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Effect of Mycoplasma agalactiae mastitis on milk production and composition in Valle dell Belice dairy sheep
2019
Contagious agalactia (CA), a disease caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae and other pathogenic mycoplasmas, is a well-known multietiological syndrome affecting dairy breeds of sheep and goats in the Mediterranean basin. The aim of this work was to study the effect on milk production and composition of mastitis caused by M. agalactiae in Valle del Belice dairy sheep. All ewes were manually milked twice daily and the milk from both daily milking was analysed for milk composition and somatic cell counts. Moreover the morning milk samples were collected aseptically from each animal for bacteriological analyses. A mixed linear model was utilised to consider milk production and composition between ani…
Copolymerization of Vinylidene Fluoride and Acrylic Acid in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
2010
The free-radical copolymerization of vinylidene fluoride (VDF) and acrylic acid (AA) was carried out in supercritical carbon dioxide using both precipitation and dispersion techniques in the presence of an ammonium carboxylate perfluoropolyether compound. Formation of a copolymer was confirmed by variable contact time CP MAS NMR spectroscopy. Macromolecular matrices were significantly enriched in AA with respect to the initial feed composition and we found that the nonfluorinated monomer has a much higher reactivity ratio with respect to VDF. The cumulative concentration, crystallinity, and water affinity of the synthesized copolymers could be modified changing the initial feed composition,…
Desarrollo de métodos analíticos para la determinación de filtros UV: de los productos cosméticos al cuerpo humano y al medio ambiente
2015
La presente Tesis Doctoral forma parte del Proyecto de Investigación CTQ 2009-12709 titulado “Desarrollo de métodos analíticos para la detección y cuantificación de trazas: de los productos cosméticos al cuerpo humano”. Todos los estudios realizados están relacionados con un grupo de ingredientes cosméticos denominados “filtros UV”, de gran interés desde el punto de vista de la salud por el importante papel que ejercen en la protección de los usuarios frente a la radiación solar. Se han desarrollado diversos métodos analíticos para la determinación de filtros UV con el fin de que puedan servir para contribuir a la realización de tres tipos de estudios que abarcan la cadena producto cosmétic…
RECUPERO ENERGETICO ALL’INTERNO DELLE RETI ACQUEDOTTISTICHE MEDIANTE MICROTURBINE IDRAULICHE
2022
Track finding at Belle II
2021
Computer physics communications 259, 107610 (2021). doi:10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107610
LPV model identification for gain scheduling control: An application to rotating stall and surge control problem
2006
Abstract We approach the problem of identifying a nonlinear plant by parameterizing its dynamics as a linear parameter varying (LPV) model. The system under consideration is the Moore–Greitzer model which captures surge and stall phenomena in compressors. The control task is formulated as a problem of output regulation at various set points (stable and unstable) of the system under inputs and states constraints. We assume that inputs, outputs and scheduling parameters are measurable. It is worth pointing out that the adopted technique allows for identification of an LPV model's coefficients without the requirements of slow variations amongst set points. An example of combined identification…
Évaluation de la fluidité de la membrane plasmique avec la sonde fluorescente di-4-ANEPPDHQ: Adaptation de la technique de recouvrement de fluorescen…
2011
National audience; Au cours de l’interaction entre plantes et microorganismes, la membrane plasmique joue un rôle essentiel dans l’organisation précoce des mécanismes de réactions de défense mises en place par la plante. L’équipe Dynamique membranaire et réponse aux stress biotiques, de l’UMR Plante-Microbe-Environnement, s’intéresse aux modifications des propriétés du plasmalemme des cellules végétales dans ce type d’interactions. La fluidité membranaire est une de ces propriétés. La technique de retour de fluorescence après photoblanchiment (FRAP), réalisée à l’aide d’un microscope confocal à balayage laser, a été adaptée à l’étude des variations de la fluidité de la membrane plasmique de…
Chip for dielectrophoretic microbial capture, separation and detection I: theoretical basis of electrode design
2022
Abstract We model the dielectrophoretic response of E. coli bacterial cells and red blood cells, upon exposure to an electric field. We model the separation, capture, and release mechanisms under flow conditions in a microfluidic channel and show under which conditions efficient separation of different cell types occurs. The modelling work is aimed to guide the separation electrode architecture and design for experimental validation of the model. The dielectrophoretic force is affected both by the geometry of the electrodes (the gradient of the electric field), the Re{CM(ω)} factor, and the permittivity of the medium ϵm. Our modelling makes testable predictions and shows that designing the …
Chip for dielectrophoretic microbial capture, separation and detection II: experimental study
2023
Abstract In our previous paper we have modelled a dielectrophoretic force (DEP) and cell particle behavior in a microfluidic channel (Weber MU et al 2023 Chip for dielectrophoretic microbial capture, separation and detection I: theoretical basis of electrode design Nanotechnology this issue). Here we test and confirm the results of our modeling work by experimentally validating the theoretical design constraints of the ring electrode architecture. We have compared and tested the geometry and particle capture and separation performance of the two separate electrode designs (the ring and dot electrode structures) by investigating bacterial motion in response to the applied electric field. We …
Generalized heat equation and transitions between different heat-transport regimes in narrow stripes
2019
Abstract In the framework of weakly nonlocal thermodynamic theory, in this paper we derive a nonlocal and nonlinear heat-transport equation beyond the Fourier law by means of thermodynamic considerations in agreement with the second law. The obtained equation describes the transitions among different heat-transport regimes. The stability of the solution of that equation is also analyzed in a special case.