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\textbf{Candidate's declaration} \\

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I hereby declare that this thesis submitted to obtain the academic degree of Philosophi\ae~Doctor (Ph.D.) in \phdprogram is my own unaided work, that I have not used other than the sources indicated, and that all direct and indirect sources are acknowledged as references. \\

Parts of this dissertation have been published in international journals and/or conference articles (see list of the author's publications at the end of the thesis).\\

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Napoli, \today

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