The problem of the increase in the magnitude and frequency of flooding events in urban areas can be approached by means of techniques of sustainable urban stormwater management. In this PhD dissertation, the effectiveness ...

The Poisson coefficient, or Poisson’s Ratio, plays a fundamental role in the Continuum Mechanics theory, which represents the relationship between lateral contraction and longitudinal elongation of a material subjected ...

The interest in the protection and conservation of Cultural Heritage and the growing role that it plays in the development ofthe national policies, represents a valid reason to focus the attention ofthe research in this ...

Traditional materials (steel, concrete, timber and masonry) still dominate the building industry. However new materials are constantly being explored by engineers and scientists due to their numerous advantages offered. With ...

How often do we try to get the best result with the least effort, spend as little time as possible to perform a task or make the most of the resources available in the workplace? In everyday life, the word ”optimize” is ...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are evolutionarily conserved components of the innate immune system. They have a broad spectrum of action against bacteria, fungi and viruses. Therefore, AMP are studied as probable substitutes ...

High dimensional data analysis has become a popular research topic in the recent years, due to the emergence of various new applications in several fields of sciences underscoring the need for analysing massive data ...

The research focused on the analysis of the deviation that an aerofotogrammetric survey can produce with respect to the classic topographic surveys, by total station, GPS (Global Positioning System) or TLS (Terrestrial ...

In this project, the attention has been focused on the laser ablation process and on laser induced plasmas spectroscopic study for two different technological applications. First of all, the analytical LIBS (Lase Induced ...

The work presented in the Ph.D. thesis deals with the definition of new fuzzy models for Group Decision Making (GDM) aimed at improving two phases of the decision process: preferences expression and aggregation. In ...