A Performance Management Framework for Managing Sustainable Collaborative Enterprise Networks

Part 15: Performance Management Frameworks

The TOMO-ETNA experiment: an imaging active campaign at Mt. Etna volcano. Context, main objectives, working-plans and involved research projects

The TOMO-ETNA experiment was devised to image of the crust underlying the volcanic edifice and, possibly, its plumbing system by using passive and active refraction/reflection seismic methods. This experiment included activities both on-land and offshore with the main objective of obtaining a new high-resolution seismic tomography to improve the knowledge of the crustal structures existing beneath the Etna volcano and northeast Sicily up to Aeolian Islands. The TOMO ETNA experiment was divided in two phases. The first phase started on June 15, 2014 and finalized on July 24, 2014, with the withdrawal of two removable seismic networks (a Short Period Network and a Broadband network composed by 80 and 20 stations respectively) deployed at Etna volcano and surrounding areas. During this first phase the oceanographic research vessel “Sarmiento de Gamboa” and the hydro-oceanographic vessel “Galatea” performed the offshore activities, which includes the deployment of ocean bottom seismometers (OBS), air-gun shooting for Wide Angle Seismic refraction (WAS), Multi-Channel Seismic (MCS) reflection surveys, magnetic surveys and ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) dives. This phase finished with the recovery of the short period seismic network. In the second phase the Broadband seismic network remained operative until October 28, 2014, and the R/V “Aegaeo” performed additional MCS surveys during November 19-27, 2014. Overall, the information deriving from TOMO-ETNA experiment could provide the answer to many uncertainties that have arisen while exploiting the large amount of data provided by the cutting-edge monitoring systems of Etna volcano and seismogenic area of eastern Sicily.

Single-Polarization Double Refraction in Plasmonic Crystals: Considerations on Energy Flow

We examined the optical properties of nanolayered metal-dielectric lattices. At subwavelength regimes, the periodic array of metallic nanofilms demonstrates nonlocality-induced double refraction, conventional positive and as well as negative. In particular, we report on energy-flow considerations concerning both refractive behaviors concurrently. Numerical simulations provide transmittance of individual beams in Ag-TiO2 metamaterials under different configurations. In regimes of the effective-medium theory predicting elliptic dispersion, negative refraction may be stronger than the expected positive refraction.

Accelerating wide-angle converging waves in the near field

We show that a wide-angle converging wave may be transformed into a shape-preserving accelerating beam having a beam-width near the diffraction limit. For that purpose, we followed a strategy that is particularly conceived for the acceleration of nonparaxial laser beams, in contrast to the well-known method by Siviloglou et al (2007 Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 213901). The concept of optical near-field shaping is applied to the design of non-flat ultra-narrow diffractive optical elements. The engineered curvilinear caustic can be set up by the beam emerging from a dynamic assembly of elementary gratings, the latter enabling to modify the effective refractive index of the metamaterial as it is arranged in controlled orientations. This light shaping process, besides being of theoretical interest, is expected to open up a wide range of broadband application possibilities.

Highly localized accelerating beams using nano-scale metallic gratings

Spatially accelerating beams are non-diffracting beams whose intensity is localized along curvilinear trajectories, also incomplete circular trajectories, before diffraction broadening governs their propagation. In this paper we report on numerical simulations showing the conversion of a high-numerical-aperture focused beam into a nonparaxial shape-preserving accelerating beam having a beam-width near the diffraction limit. Beam shaping is induced near the focal region by a diffractive optical element that consists of a non-planar subwavelength grating enabling a Bessel signature.

Epothilone-d rescues cognition and attenuates alzheimer’s disease-like pathology in APP/PS1 mice

AIMS: Cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients has been linked to synaptic damage and neuronal loss. Hyperphosphorylation of tau protein destabilizes microtubules leading to the accumulation of autophagy/vesicular material and the generation of dystrophic neurites, thus contributing to axonal/synaptic dysfunction. In this study, we analyzed the effect of a microtubule-stabilizing compound in the progression of the disease in the hippocampus of APP751SL/PS1M146L transgenic model. METHODS: APP/PS1 mice (3 month-old) were treated with a weekly intraperitoneal injection of 2 mg/kg epothilone-D (Epo-D) for 3 months. Vehicle-injected animals were used as controls. Mice were tested on the Morris water maze, Y-maze and object-recognition tasks for memory performance. Abeta, AT8, ubiquitin and synaptic markers levels were analyzed by Western-blots. Hippocampal plaque, synaptic and dystrophic loadings were quantified by image analysis after immunohistochemical stainings. RESULTS: Epo-D treated mice exhibited a significant improvement in the memory tests compared to controls. The rescue of cognitive deficits was associated to a significant reduction in the AD-like hippocampal pathology. Levels of Abeta, APP and ubiquitin were significantly reduced in treated animals. This was paralleled by a decrease in the amyloid burden, and more importantly, in the plaque-associated axonal dystrophy pathology. Finally, synaptic levels were significantly restored in treated animals compared to controls. CONCLUSION: Epo-D treatment promotes synaptic and spatial memory recovery, reduces the accumulation of extracellular Abeta and the associated neuritic pathology in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 model. Therefore, microtubule stabilizing drugs could be considered therapeutical candidates to slow down AD progression. Supported by FIS-PI12/01431 and PI15/00796 (AG),FIS-PI12/01439 and PI15/00957(JV)

Trabajando con alienígenas: gestión de emociones como clave del éxito

La globalización y la revolución digital han generado numerosos beneficios, pero también han provocado cambios radicales en el entorno laboral. Para en- frentarse a ellos con éxito ya no es suficiente el conocimiento, sino que es pre- ciso saber interactuar con todos los actores: jefes, compañeros y empleados. TRABAJANDO CON ALIENÍGENAS presenta técnicas y herramientas concretas para desarrollar las habilidades personales, tanto en la gestión como en las re- laciones cotidianas, que se precisan en el trabajo en equipo. Este libro expone numerosos casos reales que nos enseñan a actuar y dar res- puestas útiles a las interacciones laborales y al trato con ‘alienígenas’. Cómo hacerte valorar en el trabajo Navegar en modelos tóxicos de autoridad Aprender a negociar a tu favor

La BATALLA Naual [Texto impreso] : curiosa relacion y veridica historia de la... victoria que tuvieron las... Armas de la Católica liga comandadas por... Don Juan de Austria contra la Armada Turquesa en el Golfo de Lepanto, en el dia 7 de Octubre del año 1571

Según Serrano Morales, Agustín Laborda imprimió en Valencia entre 1749 y 1774

Copia de la sentencia pronunciada por el señor Juez del 1o de Distrito, José Juan Chavarría, en el proceso seguido contra Pedro Navarrete y socios.

Sentence given to employees of the Banco Nacional de México found guilty of the charge of embezzlement of public bonds.

A report of the trial of Pedro Gibert, Bernardo de Soto, Francisco Ruiz, Nicola Costa, Antonio Ferrer, manuel Boyga, Domingo de Guzman, Juan Antonio Portana, Manuel Castillo, Angel Garcia, Jose Velazquez, and Juan Montenegro alias Jose Basilio de Castro, before the United States Circuit court, on an indictment charging them with the commission of an act of piracy, on board the brig Mexican, of Salem ; containing a full statement of the testimony, and the arguments of the counsel on both sides, the charge of the court, pronounced by the Hon. Judge Story, and the verdict of the jury. With an appendix containing several documents never before published. by a congressional stenographer.

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Acta remitida de Miramar por la comision encargada de ofrecer los votos de los mexicanos y la corona de México i [i.e. a] S.A.I. y R. el archiduque Fernando Maximiliano de Austria. y Decreto de S.M. el emperador nombrando su lugarteniente al General D. Juan N. Almonte.

Mode of access: Internet.

Don Juan de Austria ó Las guerras de Flandes : novela original española /

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Observaciones sobre la respuesta de Juan Antonio Llorente publicada por Jose Antonio de Grassot, á la censura que por órden del tribunal eclesiástico de Barcelona se dió de la obra intittulada: projet d'une constitution religieuse, considérée comme faisant partie de la constitution civile d'une nation libre indépendante, écrit par un Americain,

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Tradiciones infundadas : examen de las que se refieren al pendón morado de Castilla, las joyas de Isabel la Católica, las naves de Cortés, el salto de Alvarado, la Virgen de Lepanto, el estandarte de Don Juan de Austria y otras /

Includes bibliographical references ([663]-677).