Kânûnnâme-yi cedide fî-mâ yete'allak bi'l-arâzî : manuscript, undated

New land regulations and various taxes records.

Kitāb Jawāhir al-farāʼiḍ : manuscript, undated

Title supplied by cataloger.

Kitāb Tuḥfat al-ʻarūs wa-fākihat al-nufūs / taʼlīf al-Shaykh al-Imām Abī Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Shaykh Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Tijānī : manuscript, 1558

Written in one column, 21 lines per page, in black and red.

Tārīkh al-kāmil

lil-ʻalāmah Abī al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Karam Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn ʻAbd al-Wāḥid al-Shaybānī al-maʻrūf bi-Ibn al-Athīr al-Jazarī al-mulaqqab bi-ʻIzz al-Dīn. Wa-bi-hāmishihi Tārīkh murūj al-dhahab wa-maʻādin al-jawhar / lil-Imām Abī al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Masʻūdī.

Sharḥ al-Lāmīyah fī ʻuṣūl al-dīn : manuscript, undated

Cream laid paper. 20 x 13 cm. (16 x 8.2 cm.).

Strumenti e metodi per la tracciabilità della catena logistica agroalimentare: simulazione e diagnostica di una camera climatica

I fenomeni di globalizzazione in atto hanno radicalmente modificato il consumo e la distribuzione dei prodotti agroalimentari e dilatato le distanze tra l’origine delle materie prime e consumo finale. Obiettivo del progetto interuniversitario "Food Supply Chain" è studiare le condizioni di trasporto di prodotti agroalimentari. Una delle attività principali è tracciare ed analizzare i fattori critici di spedizioni dal momento in cui i prodotti lasciano lo stabilimento produttivo in Italia fino ai consumatori situati in EU o extra-EU. La tesi si inserisce all’interno di questo progetto e descrive la realizzazione di due Piattaforme in ambiente LabVIEW per la consultazione e la simulazione dei viaggi logistici, le cui caratteristiche sono conservate e organizzate in appositi database. La "Piattaforma LabVIEW per la consultazione a analisi" permette di consultare il database attraverso interrogazioni multiple, estrarre le informazioni più significative, riprodurre le spedizioni in apposite interfacce e produrre dei report riassuntivi per comunicazioni alle imprese La "Piattaforma LabVIEW per la simulazione in camera climatica" rappresenta il sistema di controllo attraverso cui gestire la simulazione dei singoli viaggi in camera climatica, realizzata nel Laboratorio MECCANICA del DIN della Scuola di Ingegneria e Architettura dell’Università di Bologna. Si potranno così valutare e comparare tra loro soluzioni alternative rispetto ad una medesima catena logistica in termini di packaging, imballaggio e protezioni supplementari della spedizione. Infine si potranno confrontare rotte commerciali differenti relative allo stesso prodotto. I risultati ottenuti in camera climatica costituiranno la base per le successive analisi biochimiche sui prodotti e valutazione finale della sostenibilità dell’intera catena logistica.

Porewater and particulate geochemistry during Maria S. Merian cruise MSM17/4

We present sedimentary geochemical data and in situ benthic flux measurements of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN: NO3-, NO2-, NH4+) and oxygen (O2) from 7 sites with variable sand content along 18°N offshore Mauritania (NW Africa). Bottom water O2 concentrations at the shallowest station were hypoxic (42 µM) and increased to 125 µM at the deepest site (1113 m). Total oxygen uptake rates were highest on the shelf (-10.3 mmol O2 /m2 d) and decreased quasi-exponentially with water depth to -3.2 mmol O2 /m2 d. Average denitrification rates estimated from a flux balance decreased with water depth from 2.2 to 0.2 mmol N /m2 d. Overall, the sediments acted as net sink for DIN. Observed increases in delta 15NNO3 and delta 18ONO3 in the benthic chamber deployed on the shelf, characterized by muddy sand, were used to calculate apparent benthic nitrate fractionation factors of 8.0 pro mille (15epsilon app) and 14.1 pro mille (18epsilon app). Measurements of delta 15NNO2 further demonstrated that the sediments acted as a source of 15N depleted NO2-. These observations were analyzed using an isotope box model that considered denitrification and nitrification of NH4+ and NO2-. The principal findings were that (i) net benthic 14N/15N fractionation (epsilon DEN) was 12.9 ± 1.7pro mille, (ii) inverse fractionation during nitrite oxidation leads to an efflux of isotopically light NO2- (-22 ± 1.9 pro mille), and (iii) direct coupling between nitrification and denitrification in the sediment is negligible. Previously reported epsilon DEN for fine-grained sediments are much lower (4-8 pro mille). We speculate that high benthic nitrate fractionation is driven by a combination of enhanced porewater-seawater exchange in permeable sediments and the hypoxic, high productivity environment. Although not without uncertainties, the results presented could have important implications for understanding the current state of the marine N cycle.

Carbon and nitrogen content of marine pore waters

We have developed sampling methods and an analytical system to determine the concentration of dissolved organic C (DOC) in marine pore waters. Our analytical approach is a modification of recently developed high-temperature, Pt-catalyzed oxidation methods; it uses Chromatographic trapping of the DOC-derived CO2 followed by reduction to CH4 and flame ionization detection. Sampling experiments with nearshore sediments indicate that pore-water separation by whole-core squeezing causes artificially elevated DOC concentrations, while pore-water recovery by sectioning and centrifugation does not appear to introduce DOC artifacts. Results from a set of northwestern Atlantic continental slope cores suggest that net DOC production accounts for >50% of the organic C that is recycled at the sediment-water interface.

Pieces that have won prizes; also many encore pieces.

Encore pieces: An old man's soliloquy / Roswell Field -- A n old sweetheart of mine / James Whitcomb Riley -- And the band played / Maurice E. McLaoughlin -- The ballad of the colors ; Ben Bolt / Thomas Dunn English -- A brave little girl ; Casey at the bat / Anon -- The cataract of Lodore / Robert Southey -- The countersign was Mary / Margaret Eytinge -- Dinnis Kilboo's sanatarium / Chas. T. Catlin -- A dude in a horse-car / G.W. Kyle -- Elsinore / Lucy H. Hooper -- Entertaining sister's beau / Bret Harte -- Family financiering ; Farmer John ; Father's voice ; A fly's cogitations / Anon -- Foreign views of the statue / Fred. Emerson Brooks -- Going to school / Anon -- Grandma -- The granger and the gambler / W.H. -- A great tune / John Habberton -- Hail fellow, well met / Albert Hardy -- Hans and Fritz -- How girls study / Belle McDonald -- Jack the evangelist / N.Y. Evangelist -- The kitchen clock / J.V. Cheney -- Life's magnet / Ella Wheeler Wilcox -- The little boy's prayer / S.M. Talbot -- Little Nan -- Little orphant Annie / James Whitcomb Riley -- A little woman / Eugene Field -- Maud Rosihue's choice / T. Edwin Leary -- The mischievous misses / James G. Small -- Miss Maloney on the Chinese question / Mary M. Dodge -- Mrs. Stuart learns how to skate / Clara Augusta -- My lover / Emma Mortimer White -- My garden / Anon -- Nancy / Arty Brace -- Now and then / Anon -- O captain, my captain / Walt Whitman -- The old man in a palace car / John H. Yates -- The orthod-ox team / Fred Emerson Brooks -- The porter's story / Maurice Edmunds -- The proposal -- Romeo and Juliet / The Poet-Scout -- Room enough for all / Anon -- The saint and the sinner / Madeline Bridges -- Sam / Albert Hardy -- A schoolroom idyl / Charles B. Going -- A telephone message -- The countersign / J. Hooker Hamersley -- Uncle Ned's defense / Anon -- Unforgiven / Frank McHale -- The valentine / Mary D. Brine -- Wash dolly up like that / Eleanor Kirk Ames -- What is a gentleman / N.L. O'D -- The witness / Anon -- Yellow roses / J. Hooker Hamersley.