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Formulations and valid inequalities for the capacitated dispersion problem

2023

This work focuses on the capacitated dispersion problem for which we study several mathematical formulations in different spaces using variables associated with nodes, edges, and costs. The relationships among the presented formulations are investigated by comparing the projections of the feasible sets of the LP relaxations onto the subspace of natural variables. These formulations are then strengthened with families of valid inequalities and variable-fixing procedures. The separation problems associated with the valid inequalities that are exponential in number are shown to be polynomially solvable by reducing them to longest path problems in acyclic graphs. The dual bounds obtained from s…

TechnologyseparationScience & Technologydispersion problemComputer Networks and CommunicationsOperations Research & Management Scienceextended formulationtelescopic sumsUNESCO::CIENCIAS TECNOLÓGICASvalid inequalitieslocation scienceHardware and ArchitectureComputer ScienceComputer Science Hardware & Architecturepolyhedral combinatoricsSoftwareInformation Systems
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Design and implementation of modelling tasks using iPad's: a dual perspective

2016

[EN] This paper presents the design of two experiences to introduce modelling of physical phe-nomena through modelling tasks using iPadR's. Each of the proposals is designed with adi erent vision about modelling. In one case modelling is used as a vehicle to introduceprecise mathematical contents. While, on the other one, we intend to develop an activitythat can help student to improve their modelling competence. Our aim is to present twoproposals to introduce modelling in a ninth or tenth grade classroom

Tecnologia educativaEducación secundariaFunciones05 social sciences050301 educationModels matemàticsSolució de problemes01 natural sciencesModelizaciónMatemàtica Ensenyamentlcsh:Education (General)ModellingPhysical phenomenaExperiencias de aulaiPadClassroom experiences0103 physical sciencesFunctionslcsh:L7-991010306 general physicsSecondary school0503 educationFenómenos físicosTablets
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Collaborative Musical Creativity between Students and Adults: The Sonorous Paella

2021

While creativity is a key element of contemporary curriculum frameworks around the world, it is still insufficiently fostered in formal education settings. This study analyzes a project for collaborative musical creativity, entitled The Sonorous Paella. Participants (N = 12) were eight Year 4 secondary students, two professional musicians, an artist-in-residence, and a music teacher. Drawing on a graphic musical score, the participants worked together for 1.5 months to produce a group composition and performance. They were provided with various sound producers (instruments, everyday objects, technological devices) and were encouraged to flexibly utilize the physical space to maximize collab…

Tecnologia educativaMusical creativityCollaborative musical creativityVisual Arts and Performing ArtsSocial PsychologySecondary educationEducationVisual artsCiència EnsenyamentGraphic scoresArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Music teacher educationStatistics Probability and UncertaintyEducacióPsychologyMusic technologyMúsica Ensenyament
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Access to Secondary Education in Albania: Incentives, Obstacles, and Policy Spillovers

2006

When judged either by educational attainment of adult population or by secondary and tertiary enrollment rates, by 2002 Albania compared very unfavorably to most European countries, including its neighbors. This study examines the determinants of secondary enrollment applying unobserved family effect probit model to data from Living Standards Measurement Survey 2002- 2003. The focus of the paper is to investigate the importance of access to school and to further education for enrollment. We find that both absence of a secondary school in the community and the distance from the residence location to a secondary school have strong negative effect on enrollment, controlling for family backgrou…

Tertiary enrollmentHigher educationbusiness.industryStandard of livingEducational attainmentjel:J24jel:J13Incentivejel:J12Probit modelPolitical scienceschool access demand for schooling opportunity costs family background AlbaniaDemographic economicsResidencejel:O15Rural areabusinessSocioeconomicsSSRN Electronic Journal
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Event generation and statistical sampling for physics with deep generative models and a density information buffer

2021

Simulating nature and in particular processes in particle physics require expensive computations and sometimes would take much longer than scientists can afford. Here, we explore ways to a solution for this problem by investigating recent advances in generative modeling and present a study for the generation of events from a physical process with deep generative models. The simulation of physical processes requires not only the production of physical events, but to also ensure that these events occur with the correct frequencies. We investigate the feasibility of learning the event generation and the frequency of occurrence with several generative machine learning models to produce events l…

Test data generationScienceMonte Carlo methodGeneral Physics and AstronomyFOS: Physical sciences01 natural sciencesCharacterization and analytical techniquesGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyArticleHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesInformation theory and computationHigh Energy Physics010306 general physicsMultidisciplinary010308 nuclear & particles physicsEvent (computing)QStatisticsData ScienceSampling (statistics)General ChemistryDensity estimationAutoencoderHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyPhysics - Data Analysis Statistics and ProbabilityExperimental High Energy PhysicsAnomaly detectionAlgorithmImportance samplingData Analysis Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
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Cuatro años de la versión computerizada del Examen de Inglés como segunda lengua (TOEFL)

2009

Este artículo trata señalar las dificultades a las que se enfrentan los candidatos cuando realizan el examen de inglés como lengua extranjera (TOEFL) basado en Internet. El objetivo es doble: por un lado ver cómo se puede sugerir cómo evitar problemas similares en plataformas que ya se están diseñando en España (Proyecto PAULEX, MEC HUM2007-66479-C02-01/FILO) y, por otro, poner de relieve el tipo de preparación que necesitan los estudiantes que realicen este examen para poder superar ciertos problemas estratégicos que actualmente encuentran dichos candidatos.

Testing strategiesProblemasTOEFLPreparación de alumnosAnglèsCandidate trainingProblemsExámenes asistidos por ordenadorComputer based language testingEstrategias de examen
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Automatic Dictionary Creation by Sub-symbolic Encoding of Words

2006

This paper describes a technique for automatic creation of dictionaries using sub-symbolic representation of words in cross-language context. Semantic relationship among words of two languages is extracted from aligned bilingual text corpora. This feature is obtained applying the Latent Semantic Analysis technique to the matrices representing terms co-occurrences in aligned text fragments. The technique allows to find the “best translation” according to a properly defined geometric distance in an automatically created semantic space. Experiments show an interesting correctness of 95% obtained in the best case.

Text corpusCorrectnessProbabilistic latent semantic analysisComputer scienceLatent semantic analysisbusiness.industryContext (language use)Translation (geometry)computer.software_genreFeature (linguistics)Artificial intelligencebusinessRepresentation (mathematics)computerNatural language processing
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Thalamic parcellation for target identification in trans-cranial MR-guided Focused UltraSound (tcMRgFUS) thalamotomies: A preliminary probabilistic t…

2020

Thalamic parcellation tcMRgFUS probabilistic tractography
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La recente riforma della disciplina italiana del subappalto nella prospettiva del bid rigging

2023

L’articolo analizza in chiave critica la disciplina nazionale del subappalto nell’ambito delle gare pubbliche, così come recentemente riformata a seguito di diversi interventi normativi in ottemperanza alla procedura d’infrazione avviata dalla Commissione UE. Stando alla tesi dell’A., l’attuale quadro normativo – caratterizzato dalla quasi totale eliminazione delle limitazioni previgenti (probabilmente anche spingendosi oltre ciò che la Commissione UE ha richiesto) – difetta nel trovare un equo bilanciamento tra il principio della massima partecipazione alla gara, da un lato, e l’esigenza di prevenire e svelare potenziali condotte collusive, dall’altro. La suddetta conclusione, peraltro, ap…

The article critically analyzes the Italian regulation of subcontracting in the context of public tenders as recently amended by several legislative measures in compliance with the infringement procedure launched by the European Commission against Italy. According to the Author’s view the current legislative framework – characterized by the almost overall elimination of the previous limits (probably even going beyond what the European Commission requested) – lacks in finding a fair balance between the principle of the maximum participation in the tender on the one hand and the need to prevent and reveal potential collusive conduct on the other. Furthermore this conclusion is supported by the analysis of the regulation of the causes of exclusion from the tender still too timid in envisaging the optional exclusion of the participants due to anticompetitive conduct.
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Rapid and eco-friendly synthesis of graphene oxide-silica nanohybrids

2014

The increasing interest in Graphene oxide (GO) is due to many issues: the presence of both sp2-conjugated atoms and oxygen-containing functional groups provides a strong hydrophilicity and the possibility to further functionalize it with other molecules (i.e. π-π interactions covalent attachment etc.) [1]. Furthermore since the GO is biocompatible and noncytotoxic many studies have been recently focused on the development of GO-based nanodevices for bioimaging DNA detection drug delivery. Due to their low cytotoxicity and large internal surface area silica nanoparticles have been taken into account as promising material for biolabeling and drug loading/delivery. Particular consideration has recently been demonstrated for GO-silica composites because of the potentialities for electrical applications their chemical inertia and stability toward ions exposure. The possibility to combine the extraordinary properties of GO and silica offers several advantages for the realization of nanoprobes for biological applications and of biosensor [12]. The strategy for the fabrication of GO-nanosilica nanohybrids can be schematized as follows: (i) synthesis of GO by oxidizing graphite powder with the method described by Marcano et al. [3] (ii) Preparation of oxygen-loaded silica nanoparticles by thermal treatments in controlled atmosphere in order to induce high NIR emission at 1272 nm from high purity silica nanoparticles. (iii) preparation of GrO-silica nanohybrid films via rapid solvent casting in water. The nanohybrids were tested by XPS FTIR Raman analysis UV photoluminescence analysis TGA Zeta potential measurements electrical tests AFM and SEM. Several nanohybrids were prepared by combining two different typologies of GO and two different samples of silica.
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