Metodologie per il dimensionamento e l'analisi delle prestazioni di velivoli multirotore

Studio riguardante le prestazioni di autonomia oraria e una metotodologia analitica per massimizzare il tempo di volo di velivoli multirotore, effettuato considerando tutte le variabili di progetto in condizioni di hovering. Si è ottenuta una formulazione per un primo dimensionamento del velivolo in condizioni di massima autonomia oraria.

"Hey, Hey, He Gay, He Gay . . . Okay" . . . Or Is It?: The Sociological Importance of Bruno

Sacha Baron Cohen is a British comedian who has garnered a great deal of controversy over the years. Through his characters, Ali G, Borat, and Bruno, he attempts to trick people into letting down their guards and revealing any prejudices (racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, misogyny, et cetera) that they may have. In doing so, each of his three characters has sparked a debate concerning the different issues they bring up: with Ali G, it was whether the character was racist or exposed racism; with Borat, it was whether the character was anti-Semitic or revealed anti-Semitism; and with Bruno, it is whether the character reinforces homophobia or mocks it. I am concerned with the last of these three debates, specifically in relation to Baron Cohen's film Bruno. Many say the film reinforces gay stereotypes and is thus harmful for the gay community, while a seemingly equal number of people say it effectively mocks homophobia and is thus beneficial for the gay community. Using the data I collected from thirty-one interviews conducted after five separate screenings of the film, I argue that Bruno is not harmful for the gay community as audiences understood that the Bruno character is based on exaggerated stereotypes of homosexuals. That is, the film did not reinforce any negative stereotypes. But, I also explain that the film did not change any opinions on homosexuality either. Also in this work, I argue that within the world of cinema, Bruno fails to fit into any pre-existing genre, including the 'mock-documentary' genre where it is most commonly placed. Rather, I suggest the film is better categorized as what I call a Real Fake Mock-documentary. While 'mock-documentaries' are made up of fictional characters in fictional situations, this new term encompasses the fact that Bruno involves a fictional character placed into real situations. I conclude by noting that the content, release, and debate surrounding Bruno all reveal that it is still difficult to bring up the issue of homosexuality in American society, even forty years after the Civil Rights era.

Fluids and barriers of the CNS establish immune privilege by confining immune surveillance to a two-walled castle moat surrounding the CNS castle

Neuronal activity within the central nervous system (CNS) strictly depends on homeostasis and therefore does not tolerate uncontrolled entry of blood components. It has been generally believed that under normal conditions, the endothelial blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the epithelial blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB) prevent immune cell entry into the CNS. This view has recently changed when it was realized that activated T cells are able to breach the BBB and the BCSFB to perform immune surveillance of the CNS. Here we propose that the immune privilege of the CNS is established by the specific morphological architecture of its borders resembling that of a medieval castle. The BBB and the BCSFB serve as the outer walls of the castle, which can be breached by activated immune cells serving as messengers for outside dangers. Having crossed the BBB or the BCSFB they reach the castle moat, namely the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-drained leptomeningeal and perivascular spaces of the CNS. Next to the CNS parenchyma, the castle moat is bordered by a second wall, the glia limitans, composed of astrocytic foot processes and a parenchymal basement membrane. Inside the castle, that is the CNS parenchyma proper, the royal family of sensitive neurons resides with their servants, the glial cells. Within the CSF-drained castle moat, macrophages serve as guards collecting all the information from within the castle, which they can present to the immune-surveying T cells. If in their communication with the castle moat macrophages, T cells recognize their specific antigen and see that the royal family is in danger, they will become activated and by opening doors in the outer wall of the castle allow the entry of additional immune cells into the castle moat. From there, immune cells may breach the inner castle wall with the aim to defend the castle inhabitants by eliminating the invading enemy. If the immune response by unknown mechanisms turns against self, that is the castle inhabitants, this may allow for continuous entry of immune cells into the castle and lead to the death of the castle inhabitants, and finally members of the royal family, the neurons. This review will summarize the molecular traffic signals known to allow immune cells to breach the outer and inner walls of the CNS castle moat and will highlight the importance of the CSF-drained castle moat in maintaining immune surveillance and in mounting immune responses in the CNS.

The Amplifier - v. 1, no. 3

In this issue...M-Day, Convocation, Student Council, Copper Guards, Gary Mitton, Clark Park, Butte Rotary Club, Tom Davis Memorial, blood donations

The Amplifier - v. 1, no. 5

In this issue...Montana Power, Debate Team, Anderson Carlisle Society, Carroll College, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Copper Guards, Moonshiners Ball

The Amplifier - v. 2, no. 5

In this issue...Lois Fordmeir, Library, Mineral Club, Mining Engineering, Dale Barnum, Geological Society, Dillon, Montana, Lewis and Clark Caverns, Montana Power Company

The Amplifier - v. 2, no. 12

In this issue...Copper Guards, Vegas Club, Marcus Daly, Military Ball, Sigma RHO, Jersey Standard Oil, Joy Manufacturing Company, Smith Act, Dave Shepard

The Amplifier - v. 3, no. 1

In this issue...Engineering Day, Naranche Stadium, Copper Guards, Gil Bulloch, Marines, Dr. Arthur E. Adami, Annual School Picnic, Marcus Daly, Leonard Field

The Amplifier - v. 4, no. 1

In this issue...coffee shops, intramural sports, International club, Copper Guards, Nobel Prize, Egypt, Mineral Club, Anderson-Carlisle, Petroleum Department

The Amplifier - v. 4, no. 4

In this issue...Dean D. C. McAuliffe, Chelation, Copper Guards, March of Dimes, Ski Club, Coach Simonich, Sigma Rho, Anderson-Carlisle Society, Mineral Club

The Amplifier - v. 4, no. 13

In this issue...Wesley Salonen, M-Club, the Anaconda Company, Coach Ed Simonich, Mining Association of Montana, Copper Guards, Engineering Day

The Amplifier - v. 5, no. 13

In this issue...M-Day, Theta Tau, Robert H. Hoy, Professor McAshcan, Student Wives Club, tennis, Junior Prom, Copper Guards, E.I.T. Examination, Coed Room, Student Union Building

The Amplifier - v. 5, no. 14

In this issue...Geological Society of America, Hawaii, Mineral Club, Philipsburg, Montana, Copper Guards, Montana Power, Antonio C. Pastor, Coach Ed Simonich

The Amplifier - v. 5, no. 15

In this issue...The Anaconda Company, Gary Alexander, Mountain Climbing, Slugfest, Chester H. Steele, Copper Guards, Manuel Munoz, tennis, Lydia's

The Amplifier - v. 6, no. 13

In this issue...Copper Lounge, Small Business Administration, Copper Guards, Marcus Daly, cheating, Student Wive's Club, Red Rooster, Frank Larvie, M- Day