G. Pinato CNR, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), Laboratorio TASC, Area Science ParkBasovizza, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, 34149, Trieste, Italy L. T. Lien International School for Advanced Studies (ISAS-SISSA), Neurobiology Sector, Via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy E. D’Este CNR, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM), Laboratorio TASC, Area Science ParkBasovizza, S.S. 14, Km 163.5, 34149, Tri...

M. Capone1 and G. Kotliar2 1INFM-SMC and Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via dei Taurini 19, I-00185, Rome, Italy and Physics Department, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Piazzale A. Moro 5, I-00185, Rome, Italy 2Physics Department and Center for Materials Theory, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA Received 9 March 2006; published 30 Augus...

1C. Gandini Medical Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Fondazione Istituti di ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milan; 2Chair of Medical Oncology, University of Milan, Milan; and 3Human Tumor Immunobiology Unit, 4Molecular Targeting Unit, and 5Pathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura...

Abstract The present study concerns the Phoenician-Punic site of Motya, a small island set in Western Sicily (Italy), Marsala Lagoon (Stagnone di Marsala), between Trapani and Marsala. A big disposal pit, datable to first half 8th mid-6th century bc , was identified Area D. This context sampled for plant macro-remains through bucket flotation. Palynological treatment analysis were also performe...

We present and solve optimality equations for the 2-player, jeopardy dice game Farkle (a.k.a. Dix Mille, Ten Thousand). For fairest play, we recommend 200 compensation points at the beginning of the game for the second player. We then compute the strategy that maximizes expected score, demonstrate a means for replicating such play with mental mathematics, and augment this method so as to enable...

Filippo Radicchi 2 and Claudio Castellano 4 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 USA Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208 USA Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi (ISC-CNR), Via dei Taurini 19, I-00185 Roma, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 2, I...

The motivation behind this thesis is illustrated by the fact that many breast cancers are missed at X-ray mammography, insufficient contrast being the most important reason. The present thesis considers the diffraction-enhanced imaging (DEI) technique for imaging in vitro breast tumours. DEI is one of the novel methods in which the change in X-ray wavefront phase or propagation direction at the...

Effect of Composition on the Photoelectrochemical Behavior of Anodic Oxides on Binary Aluminum Alloys M. Santamaria,* F. Di Quarto,* P. Skeldon,* and G. E. Thompson** Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica dei Processi e dei Materiali, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy Corrosion and Protection Centre, School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester, Lanc...

" O! immodest mortal! Your destiny is the joy of watching the evershifting battle! " Ludwig Boltzmann † Lecture given at the International Meeting " Boltzmann's Legacy-150 Years after his Birth " , organized by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 25-28 May 1994, in Rome, to be published in: " Atti dell " Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei " , 1997.