Raccolta di diverse antiche inscrizioni e medaglie epitalamiche ritrovate negli stati di S.R.M. Il Re di Sardegna : et due dissertazioni sopra un antico turibolo, e campanello /

Illustrations: Engraved title vignette, head- and tail-pieces, plates; woodcut illustrations in the text.

Atti della Reale accademia di scienze morali e politiche.

At head of title: Società reale di Napoli.

Degli studi e delle vicende della Reale accademia dei georgofili dal 1854 al 1903. Discorsi letti nel terzo cinquantenario dalla sua fondazione, seguiti da un elenco generale dei soci e da due incidici degli Atti accademici.

Mode of access: Internet.

Memorie della Reale accademia delle scienze di Torino.

Vols. for 1936-1942 issued in 2 pts. called: Parte prima, Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali, and: Parte seconda, Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche.

Atti del Reale Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti.

Title varies slightly.

Raccolta delle più interessanti dipinture e de'più belli musaici rinvenuti negli scavi di Ercolano, di Pompei, e di Stabia che ammiransi nel Museo reale borbonico.

Imprint on title-page has the date "183[blank]," with the final number presumably to be filled in by hand.

Pubbliche feste di gioja da eseguirsi nella citta di Siena nei giorni che sara felicitata dall'augusta presenza di Sua Altezza Imperiale, e Reale Ferdinando III ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Notizie e studî in connessione colla Raccolta pubblicata dalla Reale commissione colombiana.

Mode of access: Internet.

Sulla fondazione di una societáa meteorologica per la Lombardia : rapporto-programma approvato dal Reale Istituto lombardo di scienze, lettere ed arti.

Both copies: University of Illinois bookplate: "From the library of Conte Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana Lazelada di Bereguardo, purchased 1921".

Ownership structure and business evaluation practices in family SMEs : evidence from empirical research in Italy

This paper presents early results from a pilot project which aims to investigate the relationship between proprietary structure of small and medium- sized Italian family firms and their owners’ orientation towards a “business evaluation process”. Evidence from many studies point out the importance of family business in a worldwide economic environment: in Italy 93% of the businesses are represented by family firms; 98% of them have less than 50 employees (Italian Association of Family Firms, 2004) so we judged family SMEs as a relevant field of investigation. In this study we assume a broad definition of family business as “a firm whose control (50% of shares or voting rights) is closely held by the members of the same family” (Corbetta,1995). “Business evaluation process” is intended here both as “continuous evaluation process” (which is the expression of a well developed managerial attitude) or as an “immediate valuation” (i.e. in the case of new shareholder’s entrance, share exchange among siblings, etc). We set two hypotheses to be tested in this paper: the first is “quantitative” and aims to verify whether the number of owners (independent variable) in a family firm is positively correlated to the business evaluation process. If a family firm is led by only one subject, it is more likely that personal values, culture and feelings may affect his choices more than “purely economic opportunities”; so there is less concern about monitoring economic performance or about the economic value of the firm. As the shareholders’ number increases, economic aspects in managing the firm grow in importance over the personal values and "value orientation" acquires a central role. The second hypothesis investigates if and to what extent the presence of “non- family members” among the owners affects their orientation to the business evaluation process. The “Cramer’s V” test has been used to test the hypotheses; both were not confirmed from these early results; next steps will lead to make an inferential analysis on a representative sample of the population.

Evaluating responses to land degradation mitigation measures in Southern Italy

The main factors affecting environmental sensitivity to degradation are soil, vegetation, climate and management, through either their intrinsic characteristics or by their interaction on the landscape. Different levels of degradation risks may be observed in response to particular combinations of the aforementioned factors. For instance, the combination of inappropriate management practices and intrinsically weak soil conditions will result in a severe degradation of the environment, while the combination of the same type of management with better soil conditions may lead to negligible degradation.The aim of this study was to identify factors and their impact on land degradation processes in three areas of the Basilicata region (southern Italy) using a procedure that couples environmental indices, GIS and crop-soil simulation models. Areas prone to desertification were first identified using the Environmental Sensitive Areas (ESA) procedure. An analysis for identifying the weight that each of the contributing factor (climate, soil, vegetation, management) had on the ESA was carried out using GIS techniques. The SALUS model was successfully executed to identify the management practices that could lead to better soil conditions to enhance land use sustainability. The best management practices were found to be those that minimized soil disturbance and increased soil organic carbon. Two alternative scenarios with improved soil quality and subsequently improving soil water holding capacity were used as mitigation measures. The ESA were recalculated and the effects of the mitigation measures suggested by the model were assessed. The new ESA showed a significant reduction on land degradation.

Tracheobronchial and alveolar dose of submicrometer particles for different population age groups in Italy

Exposure to ultrafine particles (diameter less than 100 nm) is an important topic in epidemiological and toxicological studies. This study used the average particle number size distribution data obtained from our measurement survey in major micro-environments, together with the people activity pattern data obtained from the Italian Human Activity Pattern Survey to estimate the tracheobronchial and alveolar dose of submicrometer particles for different population age groups in Italy. We developed a numerical methodology based on Monte Carlo method, in order to estimate the best combination from a probabilistic point of view. More than 106 different cases were analyzed according to a purpose built sub-routine and our results showed that the daily alveolar particle number and surface area deposited for all of the age groups considered was equal to 1.5 x 1011 particles and 2.5 x 1015 m2, respectively, varying slightly for males and females living in Northern or Southern Italy. In terms of tracheobronchial deposition, the corresponding values for daily particle number and surface area for all age groups was equal to 6.5 x 1010 particles and 9.9 x 1014 m2, respectively. Overall, the highest contributions were found to come from indoor cooking (female), working time (male) and transportation (i.e. traffic derived particles) (children).