Genetic signature of a recent invasion: The ragged sea hare Bursatella leachii in Mar Menor (SE Spain)

This study received partial financial support from the Séneca Foundation, Agencia Regional de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Región de Murcia, Spain (11881/PI/09). The first author (MGW) was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, Portugal) postdoctoral grant (SFRH/BPD/70689/2010). JD was supported through an Erasmus grant (2011–2013) of the European MSc in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (EMBC).

Mérode Altarpiece, center panel, Annunciation: detail

Robert Campin, workshop of; oil on panel

Oeuvres completes de J.J. Rousseau.

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Encyclopédie méthodique : Finances ...

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Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire : faisant suite a l'histoire de la Révolution Française /

Tomo 20 en Paris : Lheureux et cie.

The creep behaviour of pressure diecast zinc-aluminium based alloys

The creep behaviour of three pressure diecast commercial zinc-aluminium based alloys: Mazak 3, corresponding to BS 1004A, and the new alloys ZA.8 and ZA.27 with a series of alloys with compositions ranging from 0% to 30% aluminium was investigated. The total creep elongation of commercial alloys was shown to be well correlated using an empirical equation. Based on this a parametrical relationship was derived which allowed the total creep extension to be related to the applied stress, the temperature and the time of test, so that a quantitative assessment of creep of the alloys could be made under different conditions. Deviation from the normal creep kinetics occurred in alloys ZA.8 and ZA.27 at very low stresses, 150°C, due to structural coarsening combined with partial transformation of ε -phase into T' phase. The extent of primary creep was found to increase with aluminium content, but secondary creep rates decreased in the order Mazak 3, ZA.8 and ZA.27. Thus, based on the above equation, ZA.8 was found to have a substantially better total creep resistance than ZA.27, which in turn was marginally better than Mazak 3 for strains higher than 0.5%, but inferior for smaller strains, due to its higher primary creep extension. The superior creep resistance of ZA.8 was found to be due to the presence of strictly-orientated, thin plate-like precipitates of ε(CuZn4) phase in the zinc matrix of the eutectic and the lamellarly decomposed β phase, in which the precipitation morphology and orientation of ε in the zinc matrix was determined. Over broad ranges of temperature and stresses, the stress exponents and activation energies for creep were found to be consistent with some proposed creep rate mechanisms; i.e. viscous glide for Mazak 3, dislocation climb over second phase particles for ZA.8 and dislocation climb for ZA.27, controlled by diffusion in the zinc-rich phase. The morphology of aluminium and copper-rich precipitates formed from the solid solution of zinc was clearly revealed. The former were found to further increase the creep rate of inherently low creep resistant zinc, but the latter contributed significantly to the creep resistance. Excess copper in the composition, however, was not beneficial in improving the creep resistance. Decomposition of β in copper-containing alloys was found to be through a metastable Zn-Al phase which is strongly stabilised by copper, and the final products of the decomposition had a profound effect on the creep strength of the alloys. The poor creep resistance of alloy ZA.27 was due to the presence of particulate products derived from decomposed β-phase and a large volume of fine, equiaxed products of continuously decomposed α-dendrites.

Modellazione numerica del flusso e del trasporto per l’applicazione integrata di geotermia a bassa entalpia e bonifica

L’obbiettivo che si pone questo lavoro è quello di combinare in un unico impianto due tecnologie utilizzate per scopi differenti (impianto integrato): un impianto di climatizzazione geotermico a bassa entalpia di tipo open-loop ed un impianto di bonifica delle acque di falda di tipo Pump&Treat. Il sito selezionato per lo studio è ubicato in via Lombardia, nell’area industriale di Ozzano dell’Emilia (BO), ed è definito “Ex stabilimento Ot-Gal”: si tratta di una galvanotecnica con trattamento di metalli, dismessa alla fine degli anni ’90. Durante una precedente fase di caratterizzazione del sito condotta dalla ditta Geo-Net Srl, sono stati rilevati in falda dei superamenti delle CSC previste dal D.lgs. 152/2006 di alcuni contaminanti, in particolare Tricloroetilene (TCE) e 1.1-Dicloroetilene (1.1-DCE). Successivamente, nel 2010-2011, Geo-net Srl ha eseguito una parziale bonifica delle acque di falda attraverso l’utilizzo di un impianto Pump and Treat. Grazie a tutti i dati pregressi riguardanti i monitoraggi, le prove e i sondaggi, messi a disposizione per questo studio da Geo-Net Srl, è stato possibile eseguire una sperimentazione teorica, in forma di modellazione numerica di flusso e trasporto, dell’impianto integrato oggetto di studio. La sperimentazione è stata effettuata attraverso l’utilizzo di modelli numerici basati sul codice di calcolo MODFLOW e su codici ad esso comunemente associati, quali MODPATH e MT3DMS. L’analisi dei risultati ottenuti ha permesso di valutare in modo accurato l’integrazione di queste due tecnologie combinate in unico impianto. In particolare, la bonifica all’interno del sito avviene dopo 15 dalla messa in attività. Sono stati anche confrontati i costi da sostenere per la realizzazione e l’esercizio dell’impianto integrato rispetto a quelli di un impianto tradizionale. Tale confronto ha mostrato che l’ammortamento dell’impianto integrato avviene in 13 anni e che i restanti 7 anni di esercizio producono un risparmio economico.

Capital structure and dividends : evidence from Portugal (2003-2014)

Mestrado em Finanças

The politicization of a sociofact: exploring economic inequality in the global age

La comunicación aborda la pregunta acerca de si la desigualdad socioeconómica es no un problema de naturaleza política. Por el camino, se ocupa de las causas de la desigualdad en la era global, así como de atender a los efectos del resentimiento sobre la democracia en lo que a la demanda de igualdad se refiere.