En la zona costera mediterránea se llevan a cabo una gran cantidad de actividades socioeconómicas. En estas áreas los eventos meteorológicos son un factor importante para su manejo y gestión. Esto ha generado la necesidad de mejorar el conocimiento y la predicción de eventos como las tormentas de oleaje. Por ello, se ha planteado como objetivo principal de esta tesis la caracterización y simulación numérica de tormentas de oleaje.La generación del oleaje es el resultado del sistema acoplado océano - atmósfera. Esta interface y los flujos de momentum entre ambas capas ha sido de interés y ha generado una gran cantidad de investigaciones. Un avance importante ha sido el desarrollo de los modelos de tercera generación de oleaje, capaces de predecir espectros de oleaje a partir de campos de viento. Estos modelos que constituyen la base de esta tesis, consideran el aporte de energía por el viento, la disipación e interacciones no lineales entre ondas.Para este trabajo se han utilizado los modelos WAM y SWAN junto con mediciones de oleaje en la costa catalana. Para forzar los modelos se han utilizado campos de vientos de los modelos atmosféricos MASS ARPEGE. Se han utilizado también datos de viento de estaciones meteorológicas costeras.El viento y oleaje en la franja costera catalana están caracterizados principalmente por componentes del este, noroeste y del sur. Para el caso de tormentas con impacto en la costa, las del este son las más intensas, pero las tormentas del Noroeste pueden generar condiciones de riesgo para la navegación.Se han descrito tormentas características de la costa catalana, considerando su dirección, duración, e intensidad. De manera paralela se han analizado mas detalladamente dos eventos particulares que se registraron en Noviembre 2001 y Marzo-Abril 2002. Ambas tormentas presentaron oleaje de componente principal del este y una cantidad importante de espectros bimodales. Esta característica no se había estudiado a detalle con anterioridad y se debe al oleaje swell del este y a la rotación de los vientos en la costa catalana para volverse del noroeste generando localmente un sistema de oleaje en esta dirección. Debido a esto, la anchura espectral se comporto de manera opuesta a la esperada, pero mostró ser un indicador de la complejidad del estado del mar por lo que se propone que sea utilizada en la estimación del coeficiente de arrastre.Se han utilizado los modelos de oleaje en diferentes situaciones: en un dominio idealizado, en los eventos de Noviembre y Marzo - Abril y durante el invierno 2002 -2003. Los resultados muestran diferencias entre modelos en tiempo y espacio. Utilizando el parámetro integrado de Hs el SWAN mostró un mejor comportamiento para la detección de tormentas. Sin embargo el espectro del WAM mostró en la mayoría de los casos aproximarse mas al espectro medido. Una parte de los errores registrados en los modelos durante las tormentas, se debieron a la mala simulación de la bimodalidad la cual a su vez se debe a una mala resolución espacial y temporal tanto de los modelos de viento como de oleaje. La correcta definición espacial de las islas en el mediterráneo mostró ser poco significante para la validación de las predicciones en la zona costera catalana.Finalmente debemos decir que a pesar de que este trabajo ha avanzado en el conocimiento del oleaje en la costa catalana y el comportamiento de los modelos, este solo es el principio y se debe de dar continuidad a este esfuerzo. Una manera (indispensable) es mejorando las observaciones disponibles e incluir medidas espaciales (satélite, por ejemplo) para la mejor descripción y validación de los modelos. / Many socio-economic activities take place on the Mediterranean coast. Meteorological events are an important factor for the proper management and administration of these activities in this area.This has inspired an improvement of knowledge and forecasting of environmental phenomena such as wave storms. Thus, the main objective of this dissertation is the characterisation and numerical simulation of wave storms.The generation of wind waves are the result of the coupled system which connects the air and the ocean. This layer, and its fluxes, have been of great interest and generated a large amount of research. The development of third generation wave models has been an important step. Such models are able to reproduce directional wave spectra from wind fields taking into consideration wind energy input, dissipation and non-linear interactions. These models are the basis of this dissertation.For this work, we have used the WAM and SWAN models, together with the wind and wave measures on the Catalan coast. The forcing winds came from the MASS and ARPEGE atmospheric models.The wind and waves on the Catalan coast are characterised by an east, northwest and south component. For coastal damage, the storms from the east cause the most severe coastal damage while the northwest storm can create risky conditions for navigation.Typical storms on the Catalan coast are described, taking into account the direction, duration, and significant wave height. Additionally, it was studied in detail two severe storms that were measured during November 2001 and March-April 2002. Both storms presented a mean eastern wave component, however, a large amount of bimodal spectra were found. This feature had not been studied before at this area and it is produced due to the wind rotation (to northwest) at the coast because of the orography. This produces a different behaviour of the spectral width than expected, but such a parameter was an indicator of the complexity of the sea state and thus it is proposed to apply it in the drag coefficient estimation.The wave models were applied under different situations: idealised domain, November 2001 and March-April storms and during a winter period. The results show differences between models in time and space. When considering significan wave height, the SWAN model showed a better behaviour for storm detection. However, the spectral shape was better predicted by WAM. Part of the errors were due to the bad simulation of bimodal features, and at the same time, this was produced by the coarse time and spatial resolution of wind and wave models.Finally we have to outline that this work is an advance in the knowledge of waves on the Catalan coast and the behaviour of the models. However, this is only the beginning and an effort should be made for the continuos development and improvement on this topic. A good start is by increasing the wind and wave measurements available including spatial measures, such as satellite, for the better description and model validation.

Orientadores: Benedito Carlos Benedetti, Adalton Raga, Perla Gómez Di Marco / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T18:23:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vieira_StellaMariaJanuaria_D.pdf: 942200 bytes, checksum: f0c6adbea884bee20c024b9044a05cb9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: A goiaba é um fruto com boas características organolépticas e nutricionais, além de ter boa aceitação tanto para o consumo "in natura" como industrial. É, porém, bastante perecível após a colheita, daí decorrendo perdas significativas. Além disso, acaba destinada quase totalmente ao mercado interno, em virtude das barreiras fitossanitárias impostas por países importadores diante de problemas como a infestação por moscas-das-frutas. É exatamente no estudo dessa praga que se situa o objeto do presente trabalho, cuja realização obedeceu aos seguintes propósitos: 1) avaliar a eficiência dos métodos de controle de radiação "UVC"e "água quente", bem como a aplicação combinada de ambos, para o fim de promover a desinfestação de ovos de Ceratitis capitata (Wied.) (Diptera: Tephritidae) em goiabas 'Kumagai'; 2) avaliar a qualidade físico-química de goiabas 'Kumagai' submetidas aos tratamentos quarentenários. No que se refere ao método "água quente", o equipamento banho-maria Dubnoff existente em laboratório forneceu uma variação de temperatura de 0,5 ºC, sendo que as médias dos tempos de exposição, verificados em termopares inseridos a 5 mm, para as temperaturas avaliadas de 42,0 a 50,0 ºC (± 0,5) com intervalos de 1,0 ºC, foram menores que as médias dos tempos de exposição daqueles termopares inseridos no centro das goiabas para as mesmas temperaturas avaliadas. Em função desse aumento no tempo de imersão em altas temperaturas, foram observadas a presença de escaldaduras na casca das goiabas tratadas a 46,0; 47,0; 48,0; 49,0 e 50,0 ºC (± 0,5). Por sua vez, no que tange ao método por "UV-C", as lâmpadas utilizadas no equipamento de radiação possuíam comprimentos de onda predominantes de 254 nm (adequados, portanto, para o estudo de radiação UV-C) e a tela de aço (diâmetro da malha hexagonal: 6,0x 7,0 cm) foi o material escolhido para compor a prateleira central, distante 8 cm da fonte luminosa. Aplicados os métodos em questão, o que se observou nos testes "in vitro" foi que ampliação do tempo de imersão no tratamento hidrotérmico e a exposição a intensidades crescentes de radiação UV-C no tratamento por radiação conduziram a um aumento na mortalidade ovos de C. capitata; já quanto aos testes "in vivo", a conclusão, em relação ao método "água quente", foi a de que tratamentos a temperaturas de 46,0; 47,0; 48,0; 49,0 e 50,0 (± 0,5) ºC, com tempos de imersão de 0; 46; 36; 26; 16 e 12 minutos, respectivamente, são eficientes para a mortalidade de ovos de C. capitata (não tendo sido verificadas escaldaduras nas cascas das frutas às temperaturas avaliadas) e, em relação ao método "UV-C", verificou-se que a intensidade de 16,0 kJm-2 foi capaz de inativar 100% de ovos de C. capitata. Nos tratamentos combinados, foi observado efeito aditivo na mortalidade de ovos de C. capitata, sendo mais intensos nas combinações de 0,54 kJm-2 + 45,0 ± 0,5 ºC; 0,80 kJm-2 + 45,0 ± 0,5 ºC; 0,54 kJm-2 + 46,0 ± 0,5 ºC e 0,80 kJm-2 + 46,0 ± 0,5 ºC. Por fim, quanto à qualidade pós-colheita, a das goiabas submetidas aos tratamentos e armazenadas a 8,0 ± 0,2 ºC durante o período de armazenamento de 10 dias mostrou-se superior à das goiabas que tiveram aplicados os mesmos tratamentos e foram armazenadas a 22,0 ± 0,2 ºC / Abstract: Guava is a fruit that has good organoleptic and nutritional haracteristics, besides having a good acceptance as for consumption "in natura" as industrial. It is, however, a lot perishable after the harvest, and because of that there are countless losses to the producers. Besides it, the fruit is practically consumed in the internal market, because of the sanitary obstacles imposed by importing countries before matters as infestation by fruit flies. It is exactly in the study of this plague that is the object of this work whose achievement has obeyed the following steps: 1) evaluating the efficiency of hot water imersion, UV-C radiation methods, and the application in both, with the intention of promoting the not infestation of eggs of Ceratitis capitata (Wied.) (Diptera: Tephrittidae) in "Kumagai" guavas; 2) evaluating the physics-chemistry quality submitted to quarantine treatments. Mentioning to the method hot water, the double boiler Duboff equipment existing in the laboratory gives us a variation of temperature of 0,5 ºC, as for the average of times of expositions verified in pairs at 5 mm, for temperatures of 42,0 the 50,0 ºC (± 0,5) with intervals of 1,0 ºC was lower than the ones of the times in exposition in the center of guavas to the same temperatures. Due to this increase of the time of immersion in high temperatures, it was noticed the presence of burns on the treated guavas peel to 46,0; 47,0; 48,0; 49,0 and 50,0 ºC (± 0,5). By its shift, according to the UV-C method, the light bulbs used in the radiation equipment had 254 nm waves (proper to the study of radiation UV-C) and the steel screen (hexagonal mesh: 6,0 x 7,0 cm) was the chosen material to compose the central shelf, far 8 cm from the illuminated fountain. The used methods, what was noticed in the tests "in vitro" was that the amplification of the time of the immersion (in the hydrothermical) and the exposition to the increasing intensity of radiation UV-C (in the treatment by radiation) led to an increase in the mortality of eggs of C. capitata; according to the tests "in vivo" the conclusion in relation to the method hot water was that treatments to the temperatures 46,0; 47,0; 48,0; 49,0 e 50,0 ºC (± 0,5). With times of immersion of 46; 36; 26; 16 and 12 minutes, respectively, are efficient to the mortality of the eggs of C. capitata (not having being verified burns on the fruits peel to the evaluated temperatures) and, in relation to the method UV-C, it was noticed that the intensity of 16.0 kJm-2 was able to activate 100% of eggs of C. capitata. In the combined treatments, it was observed the adding effect in the mortality of eggs of C. capitata, being more intense in the combinations 0,54 kJm-2 + 45,0 ± 0,5 ºC; 0,80 kJm-2 + 45,0 ± 0,5 ºC; 0,54 kJm-2 + 46,0 ± 0,5 ºC e 0,80 kJm-2 + 46,0 ± 0,5 ºC. Finally according to the quality after the harvest, the guavas that were submitted to the treatment and stored to 8,0 ± 0,2 ºC during a period of 10 days were superior to the guavas that had the same treatments and were stored to 22,0 ± 0,2 ºC / Doutorado / Tecnologia Pós-Colheita / Doutor em Engenharia Agrícola

El objetivo fundamental de este artículo es el de analizar, identificar y posteriormente cuantificar, las áreas de la costa Española Mediterránea, con mayor riesgo de sufrir un derrame de hidrocarburos procedente del tráfico marítimo de hidrocarburos. En el estudio que fundamenta este artículo, se han tomado en consideración una serie de variables, de entre las que destacamos, las peculiaridades geográficas, climáticas o la densidad de tráfico, que alimenten una función aleatoria. Esta función objetiva ponderará los diferentes puntos de la costa e identificando los que tengan una mayor probabilidad de riesgo.En la investigación aquí presentada, se pretende evidenciar dónde pueden ubicarse las áreas del Mediterráneo Occidental español donde puede haber mayor riesgo de derrame potencialmente.EL ESCENARIO GEOGRÁFICOEl Mar Mediterráneo se extiende sobre unos 3.800 Km. de Este a Oeste y unos 800 Km. de Norte a Sur, cubriendo una superficie aproximada de 2,5 millones de Km2, lo cual representa unas cinco veces la de España. Su cuenca alberga un volumen de 3,7 millones de Km3 con una profundidad media de unos 1.500 metros, la cual es claramente inferior a la media oceánica. Morfológicamente, el Mar Mediterráneo aparece separado del Océano Atlántico por el Estrecho de Gibraltar, de unos 14 Km. de anchura y 300 metros de profundidad. Otras comunicaciones, aunque menos importantes desde el punto de vista hidrológico, conectan el mar Mediterráneo con el Mar Negro y con el Océano Índico a través del Mar Rojo. Se trata, respectivamente de los estrechos del Bósforo y de los Dardanelos, entre los que queda delimitado el pequeño Mar de Mármara y el Canal de Suez, éste último de carácter artificial y de relativamente reciente apertura (1867). A grandes rasgos, podemos afirmar que el Mediterráneo está compuesto de dos grandes cuencas, separadas entre sí por el Canal de Sicilia y denominadas Cuenca Oriental y Cuenca Occidental.La cuenca Mediterránea se caracteriza por los limitados recursos agrícolas, forestales, ganaderos e incluso pesqueros. Por otro lado, también son limitados los recursos energéticos en la margen septentrional, aunque, por el contrario, hay una importante cantidad de gas natural e hidrocarburos en la margen meridional. Ante el mencionado panorama de recursos, nos encontramos con una importante población, la cual se prevé que rondará los 500 millones de habitantes y cerca de 300 millones de turistas anuales, a mediados de la próxima década.En la cuenca meridional se encuentran los principales puertos exportadores de hidrocarburos, destacando Libia como país mediterráneo con mayores reservas. En la margen europea, destaca el puerto de Marsella, con unas importaciones de crudo del orden de 65 millones de toneladas anuales, además de Italia, donde se localizan tres de los principales puertos en este tipo de tráficos, los cuales suman unas 90 millones de toneladas de crudo anuales. / Pollution risks coming from the shipping traffic is one of the real risks that Spanish coast can face. It is much closed the remember of the Fedra bulk carrier in the strait of Gibraltar, the Prestige tanker in Finisterre or the Castor near accident off the Almeria coast. The main objective of this paper is to analyse, identify and further to quantify, the areas in the Mediterranean Spanish coast, with biggest risk of suffering a hydrocarbons spill coming from the tankers maritime traffic. The study, in which this paper is based, has been considered a set of variables among which we can remark the geographic particularities, the climatic issues, the ships' age or the traffic density; that are going to feed an algorithm. This objective function will weight those different parameters in the entire coast and will identify the ones with the biggest risk probability. The results are going to put in evidence where are the most critical areas in the Spanish coast, when talking about its risk of spill.THE GEOGRAPHICAL SCENARIOThe Mediterranean Sea extends approximately on 3,800 km from East to West and 800 km from North to South, covering a surface of 2.5 millions of km2 which represents 5 times the surface of Spain. Its basin keeps a volume of 3.7 million of km3 with an average depth of 1,500 km which is clearly lower than the ocean average. The Mediterranean Sea is linked to the Atlantic Ocean through the Gibraltar Strait that is about 14 km wide and 300 metres deep. Other secondary passes from the hydrological point of view, is the connection with the Black Sea and the Indic Ocean through the Red Sea. From a general point of view we can identify two clear basins in the Mediterranean, limited by the Sicily canal and called Eastern and Western Mediterranean...The Mediterranean basin, is identified by the limited agricultural, forest, cattle and even fishing, resources, including the energetic ones at least in the Northern coast, but with large reserves of natural gas and hydrocarbons in the Southern coast. In a parallel sense we find a population of 500 millions of persons and around 300 millions of tourists per year that are expected in this decade. Also in this coast there are the main hydrocarbons export ports, most of all in Libya, the Mediterranean country with the biggest reserves. In the European coast we must remark the port of Marseilles, as the biggest import port in terms of volume, with 65 millions of metric tonnes per year or Italy where there are placed the three main ports of such kind of traffic, with an added volume of 90 millions of metric tonnes.The Mediterranean hydrocarbon traffic routes, from a internal point of view, are the ones from North to South and East to West, but we should add the crude oil traffic in transit that in the year 2006 sum up to 421 millions of metric tonnes only of crude oil, from which 72 millions where among non intra Mediterranean ports [1].

A partire dai primi anni Novanta il mondo ha assistito allo sviluppo ed al consolidamento di importanti organizzazioni e/o accordi a carattere regionale. Da allora il fenomeno dell' integrazione regionale si è notevolmente consolidato contribuendo allo sviluppo di un rinnovato interesse teorico verso il Regionalismo e, più in generale, verso i processi di integrazione regionale. Oggigiorno il Regionalismo è un tema centrale in diverse scienze sociali, ed in particolar modo nell’ambito dell’Economia Internazionale e delle Relazioni Internazionali. Concentrandosi su un ampio gruppo di accordi regionali caratterizzati dallo stretto rapporto tra il perseguimento dell’integrazione economica, da una parte, ed il raggiungimento di importanti fini geo-politici e nell’ambito della sicurezza dall'altra, lo scopo di questa ricerca è di dimostrare che un approccio multi-disciplinare è utile per un’analisi più completa ed approfondita di tali accordi, e nel caso specifico del Partenariato Euro-Mediterraneo. A tal proposito, i principali obiettivi del presente lavoro sono due: da una parte, analizzare se il Partenariato Euro-Mediterraneo ha effettivamente favorito lo sviluppo di un processo di integrazione regionale tra i Paesi del Bacino Mediterraneo; dall’altra, analizzare questa iniziativa alla luce dei principali contributi teorici dell’Economia Internazionale e delle Relazioni Internazionali. / Starting in the early 1990s the world witnessed the development and the strengthening of important regional organizations and arrangements. Since then many changes have occurred and the phenomenon of regional integration has strengthened. The recent upsurge in regional agreements has led to a renewed theoretical interest in Regionalism and regional integration processes. As a matter of fact, today Regionalism is a relevant issue for many social sciences; in particular, in the field of International Economics and International Relations. By focusing on a large group of regional agreements, which are characterised by a strong binomial relationship between economic integration and the achievement of geo-political and security goals, the purpose of the research is to demonstrate that a multi-disciplinary approach drawing from both International Economics and International Relations is necessary for a deeper understanding of such agreements. In order to test this line of reasoning, the present research will analyse a recent regional agreement: the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. On the basis of the theoretical contributions on Regionalism and RIAs, the research will have two main aims: the first one is to analyse whether the Partnership has effectively contributed to the establishment of an integration process in the Mediterranean Basin, both in the political and in the economic spheres; the second one is to analyse the same initiative according to International Relations and the International Economics theories.

L'energia rappresenta un elemento fondamentale dell'architettura economica della regione euro-mediterranea. Tuttavia, le relazioni energetiche regionali non sono mai state analizzate all'interno di un comprensivo quadro analitico capace valutare il potenziale ruolo dell'energia come catalizzatore di nuove forme di cooperazione economica e politica a livello regionale. Questa tesi aspira a colmare questa lacuna della letteratura esistente, fornendo un'analisi basata sulla seguente domanda di ricerca: può un nuovo schema di relazioni energetiche euro-mediterranee rafforzare l'integrazione economica e politica della regione? Questa domanda di ricerca viene esplorata applicando gli strumenti analitici forniti da International Political Economy e funzionalismo a due casi studio rappresentanti i più importanti progetti di cooperazione energetica mai tentati nella regione: Nabucco e Desertec. Questa analisi non solo consente di trovare una risposta precisa alla suddetta domanda di ricerca, ma permette altresì di definire una serie di policy recommendations disegnate per aprire la strada ad un nuovo schema di cooperazione energetica euro-mediterranea finalizzato a rafforzare la più ampia integrazione economica e politica della regione. / Energy represents a cornerstone in the Euro-Mediterranean economic architecture. However, the regional energy relations have never been framed into a comprehensive analytical framework able to assess the actual potential role of energy in acting as a catalyst for the overall regional economic and political cooperation. This thesis aspires to fill this research gap by providing an analysis based on the following research question: could a new Euro-Mediterranean energy relations scheme strengthen the economic and political integration of the overall region? This research question is explored by applying the analytical tools provided by International Political Economy and Functionalism to two empirical case studies representing the most important energy cooperation projects ever attempted in the region: Nabucco and Desertec. This analysis not only allows to find an accurate answer to the research question, but it also permits to define a set of policy recommendations aimed at paving the way for a new Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation scheme designed to strengthen the economic integration of the overall region.

Mestre -- Universidade de Sao Paulo. Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas. Faculdade de Economia e Administracao. Faculdade de Saude Publica. Programa de Pos-Graduacao Interunidades em Nutricao Humana Aplicada, Sao Paulo, 2002.

Cette thèse porte sur l’étude comparée des œuvres de trois romanciers contemporains : Andreu Martín, Yasmina Khadra et Giorgio Todde. Si ces trois écrivains diffèrent par la nationalité, la langue et le style d’écriture, ils ont élu à un moment ou à un autre de leur carrière le roman policier et plus particulièrement le « noir » comme genre d’écriture. L’analyse de leur production policière de 1980 à 2010 tend à montrer les points de convergence et de divergence révélateurs d’une présupposée culture méditerranéenne. Entre Espagne, Algérie et Italie la Méditerranée s’impose comme espace géographique commun, mais également comme lieu de rencontre de différentes cultures. Les objectifs prioritaires ont été d’inscrire dans un cadre théorique les enjeux du roman policier face à la modernité et plus particulièrement les aspects significatifs à la vue des caractéristiques des trois auteurs comme la relation à l’Histoire, l’articulation entre individuel et collectif ou encore le rapport entre Histoire, mythe et vérité. Les particularités de chacun des trois romanciers et l’insertion de leur production dans le cadre géographique spécifique de leur pays d’origine constituent un axe de recherche majeur de la thèse. Pour ne pas restreindre le champ d’investigation il a été opéré une ouverture des perspectives : la Méditerranée comme espace géographique, historique et culturel en partage ; le concept d’insularité comme double condition, à la fois géographique et d’esprit ; ou encore le « noir méditerranéen » ont ainsi bénéficié d’un développement particulier. / This doctorial dissertation encompasses a comparative study of three contemporary authors: Andreu Martín, Yasmina Khadra and Giorgio Todde. Although the three writers differ in their nationality, language and writing style, they have all selected the detective novel and more particularly hardboiled fiction as their genre of choice. The body of this study focuses on the works created between 1980 and 2010. Through the analysis of these novels several revealing commonalities and differences have been discovered about a possible “Mediterranean culture”. Whether it be Spain, Algeria or Italy, the Mediterranean emerges then not only as a shared geographical space, but also as a meeting point between these diverse cultures. The principal objectives of this study are to place the specific tools and aspects of the detective novel within the theoretical domain of “modernity”, and an analysis of the significant articulations made by these three authors such as: their use of History, their representation of “the individual” versus “the collective”, and the relationship between History, myth, and truth in their novels. The particularities of all three novelists and the insertion of their literary production within the specific geographical environment of their country of origin constitute the focal point and principal axis of research of this dissertation. However, an open perspective has lead to the analysis of various concepts which particularly develop an understanding of that focal point. Among them the Mediterranean as a geographical, historical and cultural space shared by many; the concept of insularity as a double condition, as in a condition that is at the same time geographical and emotional; and the concept of a “Mediterranean hardboiled” fiction have revealed themselves as the most significant. / Questa tesi si basa sull’analisi comparata delle opere di tre scrittori contemporanei: Andreu Martín, Yasmina Khadra eGiorgio Todde. Sebbene questi tre romanzieri differiscano per nazionalità, lingua e stile di scrittura, si accomunanoper aver eletto ad un dato momento della loro carriera il romanzo poliziesco e più precisamente il “noir” come generedi scrittura. L’analisi della loro produzione poliziesca, dal 1980 al 2010, tende a dimostrare i punti di convergenza edivergenza rivelatori di una presupposta cultura mediterranea. Tra la Spagna, l’Algeria e l’Italia il Mediterraneos’impone come spazio geografico comune, così come luogo d’incontro di diverse culture. Gli obiettivi prioritari sonostati quelli di iscrivere in un quadro teorico i meccanismi del romanzo poliziesco, il suo rapportarsi alla modernità epiù precisamente gli elementi significativi che emergono dallo studio delle caratteristiche dei tre autori. Tra questi sievidenziano la relazione alla Storia, il rapporto tra l’individuale e il collettivo o ancora l’articolarsi tra Storia, mito everità. Le caratteristiche di ognuno dei tre autori e l’inserimento delle loro produzioni letterarie nello specifico quadrogeografico dei rispettivi paesi d’origine costituiscono un asse di ricerca della tesi. Per non limitare il campod’investigazione si è proceduto ad un ampliamento delle piste di ricerca: il Mediterraneo come spazio geografico,storico e culturale in comune; il concetto d’insularità come doppia condizione, geografica e d’animo e infine il “noirmediterraneo”.

Condizioni meteorologiche e clima influenzano fortemente il settore delle produzioni animali. Lo stress da caldo determina una significativa riduzione dell'attività metabolica, della produzione, della capacità riproduttiva e una maggiore predisposizione alle malattie. Nel contesto biologico, la temperatura dell’aria è sicuramente considerata il principale fattore di stress, tuttavia, un’elevata umidità peggiora l'effetto della temperatura riducendo le perdite di calore per evaporazione e ostacolando quindi l’eliminazione del calore in eccesso. Scopi principali della ricerca sono stati la caratterizzazione dell’area del Mediterraneo in termini di Temperature Humidity Index (THI) e stabilire le relazioni tra stagione/THI e mortalità nella bovina da latte allevata in un’area geografica Italiana altamente vocata per questo tipo di allevamento. I risultati suggeriscono che, allevatori e politici che operano nell’area Mediterranea, dovrebbero tenere nella dovuta considerazione variabilità e scenari del THI nella pianificazione degli investimenti nel settore delle produzioni animali. Conoscere in anticipo il verificarsi di condizioni climatiche avverse permetterebbe agli allevatori di metter in atto misure di contrasto sugli effetti negativi delle condizioni climatiche. Inoltre, dovrebbero venire sviluppate misure di adattamento appropriate per contesti specifici in termini di cultura, società, o sistemi politici, che possano contribuire alla sostenibilità ambientale, nonché allo sviluppo economico e alla lotta alla povertà. / Weather and climate strongly influence the field of animal production. Heat stress causes a significant reduction in metabolic activity, production, reproductive capacity, and increases susceptibility to diseases. In the biological context, the air temperature is definitely considered the main factor of stress, however, high humidity worsens the effect of temperature by reducing the evaporation heat loss and thus preventing the removal of excess heat. The main purposes of the research were the characterization of the Mediterranean basin in terms of Temperature Humidity Index (THI) and to establish relationships between season/THI and mortality in dairy cattle bred in an Italian geographic area with a high concentration of dairy farms. THI variability and scenarios should be taken into careful consideration by farmers and policy makers operating in Mediterranean countries when planning investments. Investments should at least partially be directed to implementation of adaptation measures, which may support farmers in the transition to climate-smart agriculture and help them to alleviate the impact of hot extremes on animal welfare, performance and health. In addition, measures should be developed appropriate adaptation to the specific contexts in terms of culture, society, or political systems, which can contribute to environmental sustainability and economic development and fighting poverty.

La pesca d'arrossegament practicada al mar Mediterrani incideix sobre un rang batimètric molt ampli i afecta a nombrosos tipus de fons que presenten comunitats molt diversificades, on les espècies de peixos, crustacis, cefalòpodes, altres mol·luscs, equinoderms i d'altres macroorganismes epibentònics interaccionen entre si. D'aquí la importància de caracteritzar amb una aproximació multiespecífica els fons explotats, com la que aquí hem dut a terme, prenent en consideració no tan sols les espècies d'interès comercial sinó totes les espècies que conformen la comunitat. Els objectius concrets d'aquesta tesi estan centrats en l'estudi qualitatiu i quantitatiu dels descartaments produïts per la pesca d'arrossegament que efectua la flota espanyola en la zona del Golf de Lleó, i en aspectes relacionats a millorar la selectivitat de les xarxes emprades canviant el disseny de la malla tradicional per malla quadrada.El mostreig s'ha dut a terme a bord d'una embarcació d'arrossegament comercial, amb una freqüència setmanal, dins el període comprès entre març del 1998 i març del 2000. En total s'han analitzat 68 pesques. Totes les mostres estudiades provenen del primer vol del dia i s'han capturat a fondàries entre 50 i 500 metres.De tot el volum capturat durant l'estudi s'han identificat un total de 307 espècies pertanyent a diversos grups taxonòmics. El grup taxonòmic majoritari és el dels peixos amb 133 espècies, seguit dels crustacis, els cefalòpodes, els equinoderms i finalment el grup d'altres invertebrats. L'espècie més capturada en nombre a la pesquera del Golf de Lleó ha estat la cervellina (Leptometra phalangium) i les més capturades en biomassa han estat la sardina (Sardina pilchardus) i el lluç mediterrani (Merluccius merluccius smiridus).Pel total de la captura la fracció descartada en nombre d'individus representa el 71% mentre que la biomassa descartada és de l'ordre del 36%. La causa més important en quant a quantitat de rebuig produït és la que respon al compliment de la normativa vigent, ja sigui per les talles mínimes legals o per les captures acompanyants permeses. Els majors descartaments estacionals en termes d'abundància es donen a la primavera i l'estiu, coincidint amb l'època de reclutament de la majoria de les espècies explotades. En canvi, els descartaments estacionals en termes de biomassa són excepcionalment elevats a l'estiu i estan provocats per la captura massiva de sardina (S. pilchardus) durant aquesta època de l'any. El rebuig expressat tant en nombre com en pes disminueix en funció de l'estrat de fondària, essent la quantitat descartada major en l'estrat A (50-200 m) i menor en l'estrat C (>400 m).S'ha comprovat que el disseny de malla quadrada aplicat al cóp de les xarxes d'arrossegament fa augmentar dràsticament, tant en nombre com en pes, el percentatge d'individus escapats, disminuint a la vegada la quantitat de descartament. També s'aconsegueix un augment de la mida de primera captura (L50) de totes les espècies excepte en la bruixa de quatre taques (Lepidorhombus boscii). A més es redueix l'impacte de la pesca sobre els estocs d'individus juvenils, sobretot d'espècies que presenten una secció de cos rodona com el lluç mediterrani (M. merluccius smiridus) i el verat (Scomber scombrus), disminuint així la sobrepesca de creixement i de reclutament al mateix temps que s'assegura i es millora la venda d'exemplars de mida legal. / Multispecies Mediterranean trawl fisheries are carried out in a wide range of depths and affect different bottoms and communities. The demersal resources distributed in the trawl fishing grounds off the south-western Gulf of Lions were studied. The aim of this study is to evaluate qualitatively and quantitatively the amount of discards associated to demersal trawl fisheries in this area and to improve the selectivity of bottom trawl nets introducing square mesh codends. A weekly sampling was conducted with a chartered commercial trawler (length 23 m; 600 HP) between march 1998 to march 2000. All the samples took place during daylight at depths ranging between 50 and 500 m. A total of 68 hauls were analyzed and 307 species were identified. The main taxonomic group are fishes with 133 species followed by crustaceans, cephalopods, echinoderm and other invertebrates. Leptometra phalangium is the most abundant species in number of individuals and Sardina pilchardus and Merluccius merluccius smiridus are the most abundant in biomass.From the total catch discards represented 71% in number of individuals and 36% in biomass. The main reason to discard is the compliance with current legislation in relation to minimum landing size and TAC's.Seasonal discards were important in number of individuals during spring due to recruitment of some commercial species. In summer, large amounts of Sardina pilchardus were discarded due to legal regulations that established TAC's to small pelagic species.Discards decreased with depth. We obtain majors discards in the continental shelf and less in the slope.We realized that square mesh design in codends is better than diamond mesh design. The percentage of individuals and biomass escaped increase in square mesh codends and the fraction discarded decrease. The estimated fifty percent retention length (L50) and selection factors were higher for square mesh codends than diamond mesh codends in the most cases except for Lepidorhombus boscii. Also the L50 obtained with square mesh codends are very close to or coincide with the legal size for the majority of the species studied. This results may be explained by the different body shapes and behaviour of the individuals species. We have observed that square mesh codends contribute to reduce the impact of fisheries in immature and undersized individuals from the stock, especially in species with a round shape body like Merluccius merluccius smiridus and Scomber scombrus. Moreover, the square mesh codends assured that landings are made up of marketable lengths.

La Sardaigne, en raison de sa position géographique au cœur de la Méditerranée occidentale, constitue une zone clé pour la compréhension de la diffusion du Néolithique dans le domaine nord-tyrrhénien. La deuxième moitié du Ve millénaire cal BC marque l’essor et l’aboutissement du processus de diffusion de l’économie néolithique dans l’île, sous l’égide des groupes humains « San Ciriaco ». Des fouilles récentes dans la Sardaigne centre-occidentale, zone cruciale pour cette entité culturelle régionale, ont décelé des contextes inédits dont l’étude est fondamentale pour la connaissance de ces sociétés. Cette thèse se propose d’explorer le rôle des poteries dans les systèmes techniques et les comportements symboliques des groupes humains San Ciriaco en Sardaigne centre-occidentale, afin d’obtenir des indices économiques sur les stratégies de gestion des ressources et sur les modes de vie de ces populations. L’approche interdisciplinaire suivie combine l’analyse morphométrique des récipients, l’observation des traces d’usure et l’analyse chimique des résidus organiques (en CPG et CPG/SM) piégés dans la matrice céramique. Les résultats révèlent une structuration des assemblages céramiques en plusieurs gammes fonctionnelles, variablement représentées sur des sites à destination différente (habitat, sépultures, « dépôts » de vases). Des comportements techniques et symboliques liés à la gestion des récipients tout au long de leur cycle d’utilisation sont mis en lumière. Ces résultats offrent une première contribution à la plus large problématique de l’évolution de la fonction des poteries, tout au long du Néolithique, au sein du domaine méditerranéen occidental.zone cruciale pour cette entité culturelle régionale originale, ont décelé des contextes inédits dont l’étude s’avère être fondamentale pour la connaissance de ces sociétés. Cette thèse se propose d’explorer le rôle des poteries dans les systèmes techniques et les comportements symboliques des groupes humains San Ciriaco en Sardaigne centre-occidentale, afin d’obtenir des indices économiques sur les stratégies de gestion des ressources et sur les modes de vie de ces populations. L’approche interdisciplinaire suivie combine l’analyse morphométrique des récipients, l’observation des traces d’usure et l’analyse chimique des résidus organiques (en chromatographie en phase gazeuse et chromatographie en phase gazeuse couplée à la spectrométrie de masse), piégés dans la matrice céramique. Les résultats obtenus révèlent une structuration des assemblages céramiques en plusieurs gammes fonctionnelles distinctes et variablement représentées sur des sites à destination fonctionnelle différente (habitat, sépultures, « dépôts » de vases). Des comportements techniques et symboliques liés à la gestion des récipients tout au long de leur cycle d’utilisation sont également mis en lumière. Ces résultats offrent une première contribution à la plus large problématique de l’évolution de la fonction des poteries, tout au long du Néolithique, au sein du domaine méditerranéen occidental. / The isle of Sardinia (Italy) is a key zone in understanding the spread and the diffusion of the Neolithic in North Tyrrhenian region, due to its position in the middle of western Mediterranean Sea. Here, the rise and culmination of Neolithic economy is carried by San Ciriaco populations in the second half of V millennium cal BC. Recent archaeological excavations in central-western Sardinia revealed new contexts the study of which is fundamental in increasing our knowledge of these Neolithic societies.The aim of this work is to investigate the role of pottery in technical systems and symbolical behaviours of San Ciriaco societies in central-western Sardinia, in order to find evidence of strategies of use and explore their way(s) of life. The interdisciplinary approach in this study combines morphometrical analysis of vessels, use-wear observation and GC / GC-MS chemical analysis of organic residues absorbed in pottery.This research revealed a structuration of pottery assemblages into several functional categories which are differently represented in sites with a different function (settlements, burials, vessels “deposits”). The results contribute to highlight technical and symbolical behaviors linked to the use of pottery during its life cycle phases. These data offer a contribution to the issue of the evolution of pottery function during the Neolithic period in Western Mediterranean. / La Sardegna, in virtù della sua posizione centrale nel Mediterraneo occidentale, rappresenta una zona cruciale per la comprensione del processo di propagazione del Neolitico e della sua evoluzione nell’area nord-tirrenica. Il pieno sviluppo dell’economia neolitica nell’isola è segnato dalla formazione e diffusione di un’entità culturale regionale originale, denominata “cultura di San Ciriaco”, durante la seconda metà del V millennio cal BC (Neolitico Medio B). Alcuni recenti scavi nella Sardegna centro-occidentale, scenario fondamentale nello sviluppo di tale entità culturale, hanno portato alla luce dei contesti inediti, il cui studio si rivela essenziale per la conoscenza di queste società neolitiche.L’obiettivo di questa ricerca è specificamente quello di indagare il ruolo dei recipienti ceramici nei sistemi tecnici e nei comportamenti simbolici dei gruppi umani San Ciriaco della Sardegna centro-occidentale, nell’intento di acquisire degli indizi sulle strategie di gestione delle risorse naturali e sulle modalità di sussistenza delle popolazioni durante il Neolitico medio B.L’approccio interdisciplinare seguito associa l’analisi morfometrica dei recipienti all’osservazione delle tracce d’uso e all’analisi chimica dei residui organici assorbiti nella matrice ceramica, mediante la tecnica della gascromatografia (GC) e della gascromatografia/spettrometria di massa (GC/MS).I risultati ottenuti rivelano una strutturazione delle collezioni ceramiche in molteplici gamme funzionali distinte e variabilmente rappresentate in siti con destinazione funzionale differente (abitato, sepolture, “depositi” di recipienti). L’analisi di tali contesti ha permesso di evidenziare alcuni specifici comportamenti tecnici e simbolici legati alla gestione dei recipienti durante tutto il loro ciclo d’utilizzo.L’interpretazione storica dei dati acquisiti con questa ricerca offre un contributo alla più vasta questione dell’evoluzione della funzione dei recipienti ceramici, nel corso del Neolitico, nell’area del Mediterraneo occidentale.