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The aim of this work is to develop pharmaceutical and nutraceutical formulations using Supercritical Assisted Atomization (SAA) process, mainly consisting of a biocompatible/biodegradable carrier loaded with a poorly water-soluble active principle. The carrier can be used to protect the active compound, to inhibit its crystallization and to improve its bioavailability.

Switching-Mode Power Supplies (SMPSs) are intrinsically switching nonlinear systems, which efficiently convert and transfer electrical power from a source to a load. Nowadays, a large research activity is devoted to increasing converters power density and efficiency while reducing their weight, volume and cost, especially in view of on-chip integration. Enhanced power electronics is required to handle properly the modern growing demand for electrical power. Especially in critical applications (e.g., related to the military and aerospace area) and in microelectronic devices needing on-chip integration, further advances are necessary for SMPSs to achieve high reliability, stability and efficiency, as well as lower weight and volume.

This article seeks to contribute to the extant knowledge about branding in the digital era exploring why consumers assume adversely behaviours towards brands and how brand managers react when their brand is attacked. From the multiple case study analysis emerged that not every brand reacts at the same way. Specifically we noted the following four different strategies: (1) ignore; (2) apologize; (3) start a dialogue with trolls and haters; (4) change behaviour. Interestingly, (3) and (4) appeared more effective in mitigating consumers attacks. On the contrary (1) and (2) would be risky in some contexts.

The research, drawing on Humane Entrepreneurship theory, aims to empirically test the effect of the individual factors (business financial goals and family nonfinancial goals) on a basic component of Humane Entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial orientation) and thus on firm performance (ROA, ROE), in the specific family firms’ context.

The research aims at providing a clear picture of the state of the art in IC disclosure in Italian public universities. It empirically analyses some of the potential factors affecting this kind of disclosure.

In this awarded conference article, real-time identification of the dry-clutch torque characteristic in automotive environment is investigated. The proposed algorithm provides direct capability for updating the clutch frictional torque map by using engine torque, engine speed and clutch speed as real time measurable signals. The algorithm purpose is the estimation of the clutch incipient sliding position or “kiss-point” in real-time vehicle environment. More launch manoeuvrers have been considered to test the methodology capabilities and promising results have been achieved.

The work aims to achieve a dual research objective: highlighting the consumers’ perception about the concept of sustainability in the footwear sector and providing some considerations regarding the opportunities for companies to adequately manage the decision-making process.

The conceptual paper demonstrates that systems of aggregated interacting actors (service ecosystems) can enable and constrain identity co-creation processes. This finding can enable new holistic behavioural market analyses.

The topic of this paper is about Smart Service Systems (SSS), as recent evolution of service systems. The aim is to focus on the connection between structural/system traits of SSS and the value co-creation therein, and how the achievement of a co-creative experience is effectively supportive of the SSS viability.

The Unruh effect is one of the most outstanding manifestations of the non-trivial nature of quantum vacuum. It predicts that the zero-particle state of Quantum Field Theory (QFT) in inertial frames looks like a thermal state for a uniformly accelerating observer, with temperature proportional to the magnitude of the acceleration. The present works aims to analyze the necessity of such an effect for maintaining the General Covariance of QFT. As a particular test bench, we consider the decay of an accelerated proton with mixed neutrinos.

The aim of the work is to elucidate the crucial part played by mixing of neutrinos in the context of the decay of accelerated protons. Such an analysis turns out to be relevant not only for the considered issue, since it can be extended to any process that involves the presence of neutrinos and in which mixing is an essential ingredient.