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Nickelate Superconductors: An Ongoing Dialog between Theory and Experiments
After decades of fundamental research, unconventional superconductivity has recently been demonstrated in rare-earth infinite-layer nickelates. The current view depicts these systems as a new category of super...
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The 2016–2017 earthquake sequence in Central Italy: macroseismic survey and damage scenario through the EMS-98 intensity assessment
In this paper we describe the macroseismic effects produced by the long and destructive seismic sequence that hit Central Italy from 24 August 2016 to January 2017. Starting from the procedure adopted in the c...
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Polished stone axes from Varna/Nössingbühel and Castelrotto/Grondlboden, South Tyrol (Italy)
A collection of polished stone axes from a late Neolithic site and an Early Bronze Age hill fort in South Tyrol (Italy) have been analysed through a multi-analytical approach, mainly based on non-destructive t...
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Extraction, Purification, and Determination by HPLC of Quercetin in Some Italian Wines
In this paper, we report a simple method for the determination of quercetin, a typical antioxidant compound ubiquitously present in vegetable food products including grapes and wine. To this aim, 12 Italian wi...
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Evidence of open-air late prehistoric occupation in the Trieste area (north-eastern Italy): dating, 3D clay plaster characterization and obsidian provenancing
Abundant clay burnt plaster remains and a few flaked tools, including an obsidian artefact, found on the ground surface not far from Trieste (north-eastern Italy) provide rare evidence of a possible prehistori...
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The 2012 Emilia (Northern Italy) earthquake sequence: an attempt of historical reading
In May–June 2012, the Po Valley (Northern Italy) was struck by an earthquake sequence whose strongest event occurred on 20 May (Mw 5.9). The intensity values (Imax 7–8 EMS98) assessed through macroseismic fiel...
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In this work we study the effect of the rare earth element in iron oxypnictides of composition REFeAsO (RE = rare earth). On one hand we carry out density functional theory calculations of the band structure, ...
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An application of EMS98 in a medium-sized city: The case of L’Aquila (Central Italy) after the April 6, 2009 Mw 6.3 earthquake
This paper describes the damage survey in the city of L’Aquila after the 6 April 2009 earthquake. The earthquake, whose magnitude and intensity reached Mw = 6.3 and Imax = 9–10 MCS, struck the Abruzzi region o...
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The 1780 seismic sequence in NE Sicily (Italy): shifting an underestimated and mislocated earthquake to a seismically low rate zone
The southernmost sector of the Italian peninsula is crossed by an almost continuous seismogenic belt capable of producing M ∼ 7 earthquakes and extending from the Calabrian Arc, through the Messina Straits, as...
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In this work we present a detailed investigation of native point defects energetics in cubic SiC, using state-of-the-art first principles computational method. We find that, the carbon vacancy is the dominant ...
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The 1138–1139 and 1156–1159 destructive seismic crises in Syria, south-eastern Turkey and northern Lebanon
The aim of this study is to shed light ontwo important destructive seismicsequences, about 20 years apart (1138–1139and 1156–1159), which hit the northernsector of the Dead Sea transform faultsystem (DSTFS), in t...
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Pressure Effects on Structural and Electronic Properties of Superconductors
In this chapter, we shall review and discuss how high pressure in its various forms — either hydrostatic or chemical — is an important tool for a better understanding of the fascinating phenomenon of supercond...
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Brain tissue from patients with classical late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (LINCL, an infantile form of Batten disease) is deficient in the lysosomal enzyme tripeptidyl-peptidase I (EC 3.4.14.9). ...
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Reconstructing Surfaces and Functions on Surfaces from Unorganized Three-Dimensional Data
Creating a computer model from an existing part is a common problem in reverse engineering. The part might be scanned with a device like the laser range scanner, or points might be measured on its surface wit...
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Valence-Band Offset at the ZN-P Interface Between ZnSe and III-V Wide GAP Semiconductor Alloys: A First-Principles Investigation
We present a first-principles calculation of the valence-band offset at the (001) interface between ZnSe and III-V lattice-matched alloys based on Al, Ga, In, P elements, namely Al0.5In0.5P and Ga0.5In0.5P. Among...
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Electronic Properties of Low Dimensional Silicon Structures
We present first principle calculations of thin (1–7 double layers) silicon (111) layers embedded in a CaF2 host crystal. The band gap is found to increase to the visible range for less than 4 double layers. The ...
