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Several skeletal elements preserved in the holotype and only specimen of the pterosaur Austriadraco dallavecchiai Kellner, 2015 (uppermost Triassic, Austria) have not been identified or have remained undescribed in previous works. They include important elements for the systematic and phylogenetic studies such as the femur, premaxillae and maxillary teeth. The broad bone initially considered the sternal plate is plausibly formed by the fused frontals, as already suggested by some authors. The diagnosis of Austriadraco dallavecchiai is amended on the basis of new information. The close relationship of Austriadraco dallavecchiai to Seazzadactylus venieri from the uppermost Triassic of Friuli (north-eastern Italy) is further supported by the morphological similarity between the two taxa (e.g. they share similar postorbital process of the jugal and dorsal process of the surangular)., RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA , V. 127 N. 2 (2021)

The dinosaur record from Iran includes footprints from the Liassic Ab-e-Haji Formation of Neizar Valley (Kerman Province, central-eastern Iran), a single footprint from the Javaherdeh Formation near Zerab (Alborz Mounts, NE Iran), and skeletal remains from the Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous Ravar Formation of the Ab Bid Syncline (Kerman Province). Contrary to previous identifications, no footprints from the Neizar Valley belong to ornithopods; they can all be referred to theropod trackmakers. The Zerab footprint, on which the ichnospecies Iranosauripus zerabensis is based, is an undiagnostic theropod footprint and probably was lost. The skeletal remains are represented by bone fragments and a tooth of a mid-sized theropod, which represent the first dinosaur osteological record in this part of the Middle East. The Ab Bid Syncline has a high potential for further future discoveries., Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 118, No 2

The Triassic pterosaur Austriadactylus cristatus is reported for the first time from the Norian (Upper Triassic) of north-eastern Italy. It is only the second specimen of this taxon and provides new information on the mandibular dentition, cranium and postcranium (cervical vertebrae and the forelimb), not available in the holotype. A cladistic analysis shows that Austriadactylus is phylogenetically closer to Preondactylus than to Eudimorphodon., Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 115, No 3

A serrated tooth from the Coniacian-Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) Polazzo fossil site (Karst, NE Italy) is the first record of a notosuchian crocodyliform from Italy. Although it shares synapomorphies with teeth referred to the European genus Doratodon and with the Gondwanan genus Araripesuchus, it is distinct in the unusual combination of features, suggesting the presence of a yet unreported notosuchian taxon in the Adriatic-Dinaric Carbonate Platform located in the Tethys between the Afroarabian continent and the North European landmass during Late Cretaceous times. Notosuchians were typically terrestrial crocodyliforms, supporting the presence of emergent areas on the carbonate platform.

Six stages (OS1-6) were identified by Kellner (2015) to establish the ontogeny of a given pterosaur fossil. These were used to support the erection of several new Triassic taxa including Bergamodactylus wildi, which is based on a single specimen (MPUM 6009) from the Norian of Lombardy, Italy. However, those ontogenetic stages are not valid because different pterosaur taxa had different tempos of skeletal development. Purported diagnostic characters of Bergamodactylus wildi are not autapomorphic or were incorrectly identified. Although minor differences do exist between MPUM 6009 and the holotype of Carniadactylus rosenfeldi, these do not warrant generic differentiation. Thus, MPUM 6009 is here retained within the taxon Carniadactylus rosenfeldi as proposed by Dalla Vecchia (2009a)., Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research In Paleontology and Stratigraphy), V. 124, N. 2 (2018)

Tetrapod remains are extremely rare in the early Carnian (Late Triassic) Calcare del Predil Formation on the Italian side of the Julian Alps (Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region), which yielded the Raibl fossil assemblage including the famous "Raibl ichthyofauna". A new tanystropheid archosauromorph, Raibliania calligarisi, is here named based on a partial skeleton found in this formation along the Prasnig Brook. The new taxon is similar to Tanystropheus, sharing with it the very elongated cervical vertebrae, but is characterized by the presence of relatively large button-like teeth; apex of the neural spines not transversely thickened; articular facets on the upper corners of the neural spines of the dorsal vertebrae; short and distally pointed pleurapophyses of the second and last 'lumbar' vertebra; ilium with a long preacetabular process bearing a robust and transversely thick tuberosity and a medial ridge bordering the entire ventral part of the iliac blade; and pubis with a cranial process. Tanystropheids lived in the present day Alps and Prealps of Friuli Venezia Giulia Region from the late Anisian to the mid-late Norian and were an important component of the coastal reptile faunas, although they were less common than eusauropterygians and placodonts during the early Carnian. Tanystropheids with extremely elongated cervical vertebrae are reported in this area from the upper Anisian to the lower Carnian., RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA , Vol 126 No 1 (2020)

Todas as tarefas não necessárias para a condução de um veículo com segurança podem ser consideradas tarefas secundárias. Estas tarefas consistem em um comportamento complementar e intrinsicamente ligado ao ato de conduzir um veículo. Dessa forma, manusear um celular, comer, beber, programar GPS, ajustar instrumentos ou achar uma estação de rádio, pode ser considerada uma tarefa secundária. Essas tarefas exigem do motorista esforços físicos e cognitivos e são responsáveis por grande parte dos acidentes de trânsito devido às distrações que causam. O objetivo principal da dissertação é a compreensão das tarefas secundárias ao dirigir, suas particularidades, suas demandas e entender quais fatores acarretam na maior criticidade em relação à segurança. Para alcançar o objetivo principal, foram propostos objetivos secundários, correspondentes aos três artigos que compõe este trabalho. O primeiro artigo compreendeu uma revisão sistemática da literatura, afim de entender as tarefas secundárias, explorar suas características e de que forma elas podem ser classificadas. Buscou-se também entender quais as principais consequências que a execução dessas tarefas pode trazer em relação ao desempenho, segurança do motorista e ao ambiente externo. O segundo artigo trouxe a perspectiva dos métodos de análise das tarefas secundárias. O objetivo foi evidenciar os principais métodos de análise de tarefas secundárias e seus resultados. Demostrar quais métodos são recomendados para cada tipo de objetivo estudado e explorar suas vantagens e desvantagens. Finalmente, no terceiro artigo, foi desenvolvido e aplicado uma sistemática de análise e avaliação das tarefas secundárias por meio do processo de análise multicriterial (AHP) com base na pesquisa realizada nos artigos anteriores. A análise considerou as características das tarefas extraídas por análise de vídeo e a percepção da dificuldade de execução pelo viés do motorista. Os resultados corroboram com os estudos anteriores acerca do grande impacto que a execução de tarefas secundárias ao dirigir em relação ao desempenho e segurança. Foi possível diagnosticar fragilidades nos métodos atuais de avaliação das tarefas secundárias e, ainda, o modelo híbrido de análise com a aplicação de multicritérios permitiu extrair informações mais completas sobre as tarefas secundárias, pois considerou fatores distintos que não são abordados simultaneamente pelos métodos de análise tradicionais. All tasks not required to drive a vehicle safely can be considered as secondary tasks. These tasks consist of complementary behavior and are intrinsically linked to the act of driving a vehicle. That way, handling a cell phone, eating, drinking, programming GPS, adjusting instruments or finding a radio station can be considered a secondary task. These tasks require the driver's physical and cognitive efforts and are responsible for most of traffic accidents due to the distractions they cause. The main objective of this work is the understanding of secondary tasks when driving, their particularities, their demands and to understand which factors lead to greater safety criticality. To reach the general objective, specific objectives were proposed, corresponding to the three articles that compose this work. The first article included a systematic review of the literature, in order to understand the secondary tasks, to explore their characteristics and classifications. It was also sought to understand the main consequences that the task execution can bring in relation to the performance, the driver safety and the external environment. The second article brought the methods perspective used to analyze secondary tasks. The objective was to highlight the secondary tasks, the main methods and their results, thus demonstrating which methods are recommended for each type of goal studied and explore its advantages and disadvantages. Finally, in the third article, a systematic analysis and evaluation of secondary tasks were developed and applied through the multi-criteria analysis process (AHP) based on the research carried out in previous articles. The analysis considered the characteristics of the tasks extracted by video analysis and the difficult perception by the driver bias. The results corroborate with the previous studies about the great impact that the execution of secondary tasks while driving brings to performance and safety. Also, it was possible to diagnose weaknesses in the current methods of evaluation. Finally. the hybrid model of analysis with the application of multi-criteria allowed to extract more complete information about the secondary tasks, considering different factors, not approached simultaneously by the traditional methods of analysis.

The Drift Tube Linac (DTL) of the European Spallation Source (ESS) is designed to operate at 352.2MHz with a duty cycle of 4% (3 ms pulse length, 14 Hz repetition period) and will accelerate a proton beam of 62.5mA pulse peak current from 3.62 to 90 MeV. This paper presents the details of the manufacturing processes with quality control reports of the components of the DTL., Proceedings of the 29\textsuperscript{th} Linear Accelerator Conf., LINAC2018, Beijing, China

The IFMIF-EVEDA RFQ is composed of 18 modules for a total length of 9.8 m and is designed to accelerate the 125 mA D⁺ beam up to 5 MeV at the frequency of 175 MHz. The RFQ is subdivided into three Super-Modules of six modules each. The Super-Modules were shipped to Rokkasho (Japan) at the beginning of 2016, pre-assembled 3 m far from the final location and tuned to reach target field flatness requirements. Just after conclusion of injector commissioning, the tuned RFQ was disassembled, moved and reassembled in the final location. After confirmation that field flatness was not affected by this movement, high power couplers were installed and tuned and all the structure was baked. Assembling, tuning and coupling results will be presented., Proceedings of the 8th Int. Particle Accelerator Conf., IPAC2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

All IFMIF - EVEDA RFQ modules were completed in summer 2015. In the previous year the last three modules were RF tested at LNL at nominal power up to cw operation. At the beginning of this year all the modules were assembled in three 3.3 m long super-modules structures that were shipped to Japan. RFQ was then installed and tuned with provisional aluminum tuners and end plates to nominal frequency and field distribution. Replacement of movable aluminum components with copper fixed ones increased cavity quality value not affecting field flatness and frequency., Proceedings of the 25th Russian Particle Accelerator Conf., RuPAC2016, St. Petersburg, Russia

The IFMIF-EVEDA RFQ is composed of 18 modules for a total length of 9.8 m and is designed to accelerate the 125 mA D⁺ beam up to 5 MeV at the frequency of 175 MHz. The RFQ is subdivided into three Super-Modules of six modules each. The Super-Modules were pre-assembled, aligned and vacuum tested at INFN-LNL and then shipped to Rokkasho (Japan). At Rokkasho site a series of test were performed in order to verify the effect of the shipment on the cavity. The assembly debug, shipment equipment and the sequence of operations are described in this paper., Proceedings of the 28th Linear Accelerator Conf., LINAC2016, East Lansing, MI, USA

Una nova espècie de dinosaure, el Tethyshadros insularis, descobert a Itàlia, és l'objecte de la publicació d'un recent article per part de Fabio Dalla Vecchia, director de l'equip descubridor, del Institut Català de Paleontologia. El flamant dinosauri està emparentat amb la família dels herbívors hadrosauroides "bec d'ànec", però és anterior als hadrosaures nord-americans. "Antonio", que així es diu l'espècimen, va viure a finals del Cretàcic en una illa enmig de l'Oceà Tetis, un mar prehistòric que es trobava esquitxat d'illes que més tard formarien la massa continental de l'Europa occidental. Una nueva especie de dinosaurio, el Tethyshadros insularis, descubierto en Italia, es el objeto de la publicación de un reciente artículo por parte de Fabio Dalla Vecchia, el director del equipo que lo descubrió, del Institut Català de Paleontologia. El flamante dinosaurio está emparentado con la familia de los herbívoros hadrosauroides "pico de pato", pero es anterior a los hadrosaurios norteamericanos. "Antonio", que así se llama el espécimen, vivió a finales del Cretácico en una isla en medio del Océano Tetis, un mar prehistórico que se encontraba salpicado de islas que más tarde formarían la masa continental de la Europa occidental. A new dinosaur species, Tethyshadros insularis, found in Italy by the team led by Fabio Dalla Vecchia (Institut Català de Paleontologia), is the subject of a recent publication. The new dinosaur is related to the plant- eating dinosaurs family of "duck-billed" Hadrosaurids, but is more primitive than north-american hadrosaurs. The specimen, nicknamed "Antonio", lived at the end of the Cretaceous period in a small island in the middle of Tethys Ocean, a prehistoric sea between Africa and Europe.

The holotype specimen of the non-pterodactyloid pterosaur Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi from the Late Triassic (Norian) of NE Italy is described in detail and compared to the other specimens referred in literature to the genus Eudimorphodon. It is considered conspecific with the specimen MPUM 6009 from the Norian of NW Italy, previously attributed to Eudimorphodon ranzii. A new genus, Carniadactylus, is proposed for the two specimens based on the apomorphic shape of the "coronoid" process, coracoid and pteroid, wing phalanx proportions and the several anatomical differences with E. ranzii and "Eudimorphodon" cromptonellus. No definitive evidence of a juvenile stage occurs in the two specimens. A phylogenetic analysis using parsimony shows that Carniadactylus is nested inside the Campylognathoididae and is the sister-group of Caviramus schesaplanensis + "Raeticodactylus" filisurensis. The systematics of specimens referred in the literature to Eudimorphodon is reviewed., Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 115, No 2

The nothosauroid sauropterygian Simosaurus is reported for the first time both from Italy and from the early Carnian (earliest Late Triassic). Diagnostic dorsal neural arches and clavicles as well dorsal ribs have been collected in the Rio dal Lago Formation near Dogna (Friuli). Purported Simosaurus remains from the Ladinian of Austria cannot be attributed to this genus with certainty and the presence of additional articular structures in the dorsal neural arch ("infraprezygapophyses" and infrapostzygapophyses) cannot distinguish Simosaurus from Bobosaurus if the craniocaudal polarity or other vertebral features are unknown., Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 114, No 2

A nearly complete but poorly preserved amniote from the Middle-Upper Norian of Friuli (NE Italy), previously attributed to a new species of the protorosaur genus Langobardisaurus (L. rossii Bizzarini & Muscio, 1995), is re-described. Study reveals that the specimen does not exhibit any protorosaurian characters, instead all available evidence supports its attribution to the Lepidosauromorpha. Some skull characters might support sphenodontian affinities, but preservation is too poor to allow a firm assigment to this group., Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 113, No 2

Tholodus schmidi, a rare marine reptile of debated affinity and with a peculiar durophagous dentition, is for the first time recorded outside the Muschelkalk Basin of Central Europe. Parts of a mandibular ramus and a maxilla, both bearing teeth and nearly uncrushed, have been found in the upper Anisian (Balatonicus Subzone) of northeastern Italy. The tooth implantation is relatively complex, with both "alveolate" and "ankylosed" teeth. Disarticulated postcranial bones of an ichthyosaur have been found close to, but not in articular association with, the dentigerous bones of Tholodus. The humerus resembles that of immature individuals of the Chinese genus Chaohusaurus. This association, and some features of teeth and dentigerous bones, suggests that Tholodus might be a grippiid ichthyosaur., Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 110, No 2