Search results for "Tropic"

Study of the anisotropy in turbulent superfluids

2010

In this review we are interested on the anisotropy and polarity of superfluid turbulence in helium II, a still open problem which needs more details. Though some of the results presented here have already been published in different papers, this short review aims to put the main results together and to extend them when necessary. From the mesoscopic viewpoint, an evolution equation for the vortex line density was proposed in rotating counterflow (heat flux without mass flux) by means of dimensional analysis. Then, starting from the microscopic viewpoint this evolution equation was further extended to include situations where turbulence is not homogeneously distributed. Indeed, microscopical…

A molecular dynamics study of large-scale reversible aggregation of anisotropic particles

1992

We report findings of 1000 ps molecular dynamics simulations of a bidimensional system of 4050 Lennard–Jones particles with electric dipoles, undergoing spinodal separation. This simple system is used to model the reversible aggregation of building blocks bearing specific and fixed adhesion sites at their surface. Aggregation regions so obtained resemble images of self-assembled biological structures. Statistical analyses of these regions evidence the interplay of thermodynamic instability and of interaction range between the attachment sites. They also illustrate some basic aspects of the morphogenesis of extended biomolecular/cellular structures, self-organized from initially homogeneous …

Investigation on the influence of the surface resin rich layer on the thermoelastic signal from different composite laminate lay-ups

2006

This work presents a set of experimental results based on the measured thermoelastic signal from GRP composite coupons adopting different lay-ups. A comparison is made with the thermoelastic signal predicted by two different analytical models: one based on the classical law of the thermoelastic effect for orthotropic materials, and the other based on a novel theory accounting for the presence of a resin layer on the external surface of the composite structure. The composite coupons were designed such to determine a significant difference in the predictions made by the two theoretical models. Experimental results have shown a far better match with the predictions based on the novel theory ac…

Mapping 123 million neonatal, infant and child deaths between 2000 and 2017

2019

Since 2000, many countries have achieved considerable success in improving child survival, but localized progress remains unclear. To inform efforts towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3.2—to end preventable child deaths by 2030—we need consistently estimated data at the subnational level regarding child mortality rates and trends. Here we quantified, for the period 2000–2017, the subnational variation in mortality rates and number of deaths of neonates, infants and children under 5 years of age within 99 low- and middle-income countries using a geostatistical survival model. We estimated that 32% of children under 5 in these countries lived in districts that had attained ra…

Risorse culturali, ambientali e turismo sostenibile

2019

Il turismo sostenibilità richiede la capacità di integrare l’ambiente naturale, culturale e umano, nel rispetto del fragile equilibrio che caratterizza i territori, in modo da assicurare un’evoluzione appropriata per quanto riguarda le capacità di mitigazione dell’impatto antropico, e che sappia valutare i propri effetti sul patrimonio culturale, naturale e sulle comunità locali. Sustainability tourism requires the ability to integrate the natural, cultural and human environment, respecting the fragile balance that characterizes the territories, in order to ensure an appropriate evolution as regards the capacity to mitigate the anthropic impact, and that it knows assess their effects on cul…

Hand verification for flexural strength of existing R.C. floors subject to degradation phenomena

2015

Abstract In the present paper, a simplified model for hand verification of the flexural and shear strength of existing corroded T beams cast in place of lightened R.C. orthotropic slabs forming floors is presented and discussed. Diffused and pitting corrosion on steel bars, compressive concrete strength degradation and concrete bond strength degradation are included in the model. The original contribution of the paper is evaluation of the flexural and shear strength considering both the cases of strain compatibility and absence of compatibility and considering the main parameters governing the corrosion process. An arch-resistant model for the calculus of the flexural and shear strength of …

A New Approach to the Modeling of Anisotropic Media with the Transmission Line Matrix Method

2021

A reformulation of the Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) method is presented to model non-dispersive anisotropic media. Two TLM-based solutions to solve this problem can already be found in the literature, each one with an interesting feature. One can be considered a more conceptual approach, close to the TLM fundamentals, which identifies each TLM in Maxwell’s equations with a specific line. But this simplicity is achieved at the expense of an increase in the memory storage requirements of a general situation. The second existing solution is a more powerful and general formulation that avoids this increase in memory storage. However, it is based on signal processing techniques and considerabl…

Risultati del trattamento ortottico in bambini di età inferiore ai 10 anni con ambliopia anisometropica.

2015

Taste, a new incentive to switch to (R)-praziquantel in schistosomiasis treatment.

2009

Background Praziquantel (PZQ) is the drug compound of choice in the control and treatment of schistosomiasis. PZQ is administered as a racemate, i. e. 1∶1 mixture of enantiomers. The schistosomicidal activity arises from one PZQ-enantiomer, whereas the other enantiomer does not contribute to the activity. The WHO's Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) has assigned the low-cost preparation of pure schistosomicidal (−)-PZQ a key priority for future R&D on PZQ, but so far this transition has not happened. PZQ has two major administration drawbacks, the first being the high dose needed, and its well documented bitter and disgusting taste. Attempts of taste-mask…

Oxadiazolyl-Pyridinium as Cationic Scaffold for Fluorinated Ionic Liquid Crystals

2021

The synthesis and characterization of a new class of 1,2,4-oxadiazolylpyridinium as a cationic scaffold for fluorinated ionic liquid crystals is herein described. A series of 12 fluorinated heterocyclic salts based on a 1,2,4-oxadiazole moiety, connected through its C(5) or C(3) to an N-alkylpyridinium unit and a perfluoroheptyl chain, differing in the length of the alkyl chain and counterions, has been synthesized. As counterions iodide, bromide and bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide have been considered. The synthesis, structure, and liquid crystalline properties of these compounds are discussed on the basis of the tuned structural variables. The thermotropic properties of this series of sa…