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Switching spatial scale reveals dominance-dependent social foraging tactics in a wild primate
2017
When foraging in a social group, individuals are faced with the choice of sampling their environment directly or exploiting the discoveries of others. The evolutionary dynamics of this trade-off have been explored mathematically through the producer-scrounger game, which has highlighted socially exploitative behaviours as a major potential cost of group living. However, our understanding of the tight interplay that can exist between social dominance and scrounging behaviour is limited. To date, only two theoretical studies have explored this relationship systematically, demonstrating that because scrounging requires joining a competitor at a resource, it should become exclusive to high-rank…
Aerosolization Performance of Jet Nebulizers and Biopharmaceutical Aspects
2019
In this work, 13 jet nebulizers, some of which in different configurations, were investigated in order to identify the biopharmaceutical constraints related to the quality attributes of the medicinal products, which affect their safety, efficiency, compliance, and effectiveness. The aerosolization parameters, including the aerosol output, aerosol output rate, mass median aerodynamic diameter, and fine particle fraction, were determined according to the European Standard EN 13544-1, using sodium fluoride as a reference formulation. A comparison between the aerosol output nebulization time and the fine particle fraction displayed a correlation between the aerosol quality and the nebulization …
Danno da prodotto difettoso e responsabilità delle piattaforme di E-Commerce: uno sguardo oltreoceano
2022
L’articolo prende in esame due recenti decisioni della Court of Appeal della California circa la responsabilità delle piattaforme di e-commerce per prodotti difettosi alienati da venditori circa la responsabilità delle piattaforme di e-commerce per prodotti difettosi alienati da venditori terzi. Dopo aver ricostruito il case law californiano in materia di danno da prodotto ed il ruolo della tradizionale filiera distributiva nel migliorare la sicurezza dei prodotti, l’Autore passa all’esame delle pronunce della Court of Appeal rese nei casi Bolger v. Amazon.com del 2020 e Loomis v. Amazon.com del 2021. Secondo la Corte di secondo grado, le piattaforme di e-commerce sono destinatarie del regi…
La responsabilità da prodotto difettoso
2014
Il rogo di una Laguna:la responsabilità da prodotto difettoso della Renault S.A.
2009
Ciclo del carbono y modelización biogeoquímica de un lago somero hipertrófico: la Albufera de Valencia
2015
Los lagos someros son uno de los ecosistemas acuáticos más numerosos a nivel global y hacen posible el desarrollo de multitud de actividades de interés económico y recreativo. En las últimas décadas, gran parte de estos lagos se han visto sujetos a un proceso de eutrofización cultural que a menudo conlleva una transición desde un estado "claro" caracterizado por una alta transparencia del agua y gran abundancia de macrófitos, a un estado "turbio" caracterizado por una baja transparencia del agua, dominancia de fitoplancton y macrófitos sumergidos prácticamente ausentes. El cambio que experimentó la Albufera de Valencia al estado turbio a principios de los años 1970 como resultado de un inte…
A comparative study of different formulations of poultices for soluble salts removal from experimental plasters
2017
Soluble salts extractive capability of some commercial materials currently used in plaster restoration sector (ArbocelTM plus sepiolite; ArbocelTM, sepiolite and sand; Westox-Cocoon®) were tested in the present study, with the aim to evaluate their efficiency, their compatibility with the substrates as well as in terms of costs and duration of intervention. The three poultice products were first characterized in terms of porosimetric distribution. The desalination tests have been performed on samples of plaster specially formulated and made at the laboratory. Experimental specimens were then brought into contact with a solution of Na2SO4 0.3 M. The efficiency rating of these different types…
Regulation of the HTRA2 Protease Activity by an Inhibitory Antibody-Derived Peptide Ligand and the Influence on HTRA2-Specific Protein Interaction Ne…
2021
The mitochondrial serine protease HTRA2 has many versatile biological functions ranging from being an important regulator of apoptosis to being an essential component for neuronal cell survival and mitochondrial homeostasis. Loss of HTRA2 protease function is known to cause neurodegeneration, whereas overactivation of its proteolytic function is associated with cell death and inflammation. In accordance with this, our group verified in a recent study that the synthetic peptide ASGYTFTNYGLSWVR, encoding the hypervariable sequence part of an antibody, showed a high affinity for the target protein HTRA2 and triggered neuroprotection in an in vitro organ culture model for glaucoma. To unravel t…
ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF EXOGENOUS FACTORS ON THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF ROMANIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS LISTED ON BUCHAREST STOCK EXCHANGE
2015
The interest of both creditors and debtors of a credit institution on the performance registered by commercial banks imposed shaping high prudential standards designed to not upset the credit institution and to contribute decisively to increase their health profitability. On bank performance it shows a significant influence on many factors. The study focuses its attention on the impact of research that external factors are likely to print to financial rate of credit institutions (one of the classic indicators used to measure bank performance). The variables studied were represented by: - external factors: GDP, inflation and exchange rate leu-euro - considered to be independent variables and…
ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENT OF WASTEWATERS DRIVEN BY REVERSE ELECTRODIALYSIS PROCESSES
2014
Wastewater treatment technology is undergoing a transformation due to more restrictive regulations governing the dischar ge and disposal of hazardous pollutants. Electrochemical based technologies are very promising methods for treating wastewaters containing organic and inorganic pollutants resistant to biological processes or toxic for microorganisms. These methods present numerous advantages including the utilisation of a green reagent such as the electron, very high removal of numerous recalcitrant pollutants, efficient disinfection, high flexibility and no necessity to transport or stock chemical oxidants or reducents. O n the other hand, a wide utilisation of such methods is likely to…