The management of a water supply network can be substantially improved defining permanent sectors or districts that enhances simpler water loss detection and pressure management. However, the water network partitioning may compromise water system performance, since some pipes are usually closed to delimit districts in order not to have too many metering stations, to decrease costs and simplify water balance. This may reduce the reliability of the whole system and not guarantee the delivery of water at the different network nodes. In practical applications, the design of districts or sectors is generally based on empirical approaches or on limited field experiences. The book proposes a design support methodology, based on graph theory principles and tested on real case study. The described methodology can help water utilities, professionals and researchers to define the optimal districts or sectors of a water supply network.
The management of a water supply network can be substantially improved defining permanent sectors or districts that enhances simpler water loss detection and pressure management. However, the water network partitioning may compromise water system performance, since some pipes are usually closed to delimit districts in order not to have too many metering stations, to decrease costs and simplify water balance. This may reduce the reliability of the whole system and not guarantee the delivery of water at the different network nodes. In practical applications, the design of districts or sectors is generally based on empirical approaches or on limited field experiences. The book proposes a design support methodology, based on graph theory principles and tested on real case study. The described methodology can help water utilities, professionals and researchers to define the optimal districts or sectors of a water supply network.
Puccini's operas are among the most popular and widely performed in the world, yet few books have examined his body of work from an analytical perspective. This volume remedies that lack in lively prose accessible to scholars and opera enthusiasts alike.
Times are tough for Santa. He's tightened his belt, made the reindeer redundant and now it's time to get a second job. But finding work is not easy at all, even if you’re Santa – he tries being a waiter, a party entertainer, and even works in a call centre. He finally finds the perfect job to be useful to the community – the bin man! Santa discovers that waste can conceal wonderful gifts, and he is soon back on his sled delivering toys made from recycled materials. When Santa finds some lost letters from years ago in the bin, begging to meet him, he sets out to find their owner. Will he be able to find them and finally grant their wish before Christmas Day? Hilarious and heartwarming, Santa Gets a Second Job is the perfect present for Santa fans of all ages from Michele D'Ignazio and Sergio Olivotti.
This book describes the enormous depth of work carried out since the early 1970s on the Messina Strait Bridge, up to the recent award of the detailed design and construction contract. This important work has included extensive studies, concepts and design developments, with far reaching applications, which have all confirmed the feasibility of this
To know and be close to your family, nothing is more important than dining together at home, as often as possible, on delicious home cooking. Salute!" --Wanda Tornabene, from the Introduction Four years after winning the 1997 James Beard Award for Best Italian Cookbook, Wanda Tornabene and her daughter, Giovanna, return with a glorious second helping of homestyle recipes. Sicilian Home Cooking offers more charming stories and rustic, delicious dishes from the kitchen of Gangivecchio, the Tornabenes magnificent thirteenth-century abbey in Sicily's Madonie Mountains. As in the award-winning La Cucina Siciliana di Gangivecchio, here you'll find a wonderful array of simple, mouthwatering recipes for antipasti, soups, pasta, rice, meat, fish, vegetables, salads, and desserts including easy and delicious variations on bruschetta, the hearty Fagioli e Festoncini di Nonna Elena (Granny Elena's Bean and Pasta Soup), enticing entrees like Cotolette di Vitello di Wanda (Wanda's Veal Cutlets) and Gamberi in Crosta alla Gangivecchio (Gangivecchio's Shrimp en Croute), and sublime desserts like Cartocci (Fried Pastry Coils with Ricotta Cream) and Gelo di Caffe (Coffee Gelatine). Sicilian Home Cooking also offers some tempting new sections. Egg Dishes showcases this essential ingredient in beautiful frittatas. Pizza and Focaccia is a salute to these most Italian of breads, adorned with fresh toppings. The section on couscous teaches the traditional method for this Arab speciality, which Sicilians have adopted as their own. Wines and Liqueurs gives recipes for homemade, refreshing libations, including the Italian favorite, Limoncello. The homestyle recipes are nothing short of fantastic; but what makes this book even more special is that Wanda and Giovanna welcome you not only into their kitchen but also into their lives at Gangivecchio. In stories rich with the fragrant atmosphere of the gorgeous Sicilian countryside, they share memories of the annual grape harvest, a special Christmas snowstorm, and an illicit childhood trip on a commercial fishing boat. They describe favorite local restaurants and dishes from the past and the present. And they tell funny and touching stories of relatives, friends, and pets; both old and new. Sicilian Home Cooking is a cookbook and much more; a true slice of Sicilian life.
Alcune generazioni separano, Michele Sarrica, dalla stagione letteraria che nel dopo guerra, tra gli anni Quaranta e Cinquanta del Novecento, cambiò volto e stile alla poesia siciliana grazie a figure come Ignazio Buttitta, Pietro Tamburello, Paolo Messina, Molino, e tanti altri. Un filone innovativo e sperimentale che proseguì sino a portare nell'animo di Michele Sarrica il dono della continuità storica, della ricerca nuova, del diniego verso tutto ciò che nella esperienza siciliana, era poeticamente stantio, esteticamente superato, linguisticamente vecchio.
Corso basico completo di fotografia. Fotografo da oltre trent'anni, Marco Michele Ilario Mascioli spiega con semplicità la comunicazione tramite immagini, ai neofiti. Con supporto via web dall'autore. Un rapido excursus dagli albori per comprendere le tecniche di disegno con la luce, approfondimenti dedicati principalmente alla fotografia digitale. Suggerimenti specifici per molte situazioni, esercizi pratici e test finale. Corso per fotografi appassionati.
This book investigates the racism against Southern Italian children attending North-Western primary schools between the 1950s and the 1970s. Turin serves as the main case study, having become the "third Southern city" after Naples and Palermo during the considered period. Far from being a new phenomenon, racism against Southern Italians gained renewed prominence in the context of the post-war mass internal migrations, becoming one of the pillars of the process of nation-rebuilding. However, in spite of its relevance, it has not received the attention it deserves. By drawing on a wide range of sources – printed, archival, photographic, and oral – and situating itself at the intersection of the history of racism, of education, of psychiatry, and of psychology, the book aims to fill this gap and to add to the debate on the borders that nation-states establish to control the access to power of the different groups inhabiting their territories. Its interdisciplinarity makes it suitable for students and researchers across a variety of subject areas.
Creative Participation presents the theory and practice of new innovative forms of political participation. Examples covered in the book include consumers engaging in political shopping, capitalists building green developments, UK Muslim youth campaigning on the internet, Sicilian housewives taking on the Mafia, young evangelical ministers becoming concerned with social change and vegetarians making political statements. The authors show how in these new campaigns individuals swarm like honeybees around particular issues, causing those in power to sit up and take notice. This is the essential guide to the new politics of participation.
Celebrate Italian cooking with this authoritative and engaging tribute Author Michele Scicolone offers simple recipes for delicious classics such as lasagne, minestrone, chicken cutlets, and gelato, plus many more of your favorites; a wealth of modern dishes, such as grilled scallop salad; and a traveler's odyssey of regional specialties from the northern hills of Piedmont to the sun-drenched islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Whether giving expert advice on making a frittata or risotto, selecting Italian ingredients, or pairing Italian wines with food, Scicolone enlivens each page with rich details of Italian food traditions. This book is a treasury to turn to for any occasion.
Testo di riferimento per il corso di informatica, navigazione e comunicazione. Corso basico dalla storia, intranet, internet, come navigare proficuamente, velocemente e trovare quello che cerchi. La comunicazione, tramite web, con google email, la possibilità di gestire la posta elettronica tramite il sito di Google o con software installati. Semplice, intuitivo, con il supporto delle immagini di riferimento per applicare subito quanto appreso. Basato sulle tecnologie disponibili dal secondo semestre 2013. Disponibilità di contatto con l'autore e l'organizzazione di corsi.
E' un giovane non troppo ambizioso, che vive alla giornata e forse per questo riesce a cogliere il bello di questa sua semplice esistenza. Il libro descrive l'instabilità e la deriva degli affetti famigliari, in una realtà piccola e provinciale, per la scoperta di una inclinazione "diversa". . Dal gruppo delle amiche, così come si definiscono i personaggi del racconto, spicca la personalità di Matteo, principale compagno d'avventure di Francesco. Tra i due, un rapporto simbiotico, che alimenta la loro pazzia e voglia di divertirsi. Le esperienze maturate dal protagonista definiscono una visione disincantata e rassegnata del mondo omosessuale, troppo legato alla carnalità dei rapporti e sempre più distaccato dalla romantica idea che vuole tutte le coppie, etero e gay, sullo stesso livello.
Due Storie contiene due romanzi brevi (o racconti lunghi, come preferite), più una manciata di poesie. In pratica tutto l'universo letterario del cantautore tarantino Michele Maraglino. Il piccolo salmone. Iacopo ha 17 anni e un grande sogno, sfondare nel mondo della musica con il suo gruppo. I suoi genitori non credono in lui. Nessuno ci crede. Solo Debbi, la sua ragazza, ma lui non se ne rende conto. Fino a quando... Lettere dal coraggio du Efrem Tramonti. Il romanzo racconta la storia surreale di Efrem Tramonti, un uomo (una sorta di inetto) che viene abbandonato dal proprio "coraggio" e che trova una specie di diario in forma epistolare che il suo "coraggio" teneva dalla sua nascita. Il 29 gennaio 2011 è stato trasformato in Radiodramma e trasmesso su Radiotre. Ascolta soundcloud.com/michelemaraglino/lettere-dal-coraggio-di-efrem Disegno copertina di "Due Storie" by LEG www.easyleg.blogspot.com
This open access short reader looks into the dynamics which have reshaped rural development and human landscapes in European agriculture and the role of immigrant people. Within this framework it analyses contemporary rural migrations and the emergence of immigrants in relation to the incorporation of agrarian systems into global markets, the European agricultural governance (CAP), and the struggle of local territories as differentiated practices in constant stress between innovation and resilience. It specifically explores the case of immigrant shepherds to describe the reconfiguration of agriculture systems and rural landscapes in Europe following intense immigration and the related provision of skilled labour at a relatively low cost. Being written in a very accessible way, this reader is an interesting read to students, researchers, academics, policy makers, and practitioners.
Aim of the volume is to give an overview of the state of the art on the emerging cardiac pathologies such as acute coronary syndromes, atrial fibrillation, sudden death, heart failure, global cardiovascular prevention and syncope. The volume chapters, written by leading experts in these fields, offer the latest information about epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and novel treatments of these pathologies. Addressed to cardiologists, internists, first aid clinicians, practitioners, it will be very helpful also for residents, nurses and all health professionals involved in the management of cardiac pathologies.
Cosa mai poteva accomunare un odontoiatra e un carrozziere? Magari un tipo chiaro di smalto? O una pasta di lucidatura? Be', per Michele e Lorenzo, battute a parte i denominatori comuni sono stati lo stesso sangue, lo stesso cognome ma soprattutto la stessa voglia di raccontare la storia della loro famiglia. La famiglia SARDONE. Hanno raccolto tanto materiale per anni e tra dati e date hanno ricostruito la genealogia della loro "stirpe" arricchendola di storielle e fotogrammi. E' venuto fuori un libro di due non-scrittori.
La trama non è imbrigliata ad una rete temporale cronologicamente esatta. Definirei piuttosto questa opera come un insieme di frizzanti affreschi letterari sulla vita gay nel ventunesimo secolo. Il protagonista - insieme ai due inseparabili amici: Matteo e Jona - si trova sovente al centro di avventure al limite del paradosso, talmente assurde ma, al tempo stesso, così ben narrate e ricche di particolari da far sorgere il dubbio che possa trattarsi di fatti realmente accaduti.
Tempu di lupi" mette in scena dei personaggi contemporanei, sconosciuti, con storie minime alle spalle. La loro peculiarità è quella di essere degli "sconfitti". Sono considerati invisibili. Ombre che si rintanano tra le ombre per sopravvivere oltre l'opulenza, il buonismo e il pregiudizio. Sono protagonisti emarginati, posti nel recinto di una vita al limite della sopportazione umana. Questa collocazione, presa in prestito dalla nostra realtà quotidiana, non come scelta artistica, né come propellente emotivo, vuole denunciare che, ieri come oggi, la storia si ripete e non insegna nulla. Questo loro grido di sconfitti vorrebbe evidenziare, tra le lacrime della poesia, che l'uomo non è cambiato malgrado sulla terra siano transitati dei Santi, degli Dei e dei loro parenti.
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