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Processi paleocarsici e geositi: il caso del “libeccio antico” nel distretto marmifero di Custonaci, Sicilia nord-occidentale

2016

Abstract The Upper Triassic strata that crops out along the northern slope of Monte Sparagio, in the Custonaci “marble” district in northwestern Sicily, show an extensive development of dissolution cavities with a very variable shape and dimensions. Several different types of dissolution morphologies can be differentiated from microkarst to giant caverns. The cavities are filled up by polychrome silts or calcite cements or, in the larger caverns, by collapse breccias. The matrix between the collapse breccias is a polychrome silt that gives rise to an attractive ornamental stone, quarried in the past with the name of “Libeccio Antico”. The diagenetic processes that have controlled the format…

Carbonate platform-basin systems in Sicily around the Triassic/Jurassic boundary: new data from the Campofiorito area (Sicani Mountains, western Sici…

2006

Design and performance of sustainable and translucent building envelopes made of ETFE cushions

2009

The paper reports the first results of a research carried out at the Department of Design and Building Construction of the University of Palermo aimed to investigate the problems related to the performance improvement of the building envelope components able to gain the sunlight. In particular we have investigated the development of sustainable building envelopes made of ETFE (Ethylene TetraFluoroEthylene) cushions. The paper shows the problems related to physics, techniques and construction derived from the use of ETFE by analysing the first use of this innovative material for the construction of more recent sustainable building envelopes all over the world. Because of the few studies avai…

Il fuoco e la casa

2020

Il saggio riflette sull’interazione tra il fuoco e l’architettura e, rispetto a questa prospettiva critica, recupera come incipit il libro del 1851 di Gottfried Semper, I quattro elementi dell’architettura, nel quale basamento, fuoco, recinto e tetto, prima che parti costruttive, sono l’esito di comportamenti umani. Le teorie di Semper, recepite dalla Chicago School, tra la metà e la fine del XIX secolo, sono alla base di molte abitazioni di Frank Lloyd Wright nelle quali il camino costituisce il fulcro di irradiazione del calore, della luce e, soprattutto, dello spazio. In queste case prese in considerazione, quasi tutte progettate per facoltosi committenti, il fuoco assume quindi un ruolo…

A brine evaporative cooler/concentrator for autonomous thermal desalination units

2011

In recent years growing attention has been paid to the problem of brine disposal due to the raising awareness of significant environmental issues related to the use of desalination processes for fresh water production. This is particularly relevant when desalination units are located in remote sites, characterised by major complexity in the construction and management of intake and outfall structures. In the present work a novel device, named brine evaporative cooler/concentrator (BECC, patent pending), has been developed for coupling with small-scale thermal desalination plants in order to reduce the problem of brine disposal. Such device fulfils two different functions: i) cooling of the …

DEMAND Project: A Proposal for a Bottom-Up Aggregation Platform

2019

In many countries, a great number of electricity market operators have developed Demand Response (DR) programs with different purposes. In this framework, load aggregation represents an important issue, linked to the potential that the coordinated management of distributed resources has on affecting power systems' operation.

FLEXIBILITY OPTIMISATION PLATFORMS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF SMART POWER SYSTEMS

Predictions in Resilient Hybrid AC/DC Grids Leveraged by an Interoperable and Secure ICT Platform

2022

Power systems are undergoing a significant change and the main elements to address the new challenges is the new key-role played by the distribution grid and its transformation into a smart grid. While the distribution grid has traditionally operated with alternating current (AC), nowadays most devices operate with DC internally, and most distributed renewable resources generate power in DC. Furthermore, storage components, such as batteries and supercapacitors, have a DC character. DC seems to be the one of the most promising candidates to avoid stranded investments and to guarantee incredible saving for the community in Europe, making the transition to a fully decarbonised energy system a…

Does diversification pay in the app market? Evidence from Apple's App Store and Google Play

2016

In this paper we address the study of the effects of product line diversification on firm performance in the mobile application market. Specifically, we shed light on whether the distribution platform ecosystem where developers commercialize their apps influence the effect of product line diversification, i.e., diversification across different app categories, on developer sales performance. To these purposes, we compare the sales performance of diversified developers with that of category-specialized developers in the two major app stores (namely, Apple’s App Store and Google Play). Our results show that the diversification strategy has a positive impact on developer sales in Google Play, w…

Mobile agent application fields

2004

Publisher Summary Mobile agents are a recent paradigm for software design, which extends object oriented programming features. An agent can perform its task autonomously; a mobile agent can carry out complex tasks that require the agent to migrate from a network place to another one. Mobile agent application fields are many. It can replace web services in other cases, mobile agents and web services can be an effective solution together. The chapter discusses the three mobile agent application fields, which are: parallel and distributed computing, data mining and information retrieval, and networking. An overview of the development platforms is also discussed. Data mining and information ret…