and a wh-question (cf. "¿Que l’ha llogada?" vs. "¿Qui l’ha llogada?") and between a command and a request ("¡Vine!" vs. "¡Vine!") in Central Catalan. Second, the article reports the major results from the application of the Categorical Perception Paradigm to a pitch height contrast in Majorcan Catalan (Vanrell 2006a). Experimental resuls show that a small variation in the pitch height of the pretonic …