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Pese a que la arqueología virtual cada vez ha cobrado más relevancia, distintos contextos históricos son aún inéditos para esta especialización. Este trabajo se centra en uno de ellos, el de las islas Marianas, un archipiélago situado en el océano Pacífico que fue crucial en las relaciones entre América y las Filipinas durante el colonialismo hispánico temprano. Por un lado, el proyecto ha tratado las estructuras prehispánicas (s. X-XVI) y, por el otro, se ha enfocado en las estrategias del poblamiento colonial (s. XVII-XVIII). La recreación 3D de estos dos contextos ha permitido repensar distintos procesos humanos asociados al paso de las estructuras precoloniales a la modernidad. Para ello, se ha partido de la hipótesis de que los edificios no solo son el reflejo de unas dinámicas sociales concretas, sino que además participaron en ellas activamente reforzando un tipo de identidad particular y un sistema de géneros propios. Metodológicamente, se ha llevado a cabo un estudio sobre estas edificaciones, se han reconstruido a través de un software especializado (Blender) y, finalmente, se han analizado según su contexto histórico. Por primera vez, se ha llevado a cabo una propuesta de cómo serían las “reducciones” en las ínsulas a través de la arqueología virtual, lo que ha permitido analizar el impacto que estas tuvieron sobre las poblaciones prehistóricas que habitaban allí. De esta forma, se ha constatado que la ordenación del espacio conformó por si misma un elemento de transculturación que transformó la cosmovisión de sus pobladores, resignificando la identidad, los roles de género, los modelos jerárquicos y la idea de familia.

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In LATTE, a lattice based hierarchical identity-based encryption (HIBE) scheme, each hierarchical level user delegates a trapdoor basis to the next level by solving a generalized NTRU equation of level ℓ ≥ 3. For ℓ = 2, Howgrave-Graham, Pipher, Silverman, and Whyte presented an algorithm using resultant and Pornin and Prest presented an algorithm using a field norm with complexity analysis. Even though their ideas of solving NTRU equations can be conceptually extended for ℓ ≥ 3, no explicit algorithmic extensions with the storage analysis are known so far. In this paper, we interpret the generalized NTRU equation as the determinant of a matrix. By using the mathematical properties of the determinant, we show that how to construct algorithms for solving the generalized NTRU equation either using resultant or a field norm for any ℓ ≥ 3. We also obtain an upper bound of the size of solutions by using the properties of the determinant. From our analysis, the storage requirement of the algorithm using resultant is O(ℓ2n2 logB) and that of the algorithm using a field norm is O(ℓ2n logB), where B is an upper bound of the coefficients of the input polynomials of the generalized NTRU equations. We present examples of our algorithms for ℓ = 3 and the average storage requirements for ℓ = 3; 4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to promote the sustainable development on mountain areas, the EU introduced the optional quality term «Mountain Product» to food products produced and processed in these areas. Nowadays in Italy, 606 producers have chosen to adhere to this new label. Thus, a key interest lies in identifying the consumer propensity to purchase a «mountain-type» food. The aim of this study is to estimate the premium price that consumers are willing to pay for a labeled mountain milk. To accomplish this aim, a dichotomous choice contingent valuation, based on a double-bound model, has been applied. Results indicate that consumers' beliefs about the production process and quality attributes of mountain food affect their WTP a premium to buy these specific products. In addition, mountain products are attracted mainly by health-conscious and local economy-conscious individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Documenting the continuity of traditional land use practices on Guam, from before Spanish Contact in 1521 to after the Colonial La Reducción ca. 1700, is provocative. La Reducción refers to a period after Spanish settlement in 1668 when all indigenous inhabitants of northern Guam were removed from their traditional homes and sent to six southern villages under the watchful eye of administrative and religious authorities, except those residing on the island of Rota. Recent geoarchaeological excavations at Site 66-08-0141, located on the northern plateau in South Finegayan, have exposed at least two latte sets or pre-Contact habitations with traditional Micronesian earth ovens postdating Spanish settlement. Artifacts included Latte Period pottery, marine shell adzes, a limestone sling stone, and historic to modern refuse from WWII to the modern era. Microfossil evidence of pandanus, coconuts, and likely cultivation of rice and taro have expanded our understanding of subsistence farming in micro-environments within the tropical forest a generation or more after 1700 and La Reducción. This suggests that archaeological evidence of land use continuity and indigenous resistance and accommodation to Spanish Colonial entanglement exists, while challenging prior historiography across the Pacific; such sites hold much potential to bring native voices to early communities long disenfranchised by the colonization experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Determination of somatic cell counts (SCC) becomes more and more important also for ewe's milk. SCC can be a useful indicator of milk quality for milk processors while it can be a mastitis indicator for sheep keepers and an important selection criterion for breeders. The objective of our study was to acquire basic information about factors influencing SCC variability in lambing ewes of the Tsigai (T) and Improved Valachian (IV) breeds. Somatic cell counts (SCC) were determined in 866 milk samples in 2017 and 2018, during lamb sucking and during milking period. An instrument Fossomatic 90 (Foss Electric, Hillerød, Denmark) was used for analysis. Average SCC varied from 270 to 1897 × 103 cells/ml during lamb sucking and from 268 to 2139 × 103 cells/ml during milking period. Differences between the sampling periods were statistically significant in 2017. An increase in SCC was observed at the end of both sucking and milking periods. An overall evaluation of lactation brought about the average SCC at 364 × 103 cells/ml in 2017 (log(10) SCC - 2,25) and at 1,091 × 103 cells/ml in 2018 (log(10) SCC - 2,68). The indicator log(10) was significantly influenced by breed in 2017 (T - 2,61; IV - 2,75). The effect of lactation number and number of sucking lambs did not have any significant influence on SCC.

Per contribuire all’individuazione di un possibile nesso epidemiologico tra consumo di mozzarella di bufala preparata con latte crudo (non trattato al calore) e casi di brucellosi umana, sono stati analizzati, per ricerca di Brucella spp., 80 campioni di latte bufalino crudo e 315 campioni di mozzarella. Gli alimenti esaminati sono stati prelevati in caseifici della provincia di Caserta dove è presente la più alta concentrazione di allevamenti bufalini sierologicamente positivi alla brucellosi in Campania, regione che, nel periodo 2000-2005, ha registrato il 96,02% dei casi di brucellosi umana notificati in Italia. Al fine de valutare possibili variazioni stagionali, i campioni sono stati acquistati in 72 rivendite associate a caseifici nel periodo febbraio 2006-marzo 2007. La ricerca di Brucella spp. è stata effettuata utilizzando polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ed eseguendo contemporaneamente l’isolamento microbiologico. I campioni esaminati sono risultati negativi alla ricerca di Brucella con entrambi i metodi utilizzati. Sono stati, inoltre, definiti i parametri di sensibilità, specificità, ripetibilità, riproducibilità e il limite di rilevazione del metodo molecolare, esaminando campioni artificialmente contaminati, sia con metodo PCR sia con isolamento microbiologico classico. Il limite di rilevazione è risultato inferiore a 1 UFC/g, ripetibiltà e riproducibilità sono stati pari a 100% (p=0,95), sensibilità a 96,7% (p=0,95) e specificità a 100% (p=0,95).

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This paper evaluates the comparative and absolute in-plane seismic performance of rainscreen and nonrainscreen stucco exterior cladding systems for residential wood frame construction in British Columbia. In this study, an experimental program including quasi-static and dynamic tests was implemented, comprised of 18 (in-plane) quasi-static tests and two dynamic tests. The principal parameters investigated in this study were type of strapping, type and length of strapping fastener, and type and length of lath fastener. All rainscreen specimens were constructed with a 20 mm air space. The overall conclusion is that both rainscreen and nonrainscreen stucco comply with the code requirements addressing the permissible drifts. Therefore, both stucco systems were found to improve the structural behaviour when used as the lateral resisting system of residential wood frame buildings. This paper concludes with recommendations for seismic refinements to current construction practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]