Obesity is a chronic disorder characterized by a tonic low-grade activation of the innate immune system that affects steady-state measures of metabolic homeostasis over time. In addition, obesity is often accompanied ...

Our planet faces significant challenges in the twenty-first century because energy consumption is expected to double globally during the first half of this century. Faced with increasingly constrained oil supplies, ...

Lo studio dei meccanismi di termoregolazione del corpo umano e lo sviluppo di modelli di previsione della risposta fisiologica dell’individuo nei confronti del microclima hanno subito un notevole rilancio negli ultimi dieci ...

Titanium alloys have been successfully applied in many industrial fields because of their better performance and lighter weight than other commonly used structural materials. The conventional welding methods used for ...

Coerentemente con i contenuti relativi alle fasi della vita di un prodotto, le più diffuse definizioni della qualità fanno riferimento sia alle caratteristiche di quest’ultimo, sia alle attività industriali e umane sviluppate ...

The here considered SHM procedure concerns innovative techniques for a structural monitoring of aeronautical components, all of them based upon the use of a Scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometer. The vibrometer is used to ...

In the present thesis an automated laser welding apparatus was designed and developed in order to perform laser , that allows to achieve laser welding in a controlled, versatile, efficient, reliable, simple, and economical ...

Combustion engines have been for a long time the most important prime mover for transportation globally. A combustion engine is simple in its nature; a mix of fuel and air is combusted, and work is produced in the operating ...

Con l'espressione `Vibration Control' si intende l'insieme delle tecniche e dei dispositivi che consentono di mitigare in modo rapido, a dabile e preciso le vibrazioni di macchine o strutture, dovute al loro stesso ...

A technology that has the potential to create more efficient and compact refrigeration devices is an Active Magnetic Regenerative Refrigerator (AMRR). An AMRR can operate over a broad range of temperatures, as long as ...