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Higher order matrix differential equations with singular coefficient matrices

2014

In this article, the class of higher order linear matrix differential equations with constant coefficient matrices and stochastic process terms is studied. The coefficient of the highest order is considered to be singular; thus, rendering the response determination of such systems in a straightforward manner a difficult task. In this regard, the notion of the generalized inverse of a singular matrix is used for determining response statistics. Further, an application relevant to engineering dynamics problems is included.

Smart Cities and Eu growth strategy: a Comparison among European Cities

2015

The level of interest in smart cities has been growing during these last years. The academic literature (Holland, 2008; Caragliu et al., 2009, Nijkamp et al., 2011 and Lombardi et al., 2012) has identified a number of factors that characterise a city as smart, such as economic development, business-friendly, environmental sustainability, social innovation, information and knowledge process, and human and social capital. Thus, the smartness concept is strictly linked to urban efficiency in a multifaceted way as well as to citizens’ wellbeing through the use of appropriate technologies. Instead, from a “political perspective” smartness is mainly related to the ability of using ICT (Informatio…

Extraordinary Performance of Carbon‐Coated Anatase TiO 2 as Sodium‐Ion Anode

2015

The synthesis of in situ polymer‐functionalized anatase TiO2 particles using an anchoring block copolymer with hydroxamate as coordinating species is reported, which yields nanoparticles (≈11 nm) in multigram scale. Thermal annealing converts the polymer brushes into a uniform and homogeneous carbon coating as proven by high resolution transmission electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. The strong impact of particle size as well as carbon coating on the electrochemical performance of anatase TiO2 is demonstrated. Downsizing the particles leads to higher reversible uptake/release of sodium cations per formula unit TiO2 (e.g., 0.72 eq. Na+ (11 nm) vs only 0.56 eq. Na+ (40 nm)) while the …

Testing the Universal Soil Loss Equation-MB equation in plots in Central and South Italy

2019

Planning soil conservation strategies requires predictive techniques at event scale because a large percentage of soil loss over a long-time period is due to relatively few large storms. Considering runoff is expected to improve soil loss predictions and allows relation of the process-oriented approach with the empirical one, furthermore, the effects of detachment and transport on soil erosion processes can be distinguished by a runoff component. In this paper, the empirical model USLE-MB (USLE-M based), including a rainfall-runoff erosivity factor in which the event rainfall erosivity index EI30 of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) multiplies the runoff coefficient QR raised to an ex…

Sostenibilità: una riforma economica che premia l'efficienza

2010

Le democrazie industriali nell’ultimo secolo, hanno improntato lo sviluppo delle proprie società ponendo al centro (e come obbligo) la crescita esponenziale dell’economia. Da più di mezzo secolo la misura di questa crescita è indicata dal Prodotto Interno Lordo (PIL) che “deve” aumentare anno dopo anno per mantenere saldo il rapporto (e il consenso) tra economia, società e cittadini. A partire dalla seconda metà del novecento, questo sistema economico ha distribuito un relativo maggiore benessere solamente ad un quinto degli abitanti del Pianeta, al costo però, di una drastica riduzione delle risorse disponibili e causando il global warming per tutti gli abitanti della Terra. Questo modello…

SparseHC: A Memory-efficient Online Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm

2014

Computing a hierarchical clustering of objects from a pairwise distance matrix is an important algorithmic kernel in computational science. Since the storage of this matrix requires quadratic space with respect to the number of objects, the design of memory-efficient approaches is of high importance to this research area. In this paper, we address this problem by presenting a memory-efficient online hierarchical clustering algorithm called SparseHC. SparseHC scans a sorted and possibly sparse distance matrix chunk-by-chunk. Meanwhile, a dendrogram is built by merging cluster pairs as and when the distance between them is determined to be the smallest among all remaining cluster pairs. The k…

Temperature measurement in gas mixtures by femtosecond Raman-induced polarization spectroscopy

2003

European Conference on Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy (ECONOS) MAR 30-APR 01, 2003 BESANCON, FRANCE; The potential of femtosecond Raman-induced polarization spectroscopy (RIPS) for the simultaneous determination of temperature and concentrations was investigated. These measurements were related to the rotational time response of the molecular gas mixture, which was measured as a function of the pump-probe time delay. The change of the polarizability anisotropy with respect to the vibrational levels was taken into account. The results of temperature measurements in pure CO2 showed good agreement with the values obtained by a thermocouple. The RIPS technique was also applied to a CO2-N2 gas m…

Cooperative spectrum sensing schemes for future dynamic spectrum access infrastructures

2016

Edukacja językowa w zakresie języka ojczystego w czasach zmiany kulturowej

2018

Przemiany dokonujące się we współczesnej kulturze dotykają różnych sfer życia człowieka, również języka i komunikacji, skłaniając do przemyślenia zadań i priorytetów szkolnego kształcenia językowego. Szczególna uwaga należy się tym wzorcom językowego komunikowania nabywanym przez uczniów w procesie socjalizacji, które odbiegają od ideałów szkolnych. W artykule omawiam niektóre z nich, zwracam uwagę na konsekwencje w postaci niepożądanych zmian w strukturze kompetencji językowo-komunikacyjnej młodego pokolenia oraz postaw wobec języka i komunikacji werbalnej. Dochodzę do wniosku, że przeobrażenia w kontekście kulturowo-komunikacyjnym nie stawiają przed współczesną edukacją językową całkiem n…

Postępy w fotowoltanice w Polsce i na świecie = Progress in photovoltaics in Poland and the world

2015

W artykule przedstawiono postęp w zakresie uzyskiwanych sprawności przez ogniwa i moduły fotowoltaiczne (PV) wykonane z różnych materiałów i za pomocą różnych technologii. Zawarto w nim szczegółowe zestawienia tabelaryczne sprawności oraz ich parametrów technicznych. Zwrócono uwagę na nowe obiecujące technologie, które jeszcze nie mają rekordowych sprawności, ale z uwagi na proces ich wytwarzania rokują nadzieje na uzyskanie bardzo dużych sprawności albo tanich wielkopowierzchniowych modułów do komercyjnego zastosowania. Ponadto, omówiono ekonomiczne skutki wdrożenia nowo zawartych zapisów w uchwalonej w lutym 2015 r. Ustawie o Odnawialnych Źródłach Energii (OZE) dla rozwoju rozproszonych i…