Search results for "LAMP"

Demand Response for Integrating Photovoltaic Plants in Lampedusa Island

2021

This paper presents the results of a simulation study concerning different Demand Response logics applied to Electric Storage Water Heaters on the island of Lampedusa. Electric Storage Water Heaters are the devices that are primarily used on the island to produce domestic hot water. Starting from measured load profiles collected in Lampedusa, a domestic hot water consumption profile was derived, to simulate the energy usage of the Storage Water Electric Heaters during the day. This work was carried out as a preliminary feasibility study for the BloRin project, financed by cohesion funds in the Sicilian region. According to the project, which also includes the installation of domestic photov…

Anti-fetal immune response mechanisms may be involved in the pathogenesis of placental abruption

2003

Placental abruption is an unpredictable severe complication in pregnancy. In order to investigate the possibility that the activation of the fetal nonadaptive immune system may be involved in the pathogenesis of this disease, IL-6 release from cord blood monocytes was examined by intracellular cytokine staining and flow cytometric analysis. Our results demonstrate that preterm placental abruption (n = 15) in contrast to uncontrollable preterm labor (n = 33) is associated with significantly (P < 0.001) increased release of IL-6 from the fetal monocytes. The same holds true for rhesus disease (n = 9, P < 0.001) that is characterized by a maternal production of antibodies against the rhesus-D …

L’«archivio della memoria» tra 'biografia' e ‘diario’

2018

Donatella La Monaca si inoltra nell’intrinseco rapporto tra la scrittura epistolare, saggistica ed inventiva di Tomasi di Lampedusa soffermandosi sulle modalità con cui l’invenzione e il ricordo si fondono nell’azione trasfigurante della memoria, nel suo valore cognitivo e poetico. Ci si spinge da ultimo a ricostruire i termini di un dibattito sul caso Gattopardo di cui si pongono in risalto alcuni snodi cruciali tra cui quello, che, proprio nel contesto di tale dibattito, approfondisce le fasi evolutive di un suo episodio nevralgico, ovvero la lettura, animata da tensioni etiche e civili, di Leonardo Sciascia,dall’iniziale diffidenza alla matura comprensione.Si compone così un itinerario c…

"Fabula narratur toto notissima caelo": "cornuto" e cornuti nel "Gattopardo"

2019

In Il Gattopardo of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa there are three cuckolds: Vulcan, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Tancredi Falconeri. This study explains how this triad is constituted and shows how the three figures are related in the narrative. The analysis opens a new perspective on the interpretation of the novel and brings out some aspects of its implicit organization.

"Ogni volta è diverso". Sciascia legge il Gattopardo

2012

Tomasi di Lampedusa: lezioni inglesi

2010

Tomographic diagnostics of high-frequency electrodeless lamps in argon–mercury mixtures

2006

Tomographic reconstruction of spatial profiles of the mercury atom density in the excited state 7 3S1 in high-frequency electrodeless lamps (HFELs) has been performed. The measurements of the Hg 546.1 nm line emission intensity have been made for the HFELs in argon–mercury mixture depending on the operation regime with different cold spot temperatures in the range 31–98 °C. The maximum entropy-based algorithm was applied for the reconstruction of local emission coefficients from the integrated intensities. The emission coefficients are directly related to the local values of the mercury atom density in the excited state 7 3S1, the upper state of the 546.1 nm transition. Such an investigatio…

UV-induced cross-linking of proteins to plasmid pBR322 containing 8-azidoadenine 2′-deoxyribonucleotides

1988

Abstract An efficient method of cross-linking DNA to protein is described. The method is based on the incorporation of photoactive 8-azidoadenine 2′-deoxyribonucleotides into DNA. We have found that 8-N 3 dATP is a substrate for E. coli DNA polymerase I and that 8-N 3 dATP can be incorporated into plasmid pBR322 by nick-translation. Subsequently we were able to cross-link a set of different proteins to 8-azido-2′-deoxyadenosine-containing pBR322 by UV irradiation (366 nm). No DNA-protein photocross-linking was observed under the same conditions when the non-photoactive plasmid pBR322 was used.

Su alcune piante nuove delle Isole Pelagie

2013

On some new plants to Pelagic islands (Straits of Sicily) – Fifteen vascular plants belonging to the families Aizoaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Myoporaceae, Orobanchaceae, Oxalidaceae, Portulacaceae and Solanaceae are reported as new to one or both the major Pelagic islands. With the exception of Narcissus serotinus and Orobanche minor, they are non-native plants, probably of recent human introduction, mostly in areas heavily modified by man. Myoporum insulare, widely used for reforestation and for ornament, occurs also in sub and semi-natural environments.

Validation of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Field Tool for Rapid and Sensitive Diagnosis of Contagious Agalactia in Small Ruminants

2020

Simple Summary Contagious agalactia (CA) is an infectious disease of small ruminants endemic in the Mediterranean countries, causing significant socioeconomic impacts predominantly on small-scale farmers who still subsist on marginal lands. Mycoplasma agalactiae is historically considered the principal etiological agent of CA, especially in sheep. Clinical signs are characterised by mastitis, arthritis, keratoconjunctivitis and occasionally, abortion. Rapid, accurate and cost-effective field tests are urgently needed for effective control of M. agalactiae mastitis. Our study illustrated the validation of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) test for the detection of M. agalactiae…